Chapter 575: Return of Glory
The power of the spewing fire burned the bronze worms to ashes......
The troll was knocked down by the shockwave generated by the explosion and flew directly hundreds of meters away......
And a figure stood in the midst of the raging flames......
The fire ghost walked out slowly, his body burning violently, his face blurred by the scorching air currents and the light of the fire.
His arms were drooping, and there were numerous wounds on his chest and abdomen, but countless tiny metal bugs were crawling around to repair his body.
And the pillars of fire that had just erupted all turned into twisted metal insects that emitted high temperature and swirled into his body......
"Do you need me to praise you now? Well, good fuel......" the fire ghost said with a grin at the troll in the distance. "Do you still like my 'fire'? Is it burning enough? ”
"You ......" the troll shuddered, and the bronze giant worms on his body were also desperately entangled in trying to twist into a ball, which made his body shrink twice again. How could you do that?! The power of the original fire is willing to be harnessed by you?! You have changed the ownership of the King's Power! ”
Theoretically, these bronze giant worms belong to the Death King Beast.
After all, this is the internal evolution of the Death King Beast, so even if they absorb enough power of the primordial fire to evolve into the original 'power of the primordial king', they should still obey the orders and consciousness of the original Originator maker.
But now, it is obvious that as long as these bronze giant insects evolve, they will directly disobey the management and become the subordinates of the fire ghosts!
This can only mean one thing, and that is that the body of the fire ghost is defaulted to the 'best destination' by the power of the original fire!
"No wonder you'd do such a stupid thing, after all, you didn't see that......" The fire ghost grinned, and his thoughts began to flip back......
After hearing the order of the overseer worm, the underground worm slaves climbed up the long staircase to the surface.
Bathed in light, the fire ghost looked at the wide earth around him, and the excited people of his kind, and for the first time felt joy and excitement......
The ceremony of 'giving freedom' was divided into more than ten batches because there were too many people, mainly because the square area on the ground was not enough, and the number of insect slaves was too large.
The first batch of insects to come up were all relatively old insects, and the five-hundred-year-old fire ghost was the youngest among them.
"All lined up, lined up! The Eighth Prince is coming, stand still! The Overseer Wormman yelled at the Worm slaves, the King's Weapon Whip in his hand flicking through the air with a piercing explosion.
The fire ghost looked at the beautiful, cloudy blue sky, and almost forgot everything stupidly, until a piercing hiss knocked him away......
"Play dead, huh?! Don't listen to orders, do you?! Be honest with me! Until you are officially recognized by the Eight Princes, you will still be worthless slaves! The Overseer Wormman looked at the fire ghost he had knocked away with disgust, and shouted with a frown.
Seeing the fate of the fire ghost, the surrounding insect slaves were all shocked, and hurriedly lined up honestly.
Even the fire ghost, whose chest was whipped open by the leather whip, could only grit his teeth and insist on standing up, trembling and swaying all over his body to hold on to not falling.
Because he knew that if he fell now, the overseer would only need one more whip and he would die!
The damage of the king's weapon to the insect people is not only the superficial trauma, in fact, the insect people often encounter local landslides or something during the excavation of tunnels, after all, as long as the whole is okay, no one cares about their safety.
Even if it is broken by a boulder, as long as there is enough food, the insect can even grow the lower half of its body, and it will not hang up because of this huge wound.
What really pained and threatened them was the power of the seal that was unique to the King's Vessel.
That power nullifies the Worms' 'Imperity' ability, and wounds that would have healed in the blink of an eye without causing them any pain will become fatal because the Worms lose their ability and become normal!
The Eighth Prince has not arrived for a long time, and all the worm slaves can only stand honestly in the sun.
However, this level of situation is a piece of cake for the insects, except for the fire ghost who has been whipped.
While the others were delighted by the warmth and brightness of the outside light, the fire ghost felt only a fever and pain all over his body, and his limbs were sore, and he wanted to collapse to the ground.
The treatment of the insects in the underground is simply indescribable, and the daily food is naturally not much better, only because of their immortality ability can barely maintain the normal operation of the body.
Yes, although the insects seem to be human, they actually have a set of energy systems in their bodies that are very different from ordinary people, and it is this energy system that supports them to make them 'immortal'.
But once the ability is broken by the King's Weapon, it is difficult to maintain the consciousness of that extremely unhealthy body, let alone activity!
'Freedom...... Freely...... I ...... 'The fire ghost doesn't want to fall, he doesn't want to fall now, one step away from freedom!'
He didn't want to die in the light he saw for the first time!
But in the end, all he saw was darkness, and then he lost consciousness......
I don't know how long later, when he came to his senses, he only felt a soft feeling coming from behind him, and at the same time, his armpits were pressed against a pair of hands......
