For three whole days, Yue Yang had been training with Ye Kong and the others in the Ant Hole. They did not return to the camp.
Yue Yang's goal was not to look for Fire Red Ant Eggs like the mercenaries, but to train his beasts and the team's tacit understanding. Yue Yang did not summon his beasts to fight. His main goal was to protect everyone secretly. At the same time, when Ye Kong, Fatty Hai and the others were fighting, Yue Yang secretly trained his Yin Yang Twin Fish's [Spherical Beheader] in order to achieve a greater breakthrough.
On the first day, Yue Bing worked together with Ye Kong, Fatty Hai and the Li Brothers. However, Yue Yang saw that her Hundred Years Old Treant Defender was too strong. On the second day, he brought her to a place a hundred metres away from Ye Kong and the others, leaving Ye Kong, Fatty Hai and the Li Brothers to train in two separate groups.
Ye Kong had the Herculean Rhinoceros Beetle, which had an extremely strong defense, and the King Kong Demon Ape, which had an extremely strong attack, making him the strongest in the group.
He had improved a lot, but it was a pity that the King Kong Demon Ape and the Herculean Rhinoceros Beetle were still young beasts. They had not been able to unleash the full power of their beasts, otherwise their strength would be even more impressive.
Fatty Hai changed his previous laziness and followed Yue Yang's special training plan, focusing on training the Iron-skinned Rhinoceros that he did not really like.
Yue Yang knew that Fatty Hai's potential was actually not bad.
It was because he was usually too lazy, gluttonous and cowardly, that he became this cowardly. If Fatty Hai could grit his teeth and train hard, he would still be able to have some achievements.
Under Yue Yang's casual pointers, the Li Brothers, who usually didn't like to talk and were unknown to the public, had also improved significantly in their combat skills.
They were not very talented, but they were very hardworking.
Hard work can make up for one's lack of talent.
However, not long after they split up, their Wind Wolves were surrounded and attacked a Crimson Fire Soldier Ant. Due to a mistake in their control, the Wind Wolves were burned to death by the Crimson Fire Soldier Ant. There was always a limit to the amount of time that they could summon their beasts. In order to quickly improve themselves and not be a burden to Yue Yang, Ye Kong and the others trained hard every day. Whenever they came across a Fire Red Ant that was wandering around looking for food, they would take the initiative to attack it. Under extreme exhaustion, they could still barely hold on, but the two Wind Wolves could not hold on and died in battle … In three days, Ye Kong and the others had already killed seven Fire Red Ants, including a Giant Fire Red Ant that was more than eight metres in size.
Yue Bing killed six Fire Red Ants on her own, and she did it with ease.
With Yue Yang's guidance and her own understanding, she became more and more adept at controlling the Hundred Year Old Treant Defender.
"Golden Ant Eggs, we found Golden Ant Eggs, but they were discovered by the Ant Guards. An Ant Tide broke out in the Ant Nest, and a hundred mercenaries were surrounded. Help! I hope that our friends who are in the Ant Hole can come and help us. The Alliance Beast Store has promised that all those who come to our rescue will receive at least one gold, and will be rewarded according to their contributions. I hope that our friends can quickly come to the Ant Nest in the second underground floor and lend us a helping hand. "From the depths of the Ant Hole, a cry for help was emitted using a 'SOS Scroll'.
The entire cave was filled with echoes.
This kind of SOS Scroll was the lowest level of SOS Scroll. It was usually used by mercenaries. Its range of transmission was not big, only around five kilometres. Furthermore, using sound waves to call for help could easily expose one's location and attract even more enemies, putting the person calling for help in greater danger. It was usually not used by the army.
However, in the Despair Abyss, it was commonly used.
This was because the monsters here mainly relied on their sense of smell and heat to explore. Using sound to call for help was not sensitive to it, and would not come looking for it.
Another point was that the terrain here was very complicated. There were many caves, pits, cliffs and these kinds of low valleys and depressions. Hence, using sound to call for help was more effective than using fireworks or strong lights.
"Bing Er, let's go."
