Chapter 167: Gladiatorial Feast

The praying mantis and the wasp rolled and fought, causing a lot of movement in the cage, but it did not decide the winner, and the two insects separated from each other.

The two sides found out that each other's current strength was equal, and it was not easy for anyone to subdue anyone, and even if they won, they would be seriously injured, so they both had the intention of retreating.

The wasp slowly retreated to the edge of the cage and lay on the side of the cage, and the praying mantis also folded its broken wings and died down.

Before the two fierce insects could decide on the superiority, the audience outside stopped doing it, and some representatives of the ant tribe even came to the front of the cage and slapped the cage with their forelimbs and antennae.

The host, the leaf-cutter ants, naturally did not allow the spoiling thing to happen, and then the leaf-cutter ant army went out again, and they got into the cage and stung the wasps and praying mantis separately, trying to drive the two together to continue the gladiatorial fight.

The wasp was a little annoyed by the sting, and as soon as he turned around, he put a large leaf-cutter ant in his big jaw, and with a lot of force, he killed the unlucky leaf-cutter ant. The leaf-cutter ant next to it didn't care at all, but stung more fiercely, and the wasp finally couldn't stand it anymore, fell off the cage wall, and obediently crawled towards the praying mantis.

The praying mantis was also driven by the leaf-cutting ants and moved towards the wasp, and the two fierce insects were forced to approach, glaring at each other, and another battle was about to break out.

Seeing that the wasps began to crawl towards the praying mantis, the battle was inevitable, and the leaf-cutting ants got out of the cage.

The mantis shrunk its scythe, its triangular head fixed on the approaching wasp, while the wasp slowly approached the mantis while spinning in circles looking for an opportunity, and from time to time it showed its abdominal sting to threaten the other.

When the wasp slowly approached the praying mantis in a circle, the praying mantis, which was also following the wasp and constantly passively turning in circles, suddenly turned against the customer, and a pair of sickles popped out like springs, taking the wasp straight away.

The attack of the praying mantis is very fierce, whether it is a centipede or a wasp, they have been hit before, and it is difficult to dodge at all.

Not surprisingly, the wasp was once again hooked by the scythe.

The mantis's scythe instinctively retracted, but this time it made a mistake.

Its scythe hooks the wasp vertically on the left and right, as if it were holding the wasp vertically, with the wasp's head facing the mantis' head and the wasp's sting needle facing the mantis' chest and abdomen.

The wasp swung its abdomen frantically, stinging needles brainlessly stinging around, and the mantis's chest and abdomen carapace joint was stitched, and the toxin entered the body, and under the pain, he unconsciously tightened the sickle and hugged the wasp tighter.

At this time, the mantis and the wasp's head came face to face, and the wasp's pair of thick yellow jaws immediately bit the mantis' head unceremoniously.

The mantis suffered from a pain in its head, and hurriedly let go of its sickle foot, scrambling to pull the wasp off its head.

But the wasp clung to the mantis's head and gnawed at the mantis's head with its big jaws with all its might, and it knew that this was an excellent opportunity.

Sensing the threat of death, the praying mantis suddenly flapped its wings and slammed into the top of the cage and the four walls, trying to throw off the enemy, but the wasp still did not let go.

Smoke and dust rose again in the cage, and two fierce insects that bit together were rampaging through the cage.

The praying mantis finally stopped, and after such a close fight, its sickle was useless, and its mouthparts were not as powerful as the wasps, and it was finally cornered.

The praying mantis bites the wasp in vain, successfully gnawing half of the wasp's face, but it is even more miserable, its head is bitten and only a trace of muscle is left on its body.

The wasp, who had lost half of its face, suddenly raised its head, shook its head between its jaws, and pulled out the mantis's unrecognizable head.

Losing its head, the mantis's body is still standing, not dead for the time being, and still instinctively moving around.

But the wasp had already won, and it chewed and ate the mantis's head in a few bites, which was the spoils of war when it was covered in bruises and half of its head was gnawed off.

The audience outside the arena was noisy again, and the final winner appeared, and the representatives of the nearby ant tribes touched each other with their tentacles to exchange excitement.

The harvesting ant to the left of the protagonist indicates that he was optimistic about the scorpion, but this wasp is indeed powerful. The Mulberry flathead ant on the right is happy, he always thought that the wasp would win, and it did.

The protagonist thinks to himself, you each have a bug to support, why don't you set up a bet? However, the ants probably don't know about gambling, and even if they do, these representatives don't have private property and can't bet!

At this point, the leafcutter warriors re-entered the cage, this time with a clear goal and slay at the wasps.

The wasp also sensed that death was approaching, it had nowhere to hide, desperately resisted, but it was also seriously injured, where were these fierce and numerous leaf-cutting ant opponents, after pulling a few leaf-cutting ant pads, the wasp was quickly bitten to death.

At this time, the protagonist learns from the guide that the corpses of fierce insects that die in these gladiatorial battles are eaten as a rule.

Among them, the corpse of the winner is the most advanced, and only the foreign guests and the queen of the leaf-cutting ant family can eat the meat of the winner. The meat of the praying mantis is divided between the queen ants who do not have the meat of the wasp and the females who have a higher status. The meat of centipedes and scorpions is divided among the remaining females and workers.

It is said that eating the flesh of these fierce insects will increase courage.

The protagonist can only follow the local customs, waiting next to the cage and watching the leafcutter ants dismember the corpse not far away, pulling out the flesh from under the carapace.

The protagonist wonders what cooking techniques the leafcutter ants have to process the meat, but they find that the leafcutter ants directly put the raw meat on fresh leaves, serve it to the delegates, and sprinkle one or two coarse salt on it.

"Just eat like that?" The protagonist asks the guide speechlessly.

The guide also proudly said that they specially provided precious salt grains from the Maolin ant clan, and the fresh meat dipped in salt grains is really delicious!

Well, what else can the protagonist do, the other representatives have already begun to happily chew the meat in front of them with their big jaws, and even the black fire ants, which can process food with fire, are eating raw.

The protagonist stuffs the wasp meat dipped in salt grains into his mouth, and when he chews it roughly, a strange fishy smell comes, and the taste has a hint of sweetness, which is not very difficult to eat.

But he was still disgusting, and it just so happened that the leaf-cutting ant also sent a cup of concentrated crow honey, and now he didn't care about changing it to honeydew, so he drank it directly in one gulp, and reluctantly washed the fishy meat down his stomach with liquid.

What an unforgettable meal...

But speaking of which, the protagonist thinks that this gladiatorial fight still looks very enjoyable, and the wasp is forbearant and fierce and impresses him deeply, if only there was such a mount!

After eating this feast after the gladiatorial fight, the conference was over, and the ants of all tribes reaffirmed that they had just reached an agreement, and then returned to their respective countries!