Chapter 51: A Hindrance? No, it's supposed to be a roadblock...
After this brief episode, Team Ressa returned to the main topic, this time, although it was to hone the members of the team, the main purpose was to find some hidden files in the Frostfall Node, so as to obtain information about the Arctic Ice Sheet and the Extreme South Yanhai.
And when it comes to the Arctic Ice Sheet, we have to talk about the current situation of Desbecca.
Ever since she was taken captive to Ryuichi's lair, she has lived a life of confinement, and although she can swim around some of the scenes in this castle over time, she can't get close to the underground area.
For her, who is like a caged bird, most of the day is just sitting on the balcony, watching the eternal snow outside the window, thinking about the person who cares about her.
"Ressa, are you okay now?" Debecca looked out the window in a daze, in the gray sky, the snowflakes were constantly drifting, and Debecca stretched out her hand to catch a few pieces, however, all this was just a futile action, because, on the periphery of the castle, there was an invisible force field, blocking the approach of the snowflakes.
"Resa, Debecca misses you so much, you know?" Debecca closed her eyes, and tears slid down her cheeks, forming colorful crystal-like teardrops that hit the ground.
In the ruins of the Frostfall Node, after Resa slashed a low-level celestial beast with one claw, he seemed to look in the direction of due north, and he could feel that the dragon scale in his heart was exuding a faint sense of warmth.
"Rebecca, are you calling me?" Ressa pressed her chest gently, wanting to feel the warmth more closely.
"Roar~~~~" The heavenly beast that was chopped away did not suffer much damage, or Ressa did not kill it, at this time it jumped out of the ruins and rushed towards Resa again, while Resa pressed his chest and looked to the north with a god.
"Frozen!" Long Muyun's figure appeared in front of Ressa, the ring on her finger exuded a brilliant blue glow, completely enveloping the low-level heavenly beast that rushed up, Long Muyun gritted her teeth, looking at the heavenly beast that was getting closer and closer, the ability output in her hand suddenly increased by two gears, and this heavenly beast finally stopped slowly, and was turned into an ice sculpture by Long Muyun's ability.
Even so, Resa still looked at the north and was distracted, which made Long Muyun, who was still gasping slightly, couldn't help but show a wry smile, this guy, all of a sudden, what kind of moth is this?
Ressa's eyes were closed at this time, and the pale golden dragon scales in his palm exuded a sense of warmth, making him feel as if he had seen Rebecca in a trance.
"Debecca!" Resa muttered softly, at this moment, he wanted to go to the Arctic Ice Sheet immediately and save Deceka.
Long Muyun didn't know who Rebecca was, after all, she only got acquainted with Resa after coming to Rewattin, but Licoris knew, and they had lived together for a while. They were still very impressed by this beautiful sister who looked very cold on the surface and always looked like no one else, and at this time, seeing Ressa's appearance, a faint sense of sadness also rose in their hearts.
"Sister, we're going to get Sister Debecca back, right?" Liz looked at Rico, they had heard some information from Ressa, and they were the second to know about it.
"Definitely!" Lisa nodded forcefully, comforting Lis, but her eyes stayed on Ressa's body, and the current big brother Resa is too pitiful, right?
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The largest database in the Frostfall Node is located at the intersection of the eastern part of the Frostfall Node and the central city, which means that Resa and the others, who entered the ruins of the node from a location close to the western area, need to pass through the entire central city to reach the location of the database.
Fortunately, there was Long Muyun in this group, who was very familiar with the frost node, which saved the group a lot of trouble, and at this time, Resa and his party were already more than a little way away from the database, which was because Long Muyun took them to take a shortcut.
However, it will be very troublesome for them to move forward now.
Maybe something happened in the eastern area, a dense layer of things like black fog was floating in the air thousands of kilometers away, out of vigilance, Resa and the others did not rush closer, and Resa finally figured out what these black fog-like things were after retrieving similar objects.
Bloodthirsty Ant [Flying Ant]: Number: 06664
Level: Earth Beast (Tier 3-5)
Catalog: Insectaceae
Energy category: Acid toxins
Hunting value: 2600 points - 3860 points
Product: Formic Acid (Article No.: 010152) Acid Capsule (Article No.: 010153)
Bloodthirsty ants are divided into three types, queens, flying ants, and worker ants, among which the queen ant and the worker ants are females, and the flying ants are males.
As the name suggests, bloodthirsty ants are extremely sensitive to the breath of blood, even if there is only a very faint smell of blood, it will provoke them, they will kill the prey at the same time, they will inject formic acid into the body of the prey, so that their flesh and bones are turned into a state similar to plasma.
