D-level males reached the pinnacle of life by living off women.

Noticing Lu Yuan's stunned expression, Rhine was filled with despair.

The enemy insects that came to hunt them down were very strong. In order to win, he had to transform into a half-insect. However, after winning, he was unable to transform back due to excessive power consumption.

This wouldn't have been a big deal; he just needed to rest for a while. But to his utter surprise, Lu Yuan came looking for him and happened to see him in his half-insect form.

Thinking of the look of disgust Lu Yuan had given him when he saw the half-insect worm, Rhine clenched his fists. He couldn't accept Lu Yuan looking at him like that. If Lu Yuan looked at him with disgust, he was afraid he would kill Lu Yuan.

"Rhine, take your hand down so I can have a good look at you. Does it hurt a lot?"

Lu Yuan's voice was full of pity, and Rhein felt a sense of relief, as if he had survived a disaster. Thank goodness, Lu Yuan didn't despise him.

......

When Lu Yuan first saw Rhine's appearance, he was indeed a little dumbfounded, but the first emotion that arose in his heart was not fear or terror, but worry.

Will Rhine be in a lot of pain like this? Rhine is covering her face tightly, is she injured?

Then, Lu Yuan used the gentlest tone he had ever used in his life to directly ask about the worries in his heart.

Lu Yuan saw Rhine's hand tremble slightly, then slowly move downwards. Sure enough, Rhine's face also changed; her originally beautiful purple eyes turned into huge compound eyes.

"How did you suddenly become like this? Have you become half-insect? Does it hurt?" Lu Yuan stepped forward and helped Rhine's upper body up, asking again.

Rhine tilted her head and stared at Lu Yuan for a while, making sure there was no disgust in Lu Yuan's eyes before she leaned into Lu Yuan's arms with peace of mind.

"It won't hurt, my lord, don't be afraid of me. I'll be back to normal after resting for a while."

"How could I be afraid of you? You are Rhine, my queen."

Lu Yuan stroked Rhine's hair, feeling that Rhine, lying in his arms like this, looked like a pitiful little thing who had been wronged, completely ignoring the circle of insects around them that Rhine had slain.

Seeing that Rhine seemed to be in good spirits, Lu Yuan began asking questions.

"Rhine, are all these insects on the ground sent by the Mander Auction House?"

"No, the auction house can't send these experts. The ones in white robes are from the Xiongbao Society, they're here for me. The other two groups of insects are here for the Crown Prince."

"How come there are two waves of insects heading straight for the Crown Prince?"

"One group wanted to kill him, and the other group wanted to save him. Fortunately, these two groups were already locked in a fierce battle, otherwise it would have been a much bigger problem."

Rhine guessed that the Red Robe Insect might have been sent by the Queen, but unfortunately he had no chance to communicate with it. The Red Robe Insect and the Black Robe Insect approached him almost simultaneously and started fighting right away.

"Kill him??? The Crown Prince, you're going to kill him too???"

Lu Yuan was shocked. The Crown Prince of the empire was openly sending insects to kill him.

"There are plenty of scoundrels in the empire who want the Crown Prince dead."

Lu Yuan felt a little sorry for the Crown Prince who had been sleeping all along. Not only was he sold and abused, but he was also being chased by insects.

"By the way, how come the insects from the Xiongbao Association arrived so quickly? It's only been a few days." Lu Yuan asked.

"They came at just the right time. If it weren't for their meddling, I wouldn't have been able to win so quickly," Rhine replied.

After resting for a while, Rhine's body stopped changing constantly, and his compound eyes disappeared, returning to their original purple eyes.

"My lord, help me up."

Lu Yuan helped Rhine to her feet, and then, following Rhine's instructions, led her to a fallen black-robed insect.

"My lord, give me the gun in this insect's hand."

Lu Yuan bent down, took the gun that the black-robed worm was tightly gripping, and handed it to Rhine. Rhine tried it and found that the gun was still usable, so he raised his hand and shot the black-robed worm.

A flash of blue light appeared, and a bloody hole appeared on the black-robed worm's head. Then its head lolled to the side, and it was clearly dead.

Seeing a living insect die right in front of him, Lu Yuan felt terrible, but rationally he knew that Rhine was right to do so, so he just turned his head away and said nothing.

Rhine had Lu Yuan help him up as he finished off each of the insects lying on the ground, dressed in black or white robes.

As for the red-robed insects, Rhine wasn't prepared to fire a finishing shot; he wanted to see if these insects were sent by the Queen to meet them. Unfortunately, after checking them one by one, all the red-robed insects were already dead.

"The female insects have a strong ability to recover. If I don't do this, in a few hours, some of the insects inside will stand up again, which will be very troublesome."

After finishing off the enemy, Rhein explained something to Lu Yuan.

"I understand," Lu Yuan said.

After finishing their business, the two insects prepared to return to the cave. Seeing that Rhine was still walking unsteadily, Lu Yuan walked up to Rhine and squatted down in front of her.

"Let me carry you back."

Rhine paused for a moment, then laughed. This was the first time someone had asked him to carry a bug.

Rhine leaned against Lu Yuan's back, stretched out her arms and hugged Lu Yuan's neck tightly. Lu Yuan supported Rhine's legs with both hands, stood up and walked towards the cave.

Lu Yuan carried the load with great difficulty. Rhine was taller and heavier than him, and each step seemed more difficult than the last. But he didn't say anything and just walked forward silently.

He couldn't help with the battle against the enemy insects, but after the battle was over, he would at least make Rhine more comfortable.

Rhine felt a warmth on Lu Yuan's back; it was the first time an insect had cherished him so much.

In the past, after each war, no matter how badly he was wounded, he would come down from the battlefield as an insect. Even after returning home, the insects would only urge him to continue to work hard and bring glory to the family, without caring about his injuries or whether he was in pain.

But now, his lord will come to him on the battlefield, care about his pain, and carry him away. This feeling is wonderful.

Rhine's arms around Lu Yuan's neck tightened unconsciously.

"Cough cough cough, Rhine, relax, relax, or you'll be a widow."

"oh."

More than an hour later, the two insects returned to the cave. Camel, who was hiding in the deepest part of the cave, heard the noise and cautiously poked his head out. When he saw that it was Lu Yuan and Rhine, he was relieved and came out of the cave.

Seeing Lu Yuan carrying Rhine, Kamel looked as if he were witnessing some kind of human spectacle, but he trembled his lips and didn't say anything. Instead, he asked the question that concerned him first.

"Are the insects from Rao's side chasing after us?" Kamel asked Rhine.

Lu Yuan carried Rhine past Kamel into the cave, found a flat spot and put Rhine down. Only after Rhine was seated did he answer Kamel's question.

"They're probably not insects from the auction house; they were sent by other forces, and there's more than one batch."

Rhein did not mention the Xiongbao Association.

"By the way, Camel, you and the Crown Prince spent so much time with Rao, did you see any insects wearing red or black robes?"

Kamel thought for a moment and then said.

"When it was first sold to Rao, I happened to see a bug wearing a black robe and a mask come to Rao, but I have no idea what they talked about."

"Among the insects that came after us, there was a group dressed in black robes and wearing masks; they wanted the Crown Prince dead."

Kamel's face instantly turned ugly.