Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 188 - 133: Insect Catastrophe, Suicide Attack (Part 2)
Chapter 188: Chapter 133: Insect Catastrophe, Suicide Attack (Part 2)
The Red Widow took a deep breath, looking across the lake into the deep darkness.
“It seems that the partnership with Kasham was absolutely correct; we must not allow Ghost Lake City to continue growing unchecked. Otherwise, sooner or later, it will swallow Matu and Auson as well!”
Duke Black followed her gaze, the black flames in his eye sockets flickering intensely.
Although Ghost Lake City currently held the advantage, they were not very worried.
After all, this year’s insect disaster was utterly different from previous years.
In the past, the insect swarms would split into three, attacking Ghost Lake, Matu, and Auson simultaneously, spreading their strength thin.
But this year, the swarms had all gathered toward Ghost Lake, amassing nearly three times the size of previous years.
The giant sandworm was just the appetizer.
The real main course was yet to come!
Just wait and see!
Almost as if responding to the thoughts of the Red Widow and Duke Black, a buzzing sound suddenly emerged from the darkness across the lake, as if countless wings were flapping simultaneously.
In the next moment, numerous insects that looked like enlarged bees with six wings on their backs, a pair of giant pincers, and sharp tail stingers burst from the darkness, buzzing toward the city gates.
“It’s the six-winged insects!” Carolina whispered timely, “These insects have venomous pincers and tail stingers!”
Sunan nodded affirmatively.
The venom was useless against golems, which are naturally immune to biological toxins.
However, the flying ability of the six-winged insects posed a threat to the golem legion.
After all, Stone Golems and Dual-bladed Spiders couldn’t fly, making it difficult to eradicate the six-winged insects in mid-air.
Fortunately, Sunan had prepared for this.
With a slight mental command, an Elite Dual-bladed Spider appeared on the city wall out of thin air.
Under the astonished gazes of Carolina and the human-faced lions, the Elite Dual-bladed Spider’s body flickered with a faint light and then soared into the air, transforming into a black flash heading toward the airborne six-winged insects!
Swish, swish, swish!
Several six-winged insects barely had time to evade before being sliced into several pieces by the quickly charging Elite Dual-bladed Spider.
Without pause, the Elite Dual-bladed Spider sped through the void like black lightning, continuously slashing and killing the six-winged insects.
In an instant, the battlefield sky seemed like it was raining dumplings, with six-winged insects falling to the ground one after another.
In contrast to the six-winged insects, the venom was ineffective against the Elite Dual-bladed Spider, and their sharp pincers couldn’t leave so much as a scratch on the spider’s iron body, enhanced by the Toughness Skill, unable even to inflict any damage.
Just one Elite Dual-bladed Spider was enough to make five or six hundred six-winged insects retreat step by step!
In the shadows, the Red Widow and Duke Black were already dumbfounded, involuntarily gasping in shock.
“A Tier Two Legendary Level golem!”
“That guy even has golems of this level!”
Their eyes could not hide their astonishment.
They had initially believed that Sunan’s forces were limited to Tier One Legendary Level golems, never expecting a Tier Two Legendary golem to appear.
This was combat power on par with their own level!
To be able to manufacture such powerful forces, what level had Sunan’s true strength reached?
The mere thought made the Red Widow and Duke Black feel a chill.
They could only hope that whoever was backing Kasham could deal with Sunan, or else they’d be in trouble.
“Woo-woo-woo!”
Suddenly, a low sound like a horn gently blowing came from across the lake.
Upon hearing the sound, the Red Widow and Duke Black’s spirits were immediately lifted.
They’re here!
The main force of the insect swarm!
At the same time, on the city wall, Carolina had a solemn expression on her face.
“Master, it’s the Funeral Beetles!”
Without her reminder, Sunan also guessed that the main force of the swarm had arrived.
The real assault of the insect tide was about to begin!
Under the terrified gaze of the human-faced lions, countless Funeral Beetles flew out from the darkness across the lake, crossing the lake surface in an instant to reach above the battlefield.
