A cold voice emerged from William’s mouth: “Do you want to break the rules of this region?”

  Darius’s voice came again, laced with a mocking laugh: “Break the rules? Heh, this is the resource well of the world of the gods. Where are these so-called rules? Do you even consider the unwritten rules as rules?”

  “Taking you down will only make the Longwa Ministry of Foreign Affairs waste a couple more cups of tea, and they’ll be arguing with your human Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

  “You, who have ruined your path to godhood, what value do you still hold? Do you think human civilization will go to war with Longwa for you? Do you think civilization will make me pay for your life?”

  “Naive. In the end, I’ll just pay some compensation in the real world, and you’ll live your life in regret and pain.”

  As he said this, Darius seemed to already envision William’s future, and his smile grew even wider.

  After hearing Darius’s words, William knew that what the other said was all true.

  So, he didn’t say another word, but the madness in his eyes grew more intense.

  With the gradual dissipation of his demigod projection in the sky, the line of faith was once again stirred by him. The flying explosive beetles rose into the sky, breaking free from their close proximity to the four-armed werewolves.

  Meanwhile, in the sky, the already prepared self-destructing beetle swarm began to rapidly descend.

  A large number of self-destructing beetles, before hitting the barrier of battle qi, spread their wings wide, suddenly slowed down, and steadily attached themselves to the surface of the battle qi barrier, layer upon layer.

  At the same time, over 2 million self-destructing beetles formed an enormous encirclement, like an inverted giant bowl, centered on the hero-level four-armed werewolf, Kaelen. Mixed in the swarm, they began to rapidly contract inward.

  Kaelen, still unaware, continued to recklessly slaughter the surrounding insectoids.

  William quietly watched the encirclement gradually close, and as the density of the self-destructing beetles increased, when Kaelen moved in any direction, countless self-destructing beetles appeared around him.

  Without any warning, under William’s control, the self-destructing beetles simultaneously completed their mission.

  “Boom…”

  A deafening explosion rang out as over 5 million self-destructing beetles instantly detonated.

  Thirty small mushroom clouds rose slowly, along with a giant flat smoke cloud, billowing in William’s divine realm.

  The power far exceeded that of a Fireball spell, and the sheer density made the explosion’s effect significant.

  Within the blast radius aimed at the elite-level four-armed werewolf army, once the smoke cleared, only thirty shallow craters remained on the scorched and loose earth.

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  Charred limbs and severed arms littered the ground, with no living creatures left.

  As for the area targeted at Kaelen, the ground was left in a molten state.

  The ground had been heated to the point of crystallization, and no severed limbs or arms could be seen.

  Only one complete four-armed werewolf body, resembling charcoal, silently knelt on the ground.

  William, who had been scanning with his divine mind, clearly witnessed Kaelen’s death.

  At the moment of the explosion, Kaelen tried to forcefully break out of the blast radius with his powerful battle qi defenses. This decision unintentionally subjected him to even more explosive force.

  Because the explosion targeting him was not a single-point detonation but rather a simultaneous detonation by over 2 million self-destructing beetles within this area, no matter which direction Kaelen moved in, he was within the dense explosion range.

  The chaotic shockwaves from the explosions stacked together, but they didn’t immediately kill him. They only destroyed his battle qi armor, and at that point, Kaelen, heavily injured, was still alive.

  It was the subsequent extreme heat that took his life.

  Even so, Kaelen’s body remained intact after the explosion, fully showcasing the hero-level unit’s incredible ability to resist attacks that could rival fully grown dragons.

  William looked calmly at the scorched land in his divine realm, his heart unshaken.

  This was the result he had already anticipated before making the decision.

  The explosion not only wiped out half of his self-destructing beetles but also killed every insectoid in the affected range. The number of losses far exceeded the number of four-armed werewolves entering his divine realm.

  This was William’s reluctant choice. He had only one chance to kill this hero-level unit.

  Otherwise, as long as Kaelen was prepared, with his extraordinary mobility and survival abilities, the current insectoid units would be unable to catch up to him.

  Surrounding him would be nothing more than a distant hope.

  If he broke into William’s divine realm, the losses would be even greater.

  At that point, William could only rely on his massive swarm of insects, sacrificing the lives of his followers to wear down Kaelen’s stamina.

  The problem was that Kaelen, as an intelligent being, would not truly tire on the battlefield. If he wanted to retreat, William would have no way of stopping him.

  Now, having solved this biggest problem, William felt that all the sacrifices had been worth it.

  At the same time.

  “This is impossible!” Darius once again lost all his followers who had entered William’s divine realm. There were no coordinates to attach to.

  Returning to his own divine realm, his face was filled with panic.

  He could hardly believe it—just moments ago, all of his followers had their lines of faith severed.

  He had lost his ace army, as well as the only hero-level follower he had spent countless time and effort cultivating, who had now vanished in William’s divine realm.

  Without hesitation, Darius sent his followers into the portal again.

  As his followers passed through the invasion portal and arrived in William’s divine realm, Darius’s huge demigod projection appeared once more.

  Seeing the battlefield that had been ravaged by the explosion, a cold shiver swept over his entire body. No matter how he denied it, the reality was undeniable—his strongest combat power was gone.

  William’s demigod projection also appeared near Darius.

  The madness in his eyes remained unchanged, but the calmness on his face was gradually fading.

  A smile slowly curled up on his lips, growing wider and wider.

  Until an exaggerated grin appeared on his otherwise refined face, transforming his entire aura into something both crazy and dangerous.

  This kind of smile wasn’t some crooked smirk—it was madness incarnate!

  Without saying a word, William’s demigod projection raised his right hand, palm up, and motioned inward with his hand, making a “come at me” gesture to Darius.

  At the same time, the flying insect swarm acted, letting Darius know exactly what William was planning.

  In the sky, mixed within the cloud of insects, the remaining 5 million self-destructing beetles divided into 3 million of them, forming a giant serpent made entirely of self-destructing beetles, charging straight toward the invasion portal.

  “Stop!” Darius’s scream had no effect on the insect swarm.

  The fastest 1,000 self-destructing beetles, leading the charge, had already reached his divine realm.

  As they burst through the portal, they saw the super-powered four-armed werewolves crowded at the entrance.