"This... is actually the legendary fire ant! And there are so many of them!" Xu Qingcheng said with a surprised look on the edge of the desert, on the side of a hill somewhere.
Not long ago, the three of them witnessed a tragedy with their own eyes. Two demonic monks in the middle stage of alchemy formation ventured into the desert together. It started out smoothly. Unexpectedly, they suddenly encountered a swarm of tens of thousands of black flying ants.
Attack.
As you can imagine, the two people had no bones left at this moment.
As for stepping forward to help? What a joke, Mo Juren has never had such an idea, and it's not just him. It would not be unnecessary for anyone who is not related to him.
This is the law of the world of immortality. It is cold and cruel. If you don’t have that strength, don’t come to Xutian Palace. Now that you are here, you must be prepared for physical death and Taoism.
This iron fire ant is indeed unusual. The body scattered in the desert is almost indistinguishable from the black sand nearby. Even using spiritual sense to detect it, it is extremely difficult to identify its existence.
Ant colonies are born with a special ability to gather energy, and the spiritual energy on their bodies fluctuates slightly. Therefore, it is not feasible to avoid it in advance by opening up their spiritual consciousness.
For Mo Juren, this ant colony is really not a threat. He has tried it before, but even the gold-eating insects at this moment cannot eat his body, let alone the weaker iron fire ants?
Of course, this is based on the premise that the level of the gold-eating bug is not high and the number is not large. If it evolves for a few more generations, or if the insect swarm is overwhelming and attacks it continuously for a long time, it will be unable to resist it.
The iron fire ants in front of him were far inferior, neither in terms of strength nor quantity could threaten him.
He also tried the Earth Escape Technique. If he could pass through the underground, wouldn't he be able to avoid trouble? Unfortunately, it didn't work at all. The temperature in the desert was already extremely high, and it was even more terrifying under the ground. When using the Earth Escape Technique, the mana would
Rapid consumption.
No wonder, if it was really feasible, other monks would have done it long ago, so why wait until he discovered it?
"Master, why don't you let me give my gold-eating bug a try?" But at this moment, Han Li suddenly volunteered. The gold-eating bug has not been used much since it was bred, and it has not been effective against the extremely Yin old monster before.
So we lost a batch.
I have to say that it is still a bit regretful. Now that I see the iron fire ant, a social spiritual insect similar to the gold-eating insect, I naturally want to give it a try, which can be regarded as a contribution.
As for the number of gold-eating insects, there is no need to worry about this. He has more than one spirit beast bag of this insect on his waist, which is completely enough.
"Okay." This was a sure thing, so Mo Juren naturally wouldn't object and nodded to indicate to the other party to just go ahead and do it.
"Are you really lazy as a master?" Looking at Han Li who was already striding forward into the black desert, Xu Qingcheng chuckled and teased.
To her, the seemingly terrifying fire ants are not even a threat, and there are many ways to deal with them. However, since someone takes the initiative to do it for her, she is happy and relaxed.
"Then you should take action. What are you talking about here?" Mo Juren snorted coldly, and then moved forward, leaving Xu Qingcheng alone standing there with a look of astonishment on his face, and then he became even more depressed.
Gudao,
"A stingy man can't even make a joke?"
As he spoke, he followed me gloomily.
At this time, Han Li, who was gradually approaching the iron fire ant swarm, had already taken action. With a wave of his arms, several spirit beast bags flew directly into the air, and his hands pinched the magic formula, and the mouth of the bag opened at the same time.
In an instant, countless gold-eating insects rushed out and turned into a gold and silver insect cloud hovering in the air, brilliant and extraordinary.
"Go"
With a low cry, the insect cloud headed straight towards the desert cover ahead.
Probably sensing the danger, before the cloud of insects could fly down, the black iron fire ant colony could no longer hold back and immediately rose into the air to meet the enemy.
The moment the two insect clouds came into contact, the black fire ants immediately launched an attack, and large swaths of dark flames spurted out from the ant colony and rolled towards the gold-eating insects.
This is the unique talent of the iron fire ant. The black flames it sprays are extremely powerful. Obviously, out of instinct, the ants know how terrifying the coming enemy is, so they take action first.
If it were another spiritual insect, it would be unbearable to be swept by this weird flame, and there would be a high probability of heavy losses.
However, the terror of the Gold-eating Insect was immediately highlighted at this moment. Facing the sweeping black flames, not only was it not injured, but it directly began to devour it, swallowing up all the flames almost in an instant, and then
He even rushed into the ant colony like crazy.
For a moment, two swarms of insects of different colors were completely entangled, biting each other crazily and making bursts of piercing screams.
