Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 372 Instant Lock
A fluorescent green meteor attacking the ant nest.

Neferbitt had imagined this scene countless times in his mind.

She always believed that Moro's flying stars were an attack by the human side that posed a significant threat to the safety of the queen ant.

The flying star coming from high above was also within her defensive predictions.

The power had clearly increased, which made her slightly concerned.

However, just blocking it will suffice.

Just before that fluorescent green meteor got close!

Neferpitou's red pupils shrank to dangerous pinpoints in an instant, and he released the circle without hesitation.

The crimson Nen energy that had been spreading irregularly in all directions like an amoeba was instantly gathered back to her body surface.

boom!
Entering a state of 100% readiness for the battle, she stomped her feet hard on the ground, and the platform beneath her feet shattered with a crash.

Amidst the flying debris, he transformed into a ferocious crimson figure, brazenly facing the incoming fluorescent green star!
However, Neferbitt made a mistake.

A misjudgment based on experience.

She did indeed foresee the return of the flying star, and she keenly sensed that this time the flying star was more powerful than before.

But her understanding still led her to make the same choice.

That is to confront them directly with your body.

It can block it.

She was so certain.

This confidence is commensurate with her abilities.

As the future Ant King's direct bodyguard, she has the capital to back up this arrogance.

But she overlooked one thing.

A simple variable, yet powerful enough to influence the course of the battle.

She never imagined that the fluorescent green shooting star...

At the moment before the impact,
Split!

It burst into bloom like fireworks in broad daylight, instantly transforming into hundreds of slender yet even more dangerous streaks of light.

In Neferpitou's upward-looking red pupils, countless green dots of light were clearly reflected.

"It's split...!"

Her body remained in an upward, attacking posture, and her right hand, reaching forward, should have been far away from the ant nest, tearing apart the flying star containing life energy.

However, when that shooting star transformed into countless intersecting green trails, she was ultimately able to block only a small portion of them.

The remaining fluorescent green light passed by her and headed towards the ant nest below.

This is the price of misjudgment.

If that human's attack could split...

Why didn't you use it when you rescued your companion?
If only then, we could have used split-shot sniper rifles to bombard the ant nest.

This will surely allow her to return with all her might, thereby reducing the risk of rescuing her companions to zero.

It's not surprising that Nefertiti would have such doubts.

Because all of this was the future that Morrow had already envisioned in his mind when he decided to rescue Kate that night.

Whether it's using the flying stars to wear down Neferpitou's spirit, or using the split attack to launch a general offensive at this moment.

From the moment he said to Neferpitou, "I can afford to gamble, but what about you?"
That already outlines the contours of this moment.

What Moreo is doing now is simply adding color to that already finalized sketch.

High in the sky.

Neferbitt suddenly turned around.

Is it too late to salvage the situation?
No, at this moment, there is no need to think at all.

"The Puppeteer"

She suddenly curled up and turned around while flying at high speed, and crimson spiritual energy erupted beneath her feet, instantly manifesting the puppeteer's enormous body.

Then,

With his leg muscles bulging and exerting force, he kicked hard.

boom!
The puppeteer exploded, turning into countless fragments.

With the force of that kick, she tore through the sky like an inverted arrow, heading straight for the green meteor shower that was falling towards the ant nest.

This was Nefertiti's second mistake.

Driven by an almost instinctive panic for the queen ant's safety, she didn't even have time to think about "whether there's any way to salvage the situation."

In that instant, her only thought was to ensure the safety of the queen ant.

Therefore, they must return to the queen ant's side as quickly as possible.

The fundamental reason that prompted her to make such a decision.

It was because she was well aware that with the queen ant's defensive capabilities, not to mention a single green streak of light, even a broken rock fragment could take her life.

However, she was not the only defensive force inside the ant nest.

After misjudging the splitting mechanism of the flying star, what she should have done was to restart the release of "circle" and grasp the surrounding situation as soon as possible.

Just as the flying star split and fell, and Neferpitou retracted the circle.

The punitive expedition team, which had been poised for action, charged out from the four directions of east, west, south, and north like arrows released from a bow, heading straight for the ant nest.

Kate was also in the charge.

He looked up, watching the streaks of light about to bombard the anthill, and witnessed Neferpitou's reckless response.

"When I rescued you, I didn't use the Split Spell. On the one hand, I was worried about accidentally injuring the queen and causing the situation to get out of control. On the other hand, I wanted to save this crucial strike for when I really needed to be unpredictable."

"What I regret is that her mental strength is far beyond that of ordinary people. Even though I had intentionally made her aware of the threat of the remote attack on the ant nest, she remained on high alert for a long time, and her energy did not weaken at all."

