Chapter 43: The Anthill
With the dense rustling sound, the faces of several of them all turned a little pale. Even if you can't see it with your eyes, you can tell by the sound alone that the number of these bugs must not be too small.
Indeed, as Du Jiujiu said, it is too late to leave at this time.
Since the ground is vertically collapsed, the pit wall is at a 90-degree angle to the ground. In a short period of time, except for Du Jiujiu and An Cheng, no one had a way to escape, even Wu Bin, who was a strength ability. Not to mention the fact that most of their ranks are non-combatants and sick people.
"Now, An Cheng and Wu Bin, the two of you and I are standing on the periphery to protect everyone. The rest go under the walls! At the critical moment, Du Jiujiu had to force himself to calm down, and while commanding the somewhat panicked crowd, he helped the unconscious He Wenyuan to the wall.
"Sister Xiaoyun, can you fight now?"
"I ...... I can do it! Hu Xiaoyun gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously.
After getting Hu Xiaoyun's affirmative reply, Du Jiujiu's face looked a little better. Then he stood at the outermost side of the line, the long knife in his hand reflecting the cold silver light.
In just a few moments, the insects in the cave poured out. At this time, everyone finally saw their appearance clearly.
These insects are covered with a shiny black hard shell, with six thick and powerful legs, and the mouthparts on their heads are very large. Although it was magnified countless times, they still recognized the insect in front of them at a glance, which was the most common ant.
Although ordinary ants seem to be very harmless, as they become larger, their threat to humans increases exponentially.
Du Jiujiu had heard that ants could move things that were fifty times heavier than their bodies. If their strength is also amplified in proportion to their stature, then just one of them can easily lift them all. Moreover, the ants in front of me are still pouring in from the depths of the cave.
Seeing this, Du Jiujiu couldn't help but secretly take a breath of cool air, the dense ant colony made the hairs on her whole body stand up, and a huge sense of powerlessness poured out of her heart.
"No...... Can't hold back! Du Jiujiu kept cheering for herself in her heart, and with her strength, it was no problem to escape from this pit that was only five or six meters high. However, if she escapes, her companions will surely die.
It was too late, and when the few of them had just formed a formation and protected the few people who had no combat effectiveness in the middle, the ants in front of the team had already attacked them.
The huge mouthparts emitted a faint metallic sheen in the dim pit, which looked terrifying when magnified countless times. Don't think about it, if you are hit by it, you will lose half your life even if you don't die.
"Drink! I don't care about you! Du Jiujiu jumped high, and while dodging the ant's attack, he turned around in the air, and the long knife in his hand slashed at the ant's slender waist. This extremely sharp blade, coupled with Du Jiujiu's huge strength, cut off the ant-monster with a single blow. A thick white slurry flowed out of it.
The ant-monster that was cut in two did not die immediately, but continued to struggle on the ground. Without the slightest fear or hesitation, the ant-monster behind it stepped over the broken bodies of its companions and attacked them.
At this time, Hu Xiaoyun's fireball had already condensed and formed, and she was seen waving her arm and throwing the fireball into the ant colony.
The fireball exploded in the dense colony, and as the explosion rang out, a small clearing was blown out of the colony, but it was quickly refilled by the antmons behind it.
Hu Xiaoyun moved her arms, and cold sweat slowly seeped out of her forehead. She clenched her teeth and endured the sharp pain, not daring to stop the movement of her hands. Flames continued to surround her, and her long fiery red hair fluttered with it, looking miserable and beautiful.
Wu Bin did not show weakness at this time, although his strength was not much stronger than that of the ant monster, but with the weapon in his hand, he could also firmly gain the upper hand. After a few rounds, many antlisk corpses piled up at his feet.
And An Cheng was on the sidelines, responsible for killing the fish that slipped through their defenses. Before the battle began, she transformed the skeleton of the metal dining table that she had dropped with them into a slender wire that was wrapped around the outer defensive ring. Once an antliquis breaks through the defenses, she can reach it as fast as she can and kill it.
Thanks to the division of labor and cooperation of several of them, this dense ant-monster has not been able to cause harm to them for a long time. But compared to the ant colonies that followed behind them, the limited energy of the few of them could not support them for too long.
"There are fewer ants in that direction! Shall we go over!? Xiaowen pointed in one direction and shouted loudly to the fighting people.
In this anthill, Xiaowen felt that the space near her was like being filled with viscous liquid, and after her mental power was released, it was very difficult to move forward every time. However, after concentrating her energy and converging her mental power into a needle, she worked hard to squeeze away the "liquid" and probed around, and finally found a blank area with few ant monsters.
"Let's go, I'll get out of the way!" Du Jiujiu looked at the direction Xiaowen was pointing and didn't think much about it anymore. After wielding his long knife and slashing at a piece of antlibuke, he rushed towards the cave.
In fact, her tense nerves no longer allowed her to think about anything. Now in front of the team, she is under the most pressure.
There are so many of them, and as the population grows, they are gradually mixed with winged ants. Those ant-monsters are much higher in strength and speed than ordinary ant-monsters. As long as Du Jiujiu is not careful, he will be pounced on by those winged antmons, and if the jagged mouthparts bite on his body, a piece of meat will be considered light.
The rest of them were also tired, but in this endless colony, physical exertion was no match for mental despair.
After hearing Xiaowen and Du Jiujiu's words, they were like people who fell into the water and grabbed a life-saving straw, and immediately stopped the attack in their hands, protecting Guoguo, Wei Qingqing and He Wenyuan and followed closely.
Although Du Jiujiu opened the way in front, this short distance still made everyone tremble.
Winged ant-mons swooped down on them from all directions, the wind from their thin wings stirring the air in the pit and releasing the smell of corruption.
No one noticed that among the ants, there was an antmonster with a pale golden shell. Despite its small size, it is more than twice as fast as other similar creatures.
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