nownovels Chapter 132 Miss Ant Queen, come out and greet the guests!
Chapter 132 Miss Ant Queen, come out and greet the guests!
Chapter 132 Miss Ant Queen, come out and greet the guests!
Ark continued to beat the frog drum, while simultaneously directing the skeleton army to surround the three anthill entrances, like a hunter waiting for prey to run into a trap.
Suddenly, a series of rustling and noisy sounds came from the dark cave entrance.
It seemed as if something was rushing out.
The rustling sound grew more and more intense. Suddenly, a slender leg emerged from the hole first, followed by a ferocious ant rushing out.
At first glance, Fangzhou thought this ferocious ant looked like an ordinary ant magnified dozens of times, and it wasn't as fierce as the previous Iron-jawed Soldier Ant and Acid-poison Soldier Ant.
The monster encyclopedia in his mind flipped rapidly, and he immediately realized what was happening.
These are ferocious worker ants!
Worker ants are responsible for building and expanding the nest in the colony, as well as gathering food, feeding larvae and the queen, and so on.
In terms of combat power, they are absolutely no match for soldier ants.
Fang Zhou's eyes narrowed, and he immediately noticed an important piece of information.
Faced with immense temptation, the worker ants, not the soldier ants, were the first to rush out of the anthill.
This can only mean that the soldier ants in this anthill had already swarmed out after being lured out.
It seems that what's left inside are mostly elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people with low combat effectiveness.
Realizing this, Fang Zhou relaxed slightly, but continued to beat the frog drum in his hand.
Regardless, lure out all the ferocious ants that can be lured out first, in case we encounter danger when we go deeper into the anthill.
After the first ferocious worker ant appeared, the second and third of these ants followed in quick succession, appearing like a flowing river.
But the army of skeletons surrounding the entrance to the anthill had been eagerly waiting for a long time.
Even the carapace of the Ironjaw Soldier Ants couldn't withstand the claws of these Skulls, let alone these Squad Worker Ants who were completely unskilled in combat.
A gust of wind swept by, and a figure in crimson and white flashed by, its blinding cold light tearing through the carapace.
With a sizzling sound, the head of a ferocious worker ant was swept away, and thick blood suddenly splattered out.
His entire body trembled uncontrollably, and his slender, powerful legs suddenly went weak.
The entire ferocious worker ant collapsed to the ground, struggling and twitching slightly, before becoming motionless a few seconds later.
With the first ferocious worker ant dying under the claws of the skull, a killing spree officially began.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Within the ore vein, the sharp sound of something piercing through the carapace echoed continuously.
Even with the relentless surge of ferocious worker ants emerging from the nest, they couldn't keep up with the rate at which they were slaughtered.
Hunting points +0.5.
Hunting points +0.4.
The hunting recorder kept sending kill notifications, but Fangzhou remained calm, continuing to tap the frog drum at his own unhurried pace.
The army of skeletons, enhanced by the [Dominate Skeleton] skill and now at the mid-level Apprentice rank, can easily kill the ferocious worker ants, who are only at the lower-level Apprentice rank and have weak bodies, just like a strong man can easily kill a three- or four-year-old child with a single move.
Most importantly, skeletons are not living beings, so they have no physical limitations, they don't get tired or hungry, and they can fight like a perpetual motion machine.
Thick blood splattered in bursts, rising and falling like waves, filling the air with a strong, sour stench.
In a short period of time, dozens of ferocious worker ants have been killed.
Their corpses lay limp and sprawled on the ground, their blood thick and sticky like glue, forming a swamp-like mass.
Ferocious worker ants kept pouring out of the nest entrance, followed by several sharp claws striking down, killing them instantly.
It can only be said that the triple bait set up by the Ark was too tempting, luring these ferocious worker ants, who had no intelligence whatsoever, to come one after another, dying in batches only to be replaced by another.
At first, Ark kept track of how many skeletons the army had killed, but later things got messed up, and he simply stopped counting. Looking at the corpses scattered haphazardly on the ground, he estimated there were close to two hundred.
After a long while, another ferocious worker ant was torn apart by the skull's claws, but nothing else emerged from the hole.
Fangzhou continued to beat the frog drum and poured some more bait into the anthill, but there was still no response.
A few minutes later, he stopped and let out a soft breath.
With hundreds of ferocious soldier ants and two hundred ferocious worker ants, there should be no soldiers left to fight in this mine ant nest.
Looking at the dark entrance to the anthill before him, Fang Zhou felt a sense of awe.
Even the tiny ants before they mutated, the size of a grain of rice, had nests larger than a basketball.
And now, how terrifyingly large will the nests of these ferocious ants, whose size is similar to that of kobolds after being corrupted, become?
Just thinking about that complex spiral structure and densely packed holes filled Ark with curiosity.
Shaking his head to clear his mind, Fang Zhou gripped his staff in one hand and held the [Heroic Spirit Banner] in the other, preparing to command his blood-soaked skeleton army to slowly swarm into the anthill, when a whooshing sound came from the dim sky.
Fangzhou frowned, stepped back behind the skull, and looked up in the direction of the sound.
It's that familiar silver Pegasus!
He breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the elegant silver Pegasus carrying Instructor Wang Tao slowly descend into the mine.
thump!
Instructor Wang Tao dismounted and quickly walked to Fang Zhou.
Looking at the mine vein littered with the corpses of worker ants, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Fang Zhou, did you wipe out this entire colony of ferocious ants in one fell swoop?"
Fang Zhou smiled modestly and said, "There should still be a queen ant hiding deep in the anthill. I was just about to go and get rid of it."
Wang Tao nodded slightly, glanced around at the messy mine veins, and asked, "Besides General Ning Feihu's battle flag,..."
Did you discover anything else?
Upon hearing this, Fang Zhou raised the [Heroic Spirit Battle Banner] in his hand and said solemnly to Instructor Wang Tao, "Instructor Wang, I sensed a kind of guidance from this battle banner. It seems that there is something closely related to General Ning Feihu in the ant nest."
Wang Tao had come specifically to search for the location where Ning Feihu had sacrificed himself, and upon hearing this, his expression immediately turned serious.
He reached out and took the [Heroic Spirit Banner], trying to sense it for a while, but found nothing.
However, Wang Tao had to take seriously the judgments made by a genius like Fang Zhou.
He returned the battle flag to Fangzhou, patted Fangzhou on the shoulder, and encouraged him, "Then let's go. I'll accompany you to explore this anthill. Hopefully, we can find something."
After glancing at Fangzhou's hunting recorder, Wang Tao reminded him, "I'm only responsible for handling emergencies related to General Ning. If you encounter other monsters in the anthill, Fangzhou, you'll still have to deal with them yourself."
With Instructor Wang Tao, a Silver-rank expert, accompanying him, Fang Zhou felt even more confident.
He nodded and commanded the skeleton army to enter the anthill.
The balance of power has shifted! Miss Ant Queen, come out and greet the guests!