So quickly.

It brought Caesar to Level 20.

I have to say, the Classer of Tokyo are truly amazing.

He couldn't wait to check the description of Caesar's Level 20 skill.

That was a brand-new skill icon exuding a dark golden glow, featuring the ferocious head of a beetle wearing a majestic crown.

【Emperor's Decree: Sacrificial Upgrade】

Zhou Huai's consciousness clicked on the skill details.

【Skill Effect: You can arbitrarily select one Soldier Beetle as the main body. For every 100,000 ordinary Soldier Beetles sacrificed, the quality of the main Soldier Beetle can be upgraded to a Hell-level BOSS. For every 10,000 Hell-level BOSS quality Soldier Beetles sacrificed, the quality of the main Soldier Beetle can be upgraded to the Quasi-God Level.】

Zhou Huai's eyes lit up as he read it.

This Level 20 skill of the Insect Emperor could actually directly upgrade the quality of the minion types.

Leaping from the lowest-tier cannon fodder to a Hell-level BOSS comparable to the Abyssal Insect Mother.

What made him feel the most novelty was the term "Quasi-God Level".

This was a Level that Zhou Huai had never heard of before.

He had originally thought that Hell-level was the highest grade among alien beasts.

He didn't expect that above it, there was still the Quasi-God Level.

It was just that the advancement conditions made Zhou Huai's eyelids twitch violently.

As many as 10,000 Hell-Grade Armored Beetles.

Converted into ordinary Soldier Beetles, that would be a full one billion.

And in Caesar's Zerg Space, there were currently barely less than a million Soldier Beetles left.

At his speed of hatching 80,000 per day, wanting to gather one billion would be a very long process.

However, Zhou Huai was not discouraged.

Once Caesar's strength went up, the Zerg's hatching speed might even be further enhanced.

Right now, rather than hoping for the illusory Quasi-God Level,

it was better to first focus his mind on upgrading to Hell-level.

He manipulated Caesar and opened his own Zerg Space.

"Hum——"

The ground, cave walls, dome... everything within sight was covered with a crawling black carpet composed of countless beetles.

The carapace friction sound of "click, click" and the dense sound of wing flapping converged into a scalp-tingling noise that filled the entire space.

The air was permeated with a pungent odor unique to insects, mixed with soil and acidic substances.

In this black ocean, two areas appeared particularly conspicuous.

The Soldier Beetles in one area presented a bizarre dark red all over, their carapaces covered with fine patterns resembling Dragon scales.

From time to time, they opened their mandibles to spew out a small stream of scorching flames or a low Dragon Breath containing Divine Might.

The body size of the Soldier Beetles in the other area was several times larger than their ordinary peers.

Their bodies were covered with a thick layer of snake scales like rock, and their movements were as steady as a mountain, filled with a sense of power.

These two batches were precisely the Soldier Beetles that mutated after devouring the Hell-level BOSS Purgatory Flame Dragon and Rock Spirit Giant Serpent back then.

They were also the highest-ranking among all Soldier Beetles, generally reaching Level 20.

Compared to the cannon-fodder Shadow Demon Insects, various attributes of these mutated Soldier Beetles were far too powerful.

They were Zhou Huai's true treasures.

Zhou Huai thought about it and did not hesitate in the slightest.

He respectively selected two individuals with the most robust physiques and the fiercest auras from the crimson dragon-scaled insect swarm and the thick snake-scaled insect swarm.

"You two it is."

His thought command was issued.

【Emperor's Decree: Sacrificial Upgrade】 skill activated!

Inside the dim Zerg Space, two huge, intricate magical arrays formed by countless golden runes instantly emerged on the ground.

The two selected mutated Soldier Beetles were uncontrollably pulled by an invisible force, suspending in the center of their respective magical arrays.

Following that, 200,000 ordinary Soldier Beetles were branded with the mark of sacrifice by Caesar.

Like robots receiving instructions, they stepped out from the insect swarm with uniform paces.

