Chapter 2864 - 17: All of You, Come at Me

"Come on out, we’re not here to fight you, hahaha, but if you dare, we can have a battle. No matter how many you bring, here we are."

Beside that extremely powerful presence, there were voices that agreed with him, and the owners of these voices were all Star River initial order existence.

And the speaking Star River powerful man had reached Star River Middle Stage.

"This is a Star River Middle Stage who hasn’t fought before. I’ve almost fought against all the Star River Middle Stage on the other side, winning some, losing some, but none were fatal. Do you think I should go out and deal with it?"

Beside Jia Yan, the Star River Middle Stage creature felt a bit embarrassed and tentatively asked Jia Yan.

He wasn’t sure about Jia Yan’s temperament, so he didn’t know if Jia Yan wanted to go out for a fight.

"I’ll be back soon, you don’t need to come with me. I’ll go out alone and test their depth."

Jia Yan let out a cold laugh, then spoke indifferently to the several Star River Early Stage creatures around him who were about to follow.

A group of Star River initial order existence were initially ready to go out to support Jia Yan and casually engage with the other Star River initial order existence, but seeing Jia Yan didn’t need their help, they felt relieved and avoided the thought of going out and being embarrassed.

Jia Yan dismissed the idea of having several Star River level existences to back him up. One of the reasons was to establish his own reputation.

If he could face them alone and not lose face, his prestige would be established, especially since he was new here and needed to confirm his reputation on this battlefield.

Another reason was Jia Yan saw through the strength of the other Star River level existences. The Star River Middle Stage presence... wasn’t that terrifying for the current Jia Yan, especially since the one who came didn’t seem to have exceptional combat power, so he felt he should be able to handle it alone easily.

As for the other Star River initial order existence, given the current battlefield situation, they generally wouldn’t act. But if they all attacked Jia Yan at once, he felt there was some chance, using his Subspace Talent, to capture them all in one net.

Of course, capturing them all in one net required all of them to attack him, breaking the facade. Otherwise, he had to follow what his previous colleagues said and not kill them.

"But if not kill, injuring them... that’s fine, right?"

A glint of contemplative light flickered in Jia Yan’s eyes.

Not killing, but injuring them was something the other side could accept, and there wouldn’t be any complaints. After all, in a fight, not even allowing injuries would be too unreasonable from the enemy’s side.

In fact, the current battle situation was all about comparing injuries on both sides. The more injured there are, and the more unable to participate in battle, would gradually affect the overall combat power, thus determining which side the front line would push towards.

Swoosh.

A giant sharp foreleg silently reached out from the twisted territory.

"Here he comes!"

The enemies outside the Insect Clan Queen’s territory who were calling for battle suddenly became serious.

Although they were calling for battle in a somewhat frivolous tone, in reality, they wouldn’t underestimate the strong ones here.

If they truly underestimated them, they’d be fools. After all, their own Territory Master was heavily injured by the Territory Master on the other side. With so many strong ones injured after consecutive battles, underestimating them would just be ignorant.

Their previous actions were merely to test the newcomer’s strength, thinking they had the upper hand.

These were routine proceedings. Jia Yan, having just arrived, also needed to establish his might, while the opposition wanted to assess the strength of this new enemy to decide which kind of strong ones to dispatch against Jia Yan or how to classify him as an enemy.

At least on the surface level, the Star River Middle Stage existence who came this time should be comparable in strength to Jia Yan, so they weren’t overly worried.

Whoosh.

The Giant Mosquito stepped from the Twisted Territory.

"Huh?"

Seeing the newly arrived enemy step out without any companions, the group of Star River level existences was momentarily stunned.

"Invader, where are your other Star River level bandits?"

The opposing Star River Middle Stage existence asked coldly.

They declared the people on the Insect Clan Queen’s side as invaders or ’bandits’, which was quite fitting since Jia Yan and his group truly were outsiders who had invaded.

As for whether Jia Yan would be enraged by such labels, that was overthinking it. As strong ones, if mere words could anger them, they’d become a laughingstock and couldn’t be considered strong.

"Them? To deal with you, I alone am enough. So, are you going to come one by one, or let me handle all of you at once?"

Jia Yan asked indifferently.

"Huh?"

"Such arrogance?"

"You want us all at once? Is he crazy?"

"Haha, there’s actually someone so arrogant among the invaders?"

Listening to Jia Yan’s words, the group of Star River level existence initially became angry, but then each of them coldly chuckled.

Jia Yan’s words seemed aimed at provoking them, but they weren’t that easily provoked. The first thought was that Jia Yan was using this to prevent them from ganging up on him.

It was just a small verbal tactic.

"Alright, bandits are bandits. To use such petty verbal tricks, how uneducated. Rest assured, we didn’t plan on attacking you all at once anyway."

The Star River Middle Stage existence seemed to instantly look down on Jia Yan.

In his eyes, this new strong invader should be someone deserving of attention, especially since he was present under such dire circumstances, indicating he could hold his ground here. But now, he seemed far less formidable than anticipated.

Jia Yan’s strength, while also at Star River Middle Stage, was up against several Star River Middle Stage from their side, with one nearly at the peak, transitioning to Territory Master. Such a presence sitting in could never be matched by this new Star River Middle Stage.

Moreover, listening to him speak disjointedly here and fearing that their Star River level group might all attack him, using words to block them.

It was too petty.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing what the Star River level existences said about him, Jia Yan was momentarily stunned, then smiled.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I’m not trying to play word games with you, I genuinely think that even if you all join forces against me, I should be able to handle it. Do you want to give it a try?"

He was shamelessly boastful.

Immediately, the faces of the Star River level existences on the other side became stern.

They initially thought Jia Yan’s words were to prevent them from possibly joining forces, but now it seemed he genuinely wanted them to attack him together.

Was he seeking death?

Or was he really that confident, thinking a seemingly newly promoted Star River Middle Stage existence could handle a group of Star River initial order existence plus a Star River Middle Stage?

Ridiculous!

"Fine, don’t be mad, I’ll take him on first then."

The Star River Middle Stage existence felt he was the most underestimated one.

To have them all attack meant that this guy simply didn’t see him, who had similar energy and brainwave power, as a worthy opponent.

How could he tolerate that?

"Let’s see if your big talk matches your actual strength!"

The opponent didn’t give Jia Yan a chance to speak again and provoke them, and in an instant, he moved.

He was the type of Star River Middle Stage existence strong in speed even though not large in size.

Thus, this creature’s entirety wasn’t big, about ten kilometers or so, considered one of the more petite-sized among Star River Middle Stage strong ones.