Kate's mind raced through the words Morrow had spoken during the pre-war discussions.

And the reactions that Morrow had anticipated Neferpitou might make in the face of the attack all came to life at this moment.

Kate gained a deeper understanding of Morrow's prowess.

The chaotic situation Neferpitou created allowed the expeditionary force to easily advance towards the ant nest.

Just as the members of the expedition team looked over, the rain of psychic projectiles finally pierced through the towering ant nest built of dung and clay one by one.

Rumble!
The next instant, a deafening explosion resounded through the air.

The top of the nest, which was first hit by the psychic bullet, exploded with a deafening roar, and countless fragments mixed with smoke and dust shot upwards.

Immediately afterwards, a chain of explosions spread wildly downwards from the top.

The ant nest structure groaned under the relentless, intense shockwaves.

In an instant, large sections of the wall cracked and collapsed.

Debris rained down in all directions, and the intricate network of passageways inside the nest collapsed one after another.

Countless worker ants were caught in the blast wave and died instantly, or were buried in the collapsed passage in an instant, before they could even react.

Even lower-ranking soldiers who were on duty and taking a break would be killed instantly if they happened to be too close to the blast zone.

In other words, the army commanders and division commanders who have learned Nen will have sufficient defense to deal with the attack that penetrates into the ant nest and causes a dense explosion.

But the queen ant cannot do that.

Therefore, the moment the first splitting psychic bullet hit the ant nest, Yupi, who was guarding nearby, reacted immediately.

He is the only chimeric ant among his direct guards who is not a mixture of human genes, but rather a fusion of monster genes.

Perhaps for this reason, his wild intuition can sometimes outpace even the most advanced human thinking.

He wasted almost no time.

The moment danger approached the queen ant, the purest thought of being a protector arose.

"I am the shield"

A shield to protect the queen ant from all harm and threats.

So Yupi almost skipped the thinking stage, directly controlling his body, transforming his hands into wings, and rushing towards the queen ant at top speed.

He planned to use his wings to overlap and fold together, firmly protecting the queen ant inside.

But then something unexpected happened.

Just as Yupi was about to close his wings to protect the queen ant who was frightened by the explosion.

A soft sound, like a bubble bursting, suddenly came from mid-air not far from the queen ant.

Snapped.

The instant the sound appears and disappears.

The queen ant vanished into thin air, right before Yupi's eyes...

Pah.

The outstretched wings finally closed.
But it only protected a void of air.

Yupi was stunned.

He was momentarily unable to comprehend what had happened, nor could he process the sudden disappearance of the queen ant. Then the shockwave of the explosion spread, and countless clods of mud rained down on him.

A fierce expression suddenly appeared on Yupi's face.

Countless dark linear wrinkles suddenly covered his facial features, making him look ferocious and filled with murderous intent.

Although he didn't understand why the queen ant had disappeared, he didn't hesitate to blame it on the enemies attacking the ant nest.

at the same time.

The ant nest was on the verge of collapse under the intense bombardment.

Although Owlapf, who was also deep in the nest, trusted Yupi's strength, he still cared about the king inside the queen ant's belly.

Reason told him that what he should do now was to check the situation with Neferpitou, who was stationed outside.

However, his worries about the unborn ant king led him to take irrational actions.

He flew at top speed through the intricate passages, braving the collapsing walls and flying debris, striving to reach the queen ant as quickly as possible.

The explosions are still ongoing.

The entire ant colony resembled a giant powder keg ignited from the inside, trembling violently amidst a series of explosions.

The alarmed army commanders and division commanders also confirmed the fact that the enemy was attacking.

Out of loyalty to the queen ant, they immediately moved towards her location.

When the explosions finally stopped.

The entire ant nest was already on the verge of collapse, and more than half of its intricate internal passageways had already crumbled.

Neferpitou, who entered through the hole in the top of the collapsed anthill, and Owlapf, who was rushing towards the queen ant's location, both sensed Yupi's brutal killing intent at almost the same time.

At that moment, both Neferpitou and Shayapouf felt uneasy.

They dared not linger for even a moment in order to confirm the situation with their own eyes.

Soon, they approached from different directions and saw Yupi, who was exuding a strong killing intent.

"What happened? Where is the Queen?"

Xiao Yapuf asked first, his face full of eagerness.

Neferpitou was a step too slow and could only swallow his words, looking at Youpi with some nervousness.

Even now, the fact that she had seriously neglected her duties has given rise to an indescribable sense of anxiety in her heart.

"It disappeared, right before my eyes...it vanished into thin air."

In response to Xiao Yapu's question, Youpi quickly replied.

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly rushed to the wall and threw a punch.

Boom!

