Astral Ants

The Half-Ant artist traveled through space and stopped at a canyon 1500 kilometers away from the Silver Oak God-given seeds.

Longbai activated his earth and rock abilities, causing the cliff at the bottom of the valley to crack, forming a cave, and the Half-Ant Artist crawled in.

Sishu and Xia Li quickly unloaded the cargo.

After 11 months of hard work, a total of 14 large bags of world gems were collected, with a total value of approximately 8.2 trillion.

Tried it,
The spider silk rope can be used to tie up 3 bags with the four-digit and oak carapace. The tentacles of the Saint Butterfly Warrior are flexible and can be bent and rolled up to carry 1 bag. In addition, the two front legs can also carry 1 bag.

Sishu and Xiali each carried 5 large bags, and Longbai had to be responsible for the remaining 4 bags.

Longbai tied the carapace tightly and manipulated the power of earth and stone to transform into a rock python and hide inside it.

The half-ant artist transformed into an artist, wearing dark purple iridescent armor, with 133 tentacles twisting and swinging, the blades connected, the front legs shook, the arm blades popped out, the body swayed, and stood on the top of the rock python.

"Captain Longbai, is everything alright?"

"Don't worry! It's no problem."

"Where is Chief Tiebin? Can you use your soul-fixing ability to find him?"

"Yeah, that's right!"

Longbai had already decided that it would not pass the test and almost forgot about it...

Activate the soul-fixing ability to sense.

In that brief moment of one ten-thousandth of a second, he sensed the Silver Oak God-given seed, the souls of 17 Saint Butterfly Warriors, and the familiar Beetle Warrior soul...

Before he could concentrate and figure out the situation, he was discovered by Yin Jue and lost his sense of them.

"No. The Silver Oak God-given seed reacts too quickly. I only sensed the presence of the Iron Pencil leader for a split second before it was blocked. However, according to my sensing, it was still nearly a hundred kilometers away from the Silver Oak. It must be stuck at the second or third level."

"..."

Sishu and Xia Li didn't know what to say, and they had nothing to say.

"President Sishu! President Xia Li! I'll go first!"

"it is good--"

"Come on, Chief Longbai! Lead us to prosperity!"

"Haha, don't worry, I never take risks without confidence! If I say I can speed run it in a month, then I can speed run it in a month."

Long Bai controls the rock python and sets off.

Vertical climbing over steep peaks and over mountains.

"???"

Yin Qiu's mental power and thoughts floated over.

"I have seen the seeds bestowed by the Silver Oak God!"

Longbai greeted politely.

"Big Ant, it's you again."

"it's me."

"Where are you going?"

"I come to your titanium dioxide world to learn and improve!"

"???"

"I have thought about it carefully. I only have one chance to enter the Red Robin Star. Now that I have come across it, I should see it for myself and not leave any regrets. Although it may waste a month of precious treasure hunting time. However, there are many opportunities to make a fortune in the universe, but the opportunity to learn from the most intelligent sacred tree in the universe is only once."

"You know I am the most intelligent tree in the universe, yet you are still saying these useless nonsense? Greedy ant, what's on your carapace?"

"One of the few world gems."

Long Bai said honestly: "I am poor, and I really need this wealth to evolve and develop."

Yin Jue didn't bother to argue much and focused his attention on the artist.

"What kind of creature is on the head of the python that transformed into an earth-type ability? I can only identify that it is the essence of some innate god, which you transformed into your own ability, bionic ability. What kind of creature is it imitating?"

"The origin of the water-based innate god, named 'Zhen', was gradually transformed by me into the all-powerful of all ten elements. The evolutionary path I chose is to imitate change and survive and adapt.

The creature that Zhe imitated is called 'Artist'. In the old universe, it was a third-level peak civilization specializing in space. It was a civilization composed of 133 different ethnic groups. The Artist was the leader. Its body was synthesized by genetic technology collecting high-quality genes from 133 races.

"A nearly perfect life form."

"This body structure, combined with battle armor and spatial teleportation, specializes in surprise attacks, assassinations, and close combat."

Long Bai explained patiently and in detail.

