Chapter 143: Deterrence, shocking the world with one strike
For three whole days, Yue Yang, Ye Kong and the others practiced in the ant holes without returning to the settlement camp.
Yue Yang's purpose is not to search for red fire ant eggs like a mercenary, but to cultivate a tacit understanding between the war beasts and the team. Yue Yang did not summon the war beasts to join the battle. He mainly protected everyone's safety secretly. At the same time, Ye Kong, Fatty Hai and the others
During the battle, Yue Yang secretly practiced the Yin and Yang Pisces' 'Circular Slash' alone in order to achieve greater breakthroughs.
On the first day, Yue Bing cooperated with Ye Kong, Fatty Hai and the Li brothers, but Yue Yang saw that her century-old tree-man warguard was too powerful, so he took her alone to a place a hundred meters away from Ye Kong and the others the next day.
In this place, Ye Kong, Fatty Hai and the Li brothers were left behind, and they were divided into two groups to practice separately.
Ye Kong has the Hercules Unicorn with excellent defense and the Vajra Demon Ape with super attack power, making him the number one fighting force in the group.
He has made great progress, but it is a pity that both the Vajra Demon Ape and the Hercules Unicorn are still larvae of war beasts, and have not been able to exert the strongest combat power of the war beasts, otherwise their strength would be even more impressive.
Fatty Hai changed his previous laziness and followed Yue Yang's special training plan to focus on training the Iron Rhinoceros, which he didn't really like.
Yue Yang knew that this fat man actually had good potential.
It's just that he is usually too lazy, lazy to eat, and has a cowardly personality, which makes him look like this. If Fatty Hai can grit his teeth and practice hard, he can still be successful.
The Li brothers, who had always been silent and unknown, had obviously improved their combat skills under Yue Yang's casual guidance.
They are not very talented, but they are very hardworking.
Diligence can make up for clumsiness.
However, not long after they were grouped together, when their two wind wolves were besieging a red fire soldier ant, due to a control error, they were burned alive by the flames spouted by the red fire soldier ant, which made them feel very distressed. It took a long time to summon the war beast.
There is a limit. In order to improve as quickly as possible and not hold back Yue Yang, Ye Kong and the others have been practicing hard every day. Whenever they encounter red fire ants wandering for food, they will take the initiative to attack. Under excessive exhaustion, people can still manage.
Support, but the two wind wolves were exhausted and died in the battle... In three days, Ye Kong and the others had killed seven red fire ants, including a red fire giant soldier ant that was over eight meters in size.
Little girl Yue Bing killed six red fire ants by herself, and she did so with ease.
With Yue Yang's guidance and her own understanding, she became more and more skillful in controlling the Centennial Treant War Guard.
"Golden ant eggs, we found golden ant eggs, but they were discovered by the ant guards. An ant tide broke out in the ant nest, and hundreds of mercenaries were surrounded. Help! I hope that friends in the ant holes who can come to support will come to support us.
Go! The Alliance War Beast Store has promised that all rescuers will receive at least one gold and will be rewarded according to their merits. I hope that friends will come to the ant nest on the second underground floor to help!" From deep in the ant hole, a burst of sounds came out.
The cry for help sound wave emitted by the 'Distress Scroll'.
The whole cave resounded with echoes.
This kind of distress scroll is the lowest-level distress scroll. It is generally used by mercenaries. Its transmission range is not large, only about five kilometers, and it calls for help with sound waves, which can easily expose the location and attract more enemies, making it easier for people to call for help.
Those who are in greater danger are usually not used by the military.
But in the abyss of despair, it is widely used.
Because the monsters here mainly use their sense of smell and thermal energy to explore, and use sounds to call for help, they are not sensitive and will not come after them.
Another point is that the terrain here is complex, with many low valleys and depressions such as caves, pits, and cliffs. Therefore, calling for help through sound is more effective than calling for help through fireworks, bright lights, etc.
"Bing'er, let's go!"
As soon as Yue Yang heard that the ant tide broke out, he quickly brought Yue Bing, Ye Kong and the others to join them and prepared to leave.
An ant outbreak is very scary.
A red fire ant nest is estimated to contain tens of thousands of them. Here in the ant cave, there are nearly a hundred red fire ant nests marked on the map, and there are estimated to be many more that are unrecorded. There are countless ant nests in the entire ant cave.
Fire ants usually go crazy because an intruder kills the new queen ant or breaks a large number of ant eggs. Once this happens, all the ants will cause a riot and all the red fire ants in the nest will be destroyed.
Come out, crawl around, kill all intruders...
