The Wisdom of Ant Colonies

Chapter 44 The Wisdom of Ant Colonies (Please read, add to your favorites, and vote!)

Alphonse couldn't help but ask, "Do they produce a lot of feces?"

"There are a lot, piled up like a small mountain," Taisi replied, somewhat puzzled.

"Why are you asking about feces?" Mia retorted irritably to Alphonse.

"That's some good stuff!" Alphonse said.

Mia's pretty face immediately showed disgust. "I never see you farming, what's so great about it!"

Without waiting for Alphonse's answer, he turned to Tessie and asked, "What about the next entrance?"

"The third hole is where the ants store various kinds of food," Tessie replied. "There are two passages inside, but unfortunately I was chased by many soldier ants and escaped before I could go down. I haven't checked the last hole yet."

"Alright, let's go with the last one."

Mia took the lead and headed towards the left-hand entrance.

The inner passageway is similar to the outer one, low and wide, winding downwards.

Given Alphonse and Mia's stature, they could only stoop and move forward once again.

After walking for a long time without encountering a single gold-eating ant, Alphonse began to have some doubts.

Taixi also found it strange.

After a while, the area ahead opened up again.

Upon exiting the passage, the three discovered a rather spacious cave.

Alphonse immediately felt a glimmer of hope.

ore!

A mineral with a metallic luster!

The surrounding stone walls and ground were full of pits and bumps, with countless minerals exposed.

There were probably dozens of worker ants lying on the pile of ore, gnawing and scratching.

This cave is undoubtedly the mine of the gold-eating ants.

Mia immediately picked up her longsword and charged forward.

Alphonse crossed his hands and followed closely.

Taisi was not to be outdone; he seemed to think that his long-handled soup ladle was better than his machete, and he didn't even take the machete off the side of his backpack.

Although worker ants are monsters, they are only slightly stronger than ordinary people; this is a massacre.

Even if they managed to climb to the top of the cave, they were still cleaved down by Mia's aura slash from a distance, as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

Taixi also used a spoon to smash the heads of all the worker ants he encountered, one spoon at a time.

Alphonse, needless to say, unleashed the Mysterious Black Gold Palm, its dark light filling the sky and its palm shadows swirling.

The worker ants that were nearby not only died on the spot, but their corpses were also engulfed in flames, illuminating the entire cave.

But at that moment, from the passageway on the other side of the cave, a dense crawling sound rang out.

Shashashashasha

Large numbers of gold-eating ants surged out like a tidal wave.

Leading the charge were not worker ants, but giant soldier ants that were much larger, with vermilion exoskeletons and huge, sharp mandibles that resembled a pair of enormous iron pincers.

Almost at the same time, from the tunnel where Alphonse came, a dense crawling sound also rang out.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of soldier ants rushed in.

As if they understood military strategy, they blocked the front and back routes from both ends.

They didn't even realize how they had caught up from behind.

This was clearly a premeditated ambush, intended to surround and kill Alphonse and his men in this large cave.

It wasn't just that they pounced on them to bite; many soldier ants also rushed forward and spat out a thick, green, acidic mucus at the three of them.

Alphonse roared, his palms crossed and drew a large circle in the air.

It was as if a dark sun had appeared out of nowhere.

The Xuan Tian Wu Jin Palm's move, "Golden Ring Eclipse of the Sun," stirred up the surrounding ant corpses, causing raging flames to swirl across the sky and deflect all the incoming acid bombs.

The offensive did not stop. He quickly changed his move, unleashing a series of powerful palm strikes with overwhelming force, followed by the "Thunderous Golden Spear" technique, which shattered the ant corpses that had turned into fireballs, sending them flying in all directions like flaming hidden weapons.

The soldier ants that rushed forward fell and burned.

Alphonse has a wealth of experience in group battles.

Any powerful figure in the demonic path who hasn't been ganged up on by the righteous path would be embarrassed to go out.

The established custom of reputable sects is that if you have more people, it means you don't follow the code of chivalry; you should fight one-on-one. If you have fewer people, it means you don't need to follow the code of chivalry when dealing with evil spirits; everyone should fight side by side.

Even amidst his busy schedule, Alphonse still had the leisure to turn his head and glance at Tessie.

Mia is not a concern; it is Taisi who should be worried.

But then he discovered that Taisi had already picked up his large frying pan and was using it as a shield, holding the pan in one hand and a ladle in the other, using the pan to block and the ladle to strike, doing it very smoothly.

In addition, he is short in stature, so he is not a very obvious target and can be defended.

Although he had only cultivated the Blood Fiend Demon Art for seven or eight days, with the aid of the rare treasure, the Divine Refining Incense, he had already seen initial results. A faint blood-red mist rose around him, and his fighting spirit soared.

This technique allows one to draw upon the opponent's vital energy and replenish oneself. As long as one is not instantly killed, one can become stronger with each battle, making it a very suitable technique for group battles.

The number of gold-devouring ants that came to attack was large, but their ranks were not high. Only the soldier ants had the strength to compare with the warriors of the first rank of battle qi. Under Mia's sword, they were no longer killed one by one. She killed ruthlessly. With a battle qi slash, the huge and incomparable crescent-shaped sword qi passed by and immediately caused a pile of corpses.

However, it was then filled with swarms of gold-eating ants.

The only concern is how long it can last, since fighting spirit is consumed, and so is Alphonse's internal energy.

Before discovering the secrets of the method of extracting necromantic energy, Alphonse, faced with such a situation of being surrounded and attacked by a large number of gold-eating ants, would have first tried to break through and escape into the tunnel before fighting back.

The passageway is small, so fewer gold-eating ants can enter, and they don't face as much pressure.

However, at this point, this method is no longer needed.

Insects are afraid of fire, and gold-eating ants are no exception.

The fire from the piled-up insect corpses had formed a wall of flames, causing the gold-devouring ants that wanted to pounce to retreat and instead climb up the cave wall to swoop down from above.

With a series of lightning-fast palm strikes, Alphonse unleashed a Divine Thunder Flying Halberd, blasting several soldier ants that were swooping down from mid-air to pieces. The starlight and flames scattered in all directions, falling into the swarm of insects and reigniting the flames.

Almost simultaneously, Alphonse hooked his hand, and dozens of jet-black streams of air flew in from all directions and disappeared into his palm.

"Explosive Slash!"

Mia gave a clear shout.

A deafening explosion rang out.

After the huge explosion, the air was filled with the flying remains of shattered ant corpses and limbs, clearing a large space in front of her.

Alphonse was startled. He hadn't expected Mia to have the habit of shouting out the names of her moves during battle, let alone that she possessed such a powerful finishing move.

It's understandable; when a player plays a royal flush or a bomb in Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game), most people will shout it out to boost morale.

However, Alphonse had been wandering the martial arts world for many years and had developed another habit: to feign weakness and then feign strength. Usually, when someone claims to strike the face or vital points, they are actually using underhanded tricks like a groin kick, a fairy picking an eggplant, a monkey stealing a peach, or a god picking grapes.

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