If you find a free bloodthirsty ant flying ant, then you must be careful, this means that there is a bloodthirsty ant nest nearby, and if you are not careful, it is very likely to fall into the siege of bloodthirsty ants.
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After Ressa and the others read the information in their hands, they all felt that their hairs stood on end, maybe some flying ants could not have any effect on them, but the last sentence caused Ressa and others to wake up, you know, an ant colony has at least one million in size, so many bloodthirsty ants, it is enough to completely devour them.
"Really, I found out that I haven't had a safe life since I went to the wilderness with you." Long Muyun looked at Resa angrily, although she said so, the hidden energy in her hand showed that she was ready to deal with these bloodthirsty flying ants at all times.
"I'm desperate too, okay!" Ressa covered her face a little helplessly: "Let's take advantage of the fact that these flying ants haven't found us, let's get out of here quickly!" In this case, bypassing this nest is undoubtedly the best option.
Ressa and the others quietly retreated to the rear, even if it was a detour, they didn't dare to get too close to these beasts that were very sensitive to blood, otherwise once they caught their attention, Ressa, the strongest combat power in the team, would be helpless, after all, once his current ability was used, it was estimated that the entire ant colony would be mobilized in the shortest possible time, and at that time, I am afraid that it would become a luxury for everyone to want to die happily.
Since they didn't know how big this ant nest was, everyone was still very conservative and crossed six or seven blocks in a row before stopping, such a distance should be enough to get out of the range of the ant nest, and if they continued to move forward, it would add a lot of distance to the database by detouring, and there might be other changes in it, so after discussing it, the group decided to go in the direction of the database from the current area.
However, Resa and the others didn't know that this colony of bloodthirsty ants was not the smallest million-level, but a terrifying million-level.
In fact, the current Ressa already has the strength to use the dragon source breath to deter the beast tide, which is why his previous roar can drink back the earth beasts that besieged Raymond and others, but this effect will be improved with the degree of dragonization of Ressa, that is to say, Resa in the state of dragonization has a very high deterrent power against beasts, of course, at his current level, the highest can only deter the weaker existence of low-level heavenly beasts.
And the dragon source aura faintly emanating from his body, while forming a deterrent to low-level beasts, will also attract the attention of high-level heavenly beasts, at this time, because of the dragon source aura he faintly exuded, he has attracted the attention of the ant queen deep in the underground ant nest.
Ressa and the others don't know that their feet are actually within the range of the ant nest, the tens of thousands of level ant colonies, the range of the nest is so wide, it is not at all possible to avoid it by walking out of a few blocks, Resa and the others don't know, the flying ants they saw just now are actually just flying out of the entrance of one of the nests, as for the location of the nest, maybe the current location of Resa and the others is closer to the center.
Perhaps because they didn't see the bloodthirsty flying ants, although Resa and the others were cautious and vigilant, they still had no precautions against this aspect. This also led to the fact that when the ground suddenly cracked, Resa and the others did not react at the first time.
One mound after another suddenly rose around them, Ressa and the others quickly stopped their pace, at first, everyone thought that the street had collapsed, until dense bloodthirsty ants poured out of these raised mounds, Ressa and the others understood what was happening.
Bloodthirsty Ant [Worker Ant]: Number: 06665
Level: Earth Beast (Tier 1)
Catalog: Insectaceae
Energy Categories: Acid Toxins, Paralysis Toxins, Hallucinogenic Toxins.
Hunt value: 800 points - 1660 points
Product: Formic Acid (Article Number: 010152) Acid Capsules (Article Number: 010153) Phantom Tooth (Article Number: 010154)
The worker ants of the bloodthirsty ants are the females in the group, and in terms of individual strength, the strength of the bloodthirsty ant worker ants is not strong, but the threat of the worker ants is actually far greater than that of the flying ants, because, in the entire ant colony system, the bloodthirsty ant worker ants occupy almost 99% of the number.
At the same time, the worker ants of the bloodthirsty ants have a variety of toxins in their bodies, and the combination of these toxins causes damage far more than the effect of a single toxin.
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"Why are there bloodthirsty ants here?" The members of Ressa's team were obviously a little panicked, but seeing that Ressa was still calm, they didn't make too outrageous moves in a panic.
"It seems that this time, there is some danger." Long Muyun leaned closer to Ressa's side, in her hand, the light blue frost power was rising, and on the other side, a large amount of psychic energy emanated from Likris's body. Crimson and ice blue energy converged in the air, forming a dark purple flame barrier that protected everyone.
Lyn's spiritual perception was at its maximum, and it wasn't until this moment that everyone discovered from their spiritual perception that under their feet was a nest comparable to that of an underground kingdom, a nest of bloodthirsty ants.
