"Boom!"
With a loud bang, a golden light smashed into the mountainside like a comet.
Countless salt ants were smashed and flattened. Poisonous salt splattered everywhere, revealing the loftiness of the black mountaintop. A large white crater appeared, and the salt crystals underneath the poisonous salt were all exposed. Under the sunlight, they reflected a phosphorescent glow.
Zhou Xiaohai stopped in mid-air. His eyes flashed. He didn't expect this kid to really rush down. With so many salt ants, he would drown this kid. However, he didn't leave immediately. He wanted to see Ye Kong die with his own eyes. Then, he could go back and report.
"Not good!" Ye Kong crashed into the middle of the mountain, and felt dizzy. Luckily, he was wearing a Second Tier Immortal Armor. Otherwise, his little life would have been over, and he would have died even if he had crashed into the mountain. However, after this collision, the Grade 2 Immortal Armor was slightly damaged.
The damage to the Immortal Armor was a small matter. The reason why Ye Kong immediately felt bad was because this collision didn't achieve the effect he wanted!
Originally, he thought that this collision would definitely cause an avalanche. The poisonous snow would collapse and bury him. Then he would be safe.
However, although his thinking was good, things didn't go as he wished!
The poisonous snow was very sticky, so there wasn't an avalanche! Moreover, because of this collision, the surrounding poisonous snow was blown away. There was no poisonous snow in the crater, so it couldn't bury Ye Kong!
And around the crater, there were countless black salt ants. They were staring at this intruder with their small fierce eyes.
Just now, when he was in the sky, Ye Kong didn't see them clearly. Now that he got closer, he felt his scalp go numb. Those salt ants were indeed astonishing. Each of them was the size of a child's fist. Below their heads, their black mandibles shone with cold light like a small guillotine. The most frightening thing was that these salt ants were covered with a layer of greyish black fur. They looked extremely ferocious and hideous.
Standing in mid-air, Zhou Xiaohai laughed loudly. "Idiot, now you know regret. Let me tell you, these salt ants are not to be trifled with. Even I don't dare to provoke them."
Ye Kong was now in a dilemma. Zhou Xiaohai was waiting for him above his head, but he was surrounded by hundreds of millions of black ants. The giant ants crouched around the pit, obviously full of hatred for this unknown intruder.
"Fellow Daoists, please be patient and listen to what I have to say …" Ye Kong stood alone in the huge pit, hoping that these big ants would have some humanity and patience.
However, to his disappointment, these salt ants didn't understand human nature at all, and they had no patience at all!
A salt ant walked down from the edge of the pit, then another … The salt ants followed suit one after another, and soon, the black ants surged down like a tide!
"F * ck your ancestors, I'm going to die!" Ye Kong felt his scalp tingle. If he was submerged in this black tide, he would definitely die!
He still had survival instincts, so he didn't care about anything else. He took out his Golden Snake Sword and started digging!
The Golden Snake Sword was a second-grade immortal sword, so it didn't take much effort to dig out the salt crystals. Ye Kong took out his wood-chopping knife, and with a swing of his arms, he cut open the salt crystals and threw them out.
However, no matter how fast Ye Kong dug, he couldn't outrun those big ants!
Soon, salt ants crawled all over his back!
That feeling was really unbearable. Although the salt ants hadn't bitten his flesh, his whole body was covered with these ugly things, layer after layer. That disgusting feeling almost made Ye Kong collapse!
However, his survival instincts made him dig madly!
His back was covered with salt ants … Dig!
His face was also covered with … Dig!
The salt ants had already blocked his line of sight, but he still dug!
Seeing that Ye Kong was submerged in the black tide, Zhou Xiaohai sighed lightly. He didn't sympathize with Ye Kong, but because these salt ants were extremely ferocious and had a shocking appetite. By the time the tide receded, Ye Kong wouldn't even have dregs left. How would he go back to report?
Not long after, a few golden lights flew over from afar and stopped in front of Zhou Xiaohai. The golden lights flashed, and a few figures appeared. The one leading them was the Zhai family's patriarch, Di Dongliang.
Zhou Xiaohai quickly cupped his hands and bowed, "Greetings, patriarch. This subordinate was incompetent and let that kid be buried in the ants' stomachs."
Di Dongliang furrowed his brows and looked at the densely packed black tide beneath his feet. Actually, he was prepared to bring Ye Kong's corpse to the Western Celestial Emperor to receive his reward. Now that there was no corpse left, who knew if he was dead or not?
However, seeing that the ant tide was spreading further and further, Di Dongliang said, "If this kid is caught in the ant tide, he won't be able to survive. Forget it, let's inform the nearby Zhai family mines and have them prepare."
Just as Di Dongliang said this, he saw that somewhere on the mountainside, there was a sudden collapse. A deep hole the size of a person appeared. Many of the salt ants sank in, but the number of salt ants was astonishing. The deep hole was quickly filled up by the salt ants.
Zhou Xiaohai was shocked and blurted out, "Is that kid not dead yet? Did he really dig it down? "
Di Dongliang's eyes flashed with cold lightning and he said angrily, "What happened? Tell me clearly! "
The patriarch was angry, so Zhou Xiaohai didn't dare to hide anything. He quickly recounted what happened a while ago. Then he said, "I saw that he was covered by the ant tide and had no chance of survival. That's why I said he was buried in the ants' stomachs."