Yin Qiu asked, "Space talent?"

Long Bai: "Talent cannot be imitated. At least, I can't imitate it at the moment. Spatial ability mainly comes from a space-related technological creation called 'Technology Star Core'..."

Long Bai was communicating while he was on his way. While speaking, he controlled the artist's armor mask to open, and a purple-red technological star core emerged from his forehead and was displayed in suspension.

"interesting……"

"You fat ant are much more interesting than a butterfly."

Yinqiu had a very good impression of Longbai and praised him, "There are many insects that have taken the path of bionics, but only a few have achieved success. You are one of them. You are very good. I can feel that your strength far exceeds that of butterflies of the same level! I will make it ten times more difficult for you!"

Longbai: “Ah?”

Long Bai: "No need, right? There's no need~"

No response.

Ningjing sensed that the spiritual power of the Silver Oak God-granted seed had retreated.

Long Bai controlled the rock python to speed up, climb over the vast mountains, and go up to the plateau with sparse vegetation.

The rock python stopped.

The artist stares and observes.

Further ahead is the titanium dioxide boundary.

A strong metallic energy scent.

The blue sun hangs in the sky,

The howling cold wind seemed to be carrying countless sharp blades cutting.

A combat energy field at the peak level of the Su realm.

Once you step into it, the battle begins.

Long Bai observed for a long time, his mind turning, the surrounding soil and rocks squirmed and gathered, the rock python's body expanded rapidly, turning into a giant python three kilometers long, black metal precipitated, forming a layer of scales on the surface for defense.

The surrounding air suddenly shrank, and then a layer of extremely cold ice scales formed on top of the armor.

Prepared for double defense, the rock python raised its head and moved forward.

As soon as they entered the titanium white realm, there were continuous crackling sounds. The ultimate metal power, which was not at the same level at all, danced wildly in the wind and cut through the ice scales, causing them to collapse and the metal armor to not last for a second.

——Power beyond the scope of the star realm.

The seemingly powerful rock python had no ability to resist this all-pervasive and unstoppable attack, and collapsed into a mountain of rubble in an instant.

There was no trace of the dragon cypress in the rubble.

The python's head on which the artist stood remained intact and fell to the ground, while the artist remained standing motionless.

Within the range of the energy field, the Force Plant is like a 'God' that controls everything.

In the strong wind,
The metal energy instantly contracted, and a metal puppet that looked exactly like the artist, with four legs, two hind legs standing upright, and wearing silver-gray armor, condensed.

The metal puppet has 133 silver whip-like tentacles on its head, which also have sharp blades.

There are two curved blades at the bends of the two front arms.

The primordial energy breath at the stellar level.

Yin Qiao also understands bionics and has made considerable achievements. There is no difference between the two artists except for the color.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The wave-like spiritual power seemed to come from the sky and penetrate deep into the earth.

The silver-gray metal puppet's eyes glowed white as it locked onto the purple-colored artist, and it started running and charging.

The artist disappeared from the spot and appeared silently behind the silver-gray metal puppet.

The spatial blade ability was activated, and he swung his right arm to cut horizontally. The silver-gray metal puppet was easily cut in half at the chest. He turned over and kicked with his two hind legs.

The two broken pieces of his body were kicked away.
The metallic energy that filled the heaven and earth collapsed and condensed into two complete silver-gray metal puppets. They stood back to back, slightly raising their front feet, guarding against the purple-colored artist's sneak attack through space.

"..."

Longbai controls sand leeches, lurking a thousand meters underground, and manipulates artists to fight through the "Soul of Art".

The intelligent brain's ability operated automatically to assist, and it quickly figured out Yin Qiu's intention.

It wanted to learn about the artist's spatial ability and compete in close combat skills.

The ten times strength it mentioned should be ten times the number of challenges faced by regular warriors. The overall strength of a single puppet is still at the peak level of the Star Realm.

Long Bai controlled the artist, constantly traveling through space and attempting attacks, but all were blocked by the silver-gray puppet.

Silver Oak also made some adjustments.
The silver-gray metal puppet arm blade is endowed with super high strength enough to withstand sharp blades in space.