Because all red fire ants are derived from one primitive queen, over thousands of years, they have been dividing kings and expanding. The number of red fire ant queens has continued to increase, and today's ant holes are the result.
But in fact, they are all mothers and daughters or sisters, sharing the same inheritance, so they can coexist peacefully.
If they face an enemy, they will fight with all their strength regardless of their ethnic group.
Facing the tidal sea of ants and the ant hole terrain here, let alone ordinary mercenaries, even the sixth-level sect leader may not be able to escape!
"Hurry, hurry up fat man!"
Ye Kong and the others had already come running over, and the ant tide was definitely no joke.
Although the discovery of golden ant eggs is a great temptation, before the golden ant eggs and life, of course everyone still chooses to save their lives. Yueyang and the others did not go into the hole very deep, and they ran out in just a few minutes. But in
When they came out of the cave, many mercenaries, armed with weapons and war beasts, rushed into the cave in an endless stream.
The saying that people die for wealth and birds die for food has been best confirmed at this time.
More mercenaries stayed outside the cave to watch.
They are unwilling to go into the cave and die, but they are concerned about the development of the situation.
"Brother, why don't you go in and take a look? We'll stay outside. Don't worry, we'll be fine!" Yue Bing hopes that Yue Yang can let go of his hands and don't just care about himself. After so long experience, she has learned that
Her brother's powerful ability also gave her great trust in him, and she also knew that her brother was not a reckless person. If she went in, even if she couldn't get the golden ant egg, at least she would be able to return safely. The little girl thought to herself,
My brother has super strong combat skills, and with the help of Blood Queen and Barbarian Shadow, he should be able to enter and exit the anthole freely, so there should be no problem.
"We will be fine!" Ye Kong also nodded to Yue Yang. He also hoped that Yue Yang would get the greatest improvement. After all, he is the leader of everyone. At any time, Yue Yang must be the one who improves the fastest in the team.
Now, this is the best opportunity, and of course I encourage him to go in.
"If the ants come out, we will retreat to the settlement camp and wait for you!" Fatty Hai said the first words in his life that were not nonsense.
"I'll be back soon!" Yue Yang really wanted to see what the deeper ant holes looked like.
Yue Yang left the Gray Wolf behind so that on the one hand he could protect Yue Bing, but the other Gray Wolf would not play much role in the face of the ant tide.
The mercenaries often brought back various ores from the deeper ant holes, and Yueyang discovered that the deeper the plants, the weirder they were. Many fungi were also precious medicinal materials. In the past three days, Yueyang collected at least
More than ten kinds of medicinal mushrooms found nowhere else.
Yueyang doesn't count on the golden ant eggs, because as soon as the mercenaries get the golden ant eggs, they will probably use the teleportation scroll to leave immediately, and it is impossible to stay down there.
They said this just to attract more people to save them.
If the mercenaries hadn't stolen the golden ant eggs, I believe the ant colony would not have been so crazy and an ant wave would not have broken out.
Yueyang's main purpose is to explore deeper ant holes and see if there are any precious herbs. Based on the plant knowledge taught by Granny Wu Teng, Yueyang is going to prepare a pill that can transform plant war beasts.
Yue Bing's hundred-man treant war guard tried the effect... This 'green elixir' requires seventy-two kinds of medicinal materials, including five kinds of fungi. Yueyang has only found three kinds so far, and there are still two kinds... ants
The tide is not a big threat to Yue Yang, who has the heart of nature to hide his aura. The red fire ant swarm mainly uses scent to detect the enemy. Yue Yang is like an invisible man in front of them. Unless he touches Yue Yang's body with his tentacles, he will be attacked head-on.
However, the chances of being discovered are probably not very high.
Chasing a large group of mercenaries, Yue Yang ran for more than ten minutes in the winding ant tunnel.
Suddenly, the front suddenly became clear.
A huge cave that is ten times larger than a football field appears in front of you.
The mercenaries crowded at the entrance of the cave and did not dare to go out, because both the ground and the roof of the cave were densely packed with red fire ants, and there seemed to be tens of thousands of them.
Not to mention ordinary mercenaries, even Yue Yang couldn't help but feel a little numb after seeing it.
If there are too many ants, it will be very scary.
Moreover, the weakest ones in this Soaring Dragon Continent are really not ants... These red fire ants are level three creatures when hatched, while the larger soldier ants are level four, and there is also a queen ant that can spit out long pillars of flames.
The guard is level five.
Although they are not elite-level creatures, if there are more of them, their combat power will be difficult to match.
If we force a war and bring tens of thousands of troops here, I believe the result will be that the whole army will be annihilated and become a meal for red fire ants.
