35: Chapter 35 The Powerful Tiger-Armored Ant Soldiers
The Ant Soldiers, possessing the genes of the Chinese tiger beetle, had their shells enhanced; combined with the protective casing of their wings, their defense reached a new high.
Before the old Ant Soldiers could even form a pincer movement, the new Ant Soldiers launched a direct assault; one of them even bit into the waist of an old Ant Soldier and lifted it up.
"Crack!" The sound of a shattering shell rang out. As the weakest part of its entire body, it split directly in two upon receiving the attack from the new Ant Soldier.
[Killed Mortal Grade Second Stage Ant Soldier, obtained 100 blood energy]
The moment they made contact, the new Ant Soldier dispatched an old Ant Soldier with absolute speed, and quickly, it turned and charged towards another one.
The Ant Soldiers also charged toward the new one, but Chi Anlin was surprised to discover that the new Ant Soldier seemed unable to brake; every time it charged, if it didn't hit its prey, it would run quite a distance.
After fighting with a few Ant Soldiers, Chi Anlin roughly understood the combat power of the new Ant Soldiers; it was more than four times that of the original Ant Soldiers.
The increase in defense and speed was the main factor, allowing it to quickly escape if surrounded; if it weren't for its own clumsiness, ten old Ant Soldiers wouldn't be enough for this guy to kill.
I must have the Ant Queen synthesize some military tactics when I get back!
"The new Ant Soldiers inherited the genes and combat power of the Chinese tiger beetle, so let's name them Tiger Armor Ant Soldiers."
Chi Anlin looked at the Ant Queen; as his first tamed beast, it seemed he hadn't given it a name until now.
"The Ant Queen will keep synthesizing and evolving, so naming it based on its race isn't very appropriate."
He walked up to the Ant Queen and gently stroked its head, remembering the tiny Ant Queen that had once fit in the palm of his hand.
"I'll just call you Xiao Yi."
Chi Anlin couldn't help but chuckle after giving the Ant Queen this name; when the Ant Queen truly appeared before the world and became a killing machine, yelling "Xiao Yi" would surely drop many people's jaws.
After ordering Xiao Yi to produce Tiger Armor Ant Soldiers at full capacity, Chi Anlin checked his own condition.
After drinking the fruit wine, the remaining injuries he had sustained successfully recovered, and his physique became much stronger; if he really had to describe it, his strength had increased by more than two-fold.
Some of the fruit wine's medicinal power had not yet been fully digested in his body; as a treasure brewed by the Fruit Wine Monkey tribe, it was extremely rare on the market.
Most people who possessed fruit wine were high-level cultivators who wouldn't sell it at all, and coupled with its rarity...
Chi Anlin slapped his forehead; if he had known this stuff was so effective, he shouldn't have wiped out the Fruit Wine Monkey tribe.
If he found a way to catch a few and synthesize them, wouldn't they become his own people? He could just come and get fruit wine directly in the future.
When others encountered such resources, they could only wipe out the tribe to obtain the treasure, but he had a system and needed to focus on a sustainable development strategy.
The fruit wine was a high-grade mortal rank treasure; although it was very suitable for body cultivators to consume, it contained spiritual energy, making it easier to get drunk, so Chi Anlin hadn't drunk much yesterday and yet achieved such results.
There was still so much fruit wine left that even if he sold a portion, he could drink it for a long time.
Selling such resources was actually quite a loss; given its rarity, bartering was the most suitable choice.
Soon, 150 Mortal Grade Second Stage Ant Soldiers hatched and marched into the deeper parts of the forest.
The Ant Queen's next skill upgrade would require 100,000 blood energy, a long and arduous road ahead; however, once the Ant Queen successfully broke through to Mortal Rank Seventh Stage, the speed at which it produced mortal rank third stage Ant Soldiers would be the same as the current production speed of Mortal Grade Second Stage Ant Soldiers.
This was a qualitative leap, so Chi Anlin issued an order: whether it was crystal cores or rare metals, he would no longer let the Ant Soldiers consume them to increase their strength; all of it was to be brought to Xiao Yi for consumption.
After the order was completed, Chi Anlin entered the Blood Energy Space again; he still had some medicinal power in his body that hadn't been fully absorbed, and combat was the fastest way to absorb it.
This time, he planned to continue learning "Tiger Edge Fist"; combat in the Blood Energy Space was quite draining on blood energy, unlike the martial arts drills where he would be immediately resurrected even if he died.
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"Hiss! Hiss!"
Deep in the world, a capable-looking girl with a ponytail held a large hammer, smashing the ground until it cracked.
The surroundings seemed to have become a purgatory; the ground was burning with flames, leaving behind deep pits one after another.
"Back during military training, you chased me for quite a long time. Now, so many years have passed, and you've only just broken through to the Third Realm?" Chi Xueyue rested the large hammer on her waist and laughed disdainfully.
"Hiss! Hiss!!"
In front of her, a nearly five-meter-tall spider let out a threatening roar; its body was covered in wounds, constantly oozing green pus.
This was the former ruler of the Small Insect World, the Green Light Poison Blood Spider Queen.
Smashing a small Green Light Poison Blood Spider into meat paste with one hammer blow, Chi Xueyue lightly shook her large hammer, leaned forward slightly, and charged forward violently, leaving a small pit where she had stood.
"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"
The large hammer struck the Spider Queen, and blood-red flames instantly erupted; this single blow sent the massive Spider Queen flying.
"Know to beg for mercy now?" Chi Xueyue mocked playfully while attacking the Spider Queen.
"If it weren't for you, my brother wouldn't have gone missing!"
"Hiss! Hiss!"
"What do you mean it wasn't you? You are the ruler of the Small Insect World; any problems that arise in this place are all your fault!"
In the distance, several soldiers watched this scene, their mouths twitching slightly.
"I remember a few years ago, she was only a Mortal Rank cultivator," said the squinty-eyed soldier. The previous riot hadn't cost him his life; as one of the backup guardians for Chi Anlin, he was the first person Chi Xueyue targeted when she arrived in the Small Insect World.
"Yeah, are students from top-tier schools really that monstrous? In such a short time, she's already a Third Realm Cultivator," said a First Realm soldier.
"And isn't she a Qi Cultivator? How can she use a body cultivator's weapon, and with such monstrous strength?"
The few of them whispered among themselves; this young miss was not only powerful but also had an extremely explosive temper. It was rumored that upon returning to Zhao County, even the person in charge personally welcomed her, not daring to be negligent.
If it weren't for wanting to leave this Spider Queen for someone to train on, given Chi Xueyue's personality, she would have come over and slaughtered it long ago.
Under Chi Xueyue's fierce attacks, even as a ruler-level Spider Queen, it could only passively take a beating.
The Spider Queen itself was also extremely aggrieved; its intelligence was no less than that of a human. The woman before it had not only stolen its treasure for advancement but was now also causing it trouble!
Two years ago, it had found an extremely precious Ant Queen; this Ant Queen was very special, requiring basically no gestation time to produce large numbers of Ant Soldiers.
It had intended to raise it to the Second Realm before absorbing and devouring it, but it hadn't expected that during a fight outside, it would be snatched away by this person.