I get stronger every day I live.

Chapter 173 The Sword Slashes Through Ten Realms, Shaking the Xuanming Realm
After wiping out the second wave of pursuing Zerg forces, Lai Yang did not linger and resolutely chose to flee.

This time he killed a Zerg at the peak of the eighth realm. Next time, the other side will definitely send a powerhouse above the True Immortal realm. It is even possible that the Zerg will send a Golden Immortal realm being to ensure that he can be killed.

Lai Yang would not gamble his fate on the other party's thoughts.

After all, only a fool would keep sending experience packs to help people level up.

If it were him, once he determined the danger of the other party, he would definitely send a Golden Immortal level expert from his clan to ensure a fatal blow!

Lai Yang wasn't confident he could withstand a Golden Immortal realm expert; even if he could win, it wouldn't be worth it for him.

The Zerg have no shortage of numbers, and there are certainly more than just one or two Golden Immortal realm experts among them.

Moreover, besides the Golden Immortal Realm, there is also the Xuanming Realm insectoid overlord of the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm.

Once they react, and Lai Yang's strength is insufficient to withstand the threat, he will be in an extremely dangerous situation.

At this moment, Lai Yang had already made up his mind to exterminate all living beings in the Xuanming Realm for the sake of human freedom.

Faced with the survival of themselves and their race, everything else is insignificant; only survival matters.

Moreover, Lai Yang did not want to one day have Chu Xiao and the others ascend only to become food or slaves of these damned insectoids.

Time flies, and half a month has passed.

Nearly ten billion Zerg and other creatures perished at the hands of Lai Yang.

Lai Yang's physical strength has reached the threshold of the ninth realm, breaking through to the first level of the True Immortal Realm!
Moreover, the moment his physical strength reached the ninth level, Lai Yang's lifespan more than doubled from its original value, reaching a full 100,000 years!
Lai Yang's relentless killing quickly attracted the attention and fear of other insectoid races in the Xuanming Realm.

No matter how large the number of Zerg is or how fast they reproduce, the fact that nearly 10 billion of their people died in just half a month is not a small number and is enough to attract the attention of the Zerg's powerful members.

"There are actually human immortals who dare to rebel against my insectoid race? We've wiped out all the true immortals in the Xuanming Realm, these damned humans are simply courting death!"

"Where did he come from? We've never heard of such a person among the remnants of the human race."

"No matter who he is, he must die. He must pay the price for provoking my Zerg."

"Leave this matter to me. I will hang his body at the highest point of the Xuanming Realm as a warning to the humans of the Xuanming Realm."

"Alright, this person seems to be quite powerful, possibly approaching the True Immortal realm. Don't underestimate him."

"Hehe, don't say he's not a true immortal. Even if he were, he'd only be at the early stage of the true immortal realm at most. I actually hope he lets me play a little longer and doesn't die too quickly."

On the other hand, Lai Yang would fire a shot and immediately move to another location, never lingering in one place, thus reducing the probability of being ambushed and surrounded by powerful Zerg warriors.

Suddenly, Lai Yang heard someone calling for help. He looked up and saw a beautiful human woman being chased by a group of insectoid monsters.

"Help! Help!"

"Who can help me!"

Lai Yang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he frowned.

The next moment, Lai Yang turned around and fled without hesitation.

Damn, it was clearly a trap set by the Zerg. The human woman's cultivation level was only at the first level of the Mortal Immortal Realm, while the Zerg chasing her were at least at the early stage of the Mortal Immortal Realm, and many of them were known for their speed.

Most importantly, although the human woman looked disheveled and was pleading for help, she actually had no injuries at all.

A female immortal at the first level of the Mortal Immortal Realm, facing a group of insectoids at the eighth level, didn't even suffer a fatal injury? Are you kidding me?

Seeing that Lai Yang didn't care about her life or death, the human female immortal's eyes darkened, revealing a sinister look.

Immediately afterwards, the human skin on its body burst open, revealing a powerful insectoid creature that was three meters tall, its entire body as if it were wearing an indestructible suit of armor, with thick limbs bearing barbs. It stepped into the void and chased after the fleeing Lai Yang.

In no time at all, Lai Yang was caught up by the other party.

Lai Yang's heart sank, and he subconsciously used the system to check the other party's cultivation level.

After reading it, Lai Yang's mood immediately soured: "Tenth Realm Insect Clan, Mid-stage Golden Immortal Realm".

As expected, the Zerg were not stupid either, and they directly sent a mid-stage Golden Immortal to hunt him down.

Lai Yang's physical cultivation has just broken through to the second level of the ninth realm, and there is still a gap of more than one major realm between them.

Moreover, once Lai Yang is tied up, there will be a bunch of Zerg minions behind him, and who knows, other powerful Zerg might even come to help.