After a quick exchange of blows,

clang,
The artist was kicked by a silver-gray metal puppet. The brutal force caused him to lose stability and fly backwards.

He disappeared in mid-air, teleported away, stood a thousand meters away, and stopped acting rashly.

The silver oak is an old tree that is knowledgeable and wise. It has instantly mastered the fighting skills of this form of life.

After a brief moment of surprise, Long Bai came to his senses.

The artist's body shape is similar to that of humans, and Yin Qiao should have learned human fighting skills.

The two silver-gray metal puppets cooperated with each other, and the defense was airtight, so the trick of teleporting through space and launching a surprise attack was ineffective.

Face to face, head-on combat, one against two, two legs cannot beat four legs...

Deep underground,

Long Bai's mind works at the speed of light.

Longbai also collected some close combat skills from human warriors and learned about them, but never applied them in actual combat.

Temporarily, use the computing power of the intelligent brain to deduce a solution to the current situation.

Yinqiu's unhappy and mocking mental power penetrated deep into the ground, "You ant, you have all the power but you look good but you can't fight~"

"It's the Silver Oak Sacred Tree. You are too strong!"

Longbai made a polite remark.

I already have a solution in mind.

Silver Oak's fighting skills come from the human race.

Humans have no tentacles on their heads.

Yinqiu completely ignored the function of tentacles in combat.

The artist disappeared.

He traveled through space and appeared in front of the metal puppet. He slightly raised his front paws and pretended to stab it. The moment the metal puppet responded, he teleported away.

He changed his position three times in a row and teleported three times. After three feints, he swung his front feet and the sharp blade cut horizontally and vertically in space.

The sound of metal weapons colliding.

suddenly,

The 133 tentacles swaying above the artist's head moved in unison, instantly piercing a metal puppet.

The tentacles automatically break off.

The blade shuttles through space and is retracted.

The tentacles exploded and turned into devouring water mist.

The metal puppet that was stabbed collapsed immediately.

The artist teleported again and appeared behind another metal puppet, swinging the space blade to cut.

The metal puppet turned around and blocked.

The artist disappeared again and reappeared beside him.

Constantly changing positions, attacking like a violent storm.

In a breath, a single metal puppet could not withstand the blow and was split into two halves diagonally.

Two metal puppets solved.

Metal energy gathered between heaven and earth. Four metal puppets condensed and took shape, and their appearance changed drastically. The 133 tentacles on their heads were obviously strengthened and transformed, and they had the strength to resist the sharp blades of space.

Four metal puppets formed a square battle formation.

"..."

Long Bai was solemn.

Could it be that the Silver Oak God-given species instantly learned to fight using the tentacles on its head?

It's difficult to deal with two at the same time...

Four of them came down at once, and they were enhanced and upgraded versions...

Moreover, even if they win, will they continue to split into 8 or 16?

The key is, how do you win such a challenge?
There must be a qualitative improvement to be able to defeat 4, 8, 16, or even more.

Fighting skills?
With the calculation of intelligent brain capabilities, all combat skills can be quickly verified and skillfully applied in actual combat.

There is not much room for improvement in combat skills. When one is fighting four, no skills are useful. Moreover, Yin Jue has a strong learning ability. He can master any skill at a glance and then return the result 1 times or 4 times.

It must be a trick it can't learn...

Spatial ability?

Without spatial talent, spatial ability remains fixed.

Other talent systems?
Until now, I have never considered manipulating artists to fight head-on.

It’s not difficult to consider.

In close combat with metal life, the systems of thunder and fire are relatively useful.

By slightly modifying some existing capabilities, artists can use them directly.

Also, close combat is about speed and strength.

You definitely can't compete with metal life in brute strength.

Is it possible to optimize artists at the bloodline level and increase their speed?

feasible!

The best bloodline template is me.

Selectively injecting some of my blood into the artist’s body…

Longbai is thinking, and his intelligent brain is assisting in calculations.

The artist stands still, under the armor, constantly changing and adjusting.

The four silver-gray metal puppets also remained motionless.

