256: Kill the ant king and harvest the holy fruit!

"King Tiger, do you dare to fight me?"

Not far away, the Ant King went berserk, and his eyes seemed to only hold Xia Fan. "Today, this king will definitely defeat you and avenge my past humiliation!"

"Go to hell!"

"It seems... injecting this stuff really isn't good for the brain!"

Xia Fan looked at the Ant King, who was becoming increasingly agitated, wanting to attack him and forgetting the huge power gap between them. He couldn't help but shake his head with a smile.

He had originally thought that even if he didn't use them himself, he could get some genetic agents to enhance the strength of his subordinates and build up the foundation of Yunxia Mountain. But now, it seemed the dangers of this stuff were clearly greater, and it was best not to touch it.

After all, the Ant King looked like a joke right now.

"Insolent little ant!"

Behind them, the Black Dragon King heard the Ant King's taunts, his expression exceptionally grim. "How dare you disrespect the Great King! You are seeking death!"

"King Tiger, I have to thank you!"

The Ant King was in a state of frenzy, and his strength had increased significantly because of it, though he was still only a pseudo-seventh-rank. "Now, I've gained six new abilities, greatly increasing my strength. Let's see if you can still defeat me!"

"Go to hell!"

It didn't know that Xia Fan had entered the seventh-rank a long time ago. With his current power, a pseudo-seventh-rank couldn't even touch him, so Xia Fan didn't pay any attention to its taunts.

"Buzz—"

In an instant, the Ant King once again activated its gravity field, restricting Xia Fan's movements. At the same time, relying on its limb regeneration ability, it rushed forward without hesitation, intending to engage Xia Fan in close combat.

"Just a few more abilities, and you're so arrogant?"

"You, the Ant King, are nothing special!"

Xia Fan scoffed when he heard this.

By now, the miscellaneous, even repetitive, abilities he possessed were too numerous to count. Moreover, the power of many of these abilities could be stacked, not just used simply and individually.

Even so, Xia Fan himself hadn't become so arrogant as to think he could, with pseudo-seventh-rank strength, directly confront a true seventh-rank powerhouse. This Ant King, having just gained sudden power, was already so presumptuous—it was truly laughable.

However, thinking about it, it was normal. After all, only when one reached his level, a true seventh-rank, would they understand that the saying 'all below seventh-rank are ants' was not baseless!

The Ant King had gained body regeneration ability, which was indeed powerful for ordinary fierce beasts.

But Xia Fan had personally witnessed the process of its body regrowing. After a comparison, he concluded that this regeneration ability would not surpass the Yamata no Orochi's Undying Body or the Octopus King's power of rebirth.

For the Ant King to try and shake him with this was simply ridiculous!

Whoosh whoosh—

As the Ant King swung its pair of giant pincers to attack, Xia Fan didn't pay much attention. He merely casually raised his hand as the attack was about to land.

"Scram!"

Following Xia Fan's angry roar, a black lightning bolt instantly exploded on the giant pincer, scorching it black and causing its body to freeze for a moment.

"Rumble!"

Immediately after, several lightning bolts continuously exploded, striking directly onto the Ant King's body.

"Ah..."

Amidst the rolling thunder, the Ant King roared wildly, seemingly trying to resist such an attack with its regeneration ability, but ultimately found itself powerless to resist.

In a short moment, it was struck by the heavenly lightning, its cries gradually weakening until they finally disappeared!

Thud—

With a loud crash, the Ant King's massive body hit the ground. Its body regeneration ability, which it had prided itself on in life, failed to revive it.

"Vulnerable."

Xia Fan glanced at the Ant King's mutilated and charred corpse with disdain, then waved his claw to unleash the Great Dark Devouring Black Hole. The terrifying aura emanating from it instantly sent shivers down the spines of the nearby fierce beasts.

The fierce beasts watched with wide eyes as the Devouring Black Hole directly swallowed the Ant King's corpse, without even a sound being made during the process.

Such a display of power directly awed a large number of restless fierce beasts.

"This... is this the strength of the King Tiger?"

"It's too terrifying!"

Around them, those fierce beast powerhouses who had held a glimmer of hope were now filled with shock upon witnessing this. "That heavenly lightning is so terrifying; I feel just one strike could cleave me into pieces!"

"Yes, the Ant King relied on its hard body to withstand it, but it was still struck dead!"

"Sigh, with the King Tiger here to contend for the sacred fruit, we probably have no chance..."

As the thunder in the field dissipated, the fierce beasts all realized that with such a King Tiger, the sacred fruit already had an owner. At this moment, only those who didn't value their lives would continue to contend for it.

Therefore, the fierce beast powerhouses all turned and left, their hearts heavy.

They had come excitedly, but left somewhat dejected, their spirits greatly dampened by the strength Xia Fan had displayed!

After killing the Ant King, Xia Fan's gaze fell on the few humans.

Including the General of Freedom Island, the strongest of these people were only third-rank. Perhaps a long time ago, they could have been called powerhouses, but in today's world, they were truly just ants!

Although both Great Xia and Freedom Island were using technology to research genetic agents, Great Xia's research direction was to cultivate human powerhouses. Those genetic agents were injected into suitable individuals after countless trials.

Despite this, many people in Great Xia faced the risk of death when injecting the agents. But once they survived, they became true ability users with no side effects.

Freedom Island, however, chose not to follow the proper path, instead taking a dangerous gamble by choosing to cultivate fierce beasts to strengthen themselves.

They were willing to risk being backfired by fierce beasts to continue experimenting, rather than taking the risk themselves.

"Wait!"

With a single look, Xia Fan's oppressive aura leaked out, instantly killing the General of Freedom Island and the other five people. "This King will soon go to your Freedom Island. By then, I will make you pay the price for today's actions!"

Afterward, he went directly to the central area of Stone City.

Due to the previous battle, the Ant Soldiers here had long since scattered, and the surroundings became empty.

Xia Fan looked down from the sky and saw a large tree growing in the deep pit.

On the tree, a scorching hot sacred fruit, radiating endless luster and temptation, was particularly attractive.

He felt it slightly, and recalling his previous experience of obtaining spirit fruits, he understood that this sacred fruit would be fully ripe in a few more hours. He then said to the Black Dragon King, "Let's talk about other things after we've taken the ripe fruit."

"Great King, rest assured, Little Black will handle everything!"

The Black Dragon King immediately agreed.

During the waiting period, all the fierce beasts that had been observing earlier had now retreated.

However, some fierce beasts arrived later, having not witnessed the battle. Seeing Xia Fan alone, they harbored thoughts of snatching the fruit.

Facing this scene, the Black Dragon King descended with a roar, his entire body emanating killing intent. "Whoever dares to step forward, this King will slaughter them!"