What are you looking at?!

Chapter 46 What are you looking at?! (Please add to your favorites and read on!)

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

Several loud noises were heard, and several holes appeared in the ground, from which white smoke rose.

Its intense corrosiveness is chilling.

If Mia's longsword hadn't been coated with battle aura, her ordinary fine iron longsword probably wouldn't have been able to withstand the corrosion of the strong acid.

As soon as Mia blocked the attack, she immediately retaliated, sending out several crescent-shaped beams of battle energy.

Unfortunately, they were all skillfully evaded by the enemies in the air.

Alphonse and Tessie also rushed into the cave.

The four ants flying in the air are male ants, which are longer and larger than the soldier ants.

Their hard shells are covered with deep patterns, and are jet black and glossy, like warriors wearing black armor. What is particularly striking are their wings, which shimmer with a rainbow-like luster.

Soldier ants can only spit venom, and their strength is nowhere near that of male ants.

Moreover, they can fly, so dealing with them is not an easy task.

Only with the help of several beams of battle aura light was Alphonse able to see the entire cave.

Numerous soldier ants and worker ants in groups guard their queen.

The queen ant's upper body was more than twice the size of a typical gold-eating ant, not to mention its lower body, which was like a small mountain. Its enormous lower abdomen was shocking and disproportionate to its upper body, making it look like a giant white worm magnified countless times.

The seemingly translucent body was still pulsating slowly.

Compared to it, the swarm of gold-eating ants beneath it appeared so tiny.

With a wave of his hand, Alphonse released and materialized the necromantic energy, creating a black mist that swirled and billowed around.

In an instant, a large swarm of giant ants formed from shadows appeared in the cave and rushed toward the Gold-Eating Ants that were waiting in ambush.

The queen ant's two antennae on her head swung nimbly in the air like nimble whips, and the ant colony seemed to receive a command, launching a counterattack against the shadow giant ant.

Almost simultaneously, Mia shouted, "Whirlwind Sword!"

While dodging the powerful acid arrows shooting down from the sky, he unleashed several sword strikes from a distance. The azure battle qi wrapped around his longsword transformed into spirals, creating whirlwinds in mid-air.

The flight path of the male ant flying in the air was immediately disrupted, and it drifted down slowly.

Seeing that Mia was not without the ability to fight back, Alphonse was overjoyed. "Mia, you deal with those male ants, I'll take care of the queen!"

Before he finished speaking, Alphonse led Tessie out.

The queen ant turned her enormous head toward the charging enemy, her antennae trembling.

Those fiery red compound eyes, as bright as headlights, were fixed intently on Alphonse.

In that instant, Alphonse felt as if he had been locked onto.

The queen ant's mouthparts opened and closed, as if emitting a silent roar.

Ripples, visible to the naked eye, appeared out of nowhere, spreading out wave after wave.

Mia intended to get close and deal with the male ants, but the impact of the ripples caused her movements to falter and slow down considerably.

She could still hold on, but Tessie, who was charging with Alphonse, let out a miserable scream, blood flowing from her mouth and nose, and fell to the ground, clutching her head and rolling around on the ground.

Alphonse felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, his head spun for a moment, and he stopped in his tracks.

This was not a sound wave, but a tangible mental shock that struck directly at the brain.

If it weren't for the extraordinary and mysterious Innate Formless Divine Skill, which gathered at the center of the forehead in an instant and dispelled the impact, he wouldn't have been able to escape this heavy blow.

The shadow giant ants, however, were unaffected and collided with the ant colony, engaging in a fierce battle.

One side lacked intelligence and only knew how to lunge forward, while the other side fought desperately, neither showing any sign of retreat.

Blood and shadows splattered and flew in all directions.

Seeing the queen ant staring intently in his direction, Alphonse hardened his resolve and glared back.

I can glare at people too!

What are you looking at?!

It wasn't just a simple glare; Alphonse then unleashed his Soul-Seizing Technique.

With a significant increase in internal strength, the level of the Soul-Seizing Technique has also improved accordingly. I've never seen anyone so proactively offer themselves up for a challenge.

A series of mesmerizing colors shifted in Alphonse's eyes, and the queen ant's mind froze, the mental shock ceasing instantly.

Alphonse dared not relax for a moment, staring intently at the queen ant's compound eyes, while his hands continued to move, constantly absorbing the necromantic energy from the dead gold-devouring ants and transforming it into shadow giant ants to release.

With the queen ant no longer holding her back, Mia felt much less pressured and leaped up. Her longsword transformed into a rainbow that stretched across the sky, its azure glow still lingering in the air. Two male ants were already slain and fell to the ground.

The remaining two male ants swiftly flew up and sprayed a dense barrage of strong acid to stop Mia from pursuing them.

The queen ant was ultimately bewitched by the soul-capturing technique.

A message of submission came from it.

"Stop your people! Back off!" Alphonse immediately ordered it.

The queen ant immediately twitched her antennae, issuing the command.

The remaining ant swarm has retreated, and Alphonse has also ordered the Shadow Giant Ants to cease their attack.

The queen ant does not speak a universal language, but she can communicate telepathically.

Although I couldn't understand the words, I could still grasp the general meaning.

Once the queen ant submits, the gold-eating ants, completely under her command, naturally obey her every word.

These monsters weren't very intelligent to begin with, but they had a clear division of labor, and the queen ant was somewhat intelligent.

The gold-eating ants occupy this mineral vein entirely out of their nature; they want their species to continue.

They don't just eat minerals; they also eat a variety of other foods, such as flesh and plants. The mineral veins under the Cold Wind Territory are hidden deep and rich in minerals, and there's still more to be mined.

Alphonse was very satisfied with the result. The gold-eating ants could act as miners to help with mining, and their excrement was also a natural raw material for cement.

The task of cleaning up the mess was naturally left to the queen ant and her colony.

Alphonse still needs to return to his territory to do a series of preparations.

For example, building warehouses to store minerals and gold-eating ant excrement separately.

With its limited understanding, the queen ant could hardly comprehend why its owner needed its feces, but it wouldn't ask too many questions, since it could only communicate a rough idea through telepathy.

Mia and Tessie were convinced that Alphonse must have received the magic from the magical bard Edson.

Only wizards and necromancers conduct forbidden research on the soul.

Necromancers represent decay and death, while wizards are more mysterious. Alphonse doesn't carry any aura of decay, so he must be a wizard.

That Edson was most likely using the identity of a bard as a cover; in reality, he was also a wizard.

This explains why Alphonse, despite lacking talent in martial arts and magic, could use witchcraft. He must have had that talent to be noticed by Edson.

All the magical formulas and skills that Alphonse produced could be attributed to witchcraft.

Thank you to the reader 【The person who came up with this name is really talented】 for the 100 Qidian coins reward!

(End of this chapter)