164: Void Hive Domain

It wasn’t another Epic-Grade powerhouse as Yue Li had expected that was contending with the entire Void Insect Nest territory!

It was a human youth!

A youth who looked only in his early twenties, bathed in blood, his aura fluctuating only around Transcendent-level mid-tier!

His clothes were already tattered, revealing a muscular body covered in gruesome wounds.

Most horrifying was that his right arm was completely mutated, transformed into a terrifying insect limb covered in dark purple chitinous armor, ending in a massive, grotesque bone blade!

This insect limb was not an external object, but rather connected to his flesh and blood, as if it had grown there naturally!

Even more bizarre, standing beside him was a... monster, also emitting a Transcendent-level high-tier aura!

It had a slender, streamlined body similar to an Alien, covered in black armor that shimmered with a dark metallic luster, and a tough tail like a steel whip, ending in a sharp bone barb.

Its head was elongated, without eyes, only a massive mouth full of sharp teeth, constantly dripping corrosive saliva.

However, this monster's aura had a peculiar, almost soul-level connection with Lin Feng; it was not merely a battle beast, but more like an extension of his will, a living combat organ!

At this moment, this man and beast, with an incredible tacit understanding and ferocious stance, were directly clashing with the Void Insect Mother!

“Roar—!”

The Alien Queen let out a silent mental shriek, moving so fast that it left afterimages. It ignored the terrifying force of the Insect Mother's whipping tentacles, acting like the deadliest assassin, constantly using the shadows of the insect nest and the blind spots of the Insect Mother's massive body for fatal surprise attacks.

Its sharp claws and tail barb, with every attack, precisely tore open the Insect Mother's relatively fragile energy nodes or joint connections, spewing out foul-smelling bodily fluid.

Even more terrifying, it seemed to have extremely strong resistance to the Insect Mother's mental pollution; the impact that could drive Transcendent-level cultivators mad had little effect on it.

And Lin Feng, he was like a berserk warrior!

He wielded that grotesque insect arm bone blade, each slash accompanied by a shriek that tore through the air, directly confronting the Insect Mother's thick tentacles!

The bone blade collided with the tentacles, producing a deafening clang like metal striking metal, with sparks flying everywhere!

He let out a low growl that sounded inhuman, his eyes bloodshot, as if completely immersed in primal killing instinct.

He was also enveloped in an extremely faint, yet exceptionally tough, dark purple mental barrier. It was this barrier, combined with his own chaotic yet powerful will, that allowed him to forcibly withstand the infinitely superimposed, terrifying mental torment of the Void Insect Nest's core area!

“How is this possible?!”

Yue Li’s inner shock was almost uncontrollable.

A Transcendent-level mid-tier, before an Epic-Grade, should be like an ant gazing up at a dragon!

Not to mention within the opponent's domain, the Void Insect Nest!

Here, the Insect Mother's power was infinitely amplified, her mental pollution was all-pervasive, and she could even instantly summon guardian insects, condensed from domain power and approaching Transcendent-level strength!

Theoretically, any non-Epic existence, the moment it stepped into this place, would have its soul torn apart by the mental storm, or be submerged by an endless swarm of insects.

Yet, this man and beast before her not only hadn't died, but were actively attacking!

Although they were covered in wounds, their auras fluctuating intensely between Transcendent-level mid-tier and high-tier, clearly enduring immense pressure, one could even say they were being suppressed by the Insect Mother!

With every collision, Lin Feng would be shaken to the point of spitting blood, and the Alien Queen's carapace was constantly cracking.

But they truly held on!

They didn’t collapse instantly!

Yue Li's gaze was as sharp as a knife, instantly discerning the key.

The dark purple mental barrier on Lin Feng, and the Alien Queen's inherent indifference to mental attacks, formed the first line of defense, greatly weakening the effect of the insect nest's core mental pollution.

This was by no means an ordinary mental defense skill; it was more like... some kind of innate resistance originating from a bloodline or symbiote?

What startled her even more was the intermittent, chaotic yet fundamentally high-level power fluctuation emanating from Lin Feng.

It was extremely faint, like a candle in the wind, but it genuinely contained a hint of the essence of a domain!

It was this trace of domain power that nullified the Void Insect Nest's most fatal “rule suppression” on them!

Allowing their strength not to be completely sealed, enabling them to barely maintain Transcendent-level combat power.

This trace of domain power was filled with a mixture of “devour,” “evolution,” and “adaptation” auras, seemingly closely related to his mutated insect arm and the Alien Queen beside him.

The Alien Queen’s existence was also key!

It was by no means a simple summoned creature.

There was a deep symbiotic relationship between it and Lin Feng.

Yue Li could feel that when Lin Feng endured immense damage and pressure, a portion of the damage and... some kind of “pheromone”?

Seemed to be transferred to the Alien Queen.

And at the same time, some “evolutionary feedback” generated by the Alien Queen after devouring the Insect Mother's flesh and blood and absorbing void energy in battle, flowed back into Lin Feng's body, stimulating the mutation of his body and the slow growth of that trace of domain power!

This was an extremely dangerous, almost suicidal, symbiotic evolution!

“Using a mortal body to wield nascent rules, sharing damage and drawing power through a symbiote... forcibly evolving in desperation?”

This thought flashed through Yue Li’s mind instantly, and even she felt a chill.

This youth’s path was too unorthodox, too insane!

This completely defied the orthodox path of cultivation; it was using life and soul as fuel, recklessly testing the boundaries on the edge of a cliff!

Just as Yue Li was observing, the battle situation changed again.

“Hiss-screech—!”

The Void Insect Mother seemed to be thoroughly enraged by the tenacity of these two “insects” before it.

A glint of cunning and cruelty flashed in its massive compound eyes.

It no longer tried to directly swat Lin Feng to death with its tentacles, but suddenly opened its massive mouth filled with spiral teeth!

Buzz!

An invisible, terrifying mental impact, far exceeding anything before, like a tangible heavy hammer, instantly slammed into Lin Feng!

At the same time, the Insect Mother’s vast mental power surged madly into the Void Insect Nest domain. In the space around Lin Feng and the Alien Queen, countless viscous void energies condensed like living creatures, instantly transforming into hundreds of grotesque-looking, energy-armored Corrosion Ants, whose auras had all reached Transcendent-level low-tier!

These guardian insects, generated directly by the domain rules, as soon as they appeared, rushed towards Lin Feng and the Alien Queen from all directions like a black tide, carrying the insane will to destroy all living things!

This was a killing blow!

Mental impact locked onto the soul, domain summoning an insect sea to drown the physical body!

A double strike, enough to instantly obliterate any Transcendent-level peak!

“Be careful!”

Yue Li’s clear, cold voice carried a hint of fluctuation for the first time, almost unable to resist intervening.

Although she was shocked by Lin Feng's strangeness, the potential and resilience he displayed made her unwilling to see him fall just like that.