Emperor of Arcane

A huge hive tyrant.

Body shape and structural adjustments are being completed quickly.

White hard bone armor appeared on its body, and its erect body looked very much like the big "shell" that Matthew saw on Dinosaur Island.

Matthew stared at it calmly, and quickly analyzed the body transformation it was completing - strengthening its magic resistance.

Sure enough, the behavior of the Insect Swarm Kingdom has a very deep connection with the aberrant monsters.

It can be said that the large-scale aberration pollution led by Scarlet Moon has been organized and strengthened on a large scale.

The organized threat that emerged was the swarm of aberrant insects.

With this thought in his mind, Matthew's desire to kill the Hive Tyrant quickly arose.

He flew over without hesitation, and dense long-range attacks covered him, but they were all shattered by the rushing thunder and lightning.

A powerful electromagnetic protective force field blocked all flying spikes.

Matthew was like a real thunder king, wrapped in thunder and rushing forward.

Sensing the danger, the Hive Tyrant roared angrily, pulled out two bloody bone spurs from his ribs, and ran towards Matthew.

Its huge size gives people a powerful intimidation.

If you are an ordinary professional, you might be frightened by it, thinking that its most threatening attack ability comes from close combat.

However, Matthew could clearly "see" the surging mental and spiritual power spreading from the head of the insect nest tyrant and connecting with the surrounding insect monsters.

It is obvious that this seemingly violent and savage hive tyrant actually possesses considerable intelligence and an insidious character.

If you give it time, after experiencing countless battles and mutation growth, this insect nest tyrant has a high probability of breaking through the shackles of legend and stepping into the demigod level.

Unfortunately, it hit Matthew!

"Roar……!"

The surging spiritual storm was approaching Matthew.

Matthew, who pretended to be unaware, took the initiative to charge.

After the whole body was surrounded by the spiritual storm, there was obvious sluggishness and stiffness.

Two blood-stained ferocious bone blades struck Matthew fiercely!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Like a physical collision, it appeared out of thin air in the middle of the two.

The air twisted and deformed, and flickering arcs of electricity were reflected in the eyes of the Hive Tyrant.

It saw Matthew's very calm, unaffected eyes behind the dark red lenses.

This is impossible!

The Hive Tyrant was born no more than 5 minutes ago, so he was very young.

But before it was born, at the moment it was born with consciousness, many battle memories of the Hive Tyrant had already been instilled into its mind.

It won't take long for it to digest all these battle memories and turn them into its own things.

This is also one of the reasons why the insect swarm monsters become stronger and stronger as they fight!

However, in all the memories of the Hive Tyrant, there is no situation like the one it is encountering now.

The psychic storm catalyzed by all his strength really had no impact on Matthew.

Matthew has the same purpose as the Hive Tyrant. The other party hides his long-range ability, while he hides his melee ability!

The shining Sword of Destruction, under the unbelievable gaze of the Hive Tyrant, lightly cut off its bone blade.

It was just about to struggle hard, and the muscles in its legs tightened violently, trying to avoid this fatal blow.

Its whole body was wrapped in the power of time, and no matter how hard it struggled, it could not be shaken at all.

Compared with professionals who have mastered the further energy of the life force, although the hive tyrant's attributes and combat effectiveness are strong, its ability to resist spells is far inferior to the former.

Click!

The two swords slashed across.

The spinning head fell down.

The huge body still has amazing vitality, but it can no longer prevent the arrival of death.

The violent thunder penetrated into it, exploding into groups of deadly blood flowers.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After it loses all resistance, it does not wait for the flesh and blood tissue to engulf it before it can be transformed and absorbed again.

Matthew had already put it into the storage space, and his whole body rushed into the flesh-and-blood building.

The great destruction has begun!

Countless deformed insect monsters screamed and trembled after the death of the insect nest tyrant, with cracks opening all over their bodies and spitting out blood with a foul stench.

The remaining deformed insect monsters, under the command and control of the brain worms, surrounded them crazily.

The constantly surging power of destiny condenses into a more complex and transparent array model, and penetrates into the arcane fire bit by bit.

With just a little guidance of Matthew's spirit and consciousness, he completed the engraving of the spell model, which was extremely difficult for other arcanists.

The reason for this step.

It is to allow the extremely active arcane fire to be completely transformed and integrated with the arcanist's soul and consciousness.

At this point, the arcanist's life source can complete a complete transformation and enter a new level.

Breaking through the shackles of super level and stepping into the legendary level is just a side effect.

Of course, such a transformation is very difficult and dangerous.

