Astral Ants

Black elm star.

The wind was cold and the light was dim.

North 5661 District,
Looking around, the mountains and rivers were covered with solid ice, a dead place without any sign of life.

There are existing caves excavated by previous tenants.

Longbai, Baiwei, Xingshi and Sishu Zhangluo chose the hilltops and caves to live in.

Deep in the mountain, deep underground, there is a huge living room that is a kilometer long.

All the insects gathered in the living room to eat and rest, pass around and check the information of the 9,000 Star Realm warriors participating in this year's Daylight Sea Arena Battle, and chat and discuss.

"..."

"Back when I was on my home planet, my trades covered the northern and southern hemispheres, and I controlled the trading rights for hundreds of divine fruits. I was very successful for a while. As soon as I evolved into a spider king, I received a trade invitation from Chiwu Mountain."

"The Chiwu Mountain is quite special on the mother planet. It is located in the western corner of the Wanzu Continent, close to the divine barrier, deep in the arid desert, isolated from the continent. Very few insects know of its existence. Even if they know about it, it is difficult to find it, and even if they find it, they can't enter..."

"I was invited to go there, and the first person I saw was the then Great Chief Qing Yuan. He was a giant insect twice my size. His aura was restrained and I couldn't feel his Force energy, but his aura gave the insects an indescribable feeling of suffocation and oppression. Also, the most profound impression that Great Chief Qing Yuan gave me at the time was his 'super-hard shell', an invincible and hard defense that could not be broken at all. There is no doubt that Great Chief Qing Yuan was powerful. He was good at strength, a pure system warrior."

"After Chief Qingyuan left, Shixia took over as Chief. I'm familiar with this bug. He has a very high elemental talent. I watched him grow rapidly from the mountain master level to the king level."

"Almost all the various divine fruits used by Shixia were obtained by me. A solid foundation has been laid since the mountain master level. Strength, life, and soul are the main three systems, supplemented by the seven elements, and the ten systems are balanced. But the fighting style is no different from that of the great leader Qingyuan. All the ghost locust warriors are similar. It is their nature to take the kind of tyrannical, domineering, head-on confrontation, and brute force to crush everything in the battle route."

"As for the Scarlet Dragonfly Warrior Bixuelongli who ranks first, I am also familiar with her. I have known her since I was a high-level warrior. Bixuelongli has a balanced development of seven elements: strength, life, soul, and elements. In stark contrast to Qingyuan and Shixia, the Scarlet Dragonfly is known for its speed and flexibility..."

Bai Wei paused and said solemnly: "The insects on the mother planet Chiwu Mountain all know how to establish their own 'core abilities' at the insect king stage, adding and combining more divine patterns to improve and strengthen their core abilities."

"Initially, the core ability of the Bixuelongli was called 'Scarlet Blood Shadow', which has extreme speed and indestructible destructive power..."

"Don't the divine patterns condensed on the mother planet come with the gift of nature? When the Green Blood Dragon Li was pushing the 'Scarlet Blood Shadow' to its limit, it received the blessing of the True God of Nature and broke through to become the more powerful 'Green Phantom Blood Shadow'. The nature of its ability changed drastically, and its color turned into dark green when it was used. In the Insect King stage, it can cause damage to space by exerting its full strength. It is different from the space energy that can touch space, this is an ultra-limited destructive force that can tear space apart abruptly."

"!!!"

The insects gasped.

Everyone in the Star Realm can destroy space with brute force, but to say that the King Realm can reach this level is completely beyond comprehension.

Bai Wei paused for a moment and continued, "Among the insects on the mother planet at that time, the Green Blood Dragon Lily was undoubtedly the strongest. Looking back from today's perspective, the 'Green Ghost Blood Shadow' is still terrifyingly strong. If nothing unexpected happens, the Green Blood Dragon Lily will still use this ability as the core to condense star marks and forge star cores during its subsequent growth and evolution. More than 60,000 years have passed, and it is hard to imagine what realm it has reached now."

"..."

The insects were silent.

The atmosphere was somewhat depressing.

