Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 366 Angry Ants
Zhou Leng continued, "Senior Brother's goal is to cultivate the powerful Taiqing Sea Robe, which will naturally form a strong protective ability."

"But I was only thinking about protecting myself. Due to my lack of experience, I neglected the Taiqing seasuit itself, which weakened its actual protective capabilities."

"This applies not only to the Taiqing Sea Robe, but also to many other cultivation techniques."

"In fact, when I practice ordinary cultivation techniques, there is nothing wrong with my cultivation method. It is as if I only see myself."

“But when cultivating the Starry Sky Technique, you need to change your perspective, like your senior brother, to see yourself and also see the world.”

Tyrannical Blood nodded slightly and said, "Your comprehension is exceptional, rarely seen in the world."

"Senior brother, you flatter me." Zhou Leng continued to ponder his insights from earlier.

Before long, the queen ant's wound began to close and slowly expelled the magic bottle.

Zhou Leng retrieved it; the demonized bottle was full, and he didn't know how many large vats it could hold.

The queen ant lowered her huge, blackish-red ant head, staring at the two people with her two large eyes, her antennae drooping limply.

Its enormous body looked pitiful.

"Let's go."

Tyrannical Blood strode forward, and Zhou Leng hurriedly followed.

Once the two figures disappeared from the cave entrance, all the giant ants breathed a sigh of relief.

The queen ant stared at the entrance of the hole, constantly hissing softly, like a wail, a complaint, or a curse.

The Blood of Tyranny departed first.

Outside the giant ant nest, Azure Flame, Lush Root, and the others watched as Tyrannical Blood's figure disappeared into the night. They rushed to the vicinity of the nest and shouted loudly.

"What happened?" Zhou Leng walked out of the cave unharmed.

Everyone was overjoyed.

"It's good that you're alive, hurry up and run!" Fearing the return of the tyrannical blood, everyone pulled and dragged each other away as they ran into the distance.

Zhou Leng asked, "Why the rush?"

No one would admit that they were too frightened by the tyrannical blood to enter the giant ant nest to rescue it.

Cang Fei Zhi Yan said, "If the things are gone, they're gone. Don't worry about it. Life is more important."

"The things were all taken by the Blood of Tyranny, weren't they? Not even the bark was lost," said Lush Roots.

"without……"

Lush Root interrupted, "This was my fault; I was too greedy. I shouldn't have coveted the giant ant nest at all; I should have at least waited for the Grandmaster."

"I suspect that the tyrannical blood was attracted by our poisonous smoke."

"It's been so long, the expert who lured away the giant ant army should be heading back by now. We can't linger, let's quickly venture deeper into the jungle."

Cangfeizhiyan said, "I have already used magic to erase the traces, so nothing will happen."

Zhou Leng said, "The harvest this time was very small, so it's really not my fault. As for the Flourishing Root, didn't your elders mention that the Queen Ant's body has the protective capabilities of a Grandmaster level?"

"Oh? No, that's not it. I was wondering why I felt like I was missing something, now I know!"

“I even used the Exploding Magic Ball, but it didn’t work,” Zhou Leng said.

"Don't be discouraged, it's normal. After all, she's a Grandmaster Ant Queen."

"Yeah, if you survive encountering the blood of tyranny, you can brag about it for the rest of your life."

Zhou Leng took out two enchanted bottles and said, "So besides the ant eggs, we only harvested one bottle of aphid honey and one bottle of brilliant juice."

Everyone stopped and stared at the two demonized bottles.

A bottle filled with golden honey.

In another bottle, light shimmered and shone, like fragments of a rainbow gathering together, with the light even shining through the bottle like a colored light bulb.

“You must have suffered a lot of injustices…” Cang Fei Zhi Yan looked at Zhou Leng with sympathy.

The four tree-people, including Lush Root, nodded repeatedly. To survive the tyrannical blood and leave behind treasures was something that ordinary people could not endure.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Leng possessed such great determination and perseverance.

Cang Fei Zhi Yan felt a lump in his throat as he recalled an ancient legend from Blue Star.

