After becoming undead, the Shadow Insects became traitors within their own race, and under their leadership, Lin Moyu's Shadow Insect swarm grew larger and larger.
When the number of Shadow Insects exceeded one hundred, Lin Moyu decisively ordered the Shadow Insects to merge and become the Shadow Insect King.
The swarm of hundreds of shadow insects, emitting a buzzing sound, began to merge together.
Lin Moyu later learned that it wasn't necessary to have a hundred groups of Wild Shadow Insects to fuse into an Insect King; a group of more than one field was sufficient for fusion.
However, the insect king created through such fusion is very weak.
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The fusion of the Shadow Insects is instinctive; they don't normally use this ability. They only passively use it when facing powerful enemies or when their entire species is threatened.
Now they are under Lin Moyu's control and have begun to merge on their own initiative.
Upon merging, the Shadow Insect swarm will enter another dimension and cease its cycle of time and space, becoming untouchable by ordinary means.
The whole process went smoothly, and the fusion was completed in just a few moments.
A giant insect, over ten thousand meters long, appeared in sight. The hundreds of millions of Shadow Insects had transformed into a gigantic insect king with a completely different appearance.
The Shadow Insect King exudes a peculiar aura, which varies in strength and intensity, permeating different times and spaces, appearing and disappearing at will.
Looking at the Shadow Insect King, Lin Moyu muttered to himself, "I'm afraid there aren't many people in the world who have ever seen the Shadow Insect King."
Chaos Child interjected, "Many of us saw it back then, but most of those who saw it were killed by it. This guy is a bit terrifying."
Lin Moyu carefully observed the Shadow Insect King. Although it was still a Shadow Insect, every corner of it and its abilities were completely different.
The soul communicated with it and obtained some information.
The Shadow Insect King has developed some faint consciousness, transcending instinct. Although it cannot be called intelligent, it can at least express some of its thoughts simply.
"This guy's physical body is actually existing in different times and spaces at the same time."
Lin Moyu was somewhat surprised, but he could completely understand that the physical body was in a different time and space.
However, if a cultivator does this, their physical body will quickly collapse. How could physical bodies from different times and spaces possibly be completely connected?
But the Shadow Insect King can. Its body is divided into thousands of regions, each in a different time and space, and they are connected to each other in a strange way.
If one area is attacked and destroyed, it will not affect other parts.
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In other words, to kill the Shadow Insect King, you must destroy most of its physical body at the same time.
These physical bodies are located in different regions and time periods, requiring the attacker's power to penetrate different time-spaces.
That's too difficult; it's impossible to do it easily.
Not only the physical body, but also its soul, which is slightly better than the physical body, existing in ten different time and space.
It will only perish if more than half of its souls are destroyed.
Lin Moyu realized that his decision to use the World-Burning Flame against ordinary Shadow Insects was far too wise.
If I were facing the Shadow Insect King, the World-Burning Fire would be ineffective, at most only able to wound it but not kill it.
If the sapling were still alive, with its ability to manipulate space and time, combined with the World-Burning Fire, it would be possible to kill the Shadow King.
This is also why the Shadow Insect King is such a headache for Grand Venerables; ordinary Grand Venerables simply can't do anything about it.
However, on the other hand, it's impossible for the Shadow Insect King to kill him.
You can just stand there and let it hit you; it can't move and you can share the damage.
Besides being in a different time and space, the Shadow Insect King's attack power far exceeds that of ordinary Shadow Insects. It does not need to use any spells; its ordinary attacks alone are enough to kill top-tier Perfected experts and cause damage to Grand Venerables.
It also has another ability: to command ordinary Shadow Bugs.
As the king of the Shadow Insects, it has the ability to command ordinary Shadow Insects and can control Shadow Insects within a certain range.
Although the insect is small, its structure is clear and its hierarchy is distinct.
With the appearance of the Shadow Insect King, there is no need to search for them one by one anymore. As long as it gives a command, the nearby Shadow Insect swarms will come to it on their own.
Its summoning range was vast, exceeding Lin Moyu's imagination. Lin Moyu was unsure of its exact size, but even it knew for sure.
Within its soul lies a gigantic net. When a Shadow Worm appears within this net, it can sense it and then issue commands.
So, under its command, swarms of Shadow Insects kept coming to deliver vegetables, and the efficiency was much faster than before.
Lin Moyu's Shadow Insect swarm continued to grow, and in just a few days, it gathered another hundred swarms, fusing them to create a second Shadow King.
Lin Moyu's goal is the Shadow Insect Queen, which requires a hundred Shadow Insect Kings, but he is still far from achieving his goal.
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According to his estimate, he could collect enough female barbarians in a few years at most.
"I want to thank the rules of heaven and earth for bringing me here."
Lin Moyu spoke without a care in the world. Fortunately, the rules of heaven and earth have no consciousness; otherwise, they would surely be furious with Lin Moyu's words.
The Primordial Gem said, "Everything that happens within the universe has two sides."
Lin Moyu laughed and said, "According to your logic, things beyond this world don't have two sides?"
The Primordial Gem said, "At least so far, everything beyond the heavens and earth I've seen is deathly still, without any duality, without exception."
All the supreme beings who left the world died. They died in the forbidden zone of life, with no survivors and no duality.
There is always a glimmer of hope in the world, but not in the forbidden zones of life.
When the strongest beings realize that their world will inevitably come to an end, and they try every means to prolong its lifespan, but the effect becomes less and less effective, they have no choice but to move forward.
There are only two paths forward: one is the forbidden zone of life, and the other is the wall between heaven and earth.
No matter who it is, no matter how many methods they try, they cannot break through the barrier between heaven and earth by brute force; even the Celestial Emperor could not.
So they only had one path left (Li Hao's): to enter the forbidden zone of life.
After making all sorts of preparations and even leaving themselves a way out, they resolutely entered the fray, and without exception, they all perished.
And all the escape routes they had planned were rendered useless.
At the moment of their fall, the world they had refined and controlled also collapsed, turning into the remains of the world.
Therefore, the world beyond what the Primordial Gem sees has no duality; it only has ten outcomes.
Lin Moyu said, "The longer you live, the less you want to die; the higher you climb, the more you want to continue climbing. I think those supreme beings must know that there is still a road ahead."
Hongmeng Gem said, "Yes, Emperor Po Cang once said something. His exact words were, 'I have seen the peak, and I am just one step away from crossing it.'"
He tried to cross it, but failed.
This statement also tells everyone that the strongest person is still one step away from the summit.
But this step, in the forbidden zone of life, is a deadly chasm, blocking everyone's path.