Chapter 17 - Chapter 17: Advance

Unfortunately, the Machete Cockroaches pouring down from the sky made escape an arduous task. No matter which direction they fled, countless bugs awaited them. Peter possessed a Stinger Dragonfly and looked down at the battlefield beneath. The carnage dispelled the excessive unease in his heart and gave him a firsthand understanding of the current combat capabilities of the insect swarm. This led him to discard several pre - planned tactical strategies in his mind. Watching the continuous influx of the insect swarm, he thought, "What on earth do I need a tactical plan for? If I lose this, I'll stand on my head and wash my hair." With his confidence swelling, Peter resolutely set a "flag" for himself. Just then, a new change occurred in the sky. Countless golden lights converged, and Peter felt a sudden tightness. "Surely not," he thought. "I just set a flag. Is an accident about to happen?" A golden - hued虚影 took shape in the sky. "I surrender. I'm willing to offer 50,000 divine - power points to save my life," a majestic thought spread, yet its content was so humble. Hearing this, the heart that Peter had just raised dropped back into his chest. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm; it was the projection condensed by the opposing demigod using divine power. Peter immediately controlled the Stinger Dragonfly and flew in front of the demigod's虚影 in the sky. "Pay up!" he firmly sent this thought, just two words. Unless there were highly valuable rare resources in the other's Divine Domain, the entire domain wasn't worth 50,000 points. "I don't have that much divine power at the moment. I can only pay 10,000 points first. I'll gather the rest as soon as possible. Can you ask your believers to stop?" With the courage of a last - ditch gamble, Rukor immediately sent this thought to the "bug" in front of him. "Scram!" Peter knew at once that this fellow was penniless and was merely taking a shot in the dark. He aimed to placate Peter first, then figure out how to trick him into withdrawing his believers from the Divine Domain and make an escape. In all sorts of extracurricular readings in this world, protagonists often escaped death and turned the tables in such ways. Moreover, Peter hadn't forgotten that this very person had invaded him earlier and had just given him a huge scare. Immediately, Peter ignored the demigod and possessed another Stinger Dragonfly to continue observing the battlefield. The demigod's虚影 in the sky persisted, sending out thoughts one after another until it slowly dissipated. Peter didn't pay it any more attention. Just after the虚影 vanished, Rukor, in despair, withdrew from the World of the Gods. As an ordinary civilian from a family of modest means, he didn't have 10,000 points of divine power. His earlier attempt was nothing but self - delusion in his desperation. Now, what he needed to do was extract all his remaining divine power into the real world and convert it into divine - energy crystals. Otherwise, when the core of the Divine Domain shattered, the divine power in the World of the Gods would disappear as well. As the Stinger Dragonflies spread, the map model of the other's Divine Domain in Peter's mind was rapidly taking shape. The gathering areas of the Jackal - Men appeared on the map, and some Jackal - Men fleeing on the battlefield's edge were marked as red dots. Peter was gradually grasping the actual situation of this Divine Domain. In the battlefield below, the real battle ended the moment the Jackal - Man defense line crumbled. Now, a game of pursuit and escape was unfolding. Peter promptly began to direct the insect swarm. He divided the swarm into groups ranging from ten thousand to over a hundred thousand and assigned individual tasks to each group. The Machete Cockroaches and Piercing Tarantulas that were still advancing as an insect tide on the battlefield's front began to break away from the main force one group at a time under Peter's command. Most of the Machete Cockroaches and some of the Piercing Tarantulas formed groups to continue chasing the scattered Jackal - Man warriors and clear the stragglers on the map. The main Piercing Tarantula army, accompanied by a small number of Machete Cockroaches, was dispatched to clear the various Jackal - Man tribes on the map. Each unit was accompanied by a varying number of Stinger Dragonflies, which served as scouts and messengers. Looking at the green dots representing his side and the red dots representing the enemy on the map, Peter felt a sense of familiarity, as if he were playing a real - time strategy game. After assigning tasks and routes to all the main forces, Peter turned his attention to a group of Stinger Dragonflies at the forefront of the map. This was an insect - type unit consisting of over 500,000 Stinger Dragonflies. At that moment, they were speeding towards the center of this Divine Domain. Almost all Divine Domains had their cores fixed at the very center, ensuring that no matter which direction was invaded, the core was always the farthest from the invasion passage. As the Stinger Dragonflies neared the center of the Divine Domain, a fairly large but crude town came into Peter's view. The Stinger Dragonflies in the sky immediately spread out to observe the town. "So shabby. There should be no more than 100,000 Jackal - Men in this town. The Stinger Dragonflies alone are enough to take it down," Peter thought, looking at the town. "Don't build such a large - scale town if your productivity can't keep up!" It was more like a large - scale livestock - breeding industrial park than a Jackal - Man town. All kinds of animal enclosures were scattered throughout the town, presenting a primitive - tribe style. Only the large stone altar in the center looked relatively decent. Seeing the altar, Peter knew this was his target. He immediately ordered this group of Stinger Dragonflies to attack. The Stinger Dragonflies that had been searching separately launched an attack on this Jackal - Man town as soon as they received the order. The battle ended swiftly. When these ordinary civilian Jackal - Men saw that resisters were attacked by over a dozen bugs in an instant and then foamed at the mouth, fell to the ground, and convulsed, most of them chose to turn and run or find a hiding place. Just then, a fireball shot into the sky from the direction of the altar. Peter immediately focused his attention there. An old Jackal - Man shaman was standing on the altar, waving a wooden staff. More than a dozen Jackal - Man warriors surrounded and protected him, blocking the Stinger Dragonflies' approach. Then another fireball formed in the shaman's hand and hurtled towards the flying insect swarm. However, it had little effect. With the Stinger Dragonflies' high mobility, they easily evaded the incoming fireball. Seeing this, the shaman refused to give up. A red light spread from his palm. All the Jackal - Man warriors touched by the red light had red eyes and a crazed look, constantly waving their weapons, trying to attack the flying Stinger Dragonflies. This was likely a status spell, a buff magic similar to a rage spell.