"Don't die." A soft voice came into the fire ghost's mind, and he still couldn't open his eyes because the immortality in his body hadn't been restored, but he knew that he had been saved by an old 'ancient worm man'.
In the first fifty years of their birth, the insects born were no different from ordinary people of the Hades Empire except that they were immortal and would be restrained by the King's Weapon.
Each of them has a unique appearance, but also a gender distinction.
However, later, because this 'ordinary person' model would cause various riots among the insects, such as one who couldn't help but say something to each other and exploded on the spot, which caused the progress of the tunnel project to be greatly delayed, so the princes transformed the insects.
The worms have become real 'worms', they have been castrated!
These new generation worms are all born male, and they are also males who do not have that ability......
They have lower desires, are down-to-earth and hardworking, and are a better and more efficient workforce.
It's just that some mutants still give birth to genders, but this level of problem is just a better way for the Empire to control them.
Therefore, the insect man holding the fire ghost is at least a thousand-year-old ancient insect person, so she has breasts, because she has a gender.
As for the possibility that this is a mutant wormman...... That's almost zero......
The fire ghost gasped weakly, his legs trying to reduce the pressure on the person behind him, but he kicked hard a few times, and instead of standing up straight, he almost knocked the person behind him over.
"Don't move, I'm also very weak, just hang like this, there are so many people, the overseer can't see it." The ancient worm man persuaded softly.
"Thank you...... Thank you......" said the fire demon in a low voice, his throat dry as if it were about to burst into flames, and the words were more squeezed out than spoken.
The ancient insect man behind her let out a sigh of relief when she heard this, and didn't say anything more, maybe she thought that talking was also a waste of physical strength, right?
The fire ghost is also artificial, so he silently leans on the female insect man behind him.
The sky gradually darkened, and dozens of overseers watched the square of Nuoda being filled with nearly a million insects, and then nodded with satisfaction and fired a flare into the sky.
The night is getting darker......
But a little light suddenly appeared in the distance......
When the insects looked at the light, they only felt unusually familiar and warm, and even had a sense of longing from the heart.
The fire ghost could feel that the female insect man behind him seemed to hold herself a little tighter......
"Look at that, what is that? It's beautiful, it's more beautiful than light...... And this temperature, it's so comfortable......" The female insect man looked at the approaching firelight, and the figure in the firelight, and said to the fire ghost excitedly. "Can't you open your eyes yet? What a pity, it's so beautiful! Good...... It's like I want to touch ......."
Listening to the description of the female insect man, the fire ghost felt a little puzzled, but he was indeed too tired to open his eyes.
However, he could still feel the temperature around him rise somewhat, but strangely, he didn't feel comfortable with it......
But he could hear the commotion around him, and all the insects were talking about the beauty of this burst of light and temperature and their yearning for it.
'Is there something wrong with me?' Forget it, it feels like his body is about to recover......' The fire ghost didn't think much about it, he just thought that all this might be due to the worm ability in his body being sealed by the King's Weapon.
In the sky, in the brilliant firelight, a middle-aged man wearing a golden robe with a face like a crown of jade and a fierce gaze strolled out.
The golden robe is embroidered with lines of different colors, which may seem chaotic at first, but if you look closely, you will feel that these lines seem to be constantly wriggling......
"Your Royal Highness, the first filthy people have been guided to the 'coffin of the dead', please grant them the ultimate glory." The leader of the insect overseers, a white-haired woman knelt in the air and shouted with her arms outstretched.
"Ah, this is His Royal Highness? It's really different from us, the clothes on the body are so beautiful, the golden clothes, the first time I saw it, it was more dazzling than the gold dug out of the ground, no wonder it was a noble person......" The female insect man who had been enslaved for more than a thousand years saw this scene, and actually said with emotion......
Listening to the words of the female insect man, the fire ghost felt a little uncomfortable for some reason, and he remembered that he almost had to grit his teeth every day to chew and swallow all kinds of hard dough cakes and coarse, unknown ingredients mixed into strange mixed vegetable porridge.
As long as you are still a living being with a sense of taste, you will feel that these things are not food but a disaster!
At least a living organism with a human sense of taste......
The fire ghost also remembered that he had never changed his clothes once unless he was completely worn out due to the collapse and was smashed half to death!
But he could see that the insect overseers were eating something called 'meat', fragrant meat......
Every time I saw them, the guys were dressed differently.
The insects can't devour each other, so even if the insects hang up, they can only be buried and can't eat, and the people who eat them will explode on the spot.
In this hell, even if you lose your human form and are willing to kill your own kind, you can't even eat a bite of meat!
"Very good...... "The Eighth Prince said with a gentle smile as he looked at the worm slaves who filled the entire square below. You've done a good job, so start with that, it's something that the true 'Emperor' won't accept. ”
In fact, the princes are not very similar to destroying these slaves who have always been convenient, but as loyal servants who know the character of the former king, they know very well that once the king's power returns, he will never allow these filthy beings flowing with his meager power to remain in this world.
