131: Chapter 131 Besieged on All Sides

This kind of smart assistant skill service has a strict privacy protection mechanism.

Companies providing this type of skill service usually set up Advanced hidden Formations within the virtual coordinate Divine Kingdom.

The Divine Lord casting the skill can only release it toward the inside of the Formation; they cannot see what the believers receiving the blessing look like, let alone probe the secrets of the Divine Kingdom.

This is precisely why Gu Han dares to use it with peace of mind.

Gu Han had even specifically checked the historical reviews of this service; apart from a few complaints about the high price, the rest were all glowing reviews.

The dedicated customer service sent a message, indicating that the order was complete.

After confirming everything was correct, Gu Han opened the virtual coordinates and reopened the passage.

Five hundred thousand Dragon-Lizard Ant-man surged back into the Divine Kingdom like a tide.

In just two days, under the maturation effect of the skill, these larvae skipped their long growth phase and all entered the adult stage.

Five hundred thousand Dragon-Lizard Ant-man, covered in crimson scales and sporting four sharp claws, lined up neatly at the foot of the volcano.

Their bodies were a full size larger than ordinary Shield-Armored Ant-Men, and dark red patterns faintly shimmered on their scales.

Gu Han was very satisfied and casually purchased the [Longevity] service for Wild King and Zhangsheng, then thought about it and decided to include Qu Nimade as well.

These three were quite reliable and could save him a lot of trouble.

As for the quality of this new unit type, there was no need for them to learn combat yet; he would let the Black-Armored Ant-men teach them some mining experience. With them, the efficiency of mining nuclear fire crystal would definitely double.

"Assemble the entire army."

Without any unnecessary chatter, Gu Han quickly mustered his troops.

Including the Hidden-Armor Ant-Man, an army of eighty million Ant-men set out for the Wild Sand Realm once again, prepared to completely clear out that nuclear fire crystal vein.

Wild Sand Realm.

Yellow sand still filled the sky, and the gale-force winds whipped sand and stones against their carapaces, creating a dense, crisp clattering sound.

Gu Han rode on the back of an Earth Rampager, traveling at high speed.

The eighty million-strong army shuttled rapidly beneath the yellow sand.

Halfway there, Gu Han's heart skipped a beat as he realized the oversight from last time.

During the last retreat, he had been dazed by the high heat of the nuclear fire crystal and hadn't had time to bury the tunnel he had dug.

He was currently walking along the path previously opened by the Sand Swallower; although parts had collapsed, the traces were still obvious, and he didn't know if someone with ill intent would discover it.

Gu Han squeezed his legs hard against the Earth Rampager, increasing his speed.

Upon reaching the vicinity of the depths of the Wild Sand Realm from last time, Gu Han suddenly pulled on the reins of the Earth Rampager, and the army stopped as well.

Something was wrong.

Gu Han frowned, staring at the pile of buried sand and stone ahead; the tunnel had been blocked, and the orientation of the surrounding sand dunes had been altered artificially.

These were definitely not traces of natural sand coverage.

Despite rushing, someone had still managed to find this place.

Gu Han did not rush to order an attack; those who could operate in the depths of the Wild Sand Realm were definitely not ordinary Divine Lords.

Since the other party could discover this place and take the time to camouflage it, it meant they had been prepared for a long time.

Gu Han immediately dispatched a slightly smaller Earth Rampager, driven by one hundred thousand Hidden-Armor Ant-Man, to re-excavate a passage from a position several kilometers to the side.

Sand and stone tumbled; the Earth Rampager's excavation speed was extremely fast, and the one hundred thousand Hidden-Armor Ant-Man followed closely behind, quickly reinforcing the tunnel.

In less than half an hour, a new passage leading directly into the interior of the active volcanic cave was formed.

The one hundred thousand Hidden-Armor Ant-Man activated the stealth characteristics on their bodies and slipped into the tunnel silently.

According to the report from the Hidden-Armor Ant-Man, the cave was packed with dense crowds of alien believers.

There were three different groups of believers in total, with distinct Formations, clearly not belonging to the same Divine Lord.

This meant that at least three Divine Lords had set their sights on this nuclear fire crystal vein and had reached some sort of joint development agreement, sealing the place off.

Just as Gu Han was weighing the pros and cons.

Deep in the cave, an extremely powerful energy fluctuation suddenly erupted.

Immediately after, three voices rang out directly in the mine tunnel, carrying undisguised mockery and contempt.

"Level 1 believers? Did I see that right? A Level 1 Divine Lord dares to break into the depths of the Cataclysm Realm?"

This voice was extremely loud, shaking the loose stones above the cave so that they fell rustlingly.

"It really is, but it seems to be a Level 3 Divine Lord." Another sharp female voice rang out, "Seems to be the Ant-man Race? Someone from Jiangcheng?"

"I know! I know!" The third deep male voice replied, with excitement in his tone, "The number one person under the Demigod level in Jiangcheng, that Old Granny who plays with mutant Ant-men! It's definitely him!"

