154: Chapter 154 The Adopted Son of a Servile Traitor? Insect Man Li Shunyao.

This insect-man had already lost most of his human characteristics; aside from a human face, it was impossible to tell who he actually was.

However, if the name Li Shunyao, the adopted son of Lv Bu, were mentioned, Xu Xuan would likely have some impression of him.

Back then, that Korean lord who had defected to the Necromancer God Lord had hidden himself within Ailao Pass.

At that time, Xu Xuan had been challenged to a duel by the Necromancer God Lord with a Godhead as the stake, triggering an entry into the Chessboard of the Gods.

As for Li Shunyao, he had luckily hidden in Ailao Pass and escaped through the back door, surviving the ordeal.

However, as Lv Bu's adopted son, Li Shunyao seemed to have inherited the traits of Lu Fengxian, the slave of three surnames.

After the Necromancer God Lord was defeated by Xu Xuan, Li Shunyao immediately turned around and joined the Zerg Overlord, serving under the Zerg Queen.

He did not hesitate to abandon his human appearance to become an insect-man.

Hiding within the Zerg Swarm, Li Shunyao had now received a task assigned to him by the Zerg Queen—a global live broadcast.

He intended to use the advantages of the Zerg to ruthlessly retaliate against Xu Xuan in front of everyone worldwide, crushing the confidence of the human race.

[Global Announcement: Human traitor Li Shunyao, representing the Zerg, has landed on the Lord Continent ahead of schedule and started a war broadcast!]

In an instant, lords from all corners of the world received this message.

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In the Great Xia territory, Zhou Wu was inspecting the farming situation in the fields.

His younger sister, Zhou Mei, was arranging urban construction and reinforcing the city walls to deal with the alien landing in a few days.

In the United States region, Jack, the top-ranked lord on the American ladder ranking, was working with his wife, Alice, to set up city defenses and raise the height of the walls.

In the United Kingdom territory, William, a descendant of the royal family, was training his longbowmen units.

In the France region, Lyon was leading his heavy knights, practicing charge techniques.

While lords of all nations were busy preparing for the impending crisis,

the announcement popped up before their eyes.

Although they were in different regions, they all wore the same expression at this moment.

Shock and astonishment.

They simultaneously clicked on the live broadcast and saw a terrifying scene.

Tens of thousands of flying insects were swarming toward Xu Xuan's Floating Island.

In the footage, an insect-man with a hideous face, black skin, and a bizarre form could be seen, his human face still vaguely recognizable.

The insect-man spoke: "Everyone, please bear witness! Have you seen the terrifying reproductive capacity of the Zerg? An army of millions can be hatched in less than a day!"

As he spoke, the insect-man shifted the camera's view into the distance. The ground was covered with dense swarms of ants, and many more were breaking out of their eggs to join the Zerg Swarm.

In that instant,

lords all over the world held their breath.

Standing on the city wall, Zhou Mei watched the millions of Zerg in the footage swarming toward Xu Xuan's Floating Island.

She realized a terrifying fact: the Zerg's ability to produce troops was incredibly powerful!

"Brother, look quickly! An army of a million Zerg... their speed of consumption and growth is too fast!"

Zhou Mei hurriedly urged her brother to watch the video; Zhou Wu had already seen it.

As the lord currently ranked second on the global ladder ranking, Zhou Wu was also very concerned about these major events.

Seeing Xu Xuan's Floating Island being surrounded, Zhou Wu's entire back was drenched in sweat.

"These insects start eating frantically as soon as they are born, and they grow into adults very quickly. The Zerg are too abnormal..."

In the footage, a small, transparent ant, roughly the size of a local dog,

consumed the surrounding leaves, wood, and weeds. It grew visibly to the naked eye, and in less than 30 minutes since birth, it had become a soldier ant!

As long as there was food—anything edible.

Even the ragged clothes, animal skins, and shoes people wore, or even a septic tank! These insects ate everything!