Yinqiu's meaning is also very clear. Everyone is controlling the puppets to fight, it defends, and Longbai attacks.

There is only one month left, and the only one who is anxious is Longbai.

Long Bai must defeat a certain number of metal puppets as quickly as possible.

...

The stalemate lasted for two days.
Above the artist's head, the 133 tentacles that had fallen off in the previous battle grew back, blue and purple lightning flowed, and pale flames danced at the tips of the tentacles.

The blades on the forelimbs and arms flash with silver lightning and hide pale flames.

The lightning flashed suddenly, and his figure flashed and approached the metal puppet battle formation, flashing and changing positions continuously, constantly testing.

Suddenly, the front legs and tentacles attacked simultaneously, violently and fiercely.

The sound of weapons colliding.

There were crackling sounds of electric light.

A fierce confrontation in an instant.
The artist still couldn't hold on and was hit continuously. Despite the strong armor protection, he was knocked out and traveled through space, teleporting away.

Pale flames surged from the four metal puppets.

The modified Touch of Thunder.

The source of fire that cannot be extinguished and burns all matter.

The four metal puppets were quickly burned to ashes.

Not surprisingly,

The metal energy condensed, and 8 metal puppets took shape, and were optimized and adjusted. Their weapons were changed to a knife in the right front foot and a shield in the left front foot. They formed a square defense array in groups of two.

The artist moves through the space closer.

The ability of space teleportation and lightning strike is switched alternately, and the body shuttles back and forth, constantly testing attacks.

The optimized metal puppets' shields condense a defensive energy that can withstand the attack of 'Touch of Blue Thunder'.

It may be that Yin Jue’s attainments in metal bionics were insufficient, and the speed of the gray metal puppet failed to be optimized, as if it had reached the limit of the peak level of the stellar realm.

The artist moved as fast as lightning, taking advantage of speed.

The metal puppets can only defend and not attack. Eight of them form a battle formation, eliminating the speed defect.

A relatively fair fight.

The artist distances himself.

Longbai hid deep underground, thinking and weighing, and his intelligent brain was calculating for a while.

The 133 tentacles on the artist's head stretched and extended, falling straight to the ground, disappearing on the spot, and teleporting to appear in front of a metal puppet, waving his front legs to attack fiercely, with the tentacles on the top of his head spread and swaying, looking for an opportunity to bypass the defense.

The body keeps moving and the target of attack keeps changing.

After a brief confrontation lasting less than a second, they seized an opportunity and shot out two tentacles like lightning, piercing the head of a metal puppet. A white flame burned and exploded, covering the entire body.

The artist's attack became more and more fierce. After several consecutive flashing feints, he seized the opportunity again and used similar tricks to defeat another metal puppet...

The battle lasted less than a minute, and all eight metal puppets were hit and defeated.

...

The metal energy gathered and formed a silver-gray metal puppet, holding a shield in its right front paw and a knife in its left front paw.

Long Bai had no time to wonder.

Yin Jue's mental power and thoughts came.

"Ant, this is the final showdown. I will no longer simply defend."

"Your battle armor is a pinnacle creation of the third-level civilization. It should not appear in a battle at the stellar level. Put it away and fight fairly and squarely."

“You are allowed to fail.”

"You only need to defeat me once to pass the test."

"it is good--"

Long Bai had an idea.

The purple armor covering the artist disintegrated into its components, shrank rapidly, and hid within the body.

Pure spatial power gathered at the front feet and condensed into two daggers.

He also manipulated the surrounding metal energy to condense a set of jet-black armor on his body surface.

The artist disappears on the spot...

He teleported through space and was about to appear behind the metal puppet to launch a tentative attack.

The metal puppet turned around and stabbed with a knife, which was quick and efficient.
The artist was cut off.

The knife flashed quickly and the blade swung wildly, and the artist was chopped into pieces.

The metal puppet retreated and kept some distance.

The artist's fragments turned into a ball of viscous liquid, which squirmed and rose, then condensed into shape again.

"..."

"Remove the restrictions, unlock the silver-gray metal puppets that actively attack, and they are ridiculously powerful."

