Epic of Caterpillar

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As I sent Fiere and Ariant and Eriant to go look for Luminous and the rest and escape the overpowering and overwhelming aura of the Swarm Queen's revived new body, I stayed behind to stop her as much as I could, and ultimately lure her out somehow, so she could stop absorbing the Mana from the mountain. As long as we could get her without Mana, I could absorb it from her and then stop her insane self-regeneration abilities.

However, in the last moments, Bubu was born, hatching from his egg within my Item Box, something that shouldn't be possible. However, I quickly realized this must have been due to the Divine Protection he received from Null, a mysterious new "Cosmic Dragon God" of the Void, Death, and Space… whoever is this guy, he might be in our side.

Using the Spatial Breach Skill he acquired, Bubu tore apart the spatial walls within the Pocket Dimension that made up my Item Box and rushed outside, blasting the Swarm of Monstrous Cosmic Insects that the Swarm Queen had created, which she sent against Fiere and the twin desert elves in hopes to stop them from running away.

"This monster of yours is surely something troublesome…" She said with a smile, her seductive upper body's red eyes shone brightly with cosmic light. "However, trash is trash at the end, no matter how hard they attempt! [Abyssal Swarm]! Devour them! Overwhelm them! My normal swarm might not be there anymore, but I now possess the power to bring them back endlessly, an endless army of servants at my very command!"

She waved her hands as thousands of bugs emerged one after the other, with equally monstrous sizes of over five meters tall, they roared furiously by the thousands, rushing forward towards us. The worst part about these things is that they gave no EXP once defeated.

I was still within my Divine Embodiment of Purification form, and Bubu was evolved and all powered up, we could easily resist the swarm… but can we truly defeat her as we are right now? It would be smarter to lure her out, but how?

Well, for now, the only thing we can do is fight, overwhelm her, and then try to bait her out!

"[Purifying Blazing Holy Fallen Star]!"

I quickly conjured one of my strongest Spells, as I conjured three enormous masses of materialized holy light and heavenly power. The spheres blazed with holy fire quickly reached the Abyssal Swarm, impacting hundreds of bugs and disintegrating them using purification magic.

BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOOMMMM!!!

"T-This damn light is still somehow affecting me…!" The Swarm Queen roared angrily. "And how come you can still fight after I've been draining the Mana of the surroundings?!" She asked furiously. "With my Cosmic Domain, you won't be able to drain my Mana as easily either! I've already won in terms of Mana reserves, you may continue fighting all you want, but your demise and that of all your allies is imminent!"

"Oh yeah? Well, he doesn't think the same."

"Huh? Whose…?"

FLAAASH!

And right behind her, space itself was torn apart by insect-like claws. An enormous and furious dragon and insect hybrid jaw emerged from within the shattered space, as Bubu emerged behind her using the power of Spatial Breach!

"Huh?!"

The Abyssal Queen realized that Bubu emerged behind her when Bubu already unleashed his Dragon Breath attack, charged to the brim with chaotic energy and right into her face once more!

BOOOOOOMMMM!!!

"UNGGH! Y-YOU DAMN…!"

The Swarm Queen was overwhelmed by Bubu's powerful breath attack, as she began to fall back! Although she had gained overpowering might. She was now still weak as she was halfway through her transition into a divine being similar to those from Genesis, losing her physical body was actually a bad move!

CRAAASHHH!!!

The Swarm Queen rolled over the floor as her body slowly began to shapeshift into a monstrous centipede-like beast with countless sharp stingers on its tail. Her body was dissipating in several parts, but her Divine Core, which had already materialized barely, and the power of the Cosmic Stone Fragment fueled her with enough power to regenerate.

"[Swarm Catastrophe]! [Cosmic Beam]!"

TRUUUUM! TRUUUUM! TRUUUUMMM!!!

The Swarm Queen suddenly summoned an enormous quantity of small Abyssal Swarms which she shaped into sharp spikes that could easily pierce through anything, summoning them below us and trying to impale us.

CRASH! CRASH! CRAAASH!

I used Aquamarine to protect myself for the most part, while using Black and White to unleash powerful attacks from within their Skill repertoires. Piercing light and countless shadow stingers destroyed the pillars of spiky swarms as a beam of darkness quickly closed in towards me!

"ROOARR!"

However, Bubu rushed in front of me, trying to absorb the Cosmic Beam!

"Wait, Bubu, don't be reckless!"

"BUBUUUU!"

Bubu's jaws gritted tightly as his big eyes flared with fury. His powerful Skills activated, as his jaws began to devour the Cosmic Essence bite by bite.

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRAASH!

"W-What? You're eating my Cosmic Beam?!"

The Swarm Queen was shocked by this development, but I was quickly reminded that eating and devouring was always my thing as well. I shouldn't forget the very basics!

"Divine Embodiment: Chaos!"

FLAAASH!

My holy body suddenly turned utterly chaotic, as swirling masses of darkness and countless red eyes emerged across my entire body. Enormous Abyssal Demon Claws of Demise appeared, four of them, which I quickly sent against the Swarm Queen as I helped Bubu devour not only the Cosmic Beam but the several rays of Cosmic Energy she began to desperately shoot at me and my Abyssal Claws of Demise.

CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!

My Claws continued flying around, trying to catch her and attack her, but she began to evade swiftly or simply brushed off the damage by regenerating the damage back. However, we continued devouring her Cosmic Energy, until Bubu and I felt this power not disappearing, but boosting our own strength by a bit… we were somehow managing to adapt our bodies to it.

We simply need to keep pushing forwards!

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