Dragon Soars, Phoenix Dances!
An Qian flashed above the Golden Armored Beetle, raising the Blood Soul high and slashing down at the Golden Armor below.
A phantom phoenix descended from the heavens, slamming heavily onto the Golden Armored Beetle's back, forcing it to sink and collapse onto the ground.
Little Gold leaped high, with the might of Mount Tai crushing down, raising its two sharp forelimbs and hacking at the wound An Qian had inflicted.
"Roar!"
Recovering from its stiffened state, the Golden Armored Beetle let out a piteous shriek.
As the shriek sounded, the surrounding insects instantly entered a frenzy, rushing madly towards their king.
Among them, dozens of Silver Armored Beetles, while running, unleashed a barrage of crescent energy blades.
Faced with such a volume of crescent blades, even An Qian, who was in the Golden realm, had to choose to retreat temporarily.
The phantom, which had already reached the Golden Armored Beetle's side, also had to teleport away.
"Roar!"
Little Gold also let out a shriek. Although it caused the surrounding insects to pause for a moment, it failed to control any of them.
Innumerable crescent blades struck Little Gold's body, causing the golden light around it to flicker violently, nearly extinguishing.
"An Qian, use Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix."
Qin Shi Lei teleported above Little Gold, mentally recalled Little Gold, and then teleported away again.
Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix!
After flying down, An Qian summoned countless giant firebirds.
Blood Soul pointed downwards, and the phantom phoenix, leading the giant firebirds, roared and charged towards the numerous insects below.
"Roar!"
The Golden Armored Beetle tilted its head and roared, unleashing a massive golden wheel slash towards the descending firebirds.
Boom!
The two collided, emitting a tremendous sound, and an invisible wave spread outwards.
In Qin Shi Lei's sight, the golden wheel disappeared, and the phantom phoenix also faded considerably, while countless firebirds vanished.
Immediately after, countless crescent blades bombarded the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, and then its hands dissolved into the air.
"Again!"
An Qian raised Blood Soul again and slashed downwards.
The Golden Armored Beetle raised its two forelimbs and unleashed another golden wheel slash.
Its subordinates also attacked the firebirds above.
"It seems you've forgotten about my Little Gold."
Qin Shi Lei teleported to the vicinity of the Silver Armored Beetles, waved his hand, and released Little Gold.
At the same time, he immediately ordered Little Gold to unleash a golden wheel slash against the Silver Armored Beetles in front.
Caught off guard, twenty to thirty Silver Armored Beetles were cut in half by Little Gold's golden wheel slash.
After this strike, Qin Shi Lei once again recalled Little Gold and fled.
The Golden Armored Beetle wanted to eliminate Qin Shi Lei first, but being tied down by An Qian, it couldn't spare its hands to attack the latter.
As for its scythe-armed beetles, their attacks were too weak, and they couldn't focus their fire. Their sporadic ability attacks were all blocked by Zhang Xiaoli using her abilities.
The Golden Armored Beetle felt extremely frustrated at this moment.
Despite having countless subordinates, it couldn't leverage the advantage of numbers.
The enemies were one flying in the sky, another riding a giant bird also in the sky, and a third, even more detestable, was constantly ambushing them with unpredictable teleportation.
An Qian performed Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix twice more, while Qin Shi Lei took the opportunity to have Little Gold kill another fifty to sixty Silver Armored Beetles.
At this point, only three Silver Armored Beetles remained around the Golden Armored Beetle.
Qin Shi Lei, who had teleported back onto Little Qiang's back, scanned his surroundings and saw that more distant Silver Armored Beetles were rapidly flying towards them.
"Let's finish this quickly, An Qian, prepare to unleash Dragon Soars, Phoenix Dances again."
After speaking, Qin Shi Lei teleported behind the Golden Armored Beetle once more.
He swiftly thrust his sword several times, triggering the divine ability "Stiffening" again.
An Qian immediately seized this fleeting opportunity and unleashed Dragon Soars, Phoenix Dances.
Boom!
The Golden Armored Beetle was once again slammed to the ground.
