I jumped down from the tree in a hurry. At this moment, some man-eating ants had already swarmed over. Zhuge Yushu and Tuoba Qian were the first to bear the brunt.
Each of these man-eating ants is the size of a fist, and their teeth are sharp. Although Zhuge Yushu has extraordinary skills, he cannot withstand being surrounded by so many man-eating ants.
Zhuge Yushu continuously waved the sharp sword in his hand and killed more than a dozen man-eating ants in just a few seconds. However, he himself was dragged down by a steady stream of man-eating ants and could not move even an inch.
I held the torch. These man-eating ants were covered with a thin layer of hard armor. It was difficult to kill them at once with ordinary weapons. However, they were obviously afraid of the light. When I held the torch, they quickly ran away.
When Zhuge Yushu saw me coming, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, as if he didn't expect that I would risk my own life to save him at this juncture.
"Shopkeeper, light these branches on fire. They are afraid of fire."
Niu Jianguo, who was not far away, threw a dry branch towards me. When I saw it, I was so happy that I lit the dry branch, and a raging fire broke out.
I dragged the branch and immediately rushed towards the Zhuge Yushu. Wherever I passed, the man-eating ants collapsed one after another.
"What are you still doing? Run with me!" I shouted towards Zhuge Yushu.
The man-eating ants were temporarily driven away by the flames. Zhuge Yushu and Tuoba Qian took advantage of this moment to escape, while I stayed behind. After Zhuge Yushu and the others climbed up a big tree, I quickly returned to where Qin Ruoxuan was.
That tree.
But the bad thing was me. As soon as I moved my front legs, the branches behind me were almost burned. The flames quickly extinguished, and the man-eating ants that had just been dispersed suddenly came rolling in, and they were as black as the tide.
My scalp felt numb and I ran away.
Fortunately, Niu Jianguo and Wu Dayong, who had climbed up the tree at this time, dropped many lit branches, which bought me some time. Taking advantage of this time, I immediately climbed up the tree and looked down.
There were already dense crowds of man-eating ants, with their teeth and claws showing. If I had been slower than two or three seconds just now, I would have been buried in this ant colony.
Cold sweat broke out down my back. Damn it, God knows where this place is, how could there be so many man-eating ants.
I crawled to Qin Ruoxuan's side in a few moments. This naughty girl's beautiful eyes were filled with worry.
As soon as I got close to her, I received a punch from her.
"You little bastard, you are so stupid and stupid. This girl is so angry!"
Qin Ruoxuan hit me with two pink fists and pouted, obviously she was worried just now.
I sighed and didn't take it seriously.
Zhuge Yushu and Tuoba Qian were on the tree next to me. I looked up at them. The wood was fine, but Tuoba Qian seemed to have been bitten by a man-eating ant on his foot. Although the injury was not serious, he was angry.
Hum, Zhuge Yushu had no choice but to tear off his own clothes and bandage her wounds...
"You little bastard, how dare you ignore me?"
An unpleasant voice sounded from my ears, and I quickly came to my senses, only to see Qin Ruoxuan's angry little face close at hand.
"Uh, what did you just say?" I said in a daze.
"I said I'm going to kill you!"
Another burst of pink fists came at me. I couldn't laugh or cry, but I didn't dodge. Qin Ruoxuan's attack was not very strong. The fist hitting me was no different from scratching an itch.
"Oh no, shopkeeper, those man-eating ants are crawling up!"
Suddenly, Niu Jianguo's voice sounded, with a bit of panic!
I took a closer look and saw that there were indeed some dark red man-eating ants in the surging ant tide below. They climbed up the big tree little by little. Although the speed was very slow, there were quite a lot of them.
I secretly said something bad!
"Hurry up and use torches to disperse them!" I shouted.
I quickly grabbed the torch and burned it down, but these crimson-colored man-eating ants were not afraid of death and refused to retreat even though I burned them alive.
As a last resort, we could only use torches to slow them down while continuing to climb up the big tree...
A few minutes later, Qin Ruoxuan's slightly crying voice came from above me.
"You little bastard, I'm afraid of heights."
I looked up and unknowingly, Qin Ruoxuan and I were already more than ten meters above the ground, and the branches above were at the end, and they couldn't help but sway.
Qin Ruoxuan hugged the tree and remained motionless, her little face full of horror.
I frowned, the man-eating ants underneath were still crawling up, it was not an option to continue like this!!
"I don't want to crawl anymore. I would rather be bitten to death than crawl..." Qin Ruoxuan said with a pale face. Just now she glanced down and her eyes filled with tears from fear.
At this time, Zhuge Yushu's words came over.
"You can come over here." Zhuge Yushu said.
I looked up and saw that Zhuge Yushu had moved to another tree at some point, which was not far from me.
My heart suddenly moved, I couldn't hold on any longer, so I might as well move our position!
Zhuge Yushu stretched out his hand towards me, obviously trying to give me a hand.
I glanced at him, and a familiar feeling flashed through my heart. This guy also helped me silently like this before in Exile Mountain.
I grabbed Zhuge Yushu's hand, and he pulled me over with a strong force.
After I stood firm, I extended my hand to Qin Ruoxuan.
"Quick, grab my hand and come over!" I shouted.
"No, I'm afraid."
"If you don't come here, those man-eating ants will come up. Hurry."
Qin Ruoxuan shook her head, so anxious that tears fell down.
"No, I'm really afraid, this tree is so tall..."
I couldn't bear to see the woman cry, and I couldn't bear it for a moment, but not far from Qin Ruoxuan's feet, a large group of man-eating ants had climbed up.
"Qin Ruoxuan, look into my eyes and come over little by little. I believe you can do it." I said in a calm voice.
Qin Ruoxuan bit her lip, hesitated, and finally reached out and grabbed me.
"Yes, just walking slowly like this, you have been robbing the county for so many years, how could you be scared by a tree?" While I encouraged Qin Ruoxuan, I stared at the man-eating ants that were getting closer and closer.
He didn't say anything, but his heart was in his throat.
Just when Qin Ruoxuan was about to step onto my tree, a man-eating ant suddenly jumped up and was about to bite Qin Ruoxuan.
In the midst of the lightning and flint, Zhuge Yushu suddenly raised the sharp sword in his hand and stabbed it fiercely, nailing the crimson man-eating ant to the tree.
Qin Ruoxuan stepped over without any danger, but Zhuge Yushu's sword remained on the tree.
"Here, I give you this sword!"
I didn't hesitate and gave Zhuge Yushu the iron sword I got from General Yin. However, looking at the rusty iron sword, I felt a little embarrassed. After all, his sword was very sharp, but I gave it to him.