Silver Cypress Year 278.
Expedition Year.
This time, with two ultra‑powerful Insect Kings who had comprehended "Ripple"—Spider King Blood Root and Ant King Mountain Pepper—leading the team, plus the Flame Spider Tribe's Snow Velvet Tycoon, Spider King Carpetgrass, and a whole host of other powerful Spider Kings departing, the escort lineup was overflowing with a sense of security.
Zhibai and more than two hundred Ant Kings, Bee Kings, Insect Kings, and Assistant Kings from Bayonet Continent gathered at Dragon Stride Mountain.
Dawn.
The red sun poked its head out from the eastern skyline.
Law Divine Power moved with the rising sun, sweeping across the earth, pausing over the plaza where the many Insect Kings had assembled.
Beams of Spatial System strength descended, bursting into dense, blinding white light.
When the white light dispersed,
the earthen‑stone plaza that had seemed a bit crowded a moment ago was now empty.
"Sigh—"
