26: Chapter 26 The Ant Soldiers Temporarily Retreat, the Fruit Wine Monkey Troop

Soon, a ten-meter-long giant python was dragged back by Xiao Yue, leaving a long trail along the ground.

This Deadwood Python nearly exhausted Xiao Yue; it lay panting on the ground.

There was no helping it, as its talents were all invested in control and speed, so hauling such large prey was indeed difficult.

Chi Anlin prepared to pat its head with satisfaction, but as soon as his hand reached out, Xiao Yue hurriedly stood up and moved away.

Chi Anlin: ...

Next time, he must contract a cute and affectionate beast; Xiao Yue had not let him experience the joy of petting a pet at all.

After letting Xiao Yue rest for a while, Chi Anlin picked up the Queen Ant and placed it on the Deadwood Python to facilitate its feeding.

After the production skill was upgraded, the Queen Ant's digestive ability also improved by leaps and bounds; as soon as it swallowed flesh and blood, it would directly transform into energy.

Having eaten nearly one-tenth of the flesh, the Queen Ant exerted a little force, and two ant eggs dropped; production did not delay its feeding time as it continued to devour the Deadwood Python's flesh in large mouthfuls.

The previous Deadwood Python had already been eaten by the Queen Ant, resulting in the birth of three ant eggs.

Six Ant Soldiers entered the territory of that group of Mortal Rank monkeys, but Chi Anlin was afraid they would be besieged, so he had the Ant Soldiers search the surroundings for any lone Mortal Beast.

During the time the Queen Ant was devouring the flesh, Chi Anlin sat cross-legged and began to circulate his cultivation technique.

After so many battles, Xiao Yue's strength had also improved, reaching the peak of Mortal Rank Fourth Stage; it should be able to break through soon.

Come to think of it, monsters like that would absorb the spiritual energy in the air even without intentional cultivation; this made Chi Anlin extremely envious.

The cave briefly fell into silence, with only the Queen Ant's eerie chewing sound remaining.

An hour later, Chi Anlin exhaled a breath of stale air and opened his eyes.

Ferocious Ant Soldiers came into view, all of them standing blankly in place, as if waiting for something.

"Queen Ant, once you produce Ant Soldiers, send them to the monkey area to hunt. Why are you just standing there?"

Chi Anlin felt a headache coming on.

Although the Queen Ant had powerful mental strength, it lacked intelligence.

In the wild, it would rely on instinct to send the Ant Soldiers out to hunt, but now that it had become his beast, it had lost the ability to think independently.

So, the Queen Ant had been idle the entire time.

At his command, the Ant Soldiers ran out one after another and rushed to the monkey area.

It would have been fine if it were just one or two Ant Soldiers, but with so many, the aura belonging to Mortal Grade Second Stage beasts was completely revealed, and they were soon detected by the patrolling monkeys.

"Ooh ooh wah!" A monkey sentry issued a warning, and suddenly, all the monkeys began to shriek.

Huge stones were seen being thrown towards the Ant Soldiers, striking many of them with loud thuds.

Elsewhere, Chi Anlin was riding on Xiao Yue, rushing to the scene.

The Queen Ant's Ant Soldiers relied entirely on instinct to fight; they were no match for beasts of the same level in single combat.

They were thrown into chaos when encountering these long-range attacks; if not for the Queen Ant's command, they would likely have scattered and fled long ago.

"Queen Ant, order the Ant Soldiers to retreat."

Chi Anlin said helplessly.

Those monkeys were quite strong, and there were a huge number of them; if they threw stones a few more times, the Ant Soldiers would likely be wiped out.

The Queen Ant was foolish and didn't know how to command at all; he wondered if buying a copy of "the art of war by sun tzu" and performing a Fusion with the Queen Ant would make its Ant Soldiers stronger.

He would try it when he got back; he didn't know if performing a Fusion with a book would integrate the content of the book, or if it would just count as fusing with paper.

If it could only fuse with paper, that would be a huge loss, as Chi Anlin was also planning to fuse a martial skill for Xiao Yue.

After the Ant Soldiers retreated, Chi Anlin looked at the monkey troop in the distance; on the tree at the very front, he saw a huge Monkey King.

Appraisal.

[Name]: Fruit Wine Monkey

[Attribute]: Wood

[Level]: Mortal Rank Six

[Potential]: high-grade mortal rank

[Introduction]: A monkey that can brew wine; it has an irritable temper and is very difficult to tame.

When facing a fatal threat, it will directly destroy its wine cellar, making the fruit wine brewed by the Fruit Wine Monkey very precious.

Chi Anlin raised his eyebrows; even if Xiao Yue upgraded, it might not be able to defeat this guy.

After appraising them one by one, Chi Anlin roughly understood the overall strength of this group of monkeys.

One Mortal Rank Six Monkey King, eight Rank Five monkeys, twenty Rank Four monkeys, thirty Rank Three monkeys, and about forty Mortal Rank One or Two monkeys, which were basically little monkeys.

These Ant Soldiers were truly unreliable, Chi Anlin cursed in his heart; if he hadn't come to take a look at the monkey troop, he would probably have let Xiao Yue charge forward with a bunch of Ant Soldiers by now.

He simply couldn't handle so many monkeys at the moment; if he had attacked rashly just now, Xiao Yue would probably have fallen there.

With so many monkeys, once entangled, that Mortal Rank Six Fruit Wine Monkey King would not be a pushover.

He would wait for the Queen Ant's production skill to upgrade, or for the Queen Ant's realm to improve, and develop for another two days before going to provoke this group of monkeys.

Chi Anlin silently led the Ant Soldiers back to the cave; the monkey troop had only just reacted, and the monkeys throwing stones were not very strong, so the Ant Soldiers had only lost three or four.

He estimated that after this, the Fruit Wine Monkeys would be particularly sensitive to ant-like creatures—the kind that would smash them to death on sight—so Chi Anlin felt that planning the attack was a serious matter.

Dig a tunnel.

The fruit wine that the system introduced must be extraordinary; it should be the kind that could improve strength, so when attacking, he had to protect this fruit wine well and not let this group of monkeys destroy it.

"Queen Ant, separate thirty Ant Soldiers to hunt beasts, and have the rest of the Ant Soldiers continue to explore the forest.

If you encounter plants with strong spiritual energy fluctuations... No, as long as you encounter anything with spiritual energy, bring it back."

Chi Anlin commanded; with these Ant Soldiers, Xiao Yue would have a much easier time.

As for searching for items with spiritual energy, if he happened to find something that could heal injuries, that would be a bonus.

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The next day, Chi Anlin finally obtained 3,000 points of blood energy.

Chi Anlin gave all the crystal cores to Xiao Yue for its breakthrough, so he could only rely on the Ant Soldiers to obtain blood energy.

However, these Ant Soldiers were quite capable; in just one night, they had cleared out all the monsters and wild beasts in the vicinity.

However, five Ant Soldiers were unlucky; they encountered a Mortal Rank Five giant bear and were directly slapped to death by it.

There were also eight other Ant Soldiers that were crippled due to the battle and could no longer fight, so he had the other Ant Soldiers kill and devour them.

In short, he had enough blood energy to upgrade the Queen Ant's skill.

Chi Anlin looked at the Queen Ant and silently thought: "Upgrade production skill."

The next second, a bloody light appeared on the Queen Ant; under the influence of this light, the Queen Ant's abdomen grew larger and larger.