In a hidden cave 100 meters underground, a new Zerg Nest was slowly being nurtured.
The remaining 23,000 insects were sent out by Bliss in batches, risking being annihilated by the elves and rushing to the surface to plunder for food. Although they brought back a lot of jungle creatures, their own losses were not small. Almost every day, they would lose one to two thousand insect soldiers.
At this rate, Bliss would be out of insects in less than 10 days!
He kept the remaining six demonic mantises with him at all times, which allowed him to preserve the foundation of some high-level battle insects. At the edge of the west coast, some scattered insect armies and demonic mantises were hiding in various corners of the Illusory Forest.
Once this place was lost, even if Bliss' main body was killed by the elves, he could use the monarch insect hidden in another insect army to resurrect. However, the price to pay for such a resurrection was too great, and it was very likely that his strength would fall back to the initial stage of grade 1.
Hence, unless it was necessary, he was not willing to use this method to escape the enemy's encirclement!
After trying for a few days, Bliss had already given up on asking for help from Madam Mary. It was because of his rash action of asking for help that the Vengeance Spear used the weak elemental undulations to track his tracks.
In that battle, he was even forced to give up his 10,000 insect army to act as bait to lure the enemy away.
Unfortunately, the Illusory Forest was the home of the forest elves, after all.
Here, the slightest movement or trace would attract the attention of the elves. Hence, Bliss's arduous escape was destined to be bumpy, and he was almost caught by the grade 3 elf in his temporary residence a few times.
After playing a game of cat and mouse with the Vengeance Spear Ai Jiaye for more than 6,000 kilometers, Bliss had yet to officially meet her. Even so, his insect army had fallen from its peak of 170,000 to the current 20,000, and the intermediate grade 1 demonic mantises had also fallen from 27 to 6.
The bitterness and tears of blood and tears were difficult to understand and experience for those who were not personally involved!
Here at the foot of this strange Eagle Nest Mountain, although Bliss did not leave his house, he could still roughly understand the situation outside through the hidden eye insects.
It could be seen that his previous unscrupulous actions had completely enraged those elves. Every day, the elven aerial cavalry patrolling the vicinity of the Eagle Nest Mountain never stopped. Within the forest, it was guarded by the Elves' flying scouts and Druids disguised as small animals, just like an impenetrable fortress.
Without enough blood and flesh, it would be difficult to breed an endless stream of insect armies. Without high-quality flesh and blood, it would be difficult to breed powerful insects. However, at this moment, they were completely surrounded by enemies, and any insect swarms that were sent out on the ground would not be able to return. However, the Insect Witch Bliss still did not give up hope of escaping.
Taking advantage of the gap before the elves' encirclement closed, Blitz sent out a large number of insect armies to snatch back some blood food. Blitz used the food and the sacrifice of some ordinary insects to nurture a group of strange insects with special abilities in the new worm nest — the Ankhegs.
This was a strange worm that looked like a large earthworm. Its body was twelve meters long, and its front end was densely packed with countless concentric sharp teeth. These sharp teeth extended all the way to its pitch-black body. They were its basic tools for gnawing and crushing everything.
The Ankhegs did not mind meat or cold. As long as it could absorb organic matter, its terrifying stomach could crush and digest it.
Under Blitz's command, although the insect swarms also had the ability to burrow into the ground, their evolved body structure was still mainly for tearing and gnawing on flesh and blood. Using them to burrow underground would not only cause a huge commotion, but it would also be shockingly slow.
Hence, in order to dig a way out, Blitz had no choice but to sacrifice a little of the insect swarms, using their flesh and shells to breed these special Ankhegs.
When the first Ankheg broke out of the nest and appeared in front of Blitz, the excitement in his heart was no less than when he successfully became an Insect Witch. Unfortunately, before he could take a closer look at the Ankheg, more than a dozen insects were killed in one of the insect tunnels half a mile away.
The Insect Witch Bliss sighed helplessly, before gritting his teeth and laughing sinisterly.
These days, the Druids had become bolder and bolder. They entered the underground maze again and again, searching for traces of Blitz in the twisting and turning insect tunnels and underground cracks.
Some of them were Rank 1 Druids, and some of them were Rank 1 Druids. As long as Blitz sent out the remaining six demonized mantises, they would be able to teach the Druids an unforgettable lesson in such a confined space.
However, many Druid squads had a few Grade 2 Druids hidden in them.
If the demonized mantises encountered them, the chances of them escaping were less than 30%.
Hence, every time the Druids killed the insect soldiers in the periphery, it was Blitz's turn to hesitate. He did not know if he should send the demonized mantises to encircle them.
