Chapter 145: Transcendence Strength: Part 1

"Ajiu, look, what is this?" Zhao Yuxin held a nest of small animals with mouse heads and rabbit ears.

It looked like Zhao Yuxin had captured their whole family; extreme fear even made these little creatures forget to breathe in her palms.

Zhu Zhiquan gently grabbed the smallest cub among them. These small animals immediately wailed loudly. The two largest ones, or rather their parents, performed a Buddha-worshipping gesture toward Zhu Zhiquan, while the other smaller ones silently shed tears.

Seeing the little creatures crying and wailing, Zhu Zhiquan had no heart to deal with them. While soothing the little one in his hand, he asked, "Where did you get these little guys?"

"The villagers dug them up while digging the rooms." Zhao Yuxin said, looking toward the direction where these small animals were found. There was a newly dug hole there, and one could still see many mushrooms, flowers, and algae piled together.

Zhao Yuxin looked at their burrow and continued, "The villagers told me these little guys are called rabbit-mice. Whenever they feel a volcano is about to erupt, they hoard a large amount of food and block all the entrances."

Zhu Zhiquan did not speak, but pulled Zhao Yuxin's arm and went to the rabbit-mice's burrow, preparing to put the whole family back.

But just at this moment...

Boom!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Everyone pay attention! There is a large-scale Ant Swarm attack!"

"You few form a squad to protect the villagers and the food, the rest follow me to the front line!"

……………

The Militia rushed to the temporarily constructed fortifications, preparing to meet the coming battle.

"Damn it, it must be that bunch of ants again! I still wanted to take a nap!" Zhao Yuxin complained, put the rabbit-mice back into the nest with Zhu Zhiquan, and turned back to wave goodbye.

Zhu Zhiquan did not have the heart for this; he was seen returning to the carriage to pack up, ready to rush to the front line without stopping.

When he arrived at the temporary high platform and found Yage, he discovered that the Ant Swarm that came this time was different from the small nests encountered before. This time, not only was the number of the Ant Swarm endless, but there were also strange, bloated ants inside.

At the very front of the Ant Swarm, a group of Ant Monsters holding various tools were braving the firepower to clear traps, opening up a safe route for the Ant Swarm behind them.

One of Yage's personal guards saw Zhu Zhiquan arrive and immediately explained the battle situation to him: "Outsider, do you see those bloated ants? These are Siege Ants that can only be seen in Magma Cave nests of medium size or above!"

Zhu Zhiquan also became interested and tilted his ear to listen. The guard continued: "Magma Cave Ant-men actually have many branches. This is just one of them; the rest of the known ones are Soldier Ants, Worker Ants, Siege Ants, General Ants, etc."

After Yage and the guards finished the introduction, he pointed at the Ant Swarm and said: "This wave of the Ant Swarm will definitely have a General Ant, and this General Ant is likely the only Transcendence existence in this wave of the Ant Swarm.

So I plan to let you use the Green Leaf Burrowing Vine to open a path of survival for my villagers. Do you think that's okay?"

Zhu Zhiquan nodded gently and then opened the panel to send a message to Zhao Yuxin. However, in the eyes of the indigenous people, Zhu Zhiquan was just standing still in place.

On the other side, Zhao Yuxin, who was leading the Durian Warriors to the front line, received Zhu Zhiquan's private message and immediately returned to the Tricycle to order the Green Leaf Burrowing Vine to dig a hole.

Receiving the order, the Green Leaf Burrowing Vine immediately took action. The surrounding villagers saw the vine that could dig holes and couldn't help but crowd around to take a look.

Elder Moge walked through the crowd, saw the Green Leaf Burrowing Vine start to act, and immediately called other Elders to organize the villagers to evacuate.

"Evacuate? Evacuate where? This is a sheer cliff! Where is there still a road?"

"Everyone don't panic, a tunnel is being opened in front, we will pass through soon!"

"What's the use of opening it now! Damn, wait! What kind of vine is this? How is it digging so fast!"

Everyone watched the Green Leaf Burrowing Vine twist its body and dig a tunnel about 50 meters long in the blink of an eye, and this tunnel was much wider than the holes dug during the previous tests.

"Elders, where should I dig?" Zhao Yuxin shouted, leaning against the carriage window.

The oldest among the Elders replied: "Dig as much as possible toward the nests of those ants!"

Zhao Yuxin was very confused and wanted to ask for the reason, but the Elder interrupted: "Just listen to me! You don't need to ask about the rest."

Seeing this Elder so firm, Zhao Yuxin had no choice but to let the Green Leaf Burrowing Vine dig toward the Magma Cave Ant-men's nest.

In the rear, Yage and Zhu Zhiquan had already led the Militia Group to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Ant Swarm. The traps along the way were filled with smoke; this was because the Worker Ants found it too troublesome to dismantle them one by one, so they destroyed most of the traps through firepower coverage.

Then the entire Ant Swarm rushed to the bottom of the high platform, throwing iron chains to climb up, while in the distance, Ant Mages and Siege Ants were constantly bombarding.

Especially the strikes of the Siege Ants, whose power could easily blast a large hole in the high platform, allowing some Magma Cave Ant-men to rush in along the hole.

It's just that their accuracy was a bit problematic, hitting their own people... ah no, their own bugs, from time to time.

"Quick! Over here! Block this opening, and a few more people take the Spiral Basalt Gun to be bombarded by the Siege Ants!" Yage casually chopped down a Magma Cave Ant-man that had just climbed up, while also commanding the crowd.

The Militia received the order and one after another followed Yage's instructions to split a portion of people to block the Ant Swarm that had slipped in, and a portion to move the Spiral Basalt Guns onto the high platform and open fire at the Siege Ants.

Soon, a large number of Siege Ants were killed, and the aftermath of the explosions also killed many Ant Mages. Just when the Militia Group thought they could hold on, a black shadow passed through the Ant Swarm and blasted a section of the wall down with one strike.

Everyone turned their eyes to this side and found that the newcomer was an ant with a sturdy physique, a row of Spikes on its back, and was taller than the surrounding Magma Cave Ant-men, and this was a type of General Ant—the Magma Cave Ant General.

Seeing the Magma Cave Ant General retract its fist, the Magic Power surrounding it increased its aura, and the murderous intent in its eyes was rising step by step.

Several Militia members saw the Magma Cave Ant General blast down a wall, and one after another enchanted their weapons and rushed toward the Magma Cave Ant General.

The Magma Cave Ant General glanced at them, then threw a punch, and immediately a powerful Magic Power was emitted from its arm, exploding around those Militia members.

The next second, there was only a large pit at the location of those Militia members.

Swish swish swish~

Boom! Boom! Boom...

The Magma Cave Ant General had just finished dealing with a few Militia members when more attacks immediately came toward it.

Arrows, missiles, fireballs... in its compound eyes, they were as slow as turtles, and it dodged them easily.

Immediately after, it slaughtered again in the Militia Group, and a large number of Magma Cave Ant-men took the opportunity to rush into the defense line and chase after the transferring villagers.

Facing the powerful Magma Cave Ant General, the Militia might have had fear and anger, but in order to avenge their families and give their compatriots more time to escape, even if they were powerless to resist, they had to think of every way to perish together with it!

But this made no difference to the Magma Cave Ant General; it just made its slaughter more convenient. Just as the Magma Cave Ant General was about to kill everyone on the entire high platform, a cold glint flashed by, interrupting its slaughter.

After the Magma Cave Ant General pulled away, it saw Zhu Zhiquan, who was completely red, spin the Xuangang Spear once and rush toward it excitedly.