Gu Han raised an eyebrow; these people were all above the Demigod level!

The intensity of the pressure even exceeded the limit that a Level 7 transcendent could emit!

"Retreat."

Gu Han did not hesitate at all; he yanked the reins of the Earth Rampager, and the eighty million-strong army instantly turned around, retreating like a tide.

"Since you're here! Don't leave...!" The gruff voice's laughter stopped abruptly, "Holy crap? So many believers!"

"He is here with his main consciousness! Catch him quickly!" The female voice yelled excitedly, "This Old Granny comes with his own traffic; if I capture him alive and post it on Facebook, my follower count will definitely skyrocket!"

"I heard this Old Granny has many unique variants in his Divine Kingdom; if we wipe out the whole nest, this wave will be a huge profit! Two good things at once!"

The three of them were like they had been injected with chicken blood, immediately commanding their armies of believers to pursue and kill.

Running at the very front was a group of Level 5 Trolls, carrying rough stone clubs in their hands, howling and pouncing toward the retreating Ant-men rearguard.

A Troll that charged the hardest raised its huge stone club and smashed it down toward an Ant-Fist Shrimp-Man bringing up the rear. In its eyes, this insect less than two meters tall was simply vulnerable.

"Snap!"

Before the Troll's stone club could fall, the Ant-Fist Shrimp-Man suddenly lowered its body, turned around, and kicked its hind legs hard against the ground, like a cannonball leaving the barrel.

It nimbly dodged the stone club, the terrifying explosive power gathering on its fist, and smashed it hard against the Troll's chin.

"Bang!"

It was like a ripe watermelon being hit by a hammer.

The Level 5 Troll's huge head exploded directly, red and white matter spraying all over the ground like scattered flowers. The headless corpse swayed twice and then collapsed to the ground with a boom.

The other pursuing Trolls suddenly stopped in their tracks, their eyes bulging, mouths slightly agape, the stone clubs they were waving freezing in mid-air.

They had just casually caught one that was running slowly, and the opponent had killed it instantly with a backhand strike; the Level 5 Trolls were all trembling, wanting to flee first.

The three Demigods were also stunned.

"Wait, no? Buddy!" The gruff voice cracked, "A Level 1 unit, blew the head off a Level 5 Troll with one punch? Is there any justice left!"

"I had long heard that the Ant-man Race was fierce, but I didn't expect them to be this terrifying!"

Shock was shock, but the death of the Level 5 Troll actually alerted them.

"All low-level believers retreat! Level 6, Level 7, and Level 8s, chase him! Don't let him run!"

Following the order, more terrifying roars came from the depths of the cave; the ground shook, and even larger figures squeezed out from the darkness, pouncing toward the tunnel with suffocating oppression.

Gu Han's hearing was very sharp; listening to the commands of the Demigods behind him, his brain worked rapidly.

Actually, Level 8 believers had entered the fray.

Although the Ant-man Race could kill across levels, the gap of a Level 8 transcendent was a chasm; if the eighty million-strong army fought to the death here, the combat losses would definitely keep Gu Han up all night.

What's more, those five hundred thousand newly cultivated Dragon-Lizard Ant-man were his precious assets for mining nuclear fire crystal in the future; they absolutely could not be lost here.

"Hidden-Armor, Black-Armored, Shield-Armored, hold the rear!" Gu Han calmly issued the order, "Defend the tunnel to the death, protect the Dragon-Lizard Ant-man as they retreat!"

The black tide of ants instantly split, and the fearless Black-Armored Ant-men stood like a city wall in front of the pursuers, while the Hidden-Armor Ant-Man slipped into the shadows, ready at any time to launch suicidal lightning attacks.

At this moment, he had to buy enough time to initiate the return trip.

While commanding the defensive line to shrink, Gu Han accelerated his retreat.

Just at this moment, the smart assistant sent a sharp alarm sound.

This was not the movement of the Wild Sand Realm.

This was an alarm from his own Divine Kingdom! Someone had entered his Divine Kingdom!

Damn it!

...

At the same time, above the polar ice sheet in Gu Han's Divine Kingdom.

The originally calm space twisted violently, and a black rift was torn open by force.

Biting cold winds whistled in, whipping up ice and snow that filled the sky.

Two figures slowly descended from the rift.

Tang Wuying's face was pale, his eye sockets sunken, and his eyes revealed a sickly resentment and madness.

The crushing defeat in the professional league, coupled with lying in the medical pod for a full week, made him look somewhat haggard.

Standing beside him was a Level 7 Elf wearing emerald green wizard robes.

It had an arrogant expression, holding a staff, and the powerful wind magic transformed into tangible cyan air currents, steadily supporting the two of them in mid-air, isolating them from the extreme cold below.

(If this chapter gets one thousand requests for updates, I will add an update immediately! I'm off to write!)

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