Seeing the light blade stabbing towards him quickly, Aden's mind went blank. He never expected that the elder he had been protecting would actually attack him directly.
The instinct of an elite warrior made Yaden subconsciously make a defensive move. He quickly stretched out his hand to block, and blocked the elder's arm with a drag.
"Ah!" Who knew that something unexpected happened at this time, and a scream rang out. It turned out that the elder accidentally stabbed his own chest with the Light Blade after being pushed away by Adun.
"You, you, you..." The elder stared at the person in front of him with wide eyes, and then fell down full of unwillingness.
Everyone around looked at him in horror, and someone couldn't help but walked over and grabbed Yaden's collar.
"Adun! You! You actually killed the elder!" The man was furious. The other guards also looked shocked, and they all looked at this companion in disbelief.
"Aden! How could you kill the elder! How could you kill the elder!?"
"You traitor!"
"You are a Templar! Your mission is to protect the elders! How could you do such a thing!"
"..." Everyone said something to each other, and a series of accusations immediately drowned out Arden, who was standing in the center.
Arden felt like the world was spinning and the whole world was moving away from him.
"Adun! I'm going to kill you!" At this time, the strong man holding his collar raised his light blade and stabbed Aden in the chest.
"The elder is our last hope! Only he can communicate with the gods. Now that you have killed the elder, what else can we use to fight against those wild insects! You deserve to die!!" The strong man looked angry and ferocious, without any regard for the past. He only wanted to take Adun's life and avenge the elder.
Arden was still confused at first, but after hearing this strong man's words, he suddenly woke up as if he was struck by lightning.
"God? God? God?"
"Protecting the elders can preserve hope? Can the elders contact the gods to help the Phantom Clan get out of trouble?"
"But, after so many years, we are hiding, and the clan members are decreasing one by one. Where are the gods he mentioned!?" Arden was angry. Anger filled his mind, and the spiritual energy in his body was also affected. Excited, causing his eyes to emit blue light.
The light seemed to be burning anger, and the companions around him couldn't help but tremble. Arden grabbed the light blade thrust by the strong man, ignoring the pain of it piercing the skin.
The light blade that could easily cut through the carapace of the clearing insect was actually caught in his hand, which made everyone around him horrified.
"This is the psychic shield! He has awakened the psychic shield! He has become a high-level templar!" Someone screamed.
Arden kicked away the strong man who attacked him, and looked around with a cold light in his eyes.
"There are no gods in this world! If you want to survive, you can only rely on yourselves!"
"Now! Everyone gather together, turn on the crystal, and we are ready to evacuate!" As soon as he finished speaking, the strong man who was kicked away once again rushed over with the light blade, and he let out a hysterical roar. .
"Hi!" The sound of flesh being torn came, and Arden pushed away the strong man whose chest was pierced by the light blade. The expression on his face was a mixture of pain and determination.
The other templars took a few steps back involuntarily when they saw this. The man in front of him had killed two companions one after another. The decisive aura exuded by the other party made him feel that he suddenly didn't recognize him.
"Stop being stunned! If you want to survive, open the crystal quickly!" Yaden shouted, taking the lead to inject his own energy into it.
The Templars also reacted one after another, walked over with somewhat ugly expressions, and began to inject energy.
At this time, the wild insects outside were gathering more and more, and the large troops were about to arrive. The tribesmen responsible for guarding the outside could no longer resist, and they were in a defeated posture, and a huge defensive gap appeared.
With a sharp look in his eyes, Aden took out two light blades from his hands, jumped out and rushed out, guarding the gap alone.
His two light blades were swung like electricity. The length of his light blades was much longer than that of other templars. Each blow could kill a sickle insect, which was very efficient.
However, there are too many bugs. Although there are only the vanguard here, it is not something that the Phantoms can resist.
Aden was soon surrounded by a swarm of insects, and black scythes slashed down from all directions. The claw blades flashing with dark spiritual power could easily tear through the hardest alloy, and no armor could resist their attacks.
The crowd at the back tensed up after seeing this. They knew that Arden was doomed. In this desperate situation, no one could survive the siege of insects.
However, the development of things once again exceeded their expectations. A blue light suddenly erupted from Aden's body, and the attacks of those sickle bugs were miraculously blocked by this light.
Arden also took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack. His whole body turned into a rotating storm, and the light blade in his hand quickly harvested the lives of those insects.
Everyone was stunned by this scene. They never expected that Arden could survive such a siege, and even killed the attacking bugs, alleviating the crisis in the gap.
"Quick, quick, quick! Keep injecting energy!" Someone shouted immediately. Others also came to their senses one after another and desperately poured spiritual energy into the crystal.
Outside the defense circle, the powerful lethality displayed by Arden immediately attracted the attacks of most insects. More wild insects attacked him, and he was immediately surrounded by a sea of insects.
Even with the protection of the psychic shield, Arden still suffered huge damage when facing so many bugs.
The shield blocked some of the sickle bug's slashes, but some of the attacks successfully shredded its defense.
Arden's body was covered in scars, and his psychic shield was broken again and again, only to be opened again and again by him.
Up to now, Arden was persisting solely with his will. He didn't know how long time had passed, and he didn't know if his companions were dead. He only felt that there was only endless space left in the whole world. The black insect swarm, he is the small boat in the strong wind and waves, which may capsize at any time.
"Aden! Come here quickly! The first transmission of the crystal has been activated! Let's retreat quickly!" Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded, as if it was in the distance, but also seemed to be in the ear.