Goujian endured hardship and humiliation, while Han Xin suffered the disgrace of crawling between someone's legs...

Seeing their strange looks, Zhou Leng put away the magic bottle and said, "Hurry up and get going. We can't be discovered by the people who lured away the giant ant swarm."

"Yeah……"

The group sped away.

A team of ants headed straight for the giant ant nest.

The Mad Prince Aiden and the Lord of Shattered Candle City, Bright Candle Radiance, led dozens of Innate Realm cultivators, running or flying at high speed.

Emerald Wings followed far behind in the sky, constantly looking around.

"How could I have encountered the blood of tyranny!"

"Luckily, he was just passing by and glanced at me from afar. It gave me a fright. If he had come over, I would be dead."

"There's some idiot down there asking why it suddenly started raining. What a moron! That's precious dragon urine!"

"Trading a pee for a life, it's totally worth it!"

"This Aiden is toxic. First, he caused the giant ant swarm, then he encountered the Blood of Tyranny. I need to find a way to get away from this ominous person. The Troupe family members are all unreliable."

"I'll die at his hands sooner or later!"

Emerald Wings gazed at Aiden's retreating figure running below, squinting as she pondered.

Aiden, looking at the giant ant nest getting closer and closer, said worriedly, "Do you think the Blood of Tyranny might pass by the giant ant nest and take the Brilliant Sap?"

“Not at all. I think the aura of the Blood of Tyranny has already surpassed that of a Grandmaster and is approaching the realm of a Martial Saint,” said Bright Candlelight.

“It’s not that serious. Even a Martial Saint would take the Brilliant Juice if he saw it. It’s delicious and precious. Besides, even a Martial Saint would find it difficult to obtain Brilliant Juice at the Martial Saint level; he could only get the Grandmaster level,” Aiden said.

"Don't scare yourself. Maybe he didn't even see the Blood of Tyranny. Besides, he's at a crucial stage in his advancement to Martial Saint, which makes him more prone to instability in his cultivation level and he might not dare to fight recklessly... Hmm? Why is the giant ant nest smoking? Is it on fire or poison gas?"

The group exchanged glances, their faces dark, inwardly cursing the tyrannical blood.

Stealing the glittering sap is one thing, but setting fire to the giant ant nest is quite another.

There should still be a chance.

"Yes, go and have a look."

The innate beings sped towards the giant ant nest, breathing a sigh of relief. "It's just a thin layer of poisonous smoke, not a fire. There's still a chance. Let's go!"

Many innate beings rushed in, while the Emerald Wings slowly flew in mid-air, circling the giant ant nest, never entering.

Aiden and the other innate beings, along with the giant insect translator, rushed into the Queen Ant's Hall, only to find it in complete disarray, which chilled them to the bone.

Seeing that the queen ant was still alive, he felt a sense of relief.

Aiden immediately translated to the giant ant: "Tell the queen that we are not here to fight to the death. We only want half of the Brilliant Juice, and nothing else."

The giant cicada that had accompanied the group loudly relayed Aiden's words, its voice shrill and seemingly carrying the heat of summer.

After the giant cicada finished speaking, all the giant ants in the queen's hall turned red-eyed.

The queen ant, who was already severely weakened, suddenly had bloodshot eyes.

Bullying ants is too much!

"I want you all dead!" the queen ant roared in anguish.

It had little of the shimmering fluid left in its belly, but it could move.

The queen ant, like a train, suddenly accelerated and crashed into Aiden and the Candlelight's ranks.

The giant cicada, translating, flaps its wings and runs first.

"Retreat!" Aiden and Brightlight were terrified when they saw the train-like queen ant charging towards them, and they ran for their lives.

Aiden was a Great Innate, and Mingzhu Zhihui was a Bone Forging Innate. They were both quite strong in the group. Ignoring the other Innates, they pushed past everyone and rushed into the passage.

Seeing that their leader had fled, the higher-level Innate Realm cultivators pushed aside the ordinary Innate Realm cultivators and rushed to escape first.

An ordinary innate being is generally not very strong, and what he was up against was a Grandmaster Ant Queen.

The berserk Grandmaster Ant Queen.

