Beast Taming: Slaughter Atlas

The giant beetles stood as tall as five meters, with a body length of thirty feet, covered in white insect armor, crowned with two white curved horns, one short and one long—the short horn was a meter long while the long horn stretched nearly three meters.

Chu Chen frowned as he looked at the giant beetles ahead. If he wasn't mistaken, these beetles should be Saint Light Beetles.

Chu Chen could recognize them for a reason: they were known for their strong defense, making it extremely difficult to break through their defenses even without using skills.

Judging by the aura they exuded, this group of Saint Light Beetles had all reached the peak of the Commander Level.

Chu Chen didn't dare to hesitate; he immediately summoned the Slaughter Atlas to start searching for the true body of the Corpse Control Insect.

He quickly locked his gaze onto a much larger Saint Light Beetle.

Its size was about fifty percent larger than its kin, and though its aura was still at the peak of the Commander Level, due to the restrictions of the Secret Realm's rules, its defensive capabilities were on par with Lord Level Star Beasts.

Through the exploration of the Slaughter Atlas, Chu Chen found even more astonishing information.

The true body of the Corpse Control Insect had reached Epic Level quality, and its realm was also at the peak of the Commander Level.

Chu Chen sensed slightly and discovered an astonishing spiritual wave within the Corpse Control Insect, indicating that it possessed considerable attack power.

Chu Chen's original plan was to execute a decapitation tactic, but now it seemed he had underestimated the problem.

At this moment, the largest Saint Light Beetle suddenly let out a roar, and a strong spiritual wave enveloped the White-headed Fire Eagle.

The White-headed Fire Eagle couldn't evade in time and was directly hit by the spiritual wave, instantly losing control over its body, plummeting straight toward the ground.

The Swift Wind Demon Wolf standing on the White-headed Fire Eagle's back let out a terrified howl, trying to wake it with its roar, but the other seemed to be trapped in an illusion, no matter how it called, there was no response, helplessly it could only jump off its back.

At this moment, the Saint Light Beetle raised its sharp curved horn high, directly piercing the body of the White-headed Fire Eagle.

It was only then that the White-headed Fire Eagle was awakened by the severe pain, letting out a tragic scream before falling silent completely.

Upon witnessing this, Chu Chen revealed a shocked expression; the Corpse Control Insect's methods were too bizarre, if one was hit by its attack, there was only a dead end.

Zhang Yuyan's expression also became solemn, it seemed almost impossible to seize the Key from them.

The Swift Wind Demon Wolf looked at the miserable death of the White-headed Fire Eagle with fear in its eyes.

The strength of the White-headed Fire Eagle was comparable to its own, and the other was killed in an instant; if it continued to stay here, it feared the same fate awaited it.

With this thought, the mental barrier of the Swift Wind Demon Wolf immediately collapsed, it let out a low growl and turned to flee into the distance.

Seeing this, Chu Chen cursed under his breath, "Coward."

At this moment, a Saint Light Beetle suddenly flew, its massive body seeming weightless.

The insect wings vibrated, it swiftly chased after the Swift Wind Demon Wolf, its speed surpassing the latter.

Zhang Yuyan saw this and said solemnly, "Let's run too."

Chu Chen shook his head at her words and replied, "There's still a chance. In a moment, you hold off one Saint Light Beetle, leave the rest to me."

"No, it's too dangerous, the mind control is too bizarre, I have no means to counter it," Zhang Yuyan said anxiously.

"Don't worry, I have a way to handle it, if it doesn't work, we can escape later. Also, have the Holy Light Elf keep an eye on Nirvana." With that, he summoned Lei Yao and Nirvana.

Under Chu Chen's command, Nirvana made a determined charge toward the largest Saint Light Beetle.

The Corpse Control Insect looked at the weak Nirvana and didn't even consider it worthy of attention, not even using mind control.

With the Saint Light Beetle's strength, it could easily crush the opponent.

Indeed, as Nirvana rushed to the front of the Saint Light Beetle, it was knocked flying by the opponent, its insect armor instantaneous shattered.

At this moment, a Saint Light fell on Nirvana, the shattered insect armor instantly restored, and Nirvana's aura elevated to the Ninth Rank War General Level.

Nirvana let out a low roar and charged again, but the result remained unchanged.

This cycle repeated several times, and Nirvana's aura directly elevated to the Third Rank Commander Level.

The Corpse Control Insect became interested in the seemingly persistent ant. It had lingered in the central area for decades, spending most of the time asleep, tiring of such a life.

Now came an entertaining ant, it decided to play with it properly, curious about how long the ant could endure.

At this moment, Lei Yao, Shadow Golden Mantis, and Wind Burst Mad Lion all focused on defense as much as possible, trying to restrain three Saint Light Beetles.

Chu Chen had also considered letting the Shadow Golden Mantis use its speed to directly steal the Key, but the Corpse Control Insect guarded near the Key and possessed bizarre spiritual attacks.

If just rushing in, one might end up like the White-headed Fire Eagle.

The only way to break through now is through Nirvana.

With the Holy Light Elf present, Nirvana's strength would accumulate to an extremely terrifying level, and its combat will was remarkably strong. Chu Chen planned for Nirvana to resist the mind control of the Corpse Control Insect with its own will.

Actually, the mind control of the Corpse Control Insect was all illusionary. With a strong enough will, one could resist it.

This was the reason Chu Chen insisted on capturing the Key.

Nirvana let out an angry roar and charged at the Saint Light Beetle again.

"Bang"

Nirvana was sent flying again, but this time the situation was much better than before; its insect armor only showed some cracks without widespread damage.

As time passed, Nirvana's aura began to soar continuously, rising from the Third Rank Commander Level to the Seventh Rank Commander Level. Now, the Saint Light Beetle had to attack several times to shatter its insect armor, and this was even without using defense skills.

However, these enhancements were exchanged by the Holy Light Elf through Star Power.

Now, the Holy Light Elf was in a state of weakness, completely drained of Star Power.

Even though Nirvana's strength had increased greatly, its life force consumed was also considerable, leaving less than thirty percent of its life force remaining, enough for two more uses of limb regeneration.

Due to disguise, the Corpse Control Insect had not detected Nirvana's changes previously, until now it realized the seriousness of the problem.

It seemed the ant in front of it was not as simple as it appeared on the surface, the opponent seemed increasingly stronger, if it continued, it might meet with misfortune.

Thinking of this, the Corpse Control Insect decided to strike with all its strength. The Saint Light Beetle let out a roar, an invisible spiritual wave enveloped Nirvana.

Nirvana, hit by the spiritual wave, instantly fell into rigidity.

Seeing this, the Corpse Control Insect immediately controlled the Saint Light Beetle to rush toward Nirvana, intending to annihilate it once and for all.

At this moment, Nirvana suddenly moved, its giant pincers directly met the charge.