Clown Game
Chapter 329 - 316: The Final Battle

Chapter 329: Chapter 316: The Final Battle

Bai Xiong glared with his eyes, his gums white from clenching.

This expression, common on the faces of normal people, reflected what was like a catastrophic flood or tsunami within Bai Xiong’s heart!

But at this moment, the situation no longer allowed Bai Xiong to hesitate. With Chen Xiao’s reckless stand, the entire ant swarm began to boil! The sky was filled with bugs that straightened their antennae, like numerous spikes all pointing towards Chen Xiao and the others. They rubbed their hard abdominal plates, creating a deafening roar akin to a landslide or tidal wave, as if spitting disdain, insults, threats, curses. In short, the anger of the whole world poured into that astonishing "susususu" sound, aimed directly at the source of the denounced sin.

Chen Xiao.

Song Xuan.

And himself.

Bai Xiong let out a low growl, reached to his chest, and tore off a necklace.

He had always worn this necklace, but it was usually covered by his clothing and seldom noticed by anyone.

The pendant of the necklace was a small disc. Only the size of a coin, very thin, entirely silver-white without any decorative patterns. However, right in the center of one side was a depressed circle, which seemed to say, "Press me, press me!"

Bai Xiong had never left this little object behind since he escaped that hell. It was his only guarantee of living to this day and reaching his goal in the future.

If he left its shield, Bai Xiong would likely be discovered, found by him.

But at this moment, in this nearly certain deadly situation, he had no choice.

Chen Xiao...

If he knows my secret, he should have his own ways to deal with it.

Although Bai Xiong didn’t know exactly what Chen Xiao would do, since things had come to this point, he had to do something.

"Catch!"

Bai Xiong shouted, throwing the necklace to Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao caught the necklace in one grasp.

"Cover me!" he bellowed with rising momentum.

"...Uh... or, you guys figure it out."

Chen Xiao wanted to shout something heroic and self-sacrificing like the characters on TV, but after he shouted, he felt so awkward that he just waved his hand as if to say forget it.

Then, he strode toward the two giant ants ahead.

In an instant, the vast swarm of ants, as if provoked, began screeching maniacally before cascading downwards like a waterfall, aiming their descent at the diminutive man in the purple suit.

At this point, there was no need for the remaining two people to hide anything. Bai Xiong activated his Possession Armor the moment Chen Xiao made his move, launching himself like a shell toward the densest part of the insect swarm, which is why he was the first to be submerged. Song Xuan had foreseen that Chen Xiao would surely plunge the situation into chaos, so she had already turned into a gust of wind, slipping through a slender gap in the darkness and rushing behind the swarm, ready to cut off the Mother Bug’s escape route.

As for Chen Xiao... he was the one who had started the momentum and was shouting the loudest. However, he had only managed a few steps before the descending mass of insects smashed him out of sight, much like a sapling buried by a landslide...

Then came a muffled boom.

A blue shield burst open in the center of the ant swarm, as Bai Xiong’s Possession Armor, having absorbed enough force, released it in an instant, blasting a gap through the vermin, while still amidst the dissipating force, he gathered strength and hurled a glowing sphere at the nearest giant ant.

The Plasma Bomb, an adhesive explosive acquired before the Black Mirror mission, functioned similarly to corrosive mines, capable of inflicting sustained damage on targets. Although its range was smaller, it was more aggressive in attack.

The sphere crossed the swarm quickly, striking the head of the giant ant. It burst open like a water balloon, and the gray-blue plasma within rapidly coated the spiky carapace, sizzling with electricity visibly sparking to the naked eye.

The giant ant, yet to realize what had happened, appeared even more enraged after being struck. With a forceful depression of its four hind legs, it propelled itself dozens of meters into the air and, like an armored vehicle falling from the sky, aimed for Bai Xiong... However, during that second of suspended animation, the plasma on its head burned through its thick cranium, pouring inside and boring a hole through half its brain! Its wings ceased to flutter, and its massive body thundered to the ground, where it spasmed wildly, kicking up a great wave of insects.

Meanwhile, Song Xuan had already appeared on the Mother Bug’s escape path, raising her knife and severing the antennae of the nearest soldier ant, without waiting for the swarm to react, she threw her last grenade and immediately darted to one side.

She had been waiting for just this opportunity. At first, with three giant ants surrounding the Mother Bug, she found no chance to strike. But now, with Bai Xiong drawing attention up front, she naturally had to act swiftly and do what she excelled at. She had utmost confidence in her speed and wouldn’t miss even the slightest chance.

However, as the grenade flew toward the Mother Bug, the surrounding insects suddenly went berserk. No, it’s more accurate to say that the swarm seemed to sense danger the moment Song Xuan even thought of "throwing." The ants had just fallen from the canopy and had yet to right themselves when they surged forward like a tide, shielding the Mother Bug with their bodies, enveloping the grenade completely.

"Bang!"

The sea of insects churned and collapsed with the blast, but astonishingly, not a trace of the explosion’s force escaped.

For a moment, Song Xuan was dumbfounded. She had never expected these thoughtless insects to execute such a maneuver instantly... In fact, using their bodies to protect the Mother Bug was as instinctual for them as blinking in a sandstorm. And in the next second, another giant ant had noticed this beached fish, hurling its massive body frenziedly toward Song Xuan!

All these events unfolded in a flash, and soon, the impact from Bai Xiong began to fade, with the ant swarm ready to overrun him again. Song Xuan, too, found herself pressed to the edge of the Mother Nest, just a second after the grenade’s detonation.

It’s the same old story, no matter how formidable one’s abilities are, they prove useless against absolute strength and numbers.

Just then, at the bottom of the insect sea.

A "pfft" sounded.

It wasn’t particularly loud—almost no one would notice—but a figure suddenly burst out of the swarm, like a stone skimming through the air, soaring high over the sea of insects.

"Hahahaha——————"

A string of hysterical laughter rang out, akin to a child giddy and disoriented from a first roller coaster ride, indiscernible between screams and laughter.

That purple trace held a gun in hand, its muzzle still smoking. His face, his hands, and every exposed patch of skin were marred by wounds, one leg twisted at an impossible angle, yet as he flew, his body rapidly healed, returning to its prior intact state...