Deep underground,

Longbai was not in a hurry to attack.
The brain operates at the speed of light, and the intelligent brain's abilities simultaneously assist in analysis.

When teleporting close to you, there will be space fluctuations at the moment of crossing the space, which will be predicted in advance.

Without the protection of his exclusive armor, the artist is vulnerable.

"I still have a few abilities..."

Long Bai immediately thought of a way to win the battle.

The artist ran towards the metal puppet, approached it within thirty meters, then stopped abruptly, bent his legs, and walked, ready to defend and dodge, approaching slowly, step by step.

The metal puppet raised its claws and slashed across. The sharp metal energy transformed into a giant blade that swept across.

The artist lowered his body, bent down to avoid the attack, and lightning burst out from his body. He took advantage of the situation to launch a lightning strike close to the opponent, and the tentacles on his head danced wildly in a feint, flashing and swaying continuously.

The metal puppet also slightly bent its front legs, holding a shield on its left front leg and a knife on its right front leg, constantly turning its body to block, with the tentacles on its head concentrated behind its back, guarding against sneak attacks from behind.

boom--

suddenly,

The water, wind, and power energies in the artist's body burst out.

The surrounding air suddenly collapsed, and at the same time, super strong force burst out from the artist's body.

Furious!
The combination of Rage, Frostfall and Cross Dance creates a powerful explosive impact.

however,
Yin Qiu reacted faster. The metal puppet bent its knees, sank, and raised its shield to block. Its body seemed to be rooted in the ground, not moving at all.

He suddenly turned sideways, and the short knife slashed from bottom to top, towards the artist's waist.

It was a simple yet unexpected blow that was so fast that there was no time to dodge.

But this sudden attack was within Long Bai's calculations.

Just as the blade was about to hit the target, the artist's figure suddenly became blurred.

——The lotus form!
The sword passed through the shadow unhindered, the attack missed, and he quickly raised his shield to defend.

flaw!

The moment the sword passed, the virtual state was simultaneously lifted, and the artist swung the space blade with his front feet and stabbed continuously. The 133 tentacles on his head shot out at the same time, entangled with the tentacles of the metal puppet, one of the tentacles hit the opponent's back of the neck, and one hit the shoulder. The thunder and fire energy exploded, and the white flames surged and instantly engulfed the metal puppet.

A face-to-face close-range fight, with an instant explosion that decides life and death in an instant.

The silver-gray metal puppet was burned to nothingness.

The artist lost an arm, most of his tentacles were destroyed, and there were two holes in his body but they were not fatal.

The battle is over.

"..."

Yinqiu's spiritual power was transmitted directly to the depths of the earth.

"Cunning ant. To be fair, your fighting skills, fighting will, and fighting awareness are not as good as that ugly beetle."

"But I won't break my promise, so I'll let you off the hook."

"The titanium sand for the second test is on the top of a mountain 300 kilometers ahead. Go get it."

"I will help you hone your fighting skills and will."

After saying this, his mental strength receded.

The force of heaven and earth was in turmoil, and metal puppets in the form of Zerg of various sizes and shapes quickly condensed. They were densely packed in the sky and on the ground, and were countless.

Longbai felt something was wrong.

Within the titanium white volume, the space seemed to have undergone some subtle changes.

The control artist tried it and found that the ability to teleport in space was limited!
Long Bai controlled the sand leeches, drilled out from deep underground, and scanned with his mental power.

From all directions, four or five kilometers away, metal puppets in the form of ants, bees, butterflies, dragonflies, spiders, mantises, tiger armor, etc., were rushing towards them like a tide.

"This……"

"Can't afford to lose?"

Long Bai didn't have time to think, and all his energy exploded.

The artist melted and expanded, switching to the form of living water, submerging the sand leech and the cypress together, and then transformed into a kilometer-long eight-winged flying bird that rose into the sky.

The ultimate beast star spots on Longbai's forehead flashed violently, and water and wind energy continued to erupt.

Within a radius of fifty kilometers, the air and water condensed, and the flying beast expanded rapidly, instantly transforming into a thirty-kilometer-long super giant flying beast. (End of this chapter)