44: Chapter 44 Capturing a Superhuman

Gu Han looked down at the land of his divine kingdom.

That massive metal sphere was hurtling along the border between the volcanic rock and the desert, crushing several Iron Vine Snake Banyans along the way and severing any vines blocking its path.

This Shield-Armored Armadillo not only had incredible defense, but its destructive power was also top-tier.

Gu Han stroked his chin. If the Ant-men could be like the Shield-Armored Armadillo, they could have both charge capability and defense.

Thinking of this, he directly activated [Forced Breeding], locking onto the fast-moving Shield-Armored Armadillo and pairing it with the Black-Armored Ant Queen.

An invisible power of laws descended.

The rapidly rolling metal sphere suddenly ground to a halt, its massive body twitching on the spot. In the next second, it was already in the ant colony's nest, enveloped in a white light.

The siege behemoth was gone.

The eleven Transcendental Believers who had been hiding in the behemoth's abdominal cavity suddenly lost their support, and all eleven of them were launched forward by the momentum.

A series of dull thuds rang out.

The eleven people slammed onto the rough volcanic rock ground, rolling over ten meters before barely coming to a stop.

The leading Level 2 Sapien captain climbed up, covered in dust, and shook his head.

"What's going on? Where is the armadillo?"

He was about to blow his whistle to call the armadillo, but his movements suddenly froze.

Rustling crawling sounds echoed from all around.

He looked up, and as far as his eyes could see, there was a dense, black mass.

Black-Armored Ant-men covered the hills and plains, surrounding the eleven of them so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through.

Gu Han watched, in no hurry to use his skills.

He handed down a divine oracle, ordering the Black-Armored Ant-men and Hidden-Armor Ant-men to prepare to face the enemy.

The previous batch of ordinary Sapien soldiers had been too weak, completely failing to test the upper limits of the ant colony. Now that Transcendental Believers had arrived, they would make the perfect free whetstones to see just how wide the gap was between the Ant-men and the Transcendental rank.

The Level 2 captain reached back and drew the greatsword from his back.

"Form a formation! Prepare to face the enemy!"

The ten Level 1 soldiers reacted extremely fast, quickly drawing their weapons and forming a tight, back-to-back circular formation.

The Black-Armored Ant-men gave them absolutely no chance to support each other.

Over a hundred Black-Armored Ant-men in the front row suddenly accelerated, slamming directly into the ten-man circular formation.

"Kill!"

The Level 2 captain roared, sweeping his greatsword and slicing the two leading Black-Armored Ant-men in half on the spot.

The ten Level 1 soldiers also swung their swords one after another, relying on the strength and speed of their Transcendental rank to forcefully block the first wave of impact.

But there were simply too many ants.

The Black-Armored Ant-men had no fear of death at all; as the ones in front fell, those behind them stepped directly over their comrades' corpses to continue the slaughter.

The Black-Armored Ant-men charged in swarms like a raging torrent, their massive impact instantly scattering the eleven-man formation.

The ten Level 1 soldiers were forced to fight individually.

They brandished their longswords, but just as they split open the carapace of a Black-Armored Ant-Man, dozens of tiny black shadows suddenly darted out from the shadows.

The Hidden-Armor Ant-men instantly slipped into the gaps of their armor.

This was an assassin-type unit that Gu Han had specially bred. They were small, fast, and their carapace color could blend in with the surrounding environment.

The soldiers were so focused on defending against the heavy frontal blows of the Black-Armored Ant-men that they completely failed to notice the sneak attacks of the Hidden-Armor Ant-men.

In an instant, the ten Level 1 soldiers were covered in countless bloody gashes sliced by the Hidden-Armor Ant-men; the wounds were small and dense, causing unbearable pain and itching.

However, the constitution of Transcendental Believers was indeed formidable.

As soon as the wounds bled, their muscles automatically contracted, slowing down the blood flow, and the edges of the wounds began to scab over.

This kind of recovery and endurance far exceeded that of ordinary Sapiens.

Although these were only superficial wounds, they greatly affected their ability to continue fighting. The ten soldiers gritted their teeth, swinging their longswords so fast they formed an airtight defense, occasionally reaching out to scratch themselves.

This was absolutely the most pathetic battle they had ever fought.

On the other side, the Level 2 captain was engaged in a complete massacre.

When the sharp claws of the Hidden-Armor Ant-men scratched his skin, they failed to leave even a faint white mark.

The Hidden-Armor Ant-men simply stripped away his armor, revealing a body of lean, powerful muscle.

The surface of his skin gleamed with a faint metallic luster.

This was a Transcendental Believer who practiced body-tempering techniques.

The Level 2 captain took a large stride forward, swinging his greatsword and directly sending two charging Black-Armored Ant-men flying.

Standing at the very front alone, he forcefully withstood the repeated charges of dozens of Black-Armored Ant-men.

The pain receptors of the insect race were dull; the Ant-men simply did not know the meaning of retreat.

Black-Armored Ant-men with severed legs bit down on the soldiers' ankles with their mandibles, while those with split back carapaces would risk their lives to slam into the enemies' chests, creating opportunities for their companions to attack.

The stamina of the Level 1 soldiers began to be drained rapidly.

The Hidden-Armor Ant-men retreated immediately after a single strike, never lingering, and even crawled into ears and nostrils to launch sneak attacks.

Meanwhile, the Black-Armored Ant-men were responsible for absorbing the pressure from the front, filling the gaps with their lives.

Five minutes later.

The ten Level 1 soldiers finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Their movements grew slower and slower, and the power behind their sword swings decreased significantly.

Hundreds of Black-Armored Ant-men swarmed over them, pinning them directly to the ground.

Their weapons were forcibly stripped away.

The Ant-men carried these ten trophies away toward the altar.

On the battlefield, only the Level 2 captain was still desperately holding on.

The Level 2 captain gasped heavily for air.

His greatsword was already chipped and dulled, and seven or eight Black-Armored Ant-men clung to him, biting down tenaciously.

Wrestling against so many Ant-men all by himself, his stamina was also reaching its limit.

Seeing all his subordinates captured alive, the Level 2 captain's eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

There was absolutely no escaping today.

"You want to capture me alive? In your dreams!"

The Level 2 captain let out a beast-like roar, his muscles swelling violently as large droplets of blood seeped from his skin.

A violent energy surged wildly inside his body, causing even the surrounding air to warp.

Is he going to self-detonate?

Gu Han raised an eyebrow.

Want to die? Did you get my permission?

[Forced Breeding] activated!

The instant the skill took effect, the violent energy inside the Level 2 captain's body instantly died out. His eyes rolled back, and his body convulsed violently before being swallowed by white light.

That was close. The constitution of a Level 2 believer was definitely several times that of a Level 1 believer. Such high-quality Reproduction stock must not be wasted.

The genes of those initial twenty elite Sapiens were now completely subpar. This group of Transcendental Believers was about to bring an epic upgrade to the Ant-man Race. Gu Han was incredibly excited, frantically arranging Reproduction experiments for all the captives.

He even began to look forward to it, hoping the loan shark company would hurry up and send stronger believers to attack him.

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