Indeed, the bug beasts' aura in the hives were only on demigod-level. However, Lin Huang had a vague feeling that something was not right.
A buzzing noise came again after the over 300 hives had completed their transformation.
"Buzz …"
"Buzz …"
"Buzz …"
…
The over 300 hives made similar noises of different frequencies as if a battle horn had been blown again.
This time, the buzzing noise only lasted for approximately ten seconds before it stopped abruptly.
Subsequently, Lin Huang saw swarms of bugs coming out of the cracks or holes in the middle of the hives.
When he saw the bug swarms, Lin Huang confirmed that the bug beasts' combat strength was really only on demigod-level. However, soon, something shocking happened.
In the air, over 300 bug swarms came out of the hives neatly. As if they were commanded by something, they gathered quickly and transformed into ferocious giant beasts.
The ferocious giant beasts were at least tens of thousands of meters long. Their aura was many times more powerful than the bug beasts.
"Is this … a battle formation?!" Upon seeing that, Lin Huang finally knew why he felt strange earlier.
It turned out that these demigod-level bug beasts had formed a battle formation in the hives earlier. Therefore, the 10,000 bug beasts gave off a strange feeling that they were one.
"To be exact, it's a bug formation. Of course, you're right to call it a battle formation. After all, bug formations are also a type of battle formation, "the stone tablet corrected him. "A bug formation made of tens of thousands of demigod-level bug beasts has an overall ability that can fight a Virtual God rank-3. In other words, you'll have to fight over 300 Virtual God rank-3 monsters at the same time. "
"Are these bug formations that powerful?" Lin Huang could not help but raise his brow.
"You'll see it soon."
As soon as the stone tablet was done speaking, the giant beasts formed by the bug formations collided with Nine-tailed Cat and the rest.
Nine-tailed Cat's body turned into a white silhouette that flashed continuously. She swung her claws at a few bug formation giant beasts.
Streaks of crescent-moon-like black spatial blades flashed across the void like Thunder, slashing the bodies of several giant insect formation beasts.
Nine-tailed Cat's speed was too fast. They had no time to effectively defend or dodge, and were hit directly.
By right, Nine-tailed Cat, who was already on Virtual God rank-1, should have abilities that were no weaker than Virtual God rank-5. However, when his attack landed on the insect formation beasts, it actually did not cut them in half. In fact, it did not even kill a single insect beast in the insect formation. Lin Huang was a little surprised by that.
"What's going on? It took a direct hit from Nine-tailed Cat, but the insect formation didn't collapse? Nine-tailed Cat's claws just now should be enough to kill a real Virtual God rank-3! "
"Insect formations can transfer damage. It's not that the Insect Formation Beast isn't hurt, but the damage is distributed among the tens of thousands of Insect Beasts that make up the Insect Formation. This weakens the effect of Nine-tailed Cat's attack. "
"You can see that the Insect Formation Beast isn't destroyed not because it's more powerful than Virtual God rank-3. In reality, the giant beast's body is made of Divine Power. As soon as it's attacked, its Divine Power will be drained automatically. The Divine Power provided by these tens of thousands of demigod-level bug beasts is more than sufficient. "
The stone tablet's explanation finally calmed Lin Huang down a little.
"In other words, if I can't kill them in one hit, I'll attack a few more times to drain the Divine Power in their bodies. Then, I'll be able to kill these Insect Formation Beasts."
"You can think of it that way."
As Lin Huang was talking to the stone tablet, other collisions took place on the battlefield one after another.
The Destructive Divine Mammoth stomped its giant hooves on the heads of the Insect Formation Beasts one after another. However, the Insect Formation Beasts were not crushed.
Theoretically, after elevating to virtual god-level, the Destructive Divine Mammoth's ability should be on par with Nine-tailed Cat's. It should be able to crush a bunch of demigod-level bug beasts easily with a stomp of its hooves. However, with the bug formation's damage transfer and the sea of Divine Power, the Insect Formation Beasts did not suffer any actual damage.
It was the same for the Death Butterfly. When it flapped its wings, none of the Demigod bug beasts could survive its attack, even though it could easily kill a large number of them. However, the many bug beasts that formed the bug formation were still alive after being attacked.
The other God Figurine's Combat Souls that had elevated to virtual god-level fell into an awkward situation where they could not kill the bug beasts.
Among them, the most awkward one was the Undead Styx. His undead army's combat strength was only on imperial-level. The undead army could not fight back at all after encountering the Insect Formation Beasts.
Each time the Insect Formation Beasts attacked, a bunch of the undead army would be crushed.
Although the Undead Styx resurrected them repeatedly, it could only slow down the Insect Formation Beasts' speed slightly. It was not enough to stop them.
Meanwhile, the three God Figurine's Combat Souls that had yet to elevate to virtual god-level were in an even more awkward situation.
The Withered Flower retreated from the battlefield after swallowing a Insect Formation Beast directly. It seemed to be digesting the food that it had just eaten.
Meanwhile, the Creation Clock and the Shackle Serpent retreated from the battlefield directly.
Both of their abilities could only be used on creatures without Divine Power in their bodies.
For example, the Creation Clock could control the flow of time to affect a person, but it could not do anything to demigods with Divine Power in their bodies.
It was the same for the Shackle Serpent. Its sealing ability could only be used on creatures without Divine Power in their bodies.
Moreover, both of them were not good at close-range combat. Lin Huang thought about it and decided that it was unnecessary for them to stay on the battlefield.
The seven virtual god-level God Figurine's Combat Souls could only support the battlefield helplessly. They were going back and forth among the over 300 Insect Formation Beasts.
Nine-tailed Cat was the busiest one among them. He had been saving the battlefield almost all the time.
There were just too many Insect Formation Beasts, and they were difficult to kill.
The Destructive Divine Mammoth and the rest had to fight over 40 Insect Formation Beasts on their own to ensure that the Insect Formation Beasts could not break through the defense line.
However, there were times when the Insect Formation Beasts broke through the defense line and headed toward Lin Huang when they could not get away.
Nine-tailed Cat could only get away from his side and stop the Insect Formation Beasts that broke through the defense line. They were slapped on the Insect Formation Beasts' faces one after another, sending them back to where they came from.
Although Nine-tailed Cat and the rest knew very well that Lin Huang had his own ways to deal with the Insect Formation Beasts even if they released them, they were determined not to let the Insect Formation Beasts break through the defense line.
This battle was the most difficult one for Nine-tailed Cat and the rest of the God Figurine's Combat Souls ever since. This was because they had always been suppressing their opponents. However, this was the only time they could not kill the enemies instantly. Moreover, there were many more of them than they had.
The stalemate lasted for over ten minutes before Nine-tailed Cat finally broke through with a swipe of his claws.
Finally, the first Insect Formation Beast was torn apart by Nine-tailed Cat's claws as its Divine Power was drained.
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"This chapter's stuck. I couldn't get it out before 12 o 'clock … I'll have to wait for Monday to update the third chapter."
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