Chapter 82.1

Editor: Kat

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Click, crack.

The sound of the breaking eggshell emitted from the emerald green cocoon formed by the mother of the swarm. Unlike the male insects who had directly torn the cocoon apart violently, porcelain-like cracks appeared on the beautiful cocoon that was akin to a jade ball, revealing a fragile and breathtaking beauty.

The swarm began to grow restless. Wei Xun could feel that there were hundreds of millions of Insects of Evil. They lay deep in the caves, in the ruins of Xiangxiong, on the snowy mountains, and beside the holy lake. All the insect swarms were crazily marching over to Wei Xun’s location.

They came mightily but silently as they crawled in the dark cracks, and the people sleeping on the surface did not know that a torrent of insects passed beneath their feet.

However, close to the insect nest, the male and soldier insects guarding the female insect retreated in waves. Originally, they were three meters away from Wei Xun, but now the swarm retreated directly to ten meters away as the female insect broke through the cocoon. The invisible and terrifying power that was occasionally released made the swarm retreat in surrender.

“Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.”

This was the sound Mantis No. 1 made as it smacked its hind limbs. The mantises were nervous and afraid. They were no longer under the control of the female insect after they had mutated, and the fear they experienced at this moment was the natural fear they would experience when facing the insect that could control them from birth. It was a type of fear towards the mother of the swarm.

They were so frightened that they flew towards Wei Xun, and subconsciously wanted to lean closer to their master.

This feels different. Wei Xun felt the fear of the three mantis brothers and the dread of the golden mosquito. This was not a simple act of precaution the insects felt against a powerful enemy. If Wei Xun had acquired another insect under his liege, even if it was stronger than Xiaojin, they would not have had such a violent reaction.

It was because the existence of the mother of the swarm naturally suppressed all demonic insects.

Subduing the mother of the swarm was a completely different matter from subduing the male insects. Obviously, just one drop of blood could mutate the three mantis brothers and cause a metamorphosis in Quda and Quer, but Wei Xun had used five drops of blood to feed the mother of the swarm. But now, it had gotten stuck while breaking through the cocoon. The cracks on the jade ball-like cocoon no longer increased, and the cocoon ball started to shake slightly. It was different from how the cocoon had shook previously.

Wei Xun sensed the anxiety of the female insect and how it was begging that it needed more energy to support its transformation to break through the cocoon.

If Wei Xun couldn’t support it——

The Insects of Evil would riot because of the mother of the swarm and devour all the living creatures around it frantically to find enough nourishment for it. Even Wei Xun could not stop this, because this was the natural instinct of the Insects of Evil to guard the mother of the swarm.

The cunning and greedy female insect was far more intelligent than the three mantis brothers and Xiaojin after mutation. Although it had a humble attitude when begging Wei Xun, its intention behind this was to threaten Wei Xun. It was obviously due to Wei Xun’s blood that it had the opportunity to mutate, but after obtaining higher wisdom, its first reaction was to ask him to provide enough blood for it to continue to mutate.

Otherwise, once the insect plague spread, the entire surroundings of the Xiangxiong ruins, and even the grasslands of northern Tibet, would no longer be peaceful.

“Squeak——”

The ferret cub was acutely aware that something was wrong, and bared its teeth to deter the mother of the swarm. It was not affected by the coercion of the mother of the swarm, but it also vaguely sensed the terrifyingly large number of the small insects. It could easily crush the insects, but when the number of any creature reached a certain level, they would become an extremely terrifying existence.

Suddenly, Wei Xun smiled.

He picked up the emerald-like cocoon from the ground and played with it in his hand, as if spinning an iron ball.

All of a sudden, his hand clenched hard. After using his current strength after receiving some enhancement in strength from the young fox possessing him, the cocoon could not withstand the force and let out a clicking sound, and the cracks on it were as dense as cobwebs. However, this was not the normal process of breaking the cocoon. Emerald-colored liquid, which was the blood of the female insect, dripped from the crack.

The voice of the mother of the swarm’s pain, fear, and begging for mercy resounded in Wei Xun’s heart, but the insect swarm was still ready to act because of the female insect’s pain. The insect swarm that had withdrawn fifteen meters began to approach, and the dense rustling sound came from all directions, making one’s scalp tingle. The three mantis brothers raised their arms, on alert as they stood in front of Wei Xun.

The ferret cub held onto Wei Xun’s shoulder tightly. Although it looked like an ordinary ferret, it was always ready to fight side by side with Wei Xun. This was because the young fox’s remnant soul had already entered Wei Xun’s body!

Even the most determined person would feel their willpower shaken by this situation, and might compromise first, letting the mother of the swarm break out of the cocoon smoothly before finding a way to completely subdue it.

But Wei Xun was not such a person.

If you used brute force to deal with him, he would only use a stronger brute force to deal with you. And if one had to compare who was stronger in terms of brute force, it would definitely be Wei Xun.

No one was as crazy as him!

Wei Xun still smiled faintly, and the next moment he took out a gold-plated silver-inlaid skull.

The ancient Xiangxiong people must have used secret medicine or special materials when creating this skull, or the skull itself had something special, which made the Insects of Evil instinctively fear and therefore avoid it. Even the mother of the swarm’s attitude softened when Wei Xun took out the skull. The voice begging for mercy that sounded in Wei Xun’s mind became weaker, and it no longer had an attitude that was implicitly coercing Wei Xun to give it blood.

However, Wei Xun didn’t care about this and moved his hands closer. There was a fairly regular circular hole on the top of the skull, the size of a ping-pong ball. Wei Xun held the skull with one hand and placed the fist-sized mother of the swarm’s round cocoon right on the skull.

