Although Tao Zhenhua's movements were fast, the machete was able to dodge even though it was flying at high speed. It felt as if it was not a machete, but a catkin in the air, or a nimble living creature … The machete drilled out of the ground, leaned to the side, and easily dodged the immortal sword …
Crack! Blood splattered, but the machete made a perfect turn and easily escaped.
Tao Zhenhua was furious. He could see that the machete was only a first-grade immortal artifact.
"First-grade immortal artifact! Watch my third-grade immortal sword! "Tao Zhenhua quickly mobilized his immortal sword to chase after it.
However, one of his subordinates shouted, "Captain, those salt ants have the ability to corrode!"
Tao Zhenhua's heart sank. If he shot his immortal sword out, he would probably be buried in the ants' stomachs!
"Withdraw!"
Of the five team members, three died in a short while. Including Tao Zhenhua, there were two people left.
This time, even Tao Zhenhua himself panicked. He hurriedly shouted, "Ye Kong, spare us. As long as you let us go, we will give you all of our Celestial Jades, Celestial Swords, and Celestial Armors."
The other intermediate Golden Immortal hurriedly knelt down and shouted, "Ye Kong, let us go. I'll tell you everything. We have a total of two search teams. There are still hundreds of Immortals digging the mountain outside. The Di Family Patriarch is also outside."
However, what they waited for was another batch of tens of thousands of salt ants. In fact, even if Ye Kong wanted to let them go, he was powerless. The salt ants would swarm over after smelling blood. Ye Kong could not stop them at all.
The salt ants swarmed over from both sides of the passageway, completely drowning the two of them. Tao Zhenhua was covered in black ants. Even if he was a high-grade Golden Immortal, he could only wait for death!
But at the last moment, he still took out his immortal sword and sent a message. At the same time, he shouted, "Ye, I've already informed Patriarch Di. You can wait for your death, haha!"
Sha sha sha …
The swarm of ants left as quickly as they came. Not long after, the passageway was clean. Nothing was left of the five Gold Immortals, not even their shoes. Immortal artifacts, immortal armors, immortal jades, even the anteaters were all eaten by the salt ants.
"Looks like I won't be able to use these Salt Ants next time. They didn't even leave behind any loot." Ye Kong lay within the small passageway. However, he did not feel happy about it.
There was also a search team, and there were hundreds of immortals outside. Di Dongliang was there too … These were enough to give Ye Kong a headache. If he wanted to escape this place, it would be even more difficult than ascending to the heavens.
However, Ye Kong was never a desperate person. He was the kind of person who would bite back even if he died. He thought to himself, "Fortunately, I have the convenience of salt ants. If you don't let me out, I won't go out. I'll fight guerrilla warfare with you!"
If he fell into despair, then he would have lost, completely lost. Only by persevering would he be able to find a trace of hope amidst despair! Not to mention, I have salt ants as my ally!
Ye Kong regained his confidence and slowly crawled out.
"What? Ye Kong really didn't die? How is that possible? How could he not die!? "When Zhou Xiaohai received Di Dongliang's immortal sword message, he simply could not believe it.
He had seen with his own eyes that Ye Kong was drowned in salt ants and crawled all over his body. He really could not understand how he could not die in that state.
However, he had to believe the message sent by Tao Zhenhua before his death. Tao Zhenhua could not possibly play such a big joke on everyone before his death, right?
However, what Zhou Xiaohai could not understand was that even if Ye Kong did not die, how could Tao Zhenhua and the others die?
Tao Zhenhua's message before his death was urgent and did not explain in detail, so even Di Dongliang could not understand it.
Although he could not understand it, Di Dongliang immediately ordered Zhou Xiaohai to continue exploring while the others quickened their digging speed! Tao Zhenhua and the others had marks along the way, so they dug according to the marks!
Seven or eight immortals used specialized immortal artifacts to dig with all their might, expanding the originally narrow ant hole. The other dozens of immortals also adjusted their digging direction and dug in this direction.
Actually, Di Dongliang was quite happy to receive the news that Ye Kong was not dead! Originally, West Deity had always been worried and did not know if Ye Kong was dead or not. Now, if they could capture Ye Kong alive or send Ye Kong's head to West Deity … Then West Deity could be at ease. He had made another great contribution.
What he had to do was to set up an inescapable net around Salt Peak and not let Ye Kong escape. As for Tao Zhenhua and the others, it did not matter how many died.
Di Dongliang believed that Ye Kong would definitely not be able to escape from his palms!
Another three days passed.
The excavators could no longer find Tao Zhenhua's mark. It was unknown if they reached the place where Tao Zhenhua died or if the mark behind was destroyed by Ye Kong, but the mark was gone!
Di Dongliang was still not anxious. Ye Kong was already a turtle in a jar. Capturing him was only a matter of time. What else did he have to worry about?
Di Dongliang was not anxious, but in the belly of the mountain, Zhou Xiaohai and the others were not having a good time. From time to time, they would be attacked by ant swarms. They did not expect that the ant swarms were attracted by Ye Kong.
Someone said, why didn't Ye Kong repeat the same trick and block them in a passage and release a large number of ants … Ye Kong also wanted to do that, but it was impossible!
Because this group of five was already walking on the passage of the queen ant. This was a large passage, and Ye Kong could not use his body to block the passage at all. Thus, he could not create a large scale ant tide. Attracting a small batch of salt ants would not pose too much of a threat to Zhou Xiaohai and the others. It could only be considered as a small disturbance.
"Senior Zhou, there are so many salt ant eggs. If we take them back, we might be able to sell them for some money." One of the subordinates became interested in the large number of salt ant eggs on both sides of the passage.
