Astral Ants

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The sound of the gaseous substance that filled the space being pierced by a powerful attack.

With a bang,
The black water ball that had just formed was blown up by the powerful attack.

The exploding water droplets rose up and turned into black mist.

The black fog spread rapidly and expanded, covering a radius of more than 200 kilometers. Countless black threads spread and expanded to a larger area.

"stop!"

The warrior in round armor shot out of the thick fog like a cannonball, shaking his mental power and shouting, "Longbai Ant King, wait a minute!"

The black fog condensed into a blurry ant model.

"how?"

"Longbai Ant King, if I'm not mistaken, this is the ability of the Holy Butterfly Warrior, right?"

"Right. Yeah. I would, too."

"Why do you have the abilities of the Holy Butterfly Tribe? Aren't you cheating?"

"You can use the abilities you know. How can that be considered cheating?"

"I can't kill you."

"I can kill you."

"..."

Thick Shell was silent, his claws waving into afterimages, and large pieces of sharp claw-shaped energy phantoms attacked the black fog.

Sinking into the mist and disappearing into nothingness.

This ability is too powerful.

A single metal type that prefers single-target attacks, with no claws at all.

"Longbai Ant King, I don't think you can kill me."

Thick Shell tried to negotiate.

The response was a blanket of black rain that blocked all directions of movement.

Each drop carries a ton's weight and hits the energy shield, making a clanging sound.

The raindrops exploded and turned into large balls of black mist.

The thick shell sped up and fled.

Bang!
Without any warning, it hit the invisible barrier heavily.

The spider-web-like cracks spread quickly and healed in an instant.

In the time wasted by this collision alone, thick black fog had already filled the entire space.

Hou Ke turned around, accelerated, and fled madly, but his mental strength and perception abilities were suppressed, and he could no longer find the boundary and lost his direction.

...

From the audience seats, the holographic projection in the central area completely turned into a black ball where nothing could be seen.

The screen flickers and jumps.

All I could see was the thick shell spinning blindly in the black fog.

The black fog continued to evolve various attacks, impacting the thick shell's defensive barrier.

Hou Ke soon realized that he was no match for his opponent and gave up resistance.

【Giant-headed blind leafcutter ant Long Baisheng】

...

The competition in the Sujing battlefield is indeed not fierce.

Hou Ke is one of the strongest ones in battlefield No. 85.

Long Bai only encountered this one fighter who needed to use part of his true strength, and the others were easily dealt with.

In the second stage, we won ten games in a row, advanced first, and got the chance to go to the Dawn Galaxy to participate in the war.

...

"The mighty king!"

"The king only used 30% of his strength!"

"Nonsense! It's obvious that I only used a little bit of strength."

"Where's the drum-armored warrior?"

"Oh my, Cao Long, can you speak? Wasn't that guy just a little bit away from blowing Longbai's head off?"

Molan is sarcastic.

"..."

Longbai raised his paw and knocked Juniper's head hard as a warning, and asked, "How's the situation with the thornberry?"

Juniper reported: "Don't worry, my king! So far, the Maple has not lost a single battle. According to Red Maple, there is no one on Battlefield 37 that can threaten the Maple."

Longbai asked, "Where are Shield Pillar Patriarch and the other contestants from Huaqishan? Where are Zi and Lanying?"

Green Heart reported: "Purple and Blue Jacaranda have not been defeated yet."

Juniper said: "Citi Mountain is a little bit lacking. Chief Xingshi and Tengluo each lost a game. It's not certain whether they can advance."

"Oh--"

Long Bai called out, "Let's go! Battlefield No. 37! Let's go take a look!"

...

Mao Mei has used five kinds of law fruits: dusk fruit, king cypress fruit, dragon bamboo fruit, white crystal fruit, and rosary bean.

It also awakened and comprehended a "fire without embers" that is comparable to the power of the law. This ability can be activated to create a sea of ​​fire. Within the sea of ​​fire, the insect can be reborn infinitely. As long as the flames are not extinguished, the insect will not die. This is similar to the "Sea of ​​Reincarnation, Endless Sea" of the Holy Butterfly Tribe.

