97: Chapter 97 The Queen Ant's Little World

In a canyon, the Blood Devouring King stood atop an Ice Spirit Gryphon, and behind them was a group of Ant Soldiers.

As a progeny of the Queen Ant, whenever the Blood Devouring King killed a demonic beast, Chi Anlin would receive blood energy.

Not far away, a Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog was eyeing them greedily, its muscles tensed and trembling slightly, ready to attack at any moment.

Although the Ice Spirit Gryphon was a Second Realm demonic beast, it had been kept in a school after all and hadn't experienced many battles. Consequently, in a one-on-one fight, it might not be able to defeat this Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog.

The Blood Devouring King thought for a moment and, with a slight flicker of intent, transmitted its thoughts to the Ice Spirit Gryphon.

Although its mental power hadn't reached the point where it could be projected externally, as a former king, it could still manage a few small tricks.

Simulating a King's Aura was very taxing for the Blood Devouring King, but once it devoured the essence blood and souls of these Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dogs later, it would surely be able to break through to a higher realm.

Before they could make a move, the Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog initiated the attack. Wind blades condensed around it, flying toward the Ice Spirit Gryphon like crescent moons.

Ice pillars rose around the Ice Spirit Gryphon to block the wind blades. At that moment, the Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog charged forward, opening its bloody maw to bite at the Ice Spirit Gryphon's head.

Boom!

The ice pillars suddenly shattered, and the icy aura gathered the exploding ice crystals together, sending them all flying toward the Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog.

The ground abruptly split open as a tornado rose out of thin air and collided with the ice crystals. A second later, a shockwave appeared, and the massive impact sent all the Tiger Armor Ant Soldiers on the ground flying.

Green light flickered on the back of the Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog, and its speed instantly doubled as it lunged toward the Ice Spirit Gryphon.

At that moment, an indescribable and terrifying pressure appeared, causing the Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog to collapse directly onto the ground. Its eyes were filled with fear, and it let out a whimpering cry as if begging for mercy.

A second later, an icicle pierced into its mouth and exploded again under the Ice Spirit Gryphon's control.

[Ice Burst]

Ice crystals rampaged inside its body. Meanwhile, the Blood Devouring King leaped up, radiating a crimson intent. Suddenly, the blood inside the Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog began to compress its heart.

Bang!

The heart exploded, and the Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog lost its life.

"This should count as my kill..." The Blood Devouring King's body went limp, and only this single thought surfaced in its mind.

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[Killed a Second Realm, First Stage Howling Wind Cloud-Splitting Dog, obtained 80 million blood energy; obtained an additional 40 million blood energy for an over-level kill]

Chi Anlin suddenly stood up. He had just obtained 120 million blood energy in one go?

"Ding, congratulations to the host for accumulating 100 million blood energy points. The system is upgrading. Since the host has upgraded twice in a row, the upgrade time has been shortened. Remaining time: 12 hours."

News of the system upgrade arrived, and Chi Anlin began to whistle happily. As expected, the Otherworld was the best place for leveling up. After two consecutive upgrades, he wondered what rewards he would get.

However, the primary goal now was to perform a Fusion of the beast taming pouch with the Queen Ant.

"Ding, do you wish to perform Fusion on the [Spatial Ant Queen] and the [beast taming pouch]?"

Required blood energy: 100 million

Fusion success rate: 97%

Fusion time: 5 hours

"Fusion."

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Time passed quickly, and the Queen Ant emerged from the blood cocoon.

[Name]: Void Ant Queen

[Attributes]: Space, Fire, Metal

[Level]: First Realm, First Stage

[Potential]: Profound Grade, Low-Rank

There were no changes to the production speed or skills, but the [Space] gene in the gene column had changed to a different gene.

[World]: Possesses a Small World within the body that can accommodate life. (The Small World cannot generate spiritual power and cannot store space rings. The world inside the Queen Ant's body is the highest-level world and can accommodate Ant Soldiers that possess their own worlds.)

It worked!

Chi Anlin looked at the Queen Ant. At this moment, her body had become somewhat petite, like a small dog.

The current Queen Ant was no longer as bloated as before and lacked mobility issues, so Chi Anlin could now carry her directly with him.

"Xiao Yi, put the Ice War Soul into your world."

Since the beast taming pouch had been used for Fusion by Chi Anlin, the Ice War Soul was currently homeless. After it entered the Queen Ant's world, Chi Anlin had the Queen Ant give a rough description. He immediately understood that the height of the space inside the Queen Ant was about twenty meters, and the area was ten thousand square meters.

It was huge!

Now, the ant eggs laid by the Queen Ant were produced directly within the Small World and could be summoned at any time. There was also a digestion pool in the Queen Ant's Small World; as long as demonic beast corpses were thrown in, they could be converted into her own nutrients.

This was much more efficient, saving time on chewing and significantly speeding up digestion.

After observing the Queen Ant's Small World, Chi Anlin opened the Queen Ant's gene panel and began to redesign the Transport Ant Soldiers.

Originally, the Transport Ant Soldiers were quite large, and their abdomens would swell to provide nutrients for the Queen Ant.

With the Small World, all of that could be removed, primarily to make them easier to carry.

Chi Anlin didn't know if the Small World would collapse if a Transport Ant Soldier died, so he felt that the only thing the Transport Ant Soldiers needed was defensive power.

As for mobility, he could just have a Tiger Armor Ant Soldier carry them along.

Stripping away all the original genes, Chi Anlin added the Queen Ant's [World] gene.

Next, Chi Anlin fused the [Exoskeleton] gene that he considered to have the highest defensive power. This gene came from a ball-like insect that could actually withstand the attacks of Blood Fiend Ant Soldiers of the same realm.

After that, Chi Anlin fused a plant gene. This was from one of the few demonic plants he had encountered in the Lesser Beast Realm.

The resin of this demonic plant was exceptionally viscous, possessed a certain corrosive power, and was also extremely tough. When the massive mandibles of an Ant Soldier pierced it, they were actually blocked.

After adding these few genes, Chi Anlin began to mold the appearance of the Transport Ant Soldier.

Using the resin as a buffer fluid to fill the gaps within the Exoskeleton, Chi Anlin flattened the body shape of the Transport Ant Soldier slightly.

When encountering an attack, the Transport Ant Soldier would curl into a ball to resist external strikes. During transport, they could also be turned into a ball for easy carrying.

Soon, the new Transport Ant Soldier was produced. After Chi Anlin carefully examined his masterpiece, he glanced at the production time.

Producing one First Realm, First Stage Transport Ant Soldier took about three days. However, the Small World of this thing was only fifteen meters high with an area of 1,000 square meters.

The world was certainly not as large as the Queen Ant's. Since the current Ant Soldiers were getting larger and their numbers were increasing, one thousand square meters would barely suffice for a while.

After finishing the Transport Ant Soldier, Chi Anlin struck while the iron was hot and began to mold another type of Ant Soldier.