Chapter 430

Chapter 430: One Glance, Annihilate Billions of Insects!

“Submit to me and become my servant!”

“Chirp!”

Mu Lin sought to subdue the locust queen, but she resisted fiercely. Her considerable mental strength struggled against his will of dominance seed.

Had Mu Lin relied solely on the will of dominance seed, she might have succeeded.

Yet her current state proved dire.

The Infinite Chains bound her spirit, lashing like relentless whips.

The flame of revenge blazed across her soul reflections, inflicting unbearable agony.

Meanwhile, the Other Shore Flowers—a swirling sea of Manjusaka—wormed into her consciousness with their Life and Death Illusion power, eroding her mental defenses.

“Serving a great master isn’t so bad…”

“Survival and propagation matter most. While breathing, hope remains…”

“I mustn’t die. My offspring perish with me. Survival is imperative…”

Tortured by chains and flames, the locust queen’s spirit shattered completely. The Other Shore Flowers bloomed freely in her broken mind, weakening her resolve further.

At death’s threshold, Mu Lin’s will of dominance seed finally took root in her spirit.

Mu Lin exhaled in relief, triumph surging through him.

“Her abilities hold value, and her growth potential’s immense. Without my Yin Soil and Cycle of Life and Death bypassing her million-strong swarm to target her soul reflections directly, defeating her would’ve required greater effort.”

His excitement grew. An enemy’s strength bred despair, but as an unshakable subordinate, her power became his advantage.

Just as victory seemed assured, chaos erupted.

Not from failed domination—but from a foreign will detonating within the locust queen’s mind the instant Mu Lin seized control.

“Who dares enslave my offspring?!”

A thunderous spiritual force collided with Mu Lin’s will of dominance.

BOOM!

The psychic clash whipped up a mental tempest. The locust queen’s eyes rolled white as blood gushed from her seven orifices. Countless locusts dropped dead around her.

Mu Lin barely registered the carnage. His focus locked on the opposing presence.

“Celestial Master-level spiritual power… That insect apostle left a mark!”

Facing a Celestial Master’s remnant will, hesitation flickered in Mu Lin’s heart.

However, Mu Lin soon realized something… the insect apostle’s mental power was indeed immense.

But what resided in This Place wasn’t the insect apostle’s true form – only its offspring. Confined by its offspring’s body, it couldn’t unleash much power. It was akin to a massive reservoir with only a single outlet. Since he didn’t have to face the insect apostle’s full divine might, Mu Lin remained unfazed.

"Humph, what if I enslaved your offspring? I’ll do it right in front of you – what can you do?"

"Refine!"

Mu Lin seized the locust queen, attempting to Refine her instantly.

"Bastard!"

This blatant disregard and forceful takeover of its offspring sent the distant insect apostle into Rage. Yet no matter how furious it became, it couldn’t cross the vast distance to attack Mu Lin. Even if possible, it wouldn’t dare – the Old Master of Agricultural and Martial Corps was wounded, not dead. Other human masters wouldn’t stand idly by either. The current leaders of Black Mountain Legion and Thunder Legion would gladly gang up on the insect apostle if it intervened.

Unable and unwilling to come personally, the insect apostle could only clash with Mu Lin through the locust queen’s connection channel. But the narrow channel allowed minimal power transfer. Soon matters worsened – with a serpent’s hiss, Ouroboros’ shadow manifested in Yin Soil, severing all external links. Dimensional barriers now blocked the insect apostle’s power from reaching locust queen’s body.

Compounding this, Mu Lin activated Great Luo Merging Heaven to dissolve their connection while Chaos Origin Essence assimilated the insect apostle’s energy. He channeled flame of revenge’s endless malice back through the connection. Faced with this onslaught, the insect apostle had no choice but to abandon its locust queen.

Before retreating, a venomous voice hissed at Mu Lin:

"Human… this isn’t over. I’ve memorized your essence. Next meeting, I’ll make you beg for death."

"You’re right – this isn’t the end!"

As the insect apostle’s power withdrew, Mu Lin implanted will of dominance into locust queen’s True Spirit. Without hesitation, he dragged all her soul reflections into Yin Soil’s Cycle of Life and Death.

