The Exploding Girl

“Mage unit.”

The court mage unit, comprised of the strongest mages generally at Tier 6 or higher, began their assault on the girl.

Fire rain, ice storms, lightning...

In particular, the light particle magic of two Tier 8 mages produced explosions that spread hundreds of meters, their power comparable to a missile strike.

Facing such staggering energy, the pressure on Xia Jin was immense, even with her Overlord’s Shield active.

The mental link of hundreds of thousands of Zerg barely managed to withstand the impact.

Of course, she was completely immune to the mental magic mixed into the attacks. In fact, due to the backlash of mental energy, the mage who cast it suffered direct internal injuries.

“We can't let her get close!”

Seeing Xia Jin suddenly close the distance, her hands transforming into fleshy arms to cling to the wall and pull her entire body upward, everyone was terrified.

Especially the warriors below; they were still busy fending off the insects in front of them, so how could they have expected a petite girl to come flying from the opposite side?

Crucially, her speed was too high. In the blink of an eye, she crossed a hundred meters and appeared in the air above.

Just as she was about to reach the wall, Xia Jin realized her Overlord’s Shield was nearing its limit under the concentrated fire of so many people, so she let her body drop directly onto the wall.

Two men looked up and saw the falling girl.

Of course... they didn't see anything pleasant.

Xia Jin, wearing her princess dress, had specially made safety pants; she had no intention of giving a crowd of people anything eye catching to look at.

“Goodbye!”

Boom—

A self detonation occurred, and a blinding flash illuminated this corner of the wall.

Although the self destruction of a Tier 9 projection could not reach Tier 10, its true power was already infinitely close.

In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains swayed as the heavy city wall collapsed under the shockwave of the massive force.

An area of five or six hundred meters was instantly engulfed by the explosive impact, and the subsequent air pressure wave surged out for nearly a kilometer before finally weakening and vanishing.

Looking at the scene, the city wall, which possessed magical shields, had been blasted with a crater five or six meters deep.

Since it wasn't as thick as the outer wall, this inner wall was now teetering on the brink of collapse.

Finally, after dozens of plasma fireballs fell, a gap several meters wide appeared.

The Zerg swarm below instantly surged in, engaging the soldiers inside in a brutal slaughter.

A nydus worm suddenly burrowed out from behind the wall and then spat out two powerful ultralisks in succession.

With the breakthrough of the heavy units, the subsequent offensive of the swarm became truly frenzied.

Roaches charged forward through the gap, tanking the fire. Their defensive power left most of the soldiers at their wits' end. Sometimes, dozens of Tier 5 or Tier 6 spells would hit them, only blasting open their outer shells to reveal bloodied flesh, but failing to stop their advance at all.

“It's done.”

Sitting atop the mobile hive and holding her cute projection, Xia Jin's true body was very satisfied.

Her hand subconsciously touched the projection's leg, causing her to sharply pull back her feet before letting out a dry cough.

Turning her head, she saw the little magic monster princess staring at her intently, drooling.

“Emmm... you want to do it too?”

The little magic monster princess nodded vigorously.

“Not for you.”

The little creature immediately put on a pitiful expression.

“I'm still the cute one.”

Xia Jin felt that the projection version of herself was a bit more fun.

“Hehehe.”

With the victory at the Kingdom's capital imminent, her state of mind was becoming increasingly relaxed.

Over the past two days, no major problems had occurred. However, while deploying underwater Zerg species in the Great West Sea, they had discovered some of the Kingdom's vessels. It was unclear if they were seeking reinforcements or had some other purpose.

Regardless, upon learning of them, a multitude of exploding needles flashed beneath the hulls, ultimately sinking the entire fleet.

Afterward, the Swarm began to take control of the entire coastline.

Even if they couldn't stop every ship on the sea, they could at least ensure that those who had already left wouldn't be coming back.

Incidentally, about 2,000 scourges flew over the West Coast and East Coast of the continent, searching for any fleets that might appear.

In fact, they soon discovered a target, but it didn't seem to be a ship from the Kingdom.

Following the principle of caution, the insects actively distanced themselves after spotting the target, choosing not to provoke it.

And those black dots flying in the sky were basically dismissed as birds by the people on the ship and ignored.

Seeing that nothing dangerous was happening on the sea, Xia Jin nodded and sent her white haired projection toward the Kingdom's capital.

Only one last area remained. Although the main swarm currently located there totaled less than 100,000, achieving the final victory was only a matter of time.

...

Six hours later, after a cruel slaughter, 20,000 main swarm units and 40,000 locusts had reached the inner city area.

Zerglings began to scale the walls of the royal palace.

Six thousand Imperial Guard troops were stationed here, engaging the insects in a fierce and tragic battle.

The battle raged until five in the evening, when the first small squad of the swarm reached the palace interior.

On Xia Jin's side, relying solely on the four projections she had created, she had personally taken down a Tier 9 mage, a Tier 9 general, and two other Tier 9 legion commanders. This effectively eliminated the top tier powers within the Kingdom.

As countless insects ran up the stairs from below and entered the luxurious palace, the faces of many ministers standing on the second floor, watching the scene below, turned pale.