The round hole acted like a support for the cocoon, and the sight appeared like the skull was part of an exhibit with the jade ball. It seemed like a piece of cult-inspired art, like those skull lamps sold online, or those skull pen holders, etc.

However, Wei Xun looked at it twice and still felt that there was something missing.

‘Got it!’

With a change in his mind, he blocked the cries of the female insect’s painful pleading that was growing weaker and weaker, and happily took off the human skin thangka from his head that blocked the radiation. He lightly placed it on the top of the insect’s cocoon, and then the four corners tightened around it, tightly wrapping the cocoon of the mother of the swarm and the gold-plated silver-inlaid skull.

虫母：wuwuwu

Mother of the swarm: Sob, sob, sob, sob.

The mother of the swarm’s cries of pain were so weak that they were almost non-existent. It seemed to have completely let go of all its ambitious feelings and cunning, and begged for mercy in the most humble manner. But in fact, the swarm was still approaching at a slow speed which was impossible to ignore.

Ten meters, five meters, three meters, one meter.

Up until now, the range of Wei Xun’s field of vision was full of Insects of Evil, and the dense swarm continued trying to attack him. It was clear that the swarm in front of him had already died due to the skull and turned gray and dried up, but there were still countless swarms of insects crazily approaching Wei Xun.

The dead corpses gradually piled up into hills, blocking the front, back, left, and right of Wei Xun.

He was completely engulfed by the sea of insect swarms.

This kind of fear of being surrounded by boundless swarms of insects, the sense of panic caused by the madness of the swarms, watching more and more dead insects pile up… almost turned into a psychological blow known as a sea of corpses——

It was a pity that Wei Xun doesn’t feel this way.

He was very calm. As long as the insect swarm still approached, he ignored any request for mercy from the mother of the swarm, like he was boiling an eagle. This silent confrontation would determine who would be the master and who the slave.

The endless swarms of insects came one after another, while the sound of the female insect’s voice ringing in Wei Xun’s mind became weaker and weaker. Wei Xun stood motionless in the sea of thousands of insects, like a lighthouse.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

‘Sob, sob, sob, sob, sob’

A soft, painful cry resounded in Wei Xun’s heart.

This was the cry of the mother of the swarm’s fear and despair, its fear of Wei Xun, and its despair in the face of death.

After swallowing five drops of blood, it had understood the difference between “I” and “others,” and learned to fear death.

Even if it died and the insect swarm went out of control, killing Wei Xun and swallowing the entire northern Tibet grasslands, what was the use?

“I” would already be dead.

I can’t die, can’t die.

The insect finally gave in.

‘Who is the master and who is the slave?’

Wei Xun’s indifferent tone, like a majestic voice filled with justice, reverberated in the mother of the swarm’s heart.

‘Are you clear?’

‘Ferrara is the master’s slave eternally.’

The mother of the swarm offered her allegiance unreservedly, in a feeble voice unreservedly. This was an absolute surrender. At this moment, the swarms of insects receded like a tide, and when they retreated five meters away, they curled up their insect bodies like they were bowing to Wei Xun.

To tame the mother of the swarm was to tame an entire swarm.

[Beep, the dark blue title task [My First Mother Of The Swarm] has been completed!]

[Task evaluation: Perfect!]

[Task reward issuance——]

[Your esteemed self has obtained an identity-type dark blue title: Demonic Insect Dominator]

[Your esteemed self has obtained a matching prop to the title: Damaged Demonic Insect Ball (0/5)]

[Demonic Insect Dominator (Dark Blue Title): As the Insect Dominator, your esteemed self will always possess special domestication skills for demonic insects, and the tamed demon insects can make you stronger. However, the insects are greedy and warlike races that have invaded others their entire lives. Your esteemed self must lead them to expand their territory frequently, otherwise the anxiety and madness of the swarm will reverse back on your esteemed self!]

[Name: Damaged Demonic Insect Ball (0/5)]

[Quality: Title Exclusive]

[Function 1: Your esteemed self can store the completely subdued demonic insects in this demonic insect ball, and they will not feel hungry or fatigued in it]

[Remarks: Even a 100-meter-long abyss insect can be stuffed into the demonic insect ball! A product of the Travel Services is surely a fine good!]

[Function 2: When your esteemed self possesses both a title relating to the demonic insects and the damaged demonic insect ball, you will be able to obtain some abilities of the insects in the insect ball, and this ability will also be reflected onto the swarm your esteemed self controls]

[Currently, the demonic insects your esteemed self possesses are:

Mother of the swarm:

Farara-class mother of the swarm: 1x

Intermediate-class demonic insects:

Valentine demonic mosquito: 1x

Human skin maggots: 4x

Inferior demonic insects:

Blade mantis: 3x

Swarms:

Large insect swarm (up to 10000): 1x]

[Please make persistent efforts to become a more powerful Insect Dominator!]

[Please choose the carrier of the demonic insect ball!]

A series of prompts sounded in Wei Xun’s mind, and the corners of his mouth twitched. It was a smile that he didn’t bother to disguise.

It could be said that this was his first “complete” dark blue title!

The title task of the treasure hunter series of title tasks had not been completed, and [A Wild Beast’s Psyche] was just a normal blue title.

And “Demonic Insect Dominator” was his first identity-type title. It could bring him powerful advantages and strengthen his combat power, while the limitations brought by the title were nothing to Wei Xun.

As long as a mother of the swarm of the same species class existed, the swarm would never feel restless. This was the advantage of subduing the mother of the swarm.

The demonic insect ball did not have a physical state, and the Travel Services could attach the “Demonic Insect Ball” to any spherical object. Even if Wei Xun chose a basketball, or an elastic ball, it would be able to work as the carrier.

‘Can I choose Earth?’ Wei Xun pondered.