My Beast Is the 12-Winged Angel Chapter 498 - 499: Fei Yue!

Previously on My Beast Is the 12-Winged Angel...
Gu Xing acquired eight of the nine divine positions, with seven now bound to their masters, while Lilith's attempt to absorb the eighth in his Beast Taming Space ultimately failed despite his efforts to assist. Returning to Human Race territory with most of his Guardian Beasts—save for Fei Yue, who remained in the Insect Realm alongside the final divine position—he grappled with reluctance toward the devouring Insect Race, haunted by past failures and his own encounters. Amid reunions with relatives and friends, he shared a poignant farewell hug with Ying Bing, acknowledging the irretrievable distance that had grown between them, before confiding his deepest guilt to Gu Qianqian, who embraced his changed soul and vowed to await his return.

After bidding farewell to the group, Gu Xing set off directly toward the Snow Domain, showing no delay whatsoever.

A void portal exists here, connecting the Insect Race directly to the Alternate Space.

Passing through this void portal offers the swiftest route to the Insect Realm right now.

Back on known territory.

The view ahead stayed the same, endless ice stretching out while chilly winds whipped up swirling snow, the sharp cold nipping at his skin like an old acquaintance.

Gu Xing stopped briefly, gazing across this well-known frozen expanse, his mind swirling with a tangle of hard-to-describe feelings.

This very spot had once compelled him to confront the Insect Emperor, his initial true clash with a Pseudo-Divine Level powerhouse.

That fight had ended in his shameful withdrawal back to the Angel Realm.

But today...

A harsh grin gradually spread across Gu Xing’s mouth.

If he held back and didn’t drag it out, that would be showing mercy!

Right then, the shadows and cracks across the nearby snow landscape brimmed with endless Insect Race shapes hiding in wait.

Those blood-red compound eyes locked onto Gu Xing and his allies, jaws clicking away, creating eerie scraping sounds.

Still, a deep dread rooted in their basic instincts seized the minds of these lesser bugs firmly.

Despite their dim wits, they grasped the truth...

Any move to strike would lead to utter and swift annihilation.

They shrank back, too afraid to press forward.

Though they shied away from action, Gu Xing wasn’t about to spare this horde of bugs.

Before, their overwhelming numbers had gone unchecked because of his weaker strength.

Yet these days...

Tushan Yueli commanded the Divine Position of Alternate Space.

In the Alternate Space, her strength truly reached Divine Level.

No order from Gu Xing was needed; Tushan Yueli glided ahead with elegant poise.

Her slender hand lifted, fingers parting just a bit, with her palm aimed at the bug-infested frozen realm.

The unseen Power of Laws unfurled following her will, covering the whole Snow Domain.

In a flash, no matter how buried under the ice or tucked into warped void fissures the bugs hid.

An unstoppable power yanked them out and held them fast.

Like an unseen fist seizing them, they gathered thickly in the sky before her, twisting into a sickening, squirming mass.

Tushan Yueli’s gaze stayed cool and detached, as though she was just brushing off worthless specks.

Her fingers began to close gradually.

"Pop—pop pop pop—!"

With her fist tightening, the huge cluster overhead got smashed by a massive unseen squeeze, bug forms exploding in sequence.

Greenish-black, stinking blood along with shattered pieces rained down heavily, but some power kept them from hitting the frost and snow.

Lilith had positioned herself close by, ready and waiting.

A spark of resolve flickered in her eyes.

Seeing how every one of Gu Xing’s Guardian Beasts had earned acknowledgment from a Divine Position, while she alone couldn’t cross that last threshold.

A fierce drive pushed her to grab any chance for boosting her strength.

Even without fusing a Divine Position, she aimed to push her might to the Pseudo-God Realm, refusing to drag Gu Xing down.

She released her energy without pause, pulling in, devouring, and purifying every bit of the spilled bug blood.

Clean blood essence rushed into her frame, soaking up greedily.

Deep in her focus on powering up, she overlooked...

While taking in the bug blood, the previously still Divine Position inside her.

Faint crimson lines spread softly over its face, suggesting a barely-there link to her core.

But once the final trace of bug blood got fully drawn in, that faint tie faded away quietly, like a severed thread from a kite.

The Divine Position fell quiet again, making the earlier ripple seem like mere fancy.

Gu Xing let Lilith carry on without interference.

Not until she finished taking in the blood did he shift his stare to the heavens.

Up there, a shaky, wild, and ravenous void tear cracked open without a sound.

This marked the entrance to the Insect Realm.

The following move involved plunging into the Insect Realm, rescuing Fei Yue and claiming the last Divine Position.

After that...

Straight on to the Demon Abyss, to settle the fate woven across endless ages!

That idea sharpened Gu Xing’s gaze with fierce determination.

He wasted no time, his body shifting into a streak of light, charging right into the deep, endless black void portal.

His Guardian Beasts trailed after, morphing into bursts of different glows, racing quickly and vanishing through that void portal’s opening.

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Insect Realm.

Thick shadowy energy rolled in waves, swallowing up the whole zone.

Seven enormous, peak-like terrifying shapes, each uniquely built.

Arranged in a surrounding formation, pinning a slim form in the middle.

It was Fei Yue.

Right now, a soft godly light swirled around Fei Yue.

As though merging fully with the Insect Realm itself.

She had claimed the Divine Position of the Insect Realm, stepping up as this world’s inheritor.

Exactly for that reason, even though her strength lagged behind these seven ancient Insect Emperors who had consumed endless realms and built up ages of might ahead of her.

Snaring her proved utterly out of reach.

"You brainless gluttons really believe you can snag me?"

"Try harder! Nyah nyah nyah..."

Her taunt obviously provoked these top Insect Race entities.

A huge, savage aura burst out, nearly turning solid and cracking the void apart.

But right when the strike neared her, Fei Yue’s outline wavered and elongated like a mirage, fading completely from sight.

With the Divine Position under her grasp, her void skills had surged dramatically.

Though her attack strength still fell short of a typical Divine Level, her endurance...

In the Insect Realm, only the world’s collapse could threaten her safety.

"She slipped away once more!"

A furious mental wave exploded from the seven Insect Emperors.

"It makes no difference."

"Even holding the Divine Position, she’s got weaknesses."

"Did you sense it, in these latest pursuits and barriers, the spots where she vanishes and pops up..."

"Lie closer and closer to the borders!"

"That zone holds a void portal to Alternate Space! The space there twists wildly, and it’s not fully part of the Insect Realm."

"In that place, her hold on the Divine Position weakens sharply, blocking her free escapes like before."

"Push her that way, and we’ll have our opening."

The seven dread minds quickly reached agreement.

They skipped chasing the path of Fei Yue’s escape, opting instead to tweak their surrounding trap slyly.

Like a hidden web, it slowly constricted toward the Insect Realm’s fringe, home to the void portal.

Fei Yue hadn’t realized yet that a targeted chase against her was underway!

She did feel, however...

In these fresh shifts, some unseen force seemed to nudge her steadily one way.

But limited by her current strength, she brushed it off lightly.

After all, with a Divine Position in her control, she ruled as the deity of the full Insect Realm.

How could mere bugs outsmart her?

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