I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 194 - 192: Xi Yuan Tournament (Part 18)
An elongated Red Fierce Ant crawled out of the hole, raised its two antennae and shook them, then suddenly spread its two pairs of wings and flew towards the four of Chu Yunyi.
Chu Yunyi frowned slightly, unexpectedly the Red Fierce Ants had evolved into a flying form. In this way, the Wind Rolling Dust Formation would lose its air superiority.
Not knowing how many Flying Fierce Ants there were, while the main flying force had not yet moved, run quickly!
Chu Yunyi’s Primordial Spirit rapidly operated, the speed of the Wind Rolling Dust Formation surged, wrapping the four and speeding towards the exit of the Stone Forest.
The Flying Fierce Ants also vibrated their wings, closely pursuing them, while attacking with acid.
Surprisingly, the speed of the Flying Fierce Ants was astonishing, managing to keep trailing behind the Wind Rolling Dust Formation, unable to shake them off.
Although the acid could not break through Chu Yunyi’s dense Wind Blade net and harm the four members of Team Tianshi, the acid turned into acidic mist after being hit by the Wind Blades, creating an aerosol that would burn the respiratory tract.
Realizing this, Chu Yunyi tried to make the Wind Blades avoid the Flying Fierce Ants’ acid attacks, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of control. The Wind Rolling Dust Formation was greatly slowed in the S-shaped flight as it dodged back and forth.
Just as they were less than five hundred meters from the Stone Forest exit, a large number of Flying Fierce Ants suddenly flew out from both sides of the exit, lined up in dot formations in the air, blocking the exit tightly.
The Flying Fierce Ant swarm appeared suddenly, and with the speed of the Wind Rolling Dust Formation, the two sides were already very close upon meeting.
Lin Caier watched in horror as the swarm of Flying Fierce Ants quickly enlarged in her view, their ugly mouthparts opening, shimmering inside, all filled with acid ready to burst out, scaring her into closing her eyes tightly.
At the critical moment, Chu Yunyi quickly changed direction, the rapidly rotating Primordial Spirit suddenly reversed direction.
This huge reverse impact caused Chu Yunyi’s Spirit Sea to feel a tearing pain, but he made no sound, continuously casting complex hand seals.
Under his exquisite control, the Wind Rolling Dust Formation drew a beautiful arc in the air, bizarrely moving behind the solitary chasing Flying Fierce Ants and flying towards another exit without stopping.
The Flying Fierce Ant, having been outmaneuvered by Chu Yunyi, would not give up, buzzing its wings, chasing after Team Tianshi.
On the other side of the Stone Forest, the Guanwen Gecko had already been surrounded by Big Red Fierce Ants.
At first, the Guanwen Gecko thoroughly enjoyed the automatic serving meal, biting left and right, frantically devouring the Red Fierce Ants, eating with great pleasure.
But soon it found itself trapped by the surround of "delicacies," with more and more Big Red Fierce Ants and General Ants pouring out from the holes, seemingly without end.
This made the Guanwen Gecko realize that this Stone Forest was not a semi-abandoned ant nest, but an ultra-large nest. It had kicked the iron plate this time.
The Guanwen Gecko panicked, realizing that in nature, it’s not absolutely the weak being food, and if there are enough weaker ones, they can feast on the strong flesh and blood even if they are just a group of low-tier Star Beasts.
It could no longer care about eating, just wanted to leave quickly, but it was too late. All the exits of the Stone Forest had been blocked by Red Fierce Ants gathered into ant balls, quickly switching the roles of predator and prey.
With no way out, the Guanwen Gecko could only rise in resistance, hoping to carve a bloody path to escape alive.
Although the scales of the Guanwen Gecko were hard, the ants were numerous: too many ants could kill an elephant. Countless Big Red Fierce Ants, under the command of the General Ant, swarmed onto the Guanwen Gecko’s body, using their strong jaws to bite and rip its scales.
The jaws of the Big Red Fierce Ants were serrated. One or two might not harm the Guanwen Gecko, but if a thousand or ten thousand Big Red Fierce Ants joined forces to bite, even if the Guanwen Gecko’s level was two major realms higher, it couldn’t withstand it.
