95: Chapter 95 Blood Energy Accumulated to Ten Million
Twenty million blood energy—although Chi Anlin didn't have it now, it didn't mean he wouldn't in a while.
The Ice Spirit Gryphon was already in the process of synthesis; with its existence, even if it couldn't kill some Second Realm demonic beasts, slaughtering First Realm Demonic Beasts would be more than easy.
"Xiao Yi, keep a close eye on this Ant Soldier, don't let it escape your control," Chi Anlin said to the Ant Queen in his sea of consciousness. He wasn't quite sure how long the Ant Queen's bloodline control could restrict the Blood Devouring King.
After finishing his instructions, Chi Anlin went deep into the cave. This time, he had several main objectives for coming to the Lesser Beast Realm.
First, to diversify the types of Ant Soldiers.
Tiger Armor Ant Soldiers were numerous and fast, suitable for besieging enemies, while Blood Fiend Ant Soldiers were specialized for slaughter.
Recently, not many Lightning Ant Soldiers had been produced. Although the Lesser Beast Realm was large, there was no ocean, so aquatic demonic beasts weren't very powerful, and most resources were on land.
Therefore, Lightning Ant Soldiers were basically obsolete now.
As for the Transport Ant Soldiers, Chi Anlin felt that these couldn't really be considered Transport Ant Soldiers.
True Transport Ant Soldiers wouldn't just transport nutrition and energy; moreover, these Transport Ant Soldiers relied mainly on their own bodies to store energy, which was too restrictive.
Chi Anlin planned to recreate the Transport Ant Soldiers after fusing the Ant Queen with the space ring.
This way, the Transport Ant Soldiers would have their own internal space, and their physical size would no longer be an issue.
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An hour later, the Ice Spirit Gryphon finished synthesis and stepped out of the blood cocoon.
This time, the gaze the Ice Spirit Gryphon directed at Chi Anlin no longer contained greed, but rather reliance and trust.
This was the terrifying part of the system: it could make all synthesized demonic beasts loyal to him.
Currently, the Ant Queen could produce 40 First Realm, First Stage Tiger Armor Ant Soldiers a day. Roughly three Tiger Armor Ant Soldiers could kill a demonic beast of the same stage. Factoring in casualties, he could obtain about two million blood energy a day.
Of course, this was under stable conditions. If they encountered higher-stage demonic beasts, the Ant Soldiers would be crushed directly, resulting in no gains for the day.
On the other hand, the Blood Fiend Ant Soldiers were more powerful. In a successful sneak attack, a Blood Fiend Ant Soldier could instantly kill a demonic beast of the same stage. Even in a direct confrontation, although they would sustain some injuries, they could still slay same-stage demonic beasts.
The blood energy the Ant Queen had obtained over the past two days was almost used up by Chi Anlin. To fuse with the space ring, Chi Anlin would have to obtain the required blood energy himself.
Now, 100,000 Mortal Grade Second Stage Ant Soldiers could be produced in a day. However, they required quite a bit of energy. All these Ant Soldiers had already been spread out as scouts to explore the Lesser Beast Realm.
It was precisely because of these small Ant Soldiers that the First Realm Ant Soldier legion hadn't encountered those high-stage demonic beasts.
Chi Anlin looked at the Ice Spirit Gryphon beside him. With this Second Realm combat power, he could now go hunt those high-stage First Realm Demonic Beasts found by the Ant Soldiers.
After communicating with the Ant Queen, Chi Anlin locked onto a First Realm, Eighth Stage demonic beast. This beast had a strong sense of territory and was an anteater, posing a significant threat to the Ant Soldiers, so Chi Anlin planned to deal with this fellow first.
Mounting the Ice Spirit Gryphon and bringing Xiao Xing along, Chi Anlin soon arrived at a plain.
At this moment, a three-meter-tall anteater was leisurely strolling. Each of its hairs was like steel wire, emitting a metallic luster.
