Chapter 1072: Chapter 567: Hunting the Ancient Mother Empress

Through the remote monitoring feature of the “Heavenly Eye,” the Song Family members thoroughly understood the entire situation on the Level 6 Peak Floating Land ahead.

The very center of the Floating Land housed a Sixth-Level Origin Eruption Eye, which marked the core location of a massive insect nest created by the Seventh-Order Ancient Mother Empress of the Insect Race.

“Four King Worm Chrysalis Rooms. At least it hasn’t changed over the past two hundred years—no new Dominator-level King Worms have been nurtured!”

Seeing only four King Worm Chrysalis Rooms projected on the light screens, the Song Family members breathed a sigh of relief.

“We can’t delay any longer!”

From the central [Dinghai Dragon Steed] of the six warships came Song Wujiang’s voice, heavy and devoid of the relief evident in the tones of Song Xingru, Song Shixing, and the others.

“Look at the Ancient Mother Empress’s abdomen.”

Upon hearing this, the group focused their attention intently on the projection screen ahead.

After several seconds, Song Shiyuan spoke first:

“Indeed, it looks the same as before, but upon closer inspection of the belly pressed to the ground, faint red lines have appeared.”

At this point, even the oblivious Song Xingru realized the significance.

“Red lines—this indicates the imminent nurturing of another King Worm?”

Aboard the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, Song Chi, with his Sixth-Level Double Pupils, had already noticed this detail but wasn’t surprised.

This Ancient Mother Empress has kept the insect nest here for at least a hundred years, consuming every ounce of vital energy from the Level 6 Peak Floating Land. Coupled with millions of Insect Guards capturing numerous intermediate and high-level stellar organisms in surrounding space, accumulating enough energy to nurture the fifth King Worm isn’t difficult.

Regarding this soon-to-be-born King Worm, it won’t immediately possess Dominator combat power upon birth. However, with its unparalleled bloodline and the massive concentration of high-purity energy resources accumulated nearby, it won’t take long to advance all the way to the Seventh Rank.

This was precisely why Song Wujiang insisted on taking action immediately.

After thoroughly analyzing the details of the insect nest, the six individuals began discussing the specific battle plan to follow.

Half a day later, twenty light-years away from the Level 6 Peak Floating Land, an enormous, fearsome warship over tens of thousands of kilometers in size appeared from the void.

Meanwhile, at the central core of the insect nest atop the Level 6 Floating Land, where the Ancient Mother Empress had silently nurtured the fifth King Worm, she lifted her flawless upper body.

Hissss!

A sharp hissing sound issued from her crimson lips. The next moment, a gigantic figure shot forth from the chrysalis room to her left. With its insect wings fluttering, the massive figure soared into the skies, heading straight for the depths of distant space where the terrifying warship lay. Behind it, tens of thousands of low-middle-rank insectoids closely followed.

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“It’s a Seventh-Rank Sawtooth King Worm—not too shabby.”

In the communications group of the Star-Annihilating Starship, the Song Family members intensely monitored the light screen projection from the “Heavenly Eye.”

At the center of the projection was the Tri-Eyed Royal Dominator Flagship, the very warship sensed by the Ancient Mother Empress—a vessel embodying fearsome ferocity.

A million kilometers ahead of the Tri-Eyed Royal Dominator Flagship, spatial fluctuations rippled as the Sawtooth King Worm crossed the void on its specialized spatial insect wings, revealing its form.

Soon after, increasing numbers of Fourth-, Fifth-, and Sixth-Rank insectoids emerged from the void, one after another.

Seeing this scene, aboard the [Dinghai Dragon Steed], Song Wujiang quickly commanded:

“Now’s the time—move out!”

At his words, six hidden warships simultaneously activated their spatial jump components.

Tens of light-years away, in the upper reaches of the Level 6 Floating Land’s central region, six warships quietly materialized in the void.

Much like the “Mirage Shadow” feature activated by Song Chi with the [Mirage Transformation Pearl], the spatial jumps of the six warships revealed no signs of spatial disturbance.

This was thanks to the [River of Stealth] component, which not only offered group stealth capabilities but also masked the noise generated during actions such as teleportation and jumps.

Seeing that the Ancient Mother Empress below hadn’t noticed their presence, the six warships refrained from descending further, choosing instead to activate their ship cannons for energy accumulation.

The Ancient Mother Empress’s spiritual power far surpassed units of the same rank; descending further, even with the [River of Stealth], might not avoid detection. By launching a simultaneous cannon charge now, they could deliver an unexpected strike to the Ancient Mother Empress below.

Buzz buzz buzz!

Suddenly, a dense buzzing sound reverberated in everyone’s ears. Although the noise closely resembled the hum of warship engines, the Song Family members immediately sensed something amiss.

“Something’s wrong—it’s the Shadowless Insect swarm! Stay alert!”

A sharp warning shot through their magnetic wave communication group. Fortunately, everyone reacted swiftly, activating their personal defensive measures in time.

Zzzzz!

Space vibrated, and countless black insectoids, in varying sizes, appeared all around them.

Their crimson eyes glowed fiercely as they madly charged at the six warships’ hulls.

Unlike Splatter Insects or Iron Beetles, which were lower-ranked, Shadowless Insects were intermediate-ranked insectoids renowned amongst the Stellar Insect Race. Possessing not only sharp mandibles but also unparalleled stealth capabilities, they now swarmed the six Song Family warships en masse. Although they didn’t cause significant physical damage, they managed to completely disrupt the energy accumulation of the warship cannons.

“The Ancient Mother Empress below has been aware of us all along!”

In the warship communication group, the Song Family members showed grim expressions. They had evidently underestimated the terrifying perception of the Dominator-level Ancient Mother Empress of the insectoids.

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