The wound on its back was already shocking, revealing its internal organs.
"Little Gold, clear the field!"
While ordering Little Gold to deal with the surrounding insects, Qin Shi Lei controlled the phantom to teleport to the Golden Armored Beetle's side.
One-Punch Man!
The phantom followed the Golden Armored Beetle's wound and fiercely pierced into its internal organs.
The Golden Armored Beetle had just recovered from its stiffened state when it was immobilized again by the phantom, unable to even utter a scream.
"Xiaoli, Contract Scroll!"
To assist Zhang Xiaoli in contracting, Qin Shi Lei even used his Fiery Purple Eyes to pull the Golden Armored Beetle into an illusion.
Although Zhang Xiaoli lacked beast-taming techniques, this Golden Armored Beetle was more heavily injured than Little Gold had been last time.
Coupled with Qin Shi Lei's illusion assistance.
The critically injured and near-death Golden Armored Beetle could not resist Zhang Xiaoli's contract.
Heal! Heal! Heal!
As soon as the contract was completed, Zhang Xiaoli immediately began casting healing spells on her new pet non-stop.
After casting her healing ability, she then recalled the Golden Armored Beetle into her pet space.
"Qin Ge, do you think we should have this Golden Armored Beetle control these insects to sweep through Great Xia Kingdom and clear out all the zombies?"
Zhang Xiaoli looked up at the countless insects surrounding them and suddenly said excitedly.
Qin Shi Lei's eyes lit up, and he replied, "Using insects to deal with zombies is a pretty good idea. However, there are both advantages and disadvantages to this."
"The zombies killed by insects won't drop treasure chests, so we'll lose out on some revenue."
"When the insects are killing zombies, I wonder if the Golden Armored Beetle can control them. Let's hope they don't swallow the zombie core as well?"
"This Golden Armored Beetle should be able to control hundreds of thousands of insects, but facing millions of zombies in a city, they would suffer heavy losses due to the difference in numbers."
"Once their own swarm is depleted, it will be difficult to control other swarms."
Zhang Xiaoli said with some waning enthusiasm, "Given this, with just a few hundred thousand insects, they might truly be able to sweep across the entire Great Xia Kingdom."
She paused and then added, "How about we kill all these insects? The cores of two to three hundred thousand Black Iron realm and above could at least be exchanged for millions of experience points."
"Wow!"
As she spoke, Zhang Xiaoli's breathing quickened slightly.
Such a vast amount of experience would be enough for both her and Qin Shi Lei to advance to the Golden realm simultaneously.
Qin Shi Lei also realized at this moment that in the insect realm, Little Gold could control two to three hundred thousand insects, which was equivalent to over a million experience points.
However, he still wanted to rely on those insects to conquer the insect realm, so he couldn't kill them all.
Qin Shi Lei nodded and said, "These insects can indeed be killed for the most part, leaving only a small number of elite scythe-armed beetles and silver armored beetles."
"Only by strengthening our own power can we truly stand firm."
"As for relying on insects to deal with zombies, we can try, but we shouldn't place too much emphasis on it."
"After all, the speed at which I kill zombies with the elephant herd is not slow. If we were to drive insects to kill zombies, it would involve long journeys, and it wouldn't be as convenient as using Little Qiang's high mobility."
An Qian suddenly asked, "Xiaoli, can you still contract pets? How about contracting all these silver armored beetles and forming a pet army of insects?"
Zhang Xiaoli shook her head, "Contracting this Golden Armored Beetle already felt very difficult for me. Contracting another Silver Armored Beetle would likely be impossible."
Qin Shi Lei also chimed in, "It would be difficult for me to contract another Golden Armored Beetle as well. If I were to break the contract with some of the elephant herd, I could try."
He paused and then added, "Xiaoli, you should go back and have Su Xiaoxuan help you heal your pet Jin Ya. An Qian and I will recover nearby, and then we'll continue killing insects."
After they left, the insects, no longer restrained by Little Gold, immediately became restless, shrieking in search of their insect king.