Countless Infinite Chains materialized, binding the locust queen’s soul reflections. Malicious flames crawled along chains to scorch her physical form. Controlling so many locust queens strained Mu Lin – like trying to leash a dozen raging hounds with single chain.

Fortunately, Mu Lin’s main body noticed this and used the black river water to send over the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron.

"Boom!"

The cauldron stood mountain-like, possessing the power to suppress all.

When one end of the Infinite Chains bound the locust queen while the other coiled around the cauldron’s legs, the trapped mother’s struggles became useless against Mu Lin.

As before, after restraining the locust queen, Mu Lin first whipped it with Soul Binding Chains, tormented it with flame of revenge, then weakened its resolve through the Other Shore Flower sea.

Once these preparations were done, the will of dominance seed took root in the locust queen’s body.

Regrettably, the insect apostle arrived quicker this time.

"You again!"

Mu Lin remained unfazed by the angry outburst.

"Naturally. I warned you this wasn’t over."

His voice then dripped with mockery:

"Weren’t you going to make me beg for death when we next met? Well? Show me your methods!"

"……"

The hidden insect apostle seethed at the taunts.

Too cautious to reveal itself, the creature could only fume helplessly in the shadows.

What made Mu Lin sigh was the insect apostle’s desperate move – detonating its own spiritual will planted in the locust queen’s sea of consciousness, obliterating her soul.

It had murdered its own offspring, depriving Mu Lin of many potential subordinates.

"Bastard! Those were my soldiers! My forces!"

Not content with this, the unseen insect apostle remotely commanded ordinary locusts to either flee or attack indiscriminately.

The swarm erupted into instant chaos.

"Bzzz!"

Insects raged through the air, assaulting everything in their path.

Only then did the insect apostle’s voice crawl through the Yin Soil like venomous mist:

"Clever human. But my locusts will gnaw your world to bones."

"This is merely the beginning!"

The retaliation attempt only drew laughter from Mu Lin.

"Is this your best? You insult my capabilities."

"Bzzz!"

With that, Mu Lin dragged billions of locust soul reflections into the Yin Soil.

Though individually feeble, their collective presence bathed the realm in bloody radiance.

The Yin Soil transformed into a churning crimson ocean.

However, despite the ocean’s vastness, Mu Lin felt no fear.

One must understand that an ordinary person’s soul is fragile.

Wind, sunlight, even thunder could make those souls tremble and weaken.

Like the human brain – fragile enough to die from a needle prick or sudden shock.

Though brains are soft, skulls protect them.

Similarly, human bodies act like armor guarding souls from harm.

But Mu Lin’s Yin Soil and Cycle of Life and Death bypassed all protections, dragging souls of humans and insects into this realm.

This was like cracking open skulls to expose brains to open air.

Against such exposed souls, Mu Lin had a hundred ways to kill them.

He chose the simplest – slowly closing his eyes.

"Buzz…"

Darkness swallowed Yin Soil instantly when his eyelids shut.

Chaos Origin Essence spread through endless blackness like black holes, assimilating and devouring everything.

In the world of the living, physical bodies let the insect swarm resist somewhat.

Had the locust queen united their power, they might’ve lasted longer.

But the insect apostle had already destroyed the locust queen.

In Yin Soil without physical protection,

with insect souls weaker than humans’, horror unfolded.

The glowing sea of countless souls began vanishing rapidly in darkness.

Three breaths. Just three breaths erased billions of soul-lights completely.

Souls assimilated meant death for all locusts.

Outside, Fang Niu and Zhu Yan witnessed this staggering spectacle.

"Chirp…"

"Buzz…"

The sky-blotting swarm that seemed capable of devouring everything

suddenly fell like raindrops within three breaths.

"Crash…"

So many locusts crashed down they blanketed the earth.

"???"

At first Fang Niu and Zhu Yan couldn’t comprehend the horror before them.

Only after ten breaths, seeing motionless locust corpses,

did cold dread creep through their veins.

"They’re… dead?!!"