As time passed, a large number of insect corpses began to fall continuously, of which the black ones accounted for the majority, while the gold and silver ones were extremely rare.
It can be seen that the strength gap between the two sides is extremely obvious. At the moment of contact, the gold-eating insects have the upper hand and are likely to annihilate the opponent.
The Iron Fire Ant quickly realized that something was wrong and wanted to escape when they saw that they were no match for them. Unfortunately, how could they escape when faced with Han Li who was already prepared?
When it formed a black arrow and failed to break through the swarm of gold-eating insects, it was immediately blocked by a dazzling sword light, and its speed naturally slowed down.
With this delay, the best opportunity disappeared, and the ant colony once again fell into the crazy siege of the gold-eating insect swarm. It only lasted for a moment before it was completely annihilated.
This battle can be described as a complete victory. All tens of thousands of iron fire ants died, while only a few hundred gold-eating insects were lost.
Han Li was naturally very satisfied. As he looked at the black insect corpses everywhere, his heart suddenly moved. A low whistle sounded from his mouth, and the gold-eating insect swarms flew down quickly, swallowing up all the insect corpses.
"This gold-eating insect is indeed powerful. If it continues to grow, no one among the monks of the same level will be your opponent." Xu Qingcheng, who had witnessed the insect swarm battle just now, couldn't help but sigh as he walked closer.
She is not without envy in her heart. This insect is really too special. Not only is its talent powerful, but its potential is endless. Unfortunately, she can only think about it. She is not Wang Ying, so it is impossible for the other party to give it to him for free. p>
"Senior Xu is ridiculous. It's a fluke that this insect can be cultivated until now. I don't dare to hope for it in the future." Han Li shook his head slightly, with a look of helplessness on his face, as if he was helpless. p>
"Really?" Xu Qingcheng's bright eyes flashed slightly, obviously not believing it, but she continued,
"Not to mention now, even in ancient times, the gold-eating insect was a famous existence. It is naturally extremely difficult to cultivate such a top-level spiritual insect. I don't know how you did it?"
"It's just a fluke." Han Li couldn't hear the other party's probing intention, but he just smiled shyly and didn't answer at all. Instead, he used a magic formula to collect all the gold-eating insects in the sky into the spirit beast bag.
Seeing that the other party avoided answering, Xu Qingcheng suddenly rolled his eyes at Mo Juren on the side, and cursed secretly in his heart, this boy and your bastard master are almost carved from the same mold, they are too cunning, and there is no tone at all.
Not exposed.
A lot of time had been wasted, and the three of them did not delay any more and continued walking towards the depths of the desert.
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The Black Desert is not originally so scary, at least for most monks in the alchemy stage, they can still pass it smoothly.
Unfortunately, this time is an exception, because the emergence of iron fire ants has sharply increased their danger level. The strong ones in the Nascent Soul stage are not in serious trouble, at most they only consume some mana.
However, for monks in the Dan-formation stage, it is simply like a nightmare. Without a strong person to protect them, or carrying a powerful magic weapon, few people can get through this level.
Mo Juren knew very well that the iron fire ants were deliberately released by Xing Gong in order to consume the power of good and evil. This is not because Xing Gong can control Xutian Palace, but because it controls some special restrictions and can use them.
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In fact, Ling Yuling had tried to dissuade him many times before this, telling him not to participate. It was only when she heard that Xu Qingcheng would also go there that she did not continue to dissuade him.
Mo Juren naturally understood the reason, but he didn’t point it out.
It has to be said that although Star Palace's methods are bloody, they are extremely effective. There will definitely be very few monks in the pill formation stage who choose to enter the inner hall and survive this time.
One day later, in mid-air somewhere in the Black Desert, a nine-story pagoda with a height of tens of feet was rotating rapidly. In the space below, tens of thousands of black fire ant colonies were surrounded by a transparent light curtain released from the bottom of the tower.
Despite their crazy attacks, it was of no avail.
But at this moment, Xu Qingcheng saw a pair of delicate white jade hands changing rapidly, and once again pinched the unknown magic formula. In an instant, a terrifying suction force suddenly emerged from the bottom of the tower, and all the insects were sucked in.
Immediately afterwards, the pagoda shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into a height of half a foot and flew into its white jade palm.
"It's too much to ask me to take action every time while you just watch the show from the sidelines." Xu Qingcheng complained to someone full of 'angry'.
"Can you please work harder? As the backbone of our team, isn't it right for you to take action? What's more, how can such a little bug catch us, Palace Master Xu, and eliminate it with a wave of his hand?" Mo Juren laughed,
The words are full of compliments. However, they cannot fool the other party at all.
