Chapter 476 - Dark Locust Revives

Though it was undeniably a huge blow to lose a Giant-class ship, it was one that the three directors could stomach. After all, it was worth sacrificing a Giant-class ship in exchange for the life of an Earthsunder life form.

The cracked space where Dark Locust had self-detonated continuously drew in matter to heal itself. Noticing this, the three directors ordered the Earthsunder Giant Protector to abandon the Giant-class ship.

The ship was already destroyed. They couldn’t afford to lose the Giant Protector as well.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ming, having escaped with Han Wu, was already feeling better after a short rest.

Senses expanded to perceive the happenings outside, Jiang Ming had initially been ecstatic when he learned that Han Wu had another Earthsunder life form hidden away. This joy dissolved when Dark Locust self-detonated.

Jiang Ming panicked. That was an Earthsunder life form, a strategic war asset! It was a huge loss for it to sacrifice itself just to destroy a Giant-class ship.

“How could you let an Earthsunder life form sacrifice itself for nothing? What a waste!” he cried out, so worked up he almost coughed up blood again.

“Don’t worry,” Han Wu assured. “I know the value of an Earthsunder life form. The real show is just about to begin.”

On the battlefield, Han Wu and the Supreme Merchant Group’s units were clashing. Corpses piled up into small mountains, and blood flowed like rivers. The three directors observed everything calmly from within their ship.

They were accustomed to battles on this scale, and their core race was born for warfare. As long as they won, they could always recoup the losses from before.

Both Yin De and Xi Wa were confident they would win after seeing Han Wu’s Earthsunder life form sacrifice itself with relatively minimal loss to the Supreme Merchant Group. That was a massive advantage for them.

The ever-cautious Hu Lan, however, felt something was amiss. He just didn’t know what yet. Extending his senses, he vigilantly scanned the crack in space where Dark Locust had previously detonated itself.

The crack was slowly recovering as it absorbed matter and energy, but besides that, Hu Lan could sense nothing wrong. Assuming he was overthinking the situation, he was about to shift his attention to the battle below when he unintentionally detected a small piece of flesh gradually taking shape.

Scattered chunks of flesh and blood manifested and merged into the figure of Dark Locust again. Unfortunately, by the time he realized what was happening, it was already too late.

Dark Locust had revived itself! The presence of the Earthsunder life form caught the attention of the other two directors.

They stared at Dark Locust as if seeing a ghost.

“It—Didn’t it detonate itself?” Yin De stammered as he watched Dark Locust attack their units.

Xi Wa rubbed his eyes at the unbelievable scene. “This can’t be real.”

Hu Lan wore a bitter expression. While he didn’t want to believe what was happening, reality was undeniable—the powerful Earthsunder life form had revived and was once again killing the Supreme Merchant Group’s units down below.

“Giant Protectors, stop it!” Hu Lan ordered.

Two Giant Protectors rushed down to kill Dark Locust. Seeing their advance, Dark Locust unhesitatingly shot toward them with extreme speed.

When Hu Lan saw this, he belatedly remembered Dark Locust’s earlier detonation. “SHIT!”

It was too late. Dark Locust was a mere twenty meters away from the two Giant Protectors—well within range of its blast.

Dark Locust unhesitatingly self-detonated once again.

The powerful explosion tore through the Giant Protectors’ hastily thrown-up barrier, gravely injuring them. One lost an arm, while the second lost half of its face.

These grievous wounds left the two weakened and temporarily out of the fight. Hu Lan thought this was the limit of Dark Locust, only to despair when he saw the tiny chunks of flesh swiftly taking shape once more.

Just ten minutes later, Dark Locust was back.

“Why isn’t there a limit...” Hu Lan cried out in dismay, feeling as if he was on the verge of going crazy. “Send two Giant Protectors to stop it! Gather the remaining Giant Protectors and use their strongest attack to destroy Han Wu’s fleet in one go. Kill that God and put an end to this battle as soon as possible.”

Dark Locust was a member of Han Wu’s core race. If they killed Han Wu, it would naturally lose its strength and become easy to kill. The pressure that Dark Locust placed on Hu Lan was enough for him to shift priorities toward killing Han Wu first.

Two Giant Protectors rushed towards where Han Wu’s fleet was. Their powerful presence as Earthsunder life forms was enough to smother any units beneath the Heroic grade. Han Wu’s protective measures folded like wet paper before them.

The three directors assumed that the Giant Protectors would soon pierce into the center of Han Wu’s fleet.

Then, something unexpected happened.

A wind blade stopped the two Giant Protectors in their tracks.

Yin Ming pointed at Steely in his Hecatoncheiras form. “That’s the one! That’s the Earthsunder Hecatoncheiras that killed the Giant Protector!”

The three directors glanced at Steely. With their experience, it didn’t take them long to figure out what made Steely special. A regular Hecatoncheiras wouldn’t be as powerful as Steely. However, Steely’s skills with the wind and the greatsword made the three directors realize that this was no simple Hecatoncheiras, but a Swordwind!

“How did he turn a Swordwind into that form? Han Wu has to be someone special. Quick, use the treasure to send an emergency message. Call our people to look into Han Wu’s background,” Hu Lan commanded.

Yin De and Xi Wa thought Hu Lan’s actions were unnecessary. They were in the middle of fighting to the death. Checking Han Wu’s background information wasn’t useful at this point.

After all, it wasn’t as if they could just apologize and compensate him. As Major Gods, it would be humiliating for them to apologize to such a young God. The pair simply couldn’t let go of their pride and reputation.