CHAPTER 657: CHAPTER 280: THE INSECT SWARM OF THE STARRY SKY IN ACTION (6K)_4

The diminutive figure suddenly expanded in the minds of everyone, growing several times taller, as if the oppressive aura of a higher being made them breathless, yet indescribably excited.

The advancement was complete!

The second Seventh Rank of their Dawn Civilization was thus born!

"May I ask the Immortal’s title?"

The crowd approached the person, half-kneeling on the ground and asking in unison.

And the latter glanced back at the giant tree that had aided his growth, recalling the spell he excelled at, he looked up to the sky:

"I am Tree Pavilion Venerable, henceforth, Dawn shall be renamed to Tree Pavilion!"

Emerald green magic power overflowed, and within seconds, a vast array spanning thousands of meters formed in the sky.

The soil and rocks of the ancestral Holy Mountain shrouded by the array were lifted by an invisible force, plants were nourished to grow swiftly, and around the Holy Mountain a cluster of buildings quickly formed.

These structures intertwined, rapidly forming a massive protective stance centered on the Holy Mountain.

Although Tree Pavilion’s face turned rather pale as a result, for just ascending to the Seventh Rank, making such a grand gesture all at once was quite a burden.

Yet to announce his birth to those conglomerate forces of the Starry Sky, to proclaim his power, it was all worth it!

Seeing such great might, the crowd was completely convinced.

"We strictly obey the order."

"Let’s go, then, let us meet those conglomerates, and make them spit back what they swallowed.

It’s time to retrieve all that was once ours!"

People below shouted loudly and immediately went down to make arrangements.

Now that Dawn... no, Tree Pavilion had finally welcomed a new Seventh Rank, their walking momentum became much more imposing, as if the former glory had once again been bestowed upon them.

Enduring for so many years, many of them had been waiting for this day, and now they could finally hold their heads high!

After the promotion, there were still many things to handle for the benefit of civilization, and even the newly ascended Tree Pavilion left to act as intimidation; the top of the Holy Mountain soon quieted down.

The giant tree swayed, and beneath the tree, the mountain body began to gradually stir.

Within the Holy Mountain, under the protection of the giant tree’s roots, the original rocks of the mountain had long disappeared, replaced by a mass of black wriggling blood flesh.

No one knew when, but this black blood flesh had already devoured more than half of the mountain’s interior, continuing to corrode downward.

The stones, once radiant with the magic light inside the mountain, could not withstand the erosion of the blood flesh, quickly extinguishing, and the magic power above turned into nutrients for the blood flesh.

If the old man of Dawn could see this scene, he would certainly recognize them as arrays from the grottoes created by the former Dawn Dew Immortal.

Now the grottoes weakened by the day, those insufficient in strength only thought it was due to years of disrepair, gradually wearing down, unaware that something was deliberately devouring them.

Extra magic power obtained from these eroded arrays was now transferred by the blood flesh to a special core cavity, which seemed to be nurturing something as it wriggled.

Soon, the writhing accelerated, and the entity being nurtured gradually took shape, finally emerging with a sharp leg piercing through the incubation chamber.

Its multitudinous eyes appeared somewhat bewildered, but quickly it recalled its identity and duties.

It served under the great Queen White Clothes as the Insect Swarm, and its mission here was to spread the gospel of the swarm to the Queen...

In fact, if following the original timeline, its birth would have required more time, but the spell just executed by Tree Pavilion brilliantly compensated for that.

As the first hidden seed to be spread, coupled with the spell-induced maturation of the fungus blanket, it was born early, becoming the fastest-growing one in the Starry Sky!

A Seventh Rank powerhouse was undefeatable; now, the strategy required concealment, hidden development, waiting for the right moment...

According to the plan circulating in its blood, it needed to clandestinely erode the planet and strive to establish contact with the Queen and the swarm.

And the first step in all of this was naturally to reproduce itself and help the fungus blanket expand rapidly...

The newly born entity of the Insect Clan quickly set its objectives, and under the command of the fungus blanket, moved to the lower levels.

Compared to the fungus blanket, the expansion speed of the Insect Swarm was much faster; along the way, the continually splitting Insect Clan had already amassed sufficient numbers.

At one point, abilities like Space Blade, metalization, and telekinesis took turns to appear, swiftly destroying the rocks that needed to be slowly eroded, the expansion speed of the fungus blanket was in a league of its own!

And all of this, under the giant tree’s protection, was completely unknown to the former Dawn people outside.

The Dawn people regained their past glory, while the fungus blanket and the Insect Swarm obtained the opportunity for development; everyone had a bright future ahead...

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Primordial Insect Swarm Hypothesis: One of the many hypotheses regarding the origins of the Insect Swarm, it posits that the swarm is the original master of the Starry Sky, having slumbered on billions of planets; their awakening is a result of the activities of the Starry Sky People, believed to be awakened by the dense magic power and life environment brought by the Starry Sky People...

[Note: This theory lacks any proof, the general populace of the Starry Sky People should not believe it lightly...]

[Note of the Note: You know what, you really do. All the major civilization governments and powers are suppressing this notion, isn’t that precisely confirming it? We should all unite and not be deceived by them!]