Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 929 - 664: Sinking Swamp (Part 3)

"Purple, go inform all participating ground Insect Kings, and similarly, keep a safe distance, look for opportunities to attack, and deplete Primordial Energy."

"Okay!"

"Got it!"

"Received!"

Color Steel, Green Heart, Purple took action one after another.

...

At three thousand meters altitude,

Cloud Mist Kirin Beast slightly curled up, forming a defensive stance.

Great Ink Orchid, controlled by Ink Orchid, maintained a singular Wind System form, becoming invisible and ethereal, circling around the Kirin Beast.

Activating guerrilla combat mode.

The transparent Giant Mantis suddenly accelerated, tilting to the side, its wing tips glinted with metallic luster, flashing past the Kirin Beast, the sharp wing tips cutting into the Kirin Beast’s body, and dozens of Stone Hunt Blue Ant corpses fell out.

Circling, another flash on the side, the wing tips easily penetrated the Kirin Beast’s defense, and dozens more Stone Hunt Blue Ants were killed...

Ink Orchid also had the ’Dusk’ ability to shield spiritual power detection, the singular Wind System form of Great Ink Orchid, not only invisible but also undetectable by spiritual power, only showing Primordial Energy fluctuation at the moment of attack.

Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King silently observed the attack patterns of ’Great Ink Orchid’, and soon realized that the opponent’s attacks came from all directions, up and down, left and right, unpredictably, without any discernible pattern.

The buzzing roar sounds came, the Hawk Wasps Army joined the battle again, also hovering around the Kirin Beast, attacking.

A silent, prolonged observation and contemplation lasting tens of seconds.

Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King was convinced that fighting the Mantis in aerial combat, the large body of the Kirin Beast lacked any flexibility, and the thirty thousand Ant Army it carried became a burden, only offering itself as a clumsy target.

The hovering Hawk Wasps Army, and the flighty Insect Clan Warrior patrolling the perimeter were all troublesome.

The ground sea of flames was definitely not a favorable battlefield.

Return to the ocean?

In oceanic combat, the Kirin Beast holds absolute environmental advantage.

But, would the Mantis follow?

As Huo said, this Orchid Mantis was not a Southern Hemisphere insect, awakened with the elemental bloodline granted by the Seven-Colored Divine Tree, even more fearsome than its ancestor, the ’Nine-Colored Mantis King’.

This Mantis consumed Divine-Grade fruits from both hemispheres, awakening talents in ten systems!

Yet, it is currently just at the 5 Age Period Insect King stage, its awakened talents not fully strengthened, its displayed power far from reaching the realm of the ’Nine-Colored Mantis King’, leaving a chance for victory and avenge the death of its kin.

The Wave Tree Bay Alliance relies entirely on this Mantis.

To kill it, the crisis on Blue Island, on the Wanglan Continent side, would also be resolved.

The Mantis must die!

— Go to ground combat below? Fear not opponent.

— Go to the ocean behind? Opponent won’t follow.

— Wind Phoenix Mountain? In current combat, not a single Holy Beetle Warrior has appeared, there must be traps and ambushes.

— West of the sea of fire is mountain forest ravines.

— East of the sea of fire is wetland swamp, with abundant river canals and ponds, suitable for Water System and Thunder System abilities to manifest.

Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King calculated and weighed the options, finally choosing a compromise battlefield.

Cloud Mist Kirin Beast’s curled-up body slowly stretched, then contracted suddenly, cold air radiating outward, transforming into Ice Frost form, all eight wings vibrating, making a strange roll in the air, densely packed sharp ice spikes erupted.

With crisp tinkling sounds, tens of thousands of Hawk Wasps were hit and fell.

Another tail sweep and turn, a large swath of Hawk Wasps were swept away.

Opening its mouth to spray, a four to five hundred-meter long, icy cold blue mist.

On the body surface of Ice Frost Kirin Beast, a layer of fish-scale-like scales floated up, blue-purple electric light traversing, eight wings vibrating and accelerating, the gigantic body flashing three times consecutively through heavy encirclement, tilting, gliding across Ya River, flying over the sea of fire, landing towards the eastern swamp.

Approaching the ground, three more flashes, diving headfirst into a natural lake, its snake-like body coiled, its head peering back.

The Hawk Wasps Army did not pursue.

The Mantis was nowhere to be seen.

Scanning the surroundings, confirmed there was none of that rancid black mud.

...

"???"

"Dare to land!"

"Why run away if you aren’t heading towards the ocean?"

"Is there a conspiracy?"

Ink Orchid couldn’t understand the intention behind the Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King suddenly shifting the battlefield, hidden a kilometer away, feeling puzzled, secretly pleased, yet alert.