"Spray ant water, these red fire ants are fools. They will mistake us for the same species and will not find us!" A brave mercenary leader took out ant water and sprayed it on himself, leading the most desperate team members
When they venture in, their goal is not money, but golden ant eggs.
"If you have flying war beasts, follow me!" Some people have already figured out a way, which is to use flying war beasts to carry them forward.
"Get out of the way if you don't want to go, coward, just watch me count the money!" A particularly heroic mercenary lined up the crowd, jumped out of the ant tunnel with an axe, and rushed into the ant colony. They were sprayed with insect-weary water.
Speaking of red fire ants, many insect creatures hate the unpleasant smell. Under normal circumstances, they will deliberately avoid them and are unwilling to attack these smelly people.
There is not only one ant tunnel in Yueyang, there are dozens of them. Countless mercenaries who risk their lives for money have come out one after another, causing riots among the red fire ants.
From time to time, mercenaries were mistakenly identified by red fire ants and killed on the spot, but more people were concealed due to sprays such as ant water and insect repellent water.
Yue Yang slipped out of the crowd silently and followed closely behind these desperadoes.
After passing through an underground ant tunnel, I arrived at another nest that was even bigger than the previous hole. I found that there were more red fire ants here, tens of thousands of red fire ants, crawling crazily, looking everywhere.
Looking at the enemy. There are giant ant guards, spitting out long pillars of fire, dancing wildly in the sky. Red fire ants are layer upon layer, crawling on the ground, looking for the intruder who has stolen the golden ant eggs... Nearly a hundred servants
The soldiers stood on a small platform on the mountain wall with trembling teeth. They sprayed a large amount of insect-resistant water around the platform, and held up torches to barely protect themselves and stay on the platform.
But they probably won't be able to hold on for long, as soon as the smell of insect-weary water dissipates, they will definitely be torn to pieces by the ants.
Dense ant colonies were swirling around them crazily. Although red fire ants have no intelligence, their natural instinct will not give up easily, and they have been hunting for the intruders who have "disappeared invisible".
"Brothers, risk your lives for money! Go for it!" In fact, most mercenaries are not for the reward money at all, but for the golden ant eggs.
Some of them want to kill the mercenaries on the platform and swallow the golden ant eggs.
Rescue?
What they are doing now is to pretend to rescue, then lure the ant colony over, kill the mercenaries on the platform, and then wait for an opportunity to snatch the golden ant eggs...
Yue Yang saw with his own eyes that several mercenary captains gathered together and threw insect attractants in the direction of the platform, causing the red fire ants to become even more crazy, while the mercenaries on the platform cursed loudly. A small number of mercenaries came to rescue people sincerely.
The soldiers fought with these selfish ghosts with great anger... The scene was chaotic, and the blood spattered when injured attracted ants.
Red fire ants are coming like a tidal wave.
"Is it true that the golden ant eggs are still here and haven't been taken out?" Yue Yang's sharp eyes saw that in the center of the hundreds of mercenaries, several of them were carrying huge backpacks. They were looking solemnly and looking at the deterioration in front of them with complex expressions.
situation.
Regarding their reaction, Yue Yang's heart moved again.
These guys must have discovered something more precious than golden ant eggs, and they used golden ant eggs as a cover.
Those who escaped with the teleportation scroll should have brought back the best things. If what is left here is golden ant eggs, then what exactly is the thing they brought back? Is there anything more precious than golden ant eggs?
?
Yue Yang felt curious in his heart, maybe he could make some deals with them.
Because there are still many teleportation scrolls in his backpack...
Different from ordinary warriors, Yue Yang is like an invisible man, walking freely among the ants, even if he steps on the back of the ants, he will not disturb the ants.
Under the stunned eyes of all the mercenaries, Yue Yang walked ten meters away from the platform and stood on the back of a huge ant guard. As the mutated ant guard crawled, his figure suddenly
High and low. Under everyone's dumbfounded gaze, Yue Yang smiled as brightly as the sun and asked in a loud voice: "Everyone, are you interested in chatting for a few words? Maybe we can make a small deal, but I don't know what you have.
Things can be used as trading items."
On the platform, a man who looked like a leader spoke: "I wonder if you have a teleportation scroll. We are willing to buy it for a lot of money. You can ask for it!"
Yue Yang knew that if he didn't show some strength to show them, these guys wouldn't be able to convince him honestly.
He didn't answer, but just pulled out the Ash Demon Blade from his waist.
Using the true energy to activate it crazily, purple flames rise into the sky, like a volcano erupting.
The ash demon blade twirled lightly in Yue Yang's hands. After three days of careful understanding, the Pisces Circle Slash became more subtle and more perfect! The giant circle formed by the purple flames of the sword cut through the surroundings of Yue Yang with incomparable sharpness.
