835: Chapter 20: The Situation Changes Again

Such a terrifying scene caused even the eyes of the various Alien Monarch to flicker with uncertainty and shock.

They clearly hadn't anticipated that the Insect Race had such a terrifying hidden trump card.

The appearance of these thousand Insect Emperor Guard instantly broke the delicate balance of the battlefield!

"Hiss—roar—!"

A shriek sharp enough to tear apart Divine Souls, seemingly a collective consciousness of all Insect Emperor Guard, suddenly resounded across the battlefield!

The shriek was like a sharp thorn, piercing directly into everyone's eardrums, causing a wave of dizziness.

With this shriek, the ordinary insect swarm, which had been scattered by the Ghost Army and surged like headless flies, instantly underwent a qualitative change!

The chaos disappeared, and the disordered insect tide instantly became like the most precise killing machine!

Low-level flying insects no longer blindly attacked, but instead, like well-trained soldiers, formed layered defensive arrays in the air.

They cooperated with each other, using their bodies and energy shields to forcefully block the ranged attacks of the Human Race and Yao Race.

Those energy shields shimmered with strange light, as if they were an indestructible barrier.

The large, heavily armored siege beetles no longer dispersed their attacks but quickly gathered!

Under the mental link command of the Insect Emperor Guard, they advanced against the artillery fire like moving mountain fortresses, taking heavy and unified steps!

Complex energy patterns lit up on their carapaces, those patterns like mysterious runes, forming huge joint energy shields, directly clashing with the Ghost Army's charge!

Furthermore, countless special energy insects, corrosive insects, and self-detonating insects, under the precise dispatch of the Insect Emperor Guard, acted like precision-guided missiles, bypassing the frontal battlefield and rushing towards the weak points of the Human Race and Yao Race formations from tricky angles!

Pressure! Instantly doubled!

The Ghost Army's unstoppable charging momentum, like a surging tide, was for the first time forcefully suppressed!

The number of insects in the swarm was simply too vast, seemingly endless.

Xiang Yu gripped his overlord halberd tightly with both hands, pouring all his strength into it. The overlord halberd, carrying immense power, smashed heavily onto the carapace of a crystal giant scorpion Insect Emperor Guard.

In an instant, dazzling energy sparks burst forth like brilliant fireworks, their light exceptionally bright on the dim battlefield.

The giant scorpion's massive body, like a mountain rooted to the earth, merely swayed slightly.

A deep dent was left on its incredibly hard carapace, like a mark of time's vicissitudes, but it did not shatter.

The giant scorpion seemed enraged by this strike; its huge pincers, carrying black light that annihilated everything, struck back with thunderous force.

The black light seemed like a curse from Hell, twisting the very air wherever it passed.

Xiang Yu reacted quickly, forced to block with his halberd. Instantly, a deafening clang of metal resounded across the battlefield, the sound like a clap of thunder, making eardrums ache.

Zhao Yun, holding his Dragon Gallant Spear, moved through the battlefield like a phantom.

His Dragon Gallant Spear was as fast as lightning, carrying an indomitable Aura, striking at the vital joint of an Insect Emperor Guard shaped like a killing machine.

However, the dense compound eyes on that Insect Emperor Guard's body instantly lit up, emitting an eerie glow, and it adjusted its posture as if it possessed the ability to foresee the future, anticipating the attack.

Its hard segmented limbs, like shields made of steel, precisely parried the spear tip.

Amidst piercing friction, sparks flew, like meteors streaking across the night sky.

At the same time, several streaks of blade light carrying spatial cutting power attacked from all directions, the blade light shimmering with a cold, eerie glow, as if capable of tearing space into fragments.

Zhao Yun was forced to abandon his attack, his body instantly transforming into a silver light, dodging like an agile swallow.

Guan Yu clasped Red Hare tightly with his legs, brandishing his Green Dragon Crescent Blade with both hands, letting out a furious roar. The Green Dragon Crescent Blade unleashed a massive blade Qi that tore through space.

Wherever the blade Qi passed, space was easily ripped open like fragile paper, emitting a "sizzling" sound.

However, this powerful blade Qi was firmly blocked by an energy barrier jointly erected by three Insect Emperor Guard.

The azure-white blade Qi and the dark purple energy barrier fiercely rubbed against and annihilated each other, emitting a grating sizzle, like the sound of metal burning in fire.

Although the energy barrier fluctuated violently, like a lake surface in a gale, it ultimately did not split open.

And Guan Yu was also forced to halt his charge; Red Hare sensed danger, letting out uneasy neighs, its hooves restlessly pawing the ground.

The overall advance speed of the Ghost Army plummeted, and the offensive that had been like a torrent instantly slowed.

The huge gap that had been torn open was, under the command of the Insect Emperor Guard, swiftly refilled and squeezed by the fearless insect swarm with astonishing efficiency.

Those insect swarms surged in wave after wave like a black tide, completely unconcerned by the deaths of their companions.

Ghost Army soldiers began to suffer casualties, with Nether Iron Cavalry constantly being besieged by several powerful insects of King-level Peak or even Emperor-level Initial stage.

Those insects, like hungry beasts, lunged at the Nether Iron Cavalry with bared fangs and claws. Their Soul Bodies were torn, frozen, and disintegrated, and the Nether Iron Cavalry let out painful howls that echoed across the battlefield.

"Hold on! Don't retreat!"

Xia Yu roared, his voice resounding across the battlefield like a great bell.

He swept his Soul Power, shattering several high-level insects that lunged at him.

The bodies of those insects splattered everywhere like broken porcelain, green blood spraying onto the ground.

But more insects surged forward, treading on the corpses of their kin, like an endless tide, seemingly intent on drowning the entire Ghost Army.

The pressure on the Human Race and Yao Race intensified sharply. The Knights of the Round Table formed a circle, their golden battle Qi cover (Aura shield) fluctuating violently under the dense, reinforced corrosive acid and energy beams.

Corrosive acid dripped onto the shield, making a "sizzling" sound, as if corroding the knights' hope.

Energy beams shot onto the shield like sharp arrows, causing bursts of sparks.

The light of the shield rapidly dimmed, like a candle about to go out. "The Holy Light barrier can't hold much longer!"

Robert shouted, a hint of urgency appearing in his voice for the first time. Even though their Twelve Round Table Knights were powerful, their internal battle Qi was limited.

Andre waved his hands, attempting to cast more magic.

However, several mental impacts jointly released by the Insect Emperor Guard surged like crashing waves, forcefully interfering with and interrupting his magic.

The backlash caused him to grunt, his face turning even paler, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead, his body trembling slightly.

In the direction of the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance, a Yao King-level Giant Bear Demon was fiercely battling the Insect Race.

Its massive body was like a small mountain; each attack could shake the ground.

However, several precisely aimed energy beams, like deadly arrows, pierced through its body.