Sensing the aura of the Ice Spirit Gryphon, the anteater raised its head and let out a threatening roar.
[Name]: Steel-Shining Anteater
[Attribute]: Metal
[Realm]: First Realm, Eighth Stage
[Potential]: Yellow Grade Top Quality
[Description]: Nemesis of the ant race. It can secrete a toxin that causes ants to temporarily lose their ability to move, which it applies to the ants' bodies through its saliva.
What the heck? Chi Anlin raised an eyebrow; this thing had to be killed.
While ordinary anteaters certainly didn't have this function, it wasn't surprising for them to evolve such an ability after becoming demonic beasts.
He would have to collect some of this toxin later to synthesize it for the Ant Soldiers. If there were no issues, he'd let the Ant Queen fuse with this thing's genes.
After landing in the distance, Chi Anlin let the Ice Spirit Gryphon go alone to slay the anteater. After all, he was only at the First Realm, Second Stage; rashly joining the battle could get him killed instantly.
Upon receiving the command, the Ice Spirit Gryphon flew out. After a long screech, several ice spears shot toward the anteater.
The ice spears, empowered by spiritual power, pierced right through the anteater's defense, shattering its fur and stabbing into its body.
"Roar!" In pain, the anteater began to flee. It understood the gap between itself and the Ice Spirit Gryphon, so it decisively chose to run.
It didn't have any anti-air methods either.
Some frost and snow appeared on the anteater's body, and its movements grew slower and slower.
Just then, the Ice Spirit Gryphon landed on the ground, its front talons grabbing the anteater's back, sharp claws sinking into its body.
Blood gushed out, and the anteater let out a pained scream. In the next moment, a blue light flickered on the Ice Spirit Gryphon's sharp beak as it pecked at the back of the anteater's neck.
This single peck created a bloody hole in the anteater. Following that, the blood at the opening solidified rapidly, spreading into the anteater's body.
The anteater's body gradually stiffened, and soon, under the Ice Spirit Gryphon's attacks, it turned completely into a cold corpse.
Chi Anlin waited for a long time, but the expected system notification never arrived.
"Why? The Ice Spirit Gryphon's kill doesn't count as mine??"
Chi Anlin thought for a while. Although he indeed had the Ice Spirit Gryphon's loyalty, it wasn't his tamed beast, so the kill rewards wouldn't fall on his head.
Originally, Chi Anlin had planned to use blood energy to synthesize other people's tamed beasts as well, casting a wide net, but thinking about it now, it was useless.
The demonic beasts killed by the Ant Soldiers counted toward him because the Ant Queen was his tamed beast. In a sense, all its offspring were connected to him, which was why they could farm blood energy.
However, this wasn't a big problem. He'd just have the Ice Spirit Gryphon beat the demonic beasts half to death and then let the Blood Fiend Ant Soldiers deal the finishing blow.
As for why he didn't deal the finishing blow himself, it was because he was afraid these demonic beasts were faking it. If there was some deathbed counterattack, he would lose big.
With the help of the Ant Soldiers, Chi Anlin soon found another First Realm, Eighth Stage demonic beast.
After a few minutes of fighting, the Ice Spirit Gryphon defeated this demonic beast with overwhelming force.
To prevent the Blood Fiend Ant Soldiers from being unable to break the defense, Chi Anlin had the Ice Spirit Gryphon open a gash in the beast's chest, exposing its heart. At Chi Anlin's request, a Blood Fiend Ant Soldier stepped forward and began attacking the heart.
With one strike, this Golden-Wave Spotted Marten successfully passed away.
[Killed First Realm, Eighth Stage demonic beast Golden-Wave Spotted Marten, obtained 9.7 million blood energy, cross-level combat bonus of 5 million blood energy.]
"Ding, congratulations to the host for accumulating ten million blood energy points. The system is upgrading."
Time remaining: 24 hours