Countless swarms of insects lunged at him.
Yang Ming shouted out, the horns atop the Fierce Ghost Mecha emitted red ripples, and blood-red shock waves rippled forward, causing the incoming adult insects to fall into chaos.
A massive Mother Worm, shaped like a cocoon, lay beneath the cavity, oozing thick green mucus.
The reason the Mother Worm could move at high speed was because it actively discarded its abdominal nest?
It was the first time Yang Ming encountered such a situation.
Butterfly-shaped flames shot out from the back of the Fierce Ghost Mecha as he plunged into the swarming insects, the mecha’s left hand drew out an Energy-Gathering Bomb, setting the detonation conditions, while the right hand wielded the Light Sword in a frenzy, tearing apart the insects’ frail defenses.
With the Protection Shield at the forefront, the Fierce Ghost Mecha plunged into the abandoned nest of the Mother Worm, and after a few seconds, it pierced out through the sidewall of the nest.
Yang Ming had no mind for a prolonged battle, as the Fierce Ghost Mecha skimmed the ground, speeding into the pathway from which the queen was retreating.
Ahead appeared a mass of adult insects with golden markings.
These Fifth Rank adult insects nearly blocked the entire pathway, staring at the approaching Fierce Ghost Mecha, ready to fight to the death.
This was the greatest resistance Yang Ming had encountered, and it was also the queen’s last struggle.
Even with the New Ghost’s power on him, Yang Ming, the White Ghost, would be dragged into a fierce battle by these Fifth Rank adult insects, resembling oversized fire ants.
Yang Ming calmly commanded.
A searing white light bloomed at the queen’s abdominal nest, illuminating the vast swarms, and the air in the nearby underground tunnels was rapidly sucked out by this orb of light. But two seconds later, the Energy-Gathering Bomb unleashed a wild burst of energy!
The insect swarm in the underground cavity melted in the high temperature!
A powerful gust chased Yang Ming, flipping over the Fierce Ghost Mecha, and blowing the batch of golden-marked adult insects ahead straight away.
All energy to the protective shield!
The Fierce Ghost Mecha activated its independent protective outer layer armor, rolling back and forth in the wide underground tunnel, leaving behind a trail of wreckage.
In the cockpit, Yang Ming revealed a smile.
A large amount of peculiar biological energy replenished his body, significantly enhancing his strength once again!
"Warning! Warning! Propulsion system damaged, repairs will take fifteen minutes!"
Yang Ming seemed to temporarily shed that cold killing state, saying indifferently: "Lyu, your newly designed mecha isn’t that tough after all."
Lyu was instantly filled with indignation: "No one’s as reckless as you! Using the Protective Shield to withstand the aftermath of an Energy-Gathering Bomb at this range! It’s a miracle it’s not in pieces!"
"This area is clear of insects for now, the queen is just ahead, and I will pursue her myself; you pilot the mecha to dodge the insect swarms, and join me later."
"Uh, boss, are you going to use that move?"
Yang Ming did not answer.
The cockpit opened, and Yang Ming’s figure, enveloped in a red light membrane, floated out slowly.
He opened his left hand, aiming it behind him.
The right hand of the Fierce Ghost Mecha opened up, the two-meter-long giant Light Sword’s hilt detached on its own, drawn by red light, and hovered behind Yang Ming.
"Boss, without the mecha, you’ll lack a continuous energy supply; after activating this Light Sword, you’ll only have a full energy supply for fifty seconds."
Yang Ming raised his left hand high, steadily supporting the sword hilt.
Red ripples once again burst forth, but this time surged backward.
A sonic boom echoed in the solid underground tunnel, like a cave, as the red ghostly figure accelerated to speeds not inferior to the Fierce Ghost Mecha’s full propulsion in a short time.
Such speed in space would naturally not compare to various aircraft.
But in this complex underground environment.
He was a deathly specter.
"Captain! The Mother Worm is escaping too fast! How is it doing it!"
"It’s moving to our left front! It’s changing course! It seems to have spotted us!"
"Is it frightened out of its wits by the White Ghost?"
Some team members joked.
Griss, however, could not find it amusing, intently watching the radar screen.
Why did it feel queen was heading right for them?
To maintain high-speed maneuvering, he had already stationed half of the team in a defensible underground crevice, leading the most elite fighting force himself, in cooperation with this team of Supermodifiers on a rapid march.
The queen’s command over the Insect Race was becoming chaotic, as the insect swarms in most of the underground areas were essentially in a disordered state.
"Captain Griss, evacuate that area."
Yang Ming’s voice suddenly sounded:
"Blast the tunnels over there.
"The queen has now noticed you, it seems it’s trying to take hostages.
"The queen is accompanied by a large number of Fifth Rank guards and over twenty giant male insects, forcefully resisting may result in heavy casualties."
Griss immediately began issuing commands, ordering the fire control unit to install high-performance bombs, pulling the advancing Supermodified team back.
Catherine was visibly displeased, but she did not say much, completely following the orders of the field commander.
And a few minutes later, through the cameras installed on the rock wall, Griss saw the escaping ’queen formation’, completely overturning his previous fixed impressions of the Space Worm Clan.
It was a Fourth Rank queen that had lost its bloated abdomen, leaving only a humanoid upper body, its abdomen agape with a terrifying giant mouth and a head showing vague human facial features, causing Griss some physical discomfort.
It was at that moment lying on the backs of dozens of adult insects with golden markings, resembling ants, its two arms continuously waving, able to nimbly adjust the direction of advance.
Ahead of the queen was a dense group of flying adult insects, and further ahead were more than a dozen small Land Expansion Worms, capable of quickly opening new underground passages.