This kind of suffering was tormenting him almost every single day, every single moment!
In previous battles, Blitz could only reluctantly give up on counterattacking whenever he encountered an unknown enemy. The main reason was that he was worried about his future. He had to have a Combat Soldier that could protect him.
Now that he had the Ankhegs and had a chance to escape, Blitz's mentality underwent a huge change. Blitz was now in a state where he could advance and retreat at will. Blitz also had the intention to have a good time with his enemies.
Hence, the insect army that had been on the defensive for the past few days once again swarmed into the tunnels and insect tunnels, attacking the Druid combat teams from all directions.
As the intensity of the battle increased, some unclear information began to pour into Blitz's mind like raindrops. When the entire underground labyrinth's battle situation was presented in front of him, he quickly chose an opponent for himself.
It was a combat team made up of three Grade 1 Druids.
One of them transformed into a ten-meter-long python and was responsible for scouting and opening up a path. As for the other two, one of them transformed into a giant gopher and sniffed the air in the tunnels with its sharp nose, while the other transformed into a toad with goosebumps all over its body. It lay on the python's body and observed the surroundings with its large eye sockets.
Along the way, the rancid stench of the underground tunnels annoyed the three Druids to no end. Although they had taken on the appearance of magical beasts and possessed the might of magical beasts, they were still humans in their hearts.
Therefore, they could only endure the vile and filthy environment underground, but they could not enjoy it!
The three of them formed a team. The python was adept at sensing the slight tremors of the ground, the flash rat could sniff out strange auras, and the poison dart frog had excellent senses for movement. They complemented each other and worked well together.
They silently searched for the forks and directions of the tunnels before them while using nature spells to leave special magical marks along the way. Because of their continuous advancement, the underground maze that was dug out by the swarm of insects at the foot of the Eagle Nest Mountain had been illuminated.
Perhaps in less than two days, they would be able to completely explore the complicated underground maze that was filled with forks, insect tunnels, and branching tunnels. By then, the entire underground maze would be filled with magical marks, and it would be difficult for the insects to use the darkness and chaos to move around.
As long as they could detect the presence of the Insect Witch, the detestable fellow would not be able to escape with the help of a few Grade 2 Druid Masters!
…
The dark, deep, and narrow tunnels stretched out in front of them.
It was pitch black. Without night vision, the creatures on the surface would not be able to see anything here.
The tunnels were not more than a meter wide. If the Elven Archers were to come down here, they would probably have to crawl forward with a miserable expression. If it were the Elven Warriors who were good with dual blades, they might not even be able to draw their blades, let alone fight.
Hence, when it came to adapting to the battlefield, the Druids were much more suitable than other combat occupations.
"No … We seem to be surrounded by enemies!"
A giant python in the lead suddenly stopped moving. It used its sharp senses to detect the familiar rustling sounds coming from all the insect tunnels and tunnels within a radius of half a mile.
It was as if, possibly, as if, a large number of insect armies were surging towards their location through the winding tunnels from all directions. Ever since the swarm suffered a few heavy blows, it was rare to see such a large swarm of insects ambushing them.
"Why don't we retreat first and report the movement of the swarm?" The Flash Rat raised its body, and a human-like expression of hesitation appeared on its furry gray face.
There were a total of 11 Druid teams searching for the Insect Witch underground, and only five of them had Grade 2 Druid Masters. Unfortunately, their team didn't have such a thing!
Hence, when the Flash Rat sensed the movements of the swarm in the distance, it could not help but cower in fear.
After all, the combat power that they could unleash was limited in this narrow and enclosed space. They could not cast any powerful nature spells, or the mud and gravel that fell down would be enough to kill them.
"If we retreat rashly, the insects will definitely take the opportunity to destroy the marks we left behind. Our whole day's work would have been in vain. We might as well not advance or retreat. Thor, go to the right fork. There's a stone hall 30 meters away from us. It's not big, but it's enough for us to fight inside. I've already sent out a request for help. As long as we stay here for a while, the surrounding teams will definitely come to support us … "In the end, it was the most experienced poison dart frog that made the final decision.
The team of three did not hesitate.
The Flash Rat and poison dart frog pounced on the giant python's body, and quickly slithered forward along the pitch-black tunnel under its weight. When the three-way fork suddenly appeared, it rushed straight into the rightmost tunnel.
It was almost a body's length away from them. Dense rustling sounds came from afar, and a dense swarm of insects rushed out from all the tunnels and forks. Without hesitation, they followed the giant python into the tunnel on the right.
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