A chubby worm had just popped out of the tunnel when several blades struck its body.
With a few dull thuds, the worm only sustained shallow gashes.
"Pfft!"
Enraged, the worm's body suddenly expanded, and then it opened its mouth, spewing out a large mouthful of dark blue liquid.
Ah!
As if doused in concentrated sulfuric acid, the flesh and blood of the evolved individuals hit by the spray began to rapidly dissolve, eliciting screams of agony.
The worm was quickly killed by everyone's combined efforts, but those evolved individuals had already collapsed to the ground, likely beyond saving.
More and more insects were burrowing in, and human casualties were continuously mounting.
Qin Shilei once again cleaved a Claw Beast in half with his sword before soaring into the air.
Hovering in mid-air, he scanned his surroundings and found the situation to be even worse than he had imagined.
In just a few short minutes, two to three thousand people had been killed by the insects, and this number was still increasing.
He, An Qian, and even Feng Yuxin and over a dozen other top experts could hold a single passage firmly.
However, there were simply too many wormholes, and Qin Shilei was spread too thin; he couldn't possibly attend to all of them.
The insects emerging were primarily of Bronze grade, interspersed with Silver grade ones.
Once a high-tier Silver grade insect appeared, it would cause significant casualties in its vicinity.
Qin Shilei pondered for a moment, then loudly shouted, "Who among you is Tan Anguo, Feng Yuxin, Wen Zhiyuan?"
Feng Yuxin and Wen Zhiyuan immediately disengaged from combat and replied, "I am Feng Yuxin." "I am Wen Zhiyuan."
Tan Anguo also stepped forward under the escort of his guards and answered, "I am Tan Anguo. May I ask if Mr. Qin has any brilliant strategies?"
Qin Shilei said quickly, "My wife and I will go outside the city to intercept the insects. You will send people into the wormholes to kill the burrowing worms inside and completely seal off the passages they've created."
"You're going outside the city?"
The three men's faces showed shock and doubt.
The area outside the city was now swarming with insects, so much so that there was barely any room to stand.
Even if thousands of people stepped out, they would be instantly torn to shreds and devoured without a trace.
Qin Shilei was now saying that two people would block the insects on the other side of the wormholes to prevent them from burrowing into the city again.
Was he joking?
They knew Qin Shilei was powerful, but in the face of overwhelming numbers, even the strongest strength would be submerged by the sheer volume of insects and eventually perish from exhaustion.
Qin Shilei showed no intention of explaining. He spoke again, "Killing the burrowing worms in the tunnels and sealing them off, you can handle these two tasks, right?"
"If you can truly prevent more insects from entering the tunnels from outside the city, we can definitely accomplish those two things," Wen Zhiyuan replied affirmatively.
"An Qian, let's go."
Qin Shilei called down to An Qian below and then flew out of the city first.
An Qian followed closely behind.
Arriving above the entrance of a tunnel, Qin Shilei waved his hand and summoned Vajra.
Boom!
Like a meteorite crashing into Earth, the enormous Vajra slammed heavily onto the ground.
Not only did it crush and kill all the insects within a ten-meter radius, but it also completely collapsed that tunnel entrance.
"Vajra, find these entrances and collapse them all for me."
Qin Shilei instructed Vajra, then flew towards another entrance.
Soul Devouring Lightning!
He first used his ultimate skill to clear the insects within a hundred-meter radius, then summoned Tank.
Earth Stomp!
Tank raised its legs high and then effortlessly collapsed the entrance.
Qin Shilei then put Tank away and flew towards the next entrance.
While ultimate skills were convenient for clearing mobs, they were too energy-intensive.
After using Soul Devouring Lightning twice, Qin Shilei switched to using Thunder Strike to clear insects.
In this manner, the man and his pet quickly collapsed over a dozen entrances.
However, Tank was also exhausted and could no longer use Earth Stomp.
In fact, Qin Shilei could have easily collapsed the entrances himself after transforming into a small giant, but in his giant form, he couldn't fly.
"You're not going to tell me you can't deal with these tunnels just because I'm not an earth-element esper, are you?"
Qin Shilei gritted his teeth and raised his Juque Sword high.
The Yuan Qi within his body surged madly into the Juque Sword, and a sword energy nearly ten meters long shot out from the sword's tip.
"Collapse for me!"
Qin Shilei slashed forcefully, and the sharp sword energy descended fiercely.
Boom!
A crack several meters deep appeared on the ground.
As for the tunnel entrance, it had already been cleaved and buried.
"Overdid it a bit."
Qin Shilei muttered to himself, then flew towards another entrance.
Outside the city, the two and one beast moved as if in an uninhabited land, relentlessly destroying tunnel entrances.
This scene also deeply shocked those standing on the city wall.
"That heavenly lightning, that phoenix firebird, can they truly belong to us humans?"
"In one blow, countless insects were turned to dust. It's truly enviable."
"I wish I had a pet like Vajra. Sleeping with it at night must feel very secure."
"Aren't you afraid it might crush you if it rolled over?"
"Is this the strongest human on Blue Star? Truly too powerful."
"We kill insects with trepidation, while they kill them by the masses. The insects can't even touch their clothes."
They were all amazed by Qin Shilei and An Qian's strength, but they were more captivated by Vajra's ferocity.
Vajra, wielding its colossal club, was like an invincible god of war. With a single swing, countless insects' bones shattered, and they died instantly.
When it brought its club down, a fissure several meters deep appeared in the ground.
The insects were directly reduced to pulp, mixing with the soil, leaving no complete bodies behind.
With every move Vajra made, the surrounding insects were filled with terror and began to retreat.
"If I had such a pet, where in this vast Blue Star could I not go?"
This was the thought that arose in countless hearts.
One by one, the tunnel entrances were collapsed and sealed by Qin Shilei and the others.
Feng Yuxin and the others also took the opportunity to annihilate the insects within the tunnels.
Using various methods, they completely destroyed and sealed off the tunnels.
As for the burrowing worms inside, Feng Yuxin and his team personally led the charge to find and kill them one by one.
Qin Shilei approached An Qian. "Let's go back."
As the two were about to fly away, the ground suddenly trembled, as if a magnitude five or six earthquake had occurred.
"Something is coming from underground. Let's fly up first."
Qin Shilei immediately grabbed An Qian and ascended vertically.
Boom!
The spot where they had just stood exploded, and a blood-red maw filled with sharp teeth lunged at them like lightning.
The maw was extremely fast, and it was about to bite Qin Shilei and An Qian.
Qin Shilei suddenly accelerated, pulling An Qian up more than ten meters, escaping the giant maw's bite.
Looking down, they saw an enormous burrowing worm.
This burrowing worm was grayish-brown, two to three meters thick. The part of its body that emerged from the ground was already twenty to thirty meters long, and its length underground was unknown.