190: destruction

Hellfire Ants clearly thought of this, and his eyes were filled with unconcealable regret.

As the Lord of the Forbidden Zone of Hellfire Forest, his own strength was not weak.

He even ranked among the top in front of all the Lords of the Forbidden Zone.

He also had countless Hellfire Ants as his subordinates, making him a prime example of a 'horde' type.

Unfortunately, he got carried away.

He did not choose to hide behind the scenes and command the Hellfire Ants to attack Lin Tianwei.

Instead, he tried to contend with Lin Tianwei.

This led to him being directly captured by Lin Tianwei, and he could only passively endure the scorching flames.

As his body temperature gradually rose, like a death countdown, Hellfire Ants felt his impending doom.

He was about to die!

Fortunately.

Fortunately, he had already sent out the most crucial ant eggs; the Hellfire Ants colony could not be wiped out just like that.

Thinking this, Hellfire Ants's heart finally felt a little better.

He began to ponder how to preserve the strength of Hellfire Forest to the greatest extent possible from the devil in front of him.

In a sense, creatures with simpler minds like him always think about the continuation and development of the entire species.

Instead, they do not consider their own interests too important.

Soon, Hellfire Ants's thoughts focused on the terrifying number of Hellfire Ants around him.

Since they could no longer decide the outcome of the battle.

Then there was no need for them to stay and waste their lives.

Disperse.

As long as a small portion could follow that ant egg, it would be enough to serve as his initial force.

Allowing him to have an easier time in the early stages.

Thinking this, Hellfire Ants no longer hesitated and emitted his unique pheromones.

He tried to use this method to command these Hellfire Ants, who were completely unable to break through Lin Tianwei's defenses, to scatter.

To achieve the goal of escaping.

Hellfire Ants's powerful pheromones, even in a high-temperature environment, could transmit over a very long distance without hindrance.

But they could not break through the defensive network constructed by Lin Tianwei's Mental Power.

In fact, he had many ways to kill the Hellfire Ants in front of him.

For example, his extremely sharp teeth could easily bite through Hellfire Ants's Carapace.

Delivering a fatal blow to him.

But Lin Tianwei did not do that.

Instead, he slowly played the performance art of grilling ants.

The purpose was to use Hellfire Ants's instinct for survival.

To gather all the Hellfire Ants together, making it convenient for him to deal with them all at once.

Otherwise, if they scattered, he would indeed have a hard time chasing them one by one.

That was millions of Hellfire Ants, and Lin Tianwei, as a single tiger, was stretched thin.

Fortunately.

Everything was proceeding as Lin Tianwei had expected.

Especially Hellfire Ants, this fool, cooperated perfectly with Lin Tianwei's plan, gathering all the Hellfire Ants together.

Looking at the layers of Hellfire Ants, as if surrounding him and Hellfire Ants into a bloody ball of flesh.

When Hellfire Ants realized that the tide had turned and he wanted to preserve his remaining forces.

He found that his pheromones had been isolated by Lin Tianwei and could not be transmitted to the outside Hellfire Ants at all.

Roar~~~~~~~~

Another tiger's roar.

Although the damage caused was not high, it was a prelude to Lin Tianwei's impending attack.

Mental Power.

Terrifying Mental Power.

With Lin Tianwei's large head as the core, it directly erupted, launching an indiscriminate attack on all nearby creatures.

This was an attack originating from the spirit, extremely unreasonable.

These Hellfire Ants simply could not resist.

The moment the pheromones could not be transmitted, Hellfire Ants felt something was wrong.

However, before he could react, he was hit by Lin Tianwei's Mental Power shock.

It must be said that as the strongest existence among the Hellfire Ants, Hellfire Ants's strength was quite good.

Lin Tianwei's Mental Power shock, diluted countless times, had no effect on him whatsoever.

However, it was precisely because of this that Hellfire Ants saw a scene that made him utterly despair.

He discovered in horror that the moment Lin Tianwei launched his attack.

The Hellfire Ants army, which was still full of vigor a moment ago, simultaneously lost their ability to move.

As their eyes gradually dimmed, their bodies drooped weakly, completely losing the power to move.

Although there was still vitality remaining in their bodies.

But without the energy to control this vitality, they were nothing more than ants to be slaughtered.

Several million Hellfire Ants were instantly killed by Lin Tianwei.

Completely and utterly lost their vitality.

Such a terrifying scene finally made Hellfire Ants feel fear.

Even though he was enjoying the scorching flames, he felt a chill throughout his body.

What kind of monster was this tiger in front of him?

And why was he so cruel and inhuman, wanting to exterminate the entire Hellfire Ants colony?

"Devil, you devil who destroys everything based solely on your own preferences."

"You will get your retribution sooner or later."

The suppressed anger in his heart gave Hellfire Ants a feeling of needing to vent.