"How many bloodthirsty ants are there in such a huge nest?" Long Muyun exclaimed.
"I'm afraid, we're the real jackpot this time!" Ressa looked at the picture in his spiritual perception, and he knew that the bloodthirsty ant colony he faced this time was not a simple million-level, judging from the dense ant colony in the underground tunnel, even the number of tens of millions was far less.
Yan, Hedwiel, and Helweed all leaned close together, this was the second time they had come to the wilderness, such a terrifying scene, even veteran explorers who had been in the field for a long time would be horrified, not to mention that they were rookies who had come to the wilderness for the second time.
Xiao Bai is the calmest of these girls, think about it, her ability is even in the face of such an ant colony, as long as she wants to leave, she can easily get out of these sieges, so there is really no pressure, but it has become her.
At this time, Ressa's brain was already sweating, and he didn't dare to urge the blood dragon source in his body, and ordinary abilities could not support him to use some powerful abilities or moves, so although his current guidance device had been transformed into the form of a dragon cannon, he did not attack. He wasn't sure what effect a normal attack would have on a low-tier beast that was densely populated with ants.
The blue light on Long Muyun's body had spread from her hands to her whole body, she was now on full alert, as long as there was any movement in these ant colonies, she would launch the most rapid attack at the first time.
Licoris's eyes glowed crimson and ice blue, and as soon as they held their hands, their psychic abilities began to merge as soon as they left their bodies, and it was with their psychic barrier that these ant colonies only besieged them, not pounced.
A large number of lines began to appear on their bodies, and these dragon patterns were constantly transforming the abilities in their bodies into higher energy, which was a blessing from the Queen of the Resa Dragon,
Lin was the most consumed of these people, and her long-term mental concentration was highly concentrated, so that sweat continued to slide down her little face, and faint green tendons and blood vessels appeared on her forehead, which was a manifestation of a large use of spiritual energy.
The situation has stabilized for the time being, but the group can't just be wasted here, after Helvid has overcome the initial panic, she has begun to apply mental boost to the group, and with her help, the situation of Likris and Lynn has been somewhat relieved.
"To go or to stay?" Long Muyun looked at Ressa, and found that the latter's body did not exude a scarlet mist and the energy that smelled of blood, and after a little thought, she figured out the key, so she couldn't make up her mind about this sudden change.
"Maintain our mental awareness, we don't have to explore too much of a range, we move slowly, as long as we get out of the range of the nest, we are safe, of course, if we can't do it, we will immediately use the Leap Coin to get out of here." Ressa's face was very solemn, and due to the particularity of the bloodthirsty ants, Ressa, the strongest in the team, had no choice but to sit on the cold bench.
Resa is still very anxious about this situation, but the database is already close at hand, let him give up directly, he is still a little unwilling, so he has the idea of trying again. Perhaps, it won't be long before they can get out of the nest.
Under Ressa's instructions, the team members began to slowly move forward, and with one of their buildings, the purple fire shield held up by Likris also began to move forward slowly, and the ant colony in front of them finally gave up the plan to fight them hard after losing a few times, and began to take other plans, they firmly surrounded Ressa's team, constantly spitting acidic liquid towards this purple barrier, although there was a barrier defense, but this made Likris consume the ability, It has also increased considerably.
At this time, Yan had overcome the fear in his heart and began to apply spiritual healing to everyone, although everyone was not injured at this time, but with the effect of spiritual healing, they were more or less relaxed.
After moving forward for almost 1,500 meters, there were new changes on the street, and in the spiritual perception shared by Lin, everyone was close to the edge of the ant nest, which made everyone in the Ressa team breathe a sigh of relief, but at this moment, the ground began to shake violently, which made the members of the Resa team have to stop, they are afraid, afraid that after taking the next step, they may step directly into the shattered ground.
"What's going on?" Ressa looked around vigilantly, at this time he was already standing behind Lycoris, constantly channeling abilities into the second daughter's body, perhaps because it was an ordinary ability, in terms of the delivery effect of the ability, it was greatly discounted, but it was barely able to cope with the situation in front of him.
"It's big, there's a big thing coming out, just ahead." Lynn's exclamation attracted everyone's attention, and it was only then, following the direction that Lynn was pointing to, that everyone noticed that buildings had begun to collapse in violent tremors.
What the hell is going on?
The members of Ressa's team began to stare intently at an oversized dirt bag bulging in the distance, and from the mental perception that Lin shared, it could be seen that a huge black figure was struggling to get out of the dirt bag.
What the hell is this?
When the huge ant claws and feet covered with sharp thorns poked out, Ressa and the others were stunned by what they saw......
It turned out to be a huge, bloodthirsty ant......