"You are clearly using me as a coolie, why are you wearing such a high hat?"
Along the way, the three of them encountered countless attacks by iron fire ant swarms in just one day. The smaller ones ranged from two to three thousand to more than ten thousand, and the larger ones could reach as large as fifty or sixty thousand. After all, Han Li's gold-eating insects lost a lot when dealing with Ji Yin. If they continue to be used to deal with the endless iron fire ants, they will definitely be injured.
Because of this, Mo Juren stopped him directly and asked Xu Qingcheng to help. The latter didn't care, since it was just a simple task, but when I thought that someone had never done anything, I couldn't help but feel a little angry.
"How could it be possible? No matter how brave Mo is, he would not dare to let you, Palace Master Xu, work as a coolie. The means are really limited, and there is no better way to deal with this iron fire ant." Mo Juren explained with a smile, but unfortunately,
But the other party didn’t believe it at all.
"You don't tell the truth, so I won't be fooled."
Although he said so, Xu Qingcheng did not really intend to sit back and watch, but continued to move forward with the pagoda.
Mo Juren laughed, but didn't take it to heart at all, and asked Han Li to follow closely.
According to estimates, this should be in the central area of the Black Desert, and it will take at least one day to reach the end. However, the test of the Ice and Fire Road is limited and must be within five days.
It's been three days since we set off, so it's only right to hurry up and hurry up.
However, just after walking for more than thirty miles, the three of them stopped again, all looking at the location of a certain hill not far away.
As far as the eye could see, another group of iron fire ants appeared, still numbering in the tens of thousands, and they were attacking crazily around a blue light group below.
The light group obviously couldn't hold on any longer. The surface was flashing rapidly and shaking constantly. Inside, there was a figure struggling to hold on.
"It's her!" Mo Juren couldn't help but feel something in his heart, and he immediately guessed the identity of the other party. What a coincidence, they have changed so much, and they still met?
Subconsciously, he turned to look at Han Li and suddenly noticed something was wrong with the boy's expression. He couldn't help but be startled. What was going on? Could it be that the two parties knew each other?
Shouldn't it? Because of his involvement, the two of them had never been to Kuixing Island that year, so it was impossible for them to have seen this woman?
Wait!
Mo Juren suddenly thought of something. Could it be that these two guys had met in the ghost mist? He hadn't noticed it before, so this was the only possibility.
If this is true, is it a coincidence? Or is it a correction of fate?
"Master..." According to Han Li's character, if he encounters this kind of situation alone, he will not meddle in his own business when he is not sure whether he can protect himself, let alone a strange female cultivator whom he has only met once.
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However, the situation is different now. With two masters accompanying you, don't take it too easy. When you see this woman now, it doesn't hurt to take action once you can.
"Know?" Mo Juren asked directly.
"It's just a one-time relationship, disciple..." Han Li was about to explain, but suddenly he thought of something. That Yuan Yao is beautiful and charming, a perfect vixen alive. If he behaves too much and makes the master misunderstand, what will happen?
What to do? After all, the other party is not only the master, but also the father-in-law?
Fortunately, Mo Juren was extremely considerate and interrupted him in time. He nodded and said, "You and I, master and disciple, don't have to explain anything. Since we are your friends, let's save him."
"Then... Master, please wait for a moment." Han Li stopped adding any unnecessary extravagance, and instead tapped the spirit beast bag and released the swarm of gold-eating insects again.
The result is self-evident. In just a moment, he achieved a complete victory and all the iron fire ants were devoured.
When there was no longer a threat, the person in front immediately removed the protective blue light, revealing a stunning woman with a beautiful appearance and charming temperament.
She was wearing a thin tight-fitting shirt, revealing her graceful and graceful figure. Coupled with the fierce battle just now, her whole body was dripping with sweat, which revealed a fatal temptation.
Because she has consumed so much mana, the woman's face is now slightly pale, and there is an unconcealable fragility between her eyebrows, giving people a feeling of pity.
Mo Juren glanced at her and then looked away. Although this woman was extraordinary in appearance, she was not attractive to him who had already seen many beauties.
Not to mention anything else, Xu Qingcheng on the side is no better than her counterpart. He is still a Nascent Soul Stage monk and is much more charming.
Han Li, on the other hand, was stunned for a moment when he saw such a lively scene. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and immediately returned to normal.
Suddenly, he glanced sideways out of nowhere, and instantly met the master's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. I felt guilty for no reason, and hurriedly dodged away.