The black torrent split into two paths, silently and resolutely surging toward the two magical arrays exuding golden light.

Not a single bug uttered a lament, nor did a single bug attempt to resist.

The moment they stepped into the magical arrays, their hard carapaces rapidly melted like snow under the scorching sun.

Flesh and blood, bones, soul... everything was decomposed into the purest energy particles.

Countless golden light spots rose from their dissipating bodies, converging into two dazzling rivers of energy light.

The rivers of light circled and roared, finally pouring entirely into the bodies of the two main Soldier Beetles suspended in the center of the magical arrays.

"Hiss——!"

The two main Soldier Beetles simultaneously emitted painful hisses.

Their bodies were bloated by the massive energy, and fine cracks emerged on the carapaces of their body surfaces.

Golden light burst out from the cracks, completely enveloping them and transforming them into two huge cocoons of light.

One cocoon of light was crimson like fire, exuding a scorching Dragon Might.

The other cocoon of light was earth-yellow like rock, exuding a heavy aura.

Zhou Huai's consciousness closely stared at these two cocoons of light, his heart filled with anticipation.

"Click."

On the crimson cocoon of light, a crack first appeared.

Following that, the crack rapidly spread like a spiderweb.

Boom!

The cocoon of light burst violently!

A brand-new, ferocious giant bug exuding the coercion of a Hell-level BOSS appeared before his eyes!

Its size had expanded several times compared to before, almost comparable to a small truck.

The originally dark red carapace had now completely transformed into a dragon scale armor burning with dark flames, the edges of every scale flashing with a metallic cold light.

Growing on top of its head was a pair of ferocious, curved bone spurs resembling Dragon horns.

The wings that were originally just ornaments also became wider and tougher, resembling the bat wings of a demon.

Zhou Huai immediately pulled up its attribute panel.

【Name: Purgatory Dragon Insect Guard】

【Quality: Hell-level BOSS】

【Level: LV1】

【Health Points: 100000 / 100000】

【Skill 1 (Passive): Dragon Scale Armor (LV1) - Greatly increases physical and flame resistance; when attacked, there is a chance to scorch the attacker.】

【Skill 2 (Active): Molten Dragon Breath (LV1) - Spews lava breath containing the Divine Might of the Dragon Race, dealing devastating flame damage to enemies within a linear range, and attaching "Armor Break" and "Severe Burn" effects.】

【Skill 3 (Active): Dragon Descendant Charge (LV1) - Charges forward at an extremely fast speed, causing massive impact damage to enemies along the path and knocking them into the air.】

Just as Zhou Huai was contentedly inspecting his first "work of art",

"Bang!"

the earth-yellow cocoon of light on the other side also shattered in response.

The shattered cocoon of light did not explode, but instead turned into a sky full of sand and dust, slowly falling down.

An even more massive behemoth, resembling a moving hill, appeared within the magical array.

Its body was a circle larger than the Purgatory Dragon Insect Guard, with thick rock snake scale armor overlapping layer upon layer, as if integrated with the earth.

Its six limbs became even thicker, and every time it landed, it caused the entire Zerg Space to tremble slightly.

Most eye-catching of all, its abdomen bulged high, almost turning into a huge ball of flesh, and even its movements became extremely sluggish.

When the promotion was complete,

a behemoth exuding heavy Earth-element appeared before his eyes.

【Name: Rock Spirit Broodmother】

【Quality: Hell-level BOSS】

【Level: LV1】

【Health Points: 100000 / 100000】

【Earth-element Health Points: 200000 / 200000】

【Skill 1: Petrochemical Body — Passive skill, all physical damage received is reduced by 30%. Can be actively activated to completely petrify oneself, entering an absolute defense state, but unable to move.】

【Skill 2: Insect Egg Gestation — Consuming its own energy, it can produce 30,000 insect eggs daily. The insect eggs will hatch into a brand-new Soldier Beetle after twenty-four hours.】

Zhou Huai's eyes lit up as he watched.

This seemingly was also a way to increase the number of Soldier Beetles.