Soul-Setting Ability sensed several tens of Insect Clan warriors ambushed nearby. Whether they set a trap was unknown, but even if they did, it probably wouldn’t be of much help.

——Where is the Hawk Wasps Army?

——They’re still somewhat useful.

Ink Orchid’s upright tentacles detected and captured the air’s vibrations. The buzzing of the Hawk Wasps’ wings was fading into the distance.

——The Hawk Wasps Army isn’t following?

——What are they doing?

Ink Orchid was secretly annoyed.

A perfect opportunity to ambush the Kirin Beast couldn’t be missed, no need to wait anymore.

With a thought, Ink Orchid sent a gigantic mantis of water and earth systems down into the soil.

Heavy Metal Appendage!

Heavy Metal Armor!

The gigantic mantis’s claws and toes were metal-reinforced, its carapace covered with a layer of heavy metal armor. It leaped and thudded down just four or five meters in front of the Kirin Beast, ready for close combat.

Whoa~

The Ice Kirin Beast’s body was surrounded by colorless airflow and silver-white electrical light, already poised to strike. Its curled body suddenly sprang forth, opening its mouth, a flash of silver light appeared, and a mass of devouring blue mist was sprayed out.

The gigantic mantis’s carapace was instantly shattered, corroded and tattered, and its cement-formed body was riddled with holes.

The Ice Kirin Beast moved incredibly fast, weaving around, immediately encircling the gigantic mantis. The Ant Army inside exerted force in unison, and a devouring nature blue mist rapidly spread over the surface, forming an encirclement, simultaneously craning its neck and unleashing another large mass of blue mist directly at the gigantic mantis.

The gigantic mantis collapsed into a pile of mud, with no trace of Ink Orchid.

The Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King sensed something wrong.

Danger was coming from underground!

It lifted its head, intending to transform and escape in cloud mist form, but it was too late. An invisible force emerged from below, firmly holding the massive body of the Ice Kirin Beast, forcing its raised head down bit by bit.

——Sinking Swamp!

Ink Orchid had spent years specially researching this range Divine Mark Ability to deal with ants.

In an instant, using the natural marshland environment, the ability was activated.

The lake water sank, mud surged, and an invisible force dragged the massive body of the Ice Kirin Beast downwards.

The Ice Kirin Beast’s body erupted with cold aura, trying to freeze the surrounding mud, but was reversed by an even stronger opposing Water System Ability.

The silver-white electrical light gliding over the Ice Kirin Beast’s body erupted suddenly, countless electric arcs flowed along the muddy waters, a range attack.

Normally, in a muddy water environment, lightning could conduct better, and the power reduction of Thunder System Ability would be minimal, making the attack more potent...

However, the Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King quickly identified the problem; the mantis seemed able to ignore the lightning attack.

——Why?

——Indeed, the mantis had obtained three Thunder System Abilities, Touch of Silver Light, Controllable Current, and Flash Strike through the Divine-Grade Fruit, but it couldn’t be entirely immune to the super-strong lightning attack condensed with the Law Divine Patterns.

——Is it the bloodline ability acquired by the Seven-Colored Orchid Mantis clan through the Law Divine Tree?

——This Law Divine Tree is unreasonable, isn’t it?

After a moment of dread, the Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King regained composure, rapidly thinking for solutions.

The Kirin Beast struggled violently, transforming into a biomimicry form, immediately absorbing the surrounding mud, making its body even heavier.

The Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King was startled again and switched back to the Ice Form, along with the Ant Army, desperately unleashing the Freezing Ability.

Ink Orchid also unleashed the Hydro-Gold Form Ability, employing the Great Ink Orchid’s water and earth dual-system form to hide within the mud, exploding with all its might, simultaneously resisting the Freezing Ability and persistently unleashing the Sinking Swamp, relentlessly dragging the Kirin Beast deeper underground.

The high-pitched buzzing of vibrating wings echoed, approaching from a distance.

The Hawk Wasps Army, holding clay pots, arrived leisurely.

From afar in the sky, Assistant King Yellow Thorn observed the battle, overjoyed, spiritual power vibrating as he shouted: "The Kirin Beast is trapped! Color Steel! Green Heart! Purple! Notify all beetle kings skilled in Earth System, Water System, and Fire System abilities to assist in the battle!"

Color Steel, Green Heart, and Purple acted separately.

"Yellow Hemp, Yellow Leaf, Yellow Heart, command the Hawk Wasps to crush the clay pots and scatter the black mud down!"

The Hawk Wasps Army began their action.

The swarm flew, crisscrossing above the lake, the foul-smelling black mud poured down like a torrential rain.