He actually spoke directly under Lin Tianwei's nose.

In fact, Hellfire Ants, highly Awakened and having devoured a large amount of living memories, was not unable to speak.

It was just that he felt he didn't need to speak.

Communication?

Suppressing everything with strength, there was no need for communication at all.

However, it was this arrogant being who finally used what he considered the most useless communication skill in front of Lin Tianwei.

Lin Tianwei's power completely shattered the pride in his heart.

On the verge of death, and witnessing the destruction of Hellfire Forest, Hellfire Ants finally raged in futility.

Devil?

Lin Tianwei looked at Hellfire Ants with interest.

What right did this ruler of the Hellfire Ants colony have to call himself a devil?

Not to mention that he once coveted his farm.

Just the history of the Hellfire Ants' rise was countless times more brutal than Lin Tianwei's.

It was unknown how many species they had destroyed and how many resources they had devoured to achieve the current prosperity of Hellfire Forest.

In a sense, Lin Tianwei was actually a righteous avenger.

Avenging the countless souls devoured by the Hellfire Ants.

However, Lin Tianwei was not in the mood to argue with Hellfire Ants's futile rage.

As food, as long as it could provide him with powerful Talent, that was enough.

Of course, if it could taste a little better, that would also be perfect.

What Lin Tianwei urgently needed to do now was to kill Hellfire Ants, then have a hearty meal, and return to his farm.

Don't be fooled by how cool he looked just now, killing millions of Hellfire Ants.

But Lin Tianwei doing this was not without cost.

At the very least, his head ached immensely due to the excessive exertion of his Mental Power.

If he hadn't just upgraded his Talent: Mental Power (Advanced) to Talent: Mental Power (Extraordinary).

He would have been even more uncomfortable.

Of course.

Compared to Lin Tianwei's terrifying achievement of instantly killing millions of Hellfire Ants.

This slight side effect of a headache seemed somewhat insignificant.

Moreover, Lin Tianwei was not entirely without gains from killing so many Hellfire Ants.

Talent Shards: 1.13 million points!

This time, Lin Tianwei thoroughly squeezed out the Talent of the Hellfire Ants species.

He once again harvested hundreds of thousands of Talent Shards.

And reached the threshold for upgrading an Advanced Talent to an Extraordinary Talent.

Such a result was definitely a sure profit for Lin Tianwei.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei opened his mouth wide and unhesitatingly began to devour Hellfire Ants.

Smelling the charred aroma in the air.

Lin Tianwei believed that this Hellfire Ants, whose skin was already crispy, would taste quite good.

Sure enough.

After Lin Tianwei easily tore open Hellfire Ants's Carapace with his extremely sharp fangs, he smelled a sweet fragrance.

The snow-white tender meat hidden beneath the Carapace looked even more delicious.

Without hesitation, and without even waiting for Hellfire Ants to die, Lin Tianwei took a bite and began to savor today's feast.

Living food was even more delicious.

Bite by bite, Lin Tianwei ate very quickly.

The snow-white ant meat melted in his mouth, directly absorbed as energy by Lin Tianwei's terrifying Fast Digestion and integrated into Lin Tianwei's body.

Beginning to slowly replenish the stamina he had expended during this great battle.

What surprised Lin Tianwei the most was the special effect of the ant meat.

Replenishing Mental Power!

His originally exhausted spirit also gradually recovered somewhat under the nourishment of the ant meat.

At least it would not make Lin Tianwei feel a headache.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for killing a new target."

"Ding, Talent extraction successful, host has obtained Talent: Strength Enhancement (Extraordinary), Directed Modification (Extraordinary)."

"Ding, please confirm whether the host wants to use this Talent."

"Directed Modification (Extraordinary): Extraordinary Talent, consumes a large amount of one's own energy to perform modifications on the target that are more in line with one's wishes."

"Note: Target resistance to modification will significantly increase the energy consumed by the modification."

It must be said that Hellfire Ants's vitality was indeed tenacious.

Even after his head had been eaten by Lin Tianwei, he still did not die.

It wasn't until Lin Tianwei had swallowed his entire body that he received the system's kill notification.

Strength Enhancement (Extraordinary)?

This Talent was simple and crude; it could enhance Lin Tianwei's strength.

Without a doubt, Lin Tianwei directly chose to use it.

As for the other powerful Talent, Lin Tianwei certainly wouldn't miss it either.

Directed Modification?

This clearly looked like a skill that could be used in many creative ways.

How exactly to use it would require Lin Tianwei to slowly research and figure out.

Looking at the Hellfire Forest, where there was no longer a single living creature, Lin Tianwei let out a tiger's roar.

As if demonstrating his extremely powerful strength to the entire world.

And this tiger's roar, as expected, spread to every corner of Blue Star through surveillance.

