Henir took one last deep look at the Venomous Stinger Dragonfly possessed by William before disappearing instantly to silently cut off the transmission channel.

  William paid him no mind and instead reorganized the swarm of insects already inside Henir’s divine domain, preparing for any unexpected situations while patiently waiting.

  Time passed slowly as he waited. After just over half an hour, William suddenly sensed a response from one of the exploration beacons near his divine domain.

  Two divine domains were approaching his location at high speed.

  From the distortion of space caused by their movement, William could tell that the spatial disturbance they triggered was not particularly large.

  This immediately erased any thoughts of calling for help from Lex.

  With his current strength, William estimated that even if they were veteran demigods—so long as they weren’t absolute monsters—he would be able to hold out until Zous and the others arrived.

  Regardless of whether these two demigods had detected the ongoing battle between William and Henir or if they were simply passing by, to William, they were nothing more than prey delivering themselves to his doorstep.

  How could he possibly let them go?

  A simple plan quickly formed in his mind.

  Immediately, William used his divine power to project his demigod form at the entrance of Henir’s divine domain’s transmission channel.

  “Get out here. I need to talk to you!” William’s mighty consciousness spread throughout Henir’s divine domain.

  In just a moment, feeling the presence of William’s demigod projection in his domain, Henir, uncertain about the situation, appeared in his spiritual form with a nervous heart.

  Before Henir could speak, William took the initiative and explained, “Two demigods are approaching our location right now.”

  Hearing this, Henir panicked instantly and was just about to speak when William cut him off again.

  “Stop cutting off the invasion channel immediately, let your divine domain barrier stabilize, and then use a concealment card to hide your domain.”

  Henir instinctively retorted, “That’s useless! Our invasion channels are still connected; they’ll easily be able to find our position. There’s no way to hide.”

  “What do you know? Of course, it works! If I don’t hide my massive divine domain, the moment they see it, won’t they just run away?” William pointed toward the 4-million-square-kilometer stretch of his divine domain faintly visible in the void.

  “Uh…” Henir looked up at William’s divine domain.

  Just moments ago, he had been deeply troubled by the fact that he had lost all his extraordinary minotaur followers and that his strength had been greatly diminished.

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  Now, his thoughts took a complete 180-degree turn.

  The demigod who had promised to spare him was asking him to stop cutting off the transmission channel in order to conceal his own divine domain.

  The goal was to prevent the approaching demigods from seeing the true size of his domain and fleeing.

  Recalling the terrifying number of William’s followers, Henir, who had already struck a deal with him, suddenly realized he had nothing to worry about.

  So far, William had proven himself to be a man of his word.

  “What are you waiting for? Hurry up! If these two demigods escape, you’ll have to compensate me for my losses—with your divine domain as payment.”

  “Also, gather your followers. Your divine domain is now under my control, so don’t let them run around aimlessly. If they get caught in the crossfire, don’t blame me.”

  With that, William vanished in a flash.

  Moments later, the once-peaceful invasion channel became lively again as a massive swarm of insects flooded into Henir’s divine domain.

  Watching this scene, Henir’s face stiffened, and he roared in his heart, “I never even agreed to this! This is MY divine domain—I’M the god here…!”

  But William had no time to care about Henir’s inner turmoil.

  Once a sufficient number of insects had entered Henir’s divine domain and the connection of the invasion channel had stabilized, William immediately used a concealment divine spell card on his own domain.

  At the same time, he began waking up all the dormant ordinary insect species, preparing for battle in case of any emergencies.

  As for Henir’s domain, William casually dumped in a billion more insects.

  — — — — — — —

  At this moment, two Lungwa civilization demigods, Bobo and Kenir, were heading toward William’s location.

  “Kenir, the exploration beacon shows that the detected spatial disturbance is weakening. Looks like the battle between those two demigods is about to end,” Bobo said while monitoring the beacon readings.

  “Increase speed,” Kenir ordered. “Any demigod fresh from battle won’t be in peak condition. This is a perfect opportunity to take advantage—we can’t let it slip.”

  With that, he accelerated his divine domain further.

  The spatial distortion caused by its passage grew even larger.

  Seeing this, Bobo also sped up to keep pace with Kenir’s divine domain.

  After about ten minutes of travel, they finally arrived at the location marked by the exploration beacon.

  At first glance, the area seemed calm.

  However, upon focusing, they could see a transmission channel in the void connecting two hidden divine domains.

  Kenir instantly made his assessment.

  “These two demigods must have detected us in advance, stopped fighting for now, and are trying to hide. Too bad for them—the invasion channel connecting their domains betrays their location.”

  “So what’s the plan?” Bobo fully agreed with his brother’s judgment.

  “There’s no need to hesitate. Since they’ve been fighting for a while, they’re definitely not in top condition. We each take one and eliminate them.”

  With that, Kenir pulled out a scan card and activated it.

  Invisible waves spread through the area, pinpointing the exact locations of the two divine domains while also confirming that no other demigods were nearby.

  Kenir and Bobo immediately maneuvered their divine domains toward the battlefield.

  As they moved, transparent invasion channels extended from their divine domain barriers.

  The concealment effects of their divine domain hiding cards began to waver.

  Both of their divine domains became faintly visible in the void, each spanning nearly a million square kilometers.

  Standing together, William and Henir watched this unfold, reacting in completely opposite ways.

  Henir looked conflicted, witnessing firsthand how someone else had just fallen into the same trap as him.

  He wasn’t sure whether to be happy that someone else was sharing his misfortune or to lament his own miserable situation.

  Meanwhile, William let out a deep breath, swung his arms excitedly, and cheered.

  “Wahaha! They’re here! The baiting plan was a total success!”

  Right after his celebration, William turned to Henir with a dangerous smile.

  “As the benefactor who spared your divine domain, I need a little favor from you. You wouldn’t refuse, would you?”

  Seeing the ominous grin on William’s face, Henir could only nod blankly, his face devoid of emotion.