novelraw Chapter 1690 1690: The Formidable Devouring Ants!
Chapter 1690 1690: The Formidable Devouring Ants!
"Goodness."
Looking at the twenty-six War Blood Antelopes behaving like mad creatures, as if they intended to kill him, the terrifying aura made Qin Chen feel a slight shiver in his heart.
This attack's power exceeded every previous one, and could even be described as earth-shattering.
Moreover, the herd of antelopes soared into the sky; this scene seemed a bit bizarre, but the magic was here: in the high air, each gust of wind seemed to be the ground beneath their feet.
Instead of any inclination to fall, they continuously leaped toward the higher sky dome.
"Devouring Ants, it's time for your show."
Qin Chen summoned the Smoke Storage Gourd, releasing a swarm of Devouring Ants. Each ant looked chilling, and over a thousand of them were terrifying.
Even when faced with War Blood Antelopes much stronger than themselves, these Devouring Ants showed not an ounce of fear.
They surged toward the antelopes like a tidal wave.
To ensure the Devouring Ants could closely approach the War Blood Antelopes, Qin Chen wielded all his might, wielding the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade with mountain flood-like force, ferociously slashing at the antelopes.
"Boom!"
The void shook twice, as if about to collapse, and several antelopes were immediately repelled, yet not a single one died.
Of course, Qin Chen's intention was not to kill these War Blood Antelopes.
But rather, like right now!
"Swish!"
The Devouring Ants easily pierced the antelopes' skin, then burrowed into their bodies.
Their mouths were like the sharpest weapon in the world, as if there was nothing they couldn't penetrate.
"Leave everything except the chestnuts to you all."
Qin Chen worried that the Devouring Ants might consume the War Blood Chestnut too, which would leave him utterly disheartened.
He hastily declared.
The Devouring Ants couldn't speak, but their Spiritual Wisdom wasn't low, so they understood Qin Chen's words.
Moreover, for them, the War Blood Chestnut held less allure than the rich Blood Essence inside the antelopes.
At this moment.
Inside each War Blood Antelope were at least fifty Devouring Ants or more.
Inside them, these ants tore at their flesh, organs, meridians, devouring their blood, immediately throwing the antelopes into a wild disarray.
"Something's inside me!"
"Me too."
"It hurts so much!"
...
Though their pain wasn't exactly like being gnawed by Heart-eating Ants, it was equivalent to torture.
Each War Blood Antelope screamed in agony.
"Kill! Kill him, these bugs inside us were released by him, kill him, and everything will be fine."
The Tongtian Ninth Layer antelope was drenched in blood, and one could clearly see the ants crawling in and out of its body.
And crucially, it couldn't do anything to these ants.
Unless it wanted to self-destruct its own body, at the cost of itself—a choice one only makes in desperation.
That's the most disgusting aspect of the Devouring Ants.
But the antelope's words ignited a fervor among the others.
"Kill!"
A more powerful Killing Aura surged forth, like a mountain flood breach, mixed with a sickening bloody scent.
"Mind Power Heavy Domain!"
"Minor Hell Technique!"
Qin Chen's role at that moment was to pin down these War Blood Antelopes.
He completely enveloped the herd in his dual-domain methods.
To be precise, with the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade's Bloodthirsty Saint Realm, it was a triple-domain method.
Each antelope immediately felt like they were carrying a mountain, overwhelmingly heavy.
Their bodies rapidly descended to the ground.
After all, they weren't avian Demon Beasts, incapable of flight, and initially traversed the air relying on their force; now under such suppression, they couldn't linger in the air.
"Great Ghost Illusion Technique!"
The antelopes were still alive, so the Devouring Ants would eat their flesh slowly; Qin Chen had to buy time for himself and the ants.
He unleashed the "Great Ghost Illusion Technique" on the antelopes, further disordering their already chaotic minds.
During a battle.
Strength is undoubtedly crucial.
But there's something else, equally important.
That is the Mental State.
Without a good mental state, it's easy for the enemy to find a flaw.
If a flaw is found during combat, it's absolutely deadly.
Like now, these War Blood Antelopes.
Shrouded heavily by Qin Chen's tactics, they were in complete disarray.
The entire world was filled with chaotic noise.
"Begin the slaughter!"
Seeing this, Qin Chen knew his opportunity had come, and he employed the "Little Void Breaking Technique," illuminating his eyes with the Void-breaking Light, spotting each flaw within the War Blood Antelopes.
He charged into the antelope herd.
Blade flashed, blood flew!
Massacre!
This was a massacre, plain and simple!
To face Qin Chen, these antelopes were truly unfortunate—Qin Chen was too monstrous, with an endless array of tactics, which couldn't simply be evaluated by strength, else the outcome would be dire.
A few minutes later.
All the War Blood Antelopes were down.
Only the last Tongtian Ninth Layer antelope was left.
The Devouring Ants were feasting on the antelope corpses, and Qin Chen charged at the last one: "Desolate Realm!"
The world of desolate silence enveloped the antelope.
It was too heavily injured.
When Qin Chen's blade descended, its response was delayed.
This was a fatal mistake!
And it would become the mistake that cost its life.
"Splat."
Qin Chen's Bloodthirsty Demon Blade pierced through the antelope's body, greedily absorbing its abundant Blood Essence.
Sometimes that's how it goes.
A single mistake, and there's no chance of recovery.
"Phew."
Qin Chen inhaled lightly, the battle went beautifully, mainly because he flawlessly executed his strategy.
He collected all the War Blood Chestnuts from within the antelopes.
Forty-three in total.
After the Devouring Ants finished eating the bodies, Qin Chen noticed they grew stronger.
Initially, only a few had power in the Tongtian Realm.
But now, nearly half of the Devouring Ants' cultivation had risen to the Tongtian Realm level.
"You certainly had a feast," Qin Chen chuckled.
His gaze moved towards the deeper parts of the Evil Dragon Canyon, murmuring to himself, "This makes me curious about how strong these Devouring Ants will become after this trip."