Especially combined with the pile of Hellfire Ants that resembled a mountain of corpses.

Making Lin Tianwei's massive figure appear incredibly majestic.

Sacred and inviolable.

For a moment, even if everyone had a thousand words in their hearts, they couldn't speak them.

They could only remain silent.

The instinctive tremor they felt in the face of powerful creatures rendered them immobile.

They could only stare with wide eyes, hoping that Lin Tianwei would leave soon.

Although according to Lin Tianwei's original plan, he would leave after enjoying Hellfire Ants's flesh and blood.

However, some overly enthusiastic neighbors apparently did not intend to let him leave directly.

The earth trembled!

That was a behemoth taking heavy steps, impacting the earth again and again.

Without the Hellfire Ants' obstruction, the treants encroached upon the Hellfire Forest at a pace far quicker than anyone had imagined.

Before long, they arrived at the periphery of the battle.

They were pleasantly surprised to find that those annoying crimson ants had not only vanished from the Hellfire Forest's boundary,

but also seemed to be dead, completely unresponsive to their arrival.

How could they refuse such a good opportunity?

They immediately took their massive legs, formed by countless entwined plants, and launched a stomping attack at these Hellfire Ants.

Instantly,

crimson sap splattered.

The flesh and blood of these Hellfire Ants became the best nutrients for their growth.

Although they also heard Lin Tianwei's tiger roar, they didn't take it to heart.

After all, they had seen and killed many creatures capable of making such sounds; they felt no fear whatsoever.

The only things that could command their attention were these Hellfire Ants before them.

Since the Hellfire Ants were already dead,

then there was no longer any power that could prevent them from invading this land.

Thinking this, they became even more reckless.

Their entire bodies began to disperse, like collapsing skyscrapers, directly crashing heavily onto the ground.

They attempted to increase the speed at which they devoured these Hellfire Ants by having a wider contact area.

However, they could not have known that

it was precisely their reckless behavior that caused them to provoke an incredibly terrifying entity.

Lin Tianwei's vision was excellent.

With the enhancement of his Vision Field, he took in every move of these treants.

Some creatures actually dared to snatch his spoils of war?

They truly didn't know their place!

Although Lin Tianwei didn't need the corpses of these Hellfire Ants, as it would be a very troublesome task to move them to the farm,

him abandoning something and someone picking it up

was completely different from someone directly snatching his spoils of war right in front of him.

This behavior was simply a direct slap in his face!

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei grew furious and let out a warning roar:

“Roar~~~~~~~~”

Although it was just a roar of unclear meaning, Lin Tianwei knew that these treants could understand the meaning in his words.

They could discern the warning in his voice.

However, Lin Tianwei was not met with the treants' departure, but rather their disdainful roars.

“Roar~~~~~~~~”

Lin Tianwei was met with an equally powerful roar.

It was the piercing shriek these treants emitted by rubbing their bodies together.

Converging, it seemed to convey a message of “get lost” to Lin Tianwei.

The lawless treants of the Mad Forest were now like frogs in a well.

Their eyes only saw the surrounding Hellfire Forest.

Since the Hellfire Forest had been destroyed, in their eyes, the entire world would be theirs for the taking.

They were the masters of this world and needed not fear any creature.

This situation caused Lin Tianwei, who had been preparing to return for a rest, to stop.

Since some creatures dared to provoke him so ignorantly,

then he too would respond to their provocation.

He would make them understand what it meant to be inviolable.

Although the previous battle with the hellfire had consumed a large amount of Lin Tianwei's stamina,

most of it was Mental Power.

Coupled with the replenishment from the hellfire's flesh and blood, Lin Tianwei's physical strength largely remained at its peak.

Physical strength alone was enough to deal with these foolish behemoths.

It was also a good opportunity to test the power of his new Talent, Transcendent Strength Enhancement.

Thinking this, Lin Tianwei didn't hesitate and began to run quickly.

He intended to make these treants, who dared to snatch his spoils of war, pay the price with their lives!

Lin Tianwei's speed was very fast, and before long, he arrived in front of these treants.

Facing Lin Tianwei's arrival, they made no move whatsoever.

It was as if they hadn't even seen Lin Tianwei, their enemy.

A cold gleam flashed.

Lin Tianwei would not stop his attack just because the opponent refused to engage.

His sharp tiger claws, carrying an irresistible force, directly tore open the treant's body, splitting it in two.

However, despite such terrifying damage, this treant showed no intention of resisting.

Instead, it rapidly extended its roots, attempting to absorb more of the Hellfire Ants' flesh and blood.

All things in the world are interconnected and mutually restrictive.

What these treants feared least happened to be Lin Tianwei's powerful physical attacks.

After all, they themselves were aggregates formed by countless plants.

Even if they were torn to pieces, as long as the Power of Nature still existed, they could re-aggregate into treants.