Yaden suddenly woke up, and his brain suddenly recovered from the previous numb state. He knew that it was the voice of his friend Zeroda.
Arden raised his head and saw that in the camp behind, the teleportation crystal had emitted a crystal blue light.
"Successful!?" Arden understood that that light meant that the first teleportation of the teleportation crystal was ready. They could use this teleportation ability to leave this place and jump to other areas on the planet.
Although they still haven't been able to escape from the planet, at least they can escape the current crisis for the time being, which is enough for everyone.
Arden felt as if he had come back to life again. A power that he could not imagine burst out from somewhere in his body. A powerful spiritual energy erupted, knocking back the swarm of insects that gathered around him. Drive away.
"Well..." After using this power, he suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell down.
Fortunately, his friend Zeroda arrived in time, picked up his arm, supported him, and then quickly took him back to the crystal.
"Swish, swish, swish!" The next second, countless rays of light enveloped the nearby phantoms, and everyone disappeared in this burst of light, arriving in another area of the planet.
After a while, the originally messy camp had completely lost the shadow of the phantom, leaving only a group of wild insects there unwillingly roaring their filial piety.
When Zhang Xiaoman arrived at the sky above this area, he happened to see this scene. The crystal used by the other party made him feel a little surprised. He did not expect that the Phantom Tribe, who had just come into contact with the dark spiritual power, would have such an efficient method of transmission.
"It's interesting." He looked at the teleportation crystal below with a look of interest on his face.
"Kill those bugs and let's fish up the crystal and take a look." Zhang Xiaoman gave the order. The Hailship spacecraft had already accumulated energy, and now it immediately opened fire and launched an attack after receiving Zhang Xiaoman's order.
Countless energy rays shot out from the spacecraft and fell into the insect swarm below like a violent storm. These insects are just a small colony. They may appear to be very numerous in the eyes of those phantoms, but in the eyes of Zhang Xiaoman and others, they are just a nest of ants that can be crushed to death at any time.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!" A series of explosions sounded on the ground, and the insect swarm was immediately blown to pieces.
The insect mother was protected by several black-scale armored guards in the middle, and she barely escaped. Zhang Xiaoman flashed and disappeared into the command room.
The next second, he had appeared in front of the insect mother. Several huge black-scaled armored guards quickly gathered around, trying to kill the creature that suddenly attacked.
However, Zhang Xiaoman just waved his hand gently, and all the black-scaled armored guards exploded and died. The carapace, which was hard enough to withstand shipboard weapons, could not survive even a second under the shock of his dark energy. They all became angry on the spot.
The insect mother stood upright, and several tentacle-like limbs swept towards Zhang Xiaoman. The latter did not even move at all, and several sharp blades formed from the air cut off its tentacles.
Not only that, the other limbs of the insect mother were also cut open at the same time. The entire insect immediately lost its ability to move and could only resist through a strange mental attack in an attempt to defeat the enemy in front of it.
However, not to mention that his own mental power is far superior to that of the other party. Zhang Xiaoman also has the spiritual attack immunity of the Spirit Star Ring, so how can he be affected by it.
He crushed the opponent with just a slight mental counterattack, and then began to use memory reading to obtain information from the mother insect.
"Desolate insects...the star field...occupied...that's it..." Zhang Xiaoman had a relieved expression on his face. Compared to ordinary sickle bugs, a mother bug obviously knows much more information.
Zhang Xiaoman learned about the current situation of the Phantom Galaxy from this insect mother. As he had guessed before, the core area here has been occupied by the Desolate Insects. They plan to form an insect domain here to stabilize it. I am on my own territory in this universe.
This information was not provided by the insect mother on its own initiative, but was inferred by Zhang Xiaoman based on the location of the higher-level insect mother tracked in the other party's mental memory.
The insect mother in front of him is just a low-level insect mother, and what it knows is very limited. At most, Zhang Xiaoman can use it to find the upper-level intermediate insect mother and its nest on this planet. Location, no amount of other information can be detected.
But that's fine, since I have the ability to read memories, and coupled with the Lord of Light's passivity, as long as I catch an insect mother, I don't have to worry about not getting new information.
Just like this, exploring layer by layer, Zhang Xiaoman believed that it would not be long before he could find the real heavyweight unit in the insect swarm.
...On the other side, on the back of the planet, is a stretch of yellow sand and desert. Rays of blue light flashed suddenly, and a group of blue-skinned men wearing broken armor appeared in the light.
"Plop!" As soon as Arden appeared, he fell to the ground due to his severe injuries. The friend next to him, Zeroda, quickly got up and ran over to check his injuries.
"He's seriously injured! He needs treatment!" Zeroda turned around and shouted to his companions behind him.
Those companions had also recovered from the discomfort of the teleportation. At this moment, they were all silent when they saw Zeroda's shouts.
"You bastards! Have you forgotten who saved you just now!?" Seeing that they didn't respond, Zeroda couldn't help roaring.
Everyone was silent. The light in Yaden's eyes was dim. After a while, a female phantom tribesman came over. A soft silvery white light appeared in her hand and said: "Let me try. I am a healer. I should be able to help him recover from his wounds..."
"Sarah..." A templar took a few steps forward, as if he wanted to stop her, but stopped when the words reached his lips.
The female eidolon named Rasha looked back at the other companions, then turned her head again and walked firmly towards Aden who fell on the ground.
"Adun, without you, we would have all died just now... You are right, there are no gods in this world at all. We cannot place our hopes on those legends. We need to rely on our own strength to survive... …”
