Chapter 1846

The ant swarm kept trying to crawl onto Xiao Feng to eat his fingernails and bones, but he wrapped himself in divine power, so the ants couldn't get close and just slid off.

These soldier ants, though their strength rivals that of an Upper God, have very low intelligence and cannot communicate; only the ant queen can help him search for treasures.

Xiao Feng followed the ant swarm for about two minutes and arrived at a depression in the bluish stone.

At this moment, the countdown still had less than eleven minutes.

Looking down, the bluish stone ground had split open a gap; below was a cave, and the ants were all coming out of it.

Extending his Divine Sense into it, the cave descended about thirty-plus meters before encountering a resistance.

A thought repelled his probe and simultaneously warned: "The ant tribe does not welcome visitors; leave immediately, or I will send my guards to attack you!"

This Divine Sense felt quite imposing, its strength even above Xiao Feng's, at least level 1300; indeed, it was a mature star‑devouring ant queen.

Feeling the opponent's will strength, Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel a bit troubled; it seemed using will to directly overwhelm wouldn't work.

Fortunately… he still had other means! With a thought, all his Supreme Treasures except the World Ancient Tree surfaced.

The Heaven‑Shaking Arrow, the shaft of the Myriad Tribulations Pagoda, the Tian Tian Bao Nang, the Myriad Transformation Spirit Pearl, the Spirit‑Sacrificing Sword, and the Immortal‑Binding Rope all came out.

The formidable aura carried by each Supreme Treasure directly blanketed the ant queen below.

Xiao Feng sent a mental message: "I give you a chance to submit, belong to me, and enjoy all kinds of gems without end. Otherwise……"

The aura emitted by those few Supreme Treasures was terrifying; the ant queen, merely a Divine King, was instantly struck with fear and panic, saying: "You… you're just a human, why would you want me to submit?"

"It's naturally useful. Rest assured, I don't need you to serve forever; I only need you to obey my orders for a few years, after which I'll set you free." Xiao Feng transmitted.

His own growth speed is fast, so he naturally doesn't need the star‑devouring ants to always lend him a hand.

Mainly, having this ant swarm during today's treasure hunt would be very convenient, and later they could also play a role in warfare for a while.

Once the leading players' strength increases, the ant swarm's usefulness in war will also drop sharply; then we won't need this ant queen, and releasing her would be acceptable.

After hearing his explanation, the ant queen fell silent for a moment.

Xiao Feng urged: "My time is limited; please consider quickly."

"Well… well… alright, I am willing to submit. But please swear that you will release me within ten years." The ant queen's Divine Sense said, her yielding speed quick.

Being locked onto by the sharpness of the Primordial Holy Artifact, saying one isn't afraid is impossible.

Not to mention she's merely a Divine King; even a Venerable, when facing the Heaven‑Shaking Arrow, would have to shrink their neck and tremble.

"Okay."

Xiao Feng immediately agreed, pointing to the heavens and swearing that at most ten years later he would release the ant queen, otherwise willing to suffer heavenly punishment.

Only then did the ant queen put her mind at ease, chanting a spell, asking the Creator God to bear witness, offering her soul, and pledging allegiance.

"I am Yu Zhi, I have met my master."

A figure burst out from the ground.

The ant queen appeared in her true form: a golden ant about half a meter in size, with a large belly and an unsightly appearance.

Nevertheless, her aura was still strong; among Divine Kings she counts as a fairly formidable one.

Given enough time to breed her ant swarm, even an Ancestral God would dare to challenge her; the insect race's racial talent is no joke!

"You should be familiar with this place, right? Are there any high‑value treasures nearby? If so, lead me to them." Xiao Feng got straight to the point, stating his purpose.

Ant queen Yu Zhi, upon hearing that, said: "The environment around here is very strange, seeming boundless. I once slipped and fell into the void and ended up here; it's been thirty thousand years, I've sent out countless offspring, yet none have found the border, and I don't even know what this place is……"

"Then do you have any information about treasures?" Xiao Feng frowned slightly, thinking his clever plan had failed.

But Yu Zhi replied: "I know of some treasures, but they're a bit far; it would probably take one or two hours to get there. Are you in a hurry, master?"

"One or two hours? No, that's too long! I only have nine minutes!" Xiao Feng said decisively.

He isn't just in a hurry; he's especially in a hurry!

Subjugating the ant queen was meant to make treasure hunting easier; if she can't help, it would be equivalent to wasting three or four minutes for nothing.

"Nine minutes… if it were closer, there's only one treasure flower, a seventh‑grade spirit essence, which is useless to me so I've never touched it. The rest can't be reached within nine minutes." Yu Zhi said somewhat awkwardly.

At that, Xiao Feng raised his eyebrows: "No problem, we have a fast means of transport!"

Having spoken, he directly summoned his mount, He Xianzi.

"Huh? Big brother, what are you doing? I just found a seventh‑grade little flower and was about to pick it! Alas, what a pity!" He Xianzi, just having been pulled back, complained.

This means… quite a coincidence; what she found is probably the seventh‑grade spirit essence the ant queen mentioned.

But a mere seventh grade, Xiao Feng doesn't really care.

He said: "Never mind that; turn into a bird, Yu Zhi, you come up and guide the way!"

Xiao Feng grabbed He Xianzi's shoulder and pressed her down directly.

"Huh? How come, just a moment ago I didn't see, now there's suddenly a sister???" He Xianzi, while obeying the transformation command, asked puzzledly.

Xiao Feng retracted all his Supreme Treasures, tapped her bird back with the Heaven‑Shaking Arrow, and warned: "If you talk nonsense next time, I'll let Jian Ge pierce you!"

"Sister" stuff—can that be spoken nonsense?

This is just an ant!

He's not that beastly!

He Xianzi gave a soft hum to show her displeasure, but also knowing Xiao Feng was pressed for time, she obediently followed the order.

After Yu Zhi pointed a direction, she flapped her wings and shot forward.

He Xianzi's speed in the outside world is undoubtedly terrifying, comparable to lightning.

Within the Origin Secret Realm, the spatial suppression effect is relatively strong, so she can't fully unleash it, but it's still far stronger than Xiao Feng merely running.

The avian racial talent is flight; with that move, she took off low‑altitude, crossing several hundred meters in the blink of an eye, exceeding the "nine‑minute" travel range in under five seconds.

Yu Zhi shared a map via Divine Sense with Xiao Feng and He Xianzi.

This map is quite large; it was explored by her using the ant swarm. It spans hundreds of thousands of kilometers, far larger than the Chaos Secret Realm. Overall it is a semi‑ring map encircling an extremely massive divine mountain.

Because the mountain itself is truly huge, and Yu Zhi is rather timid, over thirty thousand years she has never fully circled it, having explored only about a 120‑degree arc, a small half‑region.

Even so, that's already enough for He Xianzi to fly for a very long time.

The treasure location pointed to by the Jade Executor wasn't too far; He Xianzi sped there and arrived at the destination in about three minutes.

"Stop, we're here!" shouted the Jade Executor.

He Xianzi performed a drifting emergency stop, coming to an elegant halt.

"Right there, under that pond, there's a piece of precious jade comparable to a ninth-grade spirit purity!" said the Jade Executor.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng's brows immediately relaxed into a smile.

This new servant didn't make a mistake; right off the bat he gave him such a big gift!