Mao Mei's main attack is fire, supplemented by wind and thunder. Its attack power is much stronger than 'Sea of ​​Reincarnation, Endless Sea'.

In the Star Realm battlefield, the competition for spots is extremely fierce.

It lasted for more than half a year.

Maomei advanced with a record of ten wins in the second stage.

I waited for another half a year.
The other insects were defeated one after another, and all of them successfully obtained the qualification to go to the Daylight Sea to participate in the battle.

Sishu and Xia Li are busy making money and have no time to travel far.

Baiwei, Hongtao and other insects participated once and did not go again. Baiwei Chamber of Commerce, led by Caolong and Yudou, formed a team of 20 insects to travel far away for vacation and entertainment, increase experience, purchase divine fruits to enrich their abilities, and prepare for the Yaobian early.

There were many warriors from Huaqishan participating in the battle this time, and they were confident that they could compete for the top 300. The Redwood leader personally led the team and organized warriors to watch the battle.

Xianglanshan organized 100 young kings and warriors to cheer for Chief Longbai.

Let’s set off together on the Xiaolongbai.

Insects such as the dragon cypress and the strawberry set off on the star spiders arranged by the Amaranthus Chamber of Commerce.

...

The Star Spider, traveling at 1200 times the speed of light, entered the Dawn Galaxy nearly a thousand years in advance, traveled along the way, stopped and walked, and arrived at the library.

At Shuangmang Star Port, in the square where the Star Spiders docked, a casual inquiry revealed that the Knowledge God Tree had indeed cooperated with the Acerola Chamber of Commerce to launch a ranking prediction for this year's Arena Battle, and the Little Flame Spider, who was in charge of receiving guests at the library, was selling it.

Bought two copies to check out.

As expected, the top three places in the Star Realm Battlefield were taken by the Lizhu Chamber of Commerce again, and half of the top 30 places were occupied by the Lizhu Chamber of Commerce, the Baijing Chamber of Commerce, and the Flame Spider Tribe.
This time, a warrior from the Holy Butterfly tribe named Yin Yang Lotus ranked in the top ten.

Thatchberry, purple, blue jacaranda, and shield pillar ancestors are all ranked in the top 300. Star persimmon, mountain indigo, wisteria, and golden chestnut are also on the list, and are in the top 400. There is still hope for them to compete for a place.

Looking at the battlefield of Sujing again,

There is no doubt that the White-Faced God who possesses the inheritance of ancient artifacts ranks first.

Longbai is second.

The insects participating in the battle in the Sujing battlefield are not weak, but the competition is not as fierce as that in the Xingjing battlefield.

If you look closely, the tribal warriors ranking high in the Sujing battlefield are still the Holy Butterfly, Flame Spider, Ghost Locust, Scarlet Dragonfly, Flying Fire Cockroach and others.

"This divine tree of knowledge is quite good!"

"Yes. Yes. The king just revealed a little bit of his true strength... and it saw through it?"

"Um--"

"It should be the battle with the drum-armored warriors."

"Could it be that if the king only uses 10% of his strength, it will be enough to rank second?"

"So it seems that the only suspense in the Sujing battlefield is the duel between the king and the White-Faced God?"

"I still don't understand. How can one fight with a purification type ability?"

"I don't understand either."

"In the battlefield of the White Crystal Galaxy, the White-Faced God also didn't take his opponent seriously. He just killed all the insects with a few white lights."

"Shall we help the king gather some intelligence?"

"I haven't evolved to the master level yet, so I don't have the authority to access the relevant information about ancient artifacts~"

"Go to the Tree of Knowledge for advice?"

"Who's going?"

"He must be a second king who is both noble and kind, wise and brave, and whose artistic talent is unrivaled in the universe!"

The insects murmured and looked at Molan in unison.

"..."

"Can you guys be smarter when you're out and about?"

"It's true that each generation is inferior to the previous one~"

Molan shook her head and sighed, speechless. She hooked her tentacles, signaling the little flame spider named 'Purple Earth' to come closer.

Zidi had just started working at the library, and was obviously intimidated by the more than 400 insects in front of him. Hearing their conversation, he knew they were not ordinary people, so he asked respectfully, "Second King, what do you want?"