When Yue Yang heard about the outbreak of the Ant Tide, he hurriedly brought Yue Bing to meet up with Ye Kong and the others, preparing to leave.
The outbreak of the Ant Tide was extremely terrifying.
A single Fire Red Ant nest would probably have tens of thousands of ants. In the Ant Hole, just the Fire Red Ant nests that were marked on the map alone numbered close to a hundred. There were probably even more that were not recorded. There were countless Fire Red Ants in the entire Ant Hole. Normally, they would go berserk when an intruder killed a new Ant Queen or broke a large number of ant eggs. Once such a thing happened, all the ants would go berserk. All the Fire Red Ants in the nest would come out in full force and crawl around, killing all the intruders.
This was because all of the Fire Red Ants originated from a single Primitive Ant Queen. For thousands of years, the number of Fire Red Ant Queens kept increasing, resulting in the Ant Hole today.
However, in reality, they were all mother and daughter or sisters. They had the same inheritance, hence they were able to live together peacefully.
If they were to face an enemy, they would fight with all their might regardless of their tribe.
Facing the tide-like Ant Tide and the terrain of the Ant Hole, not to mention normal mercenaries, even a Level 6 [Elder] might not be able to escape alive.
"Quick, quick Fatty!"
Ye Kong and the others had already run over. The Ant Tide was definitely not a joke.
Although the Golden Ant Eggs were a huge temptation, but compared to the Golden Ant Eggs and their lives, everyone would still choose to save their own lives. Yue Yang and the others did not go deep into the Ant Hole in the first place. In just a few minutes, they had already run out. However, when they came out of the Ant Hole, many mercenaries wielding their weapons and bringing along their beasts rushed into the Ant Hole.
The saying that humans die in pursuit of wealth and birds die in pursuit of food was the best proof at this moment.
Most of the mercenaries stayed outside the Ant Hole to watch.
They were not willing to enter the Ant Hole to throw away their lives, but they were concerned about the development of the situation.
"Brother, why don't you go in and take a look? We will stay outside. Don't worry, nothing will happen to us." Yue Bing hoped that Yue Yang could do things without restraint and not only care about himself. After such a long period of training, she had already understood her brother's powerful abilities. She had also developed a great trust in her brother. Furthermore, she knew that her brother was not a reckless person. If he went in, even if he couldn't get that Golden Ant Egg, he would at least be able to return safely. The little girl thought that her brother had a set of super strong combat skills, and also had the help of the Bloody Queen and the Barbarian Cow Shadow. It shouldn't be a problem for him to go in and out of the Ant Hole freely.
"We will be fine." Ye Kong also nodded towards Yue Yang. He also hoped that Yue Yang would be able to improve as much as possible. After all, he was everyone's leader. No matter when, Yue Yang had to be the one who improved the fastest in the group. Now, this was the best opportunity for him to do so, so of course he would encourage him to go in.
"If the Ant Tide surges out, we will retreat to the settlement camp and wait for you." This was the first time in his life that Fatty Hai said something that was not nonsense.
"I will be back very soon." Yue Yang really wanted to see what the deeper parts of the Ant Hole looked like.
Yue Yang left Hui Tai Lang behind. On one hand, it could protect Yue Bing. On the other hand, Hui Tai Lang wouldn't be of much use in front of the Ant Tide.
When the mercenaries went deeper into the Ant Hole, they would often bring back all kinds of ores. Yue Yang also discovered that the deeper they went, the weirder the plants were. Many of the fungi were even precious medicinal herbs. In these three days, Yue Yang had collected at least more than ten kinds of medicinal mushrooms that couldn't be found anywhere else.
Yue Yang didn't have high hopes for the Golden Ant Egg. This was because the mercenaries who obtained the Golden Ant Egg would probably use a teleportation scroll to leave immediately. It was impossible for them to stay down there.
They only said that to attract more people to save them.
If it wasn't for the mercenaries stealing the Golden Ant Egg, the Ant Colony wouldn't have gone crazy, and there wouldn't have been an Ant Tide.
