He paused, a trace of merciful pity in his tone.

"Of course, you can also choose to refuse."

"In that case, I can only express my regret."

"After all, no matter how talented a Genius is, if they die, they are nothing."

"And you can only leave your life here."

As soon as his voice fell, the bald giant Bhadra, whose arms were broken, roared impatiently on the side.

"Why waste so much breath talking nonsense with him!"

"Kid, I admit that the power of those few explosions of yours is not bad!"

"But that's as far as it goes!"

"Now, either kneel and swear allegiance to us! Or, I'll smash you into a puddle of meat paste right now!"

Meanwhile, in the deep pit below.

That mass of rotting flesh composed of countless resentful spirits was also slowly wriggling and reorganizing.

Although Kujo Masakage's aura was weak to the extreme, the malice and killing intent in his eyes were thicker than ever before.

"Kill... kill... him..."

Intermittent roars came from that pile of rotting flesh.

In the distance, Chong Wenguma also struggled to stand up, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, staring fixedly at Zhou Huai with eyes similarly filled with endless hatred.

"This person must never be left alive!"

Hearing this, the Man in White Suit frowned imperceptibly.

He glanced at Chong Wenguma, his tone flat yet carrying unquestionable majesty.

"Mr. Chong, please watch your words."

"Right now, I am the one talking to him."

"How the Dawnbreaker Guild handles talent is not something an outsider has the right to point fingers at."

Chong Wenguma's expression stiffened, a trace of humiliation flashing in his eyes, but ultimately he swallowed his words and dared not say anything more.

In the face of absolute strength and interests, so-called dignity is worth less than a penny.

Only then did the Man in White Suit retract his gaze with satisfaction, looking back at Zhou Huai like a magnanimous king waiting for a subject's choice.

"How about it?"

"My patience is limited."

However, responding to him was a low, irrepressible burst of laughter.

"Hehe..."

"Hehehehe..."

That laughter came from Caesar's mouth; it was faint at first, but quickly turned into undisguised, mocking laughter.

"Hahahaha hahahaha!"

The laughter echoed over the dead ruins, sounding exceptionally jarring.

The smile on the Man in White Suit's face froze for the first time.

Bhadra was even more furious, fierce light gleaming in his bell-like eyes.

"What are you laughing at?!"

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Caesar slowly raised his head and looked at the Man in White Suit.

"A bunch of rats hiding in the gutters dare to dream of changing the world?"

"And you still want me to join you?"

Zhou Huai's voice gradually lowered.

"Do you even deserve to?"

"You!" Bhadra trembled with anger, golden light lighting up on his body once again, seeming ready to strike at any time.

The Man in White Suit raised his hand to stop his impulse.

His expression had completely darkened, and the eyes behind his lenses flickered with dangerous cold light.

"So, you're choosing to die?"

Zhou Huai did not answer him.

He merely manipulated Caesar, slowly raising a single finger to point far off at the opponent.

"Go back and tell that Mr. Duan of yours."

"Tell him to wash his neck clean and wait."

"In the future, I will go find him personally to settle today's score."

The moment the words fell.

"Hum——!!!"

Between heaven and earth, it was once again filled with that scalp-tingling sound of insects.

Zhou Huai simply released all the Soldier Beetles that Caesar had accumulated.

It was another million-scale wave.

The black tide surged out from the the void, more turbulent and violent than any time before.

They no longer circled, nor did they build up momentum.

Instead, like the water of the Nine Heavens with its floodgates opened, carrying the will to destroy everything, they poured down toward the four SS-Rank Experts below.

"Crazy!"

Chong Wenguma watched with a tingling scalp.

"Why does this guy still have so many bugs?!"

He could not understand.

The expressions of the Man in White Suit and Bhadra also finally shifted from composure to sternness.

Having Kujo Masakage's cautionary tale before them, they did not dare to be the slightest bit careless anymore.

However, one person reacted faster than them.

It was none other than Kujo Masakage, who was struggling to reorganize his form.

Just moments ago, he was shouting about tearing Zhou Huai to pieces and pulling out his soul to light a heavenly lamp.

But at this moment, when he saw that black Insect Tide, even more terrifying than before and covering the entire sky,

this King of a Hundred Ghosts didn't even dare to utter a single harsh word.

Without even turning his head, he transformed into a black shadow and fled frantically in the direction opposite to Zhou Huai.

That speed was more than ten times faster than when he had charged into the insect swarm earlier.

This scene stunned everyone present.

No one expected that this supreme expert from a century ago, the legend of Sakura Country, would run away so decisively, so... miserably.

Seeing Kujo Masakage running faster than anyone else, the bald giant Bhadra with broken arms was stunned at first, then filled with disdain.

"Trash!"

"That's your Sakura Country's legend from a century ago? A coward!"

"I didn't expect that Kujo Koji went through so much trouble to resurrect such a fearful wimp."

The Man in White Suit on the side let out a chuckle.

"He might really have been scared of being blown up."

"After all, he finally returned from death and hasn't had time to properly look at this new world yet."

"If he died again so quickly, that would truly be a joke."

As he spoke, that black Insect Tide covering the entire sky had already poured down like a breached black heavenly river.

That destructive torrent gathered from over a million Soldier Beetles was enough to make any trypophobia sufferer faint on the spot just by looking at it.

Although Bhadra cursed fiercely, facing this heaven-destroying Insect Tide, he did not dare to be the slightest bit negligent.

His body lit up with dazzling golden light once again, preparing to forcefully activate the Golden Buddha Dharmakaya.

However, the Man in White Suit merely raised a hand, gently pressing down on his shoulder.

"No need."

His voice was calm, as if the Insect Tide in front of him, which was enough to flatten a city, were merely a few annoying flies.

He slowly raised his right hand, his slender five fingers spread wide, palm facing upward.

A single word was softly uttered from his mouth.

"Wall."

The moment the words fell.

"Hum——"

An invisible force centered on him roared and expanded in all directions.

Immediately following, a transparent barrier, almost invisible to the naked eye, appeared out of thin air.

Like a giant inverted glass bowl, it seamlessly enveloped the Man in White Suit, Bhadra, and Chong Wenguma below, along with an area of several hundred meters in radius.

At that very moment, the black torrent of the Insect Tide arrived.

"Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong——!!!"

The tooth-achingly dense collision sounds merged into one.

Tens of thousands of Soldier Beetles crashed into an invisible Wall of Sighs, their shells crushed by the powerful momentum and their fluids splashing everywhere.

They frantically gnawed with their mouthparts, scratched with sharp claws, and even detonated themselves.

However, that transparent air wall did not even ripple in the slightest.

It was indestructible, as if isolating two worlds.

More Soldier Beetles surged from behind, crashing fearlessly into the wall, or rather, into the corpses of their companions who had already turned into meat paste.

One layer, two layers, three layers...

In just a few breaths, the outside of that transparent air wall was plastered with a thick layer of "wallpaper" composed of Soldier Beetle remains and meat paste, completely isolating the inside from the outside.

Viewed from the outside, it was a constantly wriggling, nauseating giant black ball of flesh.