27: Chapter 27 Ant Soldiers Surround and Kill Five-Stage Monsters
"Upgrade successful."
At this moment, the Fierce Biting Ant Queen's abdomen was about half again as large as before. Chi Anlin did not know the specific production speed, so he used Appraisal.
【Name】: Fierce Biting Ant Queen
【Attribute】: Metal, Fire
【Level】: Mortal Rank Sixth Stage
【Potential】: Yellow Grade Mid-Tier
【Production Speed】:
Mortal Rank Ninth Stage: 1/30 days
Mortal Rank Eighth Stage: 1/10 days
Mortal Rank Seventh Stage: 1/3 days
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Mortal Rank Third Stage: 30/1 day
Mortal Grade Second Stage: 150/day
mortal rank first stage: 600/day
Ordinary: 6000/day
【Skills】:
Deterrence (Mortal Rank Top-Tier), Bloodline Control (Special)
Gene Absorption: (Yellow Grade Mid-Tier) Can extract the genes of devoured beasts and integrate them into its own body using blood energy.
Production: (Yellow Grade Top-Tier) Produces Ant Soldiers. The higher the skill level, the faster the speed. Different unit types can be produced through gene arrangement (Note: The strength of the unit type itself affects production speed).
The production speed after the upgrade had tripled. If producing Mortal Rank Sixth Stage Ant Soldiers, it would only take one day.
Although Chi Anlin really wanted to produce Mortal Rank Ninth Stage Ant Soldiers, this thing required thirty days to gestate and also needed a lot of flesh and blood. By the time that happened, he would probably have already upgraded himself.
After thinking it over, Chi Anlin decided to continue producing Mortal Grade Second Stage Ant Soldiers.
He only needed to produce them for two days, then he would have the Fierce Biting Ant Queen produce one Mortal Rank Sixth Stage Ant Soldier and send it to fight the Monkey King.
Although a Mortal Rank Sixth Stage Ant Soldier definitely couldn't beat the Monkey King and would even be easily killed, Xiao Yue was close to a breakthrough. With Mortal Rank Sixth Stage cultivation, even the Monkey King couldn't catch it, so it could properly distract the Monkey King.
Having the Ant Soldiers transport the hunted beasts back, Chi Anlin ordered the Fierce Biting Ant Queen to continue production. Today, it could produce 150 Mortal Grade Second Stage Ant Soldiers. Adding them to the hunting party meant he could obtain 10,000 blood energy in a single day!
However, this was Chi Anlin's ideal value. The surrounding beasts would also run when encountering danger. With so many killed, they had long sensed something was wrong and had scattered to other areas.
One by one, the Ant Soldiers walked out of the cave, hunting beasts everywhere and devouring their flesh and blood.
These Ant Soldiers were not without room for growth; they could also break through their cultivation realms. However, this required a large amount of spiritual energy, so after the Fierce Biting Ant Queen stopped producing Ant Soldiers, the remaining beast flesh and blood would be shared among the Ant Soldiers.
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Two days later, Chi Anlin stared at his blood energy value with great excitement.
The surrounding beasts had been hunted to extinction, and even ordinary insects were treated as food by the Ant Soldiers, so there wasn't even a single earthworm nearby.
Not only Mortal Grade Second Stage Ant Soldiers, but the Fierce Biting Ant Queen had also produced many ordinary ants to search for prey.
Just a moment ago, the Fierce Biting Ant Queen sent news that this group of Ant Soldiers was surrounding and killing a Mortal Rank Five beast.
Xiao Yue had reached the critical moment of its breakthrough, so it did not go to help.
More than three hundred Mortal Grade Second Stage Ant Soldiers rushed forward, each the size of a palm. Plus, this group of Ant Soldiers had recently devoured quite a bit of metal, causing their armor's defensive power to far exceed that of newly born Ant Soldiers. Some Ant Soldiers had even consumed high-grade mortal rank metal, becoming Mortal Rank Third Stage Ant Soldiers.
