The aftereffects from the Summoning Altar could still be felt, and a series of murmurs were heard!
"That's all the bug king is capable of."
Immediately after that, the bug king that had escaped back twitched and was about to die!
The bug king's broken legs were about to crumble!
Su Hao's pupils contracted. He immediately carried the bug king and rushed toward the Holy Healing Spring!
He could not let it die, because it was the only Holy Light Bug left!
Su Hao felt his heart ache at that moment.
Plop!
As soon as the dying bug king descended into the Holy Healing Spring, light appeared above the spring water, and the tiny, sparkling water droplets began to evaporate.
The bug king's figure became an illusion within the mist.
The illusion gradually turned into a real body, and the broken legs gradually recovered. The hard shell, as well as the thick and flexible feelers, began to recover slowly too, and its pair of golden, shining wings came into view.
A few seconds later, the light dissipated.
The bug king had recovered!
It was completely recovered despite being on the verge of death!
At the same time, the aftereffects from the Summoning Altar had also dissipated, whereupon the castle finally returned to peace.
The whole process only took one second!
The speed was such that one's reactions could not even keep up!
Upon seeing that, Su Hao's slightly stiff body relaxed gradually.
He took a deep breath, glanced at the peaceful surroundings, and saw the reinvigorated bug king in the spring.
It was filled with vitality in no time!
In his previous life, the Eternal Night had allowed him to experience despair, helplessness, chaos, and the insignificance of human beings!
That similar feeling had once again filled his heart moments earlier!
With that thought, he lowered his eyelashes and a cold glimmer appeared in his eyes.
He needed to be the change in the world!
The leader of his militia then knelt on one leg and offered the Dark Evolution Crystal to him with both hands.
"My Lord, these are the treasures that the bug king dropped when it landed. Please have a look."
The sudden change in situation allowed his rationality to return.
Su Hao glanced at the Dark Evolution Crystal.
What he saw was a black, glowing crystal ball with the color of agate.
It had a radius of about five centimeters, and appeared exactly as what he saw in his previous life during the Eternal Night.
Su Hao held the Dark Evolution Crystal in his hand and gazed down.
He knew just what kind of effect the Dark Evolution Crystal had.
Its strength lay in the fact that it was able to upgrade troops of different levels, as they would become SSS-Grade after consuming the crystal!
Even a F-Grade low-rank troop type would immediately become SSS-Grade if they consumed it!
One could only imagine how powerful the Dark Evolution Crystal was, considering its ability to trigger the upgrade of seven grades. It could make a troop super powerful in a short time, allowing it to advance to a godlike-level and surpassing all the high-level troops on the continent.
Furthermore, it was something that all the sacred artifacts on the continent could not compare to.
However, Su Hao was not too happy to obtain the crystal, because he knew that the Evil God left it behind and spared the bug king's life on purpose.
Had it not been done on purpose, the bug king would not have been able to come back alive from the Evil God's clutches. Furthermore, it had even brought back the Dark Evolution Crystal that belonged to the Evil God.
Su Hao figured that the reason the Evil God did that was because the speed and scale of his Holy Light Bugs were simply too extraordinary.
They were so out-of-this-world that nothing else on the entire continent could ever compare to them.
The entire balance of the ecosystem was disrupted!
That was also the reason the Evil God had exterminated all of the Holy Light Bugs, leaving only the bug king alive.
However, the bug king was like an ant in front of the Evil God, who could turn it into ashes with a light pinch, or even without actually pinching for that matter.
Maintaining the ecosystem's balance was the only explanation for the Evil God's actions.
He had left behind a bug king so it survived on the continent.
It was also why the Evil God left the Dark Evolution Crystal behind.
At the same time, the Evil God's appearance and disappearance was definitely not as simple as simply maintaining the balance of the ecosystem.
Su Hao could understand a thing or two after hearing the murmurs and feeling shockwaves that came from the Summoning Altar.
If the Evil God could leave the darkness, then the Evil God's 'hand' would not just remain in the darkness.
Su Hao concluded that the Evil God would never be able to leave the darkness as long as it was not the Eternal Night.
If that happened, the entire continent would be plunged into endless darkness, and the Evil God would be able to destroy everything!
The ecosystem would be torn apart, and the entire human race would be annihilated!
However, the Evil God's appearance and disappearance today was merely fleeting.
The power of the darkness' aftereffect that spread to the territory was only one-billionth of the power in the darkness.
That would mean only one thing—the Evil God would never be able to leave the darkness as long as the Eternal Night had not come.
In other words, Su Hao had to be strong enough to fight against it before the Eternal Night descended upon them.
That was the only way!
Only then would Su Hao have the confidence to reverse the situation and save mankind from destruction!
In light of what happened, the first thing he had to do was to keep a low profile and control the number of Holy Light Bugs he had.
In addition to boosting the abilities and numbers of the Holy Light Bugs to the highest level, he needed to also control the number of Holy Light Bugs.
The extent of their multiplication had reached millions, and any instance where he exceeded the ecosystem's balance would lead to the Evil God's early appearance.
Therefore, he ought to maintain only a few hundred thousand of them, which he would then develop into a bug king, or even stronger.
That was the only way he could stand tall on the entire continent and compete with the gods.
When he thought of that, he ordered the militia to give the Dark Evolution Crystal to the bug king.
He watched as his militiaman threw the Dark Evolution Crystal into the Holy Healing Spring.
In an instant, the Dark Evolution Crystal melted rapidly in the middle of the clear blue lake, dissipating in the Holy Healing Spring to produce a sudden wave of blackish, crystal-like ripples.
A black light began to shine, and the ripples of the black crystal swept up from the water and shot into the sky!
The bug king was directly surrounded by that wave of water!
Three colors—black, gold, and blue—appeared in Su Hao's vision and flickered intermittently.
Within a few seconds, the bug king flapped its golden wings and instantly turned golden-black!
Its two flapping wings instantly split into four, and its six thick feelers instantly doubled!
Su Hao narrowed his eyes and saw the overwhelming radiance of the bug king.
The bug king was exuding a cold aura over its surroundings, causing every inch of grass in the castle to wither!
All of a sudden, the wind's howls resonated throughout the castle!
More than 50 militia widened their eyes in shock and took a few steps back in fear!
Su Hao, however, narrowed his eyes and remained calm in front of the Holy Healing Spring.
He knew that the SS-Grade Holy Light Bug in front of him had disappeared from the entire continent forever.
Before him, however, was an existence that could confront godly beings and even surpass them—an SSS-Grade Sacred Night Bug!