Chapter 340: A Girl stands tall on the Earth (Part 5)

“Whoosh! Swish!”

Another downpour of Poison Arrows rained down, this time aimed squarely at the Abyss Swarm below the gate.

The enemies melted away in droves, and even the mountain of insect carcasses that had piled up dissolved into toxic sludge.

The Radiant Knight had cleared this area once before, but the Dragon-Slaying Sword was ultimately just a physical attack.

Once the insects were slain, their corpses would still be devoured by their kin, recycled for a second use.

But now the situation had completely changed.

Someone even more ruthless had arrived.

They were melting the corpses outright.

With no companion corpses to eat, the Abyss Insects naturally couldn’t continue their explosive reproduction.

The soldiers on the city wall immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Some slumped down right where they stood, others seized the moment to close their eyes and rest.

Though they didn’t know what was happening, having experienced a similar rescue once before, they were no longer surprised.

“Another tough one must have shown up…”

The Human Race was truly full of hidden talents.

They wouldn’t be wiped out so easily.

“Whew… which master is it this time?” the Defense Corps Commander leaned against the battlement, letting out a long breath.

“Are you the captain?”

A voice suddenly spoke up beside him.

The Commander jolted in surprise.

A strange fat knight was standing next to him, having appeared at some unknown time.

“Yes,” he nodded.

“I am the Captain of the Church Valkyrie Knights.”

Qiqi raised her hand, showing her armband.

“We have already liberated the Adventurers’ Guild. What is the current situation here?”

The Defense Corps Commander paused, his expression complex.

“The situation is bad… The enemy forces are massing.”

“But there is a very strange phenomenon.”

He wasn’t sure how to describe it for a moment.

“The front line has been held by a Giant Knight this whole time.”

Qiqi raised an eyebrow. “Giant Knight?”

She followed the direction he pointed.

In the distance, the insect sea churned, blotting out the sky and covering the land.

And amidst that worm tide, there truly was the figure of a massive knight.

Standing alone, facing millions of the Insect Tribe.

Slaughtering until corpses littered the field.

But the insects remained frenzied.

They devoured their own kind’s corpses, laying eggs as they ate, replenishing their forces.

However, even so, they were far from making up for their losses.

The insect swarm was bleeding out.

And the reason was simple.

The humans here were too tough.

They weren’t civilians.

They were adventurers.

They would rather die than retreat.

“We absolutely cannot let them leave this place.”

Qiqi’s eyes turned cold.

“Once these things enter a densely populated major city, that would be a true catastrophe.”

She instantly assessed the danger of the Abyss Insects.

They were even more terrifying than a zombie horde.

Because they could sustain themselves.

Devour, reproduce, expand.

Like a perpetual motion machine.

“But we can’t hold them off.”

The Defense Corps Commander gave a bitter smile.

“Once they launch their all-out assault, we will be defeated.”

Qiqi suddenly asked, “Do you know a Pastor named Shalum?”

“Of course I know her!”

The Commander answered immediately.

“She is a core figure here.”

“She united the Ten Great Guilds, organized thirty thousand elite troops to venture deep into the Sea of Trees, all to defeat the SS-rank Magic Beast Magic Sword Red and reclaim the Sword of the Hero.”

After listening, a vein throbbed on Qiqi’s forehead.

“It really is her…”

“Causing trouble wherever she goes.”

“Are you her friend?” the Commander asked.

“Obviously.”

Qiqi snorted coldly.

“We are the Church’s armed forces loyal to her.”

“It was on her orders that we came to rescue you.”

“Huh?”

The Commander was stunned.

“She has that kind of background?”

Qiqi was speechless.

That girl was hiding her identity way too well, wasn’t she?

“No more resting.”

Her voice turned icy.

“Re-establish contact with the Adventurers’ Guild immediately.”

“We’ve cleared the central route, but it could be cut off at any moment.”

The Commander sprang into action.

“What about you?”

He turned his head, but she was already gone.

Qiqi had long since leaped down from the city wall.

Alone, she charged into the insect sea.

Darting at high speed through the complex woodland.

Being able to run this fast in such bulky armor is truly absurd.

But now was not the time for complaints.

Her thinking was clear.

To end this battle, there was only one way.

Kill that giant centipede hanging in the sky.

Otherwise, the Insect Tribe would be endless.

The humans couldn’t afford the attrition.

She had already figured it out.

The current advantage was merely because the enemy was stockpiling troops.

Once that was complete, total annihilation.

“That thing… can it really be fought?”

The answer was no one dared to think about it.

But Qiqi was different.

She wasn’t human.

She was an Elf.

In a sense, lacking common sense.

Once decided, she would act.

And moreover, she had noticed that mech.

The Giant Knight cutting a swath through the insect sea.

“I can’t let her die there alone.”

Perspective returns to the Radiant Knight.

The girl Aoi was facing the worm tide alone.

But she quickly realized the power of a single mech was limited.

The insect sea was too terrifying.

That wasn’t a metaphor.

It was a literal sea.

Endless insects surged forth like tidal waves.

They weren’t afraid of death.

They even threw themselves to their deaths.

Using their bodies as projectiles, they madly crashed against the Radiant Knight.

No matter how fast the Dragon-Slaying Sword was, it couldn’t cut through the sea.

No matter how strong her defense was, her magic power would eventually run out.

And moreover, the rate of consumption far exceeded expectations.

Not only did attacks consume magic, defense and repairing the armor were also constantly draining it.

Just like a continuously active magic shield.

It was impossible to calculate in advance.

“I was too reckless…”

The girl Aoi’s breathing began to grow ragged.

“I might not hold out until you all return…”

Despair began to spread.

But she was still swinging her sword.

Swing after swing, shattering the insect swarm.

Jet-propelled charges smashed through swathes of enemies.

But with every breakthrough, more insects would instantly fill the gap.

Endless.

“Swish!! Swish!! Swish!!”

At that very moment, the sky changed.

Countless Poison Arrows descended like a torrential downpour.

Precisely landing all around the Radiant Knight.

Instantly clearing a massive area.

Even intimidating the surrounding insect swarm.