Galaxy Domination Guide

From the combat strength of the flying insectoids, the battle units of this second swarm were quite formidable. If a million flying insectoids fervently attacked a fleet of a high-level civilization, they could likely inflict fatal damage. However, against the fleet led by Bai Zhongqi, they didn't stand a chance.

On the battlefield, the flying insectoids were indeed fighting fiercely with the diamond beetles, but the diamond beetles were just one part of Bai Zhongqi's force. Moreover, Bai Zhongqi also brought a fleet of warships from the Unified Empire, not to mention that he could deploy even more vessels from the Iridium Star Fleet to the battlefield at any time.

The Iridium Star Universe Army had started a reorganization process. Bai Zhongqi planned to form sixty Strategic Fleet Groups while converting unmanned warships into the Guard Corps. Thus, the original Iridium Star Fleet was also undergoing adjustments. Nonetheless, Bai Zhongqi could still deploy hundreds of thousands of Iridium Star warships to the battlefield.

Not to mention, the Elder Ship, forged from primal matter by Bai Zhongqi, would end the battle as soon as it entered the field. However, Bai Zhongqi had no intention of deploying the Elder Ship lightly. These forces were his ultimate trump cards, and facing the Galactic Emperor, whose whereabouts were currently unknown, Bai Zhongqi couldn't afford to be complacent.

"The way this is going, these insectoids have absolutely no chance of winning," Zero didn't skimp on allowing her many diamond beetles to be killed, even considering it a good deal to exchange them one-for-one with the flying insectoids. Enslaved beasts were meant to be cannon fodder, to be expended when necessary.

However, Bai Zhongqi keenly noticed something, "Look, those flying insectoids are continuously shielding that slightly smaller insectoid positioned at the center of their formation."

"Exactly, that guy must be some sort of leader, possibly the so-called Duke?"

"That's likely the case; catch the ringleader first, then deal with his underlings," Bai Zhongqi decided.

With his mind made up, Bai Zhongqi commanded the warships of the Unified Empire to concentrate fire in that direction. But just as the main guns of the warship fired their first salvo, Bai Zhongqi suddenly discovered the leader insectoid, who had been passively floating there, disappeared on the spot, and a large group of flying insectoids were killed by the blast from the main gun.

"Gone? Teleported?" Zero was extremely surprised; among her enslaved beasts, some now had the capability to teleport, but undoubtedly, creating an enslaved beast with teleportation abilities involved an amount of effort, resources, and difficulty that was incomparable to ordinary enslaved beasts.

By comparison, that insectoid, which appeared like a robust hornet, was obviously a formidable character in the second swarm.

A myriad of fleet sensors frantically searched, and Bai Zhongqi immediately noticed that the insectoid, only the size of a human, had teleported to just outside the atmosphere of Laipeli Star.

It was at that moment that the Blade Empress received a message.

"Iridium Star Chancellor and the traitor of the Insect Race, today you will learn our swarm is the true swarm. Thinking you could easily defeat our forces is pure folly. Our swarm can annihilate any planet of your laughable United Empire; I am Duke Lindong. Let me show you the true might of a swarm Duke."

An extremely powerful aura made Bai Zhongqi instinctively alert, while Zero, at the same moment, emitted an unprecedented sound, similar to the uneasy vibration of insects.

A burst of icy blue light emitted from the hand of the Insectoid who called himself Duke Lindong, and then an extremely terrifying cold started spreading across the entire planet at an incomprehensible speed.

"Is it Star Energy?" Bai Zhongqi immediately realized what Duke Lindong was doing, he was using terrifying Star Energy at an extremely high speed to drain the temperature of the entire planet.

The essence of temperature is the average kinetic energy of microscopic particles. Absolute zero in the universe might be an extremely harsh environment for biological entities, but the chill coming from Duke Lindong surpassed this universal cold countless times.

The entire planet seemed to have been frozen in an instant, with countless material particles going from active motion to almost no motion in just a few seconds. Thermal energy crazily surged along with the Star Energy into the palm of Duke Lindong's hand, which appeared only the size of a coin.

Similarly able to manipulate Star Energy, Bai Zhongqi and Zero could feel the terrifying energy from that coin-sized bright light.

Like flipping a coin, Duke Lindong flicked this ball of light toward the fleet of the Unified Empire Army. Bai Zhongqi decisively drained nearly all the shields on the warships of the Unified Galaxy Army and his own Blade Empress's shields, even creating a temporary spatial barrier to block this powerful force's spread.

The Insectoids and Diamond Beetles on the battlefield bore the brunt, being vaporized by this immense force that was powerful enough to resemble a small stellar explosion, with everything at the epicenter potentially being directly destroyed.

A cruiser of the Unified Empire Army, unfortunately positioned outside when Bai Zhongqi deployed the spatial barrier, disappeared along with the flash of light when the brightness subsided, leaving nothing behind in its original place.

Even Laipeli Star, which had turned into a frozen ice planet, looked like an apple bitten into, with a quarter of its celestial body damaged and the "bitten off" part nowhere to be seen.

"This power, it's clearly at the level of a Star God!" Bai Zhongqi couldn't keep calm.

Zero appeared even more furious, her face twitching slightly as she shouted, "Even a Star God cannot make the entire Swarm bow down. This will be his grave."

However, after striking a successful blow, the Insectoid named Duke Lindong did not linger. He declared, "Iridium Star Chancellor, all your efforts are futile. The Swarm will rule this stellar system. We will slaughter all living beings and turn this galaxy into our ample paradise. You and your Iridium Star United Empire will become nourishment for us Insectoids. You can block the insect eggs, but you cannot block our Dukes. We will continually appear on your controlled planets, turning them into dead lands. In the end, you will have no people, no resources, everything will be completely destroyed, and at that time, you will beg us Insectoids to devour your flesh and grant you a swift death—Ha ha ha ha ha!"

Amid his arrogant laughter, Duke Lindong disappeared from there, leaving behind only a ravaged dead planet, its vast wound still bearing witness to what had just transpired.

Bai Zhongqi's expression was stern, obviously the power of the Swarm's Duke had exceeded his expectations, taking away an entire planet's heat, a rate of planetary destruction even faster than a black hole. As the Insectoids no longer fought to consume life but operated on principles of destruction and obliteration, Bai Zhongqi felt the situation had become particularly tricky.