'These insects, at best, are more numerous, and the most troublesome thing is the thing of His Royal Highness Wang Jun...... Alas, it is estimated that it will take at least ten or more people to gather the strength to completely destroy it, right? I only hope that it has been a little weakened by the seal for so many years...... 'The Eighth Prince looked at the insects under his feet, still with a warm smile on his face, but the fireball behind him had begun to expand violently.
"My loyal slaves, thank you for your efforts for thousands of years, if it weren't for you, today's return would not be possible, and the 'dragon veins' on the earth measured in light years are the crystallization of your flesh and blood." The Eighth Prince said with a smile, his voice vibrating through the air that reverberated throughout the 'Coffin of the Dead' square.
All the slaves were stunned when they heard this, but to be honest, they didn't know what to do now......
They are the purest of slaves, and from birth to the present, they have only been exposed to dirt and rocks, minerals, rough food and clothing, and the sound of collapses and whips......
The endless torture had already made them forget about grievances and flattery.
"You lowly slaves!" The Zerg Overseers yelled angrily at the Zerg slaves. "Don't you kneel down to thank the Eighth Prince?!"
However, because the Eighth Prince was on the side, they could only roar at most, but they didn't dare to move the whip.
"Hahaha~~ That's it, these customs are not suitable for today's occasion." The Eighth Prince shook his head with a smile and said. "Because today is the day I give you the 'reward' of these heroes, and the day of my 'glorious return'."
Hearing this, many overseers immediately stopped speaking, but just watched in a daze as the big fireball behind the Eighth Prince began to split.
The fireball, which was hundreds of meters in diameter, continued to expand and split......
In the blink of an eye, the entire square was completely surrounded by hundreds of large fireballs.
All the Zerg slaves felt the warm glow and temperature, but to be honest, the temperature seemed a bit too high......
"Praise the power of kings, for by which you were born, you should also ...... Died because of it. The Eighth Prince smiled slightly.
As his smile bloomed, the fireball, which had been relatively restrained, suddenly burst into fluffy flames!
The temperature has risen sharply!
"It's hot! It's so hot! O great prince! Collect this flame from the power of the king! We just want to be free! An old man with a withered face fell to his knees, and his body had begun to emit a mist......
"Be nice, don't talk so much nonsense......" The smile on the eighth prince's face faded slightly, and at the same time, a large fireball smashed directly into the old man's position......
Thousands of people were burned to ashes in the pillars of fire that rose to the sky......
Seeing this scene, all the insect groups were not stupid, so they naturally scattered and fled.
"I don't want to die!" "Spare your life!" "Fire! Fire! It's burning~~~~"
Wails and screams echoed in the square.
Countless fireballs kept falling, some exploded into a pillar of fire, some rolled and spread in the crowd, and in the blink of an eye, the square full of millions of insect slaves was turned into a sea of fire......
Seeing this scene, the Eighth Prince frowned and reached out to build a flame barrier around him.
"You guys...... The next time you get them up, they'll give me a good wash! The Eighth Prince looked at the dozens of insect overseers and frowned and reprimanded. It's so earthy, it's really ...... It's the first time I've burned someone to make this kind of smell, it's disgusting...... Give them a good meal, replenish the flesh and water, otherwise it will be too disgusting! ”
"Yes, yes, yes! That's what the Eighth Prince said! It's the negligence of the little ones, these slaves don't deserve to be 'returned with glory' by adults! The leader of the insect overseer nodded in panic and said.
"It's good to know, but since you're the leader, the sin of letting me inhale this dust and smoke can only be compensated by you." The Eighth Prince nodded, then glanced at the overseer.
The next moment, the overseer leader was in flames!
Listening to the wailing of the overseer leader, the Eighth Prince smiled with relief, as if he was feeling quite happy.
"Well, this one is well-raised, the oil and water are all baked......" The Eighth Prince touched his beard and nodded with a smile.
He deliberately did not immediately burn the overseer to ashes, and not only that, but he did not directly burn the core of the square with high firepower.
Because...... He loved the smell of fire and death, and the feeling of flesh being scorched!
When the other overseers on the side saw this scene, they were so frightened that they only dared to tremble and bend down and kneel in the air and bow their heads.
"Huh?" The Eighth Prince was about to increase the firepower to give the overseer leader a good time, but suddenly felt a slight throbbing of the 'power of the king' in his body......
He closed his eyes for a moment, then turned his head to look into the sea of fire not far away......
It was an area outside the center of the square, and the firepower was moderate, and although it wouldn't turn to ashes in an instant, it shouldn't be too painful to die.
But now, a figure, a figure hotter than a flame was rising from the raging flames......