It was a gigantic Black Scythe Insect, about half the size of the Imperial Capital Base City.
Its abdomen was pierced by the Thunder Spear.
Struggling violently on the ground.
Where the huge scythe swept, the ground was plowed into a gigantic trench, a thousand meters deep!
The forest toppled.
Mountains crumbled.
Rivers evaporated!
The geography, under the bombardment of the Thunder Spear and Yikes.
All began to undergo tremendous changes!
This is the pinnacle battle of Istena World!
Lin Yi is using a Forbidden Curse to slaughter a true Demon Emperor-level warrior in the abyss!
Yikes’s massive insect body was covered with thousands of frenzied, menacing red giant eyes!
The world-ending strike of the World-Ending Thunder Spear caused more than half of the thousands of giant eyes on Yikes’s body to self-destruct!
These eyes have forever closed, never to open again!
And the remaining red insect eyes began to shed bloody tears, constantly providing energy to Yikes, helping him break free from the Thunder Spear!
Lin Yi was unaware.
Every time an eye closed on Yikes’s body, billions of Istena’s insect swarm would perish!
He wasn’t just a single insect fighting at this moment.
Instead, he had staked the entire Istena insect swarm, battling against Lin Yi!
At the same time, the red giant net formed by the insect swarm’s will was also trying its best to wrap around the massive World-Ending Thunder Spear.
Wanting to pull out this spear that inflicted endless torment on their monarch!
Lin Yi still suspended in midair.
Coldly watching Yikes, still struggling.
The firm grasp of his right hand showed no intention of loosening!
"Thunder Spear, explode!!"
Lin Yi uttered several syllables once again.
In an instant, a terrifying thunderstorm, centered at the tip of the Thunder Spear.
Began to spread!
This is the follow-up attack from the Thunder Spear summoned by [Thunder God’s Fury].
The skill’s damage and attack are segmented!
The first phase of damage comes from the Thunder Spear piercing downward, causing massive electric damage.
Then, the Thunder Spear would persist for a full ten minutes.
Every now and then.
The concentrated thunder on the Thunder Spear would spread.
Forming an [Thunder Shock]!
The damage from the thunderstorm isn’t as impactful as the piercing damage of the Thunder Spear, but it thrives in its duration!
Moreover, the Thunder Spear was completely piercing through Yikes’s insect body at the moment, and the first Thunder Shock left him in unbearable pain!
"Hiss——!"
A mournful wail erupted from Yikes’s mandibles.
Simultaneously, a few of the red giant eyes on his body exploded suddenly!
This meant that yet another portion of the swarm died for their Insect Emperor!
"Haha..."
"Hahaha...!!"
"Hahahaha...!!!"
Who knows if the pain had fried his brain.
Like all classic villains, Yikes suddenly burst into laughter in despair.
"Lin Yi! You can’t kill me!!"
"My swarm is endless!"
"My life is relentless!"
"You, as a human, have only lived like a mayfly, fleeting, but I have gone through countless reincarnations!"
"With each reincarnation, I am reborn anew, becoming stronger!"
"When I next reincarnate, I shall turn you into ashes, make you my puppet, enslave you eternally to compensate for my suffering!"
"Ah——!"
Another Thunder Shock erupted.
Causing immense pain to Yikes.
But his words, although Lin Yi appeared indifferent on the surface.
His heart was deeply shaken.
He believed in Yikes’s narrative of experiencing numerous reincarnations.
Because Terence mentioned it to him before.
A few hundred years ago, when the resistance army was still flourishing, and the insect swarm hadn’t entirely ruled Istena yet.
The resistance had a crusade.
In that battle, to protect the Insect Mother, Yikes chose to fight the resistance to the bitter end.
Rendering the resistance severely depleted.
Yet over the years, Yikes was reborn again.
This time, he has directly reached the true emperor tier.
So when Yikes reincarnates again, might he evolve to the Top-Grade Emperor Tier?
Lin Yi closed his eyes.
He suddenly recalled a saying.
Insects have never truly been eradicated!
Even if he’s already slain the Insect Mother.
Does Yikes still possess some unknown method to reincarnate?
Lin Yi didn’t know.
Even if Yikes cannot be completely eradicated, Lin Yi has faith, by the time Yikes returns.
Perhaps he will have already ascended to godhood.
Countless times of Thunder Shock stacked the mark effects on Yikes.
After 10 minutes of torment.
The World-Ending Thunder Spear exploded violently!
A true nuclear explosion of lightning erupted somewhere on Istena continent!
Yikes’s body dissipated completely in the lightning.
The enormous red insect net also disintegrated and was destroyed.
It’s over.
Or perhaps, temporarily over...
Ding...
A crisp sound echoed.
Lin Yi saw a transparent thin plate appear at the location where Yikes’s broken body was.
The plate emitted colorful light, shimmering as if some power was contained within...
...
In a garden teeming with thriving flowers and plants.
Yikes opened his eyes.
He froze.
He thought this place looked very, very familiar.
Yet he couldn’t recall where it was or when he had visited it.
Strolling through the garden, Yikes only felt a peaceful state of mind.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, several eons passed.
Yikes remained in this garden.
The flowers here forever bloomed in their most beautiful state.
Without a day of withering or decay.
The trees here forever grew in their most flourishing manner.
No fallen leaves were seen in the garden.
The creatures here experienced countless eons but showed no signs of aging.
Forever in their peak state, living endlessly.
Time seemed to have been infinitely prolonged in this garden.
Yikes didn’t know how long he stayed here.
Until one day——
Buzz...buzz...
He heard the slight buzzing sound produced by the vibration of insect wings through the air.
A small black larva, entirely black without a trace of coloration, stumbled into the garden, resting quietly on a leaf.
A great wave surged in Yikes’s mind.
At this moment, it seemed everything came back to him.
Wasn’t this weak, ignorant black larva, once him?
"Mama..."
"Mama...!"
"Look, a black thing flew in..."
Yikes saw a little girl in a green skirt, jumping around, gazing curiously at the black larva on the leaf.
"Sorry, Miss Alina, I’ll clean it up immediately."
A middle-aged man dressed as a butler bowed apologetically.
He stepped forward, took out a tool, intending to end the life of the insect that inadvertently intruded the garden.
"Mama, it’s so small and pitiful..."
"Can I feed it something?"
The little girl Alina stopped the gardener.
Looking at the person nearby.
Yikes looked up and saw the person next to Alina, completely shrouded in emerald divine light, face indistinguishable, identity unknown.
"Go ahead, Alina."
The person’s voice was gentle, as if it contained infinite compassion and love.
Little girl Alina jumped up to take a slice of bread from the table.
Tearing off a small piece of breadcrumb, dropping it in front of the black larva.
Yikes watched as he consumed this crumb, which changed his destiny forever.
It also changed the fate of the entire Istena.