147: Void Zerg

Qin Zhenyue's shock and ecstasy had not yet fully bloomed on his face, and the incredulous "Lin Feng?!" still lingered in the tense air.

Boom—!!!

A terrifying roar, as if from the netherworld, suddenly tore through the entire world without warning!

To the northwest, above Gu City Town, the 'scar' that had long been twisted into purplish-black and riddled with spatial folds finally completely collapsed!

The sky was as if torn open by an invisible giant claw!

A colossal spatial rift, thousands of meters across, its edges shimmering with ominous pale light, suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes!

Deep within that rift was an unsettling, boundless void, churning with chaotic energy!

"This is bad!!!"

Qin Zhenyue's expression drastically changed.

The next second, it was as if Pandora's Box had been opened, or a world-ending flood had breached its dam!

"Hiss hiss!"

"Screech!"

"Roar!"

Accompanied by hair-raising, soul-shaking sharp hisses, carapace rubbing, and furious roars, endless monstrous figures surged out from that giant spatial rift like a boiling black tide!

A bug tide!

A truly terrifying bug tide from an alternate void!

Leading the charge were lower-tier Zerg, relatively smaller in size but despairingly numerous.

They varied in form:

Void Scythe-Legged Bugs (Bronze-level): Shaped like mantises magnified several times, but their forelimbs were two giant scythes shimmering with a cold metallic luster, capable of easily tearing through steel, and their compound eyes glowed with a bloodthirsty scarlet light.

They were swift and specialized in leaping attacks, serving as the vanguard cannon fodder of the bug tide.

Bone-Eating Beetles (Black Iron Level): Calf-sized, covered in thick, spiky black carapaces.

Their mouthparts resembled giant pulverizers, capable of spraying strong acid to corrode energy shields and metal, making them experts in breaching defenses and destroying fortifications.

Phase Shifters (Silver-level): Slender, resembling giant centipedes, but instead of legs, their bodies had constantly flickering spatial nodes along their sides.

They could perform short-distance, unpredictable spatial blinks, instantly appearing next to targets to launch deadly attacks, acting as assassins and disruptors on the battlefield.

These low-tier bugs, like a black plague, instantly covered the sky and ground of Gu City Town. Wherever they passed, even light was swallowed, leaving only suffocating darkness and an aura of destruction.

They spread in all directions, with one of the most torrential bug tides sweeping towards Weiyang City like a black hurricane of death!

"Activate all defenses! Prepare attack sequence!!!"

Qin Zhenyue's eyes were bloodshot as he roared his commands.

Instantly, the City Defense Force of Weiyang City, the Professional Association's legions, and the armed forces of various prominent families all climbed the walls of Weiyang City. Their weapons glowed with various lights, and the energy within their bodies was poised to strike!!!

However, this was just the beginning!

As the low-tier bug tide poured out, a heavier, more terrifying pressure emanated from deep within the spatial rift!

Larger Zerg, with thicker carapaces and exuding energy fluctuations of Peak Silver or even Gold-level, appeared!

Void Greatshield Bugs (Gold-level): These Gold-level bugs were like moving fortresses, each comparable in size to a small tank.

They possessed extremely thick, dark-golden carapaces shimmering with spatial ripples, capable of absorbing and deflecting most energy attacks.

They moved slowly but formed a solid bulwark for the advancing bug tide, providing cover for those behind.

Xeno-Rift Ray Bugs (Gold-level): These bugs resembled giant scorpions, but their tails did not end in stingers. Instead, they had an energy cannon muzzle that continuously condensed a pale light.

They could fire void rays that tore through space and possessed extreme penetrating power, causing devastating damage to energy shields and clustered targets.

Energy-Corroding Locusts (Gold-level): Like locusts magnified a hundredfold, they possessed transparent wings covered in eerie runes.

They flew at extremely high speeds in swarms, and their mouthparts could spray energy orbs with spatial corrosive properties, not only destroying matter but also weakening or even devouring the target's energy.

Each of these Gold-level giant bugs exuded a suffocating sense of oppression. Mixed within the low-tier bug tide, they were like mobile cores of disaster, causing the overall threat level of the bug tide to skyrocket exponentially!

The swarms of bugs, black and dense, blotted out the sun, completely dyeing the sky above Gu City Town a desperate inky black!

Even tens of kilometers away, the people of Weiyang City could feel the immense pressure, as if the sky itself were collapsing!

"Gold-level! So many Gold-level!!!"

Everyone looked at the various bugs that almost obscured the sky tens of miles away, a sense of powerlessness rising in their hearts!

Only Lin Feng and Qin Zhenyue's expressions remained relatively calm!

Lin Feng simply wasn't afraid of these trash bugs, while Qin Zhenyue knew that a true Transcendent-level expert was stationed in Gu City Town.

A brilliant golden pillar of light, like the sword of dawn tearing through darkness, suddenly shot up from deep within the ruins of Gu City Town!

Accompanied by a majestic and resolute roar.

A vast and immense terrifying aura belonging to a Transcendent-level powerhouse erupted, sweeping in all directions like a tsunami!

Wherever it passed, the low-tier Bronze-level and Black Iron Level Zerg were instantly pulverized into a sky full of blood mist, as if struck by an invisible giant hammer!

The Silver-level bugs also stumbled, letting out pained hisses!

"He made his move!"

This Transcendent-level expert unreservedly released his Transcendent-level aura. Instantly, the violent power of rules directly scattered all the bugs above him, and many bugs that directly came into contact with this power of rules were instantly crushed by it!

The sky immediately brightened.

It was as if a full moon had risen in the dark clouds, and light poured into everyone's hearts.

"There's hope!"

Qin Zhenyue and all the Professional Association members who witnessed this scene felt a faint spark of hope ignite in their hearts.

When a Transcendent-level acts, everything below Transcendent-level is but an ant!

However, they did not see a blurry, almost imperceptible afterimage, which had already appeared like a ghost, without warning, less than ten meters behind the professional who had unleashed the Transcendent-level aura!

Its speed was too fast!

So fast that it transcended the concept of space!

It was as if it had always been there, merely switching from an "invisible" to a "visible" state!

Transcendent-level Zerg — Void Lurker!

Its body was not massive; in fact, it appeared somewhat "slender," only about three meters long.

It lacked a thick carapace, replaced instead by a layer of strange material covering its entire body, like flowing mercury.

This material constantly distorted the surrounding light, making its figure appear visually unstable and dizzyingly blurred, as if it could at any moment merge into the void and disappear.

Its head had no distinct eyes, only two deep holes that constantly rotated and swallowed light.

Six slender, jointed limbs covered in fine silver scales, ending in sharp claws that could cut through space, now hovered silently.

Most unsettling were the folded, transparent wings on its back, like two giant cicada wings, their edges shimmering with extremely unstable, tiny cracks that tore at space!

The moment it appeared, the Transcendent-level expert had already sensed it!

The vast power of rules he released, capable of crushing Gold-level Zerg, when it came into contact with the ten-meter radius around this bug, was like a mud ox entering the sea, silently "swallowed" by an invisible, higher-level spatial force!

Not even a ripple was stirred!

The two deep holes in the bug's "head" seemed to lock onto the Transcendent-level expert.

Buzz!

A silent, yet more soul-freezing terrifying spatial fluctuation than any roar, suddenly spread out from the Void Lurker's body as its center!

Pfft!

The protective light of rules around the Transcendent-level expert shattered like a fragile soap bubble!