Chapter 195: Chapter195-The Swarmborn’s Humiliation, John’s Return

"Damn it!"

A human player stared through gritted teeth at the giant character for death that the Swarmborn had deliberately arranged to humiliate them.

Never in their wildest dreams had they imagined that the Swarmborn could be so revolting!

"What the Swarmborn have done is utterly disgusting."

The fury burning in the hearts of the human players grew even stronger at the sight.

Just then, a vast swarm of flying Swarmborn suddenly appeared in the sky. They flew until they were only a few dozen meters away from the city walls.

The defenders atop the walls finally got a clear look at the creatures clutched beneath them.

They were human players who had been captured and restrained by the Swarmborn.

Under the Swarmborn’s imprisonment, these human players could not even commit suicide to escape.

When the players on the city walls saw this, confusion rose in their hearts.

"What are those Swarmborn trying to do?"

Just as the question crossed their minds, they saw the Swarmborn extend their scythe-like arms.

In the next instant, those blades came down toward the human players’ necks.

Crack!

The Swarmborn had actually severed the human players’ heads by force!

Their movements were incomparably brutal. Even after decapitating the players, they did not stop. Instead, they continued slicing into their corpses, cutting the bodies apart piece by piece until they had been reduced to mangled fragments.

Only then did the Swarmborn toss the ruined corpses onto the city walls before turning around and leaving.

The players stared at the horrifying remains of their companions scattered across the walls, then at the Swarmborn swaggering away without a care in the world. All of them trembled with rage, cursing through clenched teeth.

"Those disgusting bugs!"

"They’re absolutely inhuman!"

"Kill them! Kill them all! The moment I get the chance, I’ll burn every last one of those insects to ashes!"

...

High in the air, Gadiel looked down at the human players grinding their teeth in hatred. A trace of contempt appeared on his face.

What had just happened was nothing more than a minor display of intimidation he had prepared for the human race.

Once this city was completely breached...

Once the entire human force here had been wiped out...

And once he truly invaded the human world, he would make these humans understand what real suffering was.

"Listen to my command."

Gadiel’s voice spread throughout the entire Swarmborn army.

"All Swarmborn, prepare to attack the city. I want this place razed to the ground!"

The moment his order was issued, the entire Swarmborn army sprang into action.

Gadiel hovered in midair, looking down from above.

Watching countless Swarmborn surge into the city like a tide, he laughed arrogantly.

"Human race, is this all the strength you have? I’ll stand right here and see whether any of you are capable of killing me!"

His wild, arrogant laughter echoed endlessly through the sky.

However, at that exact moment, a calm voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.

That voice was filled with killing intent.

"Have you been enjoying acting so arrogantly while I was away?"

Gadiel’s expression changed drastically. He spun around in shock.

Behind him, space rippled violently. In the next instant, a figure abruptly descended from the sky.

"You seem to believe that you cannot be killed."

John’s voice carried an icy murderous intent.

...

Within the city below, the moment John’s figure appeared, the human army immediately noticed him.

Seeing their Guild Leader standing in the sky like a god of war, radiating that invincible aura, they knew there could be no mistake.

No one other than their Guild Leader could possibly possess such an overwhelming presence.

"It’s actually the Guild Leader!"

The moment the players below saw John, the blood in their veins instantly began to boil.

In their hearts, as long as John appeared, they would have nothing to fear even if the sky itself came crashing down.

John possessed precisely that kind of astonishing charisma.

"The Guild Leader is here! We’ve won!"

"Guild Leader, hurry and kill these damned Swarmborn!"

"Swarmborn, your good days are over!"

"Hahahaha! Now I’d like to see how much longer these Swarmborn can stay alive!"

At this moment, the confidence of the human players soared beyond measure.

It was as though the side currently holding the advantage was not the Swarmborn, but them.

And the reason for such an enormous transformation was simple.

John had appeared.

Gadiel’s gaze locked firmly onto John’s figure. He frowned slightly.

"So this is that human player named John who caused such a commotion?"

John’s arrival had been so strange and sudden that Gadiel had failed to notice him at first. That alone left him secretly alarmed.

"This John commands such tremendous prestige among the human players. His strength must be anything but ordinary."

As a Swarmborn player, Gadiel had never seen anyone possess authority and influence on the same scale as John.

What the humans felt toward John was no longer simple trust.

It was worship.

"As expected of someone capable of taking first place in the Trial of Myriad Races."

A complicated look flashed through Gadiel’s eyes. He drew in a deep breath.

"Barring any accidents, this man will most likely become the future leader of the human race. To have reached this point, he does indeed possess some ability."

Jealousy slowly surfaced in Gadiel’s gaze.

Among the Swarmborn, he had never received this kind of prestige.

At that moment, John stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his expression incomparably cold.

Hovering high above, he looked down at Gadiel from a commanding height. An incomparably oppressive aura suddenly erupted from his body.

Gadiel raised his head to look at him, resentment filling his eyes.

"In the end, he is still nothing more than a human player. Even if he is strong, so what? The limits of his race are right there for all to see."

"He is only Level 250, yet he dares to act so arrogantly? Hmph. He is courting death!"

Gadiel would not even have taken a Level 300 human player seriously, let alone John, who was merely Level 250.

Even if John enjoyed enormous prestige, that only meant he could dominate within the human race itself.

In Gadiel’s eyes, the human race was synonymous with weakness.

He immediately shouted, "Kill him!"

The surrounding Swarmborn received the command and rapidly closed in around John.

Like a surging tide, they charged straight toward him.

Gadiel stared coldly at John.

"To kill a weakling of your level, there is no need for me to personally take action."

...

Looking at the Swarmborn surging toward him like an endless flood, John merely raised an eyebrow.

In the next instant, a vast sea of terrifying flames appeared around his body.

He directly activated the Divine Codex, amplifying his skill a hundredfold.

In an instant, even the surrounding void seemed to burn, rippling with layer upon layer of blazing waves.

In the space of a single breath, those horrifying flames engulfed every Swarmborn charging toward him.

The scorching fire clung to their bodies like a curse that had seeped into their very bones, instantly spreading across every inch of their forms.

The moment Gadiel saw those terrifying flames appear, his expression changed dramatically.

"That fire... It actually carries a trace of divine might!"

At that moment, a series of sharp crackling sounds rang out in the air.

Crackle! Crackle!

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

Countless Swarmborn were swallowed by the flames.

Strangely, however, the fire did not burn their bodies in the ordinary sense.

Instead, their physical forms began to disintegrate little by little.

At this moment, every one of those Swarmborn could clearly feel their bodies being rapidly broken down.

Even their souls were swiftly fading away along with them.

Throughout the entire process, they did not feel even the slightest pain.

All they could do was clearly sense their own bodies collapsing.

That was the most terrifying part of all.

Worse still, these flames could not be extinguished by any means whatsoever.

After being enhanced by the Divine Codex, the fire would never disappear until it had burned away sufficient HP.

[-24,562!]

[-24,562!]

One terrifying damage number after another rose into the air.

Many of the Swarmborn only had enough time to let out a miserable scream before their HP was instantly emptied.