366: Chapter 366 Operation Begins

"The Locust Eggs should be just ahead."

Wang Feng lowered his voice and said, "Everyone, be careful. Although the Sand Locusts here aren't generally high level, there are too many of them! If we alert them, even we might not be able to escape unscathed!"

"Understood!!"

A group of twenty people, including Chen Yi's group of seven and Wang Feng's squad of thirteen, advanced silently through the night.

They bypassed several areas occupied by magic beasts and successfully infiltrated the core region of the Sea of Deathly Sand.

After walking for about ten minutes, the images on their Monitoring Glasses made everyone gasp.

Within a range of several kilometers ahead, dense red dots were almost joined together.

After zooming in on the image, those red dots showed oval outlines, looking like—giant eggs.

"Found them! Everyone, take off your glasses and look!"

Everyone took off their glasses as instructed.

Then, they saw a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

In the center of the desert, glowing with a faint blue light, stood tens of thousands of amber-colored giant eggs.

Each one varied in size, and within the translucent shells, curled-up Sand Locust larvae were faintly visible.

These larvae were still wriggling slightly, as if breathing.

Even more eerily, every egg was flashing rhythmically, as if absorbing the surrounding magic power.

Visible dark purple energy flows rose from the sandy ground and were greedily devoured by these eggs.

"This... this is how magic beasts are born?"

"I only knew that magic beasts came out of Space-Time Rifts before; I didn't expect... they grew like this."

Black Rose and Shi Yuying exchanged a glance, a hint of complexity flashing in both their eyes.

As Demon Empresses, they naturally knew the principles behind the formation of magic beasts.

But seeing such a large-scale hatchery with their own eyes still felt a bit unsettling.

Could it be that their current physical bodies actually came about this way too?

That's a bit uncomfortable!

Wang Feng signaled everyone to be quiet and lowered his voice, saying, "Eliminating these magic beast eggs is also a part of the Root and Branch Eradication Plan!"

"If we can clear out the eggs here, the threat of Sand Locusts in this area will be significantly reduced for the next few years."

"Brother Chen Yi, are you all ready? Once we start, we can't stop! We must clear them all out in one go, otherwise, alerting the other eggs might trigger a chain reaction!"

Chen Yi nodded: "I naturally know that!"

"Then, the operation begins!"

"Ladies, it's up to you!"

With Chen Yi's command, the six women attacked simultaneously.

A phantom of a Taotie appeared behind Su Taotao, its giant mouth opening as a devouring vortex ten meters in diameter appeared out of thin air.

Hundreds of Locust Eggs on the eastern side were pulled by the powerful suction, their shells shattering, and the larvae inside were completely devoured before they could fully hatch.

"Death Devour, activate!"

This was the ultimate skill she had just learned, and its effect far exceeded expectations.

The devouring vortex not only swallowed the eggs and larvae but even the magic power absorbed by those eggs was taken in together, converting into pure energy that fed back to Su Taotao.

Whether it was energy or physical matter, nothing could escape under Death Devour!

"Wow, so powerful!"

She was startled herself.

This move is much stronger than her original devouring skill!

It's already this terrifying with only a tenth of its power; if launched at full strength, one can imagine the power!

It was a different scene over on Hua Yuetong and Hua Xingtong's side.

The cooperation of the Light and Dark Twins had already reached perfection.

Hua Yuetong lightly raised her jade-like hand, and a pure white waterfall of light poured down; wherever it passed, the shells of the Locust Eggs melted rapidly.

Hua Xingtong snapped her fingers, and black tentacles emerged from the ground, dragging the melted remains deep into the earth.

Light and dark, purification and annihilation, they coordinated seamlessly!

Lilian had also finally learned an offensive skill.

With a point of her jade finger, a beam of light shot out, instantly piercing through a Locust Egg.

Although her efficiency was much lower compared to her sisters, as a purely support-type spirit beast, her combat power was already quite decent!

The performances of Black Rose and Shi Yuying were the most shocking.

Black Rose opened her arms, and countless pitch-Black Rose vines spread out from behind her. The tip of each vine precisely pierced one Locust Egg after another, completely absorbing the life force within.

Shi Yuying was even more direct.

She didn't even need to move a finger; just by standing there, the surrounding magic power automatically condensed into countless tiny Wind Blades.

The Wind Blades swept through the northern area frantically, each one precisely slicing open eggshells and strangling the larvae inside.

The people in Wang Feng's squad watched, dumbfounded.

"This... is this the strength a Ninth Rank spirit beast should have?"

"The cooperation of those Light and Dark Twins is simply perfect—"

"That little girl's devouring ability can even absorb magic power? That's too insane, isn't it?"

"Those two... why does their way of attacking feel a bit familiar to me?"

"Shut up, everyone just do your jobs properly! No more nonsense!"

Wang Feng barked, but his gaze toward Chen Yi was also filled with shock.

At first, he thought he might be the kind of Beast Tamer who only reached the Ninth Rank by relying on rare materials and had no combat experience.

Now it seemed he had vastly underestimated him!

These six spirit beasts, each of their strengths far exceeded those of the same rank, and their abilities were unique, with tacit cooperation.

How is this some training squad for young geniuses?

This is clearly an elite among elites!

Under such a terrifying offensive, in just a few minutes, these tens of thousands of Locust Eggs were wiped out.

When the sound of the last egg shattering vanished, the entire area fell into a brief silence.

"It's... it's over?"

Yan Lili blinked, somewhat unable to believe it.

Their squad had participated in similar clearing missions before, but every time it was a hard-fought battle, time-consuming and labor-intensive, often resulting in casualties.

But this time—it was done in a few minutes?

"Brother Chen Yi, you—"

Wang Feng walked up to Chen Yi, momentarily unsure of what to say.

Chen Yi smiled: "It's everyone's credit! Besides, the eggs here were quite concentrated, so they were easy to clear!"

"Easy?"

Wang Feng gave a bitter smile, "It wasn't easy at all for us."

The way he looked at Chen Yi had already changed from initial politeness to admiration.

At first, he still had doubts about Chen Yi's strength.

A 24-year-old Ninth Rank Beast Tamer sounded like a fairy tale.

But now, not only did he believe it, he even felt that Chen Yi's strength might be greater than a Tenth Rank Beast Tamer!

Especially the spirit beasts around him, each one was ridiculously strong and they cooperated seamlessly!

"How on earth were they trained?"

But shock aside, the mission had to continue.

"Let's go, continue searching for the next nest."

Wang Feng composed himself and continued, "While we have the advantage, let's clear out more, and we also need to find the Secret Realm Core; that's the real objective."

Everyone nodded and began to advance deeper into the desert.