Di Dongliang felt that what Zhou Xiaohai said was true. How could Ye Kong not die when salt ants crawled all over him? However, he didn't see him die with his own eyes, so he couldn't be at ease!
There was nothing he could do even if he was worried. The ant tide was so powerful that even Di Dongliang didn't dare to go down to see what was going on.
He thought for a moment and ordered, "Zhou Xiaohai, take two people and keep watch here. The rest, follow me to the nearby mines."
Di Dongliang left with his men while Zhou Xiaohai and his men waited in midair.
As for Ye Kong below, he couldn't care less about the salt ants crawling all over him. He dug deeper and deeper. His immortal armor was gone, his clothes were gone, and his golden snake sword was corroded into ashes. He didn't care about any of these and just kept digging!
Luckily, the wood chopping knife that Old Immortal Doctor gave him was very tough. He didn't know what material it was made of, but it wasn't afraid of the poisonous snow salt or the salt ants.
He didn't know how deep he dug, but suddenly, Ye Kong felt his body sink down. He had actually dug a hole.
The salt ants on Ye Kong's body shook off from this fall, and his brain woke up from its frantic escape.
Why did the salt ants eat my immortal armor and clothes, but not bite me? Ye Kong was curious. According to Cai Xin, these ants were extremely ferocious and loved to feed on blood. When covered by the ant tide, not even bones would be left. Even when the blood of the dead flowed onto the rocks, the salt ants would gnaw off a layer of the rock.
Ye Kong couldn't understand, but he didn't have time to think about it. He shook off the ants on his body and looked at the hole.
He found that it wasn't a hole, but a very small secret cave. People couldn't even squat inside, let alone stand. They could only lie on the ground. It didn't look like a cave dug by humans, but more like a cave dug by beasts!
Just as Ye Kong was thinking, he heard a rustling sound coming from a turn in the cave ahead. Ye Kong looked again and saw countless salt ants rushing over. Ye Kong finally knew that this was an ant hole!
These salt ants were huge and there were many of them. This cave that was thicker than a person's body was where they came and went.
Seeing another wave of salt ants rushing over, Ye Kong had nowhere to hide. He could only lie on the ground and let those big ants run over his back.
After a wave of ants rushed over, Ye Kong raised his head and slowly crawled forward.
He didn't know how long he had crawled and how many batches of ants he had encountered. Finally, Ye Kong saw a faint light in front of him. He was overjoyed and quickly crawled forward. However, it was very difficult to crawl in this narrow cave. It was crooked, up and down, and there was a sharp turn from time to time. Ye Kong's body couldn't turn around at all, so he had to use the Golden Light Escape Technique to pass through the cave and arrive at the place where the light was.
The cave where the light was coming from was obviously much bigger, and Ye Kong could finally stand up straight. And those faint bluish-white lights were actually a large pile of salt ant eggs. Each egg was as big as Ye Kong's fist. They were like night pearls, emitting a strange bluish-white light in the dark cave.
Ye Kong wanted to take an ant egg to have a look, but he didn't expect that as soon as he picked one up, he heard a loud crashing sound coming from the distance. Ye Kong quickly put down the ant egg.
The sound was getting louder and louder, and the ground was shaking. He didn't know what kind of giant creature it was. Ye Kong looked over there vigilantly and was ready to run. He was naked now, so he really wanted to run naked.
After a while, that thing came. Ye Kong finally knew why this cave was so big. He saw a white, caterpillar-like beast that was as tall as a human.
It was the queen ant! The queen ant stared at Ye Kong with her small eyes. At the same time, the salt ants, which were friendly before, also gnashed their jaws, as if they were warning Ye Kong.
"Sorry, I didn't mean any harm. I just wanted to have a look." Ye Kong shrugged.
Seeing that the ant egg was not damaged, the queen ant ignored Ye Kong and turned around, leading the large group of salt ants away. The queen ant's head shrank back into her body, and after a while, she reappeared on the other side. The head became the buttocks, and the buttocks became the head.
Ye Kong nodded, thinking that it had this function. He was worried that it couldn't turn around in this narrow passage.
However, the queen ant turning around had nothing to do with him. He took out a set of clothes from his storage ring and put them on, then walked to the other side of the passage.
There were piles and piles of Salt Ant eggs scattered all over the passageway. Some had a few, and some had hundreds. Ye Kong didn't know how far he had walked, and he didn't know how many Salt Ant eggs he had seen along the way. Obviously, the fertility of the Salt Ant Queen was very good.
Ye Kong knew that Zhou Xiaohai wouldn't chase him now because of the ant tide. If the ant tide subsided, someone would come in to look for him. Therefore, after walking for a while, he did not continue to walk along the passageway. Instead, he dug a passageway in an inconspicuous corner and then blocked the entrance of the passageway with salt crystals. This way, no one would be able to find him.
After digging this hidden passage for another kilometer, Ye Kong let out a sigh of relief. He used a chopping knife to dig a slightly spacious stone room and sat down cross-legged.
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