Yue Yang's main goal was to explore the deeper parts of the Ant Hole and see if there were any precious medicinal herbs. According to the plant-type knowledge that Grandma Wu Teng had imparted to him, Yue Yang was preparing to concoct a pill that could allow plant-type beasts to rank up. He wanted to give it to Yue Bing's hundred-man Treant Defender to test its effects … This' Green Spirit Pill 'required seventy-two kinds of medicinal herbs. Among them, five of them were fungi. Yue Yang had only found three of them so far, he was still missing two … The Ant Tide wasn't much of a threat to Yue Yang who had the Nature's Heart that could conceal his presence. The Fire Red Ants mainly used their smell to discover their enemies. In front of them, Yue Yang was like an invisible man. Unless they used their antennae to touch Yue Yang's body, even if they walked past him, the chances of him being discovered wouldn't be high.
Chasing after a large group of mercenaries, Yue Yang ran through the winding Ant Hole for more than ten minutes.
Suddenly, the area in front of him became clear.
A huge cave that was ten times bigger than a football field appeared in front of him.
The mercenaries squeezed at the entrance of the cave, not daring to go out. This was because, regardless of whether it was the ground or the ceiling, they were all densely packed with Fire Red Ants. From the looks of it, there were more than ten thousand of them.
Not to mention normal mercenaries, even Yue Yang couldn't help but feel his scalp go numb when he saw this.
If there were a lot of ants, it would be very scary.
Furthermore, in this Soaring Dragon Continent, the weakest creatures were really not ants … These Fire Red Ants were Level 3 creatures when they hatched. The even bigger Ant Soldiers were Level 4 creatures. There was also a type of Ant Queen's Guard that could spit out a long pillar of fire that was Level 5.
Although they weren't Elite-ranked creatures, when there were a lot of them, their battle power would still be hard to match.
If they forcefully started a war and brought tens of thousands of troops here, they would probably be completely annihilated and become the Fire Red Ants' food.
"Spray Ant Water, these Fire Red Ants are idiots. They will mistake us for their own kind and won't discover us!" A brave mercenary leader took out Ant Water and sprayed it all over his body, bringing his most desperate members to take the risk and enter. Their goal was not money, but the Golden Ant Eggs.
"Those who have flying-type beasts, follow me!" Some people had already thought of a way, which was to use flying-type beasts to carry them forward.
"Those who don't want to move, move aside. Cowards, watch me count my money!" An especially bold mercenary pushed his way through the crowd, brandishing his axe as he jumped out of the Ant Passage and charged into the swarm of ants. They sprayed Insect Repellent Water on their bodies. Not to mention the Fire Red Ants, many other insect-type creatures hated this kind of unpleasant smell. Under normal circumstances, they would purposely avoid it, unwilling to attack these smelly people.
There was not only one Ant Passage on Yue Yang's side, there were more than ten of them. Countless mercenaries who were willing to risk their lives for money came out one after another, causing a commotion among the Fire Red Ants.
From time to time, there would be mercenaries who were mistakenly identified by the Fire Red Ants and killed on the spot. However, there were even more people who were deceived by the Ant Water, Insect Repellent Water and other sprays.
Yue Yang soundlessly came out of the crowd and chased closely behind these fugitives.
After passing through another underground Ant Passage, he arrived at another nest that was even bigger than the previous one. He discovered that there were even more Fire Red Ants here. There were more than ten thousand Fire Red Ants crawling around crazily, looking for enemies everywhere. There were also giant Ant Guards that spat out long pillars of fire, dancing chaotically in the sky. The Fire Red Ants stacked on top of each other as they crawled on the ground, looking for the intruder who had stolen the Golden Ant Eggs … Almost a hundred mercenaries were standing on a small platform on the mountain wall with their teeth trembling. They sprayed a large amount of Insect Repellent Water around the platform and raised their torches, barely protecting themselves as they guarded the platform.
However, they reckoned that they would not be able to hold on for long. Once the smell of the Insect Repellent Water dissipated, they would definitely be torn to shreds by the ant swarm.
