Wizard: Starting from the Skill Tree-Chapter 536: Epilogue

At this moment, the massive and twisted Level 3 Nest, like a terrifying insect sealed in amber, maintained its final, most frenzied posture, yet unable to release even a trace of its destruction.

With Lauren having halted the self-destruction process of the Level 3 Nest, the outcome of this deep-sea battle was no longer in doubt.

Deprived of the unified command of the nest consciousness, and due to some energy backlash caused by the core being confined, the remaining Insect Race troops plunged into utter chaos.

Now they could only act on instinct, beginning mindless attacks on nearby slave creatures, with no organized coordination, almost fighting individually.

The Void Insect Race had already been no match for the Slave Creature Legion, and now in chaos, they were even less of a threat, the situation became one-sided in an instant.

"Eliminate all remaining units, leave none." Lauren’s command was transmitted throughout the entire Slave Creature Legion via the Control Talisman.

This operation was solely to purge the nest cluster here, with no need to capture Void Insect Race, thus they could be entirely eradicated.

So far, the number of Void Insect Race was still too great, with no necessity to intentionally leave any behind.

With clear instructions, the Slave Creature Legion, especially the eight Level 3 slave creatures, let out furious roars that resounded through the abyss.

They no longer needed to conserve strength for unexpected situations but instead unleashed all their ferocity and destructive urge upon these commanderless remnants of the Insect Race.

The situation had become a unilateral, efficient, and brutal purge.

Lauren never focused his attention on those miscellaneous soldiers from beginning to end.

He confirmed the surrounding threats had been basically cleared, while the destruction energy of the nest core, which was confined, continued to struggle violently against the constraints of his magic, trying to break free.

The Level 3 Nest should not be underestimated, as it was only temporarily confined.

Given enough time, it would eventually break through this layer of confinement.

It was imperative to act to completely resolve this Level 3 Nest before it broke free.

Lauren hovered directly in front of the massive nest, slowly raising his right hand.

This time, what he gathered at his fingertips was not the binding dark blue runes, but a transcendent silver-white brilliance that seemed capable of slicing through light and space.

This brilliance was not dazzling, yet it emitted an invincible and terrifying aura, attracting the attention of all surrounding Level 3 slave creatures.

Lauren made a feigned downward slashing motion towards the solidified, mountain-like giant nest core.

The silver brilliance in his hand did not shoot out, but accompanied his action, a slender and silent spatial rift traversed the void, appearing right at the core’s center.

This fissure seemed inherently present there, only revealed by Lauren’s will at that moment.

Where the fissure passed, the nest’s exceptionally resilient bio-armor, capable of withstanding the bombardment of Level 3 slave creatures, thick active tissues, and forcibly solidified terrifying energy within... everything was smoothly split in two, like a hot knife through butter.

No explosion, no resistance, only a rule-based, absolute separation.

The cross-section of the bisected nest was smooth as a mirror, where even the fixed energy flows and complex biological structures inside could be seen clearly.

The mass of compression destruction energy was ultimately lost its last support and balance due to the thorough separation of the core structure, yet its outbreak tendency was forcibly annihilated and dissipated under the joint effect of the power of decree and the spatial rift, finally turning into a chaotic energy breeze that swept by.

And in the most core, the area where energy was originally the most violent, a massive heart, the size of a house, entirely dark golden, covered with naturally formed complex patterns seemingly containing the truths of life and destruction, continued to beat slowly and powerfully, exposed in the seawater.

This is the Heart of the Insect Race of the Level 3 Nest, not much larger than that of a Level 2 Nest, but its color and texture were entirely different.

Even from a great distance, one can clearly feel the vast Life Energy it contained.

The life energy waves it emitted were as substantial as tides, vast and pure, far surpassing any previous Level 1 or 2 cores, causing all present beings to be moved.

Lauren reached out with a virtual beckon, the gigantic dark-golden heart of the Insect Race floated steadily in front of him.

He took out a large crystal box etched with countless reinforcement and sealing runes, carefully storing this invaluable loot inside, sealing layer by layer, blocking out the alluring yet dangerous vast pulsations.

This Heart of the Insect Race of Level 3 was the most valuable thing in the entire nest cluster.

The value of the Heart of the Insect Race at Level 3 is incalculable, likely beyond the point where it can simply be purchased with magic stones.

On the other side, the west side of the nest cluster.

Duke stood on a winged serpent at the rear of the battlefield, observing the situation over there from afar.

He had detected the danger at the first nest’s self-destruction, withdrawing from the center of the battlefield immediately.

The Heart of the Insect Race is indeed precious, but it must be attainable with one’s life intact.

Duke certainly did not want to be pulled into the water by a sudden self-explosion of the nest while taking the Heart of the Insect Race.

Since a Level 3 insect from the Void Insect Race arrived here later on the west battlefield, the Abyss Dominator’s focus had to remain on dealing with this Level 3 insect, unable to spare the attention for him to pick the Heart of the Insect Race. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

However, after that initial period, Duke had acquired a whole six Level 1 Hearts of the Insect Race in his hands, so this trip wasn’t a loss.

Unfortunately, the time came for the nest self-destruction afterward, leaving him to watch helplessly as Level 1 and Level 2 nests detonated by themselves.

Duke also commanded his subordinate slave creatures to evacuate this battlefield as he retreated, trying to minimize some losses.

The slave creatures that hadn’t managed to retreat in time suffered heavy casualties, with each nest explosion releasing extremely potent energy waves enough to easily obliterate ordinary slave creatures.

Lauren’s actions were quite swift, yet so many nests still self-detonated.

This was another trait of the newly discovered nest cluster, in the face of crisis, they would sacrifice some lower-level nests to manage the crisis.

This was something not encountered before when dealing with single nests, likely because a single nest self-destructing would mean total destruction, generally not opting for this approach.

But in a nest cluster area, the sacrifice of some nests was bearable.

As long as the nest cluster could survive, it would mean survival for the entire race.