Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings-Chapter 260 - 254: The Ghost Leader’s Ant Body
Lin Yuan stood there, holding Zhong Kui’s Ghost-Slaying Sword.
In Lin Yuan’s hand, Zhong Kui’s Ghost-Slaying Sword emitted a visible blood-red aura.
The Ghost Leader stared at Lin Yuan, his brow furrowed, cold, but he said no more.
At this moment, speaking further was useless.
The Ghost Leader had already offered the highest price he could, being a smart man, seeing no more to discuss.
Then, he simply chose not to speak.
The Ghost Leader waved his hand gently, and endless red clouds spread around, instantly covering the surrounding space.
The bright red clouds were filled with a bloody smell, carrying a power capable of corroding everything.
In an instant, red clouds filled the air.
Lin Yuan held Zhong Kui’s Ghost-Slaying Sword in front of him, and the sword emitted a crimson sword aura and sword light.
Endless sword aura and sword light enveloped Lin Yuan, and although the Ghost Leader’s red cloud covered a vast range, it struggled to breach Lin Yuan’s vicinity.
At this moment, the two had not yet truly engaged in battle; this was merely a collision of their realms.
Nonetheless, the energy spilling out was enough to make a normal Tier Five quake with fear.
After the realms collided, the Ghost Leader was the first to make a move. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
With a flick of fingers, countless scarlet clouds gathered behind him.
In moments, a giant blood-red ant, formed from the red mist, appeared behind him.
This blood-red ant stood at least ten meters tall, with a length of twenty or thirty meters, its mandibles as grim as scythes.
Its abdomen moved with several sturdy gigantic legs, making this giant red ant look more like a prehistoric Tyrannosaurus than an ant.
The giant ant swiftly lunged at Lin Yuan, its eyes blood red.
The giant ant possessed no intelligence; its every move was controlled by the Ghost Leader.
Including its lunge at Lin Yuan.
Seeing the giant ant charging at himself.
Lin Yuan’s expression changed, feeling a strange sense of irony.
Could it be that this ant was here to collect a debt from him?
The Ghost Leader seemed to have an unusual attachment to ants, as if destined by fate with them.
This blood-red giant ant was terrifyingly huge, and next to it, Lin Yuan seemed more like an ant himself.
After a brief consideration, Lin Yuan used the power of Zhong Kui’s avatar.
The next moment, he transformed into a giant over ten meters tall.
At Tier Five, when Lin Yuan used Zhong Kui’s avatar, he resembled Zhong Kui more than himself.
Now, after breaking through Tier Four, using Zhong Kui’s avatar, the figure that appeared no longer bore Zhong Kui’s features, but was a magnified version of himself.
Most crucially, using Zhong Kui’s avatar now was effortless, no longer bringing about the uncontrollable, even demonic image of before.
After all, the Ghost Leader was also Tier Four. Being of the same tier, he could still earn Lin Yuan’s attention.
Merely using Zhong Kui’s Ghost-Slaying Sword’s power, Lin Yuan worried he might not match the Ghost Leader.
Hence, he also summoned the Soul-Luring Lamp and Qiankun Umbrella.
"Crack!"
"Crack! Crack!"
As the red light surged, Zhong Kui’s Ghost-Slaying Sword, Qiankun Umbrella, and Soul-Luring Lamp merged into the Iron Blood Demon Bone Fan.
After breaking through Tier Four, using this Iron Blood Demon Bone Fan made him truly realize its power as a divine weapon.
Lin Yuan swung the Iron Blood Demon Bone Fan, a mass of scarlet flames burst forth, swiftly covering the giant ant.
The flames burned mercilessly, the gigantic blood-red ant gradually turned into ashes under the scarlet fire.
"Ant resurrection."
The Ghost Leader’s voice sounded, with an incredibly strange tone.
The next moment, the pile of ashes formed from the giant blood-red ant kept surging.
Then, dozens of red ants crawled out from it, numbering in hundreds.
These red ants grew with the wind, in moments, becoming as large as the ant that was burned to death before.
"I really stepped into a damn ant’s nest!" Lin Yuan cursed, moving swiftly, and entered the swarm of ants.
Lin Yuan instantly moved behind one ant and shook the Iron Blood Demon Bone Fan in his hand, slicing its body in two.
Simultaneously, he infused a Power of Annihilation into its remains, preventing it from resurrecting again.
Afterward, Lin Yuan moved constantly, and as he moved, one blood-red ant after another was sliced in half.
The lakeside was a mess, with ant corpses scattered everywhere, horizontally and vertically.