The Guanwen Gecko’s body soon became full of pits and bumpy scales, with many places already seeping blood, exposing the tender flesh underneath.
Under the command of the General Ant, the Big Red Fierce Ants concentrated fire on several deeper wounds on the Guanwen Gecko’s back, quickly tearing small wounds into large ones, and bright red blood gushed out.
The Guanwen Gecko roared in pain, shaking off the Red Fierce Ants with force, then swung its sharp claws, sweeping through the ant swarm.
An inch longer is an inch stronger, the claws’ lethality was far greater than that of the short, sturdy jaws. Wherever the Guanwen Gecko went, the Red Fierce Ants were beheaded and dismembered, and soon the ground was littered with the corpses of Red Fierce Ants.
Seeing the situation turning in its favor, the Guanwen Gecko ignored the pain on its body, continuing to wield its sharp claws to claw and chop, moving step by step towards the exit.
Just as the Guanwen Gecko was about to successfully escape, the Wind Rolling Dust Formation arrived with a large group of Flying Fierce Ants.
On the ground, a General Ant raised its antennae, communicating with the airborne troops. The leading Flying Fierce Ant trembled its head’s antennae rapidly when seeing the ground situation. After a series of exchanges, the General Ant quickly adjusted the battle plan, vibrating its antennae to convey information.
The Flying Fierce Ants quickly divided into two teams, one continued to relentlessly pursue the four humans, while the other assisted the ground troops in dealing with the creature that dared to destroy their nest and devour their companions!
The addition of the Flying Fierce Ants brought a disastrous blow to the Guanwen Gecko. The hard scales that the Big Red Fierce Ants took half a day to barely damage were quickly dissolved in the strong acid of the Flying Fierce Ants.
After a round of attacks, the Guanwen Gecko was already covered in wounds, the air filled with a nauseating scorching odor.
Pain drove the Guanwen Gecko into madness, it had already forgotten its initial intention to escape. Instead, it stood upright on two legs, continuously swinging its forelimbs, trying to swat the small flying ants hovering above its head.
Unfortunately, the speed of the Guanwen Gecko seemed like slow motion to the Flying Fierce Ants. A Flying Fierce Ant nimbly turned and hovered, dodging the Guanwen Gecko’s claws, then swooped down, landing on the Guanwen Gecko’s head, opening its mouthparts, aiming at the Guanwen Gecko’s small eyes, and spewed a jet of strong acid.
"Roar——!"
The strong acid instantly burned a hole in the Guanwen Gecko’s face, melting its eyeball, exposing the eye socket bones corroded to black.
The Guanwen Gecko screamed, rolling on the ground, crushing a large number of Big Red Fierce Ants in the process. In this battle, the death toll of the Big Red Fierce Ants was staggering, but individual will held no meaning against group interests.
The Big Red Fierce Ants, like the most loyal and valiant soldiers, completely obeyed the General Ant’s commands, regardless of how many had died; new Red Fierce Ants continued to charge and battle the Guanwen Gecko. Facing the tragic death of their companions, they felt no fear.
But the Guanwen Gecko was different. The excruciating pain and rapidly depleting Life Force finally brought back its rational mind. It began to realize this was actually an unequal battle, and the disadvantaged side turned out to be itself.
These Flying Fierce Ants were the top killers cultivated by the Red Fierce Ants with the entire tribe’s resources. It hadn’t any chance at victory before them and needed to escape immediately!
Unfortunately, the Flying Fierce Ants gave the Guanwen Gecko no chance. After more than ten rounds of acid attacks, the Guanwen Gecko was corroded into a thousand holes, emitting black smoke, and died filled with hatred.
The General Ant trembled its antennae, and the Big Red Fierce Ants swarmed, using their jaws to divide the Guanwen Gecko’s corpse into small pieces to take back to the nest.
This battle cost the ant colony nearly a third of the Big Red Fierce Ants, but yielded a level twelve Star Beast.
Once the newly hatched larvae in the nest consume the high-grade Star Beast’s flesh and blood, they will surely evolve into forms more formidable than the Flying Fierce Ants, contributing to the protection of the tribe.
