Chapter 40 (1/2)
The old Demonic Ant was shocked by Wei Huo’s aura. Wei Huo’s inner Qi was about five times stronger than its own Qi, and it had already been training for five or six decades.
The old Demonic Ant was a little annoyed. ‘We’re both Demonic Ants, what makes you the better one?’
It started keeping to itself after witnessing Wei Huo’s capabilities and started changing its tone, “Who would’ve known that someone of your young age could possess such strong Qi energy. What a rare once-in-a-millennium talent!”
Wei Huo was speechless. “…”
‘You Demonic Ants only have over a century’s worth of history, and you’re talking about millenniums to me?’
The old Demonic Ant continued confidently, “Nowadays, young men like you who are both talented and hardworking are a rare sight.”
Wei Huo was confused. “???”
‘Young? Talented? Not to be rude but I’m definitely older than all the ants here!’
Wei Huo could not communicate with them with scents, and he only had one reason to stay. They cannot be allowed to pass those Qi Cultivation skills on to their future generations no matter what. Wei Huo saw the age and lifespan of the old Demonic Ant through the Health Menu. It still had five years of life left. If it failed to improve its Qi Cultivation skills, it would die within five years without a doubt.
Wei Huo could tell that the old Demonic Ant’s Qi cultivation skills were no match for his own. The succession bar for his Qi Cultivation skills as well as training efficiency were both at 100%. However, the old Demonic Ant’s training efficiency was only at 15%. Wei Huo thought to himself, if he did not capitalize on the bug to improve his succession bar and the 35% training efficiency, he probably would have to train himself forever to prolong his lifespan.
Nevertheless, Wei Huo realized something weird while analyzing the different ranks of these Demonic Ants. Only the old Demonic Ant was ranked Rare among them, and the others were Normal. Truth be told, an ordinary Demonic Ant was definitely stronger than an ordinary living creature. The differences between an ordinary Demonic Ant and an ordinary tiger were huge.
Wei Huo realized that ranks were used to make comparisons within one’s own species. The Four-Armed Gorilla was ranked Rare among gorillas, but it was no match for Wei Huo or any normal gun-wielding man.
Although Wei Huo was ranked Rare, he was strong enough to hunt other Rare-ranked animals. His Rare rank was only relative to the human average.
That was why Wei Huo was the stronger one although both the old Demonic Ant and him were both ranked Rare.
The so-called ranking system was probably similar to the one in games such as Elite-ranked, Epic-ranked, Legendary Boss[1], and so on. However, the character level and the experience points system had yet to be developed. They were probably still a work in progress.
Wei Huo had a thought all of a sudden. This anthill could be an instance [2] God created. It could be one of those where it pops up again after wiping it out.
If that was the case, would his plan to kill not be useless?
On top of that, the ants had yet to gain their EXP and Ranks, there was no use for him to go into that instance!
The old Demonic Ant was still talking about the formation of Qi and how to cultivate it. Its 15% of Qi Cultivation skills made it seem like it was just bragging.
Wei Huo did not agree. How could the Qi Cultivation skills of ants and humans be the same? How could the Demonic Ants’ Qi Cultivation skills be of any use to me? Moreover, my Qi Cultivation skill inheritance level was at 100%.
It was hard for the old Demonic Ant to improve itself. It was eager for new Qi Cultivation knowledge, that was why it was so respectful towards Wei Huo. Unfortunately, Wei Huo was a ‘mute’.
The old Demonic Ant was troubled by this issue. However at that moment, Wei Huo picked up a stone with information recorded on it.
The stone recorded an adventurous story the old Demonic Ant encountered in a cave. The Demonic Ant students did not understand why Wei Huo had picked up the stone, but the old Demonic Ant understood it right away.
The old Demonic Ant never said anything about how it had obtained its Qi Cultivation skills. However Wei Huo who was experienced, could tell right away. It inherited the skills!