The concentrated force of the fist instantly pierced a large hole in the entire wall, yet it did not shake the structure of the ant nest in the slightest.

"The enemy must have used some kind of ability to move the Queen away!"

With a chilling murderous intent, Yupi turned his back to Neferpitou and Owl Yapf and uttered these words before leaping out of the cave.

The Queen... has suddenly disappeared?

Yapov immediately thought of the power of Nen.

Although he was also deeply troubled by the Queen's safety, he did not immediately conclude that it was the enemy's doing, unlike Yupi.

His basis is—

If the other side truly had the ability to bypass Yupi's vigilance, or even move the Queen in front of him, why would they go to such great lengths to launch an attack?
Despite this deduction by Kyoapf, the few seconds that Neferbitt retracted the "circle" at the crucial moment still cast a shadow of uncertainty over this conclusion.

Neferbitt was certainly aware of this as well.

Her anxiety and impatience stemming from her dereliction of duty intensified.

If it weren't for the need to penetrate the wall as quickly as possible to reach the queen ant, she should have actually restarted the "circle".

Despite regretting her previous decision, she wanted to verify Yupi's statement...

"round"

Neferbitt immediately released the circle.

The crimson, mist-like aura spread throughout the entire anthill in an instant, centered on her.

It only takes a second or two.

She was certain that the Queen was not inside the anthill.

"Neferbitt".

As the scales of Owlapf drifted toward Neferpitou, he knew the results of Madoka's investigation without even asking, based on his emotional reading. He immediately said expressionlessly, "Do you need me to tell you what to do next?"

"..."

Neferpitou didn't reply. Instead, he pushed off with his feet and ran towards the hole that Yupi had dug.

Without knowing who moved the Queen or whether she is currently safe.

The task is to control the humans attacking the anthill in order to determine whether the queen's sudden disappearance is related to them.

Xiao Yapuf watched Neferbitt leave the anthill.

He worried that Yupi might go too far and kill all the humans who were attacking the anthill.

Therefore, Neferpitou was needed to keep some people alive for intelligence interrogation.

"If it wasn't done by the enemy, then who was it?"

With a cold look in his eyes, Xiao Yapufu headed towards the top of the ant nest.

Simultaneously,

He also split off a group of fly-sized clones, urging them to mobilize existing division commanders, army commanders, and other combat forces throughout the anthill.

Outside the ant nest.

The moment Yupi leaped out of the hole, he saw two humans who had already rushed close to the ant nest.

These two humans are Morel and Showto.

Seeing this, Yupi did not hesitate at all, nor did he engage in the probing tactics common in Nen battles.

His shoulders directly throbbed, causing four slender arms with sharp claws to emerge.

This seems to be an ability inherent in the genes of Warcraft.

Yupi, now with four extra arms, fell from the sky and crashed to the ground like a cannonball.

Boom!

Smoke and dust billowed up.

Yupi's figure weaved through the dust and smoke, arriving in front of Mo Laowu and Xiutuo in the blink of an eye, his several arms sweeping across like whips.

Chi Chi!

Mo Laowu and Xiutuo were immediately cut in half at the waist, and the next moment they turned into white smoke and disappeared.

The real Mo Laowu and Xiu Tuo, who were hiding, were both shocked when they saw this scene.

This is absolutely—

A real monster!

But just then, another dark figure descended from the sky and landed steadily in front of Youpi.

The newcomer was none other than Moro, who had initially launched the attack on the ant nest from high above.

According to the battle plan, he should be responsible for containing Yupi.

So upon noticing Youpi's actions, he immediately landed to intercept him.

Yupi glanced at the dissipating white smoke before his attention was drawn to Morrow's arrival.

Swish, swish, swish...!
Without any hesitation, multiple whip-like arms, imbued with terrifying power, suddenly enveloped Morrow.
"That was so decisive... I didn't even have a chance to refuse."

Moro remained calm as his psychic power suddenly shattered, transforming into a sky full of starlight.

The whip's shadows, like a crisscrossing net, came crashing down.

He used his bio-mutated abilities to dodge repeatedly, and then dodge again...

His high-frequency attacks allowed him to quickly meet the requirements for the second stage of starlight condensation.

In an instant, the starlight transformed into golden chains, tightly binding Yupi's crimson, muscular body.

"Um!?"

Yupi was taken aback when he saw the golden chains that appeared out of nowhere.

next moment,
The golden chains shattered suddenly, faster than he could think.

Moro took the opportunity to retreat and quickly create distance.

Starred, instantly locked.

"What a vicious guy..."

"But Moro was incredibly fast!"

Mo Laowu and Xiutuo exchanged a glance.

(End of this chapter)