The densely packed ant swarm circled around them crazily. Although the Fire Red Ants did not have any intelligence, their natural instincts would not give up their search easily. They kept searching for the intruder who had 'disappeared'.
"Brothers, for the sake of money, give up your lives! Charge! "Actually, most of the mercenaries were not here for the money, but for the Golden Ant Eggs.
Some of them were prepared to kill the mercenaries on the platform and take the Golden Ant Eggs for themselves.
Rescue?
What they were doing now was to pretend to rescue them, then lure the ant swarm over and kill the mercenaries on the platform. Then, they would wait for an opportunity to snatch the Golden Ant Eggs …
Yue Yang saw with his own eyes that a few mercenary group leaders had come up with a plan and threw the Insect Repellent towards the direction of the platform. This caused the Fire Red Ants to become even crazier, while the mercenaries on the platform cursed loudly. A small number of mercenaries who were here to rescue the Fire Red Ants started to fight with these selfish people in an abnormal rage … The scene was a mess. The fresh blood that splashed out when they were injured had attracted the ant swarm.
The Fire Red Ants were like a tidal wave, surging towards them.
"Could it be that the Golden Ant Eggs are really here and not brought out?" Yue Yang's sharp eyes saw that in the center of the hundred mercenaries, there were a few people who were carrying huge backpacks. Their expressions were solemn and complicated as they looked at the worsening situation in front of them.
Seeing their reactions, Yue Yang's heart skipped a beat.
These fellows must have discovered something more precious than the Golden Ant Eggs. They were using the Golden Ant Eggs as a cover.
The people who escaped using teleportation scrolls should have brought back the best things. If the thing that was left here was the Golden Ant Eggs, then what exactly were the things that they brought back? What could be more precious than the Golden Ant Eggs?
Yue Yang's heart was filled with curiosity. Maybe, he could make a deal with them.
Because, he still had quite a few teleportation scrolls in his backpack …
Different from normal warriors, Yue Yang was like an invisible man, walking confidently in the ant swarm. Even if he stepped on the back of an ant, he would not alarm the ant swarm.
Under the flabbergasted gazes of all the mercenaries, Yue Yang walked to a distance of ten metres away from the platform and stood on the back of a huge ant guard. Following the movement of the mutated ant guard, his figure fluctuated between high and low. Under the dumbstruck gazes of everyone, Yue Yang's smile was as bright as the sun. He raised his voice and asked, "Everyone, are you interested in chatting for a while? Maybe, we can make a small deal. It's just that I don't know what you guys have that I can trade with. "
On the platform, a man who looked like the leader opened his mouth and said, "I don't know if you have any teleportation scrolls. We are willing to buy them at a high price. Just name your price!"
Yue Yang knew that if he didn't show them some of his strength, these fellows would not obediently listen to him.
He didn't reply and only pulled out the Hui Jin Magic Blade from his waist.
Using his Innate Qi to crazily activate the blade, purple flames soared up like a volcano eruption.
The Hui Jin Magic Blade in Yue Yang's hands lightly spun. After three days of careful comprehension, the [Twin Fish Spherical Beheader] had become even more exquisite and perfect! The purple flames formed a huge circle around Yue Yang, cutting through the space around him with an incomparably sharp edge. All the Fire Red Ants that were within the radius of the circle were silently sliced into two halves. Furthermore, the Fire Red Ants that were originally immune to flames were actually burned into charred corpses by the purple flames …
The area within ten metres of Yue Yang instantly became a vacuum zone.
One slash shook the heavens and earth!
This, was the power of Yue Yang's one slash!
Seeing Yue Yang's move, all the mercenaries, including the leader, were so scared that their legs turned to jelly. They couldn't help but swallow their saliva nervously.
Terrifying!
Under the situation where he didn't summon any beasts, he already had such a terrifying power. What kind of ranker was this masked thief?