"Human, you can't escape now. Just obediently let me eat you." The Tenth Realm Sword Beetle looked down at Lai Yang and sneered.

"Eat me? You think you can?" Lai Yang had no intention of wasting words with him, nor did he want to attract more Zerg powerhouses to be surrounded and killed.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lai Yang summoned a sword emanating a terrifying aura from his palm. It was a celestial weapon forged from countless insectoids, and it was entwined with the intense negative emotions of the insectoids that Lai Yang had annihilated. It had extremely strong additional destructive power when used to deal with insectoids.

Upon seeing the immortal artifact in Lai Yang's hand, the Tenth Realm Blade Beetle's face darkened instantly. Intense rage filled its chest, and a terrifying aura swept out in all directions, stirring up a gale.

"You insignificant human dare to use the corpses of my own kind to forge immortal artifacts! Once I kill you, I will imprison your soul and make you suffer the agony of being devoured by ten thousand insects!"

Lai Yang ignored the threat of the Tenth Realm Sword Beetle, and his aura instantly turned blood red, like boiling blood, which was shocking to behold.

At the same time, Lai Yang's strength was also increasing at an extremely terrifying rate.

Upon seeing this, the Tenth Realm Blade Beetle was startled; he had actually sensed a threat emanating from the other party!

How could that be? How could a mere human in the True Immortal Realm make him feel fear and trepidation?
The next moment, Lai Yang's figure disappeared from the spot, and he engaged in a fierce battle with the Ten Realms Blade Beetle.

The aftershocks of their battle prevented other creatures from getting close; even powerful beings at the eighth realm would be instantly killed if caught in the fray.

A large number of Zerg experts looked up at the battle between the two, and they couldn't help but tremble with fear.

They found it hard to believe that a human immortal in the True Immortal Realm could fight against a Golden Immortal Realm expert from their race for so long without being defeated.

In an instant, Lai Yang transformed into several phantoms, and the cold sword light pierced through the indestructible body of the Ten Realms Blade Insect.

The Tenth Realm Sword Beetle froze on the spot, its eyes filled with unprecedented fear and regret as it looked at Lai Yang's retreating figure: "How could a True Immortal possibly comprehend the laws of swordsmanship? I must relay this message back to the insectoid race, I must..."

In an instant, countless sword marks covered the entire body of the Ten Realms Blade Insect, and then its entire body was cut into countless fragments by the blood-red sword light.

Base Attributes +500, Spirit +125, Mana +50, Lifespan +50

Burning away thousands of years of lifespan only resulted in 500 attribute points, and the lifespan replenished was not even a fraction of that.

Lai Yang turned to look at the other Zerg who were chasing after him, his killing intent shaking the heavens and the earth.

Seeing that all the insectoid powerhouses at the tenth realm had died at the hands of the other party, the other insectoids were so frightened that they fled in panic.

Lai Yang, however, would not give them a chance. The sword light that filled the sky was like a huge net covering them. Any insectoids that were touched turned into insect corpses. Even their resentment and hatred were absorbed and devoured by the sword in Lai Yang's hand, turning into his power.

After finishing everything, Lai Yang calmed the boiling blood and qi within his body and let out a long sigh. "Mid-stage Golden Immortal Realm, nothing special. I seem to have underestimated my own strength. I thought I would have to burn at least ten thousand years of my lifespan to have any chance of killing him."

A dangerous glint flashed in Lai Yang's eyes.

With his current strength, if he were to fight to the death, he might be able to put up a fight against the insectoid race at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

However, there is more than one eleventh-realm insectoid that rules the Xuanming Realm. Once he destroys one of them, it is hard to guarantee that the other four will not join forces to deal with him.

When his lifespan ends and he faces the combined attack of four powerful insectoid beings at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, even his strength will likely be insufficient to reverse the situation.

We'll stick to the original plan: first, we need to maximize our strength. The stronger we are, the more power we can gain by burning our lifespan, and the less energy we'll lose.

The situation in the Xuanming Realm is too bad right now, and he must be prepared to face the entire Xuanming Realm insect race alone.

For so long, he had not been able to find a single human expert above the True Immortal Realm in the Xuanming Realm, which shows how miserable the lives of the humans in the Xuanming Realm were.

Furthermore, even if he eventually manages to eliminate the five Taiyi Golden Immortal level insectoids that have occupied the Xuanming Realm, there's no guarantee that there aren't even stronger beings behind them.

With this thought in mind, Lai Yang disappeared from the spot and continued his pest extermination work.

On the other side, a group of powerful insectoid warriors received a message from the Tenth Realm Blade Beetle before its death.

For a moment, all the Zerg powerhouses were greatly shocked.

That human immortal who was slaughtering them everywhere was actually a peerless genius who had comprehended the laws of the sword?!