Bai Wei continued, "The Flying Fire Cockroach is a branch of the Red Cockroach tribe. The race has two talents, fire and metal, in its bloodline. The Flying Fire Cockroach warrior Chixia has awakened the metal talent, and is best at metal abilities..."

Back then, Chiwushan mobilized the entire tribe and concentrated resources to train six strongest warriors. Including the great leader Qingyuan who explored the way ahead, there were seven in total.

There are also 25 powerful warriors who have used the Ghost King Sophora Seeds and a large number of divine fruits.

32 in total.

Among them, the four most powerful insects, Bixuelongli, Qingyuan, Shixia and Chixia, have almost secured the top three places in this year's Daylight Sea Arena.

On the mother planet, they exchanged divine fruits, Wang Baizi exchanged them, and raised four monsters.

Among the other 28 warriors, 21 were included in the list of the top 300 warriors that were likely to compete for the top places listed by the Tree of Knowledge.

Bai Wei was very familiar with these soldiers and introduced them one by one. Finally, she sighed and said helplessly:
"I never thought that those bugs who relied on me, asked me to provide resources, and listened to my instructions back then on our home planet have now become famous. And I have fallen to become the head of a third-level small chamber of commerce, still struggling at the bottom and starting my own business with great difficulty."

"..."

The insects were speechless.

Nan Di comforted him, "Who could have imagined at that time that Chiwu Mountain would be one of the three major galaxies in the universe."

Poison Bean immediately agreed, "Those guys just relied on the power and resources of the tribe. There is still a long way to go. Elder Bai Wei has come all the way relying on her own abilities. One day, the Lizhu Star System will have to listen to Elder Bai Wei's instructions."

"Poison Bean, stop talking nonsense..."

Bai Wei rebuked him harshly, but she agreed with him deeply in her heart.

"..."

The insects were speechless again.

Sishu suggested: "President Bai Wei, since you were familiar with Chiwu Mountain and had a good relationship with them when you were on your home planet, then can you lower your attitude a little and go to them to reminisce about the past and build a relationship..."

Xia Li said: "Take a look at our Holy Butterfly tribe. The Bixuelongli, Qingyuan, Shixia, and Chixia insects must have a transcendent status in the tribe, and they all have a certain say in front of the master who manages tribal affairs..."

Four Numbers: "The Fruit of the Law is valuable... because it can be produced continuously... Can I ask... how many should I buy?"

Xia Li: "You can also exchange it with scarce resources such as World Gems, Chaos Origin Gems, and Source Gems."

Count Four: "I still have a lot of titanium sand in my claws!"

Bai Wei: "Titanium sand is good..."

Bai Wei said vaguely: "Okay. I'll greet them and ask them later."

Chief Xing Shi changed the subject and asked:

"According to my observation, Chief Molan and Commander Hongfeng have not reached the 9th age of the Star Realm, right?"

"Yes--"

Long Bai explained, "Molan is at the 7th stage. The plan is that on the way here, she will lie dormant and meditate for 8 years to strengthen her soul system. After arriving at the Dawn star system, she will use a batch of soul system divinely bestowed force food produced locally, and gather some strength and life system divinely bestowed force food to evolve to the 9th stage. Then she will continue to use strength and life system to evolve to the th stage."

"Red Maple used the Lightning and Fire God-Bestowed Force Foods at the 7th stage to evolve to the 8th stage. Similarly, we plan to dormant and meditate on the way here to strengthen the Soul System, and then use some Soul System God-Bestowed Force Foods to evolve to the 9th stage."

"According to convention, the Star Spiders that transport the participating warriors will arrive at least 30 years in advance, so we will definitely make it in time."

Bai Wei took the initiative and said, "Leave the procurement to me. Dudou, come with me. Hongtao, take Nandi with you. We will split into two teams. Let's go to the nearby star regions and visit several places for inspection and procurement."

"it is good!"

Long Bai also meant this, and he flicked his antennae and said, "Thank you for your hard work, President Bai Wei."

Zi: "I can help! I've been here once, I can be a guide."

Cai Gang: "I can also help run errands!"

Bai Wei: "..."