The extremely lethal arcane fire can not only burn the enemy, but also ignite itself.

If the consciousness and soul invested in it cannot be completely impregnated and controlled before being burned out.

Then all the consciousness and soul invested will be permanently lost.

Therefore, the entire process cannot be stopped or interrupted.

Either completely control the arcane fire and complete the comprehensive transformation from soul to body.

Or be ignited by the arrogant arcane fire and become the fuel and sacrifice for exploring the secrets of the arcane.

Of course, what Arcanists are good at is solving difficulties. Faced with such a dangerous process, they will naturally make arrangements and preparations in advance.

Prepare some soul potions.

Arrange certain stabilizing rituals.

Looking for something to replace the burning of the soul.

The arcanist's research in this area can be said to be of various types.

There are even some behaviors that, in Matthew's opinion, are full of absurdities and jokes.

Matthew has studied and understood it, and had in-depth exchanges with the great arcanist of Kennoman.

Then, Matthew used the power of fate to explore the nature of this technology.

The first is to strengthen the power of the soul to make it burn longer.

The second is to strengthen one's own consciousness and will to complete it in the shortest possible time.

Third, make some substitutions to reduce the loss of soul and consciousness in the process.

The first two have a relatively high success rate, while the latter is an opportunistic attempt, but has a lower success rate and is only suitable for some specific groups of people.

But for Matthew, no matter what method he uses, it will not bring much pressure to him.

The power of destiny, which can be called a panacea, can continuously replenish the damage caused by the loss of arcane fire.

He also occasionally takes two bottles of soul potion to relax his nervous soul and consciousness and cheer him up.

Not consuming the soul source, constantly laying a solid foundation, and obtaining stronger soul carrying capacity is the reason why Matthew and Yaya can always maintain a combat effectiveness that far exceeds that of units of the same level.

The brain worm in charge of this swarm also realized that something was wrong with Matthew.

It issued waves of invisible and insubstantial commands, causing the deformed insect monsters from all directions to quickly surround it.

Crackling!

The rushing lightning with arcane fire spread in all directions, forming waves of impact pushing outward.

It caused fatal damage to all living creatures around it.

Thousands of insect monsters fell down, and other insect monsters rushed up regardless of their own safety.

Not to mention that they are ugly, have unpleasant sounds, are keen on killing, and will destroy all the normal surroundings with their arrogant attitude.

Their spirit of going on and on and fighting bravely is worth learning from many opponents in the Gulf Territory.

Matthew, who rose higher and higher in the pile of corpses, turned into a real "big villain".

Unfortunately, these weak deformed insect monsters cannot even interfere with Matthew, let alone distract him.

Instead, Matthew used a unique way to gain the power of destiny by killing these deformed insect monsters, and worked hard to complete the transformation of the body and the tempering of the soul.

Matthew's soul was quickly "ignited", and his powerful soul and strong foundation allowed him to endure more pain.

However, Matthew had already experienced similar pain countless times.

It cannot be said that I have fully adapted to it, I can only say that I can stabilize my mind and continue to maintain the entire promotion ceremony.

"Progress 30% complete, remaining time is 45 minutes."

The clear reminder cheered Matthew up again.

He readjusted his thinking and will, increased the intensity of killing the surrounding insect monsters, and continued to attract the attention of the surrounding insect monsters.

A steady stream of battle information comes from the huge space inside.

The Thunder Warriors silently recorded various data and watched a large number of twisted monsters passing by without any thoughts of launching an attack.

They have already received Matthew's order and cannot join the battlefield before receiving an attack order.

They have always obeyed Lord Matthew's orders unconditionally.

However, such enemies and combat situations also made them feel a lot of pressure.

They sometimes can't help but think. If it were them, could they persist for such a long time and firmly believe that they could win?

The answer is not difficult. With their current strength and combat experience, they cannot yet achieve this.

They will not be disappointed or anxious, but will use such news and examples to inspire every dragon warrior to continue moving forward.

About an hour passed.

Just maintaining all-round stealth consumes nearly 1/3 of the Thunder Magic Armor's energy reserve.

The Thunder Warriors could not help but feel some fluctuations in their hearts, but they quickly calmed down and quickly carried out various repairs and energy replenishment according to the designated procedures.

Their movements were very careful, and they were always carried out under the isolation of the hidden magic circle.

They would never make any rash attempts because it would cost them blood and tears.

Fortunately, they did not wait any longer. The order from Matthew clearly reached each of their ears:

"Explode!"

Boom!

Boom! Boom!