"Is there a spider named 'Edelweiss' in your library? It has a divine Edelweiss life seed."

"Well... I'm new here... Can I ask around for you? Can you be more specific? Do you know him?"

The little spider was very alert.

"He's an old friend I've known since we were on our home planet. I went to look for him during the last Daylight Sea Arena, but unfortunately he was away traveling."

"Oh--"

"understood."

"Spider, be honest. You must know Edelweiss, right? Let me know."

"Okay...I'll take you to the library first?"

"Speed. Speed."

...

The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce and the Citi Hill Chamber of Commerce had a group of as many as 424 Zerg warriors.

The Zero-level passenger Star Spider made a short voyage, traveling back and forth for 14 trips before transporting all the cargo into the library.

Molan and Redwood divided the little warriors into groups, arranged for them to go to the knowledge areas they were interested in, read information, and gather at the square regularly. The little flame spider named Zidi ran away.

Molan led Qingfeng and Hongfeng and stayed in the square waiting.

A full month later, Zidi came back with a big, colorful spider.

"Cymbidium!"

"Edelweiss...Boss?"

“Are these green maple and red maple?”

"Yes."

"It's us."

"Boss Xuerong, long time no see!"

"It's been 140,000 years!"

"Boss Xuerong, it's not easy to see you. Last time we sent giant cypress and juniper to visit, you were still not here."

"I know. I was still traveling outside at that time... Are you all in the realm?"

"We are already in the early stage. After we returned to the White Crystal Galaxy after the last Daylight Sea Arena, we have been planning to achieve Brilliance Transformation."

"Molan, in the last ring battle, the mantis named 'Eleven Colors' was you, right?"

"Haha. That's right."

"I was saying, you look familiar. I didn't expect you to be so amazing..."

A warm greeting when we met.

Xuerong looked around and asked, "Where is the Dragon Cypress Ant King?"

Molan replied, "It is now in the seventh stage of the Star Realm, participating in the Daylight Sea Arena Battle, riding the Star Spider arranged by the Qinghuang Chamber of Commerce..."

As they were chatting, a vague mental power came over stealthily.

Mo Lan's expression froze, "The sacred tree of knowledge?"

"What a sharp mantis!"

The hidden spiritual power jumped out, "Eighty thousand years ago, it was you who caused me to go bankrupt?"

"..."

"not me!"

Mo Lan explained calmly, "Originally, I couldn't beat the Jade Blood Dragon Lychee. It was the Dusk God Tree that gave me a Dusk Fruit and gave me emergency training. It taught me many powerful fighting abilities, and that's how things happened later."

Molan asked, "Are you guys gambling? Did you bet on me to win the Dusk Tree? Or did you bet on the Jade Blood Dragon Lily not to get first place? It was only afterwards that I realized I was being used."

The Tree of Knowledge: “…”

Xuerong: “…”

Xuerong: "What's the matter? Don't talk about it here..."

Xuerong waved his claws to drive him away: "Zi Di, there is nothing for you to do here, go and get busy."

"Molan, let's talk somewhere else!"

Xuerong greeted them and led the way in front, running along the main road, turning many turns and finally entering an uninhabited side road.

The spiritual power and thoughts of the Tree of Knowledge followed.

"Edelweiss, Mantis, do you know each other?"

"We've known each other since our home planet. We're old friends."

"Very good, old friend. Let me ask you again, is the Dragon Cypress Ant King in the same group as you?"

"right."

"It hides its strength? How much?"

"a lot of?"

A light bulb went off in Molan's mind, and she suddenly realized: This knowledge tree is a gambler!

——Still want to gamble?

——Are you planning to bet on the battle between Longbai and White-Faced God?

——Is it gathering intelligence?
Molan's mind worked quickly and she figured it out immediately.

"..."

If Mo Lan could figure out the problem, Edelweiss, Red Maple and Green Maple would definitely understand it immediately and be choked with emotion.

really,

The Knowledge Tree asked, "A lot? Did the ant comprehend the 'energy of all living things'?"

"Yes--"

Mo Lan was surprised and asked, "Knowledge God Tree, you can only watch the battle video records, right? Can you see this?"

"See a little bit..."

