"The God of the Insect Tribe... that name is kind of lame, sounds weak as hell, no dignity at all," William thought as he recalled the memories of his past life regarding the insect tribe. He decided not to dwell on it any longer.

"Forget it, I'll just go with 'Overlord of the Insect Tribe.'" After coming up with a godly title for himself, William spoke aloud, "I am the Overlord of the Insect Tribe. Your god has perished. Now surrender, and I will grant you the right to continue living. Those who resist will be destroyed."

The grand voice echoed in the hearts of every wolfman, and the ones still fleeing or fighting were struck with a sense of dread. When they failed to see their god’s arrival, they dropped their weapons and knelt, their faith in Orin slowly crumbling.

Seeing that most of the wolfmen had surrendered, with only a few still attempting to flee or hide, William immediately marked their positions and sent nearby insect units to surround them.

He then designated two areas in the god domain and instructed the insect swarm to gather the prisoners within these zones. Given the wolfmen’s speed and stamina, it would only take a day to collect all the prisoners.

William didn’t have the energy to convert these wolfmen into his followers. Holding two blank sealing cards, he planned to seal them and later sell them on the continent of divine exchange. As long as he had time, anyone could find buyers for these sealed prisoners there.

At this point, his god domain had already arrived, and the two domains began to merge through an invasive connection. William carefully guided the process to prevent the wolfmen's god domain from collapsing immediately, then began selecting his spoils.

He extracted several resource-rich terrains from the enemy’s god domain, merging them into the edges of his own. As he watched his domain expand, he realized that the insect swarm would be able to grow again.

"I never thought that just after exiting the protection period, a single battle would solve my problems. As they say, you can't be rich without a windfall, and a horse can't be fat without night grass," William thought, feeling a surge of energy and motivation.

Thanks to his rich experience as a workaholic, William had completely merged the enemy’s much larger god domain into his own in under a day. The distribution was well-organized, and the two resource and wasteland terrain cards were already used, ensuring that there wouldn’t be any issues with random merges that might block transportation routes in the future.

At this point, the wolfman prisoners hadn’t fully gathered yet. There were also delays caused by the longer journey to the gathering points after the domain merge. But William didn’t bother with them for now.

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Standing in the air, he used another domain concealment card to stabilize the effect of hiding his domain, and once that was done, he immediately used a short-distance random teleportation card.

After all, except for himself, only the half-god who had lost his domain knew this location. If that god's friends or allies came for revenge or the coordinates were leaked, other half-gods might come to check things out. It was safer not to stay in one place too long.

A black whirlpool appeared in the void and then vanished. Because William had used the domain concealment card, no one could see the process of his domain entering the teleportation whirlpool.

In the peaceful void, a black whirlpool appeared and disappeared without causing any disturbance in the area.

Learning from the last time, as soon as William’s domain jumped out of the teleportation whirlpool, he immediately used a region scan card. The results showed no nearby god domains, which made William breathe a sigh of relief. He then returned the random teleportation card to his semi-god avatar.

"It seems that the occurrence of another god domain nearby right after exiting the protection period wasn’t very likely," William thought, feeling safe for now. He then focused back on his insect swarm arrangements.

The new lands needed to be explored, the new species’ genes needed to be collected, and new surface nests had to be expanded to increase the swarm's control over his god domain. He listed all the tasks he needed to handle and began making targeted arrangements.

Once William finally wrapped up the tasks at hand, he took a moment to assess the losses from this war. As his divine sense scanned, a blue light screen appeared before him.

Name: Overlord of the Insect Tribe

Level: Semi-God

Divine Fire: Not lit

Divine Rank: None

Divine Mark: None

Divine Traits: Environmental Adaptation, Gene Adjustment

Divinity: 1 point

Divine Power: 640 points

Faith Power: 65 million

Core Minions: Insect Tribe

Minion Count:

* Queen Ant: 1

* Piercing Spider: 4.1 million

* Poisonous Dragonfly: 900,000

* Logistic Spider-Ant: 1 million

* Scythe Cockroach: 1.4 million

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The insect units lost in this war totaled an astonishing 2.6 million.

Less than 100,000 poisonous dragonflies were lost, mostly concentrated in the attack on the enemy’s central town within the god domain.

The 900,000 piercing spiders lost were mainly during the direct confrontation with the elite wolfman forces at the god domain’s teleportation portal. Although the insect swarm had the upper hand, the piercing spiders’ relatively fragile bodies meant casualties were inevitable. Afterward, during the surprise attacks on scattered wolfmen, the losses of the piercing spiders decreased drastically.

The scythe cockroaches suffered the heaviest losses. Their more fragile bodies perished in the battle at the teleportation portal. Later, when they were tasked with hunting down fleeing wolfmen or assisting the piercing spiders in battle, their numbers continued to rise, ultimately leading to nearly 1.6 million deaths.

However, their high mobility and timely support played a huge role in the swarm’s swift progress. As support units, the scythe cockroaches perfectly fulfilled all the combat objectives William had assigned them.

In William’s mind, the scythe cockroaches’ contribution was the most outstanding. Under his command, their smooth mobility was demonstrated in the map model created by the poisonous dragonflies. This combat unit was incredibly useful, which was also why their death toll remained high later on.