Swarming like a dark cloud, the beetles blocked the glow from the cave ceiling, shrouding the entire battlefield in eerie darkness.
Seeing this scene, many human-faced lions instinctively swallowed their saliva, recalling the terror previously instilled by the Funeral Beetles.
Their proud, robust bodies were utterly useless under the beetles’ terrifying sonic attacks; a single sonic wave could leave them feeling as if their organs were being battered, bleeding from every orifice.
Only elite warriors and human-faced lion nobles could withstand the sonic attacks of the Funeral Beetles.
“Woo-woo-woo!”
The Funeral Beetles soon launched their first wave of attacks.
Over three hundred beetles blared their ’horns’ simultaneously, the deafening sound waves sweeping across the battlefield in an instant!
Even from afar, many human-faced lions on the city walls couldn’t help but show expressions of pain, clutching their chests, gasping desperately for breath as if they were suffocating.
To their astonishment, the golem puppets on the battlefield remained unaffected by the sonic waves, continuing to slaughter the insect beasts undisturbed.
The Red Widow and Duke Black were equally stunned.
“These golems are immune to sonic attacks?”
They exchanged a knowing glance, realizing they might have made a grave mistake.
Having never interacted with Wizards and knowing only rumors about golems, they were unaware that golems generally possess immunity to sonic attacks, leading them to misjudge the balance between Ghost Lake City and Kasham’s forces.
“No, that’s not right.”
The Red Widow quickly realized.
“We may not know much about golems, but the person behind Kasham is also a Wizard. They would definitely know that the Sonic Attacks of Funeral Beetles are ineffective against golems!”
Duke Black came to the same realization, agreeing, “That’s right, that guy must have other tricks up his sleeve!”
Simultaneously, Sunan atop the city walls was making a similar deduction.
“If there’s really a Wizard Apprentice orchestrating things behind Kasham, they couldn’t possibly be unprepared for this scenario and must have already devised a countermeasure.”
In the sky above the battlefield, with the sonic attacks failing, the Funeral Beetles showed no signs of panic. After circling once, they suddenly plummeted like meteors, violently crashing into the golems below.
Boom!
At the moment of impact, the Funeral Beetles burst explosively, creating a visible distortion.
The part of the Stone Golem that came into contact with the distortion seemed to be bitten out of existence, leaving a large void in an instant!
In a matter of moments, the entire swarm of over three hundred Funeral Beetles had perished.
But their suicidal attack also took out over a hundred and twenty Stone Golems and more than ten Dual-bladed Spiders.
Carolina’s expression completely changed.
When did Funeral Beetles gain such an ability?
Why had she never observed them using it before?
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
More Funeral Beetles flew over from across the lake, their numbers estimated at over a thousand!
Carolina gasped at the sight.
In past insect disasters, the most there had ever been was five or six hundred Funeral Beetles.
Even so, it cost Ghost Lake City dearly to barely survive those swarms.
But now, there were over a thousand, maybe even more.
The sheer number was terrifying!
The human-faced lions also paled, cold sweat dotting their foreheads.
Only Sunan remained calm, a ’just as expected’ expression on his face.
“I didn’t expect these Funeral Beetles could self-destruct.”
“They’re releasing the sonic energy stored in their tumor bodies all at once, creating an effect similar to annihilation.”
Having dissected Funeral Beetles before, thoroughly understanding their anatomy, Sunan quickly figured out the principle behind their self-destructive attack.
“This confirms it; there’s indeed a mastermind behind Kasham, and it’s a Wizard Apprentice!”
Sunan couldn’t help but marvel secretly.
He had thought himself the trailblazer in developing this area, only to discover there had long been a Wizard Apprentice who established their own power here.
Based on the timing of the insect disasters, it was likely this Wizard Apprentice had been in the underground world for decades.
However, what puzzled him was why the Wizard Apprentice, instead of developing the veins, would hide in Kasham, controlling the insect swarms for hunting and killing—what was the purpose of this?