In just a few dozen seconds, all the blood-red ants summoned by the Ghost Leader were dealt with by Lin Yuan.
"Such childish tricks, stop using them, alright?"
"Ghost Leader, show your true skills!" Lin Yuan said in a deep voice.
The Ghost Leader sized Lin Yuan up and down, smiled slightly, and said, "You’re stronger than I imagined!"
"I’m a bit curious, how exactly did you break through?"
Lin Yuan said mockingly, "In any case, not by some thief-like method."
Thief?
There’s no doubt that Lin Yuan was referring to the matter of him stealing the World Honored’s power.
Lin Yuan wasn’t just subtly criticizing; he was blatantly slapping the Ghost Leader in the face!
"Ant Empire!"
"Ant Throne!"
The Ghost Leader seemed a bit angry, letting out a low growl, causing the surrounding red mist to churn continuously.
Soon, above Lin Yuan’s head, a beast-like palace in the shape of an ant rapidly formed.
Then, it moved to envelop Lin Yuan.
There’s no doubt, this ant-shaped palace should be the so-called Ant Empire.
And the purpose of this Ant Empire is to imprison Lin Yuan.
The next moment, a red hue overwhelmed Lin Yuan’s vision, and he found himself in a majestic palace.
On both sides of the palace were ant soldiers holding weapons, and on the stone pillars of the hall were carved images of ants devouring dragons.
It was clear that he greatly admired ants.
Though the power of individual ants was insignificant, if united, they possessed the ability to devour everything.
Looking forward, at the highest point of the palace.
He could see the Ghost Leader sitting on a throne made up of countless densely packed ants.
The throne beneath him would absolutely terrify anyone with trypophobia.
At this moment, the Ghost Leader on the throne looked down with contempt at Lin Yuan and said, "Lin Yuan, today, you will surely die."
"From the moment we met, you fell into my trap."
"Did you really think those enveloping things outside were actually mist?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan seemingly realized a serious issue.
And that was, the red mist covering the surroundings wasn’t actually mist.
But a mass of tiny red ants.
The ants forming the red mist were exceedingly tiny, making them hard to detect.
"Ants?"
"Those red mists are made up of ants as small as mustard seeds?" Lin Yuan feigned panic.
It is said, "Sumeru Mustard Seed Containment."
Mustard seed in the cultivation world is used as a metaphor for the smallest unit.
"I was momentarily careless, missed this observation!"
"Ghost Leader, what exactly do you intend to do?" Lin Yuan’s tone seemed to carry a hint of fear.
At this time, the Ghost Leader seated on the throne said disdainfully, "Those ants have already entered your body with your breath."
"With just one command from me, these tiny ants will begin to devour your organs, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, intestines, flesh, and even your soul."
"Lin Yuan, submit to me, and I will spare your life."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan’s anger instantly exploded, shouting furiously, "Submit to you? Absolutely not!"
"If you dare, kill me!"
Sure enough, as soon as Lin Yuan said this, the Ghost Leader seemed angered as well.
His hands formed seals, mouth murmuring, chanting spells.
Beginning to manipulate these miniature ants to devour Lin Yuan’s organs.
The next moment, Lin Yuan fell to the ground, convulsing, and began to spew blood foam from his mouth.
It seemed he was truly caught by the Ghost Leader’s treachery, lying lifeless on the ground.
After convulsing for a good ten minutes, Lin Yuan stopped moving entirely, and his aura gradually faded.
Could he truly be dead?
The Ghost Leader, seated on the ant throne, manipulated his throne to gently land beside Lin Yuan.
He seemed to want to check whether Lin Yuan was truly dead or faking it.
As if by magic, at the moment when Lin Yuan seemed breathless, he suddenly sprang into the air.
With lightning speed, he swung the Iron Blood Demon Bone Fan, striking at the Ghost Leader.
"Clang!"
A crisp sound rang out as the scarlet Energy Wave slashed the Ghost Leader’s body in half.
The scarlet Energy Wave pierced through the Ghost Leader’s body, with no blood flowing from his wound.
Instead, the wound clearly revealed densely packed red ants.
No wonder Yang Jing had exhausted his might to leave and strike a final blow, yet the Ghost Leader instantly recovered.
His flesh was now a product of stealing the World Honored’s power; his current body was controlled by a soul composed of countless tiny ants like mustard seeds.
Such a body, though not might not be absolutely immortal.
Nonetheless, it’s close enough to being immortal.
This ant body is truly, exceedingly peculiar!
(ps: Writer’s block, really ran out of time. Next Chapter at three o’clock, just look tomorrow!)