Rumble…

The queen ant rushed past like a large truck.

Some of them were born as mud, plastered on the wall.

Some are born as meat patties.

The unluckiest one had part of its body smashed apart, fell to the ground, its body mangled, unable to live or die, and could only watch helplessly as the angry giant ants rushed up and devoured it.

The queen ant rampages through the giant ant nest.

The giant ant nest roared and collapsed.

The Emerald Wings high in the sky paused for a moment, even forgetting to flap its wings.

Upon seeing the Queen Ant's enormous body charge out, Emerald Wings' magic flashed, instantly teleporting hundreds of meters away before fleeing like a shooting star.

"Kill them all! Kill them all! All humans deserve to die!"

The queen ant roared to the sky, and the retreating giant ant army went berserk, burning their life force to accelerate their return to the nest and rush towards Aiden and the others.

Seeing the large number of Xiantian's subordinates killed in action, Aiden, Mingzhuzhihui, and the others finally couldn't help but curse under their breath.

"You son of a bitch! What on earth happened?"

"Now that I think about it, something's not right. Why is the queen ant's abdomen flat? Someone must have taken away the Brilliant Juice beforehand."

Mingzhu Zhihui cursed, "Damn it... that guy."

The flesh-and-blood chariot glared angrily and roared, "It must be... the esteemed Tyrannical Blood Lord who took the Brilliant Juice! The Queen Ant didn't dare to retaliate, so she could only take it out on us! We failed to kill Zhou Leng, and we missed the Brilliant Insect Juice too. What bad luck!"

"Damn queen ant!"

After a long escape, the group finally fled the territory of the giant ant nest.

Aiden sighed, "Forget it, let's just pretend we never went to the giant ant nest. Let's continue looking for ancient tree fossils."

"There have been rumors of fossilized ancient trees appearing in four places recently. Let's find one where there are fewer giant insects..."

"I heard that Lord Tianhuoshi is preparing to go to the Flute Forest, and the Demon Worship Cult Headquarters will also follow him."

“The calamity is at hand… Let’s go take a look,” Aiden said.

South of the Flute Forest.

Shen Jun and Rao Mingxian led the Demon Worship Cult team out of the Tree Man Base and traveled day and night to reach their designated location.

Lady Xiyan led the Dragon Kingdom's Demon Worship Cult to set up camp here.

The two reported to Madam Xiyan what they had seen and heard at the Tree Man Base.

After letting Shen Jun leave, Madam Xiyan looked at Rao Mingxian and asked, "Did you attack Zhou Leng at the Tree Man Base?"

Rao Mingxian sighed and said, "Reporting to Madam, his strength has improved too quickly. I only tested him once before I had to flee."

"Zhang Xiaoxiao and Zhou Leng know each other too?" Madam Xiyan asked calmly.

Rao Mingxian felt a chill run down his spine. He hadn't expected that Madam Xiyan knew everything. He could only say, "The two of them are neighbors."

After thinking for a moment, Madam Xiyan said, "Go find Gong Futing and ask him to guide you. The two of you should join forces to kill Zhou Leng."

"Yes."

"Does Zhou Leng care a lot about Zhang Xiaoxiao?" Madam Xiyan asked again.

"Zhang Xiaoxiao's grandmother once helped Zhou Leng."

"Oh, then find a way to kill Zhang Xiaoxiao."

“But Zhang Xiaoxiao has the Hand of the Headless God, the one he used to kill Zhao Tong,” Rao Mingxian said.

"Scared?"

"To be honest, I am no match for her."

"Then poison us, use any means necessary, any schemes, any tricks. If you can't even do that right, you're useless!" Madam Xiyan's voice was icy.

Rao Mingxian's face flushed red, but he dared not refute her. Madam Xiyan usually appeared kind and gentle, but her methods were extremely ruthless.

Having joined the Demon Worship Cult for only three or four months, he witnessed Lady Xiyan kill seven members of the Demon Worship Cult.

"Go find Gong Futing and also tell him that the Heavenly Calamity Envoy's orders are more important than finding the 'Six Scrolls of Dongjun'."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)