The leader on the platform wiped away his cold sweat and hurriedly showed some respect, "We pay our respects to you. We are very happy to receive a strong ranker's help. If you can lead us out of the Ant Hole, we are willing to offer a Golden Ant Egg as a reward!" The mercenaries on the platform quickly nodded their heads and agreed. Having a strong ranker's help was better than having an army of thousands of men and horses. Their only worry was that they didn't know what the other party's conditions were.
"No, I'm not interested in your Golden Ant Egg." Yue Yang wasn't interested in the Fire Red Ants, even if they were gold-ranked larvae.
Ants were creatures that relied on numbers. No matter how strong they were individually, they wouldn't be that strong.
Hearing Yue Yang's words, the leader's expression changed slightly. He looked at his two companions beside him and shouted loudly towards Yue Yang, "Respected ranker, I don't know what conditions you need. The most precious thing we have is the Golden Ant Egg, but there are only three of them. We have already agreed to sell one to the Alliance Beast Shop, so we only have two left. We will share them with you. This is the fruit of our blood, so we can only afford to pay you!"
Yue Yang smiled indifferently, "I want the thing you have that is even more precious than the Golden Ant Egg …"
Hearing this, the leader's entire body trembled. His eyes revealed an expression of disbelief, but he quickly denied it, "No, we don't have that kind of thing on us. Could it be that there is something more precious than the Golden Ant Egg in the Ant Hole? That's impossible! "
"Is that so?" Yue Yang smiled and suddenly made a condition to the people on the platform, "I'll give a teleportation scroll to whoever says what treasure it is the fastest."
"…" Everyone immediately looked at each other in dismay.
Everyone wanted to say it, but none of them were willing to become a shameful traitor.
Yue Yang suddenly made an action that completely crushed the determination in everyone's heart.
He took out a teleportation scroll from his backpack.
As long as he said it, he could leave and live … Survival, it was just a matter of opening one's mouth. Should he say it or not?
"Hard-shelled Dragon Fruit!" Just as Yue Yang took out the teleportation scroll, a skinny mercenary opened his mouth. His speed was the fastest. Not only did he say what the treasure was, he even jumped down from the platform, afraid that he would be killed by the leader if he betrayed his comrades. He jumped agilely on the back of the Fire Red Ant and finally jumped in front of Yue Yang. His face was filled with longing as he stretched out his hand, "We found the legendary Hard-shelled Dragon Fruit. The Hard-shelled Dragon Fruit is the main ingredient for concocting the 'Martial Spirit Pill' … Please give me a teleportation scroll. I don't want to die, and I can't die. My family needs me to return alive … Please, for the sake of my elderly parents and my three-month-old daughter, Ranker, please give me a chance. I don't want anything, I just hope to be able to return and reunite with my family. Please fulfill your promise. You are an indomitable Ranker, your words are as heavy as a mountain. Please take pity on me, I beg you …"
"Very good, your initiative and honesty have earned you the right to live!" This was the effect that Yue Yang wanted. He passed a teleportation scroll to that mercenary. That mercenary received it and immediately opened the scroll. Before leaving, he was touched and deeply bowed towards Yue Yang. Then, he quickly rushed into the circle of light and teleported away.
"…" That leader couldn't stop him, and the mercenaries on the platform were filled with regret.
The chance to live was right in front of their eyes, but they missed it just like that.
They knew that not everyone could survive here. There would definitely be some people who would become the sacrificial pawns for others to escape.
Even though they knew the ending, none of them were willing to become the pitiful sacrificial pawns. Even if there was a glimmer of hope, they all hoped that they could leave this place alive. If they could live, no one was willing to die!
Yue Yang took out more than ten teleportation scrolls and gestured towards the leader on the platform, "Now, you can make a choice! One is to die here with all your companions. When all of you are dead, I will come back to pick up the things I need. Two is to accept the trade and leave with the companions that you have chosen. Because you have taken away the valuable things, the ant colony will disperse, and the mercenaries that came to rescue and rob will also disperse. Those who stay behind will have a higher chance of surviving. Three is to defeat me, and these teleportation scrolls will all belong to you! "
Everyone looked at the leader, hoping that he would make a choice.
Three choices, it was that simple.
However, this was also the most difficult choice in life …
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