A dull roar came quickly, and the entire cave kept shaking. Stones fell from time to time, opening deep gaps.

Matthew slowly opened his eyes, and the faint arcane fire slowly disappeared. After taking a long breath, he raised his hand towards the panicked deformed insect monsters.

Five or six Mordenkainen swords appeared around Matthew.

Substantial sword energy quickly emerged from the sword, spinning and flying out with a sharp sound of breaking through the air.

As fast as lightning, they collided with the charging deformed insect monster.

Poof!

Click!

Each gap the size of a washbasin quickly took away the life of the deformed insect monster.

Their attack range is very far, extending hundreds of meters directly outward.

He rushed forward in a mighty manner, leaving behind a straight path of death.

The surging mental power helped Matthew draw these more destructive Mordenkainen swords to kill the aberrant insect monsters further away.

Matthew's killing attack range suddenly increased from the original 300 meters to 800 meters away.

The extremely fast flying speed of Mordenkainen's Sword can reach thousands of meters per second with ease.

Such a swift attack would make most super-level professionals unable to react.

Of course, even if they react, they can't stop it at all.

Even for some legendary professionals, if their agility attribute does not exceed 20 points, it will be difficult for them to react adequately before the attack arrives.

While Matthew was familiar with the surging mental power, he quickly strangled the threatening aberrant insect monsters.

Individuals that are large and capable of digging quickly.

The brainworm not far away was trembling and roaring.

It watched helplessly as the Sword of Mordenkainen easily tore into pieces several large beetle monsters, with a terrifying aura of death hovering over its head.

The brainworm, which has a very high intelligence, immediately understood its situation and let out low whines one after another, controlling the surrounding aberrant insect monsters to "be honest".

"Stop it now!"

"It's such a waste!"

"Everyone, get down here. If anyone dares to make a move, I'll let him chew the rocks."

"..."

Various divergent thoughts spread from around the brain worm, and were accurately captured by Matthew.

However, Matthew could feel it keenly.

Except for the Hive Tyrant who was just born and quickly killed, he had independent consciousness and thinking.

The remaining aberrant insect monsters do not have any independent will, they are just living machines composed of flesh and blood.

This situation is quite similar to the distortion machinery produced by Guilty Spark.

Seeing how "interesting" the brain worm was, Matthew temporarily stopped attacking.

The violent deformed insect monsters around them gradually calmed down amidst the waves of noise.

Many deformed insect monsters quickly lay down on the flesh and blood tissue under Matthew's gaze.

Immediately afterwards, their entire bodies began to melt and were absorbed into flesh and blood tissue.

Matthew looked at the brainworm that looked like a round fat worm, gently rubbed his fingertips, and communicated with it directly:

"May I have your name?"

"Name? No name! I'm number 14!"

Feeling its more active mental fluctuations, Matthew turned his head and looked around, seeing many broken flesh and blood buildings, and said in an understatement:

"From today on, you have it."

"Name? What's a name?"

"Does the name matter?"

"No. 14 just wants to survive..."

"Order, execute the Lord's order!"

"No, no, you will die!"

"The swarm is not afraid of death, we have nothing to fear."

"I'm afraid of death anyway!"

"You coward..."

Noticing the brainworm's suddenly active thoughts, he didn't wait for it to speak.

Matthew took out a statue of Mozi and activated the halo effect.

The "unfathomable" halo began to spread, and the surrounding aberrant insect monsters roared one after another.

The brainworm on the side was trembling, its plump body kept rolling, and it let out a sharp scream, and the distorted sound waves spread to the surroundings.

Matthew was very curious about all this, carefully recorded all the information, and sent a signal to the Thunder Warriors:

"Notify the staff and ask them to arrange two swordsmen and bring a special operations team over."

The brainworm, who felt extra pain, was unaware of this change.

Now it only feels that its brain is fighting with itself, and its whole body is in great pain, much more painful than when it was punished by the master.

I don’t know how long it took before the pain like a tide gradually faded away.

When the brainworm regained consciousness and opened his eyes, he suddenly found that the surrounding environment had changed drastically.

Compared with the previous stones and flesh and blood tissue, the translucent metallic structure made it feel even more inexplicable "surprise".

The terrifying pressure and mutterings that were everywhere in my mind disappeared, and there was only inexplicable relaxation and comfort.

However, when the brainworm woke up completely, he soon discovered something "wrong".

Two "laughing" humans were looking at it curiously and saying strange words that it could understand but not understand.

"He's really a unique little guy, why not call him Fatty."

"It's actually able to escape control from deep distortion. I don't know if it's because of its unique talent or because of its body..."