The Knowledge Tree was very interested and asked, "It also used the Death Star of the Holy Butterfly Tribe to practice hard and fully mastered the ability of 'Infinite Sea, Infinite Sea', right?"

Molan: “Yes.”

The Knowledge Tree asked, "What stage? The Star Realm? Or the Sukko Realm?"

Molan: "Stellar Realm."

"very good!"

The Knowledge Tree asked, "Does this ant have a chance to combine the 'Life Force', 'Death Force', and the Ten Elements Talent?"

Molan: “That’s right.”

The Tree of Knowledge: "Have you eaten all the fruits of laws except the dusk fruit and the seven-color fruit?"

Molan: “I have eaten it.”

The Tree of Knowledge: "So, the recently appeared 'Great Cypress Tree' is also in the same group as the Dragon Cypress Ant?"

Molan: "...about the same."

Molan gradually became stunned.

I didn't say anything.

The Tree of Knowledge guessed it all.

The Tree of Knowledge: "Is there anything else you want to add?"

Molan asked back: "What do you want to add?"

The Tree of Knowledge: "Does the cypress ant have any hidden tricks?"

Mo Lan: "It obtained the power of reincarnation from the White Crystal Divine Tree. Its own comprehension is also high, reaching the peak of the second level. It can be resurrected at any time and place as it pleases."

“That’s obvious.”

The Tree of Knowledge asked, "Anything else? Is there anything like your 'white hole' that can instantly kill and destroy everything?"

Molan: “No?”

"What about sustained combat capability?"

"This...infinity?"

"unlimited?"

"Unless the Daylight Sea Force and matter are exhausted, the ants will most likely not die."

"Very good! Got it!"

The Tree of Knowledge was overjoyed, but its spiritual power faded away.

"Ok?"

"The tree of knowledge?"

"I haven't finished talking yet~"

"The tree of knowledge?"

Molan called out.

no respond.

Molan looked at Xuerong.

Xuerong: “…”

Xuerong: "I think they are arranging bugs to place bets on it. In every Daylight Sea Arena, the Lord of Time and Space is the happiest. A large group of Lords rush to give it Chaos Stones."

"Forehead……"

Molan asked, "Who is the Knowledge Tree going to bet on?"

Xuerong: "I don't know. As far as I know, it has never been right."

"Is it so delicious?"

Molan said: "For this kind of thing, just come to me directly! I can't guarantee that Longbai will win, but it's still easy for him to lose. It's just a matter of one sentence, and he will definitely lose!"

"The sacred tree of knowledge! The sacred tree of knowledge!"

"Let's get rich together~"

Molan shook her mental strength and shouted at the vine branches in front of her.

Xuerong: “…”

Xuerong said, "Molan, stop shouting. The Tree of Knowledge is a principled tree. It won't cheat. It doesn't need wealth. It's just killing time when bored."

"Forehead--"

Molan was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's the information about the White-Faced God? Can you tell me something?"

Xuerong: "The library does not collect information about individual insects, unless they have reached the realm of the Lord of Space and Time, the Lord of Dragon Bamboo, or the Lord of Reincarnation. They may be regarded as key promoters of civilization development and have their important deeds collected and included in the "Records of Natural God Civilization"."

"..."

"Humph! One day, Longbai and I's names and deeds will also be included in the annals."

Molan choked for two seconds, then habitually said something harsh and asked:

"So, what about the Immaculate Country and the Pure Heart? Mr. Edelweiss, you are the librarian, so you must know about it, right?"

"Of course!"

Xuerong: "We can be sure that this thing was created by the power of an ancient, unknown god-level civilization a long time ago, or it may be the 'heart' of a true god..."

"Heart?"

Molan interrupted and asked, "What 'heart'?"

Qing Feng and Qing Feng were startled, their eyes lit up, and they raised their antennae to wait for what was to come.

Xuerong pondered, weighed his words, and suppressed his mental strength: "It is similar to the embodiment of the 'star core' of our Zerg warriors, a collection of the true God's way and power, a spherical object, two of them, both colorless and transparent."

"The origin is unknown. The earliest record in later generations was a short-lived empire called 'Double Star'..." (End of this chapter)