Chapter 1277 – A Feast for the Gods
As Beelzebub swallowed a fleet of insect swarms, the swarms exploded in an uproar. They displayed exceptional combat quality, with all giant insectoid creatures turning towards Beelzebub as countless unknown energy weapons bombarded him.
Just as I thought Beelzebub would engage in a great battle with billions of insect swarms, a giant net suddenly emerged from the void. Before the insect swarms could react, it enveloped a large portion of them and lifted them directly.
Despite being immense, often hundreds or even thousands of meters long, these giant monsters were now like shrimp caught in a net, filling it completely. They unleashed various attacks and tried to tear at the net, but to no avail.
Beelzebub looked up and saw a blurry figure standing in the cosmos, holding a large net filled with insectoids, like a fisherman returning with a bountiful catch.
Seeing many of their kin captured, the insect swarms became enraged and charged towards the person holding the net. But suddenly, countless insect swarms in one corner instantly exploded into blood mist.
I looked closely and saw a black hole over there. Countless tentacles extended from the black hole, rapidly piercing through one giant insectoid creature after another. All the insectoids pierced by the tentacles turned into blood mist and were absorbed by the tentacles.
Beelzebub stared at the black hole. The gaze of a god penetrated it, revealing an Unspeakable monster within, with countless mouths and a huge maw.
Some tentacles did not turn the insectoids into blood mist but pulled them into the black hole and sent them to the countless mouths. He devoured them one by one with great relish.
I immediately understood that Beelzebub was not the only one here; there was another god, and perhaps even more than one!
As soon as I thought this, the starlight in the surrounding universe began to twist, and figures enormous enough to obscure their full forms appeared one after another, reaching for the insect swarms.
Some had lightning flashing in their eyes, some were imbued with Yin and Yang energy, and some were not even human. For example, there was a giant sea serpent whose tail could not be seen, a demon with a human upper body and a locust lower body, and a skeleton wielding a scythe and clad in a black robe.
But at this moment, they were all like customers arriving for a free giveaway, scrambling for the insect swarms before them.
The vast insect swarm fleet, to me, felt like shrimp in the seafood section of a supermarket, being rapidly scooped up by a crowd of people, completely defenseless. And everyone was so greedy, scooping up large portions at once.
Seeing others trying to snatch his food, Beelzebub became anxious. He opened his massive maw and sucked forcefully, drawing in a large number of insect swarms like rivers flowing into the sea.
But after absorbing only half, suddenly, bright Holy Light erupted from countless insectoids before him. The Holy Light seemed to emanate from within their bodies, carrying a scent that Beelzebub found extremely loathsome. He was forced to stop his siphoning.
Then, the glowing insectoids were instantly teleported away. Beelzebub looked towards another corner of the universe and saw a very opulent long table set in the void. A solemn man in a white robe sat in the center of the table, with twelve people seated on either side of him.
He lifted the plate covers on the table, revealing them filled with dense swarms emitting brilliant Holy Light—the very swarms that had just been teleported away.
The man at the head of the table elegantly picked up a plump insectoid warship, peeled its shell, and from within, picked out a small bug half-encased in a pupa. He sucked it into his mouth and spat out the shell.
However, “small” was relative. In front of that bug, I would have considered it a colossal creature. Furthermore, my knowledge told me that it was the Fate-Shaping Queen of the Insects, the leader of the insect hive fleet, and she was eaten in one bite.
Then, the man took out cutlery, cut open the hive, picked out the remaining essence, and distributed the insect swarm fleet on the platter to the subordinate gods on his left and right.
They emulated their Main God, using cutlery to pick out the most powerful insectoids from the hive and eat them, specifically targeting leaders like lords, tyrants, and insect queens. I imagined people eating silkworm pupae would look somewhat like this.
Their eating habits seemed much more elegant than Beelzebub’s, but a chill ran down my spine, as I could already guess his identity.
Considering that Frir, who was an insectoid, could receive the favor of Holy Light, and his action of signaling for the insect swarms to descend, I couldn’t help but wonder if the gods were truly unaware or acting deliberately.
Watching the remaining insect swarms being besieged by the gods, more and more gods joined the fray, numbering in the hundreds or even thousands.
The remaining insect swarms tried to escape, but a god waved a hand, sealing off the area and even pausing time, slowly hunting them down. Their complete annihilation was only a matter of time.
This was a trap, a complete and utter trap. I could only interpret it this way: they deliberately lured the insect swarms into this universe and then eagerly enjoyed their meal.
Old Golden Tooth once told me that Earth was like a fishpond, life was like fish raised in the pond, and gods were like the owners of the fishpond.
What about the entire universe on a larger scale? In the eyes of the gods, would a universe be just a very large lakeside?
Old Golden Tooth also said that humans, in the eyes of the gods, were like ornamental fish—not tasty but very beautiful, so they could be left in plain sight. Otherworldly beings were like edible fish that were tasty and had few bones; if they didn’t hide well, they could be eaten whole, flesh and bone.
So what about the insect swarms? It now seemed the insect swarms were just tasty edible fish. The gods lured them here for a convenient all-you-can-eat buffet.
Finally, billions of insect swarms were completely devoured by the gods. The gods then vanished, and Beelzebub quickly left. The vision of the God’s Eye returned to the courtyard.
The entire courtyard was stunned. They could not see the gods, and I could only see them through Beelzebub’s God’s Eye. If I had truly looked directly at so many gods with my own eyes, I would be dead by now.
But they could still see the tragic scene of the insect swarm fleet’s annihilation from the image Frir opened. In their eyes, the endless insect swarms inexplicably exploded, were crushed, and teleported away by Holy Light, vanishing without a trace.
Silence fell over the Lord of the City’s mansion. Everyone was speechless, unsure of what to say. Both the boundless insect swarms and their swift annihilation were beyond their imagination and comprehension.
Of course, not everyone was unable to understand. Some with vast knowledge or experience, such as the Marquis, the General, and Hannah, recalled the legendary war.
“Once, the Terran insect swarms and the Zerg insect swarms engaged in a brutal war on the surface, which eventually angered the gods. Both sides of the insect races were uprooted by the gods and completely annihilated.”