Aside from soil and rocks, the Zerg Swarm spared no other animals or plants.

They even ate steel; the soldier ants swallowed metals like hoes, sickles, and swords whole.

What did it mean to devour the heavens and the earth?

The debut of the Zerg left lords worldwide dumbfounded.

This thing...

Isn't this race a bit too overpowered?

Are they really not picky eaters at all? Do they eat everything?

In the footage, Xu Xuan's territory on the ground was almost completely ravaged by the Zerg Swarm.

And in the sky, tens of thousands of giant flying cockroaches were invading Xu Xuan's Floating City.

Seeing this, Zhou Wu immediately shouted in the chat channel.

[Global Chat Channel]

[Zhou Wu (Great Xia): Brother Xuan, do you need help? Give us the coordinates, and I'll open a portal to come over!]

[Li Fei (Great Xia): These Zerg things are no different from locusts. Aside from dirt and rocks, they eat everything?]

[Jack (USA): Holy shit! Brother, I see some insects actually gnawing on iron swords. Are they absorbing metal elements to grow sharp horns?]

In the footage, some insects resembling rhinoceros beetles swallowed iron swords, and the horns on their heads were becoming metallic.

The Zerg came with such ferocity that they were almost unstoppable. Seeing this, lords across the globe realized the severity of the situation.

When the Zerg entered the Lord Continent in a few days, with their extreme reproductive rate of a million troops a day, who could possibly stop them?

In the live broadcast, the insect-man Li Shunyao had the look of a petty man who had achieved his ambitions.

"Xu Xuan, feel the wrath of the Zerg Swarm!"

As the insect-man Li Shunyao pointed his four hands toward the Floating Island, the sky-covering Zerg Swarm flew toward the island.

From atop the high tower, Xu Xuan looked at the incoming Zerg Swarm, and data appeared in his vision.

[Golden-Winged Hard-Shell Insect]

[Race: Zerg]

[Combat Power: Early stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery, Rank 6 strength.]

Early Rank 6 strength?

With only this much power, they dare to come seeking death?

However, considering the millions of Zerg below, he did indeed have the confidence.

Xu Xuan just didn't want to hear that insect-man Li Shunyao's incessant babbling, so he waved his hand.

"Fengxian, take care of your adopted son!"

Lv Bu immediately took up a longbow, and after drawing it, he condensed a crimson spiritual arrow in his hand.

"You rebellious son, is that how you talk to your adoptive father and grandfather!"

Lv Bu aimed at the insect-man Li Shunyao and fired an arrow directly at him.

The crimson arrow pierced through Li Shunyao; from a thousand meters away, it directly punctured his heart.

The power of Lv Bu's arrow was immense, directly shredding Li Shunyao's insect-man body until only a head remained.

Even with only a head left, the insect-man Li Shunyao still wore a hideous expression.

"Idiots, what you shot was merely one of my clones. How could I possibly let my true body appear before you and take such a risk?"

Li Shunyao's words were true; he was a smart man.

His true body must be hidden somewhere; how could he possibly offer himself up for Lv Bu to snipe?

Looking at the fluttering Zerg Swarm, Li Shunyao, whose clone was now just a head, had an even more distorted expression.

"Land on the island and let them feel what an endless tide of insects truly is!"

Just as Li Shunyao said this, Chi You suddenly spoke up.

"Great King, the camphor spirit wood has fully absorbed the spiritual qi."

Xu Xuan waved his hand calmly: "Deactivate the City Protection Array and let the fragrance drift out."

The previously invisible City Protection Array deactivated, and the unique fragrance of the spirit wood began to waft outward.

Those giant flying cockroaches, the Golden-Winged Hard-Shell Insects, were like they had encountered pesticide; they began falling from the sky in massive numbers.

It was quite the scene, reminiscent of a massive swarm of mosquitoes dying after being sprayed with repellent.