After the battle, the Berserk Insect King would soon die, as it essentially squeezed out the potential of the insect. The Heavenly Silkworm Master once said that unless absolutely necessary, it was not advisable to use this technique.

"I never thought I'd be pushed to such a point."

"No matter what, I must end this battle as quickly as possible!"

Xu Hei was well aware of the situation in the distance.

Hai Teng stepping in to help him was unexpected for Xu Hei. However, from the looks of it, Hai Teng seemed to be using some special means to forcibly enhance his cultivation, which probably wouldn't last long.

If Wei Wudao managed to free himself, whether it was to deal with him or others, it would be catastrophic.

Wei Wudao, after more than a year, was even stronger than before, considered the strongest below the late stage of Divine Transformation. Otherwise, Xu Hei wouldn't have been injured by him with just one palm strike.

The chilling aura behind him rampaged within his body, even eroding his Spiritual Power. Xu Hei activated the Demon God Cauldron, refining it for a while before finally recovering.

"Nine Dragons Unite!"

One was gold, the other earth.

Nine Dragons Unite summoned nine strands of Dragon Qi, each carrying a law, possessing different effects. However, these laws were not comprehended by Xu Hei and could only be used superficially.

Xu Hei's body was covered with a layer of golden stone armor, resembling a golden statue.

"Boom!"

The ice layer ahead suddenly exploded, revealing a golden bead in Xiong Yan's palm. Inside the bead was a golden flame, dazzling and emitting the light of a blazing sun, with temperatures soaring high enough to temporarily melt even the Ten-thousand-year Cold Marrow.

"Solar Essence Fire?"

Xu Hei's expression changed.

The flame within the bead was actually the most yang fire of the mortal realm, the Solar Essence Fire, on par with the Lunar Mystic Fire!

However, this was not the original fire seed of the Solar Essence Fire, but a wisp of flame extracted and sealed within a Magical Artifact, intended for one-time use.

"To make me use this, Xu Hei, you can die with pride!"

Xiong Yan, holding the Solar Essence Fire bead, expelled the cold aura of the Ten-thousand-year Cold Marrow to the outside, then punched down with fierce strength, creating a large hole in the ice layer, directly reaching Xu Hei.

Xiong Yan drilled into the hole, arriving in front of Xu Hei, and without hesitation, hurled the Solar Essence Fire bead forward, detonating it.

"Boom!"

The explosion of the Solar Essence Fire bead immediately shattered the surrounding ice, spreading flames like a new sun, causing vast expanses of ice to vanish.

However, at the center of that blazing sun, a wisp of black flame rose, absorbing the Solar Essence Fire with all its might—this was Xu Hei's Lunar Mystic Fire.

The light was blinding for a moment, then quickly dimmed.

Yet, the ice layer protecting Xu Hei shattered, and Xiong Yan's face lit up with wild joy. He laughed up to the sky, his arms and head turning simultaneously, with various ferocious shadows emerging behind him, transforming into a hellish scene, charging towards Xu Hei.

Facing Xu Hei's golden body, Xiong Yan opted for close combat.

"Boom!"

Xu Hei raised his palm, clashing with Xiong Yan in a Mountain Splitting Palm strike, immediately spitting blood and flying backward, crashing into the dirt, with fine cracks appearing on his golden body.

Xiong Yan also retreated several thousand feet, spewing blood, with his arm that made contact exploding. Yet, like a cannonball, he charged at Xu Hei again, with his broken arm regenerating at a visible speed.

After activating the Blood Demon Body, Xiong Yan's recovery ability reached its peak, almost immortal, perfect for a reckless fighting style.

Xu Hei had already realized this when he encountered Xiong Yan's clone.

"Mountain Seal!"

"Earth Pulse!"

Xu Hei continuously used earth-based Divine Abilities, a great mountain pressing down, followed by a seismic shock, forcing Xiong Yan back a thousand feet, then quickly retreating.

Xiong Yan was crushed with broken bones and bloodied head, but he instantly recovered, charging at Xu Hei again. Xu Hei controlled his Flying Sword to slash, continuing to retreat.

"Xu Hei, why are you running now? If you beg for mercy, it's not too late; I'll leave you a whole corpse!"

Xiong Yan mocked coldly, convinced that Xu Hei, afflicted by the Nether Ghost Hand Seal, was far weaker than before, no match for him, only to be beaten into a cornered rat.

After several rounds of maneuvering.

Xu Hei lured him close, suddenly forming seals rapidly, shouting loudly.

"Insect Binding Formation!"

From the nearby ground, a dense swarm of insects flew out, forming a surrounding Formation in a mysterious manner, trapping Xiong Yan inside.

The insect formation technique of the Heavenly Silkworm Scripture combined killing, trapping, and defensive formations with various changes, more flexible than ordinary formations. As long as the divine sense was strong enough, one could form a formation with a flip of the hand.

"Using insects against me again, courting death!"

Xiong Yan once again summoned the light wheel, each vibration sending out visible ripples, rapidly impacting, causing the surrounding insect swarm to falter, falling from the sky to the ground.

But at that moment.

Xiong Yan felt a sharp pain in his foot, and one of his legs was suddenly gone.

Looking closely, it was a gigantic ant beast, several times larger than before, that had severed it with its pincers.

The pincers held his thigh, quickly chewing, swallowing it in just a breath.

"What is this?" Xiong Yan's face turned to horror, hurriedly activating his light wheel, but with several vibrations, the insect showed no reaction.

"Snap!"

Another gigantic ant beast flew from above, as fast as lightning, its pincers aiming for his neck, intending to sever it.

Moreover, another identical ant beast emerged beside him, making a total of three.

Three Berserk Insect Kings—this was Xu Hei's limit!

All of Xu Hei's Spirit-Eating Ants, except for the Black Needle Ants and the unhatched eggs, were used to devour and create Insect Kings.

Even his Supreme Spirit Stones were consumed by over a dozen.

Three Berserk Insect Kings, each comparable to the mid-stage of Divine Transformation, surely enough to kill him.

"What the hell are these things!"

Xiong Yan's heart was in turmoil, surrounded by insects from all directions, while the golden light wheel behind him was shot into a sieve by over a hundred Black Needle Ants controlled by Xu Hei, unable to vibrate anymore.

In an instant, three of his six arms were bitten off, both legs gone. Despite his blood energy burning, regenerating his limbs rapidly, it couldn't keep up with the rate of devouring.

His back, abdomen, everywhere was under insect attack, with the three gigantic insects gnawing on him, biting off his head.

Xiong Yan attempted to summon two Magical Treasures, a blood gourd and a pagoda made of piled flesh, clearly sinister items.

However, under Xu Hei's control of the Black Needle Ants, continuously firing, and with the Lunar Mystic Fire burning, one was pierced through, the other reduced to ashes before they could take effect.

Finally, Xiong Yan panicked.