Aoyama knew he was in big trouble now. The Iridium Star people were strong and brought a more formidable fleet than the full-strength Insectoids. With the Iridium Star Fleet sealing the exits and violently attacking, Aoyama had no way to leave easily.
His original plan was just to show off with a million Insectoids and then, using mental waves, drive all the lifeforms on Clinch Star mad and then warp away. But now with the Spatial Seal activated, he was trapped and could only struggle to hold on.
"Lindong, Lüweng, do you hear me? Hurry up and smash this damnable Spatial Seal for me."
The Duke Insectoids had their own ways of communicating, which wouldn't be interrupted by a Spatial Seal.
Only then did Lindong and Lüweng, who were in the Secluded Garden, realize that Aoyama had run headfirst into a trap set by the Iridium Star people.
"Damn Iridium Star people!" Lindong smashed the object in front of him angrily, always believing he could manipulate the Iridium Star people at will. But now, he had fallen for their trick.
Lüweng also had a gloomy expression, "What do we do? Aoyama is controlled by the Iridium Star people's Spatial Seal. We can try to break the seal, but if the Iridium Star people have more tricks up their sleeve, turning it into another trap, that would be trouble for us."
Lindong was indignant, "A Duke Insectoid is not so easily defeated."
Lüweng was a bit shocked, "Are you thinking of abandoning Aoyama?"
Lindong didn't speak, instead weighing the pros and cons.
Inside the Gravity Well of Clinch Star, the battle between the Iridium Star Fleet and Aoyama grew even more intense.
Although Aoyama was a feminized Duke Insectoid, she was incredibly ferocious in battle. She commanded legions of full-strength Insectoids to recklessly collide with the fleets of Iridium Star warships. All the Insectoids, fearless of death, braved the intense and concentrated fire from the Iridium Star, closing in on these warships.
The claws of the full-strength Insectoids had an unusual effect, capable of tearing into the energy shields of the warships. And these Insectoids didn't need to completely destroy the Iridium Star warship's shield; they only needed to tear open a hole and, even if only half their body got through, they would attack the armor of the Iridium Star warship like mad.
Some Iridium Star warships were breached this way by the Insectoids. The Insectoids fired wildly at the hull, capable of tearing it open. However, the Insectoids soon became panicked as they realized that entering the hull seemed to be of no use at all, as the inside was filled with various equipment and clearly devoid of any people.
"Are all these Iridium Star warships unmanned? No, I don't believe it!"
And at that moment, the Valkyrie troops led by Aili also joined the battle. If the Iridium Star warships' bombardment of the Insectoids was formidable, then these much smaller Valkyries were delicately powerful. They didn't need to wear any armor in space and carried classical melee weapons in their hands, yet each strike from them could cleave an Insectoid in two.
"What are you creatures?!" Aoyama felt fear, emitting strong mental waves in an attempt to suppress these Valkyries, but they remained silent, wielding their weapons and slaughtering the Insectoids one after another.
In Aili's hand was a rapier, with which she teleported in front of Aoyama, the blade condensed with terrifying energy, thrusting at Aoyama. Aoyama intended to withstand it; there was no entity stronger than an Insectoid Duke like her – at least that's what she had always believed. But when the rapier truly thrust forward, Aoyama felt the overwhelming pressure it carried.
She immediately tried to leap away, but under the guidance of this thin sword, she found the entire space twisted and stuck together, making it impossible for her to teleport.
Qingye had no choice but to grit her teeth and block Aili's assassination attempt with her own arms.
With a great roar, Qingye's body shot toward Aili like a cannonball loosed from its chains, hoping to knock her aside, but Aili extended her long legs and kicked the Insectoid Duke flying.
Qingye flew hundreds of kilometers before she managed to stop herself, her face a mask of shock as she looked at the composed Valkyrie captain.
"Impossible, how can you be so strong? Humans shouldn't possess such power," she exclaimed.
Bai Zhongqi heard it all clearly and couldn't help but smack his lips, saying, "Stop spouting such clichéd shounen manga lines."
The Valkyries, of course, were not human; calling them divinities was actually more fitting. As a captain of the Valkyries, Aili was in some ways even more powerful than a Star God. Moreover, Insectoid Dukes like Qingye were not true Star Gods; they just had very strong natural talents in certain abilities, but could not extend them to many areas. The original raw strength of the Valkyries was also limited, but precisely because they focused on certain areas, their combat prowess was particularly extraordinary.
"Don't bother explaining anything to her, just finish her off, Aili," Bai Zhongqi instructed.
Aili respectfully bowed her head and saluted the Chancellor across tens of thousands of light-years: "Yes, my Chancellor."
Aili once again teleported silently; Qingye, terrified, immediately tried to teleport to evade Aili's assaults, but every time she finished teleporting, Valkyries would appear beside her, punching her away, a large group of Valkyries appearing in the space, blocking her path no matter where she tried to teleport to a short distance.
Aili approached her again, and this time, Aili produced a glowing mass that resembled a luminescent colloid.
"What is that?! Don't bring it any closer to me!" Qingye screamed, only to watch helplessly as Aili threw the glowing mass at her. The other Valkyries launched an attack, completely locking down her movements and rendering her unable to teleport.
The raw material made contact with Qingye's exoskeleton, and the moment it touched her, Qingye's body began to be assimilated by the raw material. Qingye felt as if her body was being consumed bit by bit, losing sensation gradually.
"No! No!!!" Qingye cried out in terror, her mouth parts frantically flapping.
But the raw material quickly assimilated her completely, and when it had also assimilated her head, the Insectoid Duke effectively lost consciousness and vanished from this world.
Her body turned into a mass of raw material that Bai Zhongqi could manipulate, indistinguishable from other raw materials.
The mass of raw material shot out fiercely, beginning to assimilate other Insectoids. After being repeatedly harassed by the Insectoids, Bai Zhongqi finally unveiled his most terrifying weapon—the calamity encountered something it couldn't resist.