Chapter 325 Black Reaper.
"Fatty, take off!"
With Xuan Mo's command, he, with a rope tied around his waist, was carried by Ma Hongjun like a kite in flight.
"Brother Dong, I'll trouble you to lead the way from now on."
Xuan Mo looked at Dong Tianchi and said seriously.
After all, the best course of action now was to leave the area inhabited by the Reaper Army Ants. As for the direction, in Xuan Mo's words, it was towards the exit of the Gobi Desert. Because the possibility of being ambushed by other types of soul beasts would be less.
Dong Tianchi naturally had no objection and nodded.
"No problem, leave the leading the way to us."
With Xuan Mo's analysis and judgment of the current situation, coupled with Dong Tianchi's prestige, everyone immediately made a decision and reacted.
Mercenary soul masters like Dong Tianchi, who were using flying soul tools, immediately withdrew their martial souls to prevent the consumption and loss of soul power, focusing their soul power on operating the flying soul tools.
As for Xuanmo, he used Ma Hongjun's flight ability to ascend into the air and immediately unleashed his third soul skill to lighten the burden.
Under Dong Tianchi's guidance, the group retreated towards the Gobi Desert while defending against the flying soul beasts.
However, as time passed, Xuanmo quickly noticed something was wrong. Even though the encirclement formed by the Death Army Ants was enormous, so much time had passed, and they still hadn't escaped.
In fact, after observing, Xuanmo discovered that as they moved, the entire encirclement of the ant colony was also moving.
Clearly, something was amiss.
This meant they had become the ant colony's target.
Realizing this, Xuanmo turned to Dong Tianchi, who was already panting, and spoke up.
"Brother Dong."
"Hmm? Brother Xuanmo, what's the matter?"
"I wanted to ask, have there been any instances of these Death Army Ants, these kinds of soul beasts, breaking out of the forbidden area? What happens then?"
Dong Tianchi's eyes met Xuanmo's, and his face immediately turned serious. "This has happened since ancient times. Moreover, these soul beasts are mainly Death Army Ants. Because this Gobi Desert is so barren, the Death Army Ants' reproduction rate simply cannot support the survival of these soul beasts."
As he said this, the expressions of all the mercenaries under Dong Tianchi's command became extremely grim.
"So in the past, the Death Army Ants frequently ravaged the areas surrounding the Gobi Desert. Wherever they passed, livestock failed, crops withered, and the ground was littered with bones. They were called 'Black Death' by all the inhabitants of the Sun and Moon Continent. It wasn't until the development of soul tools that these soul beasts, the Death Army Ants, were finally suppressed in this forbidden area of the Gobi Desert. However, each suppression came at a bloody price."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Mo immediately stopped Ma Hongjun in mid-air.
Dong Tianchi and the others also looked puzzled.
"Brother Xuan Mo, why did you stop here?"
"Look closely. These ants have been following us. I suspect their target is us. If they can still leave the forbidden area, then we will only be surrounded by them and exhaust our soul power. And once we leave the forbidden area, then what will happen next..."
This time, Xuan Mo didn't need to continue. Dong Tianchi and the others already understood the situation. Because if things continued like this, there would only be one outcome: not only would they themselves likely perish in the ant's jaws, but the civilians and soul masters outside the forbidden area would also be doomed.
"We can't let this go on."
Dong Tianchi's face was filled with determination. Then, he looked at Xuan Mo, "Brother Xuan Mo, we'll follow your command."
"To catch the thief, first catch the king!"
Xuan Mo's words had barely fallen when he used his spiritual power to sense and pinpoint a spot, breaking free of the rope around his waist first. His body plummeted towards the ground like a shooting star. Before he even landed, a purple ripple spread out.
Instantly, the death army ants around him were either crushed into dust by a powerful force or directly repelled.
Seeing this, Ma Hongjun followed closely behind.
As he landed, a large burst of phoenix flames surged from his body, immediately accompanied by a cacophony of shrill cries.
Because Xuan Mo was so fast, Dong Tianchi and the others, who only reacted at this moment, looked down and could clearly see the dense swarm of Death Army Ants beneath their feet. One particularly unusual Death Army Ant, with an enormous abdomen and a bright red body, came into view.
"Hiss! Wait, that's the queen of the Death Army Ants!"
Dong Tianchi's face contorted in shock as he recognized the unusual queen, clearly recognizing the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast as the Death Army Ant queen.
However, before Dong Tianchi and the others could react, Xuan Mo and Ma Hongjun began their operation. They suspected that the Death Army Ants' relentless pursuit was due to him.
"Fatty, attack!"
Upon hearing this, Ma Hongjun's fourth and fifth soul rings lit up simultaneously, and a blazing sun and a rain of fire immediately appeared above the ant colony.
The intense heat caused the ants to become restless.
As the soul skill descended, a sea of fire erupted.
However, Ma Hongjun's attacks alone could only stop and annihilate most of the Death God Army Ants under ten thousand years old. They were unlikely to have a significant effect on those over ten thousand years old.
At this moment, all of Xuan Mo's defensive soul skills lit up; his body first turned black, then transformed into a golden body.
Furthermore, he was surrounded by the Soul Skill "Intent of Heavy Rocks" and Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Flame, protecting him from each other.
Thus, Xuan Mo, steeling himself, charged towards the ant queen.
At this moment, Dong Tianchi, flying overhead, saw this and quickly took out a long-range Soul Guidance Device to bombard the ant swarm, anxiously shouting, "Brother Xuan Mo! Are you crazy! Come back! There are so many army ants!"
"What is he doing!"
Verus was also startled by Xuan Mo's actions.
It should be known that the attacks of the Death Army Ants are corrosive, and defensive Soul Skills are of negligible effect.
Moreover, the number of Death Army Ants he faced was countless; even with Soul Skill protection, it would be difficult to withstand them. Once surrounded, they could devour a person in an instant, leaving only bones!
Therefore, apart from Ma Hongjun's protection, Xuan Mo's act of charging into the ant swarm alone seemed suicidal to them.
However, only Xuan Mo knew that this method, seemingly risky and suicidal, was currently the only way to break the deadlock.
Some Death Army Ants, hidden within the ant colony and possessing cultivation levels reaching ten thousand years, broke through Xuanmo's gravity field.
As Xuanmo approached the queen, the attacks he received, along with the increasing strength and numbers of the Death Army Ants, intensified. The black and golden light emanating from his body vanished and reappeared, placing a tremendous burden on Xuanmo's soul power…
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