The captain of the Umbrella Fungi Clan hesitated, his lips twitching slightly, unsure whether to warn the Shadow Clan.
After all, a squad capable of wiping out over fifty mbers of the Umbrella Fungi Clan might not be as simple as the elves had described.
The Shadow Clan’s chief commander made the final decision, "Alright, proceed as planned. Prepare for the transition in thirty minutes. Destroy the insect nest."
"Understood!"
After the eting ended, Cole Karot and the other species’ captains returned to their respective ships.
Fang Heng had already been waiting and asked, "Your Highness, how did the eting go?"
"As expected. Due to spatial fluctuations, the Shadow Clan decided to halt their ships outside the interference zone and personally lead the attack on the insect nest."
Cole Karot couldn’t help but add a warning, "Fang Heng, I admit the mutant worm creatures under your control are powerful, but the Shadow Clan didn’t beco the leading force in the alliance for nothing. Their strength is formidable. Don’t underestimate them."
"Thank you. I’ll take your advice," Fang Heng nodded lightly. "Next, I’ll need you to continue following the Shadow Clan and provide us with intel."
"I will."
...
Over half an hour later, the ships docked at the periphery of the strong spatial fluctuation zone.
Nearly twenty dium to large teams ford by allied races moved toward the marked insect nest location, led by the Shadow Clan.
Cole Karot stayed in the middle of the formation.
In truth, this area had been deliberately selected by Fang Heng’s group, and they had even strengthened the spatial turbulence using magical arrays, preventing the ships from landing.
As the teams quickly approached the predetermined location, Cole Karot felt a growing sense of unease.
If the Shadow Clan or other allies discovered traces of the magical arrays, they would surely beco suspicious.
Fang Heng hadn’t explained his full plan—only instructed Cole to follow the group, not to act rashly, and if the Shadow Clan or other races tried to retreat, to delay them as long as his safety allowed.
As Cole Karot pondered this, a dust cloud suddenly rose over the desert ahead.
Mutant worms!
Before even reaching the marked insect nest area, three to four hundred mutant worm creatures burst from the ground beneath the wasteland plains and charged straight toward the Shadow Clan alliance forces!
"Prepare for battle!"
The marching Shadow Clan alliance imdiately ford a dense formation. The first wave of long-range beam weapons rained down on the mutant worm swarm.
Cole Karot stayed hidden toward the back of the group.
Just as he had anticipated, long-range attacks alone couldn’t take down these terrifyingly resilient mutant worms.
The mutant worms closed in on each of the alliance units again.
The Shadow Clan’s chief commander, noticing this, raised his hand.
A batch of elite lee teams stepped forward from their respective groups and ford a frontline to intercept the swarm.
Then, the swarm collided with the elite squads, engaging in a brutal and savage lee.
The alien elite teams quickly realized sothing was wrong with the swarm.
Creatures this terrifying were only supposed to be S-level?
Who were they kidding?!
Fortunately, the allied races had dispatched their elite forces, and since the number of mutant worms wasn’t too overwhelming yet, they gradually found ways to deal with the Licker after the initial chaos.
Although progress was slow, they were indeed starting to reduce the number of Licker.
Seeing this, Cole Karot grew worried.
Things didn’t seem to be going as expected.
Hm?
Suddenly, a jolt ran through Cole Karot’s heart.
What was that?
He abruptly felt intense vibrations from the ground beneath his feet.
As the earth trembled, massive cracks spread across the barren land.
Monts later, a huge number of Licker crawled out from the ruptured ground, surging in from all directions toward the allied forces!
That many!
As he watched the dense swarm of mutant worm creatures pour out from the earth, Cole Karot’s expression changed.
He had known the mutant worms were strong, but he never imagined their numbers would be this vast.
A black wave of mutant worms surged toward the Shadow Clan forces.
Huh?
What was that?
Cole Karot’s eyelids twitched slightly as he stared at the approaching mutant worms.
He saw with his own eyes, one of the worms suddenly trembled and then split from within, creating an identical new body.
One beca two. Two beca four.
Illusions!
But then he saw the split-off worm get blasted back by concentrated beam attacks.
Not illusions!
It was a division ability!
In a blink, the number of mutant worm life forms increased tenfold!
Such a massive swarm imdiately put the alliance forces under imnse pressure.
Beam weapons fired wildly at the encroaching mutant worm swarm from all directions.
However, the effect of long-range attacks was minimal.
"Hmph!"
The Shadow Clan’s chief commander snorted coldly and shot a heavy glance at the Elven Prince nearby, his face turning grim.
There was clearly a problem with the intel.
Weren’t they told that no high-level insect nest had been found?
Then why were there so many mutant worms?
These mutant creatures had high stats across the board and were extrely hard to kill. Small numbers were manageable, but in large numbers, they beca a nightmare.
In just seconds, elite units from the Shadow Clan and other allied species joined the battlefield.
As more elite troops entered the fight, the Shadow Clan also deployed their elite teams.
Large-scale light-shadow spheres were used to restrain the Licker, pinning them in place. Each race began to unleash their trump cards to gradually control the mutant swarm.
Once again, the battle descended into a brutal lee.
So strong!
Cole Karot was inwardly astonished.
What he had seen earlier wasn’t even the mutant worms’ full strength!
And the number of mutant worms continued to increase!
D*mn it. With such terrifying power, Fang Heng’s side could’ve gone all-in for a head-on fight with the dependents.
Why hadn’t Fang Heng done that?
At the mont, although the Shadow Clan alliance was in crisis, the mutant worms were also being slowly worn down.
Cole Karot furrowed his brow. Sothing didn’t feel right.
The mutant worm swarm clearly didn’t fear direct confrontation with the Shadow Clan alliance.
Yet even so, Fang Heng was using every trick, scheming from the shadows.
Who could possibly stand against this?
Cole Karot had a foreboding feeling.
Fang Heng and his people must have an even bigger sche in motion.
It was very likely that the Shadow Clan alliance was about to suffer a major loss.
anwhile, Fang Heng was still in the rear cabin of the Elven ship, eyes closed in cultivation.
He ended his session and glanced at the ga notifications.
The battle on the Shadow Clan’s frontlines was already in full swing.
It seed it was ti for his side to act as well.
Fang Heng stood up and brought his hands together to form a seal, his right eye spinning rapidly.
"Chi! Chi chi chi!!!"
In the next mont, the summoning magic array in front of Fang Heng, where Abe Akaya stood, began spinning rapidly.
Tiny dark red vines spilled out from the magic array.
"Abe Akaya, let’s go all out!"
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