My Beast Is the 12-Winged Angel Chapter 498 - 499: Fei Yue!
Previously on My Beast Is the 12-Winged Angel...
After bidding farewell to the others, Gu Xing set off toward the Snow Domain with zero delay.
A void gateway rests here, connecting the Insect Race to the Alternate Space.
Passing through this void gateway offers the swiftest path to the Insect Realm at present.
Back on known territory.
The view ahead stayed the same, endless ice stretching out while biting winds whipped up swirling snow, the familiar chill nipping at his skin.
Gu Xing halted briefly, gazing at this well-known snowy expanse, his mind swirling with tangled feelings he couldn't quite name.
This was where he'd been compelled to confront the Insect Emperor before, his initial clash with a Pseudo-Divine Level powerhouse.
That fight ended in his shameful withdrawal back to the Angel Realm.
But today...
A vicious grin gradually spread across Gu Xing's mouth.
If he holds back and doesn't drag it out, that'd be mercy!
Right then, the shadows and cracks across the nearby snowfield buzzed with endless Insect Race shapes hiding in wait.
Their blood-red compound eyes locked onto Gu Xing and his allies, jaws clicking away, creating eerie scraping sounds.
Still, a deep-seated dread from their basic instincts seized the minds of these lowly bugs.
Despite their dim wits, they grasped...
Any move to strike would trigger total and instant annihilation.
They shrank back, too scared to press forward.
Though they held off, Gu Xing wasn't about to spare this horde of bugs.
Back then, their overwhelming numbers went unchecked because of his weaker strength.
Now, though...
Tushan Yueli commanded the Divine Position of Alternate Space.
In the Alternate Space, her might truly reached Divine Level.
No order from Gu Xing was needed; Tushan Yueli glided ahead with poise.
She lifted her slender hand, fingers parting just a bit, her palm aimed at the bug-infested frozen land.
The unseen Power of Laws radiated from her will, blanketing the whole Snow Domain.
Suddenly, no matter how buried under ice or tucked into warped void fissures the insects hid.
An unstoppable force yanked them out and pinned them down.
Like seized by some unseen fist, they gathered thickly in the air right in front of her, twisting into a sickening, squirming mass.
Tushan Yueli's gaze stayed cool, as though she was just brushing off worthless dirt.
She gradually bent her fingers.
"Pop—pop pop pop—!"
With her fingers squeezing shut, the huge cluster overhead got smashed by a massive unseen squeeze, bug forms exploding in sequence.
Greenish, stinking blood and chunks rained down hard, but unseen powers held them back from hitting the ice and snow.
Lilith had positioned herself close by, ready and waiting.
A spark of resolve flickered in her eyes.
Seeing every one of Gu Xing's Guardian Beasts earn the Divine Position's approval, while she alone couldn't cross that last threshold.
A fierce drive pushed her to grab any chance to boost her strength.
Even without fusing a Divine Position, she aimed to push her power to the Pseudo-God Realm, refusing to weigh Gu Xing down.
She acted without pause, releasing her energy to pull in, devour, and purify every bit of the spilled bug blood.
Clean blood essence flooded into her, soaking up greedily.
Locked on powering up, she overlooked...
As the bug blood flowed in, the quiet Divine Position inside her.
Faint blood-red lines crept across its face, showing a barely-there link to her core.
But once the final drop of bug blood vanished inside, that faint tie faded away like a snapped kite string.
The Divine Position sank back into stillness, as if the earlier flicker never happened.
Gu Xing let Lilith carry on without interfering.
Not until she'd taken in all the blood did he shift his stare to the heavens.
Up there, a shaky, wild, and ravenous void tear cracked open without a sound.
This marked the entrance to the Insect Realm.
Next came plunging into the Insect Realm, rescuing Fei Yue and claiming the last Divine Position.
After that...
Straight to the Demon Abyss, to settle the fate woven across endless ages!
That idea sharpened the determination in Gu Xing's eyes.
He wasted no time, his body flashing into a ray of light, plunging right into the deep, endless black void gateway.
His Guardian Beasts trailed in bursts of different glows, racing after him and vanishing through that void gateway's mouth.
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Insect Realm.
Thick, shadowy energy rolled in waves, swallowing up the whole zone.
Seven huge, mountain-sized terrifying shapes, each uniquely built.
Arranged in a ring, caging a slim form in the middle.
It was Fei Yue.
Right now, a soft divine glow wrapped around Fei Yue.
As though merging fully with the Insect Realm itself.
She'd claimed the Divine Position of the Insect Realm, stepping up as this world's heir.
Because of that, even with her strength falling short of the seven ancient Insect Emperors—who'd gobbled realms without end and piled up power over thousands of years.
Snaring her proved utterly out of reach.
"You brainless eaters really think you can nab me?"
"Try harder! Nyah nyah nyah..."
Her taunt clearly riled up these top Insect Race entities.
A massive, savage aura burst out, nearly turning solid and ripping the void apart.
But right as the strike neared her, Fei Yue's shape shimmered and warped like a mirage, fading completely from sight.
With the Divine Position under her grasp, her void skills had surged in potency.
Her attack strength still lagged behind a typical Divine Level, but her endurance...
In the Insect Realm, nothing short of the world's doom could touch her.
"She slipped away once more!"
A furious mental wave exploded from the seven Insect Emperors.
"It makes no difference."
"Even holding the Divine Position, she has weaknesses."
"Observe, in these latest pursuits and barriers, the spots where she vanishes and pops up..."
"Draw nearer to the borders!"
"That zone holds a void gateway to Alternate Space! The space there twists wildly, and it doesn't fully answer to the Insect Realm."
"In that place, her command of the Divine Position weakens sharply, blocking her free escapes like before."
"Push her there, and victory's ours."
The seven dread minds quickly agreed.
They skipped chasing her vanishing path, instead easing their ring tighter.
Like a hidden web, slowly closing in on the Insect Realm's fringe, toward the void gateway.
Fei Yue had no clue a trap aimed at her was underway!
She did feel, though...
In her latest shifts, some unseen force nudged her toward one set path.
But limited by her strength, she brushed it off.
After all, with a Divine Position in her hands, she ruled as the Insect Realm's goddess.
How could mere bugs outsmart her?
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