How could this be? Weren't all the geniuses of the Xuanming Realm killed by the powerful members of their insect race?
Any being capable of comprehending the power of laws, provided they do not perish prematurely and have sufficient cultivation resources to nurture them, has the potential to reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm in the future.

Once one comprehends and masters a complete law of power, one will surely become a Great Luo Golden Immortal in the future. Even in the Three Thousand Great Worlds, a Great Luo Golden Immortal is a top-tier powerhouse.

This kind of human prodigy must not be allowed to grow up, otherwise he will become a major threat to the Zerg!
Soon, through the unique communication methods among the Zerg, the news that a peerless human prodigy who had comprehended the laws of swordsmanship had slaughtered Zerg in the Xuanming Realm became known to almost all the Zerg powerhouses.

The Zerg warriors attempted to ambush Lai Yang, but Lai Yang was far too cunning and cautious, never lingering in one place for long.

After wiping out a Zerg tribe, they immediately disappeared, only to reappear in another place shortly afterward.

Even though the Zerg warriors used all their skills, they still couldn't catch him.

"That human is really despicable; we're always a step too late."

"According to news from other insectoid races, a powerful tenth-realm sword-armored insectoid warrior died at his hands. We absolutely cannot let him continue to grow stronger; we must find a way to capture and kill him as soon as possible!"

"I have a way that might lure him out."

"Oh? What's the solution? Tell me."

"Wherever this person goes, all living beings except humans are wiped out. Although we don't know what his purpose is, it is clear that he cares about his fellow human beings. We can use the human slaves we have to lure him out and then kill him."

What if he doesn't fall for it?

"Do you have a better idea?"

"Do as it says."

"Yes."

Soon, a message spread rapidly throughout the Xuanming Realm—

As long as the culprits who slaughtered the insectoid race do not appear in Spider Emperor City, they will devour 10,000 humans every day, until they have consumed all the humans in the Xuanming Realm!
When Lai Yang learned of this news, he immediately realized that it was a conspiracy by the Zerg against him.

They wanted to use the lives of countless humans from the Xuanming Realm to force him to show himself.

The fact that the Zerg have gone to such lengths shows that they are truly desperate. They now regard Laiyang as a huge threat and are eager to eliminate him.

As one of the five insectoid races at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, the number of humans who survived under the Spider King's rule was small, only a little over a million.

Currently, the number of human survivors in the entire Xuanming Realm does not exceed ten million.

If they really do devour 10,000 humans a day, the Xuanming Realm will be devoid of human traces in no more than three years, and the human race will be wiped out.

When Lai Yang received the news, ten days had already passed, meaning that 100,000 humans had already perished in the jaws of the insectoid race.

Lai Yang clenched his fists, his expression grim.

Without a doubt, once he gets there, he will inevitably be besieged by the Zerg with all his might, and even Zerg at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level might take action.

After much hesitation, Lai Yang decided to go and take a look. He wasn't going to his death, nor was he doing it for the sake of the surviving humans.

Although he knew that Spider Emperor City must have a net of traps waiting for him, didn't that also mean there were a large number of powerful insectoid beings there who could help him quickly improve his cultivation?

Even if a powerful insectoid expert at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm were to attack, Lai Yang was confident he could escape alive.

As for the humans who were captured, Lai Yang could only apologize to them, because even if he intervened, he couldn't save them.

He is not a saint. He is willing to fight for humanity, but he cannot sacrifice his life for insignificant people.

Even if he were to willingly give his life, the surviving humans would still be enslaved and exploited by the Zerg, living a life of darkness and misery.

For them, being eaten would be a kind of relief.
With this in mind, Lai Yang set off for Spider Emperor City.

Ten thousand humans were locked in cages like pigs and dogs, while countless greedy and drooling eyes waited outside the cages to devour their flesh and blood.

Ten thousand humans, their faces filled with fear and despair, disheveled and filthy, some huddled together, others embraced and wept bitterly.

"Mom, I'm scared."

"Child, don't cry, be brave."

“What’s so scary about death? Living is more painful than dying, but I hate it so much, I wish I could kill all these disgusting bugs.”

"Zerg, you son of a bitch! %￥@￥"

"Don't eat me, I don't want to die, please..."

Suddenly, a colossal sword, tens of thousands of feet long and carrying boundless killing intent, descended from the sky above Spider Emperor City and crashed heavily into the city's defensive formation.

In an instant, the heavens and earth trembled, and countless living beings were shocked. Someone actually dared to attack Spider Emperor City?!

They instinctively looked up at the sky above Spider Emperor City, where they saw a figure of a white-robed sword immortal, holding a dark green insect sword in his hand, which was wrapped with terrifying insect resentment and hatred, and seemed to be able to devour living beings with just one glance.

"That person actually came!"

(End of this chapter)