Since they chose to ignore Lin Tianwei, they naturally believed that Lin Tianwei's attacks could not cause them any harm.

Or rather, any damage Lin Tianwei managed to inflict, they could completely compensate for by absorbing the flesh and blood of the Hellfire Ants.

Not only that, the ground began to tremble again.

These treants seemed to have discovered the countless Hellfire Ant corpses in the distance.

They began to call their companions to come and enjoy this delicious feast.

They completely disregarded the fact that this should have been Lin Tianwei's spoils of war.

This situation almost made Lin Tianwei laugh out of anger.

If you don't want to live, then I'll send you to your deaths!

This was where the importance of diverse attack methods became apparent.

If Lin Tianwei was merely a tiger with strong physical attacks, his threat to these treants would not even be as great as that of the Hellfire Ants.

After all, these Hellfire Ants seemed individually not very powerful, but their numbers were extremely terrifying.

They even possessed the most powerful weapon against treants.

That was eating!

All parts of the treants that were attacked and cut off by them

would turn into their food, quickly digested in their stomachs through Fast Digestion.

This also, to the greatest extent, curbed the treants' regenerative abilities.

The attacks from both sides caused true damage, completely avoiding the situation where Lin Tianwei's attacks seemed flashy

but dealt pitifully low damage.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei opened his mouth wide again, preparing to use a fire breath attack.

Fire overcomes wood!

Coupled with the fact that plants themselves are flammable,

fire was the best weapon against these treants!

Terrifying flames shot out from Lin Tianwei's mouth, instantly hitting the bodies of these treants.

However, the treants did not ignite as Lin Tianwei had imagined.

Creatures capable of becoming treants were naturally not comparable to ordinary plants.

For them, fire resistance was a most basic survival skill.

Of course, this skill was not innate, but rather experience they had accumulated after countless confrontations with humans.

How could humans possibly let go of treants that looked so easy to bully?

Fire was their most powerful weapon.

However, this seemingly powerful weapon was only effective at the very beginning of their contact with treants.

After having their forests burned several times by human fire, these treants also learned their lesson.

They began to adjust the composition ratio of their plants.

They added large amounts of fire-resistant plants.

After continuous evolution, they were not only able to extinguish fires by releasing special liquids and gases,

but they themselves also contained a large amount of fire-resistant substances.

This was enough to make them completely unafraid when facing flames.

So, after encountering Lin Tianwei's terrifying fire breath, they merely burned for a short while.

Within moments, the flames were extinguished by the special gases and liquids they secreted.

This meant that if Lin Tianwei didn't continuously output flames, he simply couldn't inflict fatal damage on the treants.

However, releasing flames also required a large amount of stamina for Lin Tianwei.

So, this battle, which he had initially thought would be a contest of speed and strength, would actually evolve into a war of attrition.

A war of attrition between Lin Tianwei, one tiger, and the entire Mad Forest.

Seeing this,

Lin Tianwei also stopped his fire breath.

He began to think, to ponder what better way there was to eliminate these treants before him.

—

The Tiger King, after annihilating the Hellfire Forest, actually clashed with the Mad Forest?

This development was truly amusing.

The fear that had once permeated their hearts also dissipated considerably.

Especially when they saw Lin Tianwei's attacks having no effect on the treants, and him getting frustrated, their fear was even less.

An invincible opponent

and an opponent that could be countered.

The fear they could instill in humans was completely different.

Etna even breathed a sigh of relief, muttering to himself: “Indeed, while the Tiger King is powerful, he is not completely invincible.”

“When he encounters an opponent whose abilities and characteristics counter him, he will also be at a loss.”

“Just like these treants before us, they can completely ignore a certain degree of physical attacks.”

“Even if the Tiger King uses elemental attacks, the treants' resistance to elemental attacks is also very high.”

“It simply won't cause much damage.”

“However, treants also have their own flaws. While their strength is formidable and their defense is incredibly astonishing,”

“their movements are simply too sluggish.”

“At the same time, being constrained by plant growth makes it difficult for them to rapidly expand their population.”

“If we don't actively provoke them, they aren't a troublesome opponent.”

“Although we are equally powerless against the Mad Forest,”

“seeing the once arrogant Tiger King in the same predicament, I don't know why, but I feel a strange sense of comfort.”

“This terrifying tiger has finally met an opponent who can counter him.”

“Perhaps we can leverage the Mad Forest.”

“With appropriate guidance, we can make these treants and Tiger King Farm fight to the death.”

“By then, this spectacle will surely be very exciting.”

That's right.

America's basic policy regarding the Mad Forest was to steer clear of it.

Similar to a 'head-in-the-sand' policy: as long as you don't provoke it, you won't get hurt.

Of course,

the policy concerning the Mad Forest couldn't be that simple either.