100: One Beihan Emperor is worth three

"Stop playing around, time waits for no one," the Lord of the Underworld suddenly spoke, slowly raising his hands.

"Everyone's here... let's finish this together!"

As soon as his voice fell, the sea instantly boiled.

Countless dark green ghostly hands stretched out from the water, heading straight for the North Cold Great Emperor.

...

At the same time—

The four people clinging to the mother worm's back witnessed the terrifying battle before them, their legs turning to jelly.

"How long do you think we can survive in this battle?" Fang Zhiqiang's voice trembled slightly.

An Changyang forced out a comforting remark, "We should be able to hold on for a while, right? The destiny coin's effect is valid for three days, so our chances of survival are quite high."

"Hold on to me!" Just then, Blood Skyhawk's voice came.

He was fully focused on condensing blood, preparing to use his newly acquired ability—[Blood Shadow Transfer].

[Blood Shadow Transfer: Quickly transfer to a specified location using previously left bloodstains. Note: The further the distance, the more blood consumed; taking people doubles the consumption.]

Blood Skyhawk was secretly searching for the bloodstains he had deliberately left, while carefully controlling his blood output to avoid being drained.

However, just as he found his target and was about to activate the ability, a voice suddenly rang out:

"Tsk! Leaving already? I'll take you."

Before Blood Skyhawk could react, the mother worm's will had already enveloped the four with mental power, directly taking them away from the battlefield.

The next second, the four appeared in a shattered coffee shop.

Glass was strewn everywhere, tables and chairs were toppled, and half the ceiling had collapsed.

In a corner, an old man was huddled in a ball, showing no interest in their arrival, remaining in the shadows on his own.

Blood Skyhawk and the other three were thrown to the ground, looking disheveled.

"Cough cough... Where is this?" Fang Zhiqiang clutched his chest and got up, looking around.

"Six kilometers from the battlefield," the mother worm's will body emerged from the shadows, still with that charming human female face, a hint of playfulness in her smile.

"What, don't want to escape anymore?"

Blood Skyhawk stared at her, his voice hoarse, "Why did you save us?"

The mother worm chuckled softly, twirling a strand of hair with her fingertip, her lips slightly curled, her gaze sweeping over the four people in front of her.

"I have to keep some backup, don't I? If even I get caught, it would be a huge loss for the entire insect race."

She paused, then added, "Besides, aren't we partners?"

Blood Skyhawk did not answer.

Although he didn't fully believe the mother worm's words, it was at least much safer than facing that terrifying battlefield alone.

Seeing no movement from the four on the opposite side, the mother worm smiled, then turned to look at the distant battlefield, not a hint of worry on her face.

As an inherent ability of the insect race, she could clearly perceive the danger level of everyone.

And the three Lords of the Calamity Court over there...

Their aura was simply too powerful; each one's individual threat far surpassed everyone else present, except for the other two Calamity Court members.

In such a winning situation, sacrificing the development of one's main body in exchange for the goodwill of three powerful figures was clearly a wiser choice.

In fact, her main body had already been completely modified.

Originally, as the core of the mother worm, its duty was merely to constantly reproduce, with no need to participate in combat.

But to better integrate into this war, she had secretly endowed her main body with a certain level of combat power along the way.

Of course, this came at a cost—the current main body had lost its reproductive ability, or rather, this ability was temporarily suppressed.

Unless it evolved again, it would be impossible to recover.

However, the mother worm didn't care about this small issue.

As long as her consciousness still existed, it wouldn't be difficult to reshape a new main body in a day.

...

Bay battlefield.

The golden longsword in the North Cold Great Emperor's hand collided fiercely with the Lord of Corruption's black and white greatsword, instantly erupting with a deafening roar.

A powerful energy shockwave spread out in a ring, pressing a giant, thousand-meter-diameter depression into the sea surface.

"Is that all you've got?" the Lord of Corruption sneered, her six angelic wings vibrating violently at the same time, as if an invisible pressure permeated the air.

"I thought the legendary North Cold Great Emperor was much stronger."

The North Cold Great Emperor's face was grim, the five-sided compass behind him spinning rapidly.

Five colors of light intertwined into a net, forming an indestructible barrier around him.

"Arrogant fool!" he roared, his longsword suddenly splitting into countless golden sword shadows.

"King's Judgment!"

A rain of swords poured down from the sky, each sword shadow carrying destructive power.

The Lord of Corruption merely raised her hand lightly; the angel's black and white greatsword instantly split into countless tiny blades, clashing fiercely with the golden sword shadows in the air.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Continuous explosions echoed through the sky.

Just then, the Lord of Deception had appeared silently at the edge of the battlefield, no one knew when.

He stood with his hands in his pockets, watching the duel with interest.

"How truly spectacular!" he exclaimed dramatically,

"But, did we forget something?"

The Lord of the Underworld floated in mid-air, his eyes beneath the ghost mask gleaming with a ghostly green light.

He did not participate in the battle but focused intently on the metallic giant egg.

"Time is almost up," his voice was low, echoing throughout the entire battlefield.

As his voice fell, the cracks on the surface of the metallic giant egg began to glow.

At the opening originally split by the Lord of Corruption, countless nanomachines flashed wildly, seemingly trying to repair the damage.

"Dream on."

The Lord of Deception suddenly appeared above the giant egg and snapped his fingers.

"Contract · Reversal!"

A dark purple light shot from his fingertip, precisely hitting the nanomachines on the giant egg's surface, forcefully signing an unrepairable contract.

The nanomachines that were repairing the breach instantly twisted and deformed, instead accelerating the giant egg's collapse.

"No!" Inside the metallic giant egg, Commander Shaodun's face turned pale as he watched the frantic alarms flashing on the control panel.

"The repair system is being inversely corrupted!"

The technician's fingers flew across the holographic keyboard, almost sparking:

"Sir, we can't hold them off! The energy barrier generator is about to explode!"

Shaodun suddenly turned to look at the monitoring screen.

He saw that the cracks on the outside of the giant egg had already spread across its entire surface.

Through those cracks, he could clearly see the three terrifying figures outside.

"Initiate self-destruct sequence!" he ordered decisively.

He gritted his teeth and decisively ordered, "Even if we die, we must take those three with us!"

The technician's finger hovered above the red button, but he hesitated to press it: "Sir... but the North Cold Great Emperor is still outside!"

Shaodun slammed his fist onto the control panel, and the metal casing instantly dented.

A flicker of hesitation crossed his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination.

"We can't worry about that much!" he roared,

"The North Cold Great Emperor is powerful, but they have three hostages on their side. One for three, it's worth it!"