Chapter 549 - Classes (1/2)

”Stop stop you don't need to do this please!” Hao Xuan pleaded while ducking towards the left, avoiding another piercing attack from the ant.

Meanwhile, the ant's body wobbled to and fro in the air. One of its four wings was already damaged and it would have a hard time staying afloat even if it had all its senses back, not to mention now.

A light yellowish-green liquid was starting to ooze out of its mouth and trickle down to the Mind Palace's floor.

Hao Xuan's heart lurched seeing that. It was bleeding internally already. A couple more such attempts would be enough to kill it.

He quickly bent down and minimized his frame as much possible to seem as small of a threat as he possibly could. There was no way it would be able to attack him anyway so he didn't need to be cautious.

”Look, I don't want to harm you, you can still do whatever you want, okay? Just relax, okay?”

The ant that was lunge in for another attack faltered seeing him unguarded like that.

”Yeah, that's good. I know you can understand me a little bit. No more attacking please, okay? We will both be hurt if you do that,” he implored desperately.

For a few seconds, the ant genuinely seemed to have considered that option but as soon as Hao Xuan moved just a little bit, it was thrown back into attack mode and put up its claw-like arms threateningly.

*Krkrkr*

An ear-piercingly sharp sound came from its mouth as it positioned itself to attack once again.

Hao Xuan could do nothing at this point.

With gritted teeth he punched the ground, ”God damnit, why won't you listen! I'm not going to hurt you okay, I promise!” he shouted indignantly as a last resort.

And he really meant it as well. That wasn't him trying to lie just to calm the ant down.

*Peeeeeeeeeee~*

Suddenly, another high pitched sound came from the ant.

Startled, Hao Xuan looked up abruptly. This sound wasn't originating from the ant's mouth, but its stomach. There was a gleaming green spot of light illuminated inside its chest cavity.

Hao Xuan listened to the sound with furrowed brows.

It wasn't a physical sound and was being directed into his mind almost like a spiritual sense, yet still a little different.

The pitch slowly went up and down. It almost sounded like a strange kind of flute, only with a lot more variation.

Hao Xuan closed his eyes and listened closely.

Some distance away from them, all his other severs were sitting in their usual spots and none of them even made a move. It seemed like they couldn't hear it all.

For five minutes straight Hao Xuan sat and listened to it. A series of pictures formed in his mind.

”What...are you?” he spoke out loud.

The sound's tone changed slightly as another series of moving pictures without sound formed inside his head.

Back in the outer world, blood started to ooze out of his nostrils.

This whole interaction lasted for a little over 10 minutes.

Hao Xuan opened his eyes back in the outer world and wiped the blood streaming down his face.

His brow was locked in a tight furrow.

”Baracus, how strong are hive queens?” Hao Xuan asked after a little hesitation.