Bai Wei said seriously, "This is not a joke. The Star Spiders from the Northern Ai Chamber of Commerce should arrive within the next eight years. We have to go and come back quickly to ensure that we can buy the right Force food as soon as possible to ensure that Mo Lan and Hong Feng can participate in the battle in the strongest posture."

Bai Wei: "Zi and Cai Gang can come and help, but other bugs should not make trouble. Go back to the cave and hibernate and rest. 38 years have passed in a flash."

"it is good."

"Row."

"Eat first."

"Let's continue talking."

"This purple flame spider warrior named 'Guangyan' looks very strange~"

"President Bai Wei, you have a wide network of contacts. Do you know him? Is he also from the Mother Planet?"

"I'm sorry. I don't know him. I haven't heard of him."

"There are too many Flame Spider Warriors on this list!"

"Normal. The space system itself is stronger than the regular ten systems. If you have a good talent for space, spend more time meditating, comprehend several combat-type space abilities, and then train a little, you will not be weak."

"However, among those on the list, at least 80% to 90% are old spiders that have lived for hundreds of thousands of years."

"I understand. The Space System doesn't have any divine fruit or Force food. It can only be improved through meditation."

"Yes. Battle spiders spend most of their time in dormancy and meditation."

"Hey! By the way, President Bai Wei, your spatial talent seems to be quite good. Would you consider participating in the Daylight Sea Arena Battle?"

"Alas, in my life, I have spent 80% of my time on the road as a peddler, and the remaining 10% of my time thinking about business matters. My will to fight has long been worn out."

Suddenly, all eyes turned to Derris...

In terms of spatial talent, Derris is no less than any spider, and this thing is not good at this or that, and never works...

Xia Li: "Yu Teng, you don't understand business?" Yu Teng: "..."

Derby: "I don't know how to fight."

Xia Li asked: "Then what do you know?"

Derris: “This is a philosophical question…”

"..."

The insects ate and chatted.

Eat enough,

Bai Wei and Hong Tao led the team and acted separately.

The other insects returned to their caves to hibernate and rest.

...

...

[Time: 78th Era-179 Yuan-968 Years]

Almost at the same time,

Longbai and Qingfeng woke up from hibernation.

Using the soul-connected ability of the sun and the moon, Molan and Hongfeng arrived.

"My lord, shall we go over there?"

Qing Feng's mental power and thoughts floated over.

"No need. They probably still need to understand the battlefield environment and combat rules. They will come to us after they are done."

Long Bai stood up and walked out of the cave, waiting in the reception hall.

Other insects were awakened one after another and gathered in the hall.

As expected,
Half a month later, Mo Lan, Hong Feng and Shield Pillar came looking for them.

"Where are President Zi and Bai Wei?"

"I went to buy Force food for you and Red Maple."

"Oh--"

Three emerald white crystal leaf marks lit up on Mo Lan's forehead, and she explained, "The Holy Butterfly Tribe moved two White Crystal God-Granted Seeds from the Domination Realm a thousand years in advance. This is the 'Reincarnation Mark' of the Blue Vein Dominant. All participating warriors have it, and have three chances to be reborn with the help of the White Crystal God-Granted Seeds."

"The Daylight Sea Arena Battle will be held on time in the 78th Era - 180th Yuan - 000th Year. All participating warriors need to report in at least three months in advance and enter the battlefield to prepare."

“The rules remain the same.”

"As for the reward, it's the same as what Boss Lan Ying said before."

"You have all seen the Daylight Sea, right? In the first stage, the Daylight Sea is divided into two semicircular battlefields, No. 1 and No. 2. The battle of the Star Realm warriors takes place in battlefield No. 1. The battle of the Necromancer warriors takes place in battlefield No. 2."

"The audience seats are located above and below the Daylight Sea, and all spectators can watch the battles in the Star Realm and the Su Realm at the same time."

"The first stage is still a random match, one-on-one battle. The real body enters the battlefield, and the battle must be a matter of life and death. Death consumes one chance of reincarnation and rebirth. After three chances are exhausted, the person will be eliminated."