"The latter is more likely. Maybe it has undergone some kind of special and lucky distortion, which just happens to be able to restrain control..."

"It makes sense. Part of the transformation of consciousness comes from the body, and part of it comes from experience and cognition."

"Just like some deformed individuals, they are obviously deeply deformed, but because they firmly believe that they are normal, they have been able to maintain independent thinking and live quite well."

"This is a good sample and worth studying."

"Its potential is also good. If its strength can continue to improve, it will definitely bring us many surprises, and maybe it can help break through the current predicament."

"..."

There was too little information and knowledge in this area, so the brainworm who was forcibly named Xiaopang was racking his brains to think quickly in a daze.

There is no other way, the gazes of these two guys are really scary.

Fortunately, the staff from the Gulf Territory have already arrived.

After they wear protective equipment and equipment, they can conduct some simple and pleasant communication without being affected by the powerful mental and spiritual power of the brain worms.

"Food? No problem!"

"We have raw, cooked, fried, pan-fried, boiled..."

"Want to eat meat?"

"We have beef, mutton, chicken, duck, fish, crocodile, snake..."

"Want to chew some brains?"

"This is a good idea, and the taste is quite unique..."

"We have rabbit brains, pig brains, cow brains, sheep brains, monitor lizard brains..."

"Safety issue? There is no need to worry about this."

"They are responsible for your safety!"

"What? Are you just worried about them?"

"Hahaha, don't worry about this now. It's useless to worry about it anyway. Eat more good things first..."

"..."

The extremely experienced Bayland staff, relying on the advantages of their home field and personnel, were able to "handle" this lively brainworm very easily.

Let me first explain the situation about the Insect Swarm Kingdom.

Then control the surrounding insect swarm area.

By the way, let’s explain the principles and quantities of various flesh-and-blood buildings.

Then arrange and lay out some defensive traps.

Finally, the relatively stable production speeds and methods are displayed one by one for the Gulf collar to adapt and choose the difficulty.

Of course, the Gulf Territory also made a commitment to this obedient brainworm.

The first thing is to ensure safety. Its value is very high, both in terms of research value and practical value.

The next step is to ensure that it lives a prosperous life, which is easier to achieve.

Bay collar can create some unique delicacies specifically for it according to its taste, which will definitely satisfy this "working insect" who often eats one meal without finishing.

Finally, the Gulf Territory promises wisdom and freedom.

If a new intelligent individual is born among the bug monsters, it can overcome the distortion and distortion, and with the help of the aura of death, it can escape the control of the dominant consciousness.

The individual will be free!

The more he learns about the Gulf Territory, the faster the little fat brainworm's knowledge and wisdom will grow.

It quickly figured out that if the development results and dividends of the entire insect swarm can only be enjoyed by the dominant insect.

Then, the entire twisted and deformed system and kingdom is doomed to tragedy and eternal torment.

They should live like individuals with free consciousness, not puppets that are manipulated along with their bodies and consciousness.

Brainworms who have experienced dominance control and oppression know very well that the other party will not share "rights".

Therefore, Xiaopang, who had learned the guiding ideology and great spirit of resistance from the Gulf Territory, naturally had some "little" bold ideas in his mind.

After seeing this scene, Matthew gradually perfected the control of arcane fire, gradually transforming and transforming the inside of his body bit by bit.

This whole process requires Matthew to get familiar with and adjust a little bit, and at the same time take a lot of magic food and supplementary medicines.

After all, physical changes and improvements are inseparable from the supplement of energy and substances.

As the old Eastern saying goes: "People are like iron rice and steel. If you don't eat one meal, you will be hungry."

So, the moment Matthew completed his transformation.

He happily rewarded himself with a delicious meal from the bay.

Well, Yaya, who followed closely, also had a nice meal.

After eating for a full 28 hours, Matthew opened the map of the Brave Continent with unfulfilled interest, highlighted several areas in the Gray Mountains, and said to Yaya who was still feasting:

"I'll leave these goals to you. I have to reappear within the sight of the Cole Elf Kingdom to prevent them from worrying."

Thinking of the fight, Yaya nodded very excitedly and put on a "cover me" posture.

The old swordsman who followed closely looked at the skull patterns on the Brave Continent in disbelief and muttered to himself:

"How come there are so many evil things in this ghost place!"

Matthew shrugged his shoulders, turned to look at the map of Dinosaur Island again, exhaled and said:

"Finally the Grand Arcanist, it's time to go to Netheril to get something."

Well, Netheril, your "Emperor" is back! (End of chapter)