[Busy Ant Black Burrow]

A Tier Four Dungeon.

Of course, it was called the Busy Ant Black Burrow before the Sacrifice. Lu Cang had no idea what to call it afterward.

"To think it’s a Thousand Army Ant Mountain." Chi Cheng sounded surprised as he followed Lu Cang into the Dungeon and saw the dark, writhing mass before them.

Lu Cang unleashed a Sea of Fire, Shadow Swamp, mud bogs, and overgrown Thorns in front of him...

He incinerated the surrounding Forest.

Standing in the center of a circle of countless Black Ants, he layered one Protective Shield over another.

From the giant Ant Mountain in the distance, a steady stream of tiny Black Ants crawled out, covering the ground and swarming over the burning trees, dyeing the entire landscape black.

The smaller Black Ants were only the size of a thumb, while the larger ones were the size of a fist.

However, even these thumb-sized Black Ants were already Tier One Demons.

As for the fist-sized ones, they were Tier Two Demons. Although they might be weaker than typical Tier Two Demons, their sheer numbers already constituted an army.

"Brother Chi Cheng, you know what that is?" Lu Cang didn’t know what a Thousand Army Ant Mountain was.

He had read many bestiaries, but there were simply too many types of Demons in the world.

"I’ve heard of them, but this is my first time seeing one."

WHOOSH!

Lu Cang’s Group Attack Magic was incredibly powerful.

Having mastered over 150 types of Magic, Lu Cang had twelve main area-of-effect Group Attack spells he’d evolved, including Sea of Fire, Dense Thorns, Flame Wave, Multi-chain Thunderbolt, Giant Wave, and Ice Wind Roar.

Then there were the Shields enveloping his body. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Many of them also had offensive capabilities.

As Lu Cang slaughtered the Black Ants, he stuffed their corpses into his Storage Space.

The Black Ant corpses couldn’t be used for his Substitute ability, as they were too small.

But as a Death Priest, he always had a use for corpses.

"This Thousand Army Ant Mountain can absorb large, free-roaming Demon tides and convert them into an army of ants."

"This type of Demon only appears during the months of war and fire."

Oh?

’A Demon that only appears in a specific month?’

Lu Cang had read about them in books. Such Demons were usually quite Special.

He’d heard that during the Harvest Moon, a type of Demon called the Lucky Rabbit was born. If you cooked and ate it, you would become luckier.

Of course, this was only a rumor.

The existence of the Lucky Rabbit was a rumor, and the effects of eating it were even more of a rumor.

Other months also had their own corresponding Special Demons.

"It can endlessly convert Demon tides... Does that mean as long as it’s alive, it can keep producing these Black Ants?"

Chi Cheng: "Mm, in theory, yes."

Lu Cang checked his soul count.

Just a moment ago, he had just over three hundred thousand souls. Now, after less than a minute of killing, it had already risen to four hundred sixty thousand.

’I’ve found it!’

’A perpetual soul-farming machine!’

Chi Cheng seemed to notice the excitement in Lu Cang’s eyes.

"Er... you’re not thinking of...?"

Lu Cang gave an innocent smile. "Haha, Brother Chi Cheng..."

"Can we keep this Dungeon?"

Chi Cheng glanced at the Ant Mountain before them.

If any other Death Priest had asked him if they could keep this kind of Demon around to farm souls...

’Heh, I’d definitely cleave them both, man and Demon, in two.’

But since it was his brother asking...

"Once a Dungeon is discovered, it’s reported to the Adventurer’s Guild to prevent it from becoming a major threat in the future."

"Dungeons that are deliberately left intact are usually ones with Special value or significance."

"For example, a mutated Dungeon, one suspected of leading to a Nest, or... a Dungeon that’s been tampered with by a Death Priest." Chi Cheng looked at Lu Cang as he said this.

Lu Cang looked away, a little embarrassed.

"However, if the Dungeon is Sealed, it can indeed be preserved for longer."

"You’d need at least a Level 4 Mage to Seal it."

"With our Adventurer’s Guild’s credentials, they’d probably make an exception."

"But, do you really have to keep it?"

Lu Cang gazed at the Thousand Army Ant Mountain. "It’s not that I absolutely have to."

’If I mutate other ant-type Dungeons, it’s not impossible that another Thousand Army Ant Mountain will appear...’

’But it also means there’s a chance I’ll never get another one.’

Lu Cang was a bit averse to leaving things to chance.

In his previous life, he had been an employee at Tencent, so he knew all too well how... disgusting probabilities could sometimes be.

You never get what you want, but you always get what you don’t.

’Rather than gamble on unknown probabilities, it’s better to seize the opportunity at hand.’

"Brother Chi Cheng, I plan to farm souls here for a while."

"Then I’ll go catalyze the remaining ant-type Dungeons. If none of them produce a Demon similar to the Thousand Army Ant Mountain, I’d still hope to keep this one for now."

"Alternatively, Brother Chi Cheng, do you know of any way to subdue or domesticate Demons to use for myself?"

In the short time the two of them had been talking, his soul count had already risen to 560,000.

’These ants really are endless.’

However, he also faintly sensed that the Thousand Army Ant Mountain’s rate of ant generation had slowed down slightly.

"Subduing Demons... there is actually a way."

"But that’s a Secret Scroll Profession, the Contractor."

"As for domesticating them..."

Chi Cheng stroked his chin, thinking.

"Oh."

"You could just take it with you."

Lu Cang: "Take it with me?"

Chi Cheng grinned. "A Demon isn’t going to just die if you move it to a new location. Since you just want to farm souls, you can just take it with you."

’Oh.’

’I was being too rigid in my thinking.’

’I never even considered taking this Demon out of the Dungeon.’

Then again, he’d never seen any record suggesting one could take a Demon out without killing it. A normal person would never think of taking a Demon out of a Dungeon.

Lu Cang: "Right, there’s no exit here."

Chi Cheng glanced behind him.

He drew his sword and slashed the air in front of him, and a rift opened up.

"The exit was just Sealed and hidden."

"If you’re strong enough, you can open it yourself."

Chi Cheng turned his head to look at Lu Cang, who was still surrounded by the ant swarm.

"I’ll go out first and find a good spot."

"I’ll come back for you later."

With that, Chi Cheng walked into the rift and vanished.

After he disappeared, the rift did not close.

Lu Cang checked his soul count again.

He had already farmed up to 900,000 souls.

’Finally, I have some reserves...’

A Spirit Burst using about 100,000 souls could kill a Tier Four Nation Destruction Level Demon. With his current amount, that was enough to kill ten Nation Destruction Level Demons in a single run.

But.

’It’s not enough...’

’The more reserves, the better.’

’I need to farm until I have the confidence to flip the table at any time.’