"The Star Realm battle is limited to 30 days. According to the old rules, if the winner cannot be determined within 30 days, both sides will be declared losers. The Dusk Divine Tree will unleash its power to kill both sides and clear them out."

"The round-robin battle will end when 300 fighters are eliminated. The top fighters will receive the Dusk Fruit as a reward."

"The first stage is over, and the overall ranking will be based on wins and losses."

"The second stage is the ranking challenge. Warriors who have the opportunity to reincarnate can challenge warriors with higher rankings than themselves. There are only three rebirth opportunities in the first and second stages. If you use up all of them, you will lose the challenge opportunity..."

Molan spoke quickly and repeated the rules.

finished speaking,

Molan was full of confidence, and sighed, "I really want to try what it feels like to die in battle, but unfortunately, I don't think I'll have the chance."

"..."

The insects looked at each other.

Obviously, Molan hasn't figured out the situation yet...

Longbai glanced at Hongfeng and Shield Pillar and said, "According to the elimination rules of the first stage, those who can win should do their best to resolve the battle as quickly as possible."

"If the two sides are evenly matched, then we need to find a way to win the battle."

"But if you really can't win, you can't give up. Do your best to save your life. The battlefield of Daylight Sea is large enough, and there are many material shelters. Find a way to hide and delay time until the 30 days are up, and fight for a lose-lose outcome."

"Of course, the real battlefield is full of unpredictable variables. It's not that whoever is stronger or more powerful will definitely win. I'm not participating in the war, so I have no right to say more."

"understand!"

Red Maple agreed.

A white light flashed across Long Bai's forehead. He took out three spider silk bags containing knowledge compasses and opened them, saying:

"We spent 60 original crystals to buy this. It contains information about all the participating warriors from all three star realms in the three star systems, as well as comments and analysis from the Knowledge Divine Tree. One original copy and two replicas. Mo Lan, Hong Feng, and Shield Pillar Patriarch, take one each..."

“Can you buy this too?”

"The mighty king!"

Mo Lan, Hong Feng and Dun Zhu were stunned for a moment, then each took a copy and began to look through it.

Molan was the first to pick out the knowledge compass numbered 00. She wrapped her mental power around it, and read the information with her consciousness. Her happy expression instantly stiffened and solidified.

Cymbidium:"……"

Hong Feng also took the knowledge compass numbered 00...

Red Maple: “…”

Long Bai: "Second King, I know you want to take first place and get that Star Spider that travels 1200 times the speed of light, but the current situation..."

Long Bai paused and explained: "Captain Bai Wei is very familiar with the scarlet dragonfly warrior named Bixue Longli. The star core ability should be called 'Biyou Blood Shadow'..."

Long Bai recounted the situation of Chiwu Mountain.

Molan looked up the detailed information of the top ten fighters including Bixuelongli, Qingyuan, Shixia, and her expression became increasingly gloomy.

Red Maple and Shield Pillar also noticed that their names did not appear on the list of 500 warriors capable of competing for the top places given by the Tree of Knowledge.

Red Maple: “…”

Shield Pillar: “…”

Carefully reading the information of all the soldiers who participated in the war made Chong even more depressed.

Among the nine thousand warriors participating in the battle in Star Realm, there are too many powerful warriors.

The shield is fine.

If the matching system still divides people into strong and weak groups by default, and the strong group is randomly matched with the weak group, then Red Maple will definitely be placed in the weak group and sent to the battlefield to be killed instantly...

Hong Feng's heart suddenly moved, and he cried out in pain, "Second King, save me! I can still be saved!"

Cymbidium:"???"

Red Maple: "Second King, teach me the Burning Planet Fighting Skill that can be used to fight against the Pearl Walking Bug Warriors!"

"No. You can't learn..."

Mo Lan shook her tentacles to deny it, and after thinking for a while, she changed her words and said, "You have the Source Fire Touch as a foundation, so it's not impossible to make some changes!"

Red Maple: "How to change it? Is it still powerful?"

"Great!"

Molan waved her tentacles and beckoned, "Come on, let's go outside and I'll show you." (End of this chapter)