Chapter 96: Vicious Traveler

Although Xie Yaoyao couldn't understand why there was a situation of day and night when there was clearly no sun.

But the sky was indeed gradually darkening, and the atmosphere in the three teams also began to tense up. 【

Xie Yaoyao sat quietly on a piece of deadwood, waiting, while Feide had already paced past him for the fifty-fifth time.

"My lord, the sky has already darkened; we can set off."

Xie Yaoyao looked up at the sky, then at the other two teams in the distance, and then fell into a daze for a while.

Finally, amidst Feide's excited expression, Xie Yaoyao stood up.

"Feide, calm down! Since you are in such a hurry, let's set off. But I think someone is even more anxious than we are!"

Sure enough, upon seeing Xie Yaoyao stand up, the teams from the Daisy and Lavender Kingdoms all became restless.

Eventually, all three teams stepped into the Heiyan Huangdi almost simultaneously.

Everyone knew the fearsome reputation of the fire ant swarms, so naturally, they dared not make too much noise; Juan of the Illuminati had also long since retracted that giant gargoyle back into its scroll.

The area of the Heiyan Huangdi was not particularly large, and although everyone was cautious, they had already covered half the distance.

Everyone tried their best to avoid the ant nests, large and small, fearing they would disturb the devils within.

At this moment, the speed of the three Illuminati members suddenly increased, which left the two accompanying them from the Lavender team somewhat confused, but they still braced themselves and followed, only moving with even greater caution.

The unusual behavior of the Lavender team immediately drew the attention of the other two teams.

"What's wrong with them?"

Agasha had the best eyesight and was the first to discover the anomaly, immediately voicing her confusion.

"Why are they running so fast? That's too dangerous! If they disturb the ants, everyone will die!"

Vivian was somewhat displeased; her armor could not withstand that overwhelming swarm of fire ants.

Yet, Vivian's words served as a reminder to Nie Yingying beside her.

"Borrowing a knife to kill! Oh no, that person is up to no good! Everyone, hurry up, pick up the pace!"

Saying this, Nie Yingying grabbed Duanmu Xing beside her and ran forward; finally, she simply scooped the little girl into her arms and, with light steps, flew rapidly toward the lakeside not far away.

"What? What's going on?"

Seeing the four of them start running, the members of the Sun Knights hurriedly increased their speed to follow, though each of them was full of question marks.

"Miss Nie said that Ms. Olivia of the Storm Knights is going to do something bad to us!"

"How is that possible?"

None of the Sun Knights believed it; they were just competitors, so how could they possibly resort to underhanded tactics to harm others?

But the other party had indeed inexplicably increased their speed, so even though they knew it was impossible, they still followed along.

Only Xie Yaoyao's side remained foolishly watching the two teams go from a cautious walk to a sudden sprint.

"Sigh!"

Sighing, Xie Yaoyao's expression was very poor, but hidden behind his mask, no one could see it.

"I can understand it, but I cannot accept it!"

"What?"

Feide was a bit bewildered by the Baron's sudden exclamation.

But soon, he would not need an explanation.

The three Illuminati members, having already reached the lakeside, had a clear division of labor: two went to search for the boats sunk to the bottom of the water, while Beilian pulled a pitch-black magic wand from her bosom and began casting spells toward the teams of Nie Yingying and Xie Yaoyao.

"Sister Nie, look over there!"

Agasha was the first to notice Beilian's actions, and at this moment, she couldn't care about keeping her voice down.

"Oh no, run!"

"That bastard, what is she doing? Is she trying to get everyone killed?"

The ground began to shake, and one by one, half-rotted fire-poison ant corpses crawled out of the ant nests, swaying unsteadily.

Fortunately, Nie Yingying and her group were cautious, and by this time, their team had already reached the lakeside.

With no time to counterattack, everyone began frantically searching for the boats that had been sunk to the bottom of the water in previous years.

As for the Thorn Knights, everyone was going crazy; they had never imagined such a situation would occur, and Feide's eyes were splitting with rage.

"Damn it, are they not afraid of the Goddess's punishment? Why? Why would they do this?"

There were not many half-rotted fire-poison ant corpses, and they wouldn't cause much harm.

But the fire-poison ant swarm that was awakened next was the true arrival of the Grim Reaper.

"Hahahaha, all of you go to hell! Competing with me? What qualifications do you have to fight me? Wouldn't it be better if you trash just honestly stayed low-tier garbage for a lifetime? Hahaha!"

Juan pulled a verdant wooden boat from the bottom of the lake; the boat seemed to have been fashioned from a giant leaf, very thin, and having been submerged for many years, its surface was still incredibly smooth.

"Why would you do this?"

Olivia stared angrily at the arrogantly laughing Juan; she truly could not fathom that the man who had saved her would actually do such a thing.

Juan's eyes suddenly turned into a chaotic void; the moment Olivia finished her question, she was completely controlled, standing blankly in place.

And the only remaining member of the Storm Knights behind her was simultaneously having his throat slit by Giovanni; blood sprayed into the air, and he collapsed limply to the ground.

Grinning, Juan grabbed the controlled Olivia and prepared to head toward the boat.

"Run!"

Xie Yaoyao ordered the members of the Thorn Knights to flee toward the lake while channeling his natural force.

Countless water grasses suddenly pierced out of the lake water in front of Juan; the grasses were as sharp as swords, and if Juan hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been wounded by them.

And the leaf boat he had just dragged out of the water was not so lucky; in an instant, it was pierced into a sieve and swayed as it sank toward the bottom of the lake.

"What?"

The three Illuminati members did not expect such a turn of events and immediately realized that someone had retaliated against them.

They turned their heads to look.

Nie Yingying and the members of the Sun Knights were busy fishing boats from the bottom of the water; clearly, all of this was done by the natives of the Rose Kingdom.

At this moment, countless fist-sized fire-poison ants were disturbed, crawling out one after another from the surrounding ant nests, and after devouring the rotting zombie fire ants, they crawled toward the nearest crowd.

Whether it was the fleeing Thorn Knights or the Sun Knights at the lakeside, even the direction of Juan and the others from the Illuminati began to have ants rushing toward them.

"My lord, we can't get across!"

Watching the lakeside, which was close at hand, being completely blocked by the fire ant swarm, a member of the Thorn Knights shouted in despair.

"All warriors and archers, scatter and draw their attacks; you must ensure the lord and the two mages can escape."

Feide erupted with the responsibility of a captain at the critical moment; he drew the rapier at his waist and prepared to charge back, intending to draw away the most fire ants.

Upon hearing Feide's order, the members, who had originally been in a panic, immediately adopted resolute expressions after a brief moment of shock.

Xie Yaoyao first looked at Feide's young face with surprise, then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Enough! It is not yet my turn to need you to sacrifice yourselves for me! Everyone, cover your mouths and noses, prepare to charge!"

Verdant natural force surged between Xie Yaoyao's hands!