I Can Gain One Skill Point Per Second Chapter 598: The Curtain Falls on Insect Hive Star, the Final Battle Begins!

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Previously on I Can Gain One Skill Point Per Second...
The Queen of the Insect Nest sensed the deaths of ten warriors and issued a planet-wide kill order on Lin Yi. Approaching the scene, she discovered tens of thousands of her Insect Race standing eerily behind him, unresponsive to her commands. Lin Yi seized her with a giant hand of Eternal Law but feigned surrender, pleading for mercy, only for the Queen—having sacrificed much life force for planetary will control—to reject him and unleash near-Harmonization Taichu Law against him.

The Queen of the Insect Nest sharply detected that right now, Lin Yi wasn't deploying his Taichu Law to shield his body.

Put simply, should the annihilating power strike Lin Yi at this instant, he'd face just one fate—reduced to dust immediately!

The Queen of the Insect Nest had no moment to ponder more, be it Lin Yi's sluggish response or his arrogant underestimation of her; for her, this was a chance she couldn't ignore.

She refused to allow it to escape!

Concentrating every bit of focus and channeling all her source power to command the Taichu Law, the Queen of the Insect Nest unleashed her swift strike.

Just as the utterly devastating power of annihilation neared activation, a fleeting daze flashed in the Queen of the Insect Nest’s gaze.

The very second the annihilating force was set to shatter Lin Yi, she abruptly sensed a barrier severing her link to the star will, causing her precious grip on the power to vanish in a flash.

In the following moment, that eerie weakness exploded outward.

Having tapped into the star will's might, she lost command instantly; like a stallion bolting without bridle, it tore wildly through the Queen of the Insect Nest’s form before bursting free.

Why didn't he dodge? No fear at all!

The Queen of the Insect Nest, who had sacrificed nearly her entire life force, couldn't endure the violent power surge and collapse inside her.

In a blink, not just the star will got depleted, but her own source power too within the Queen of the Insect Nest.

Defeating Lin Yi?

Forget it!

Right then, the Queen of the Insect Nest lacked even the power to stay upright, flapping frantically like a wing-damaged bird before crashing down hard to the earth.

The Insect Race possesses an innate drive to safeguard their queen.

Spotting the Queen of the Insect Nest tumbling, the more fragile-bodied bugs surged toward her descent path without delay.

They piled up densely, creating a massive pad from their bodies, sacrificing their flesh and blood to fully absorb the queen’s fearsome falling speed.

The Queen of the Insect Nest touched down without harm.

Yet the bugs acting as her buffer endured agony.

They bared their most vulnerable areas to take the impact of her drop, while the queen’s tough frame smashed their tender bodies.

Suddenly, colorful sticky fluids sprayed everywhere, a gruesome sight that even stirred Lin Yi a touch.

But Lin Yi understood this truth clearer than most.

Showing pity to foes means harshness to yourself.

The Insect Race won't halt their drive for conquest.

Only endless resources fuel the Insect Race's booming growth.

The Three Realms and Six Paths, governed by divine laws.

This realm emerged brutal.

Natural selection, survival of the strongest—that phrase holds true.

It's merely too mild.

Truthfully, in this ruthless world, choices boil down to devour or get devoured.

Even supposing the Insect Race holds back from invading Blue Star briefly.

Post-Lin Yi's era, should they seize the other two linked planets, would they truly hold off from Blue Star?

"Queen of the Insect Nest, look at those behind me—they're the Insect Race warriors I've crushed en route and tamed to my side. The moment they turn their killing intent toward you, you'll fail to command the star will, right?"

The Queen of the Insect Nest laboriously lifted her frail form.

Power alien to her could never be trusted fully.

She realized the Nest Insect Star's doom loomed close.

"Human youth, you're powerful, I'll grant you that!"

"But dreaming my Insect Race bows to you? Never!"

"We'll battle till the last, no backing down for my Insect Race!"

Weak as she was, the Queen of the Insect Nest bellowed her rallying cries.

The not overly bright Insect Race appeared to grasp the Queen’s words, quivering with fervor.

Following the Insect Race Queen’s command, all sorts of Insect Race fighters charged at Lin Yi and his two companions.

Fueled by suicidal resolve, the Insect Race advanced ferociously.

Yet Lin Yi felt only compassion.

Backed by countless law artifacts and ultimate laws, how could these basic thinking bugs challenge Lin Yi?

Lin Yi scarcely needed to act, for the undead insect horde trailing her would storm ahead without mercy.

Transformed into undead, they forfeited living agility, but their bodily might now dwarfed the past.

Regular bugs drop from battle if decapitated.

These undead ones differ—even with scant limbs remaining, they'd press the assault.

Though few in number, the undead insect army leveraged their superior stamina to brutally dominate the insect forces from the Insect Hive Star.

Lin Yi, on the other hand, stayed far from idle.

As the two armies clashed in brutal combat, he touched down onto the battlefield.

Thanks to the Earth Element Forbidden Curse [Explosive Conversion], the full expanse of the battlefield transformed into Lin Yi’s deadly arsenal.

Whenever one of the Queen’s minions fell in battle, the terrain under Lin Yi’s dominion would stealthily encase that bug’s form.

Yet the moment it sought to rush back into the fray, the explosives clinging to it would erupt without warning.

Warriors of the Insect Race feared not your typical blasts.

However, infused with the might of law, those same explosives turned lethal against the Insect Race warriors.

Blazing infernos erupted skyward and surged from the soil in dazzling displays.

At the very heart of the chaos, Lin Yi spread his arms wide, sealed his eyes shut, and fluidly altered his finger signs nonstop.

Like a refined maestro, he dove deep into conducting this awe-inspiring grand symphony of destruction.

The Queen of the Insect Nest spotted Lin Yi’s clever plays and instantly unleashed her speediest swarm toward him.

Yet facing the Dragon God War God who wielded [Ice Manipulation], what shot did they stand?

One fleeting thought sufficed, summoning ice laced with Eternal Law power to any spot Lin Yi chose.

Be it earthbound or soaring aloft.

Insects charging at Lin Yi froze solid into sculptures well short of a hundred feet away.

A simple flick of his wrist did the trick.

A colossal Ice Mirror sprang into existence from thin air.

Its glossy face shimmered with icy menace.

Lin Yi’s finger snap unleashed the Ice Mirror’s savage fury.

Myriad ice spikes, brimming with Eternal Law power, hurled forth in endless barrage.

Swift though the Insect Race’s instincts were, they buckled under the overwhelming scope of Lin Yi’s strike.

The moment an ice spike pierced them, those lively bugs crystallized into frozen effigies.