Space, all the red fire ants within the range of the rotary cutting were silently cut in half, and it turned out that the fire ants were immune to the flames, and the purple flames actually turned them into a black corpse...
Within ten meters of Yueyang, it instantly became a vacuum zone.
Shocking the world with one strike!
This is the power of Yueyang's one-kill attack!
Seeing Yue Yanglu's hand, all the mercenaries, including the leader, were so frightened that their legs became weak and they couldn't help but swallow nervously.
fear!
He has such terrifying power without summoning a war beast. What level of power is this masked thief?
The leader on the platform wiped cold sweat and quickly showed some respect: "We salute you. We are very happy to receive the help of a strong person. If you can lead us out of the ant hole, then we are willing to offer a golden ant."
Eggs for each other!" The mercenaries on the platform nodded quickly and agreed. Having a truly strong helping hand is better than thousands of troops. The only thing they worry about is not knowing what conditions the other party is asking for!
"No, I'm not interested in your golden ant eggs." Yue Yang has no interest in red fire ants, even the gold-level larvae.
Ants are creatures that win in numbers. No matter how strong they are individually, they are not that strong.
When the leader-like man heard what Yue Yang said, his expression changed slightly. He looked at the two companions beside him and shouted loudly at Yue Yang: "Dear strong man, I don't know what conditions you need for us.
, the most precious are the golden ant eggs, but there are only three of them in total. We have agreed to sell one to the Alliance War Beast Store, but now there are only two left. Let’s share it with you. This is what we have gained with our blood. It is already ours.
The limit of what you can afford to pay!”
Yue Yang smiled lightly: "I want your thing that is more precious than golden ant eggs..."
The leader was shocked when he heard this, with a look of disbelief in his eyes, and immediately denied it: "No, we don't have anything like that. Is there anything more precious than golden ant eggs in the ant hole? That is
impossible!"
"Really?" Yue Yang smiled and suddenly made a promise to the crowd on the platform: "Whoever among you can tell you what that treasure is the fastest, I will give him a teleportation scroll!"
"..." Everyone suddenly looked at each other.
Everyone wants to say it, but no one wants to be a shameful traitor.
Yue Yang suddenly made a move, completely defeating the persistence in their hearts.
He took out a teleportation scroll from his backpack.
As long as you say it, you can leave and survive... Survival is just a matter of words. Is it to say it or not to say it?
"Hard-shell dragon fruit!" The moment Yue Yang took out the teleportation scroll, a thin mercenary spoke. He was the fastest. Not only did he tell the treasure, but he also jumped down from the platform, fearing that
After betraying his companions, he will be killed by the leader. He bounced nimbly on the back of the red fire ant, and finally jumped in front of Yue Yang, reaching out with a longing face: "We found the legendary hard-shell dragon fruit, the hard-shell dragon fruit
It is an important ingredient in the preparation of 'Wuling Pill'... Please give me a teleportation scroll. I don't want to die, and I can't die. My family needs me to go back alive... Please look at my old parents and my mother who was just three months old.
For the sake of my daughter, strong man, please give me a chance. I don’t want anything. I just hope to be able to go back and reunite with my family. Please fulfill your promise. You are a strong man who stands upright and your words are as strong as mountains. Please have mercy.
I, please, please..."
"Very good. Your initiative and honesty have earned you the right to live!" Yue Yang wanted this effect. He handed the mercenary a teleportation scroll. The mercenary took it, immediately unfolded the scroll, and left
In front of him, he bowed deeply to Yue Yang in emotion, then quickly rushed into the circle of light and teleported away.
"..." The leader could not stop him, and the mercenaries on the platform felt extremely regretful.
The opportunity to survive was right in front of me, but it was missed in vain.
They know that here, it is impossible for everyone to survive, and some people will definitely become victims of others escaping.
Even though they knew the outcome, none of them wanted to be the poor victim. Even if there was a glimmer of hope, they all hoped that they could leave alive. No one wanted to die if they could live!
Yue Yang took out a dozen teleportation scrolls and gestured to the leader on the platform: "Now, you make a choice! One is to die here with all your companions. When you are all dead, I will pick up what I need.
The second is that you accept the deal and leave with your chosen companions. Because you have taken away valuable things, the ant colony will disperse, and the mercenaries who came to rescue and rob will also disperse, leaving behind
Those who are more likely to survive. The third is to knock me down, and these teleportation scrolls will all belong to you!"
Everyone looked at the leader, hoping he would make a choice.
Choose one of the three, it's that simple.
However, this is also the most difficult choice in life...