After taking care of the ancient tree he had been longing for, Qin Shilei got up and flew back towards the spatial rift.
After exterminating all the beetles in the valley, he also completely sealed the cave at the spatial rift.
This way, as long as no high-level bugs came, they should not sense the existence of a spatial rift here and thus would not cause trouble on Blue Star.
Over the next five days, Qin Shilei visited a total of seven spatial rifts within the territory of Great Xia.
He thoroughly cleaned up the areas on the other side of the spatial rifts.
Currently, there were still two spatial rifts remaining in Great Xia, but Qin Shilei did not go to them.
One was the spatial rift near Changzhou City.
He had previously released the Frost Venerable inside to intercept a Worm Emperor.
If two peak Platinum-level bugs happened to be guarding the spatial rift, and if Xiao Chengfei failed to release Qin Shilei from the Shanhe Tu in time, leading to his death by the bug emperors, it would be a tragedy.
Although the probability of this was very small, it was not impossible.
The other spatial rift was the one in Lingquan City, where the opposite side was the extremely strange Abyss World.
Qin Shilei had no plans to go there for the time being.
Now, less than an hour remained until the one-year period mentioned by the system.
Qin Shilei was stationed in Changzhou City, Kong Qingshu went to Bei'an City, Zhang Xiaoli remained at Hope City, and An Qian went to Litian City.
As time passed, the mood of the survivors on Blue Star became increasingly tense.
The vast majority could only quietly await the judgment of fate.
Once Platinum-level powerhouses appeared in nearby spatial rifts, they would only face merciless slaughter.
In the City Lord's Mansion of Changzhou City.
Qin Shilei took out the Shanhe Tu and channeled Yuan Qi into it, causing a three-dimensional map of a fifty-thousand-kilometer radius to appear before him.
As the system's final countdown expired, more than a dozen red markers suddenly appeared on the map.
This indicated that more than ten Platinum-level alien races within a fifty-thousand-kilometer radius had arrived on Blue Star through spatial rifts at this moment.
Two red dots also appeared within Great Xia's territory, both near Changzhou City.
Qin Shilei put away the Shanhe Tu and flew rapidly towards that direction.
At the exit of the spatial rift.
The Frost Venerable and the Worm Emperor stood side by side.
"That detestable human must have hidden back in this world."
"This time, we must find him and tear him into a thousand pieces."
"We will also join forces to conquer this world and present it to Lord Emperor."
"Indeed, Lord Emperor will surely reward us handsomely then. Perhaps Lord Emperor will even help us break through our cultivation realms."
While the two bug emperors were envisioning the future, various bugs continued to emerge from the spatial rift behind them, awaiting their emperors to lead them in invading this delicious world.
Suddenly, a black dot rapidly flew towards them from a distance.
The Frost Venerable and the Worm Emperor's expressions changed drastically.
The Frost Venerable even turned and flew back towards the spatial rift.
"Since you've come, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Qin Shilei instantly blocked the spatial rift, looking at the Frost Venerable with a smile.
"It's you?"
The Frost Venerable looked at Qin Shilei in surprise, "Impossible, how could you have advanced to the Diamond realm so quickly?"
The Worm Emperor also looked at Qin Shilei incredulously, "Is he really the human I almost ate back then? He was only Gold four-star then, how could he suddenly become a Diamond expert?"
Qin Shilei smiled faintly, "I didn't expect you two wouldn't end up mutually destructive. Coming together now, you must be here for revenge, right?"
The expressions of the Frost Venerable and the Worm Emperor immediately became very ugly.
Although they could not see through Qin Shilei's cultivation, they knew that he was at least at the Diamond realm or above.
This human, who was only Gold four-star back then, had already caused them so much trouble.
Now that he was a Diamond expert, even with their arrogance, they didn't believe they could escape this calamity.
The Frost Venerable's mind raced, and the fear on its face was completely concealed. With a composed expression, it said, "We are not here for revenge.
We are here under the orders of Lord Emperor to persuade you to surrender!
Although your strength is great, in Lord Emperor's eyes, you are merely an ant that can be crushed with a casual flick of his hand.
As long as you are willing to submit, when Lord Emperor descends in the future, he will allow you to be the ruler of this world, managing it on his behalf."
"Hahaha!"
Qin Shilei burst into laughter, "It's truly difficult for a wretched bug like you to come up with such an excuse.
I'll have time to chat with you about your so-called Lord Emperor later. For now, obediently lie down for me."
With that, he flashed forward and charged at the Frost Venerable.
Innumerable ice cones rapidly bombarded Qin Shilei.
At the same time, the Frost Venerable flapped its wings wildly, rapidly fleeing into the distance.
Qin Shilei waved his hand casually, and all the ice cones before him were shattered.
With a flash of cold light, a deep sword mark appeared on the Frost Venerable's back.
Blood gushed out, and one of its wings was almost severed.
Qin Shilei lightly twisted his wrist and struck the Frost Venerable three more times with the back of his blade.
The once powerful Frost Venerable fell straight to the ground like a dead dog.
Qin Shilei flashed and pursued, grabbing the opponent with his left hand and throwing it into the Shanhe Tu.
He turned to see that the Worm Emperor had taken the opportunity to fly near the spatial rift.
In just one second, it could step into the spatial rift and return to the safe Bug Realm.
A flicker of joy appeared in the Worm Emperor's eyes, but as soon as this joy arose, it turned into infinite terror.
A transparent energy sword slashed towards it like a fleeting light.
Boom!
Purple blood spurted out.
The Worm Emperor's plump body seemed to freeze as it was sent flying backward.
Then, several more sword energies flashed, and sword marks appeared all over the Worm Emperor's body.
In less than a second, the peak Platinum-level Worm Emperor was also struck into a near-death state by the phantom.
Qin Shilei flashed to the Worm Emperor's side and threw it into the Shanhe Tu as well.
The strength of these two bugs was not bad; they could serve as rewards for meritorious officials and enhance the strength of their subordinates, so Qin Shilei did not kill them with a single blow.
The phantom was pursuing the bugs that had followed the two bug emperors below, while Qin Shilei took out the Shanhe Tu and channeled Yuan Qi into it again.
Of the more than ten red dots that had just appeared, three were now gone.
This proved that his subordinates had already slain three of the invading alien powerhouses.
There was no movement from the千里传音符 (Thousand Mile Telepathic Talisman), indicating that the situation was still under control.
Since this was the case, Qin Shilei did not need to rush to provide support.
He pondered for a moment, then turned and flew towards Litian City.
When he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion of Litian City, An Qian and Xia Yunyan were chatting.
"Shilei, why have you come?" An Qian asked with some confusion.
"The Frost Venerable and that Worm Emperor have been captured by me. I was a little worried about you all, so I came over."
As Qin Shilei spoke, he took out the Shanhe Tu and channeled Yuan Qi into it again.
The map of Lingquan City that appeared showed more than a dozen red dots and a dense cluster of green dots.