The Mortal Rank Five beast had originally only seen three Ant Soldiers. Although ants didn't taste good, the crystal core within their bodies was energy, so it had killed them directly. It didn't expect that after a while, a dense army of ants would surround it directly.
Over these two days, the Fierce Biting Ant Queen had also fully recovered. To be safe, Chi Anlin followed the Fierce Biting Ant Queen and traveled to the scene through the tunnels dug by these ants.
The Fierce Biting Ant Queen was a Mortal Rank Sixth Stage beast. Although its own combat power might not be strong, its mental power had few rivals among the Mortal Rank. It only needed to use mental deterrence on this beast from a distance, and the Ant Soldiers could avoid many casualties.
Arriving at the scene, Chi Anlin climbed out of the tunnel and saw a massive beast over three meters tall.
【Name】: Copper-Condensed Ape
【Attribute】: Metal
【Level】: Mortal Rank Five
【Potential】: high-grade mortal rank
【Introduction】: The surface of the Copper-Condensed Ape possesses a layer of metal armor. It has infinite strength, and combined with its formidable defensive power, it has few rivals among the same rank.
Chi Anlin glanced at the giant ape, whose whole body emitted a metallic luster. He wondered how many Ant Soldiers the Fierce Biting Ant Queen could produce after eating this muscular body.
Perhaps because of the hard metal shell on its surface, this ape looked smooth, like a sculpture cast in metal; it was hard to tell how it even moved.
However, although this thing had powerful defensive power, these ants' mouths were meant for gnawing on metal; it was truly a perfect match.
"Roar!!" The Copper-Condensed Ape slammed its chest violently, roaring in anger. The vibration rolled out along with the roar, kicking up a wave of air that sent stones flying everywhere.
The next second, it slammed the ground violently and leaped directly at the Ant Soldiers, leaving a circular crater in the ground. Chi Anlin estimated that even if he weren't injured, if that punch landed on him, it would definitely smash him into a meat patty.
At this moment, the Fierce Biting Ant Queen's abdomen trembled slightly, and a squeaking sound emerged. A terrifying mental attack appeared, rushing directly into the Copper-Condensed Ape's mind.
The Copper-Condensed Ape's body, which was leaping in the air, suddenly stiffened and fell directly to the ground.
Although the Copper-Condensed Ape had formidable attack power and top-tier defense, its own mental power was relatively weak. It was directly scared stiff by the Fierce Biting Ant Queen's mental deterrence and fell into a state of dizziness.
The surrounding swarm of ants swarmed up and began to gnaw on the Copper-Condensed Ape's body one after another.
"Fierce Biting Ant Queen, have the Ant Soldiers gnaw on the Copper-Condensed Ape's neck and head."
The sound of metal grinding appeared. The Ant Soldiers' massive mandibles landed on the Copper-Condensed Ape's armor, actually tearing it apart directly. The Copper-Condensed Ape, feeling the pain, jumped up, preparing to swat the Ant Soldiers on its body to death, but was hit by another mental deterrence from the Fierce Biting Ant Queen.
For a time, the Copper-Condensed Ape's blood surged out. The Ant Soldiers bit its eyeballs directly, and in a short amount of time, they ate half the flesh on the Copper-Condensed Ape's face.
The Copper-Condensed Ape's neck was also bitten open; an Ant Soldier bit through its blood vessel and was directly sprayed away.
The Fierce Biting Ant Queen kept using mental deterrence, and this poor Copper-Condensed Ape slowly lost its life without even resisting.
【Killed Mortal Rank Five beast Copper-Condensed Ape, obtained 2000 points of blood energy】
Watching this bloody scene, Chi Anlin turned his head, and the next second, the system's voice came again.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for accumulating 100,000 points of blood energy. System upgrading."
"System upgrade, remaining time 24 hours."
The system had upgraded!
Chi Anlin was ecstatic. He had always felt that the system's functions were not perfect, and he hadn't expected it was because it hadn't been upgraded.
He didn't know what would be added after the upgrade—a shop, a lucky draw, or perhaps the ability to synthesize for the host...
It just had to be 24 hours, keeping him in suspense!