"Don't move." Zhou Xiaohai quickly stopped him and said, "Humans and animals have the heart to protect their children. Although these ant eggs are unguarded, if you take them away and damage them, I'm afraid that countless salt ants will rush over immediately. We will be in danger."
The subordinate was so frightened that he quickly retracted his hand and said, "Senior Zhou is really experienced and knowledgeable. Otherwise, we would really be in danger."
Zhou Xiaohai said with a smile, "This is nothing. This is what I should do as a leader. Since I brought you in, I will bring you out."
Everyone was moved. A Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal was so amiable and took care of his juniors. He was indeed not simple and approachable.
They were in the large passage and did not use any immortal arrays. Zhou Xiaohai released his immortal senses and explored the depths of the large passage. He found that the large passage led to the belly of the mountain, and he did not know how deep it was.
"Since we are in the large passage, let's all move forward with Dharma spells. It will be faster this way." Zhou Xiaohai exhorted everyone to be careful again before he turned into a streak of golden light and shot into the depths of the dark tunnel.
Zhou Xiaohai took the lead, and the others did not dare to be negligent. They quickly turned into golden light and followed. The cave became dark again, and only the ant eggs on both sides emitted a dim light like luminous pearls.
After waiting for another moment, another golden light flew over. The golden light landed and transformed into a human figure. It was Ye Kong who was hiding in the dark.
"That was close. Zhou Xiaohai is a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal after all. He can release his immortal senses so far. I was almost discovered by him just now." Ye Kong had a lingering fear and did not dare to approach. He could only follow from a distance.
Zhou Xiaohai and the other four flew for a while. They did not know how far they had flown. One of the subordinates could not help but ask, "Senior Zhou, I suspect that we have already left the salt peak. With our speed, we have flown hundreds of thousands of miles after flying for so long."
However, the approachable Zhou Xiaohai did not pay attention to him and continued to fly. The subordinate also felt strange. Tao Zhenhua had died behind them. They should have explored behind them. Why did they go further and further in this direction?
Just as they were puzzled, Zhou Xiaohai's golden light suddenly stopped. He landed and transformed into a human figure. The other four stopped as well.
Zhou Xiaohai frowned and stood motionless. He did not speak. The subordinates felt uneasy. They did not know what bad things Zhou Xiaohai had discovered.
Suddenly, Zhou Xiaohai said, "I'm afraid we can't go back this time."
Everyone jumped in fright and asked why. Could it be that Ye Kong was in front?
Zhou Xiaohai said, "Actually, Ye Kong is not scary. He is just an inferior-grade Golden Immortal. The danger I'm talking about is not Ye Kong, but ahead! "Zhou Xiaohai suddenly pointed to the darkness ahead.
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger. They could not see anything but a dark tunnel. There were many ant eggs on both sides that emitted a dark light.
"What … is ahead?" one of the subordinates asked carefully.
"Giant ants! Killer giant ants! They are thirty feet tall and their heads are bigger than our bodies. They can bite us into two at the waist with a single bite. They are known as one of the most ferocious, terrifying and savage immortal beasts! "
The four subordinates jumped in fright again. They did not expect to find killer giant ants while searching for Ye Kong.
One of the subordinates trembled. "Senior Zhou, let's escape."
"We can't escape." Zhou Xiaohai shook his head tragically. He said bitterly, "Its immortal sense is stronger than mine. I found it, so it naturally found us!"
"Then what do we do?"
"I can only stall it and buy time for you! Hurry up and escape! Remember, you must find Ye Kong and serve the family head! "
"Senior Zhou, what about you?"
"I … forget it. It's better for me to die alone than for everyone else to die!" With that said, Zhou Xiaohai transformed into a golden light and shot out. His reminder echoed in the tunnel. "Go find Ye Kong. Don't follow me. Don't!"
Everyone was grief-stricken. They shouted, "Senior Zhou, you are too great! Senior Zhou, we will definitely inherit and carry forward your will. "
The four of them cried as they flew back. After flying for a while, they finally stopped.
However, they were no longer grief-stricken. A high-grade Golden Immortal cursed. "Damn it. Zhou Xiaohai's immortal sense is stronger than ours. He must have found some treasure!"
Another mid-grade Golden Immortal said. "Yes, yes. What killer giant ants? I've never heard of them!"
Another Golden Immortal sighed. "What can we do? If we didn't play along with him just now, he would have killed us to silence us."
The high-grade Golden Immortal said indignantly, "Since we came together to search for Ye Kong, why did he let us go just because we found a treasure? We won't search for Ye Kong anymore. We'll go out and report to Family Head Di! "
The low-grade Golden Immortal in the team was quick-witted. He said, "Since Zhou Xiaohai let us go, he is not afraid of us going back to report … Maybe there really is a great treasure ahead. Zhou Xiaohai betrayed the family head's treasure …"
Hearing his analysis, the four of them shot out greedy rays of light.
The high-grade Golden Immortal said, "No one has explored this kind of mountain ant nest for hundreds of millions of years. Maybe there really is a treasure left behind from the Ancient God Era … I think we shouldn't look for Ye Kong anymore. Let's go and take a look … Usually, good treasures will attract the guardian immortal beasts. We might have a chance too! After breaking through in cultivation and ascending for the second time, the opportunity usually comes once! "
"Okay!" The four of them nodded in unison and flew in the direction Zhou Xiaohai disappeared.
After a while, another golden light flew over. Ye Kong appeared. "It seems there really is a treasure. I wonder what it is?"
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