Chapter 388 - Chapter 388: Chapter 380: Obtaining the Demon Feather_1 (1/2)

Chapter 388: Chapter 380: Obtaining the Demon Feather_1

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His last deployment of over three hundred termites to the highest peak had dwindled to just over twenty.

Despite such heavy losses, he still did not recall them.

Instead, he issued them a long-term command.

To stay hidden within that mountain peak, waiting for an opportunity to search for demon bird feathers.

The Phoenix Feather, worth ten thousand Silver Money a piece, was extremely tempting.

As long as he could obtain one, all losses could be recouped a hundredfold.

There were definitely demon birds on that mountain, and that was an indisputable fact. Moreover, one could breathe fire.

As for whether it was a Fire Phoenix, nobody could be certain.

Perhaps Elder Mei, who had already died, had seen what that demon bird looked like.

Qin Niu didn’t have the courage to face that terrifying demon bird directly.

So, he could only dare to send termites to scout the situation.

On that highest peak, the termites were almost all eaten by birds.

The mountain was home to tens of thousands of various species of birds.

Apart from hunting insects on trees, they would also go down to the ground to forage for insects. Some birds even lived on the ground.

Such as wild chickens, Black Charcoal Birds, and so on.

Magpies also liked to search for insects and fruits on the ground to eat.

The twenty-four surviving termites were each elite. They had accumulated a wealth of survival experience and had stronger survival instincts and cleverness than other termites.

They knew how to avoid predation by birds.

Qin Niu hoped they could get a clear grasp of the demon bird’s habits to provide intelligence for his future peak exploration.

He was even considering, when only a few of these over twenty termites remained, to deploy another batch to the mountain peak.

After all, the Ant Queen’s production was now very stable, with a thousand ant eggs hatching daily.

Hurrying to the Ant Nest, he checked on the ant colony.

Nothing was out of the ordinary.

War Demon Ants, Gold Devouring Ants, none had reappeared.

Instead, Demon Ants, Healing Ants, Elephantic Ants had accumulated quite a number.

Zombie Ants were even more numerous.

Every kind of termite had its use.

He could now mass-cultivate Grade Four termites, with stronger Demon Ants, special ants, even reaching above Grade Five.

These were things Qin Niu wouldn’t have dared to dream of before.

The Ant Queen was currently Grade Six, but promoting it to Grade Seven was extremely difficult.

Qin Niu would devise ways every day to feed it some high-level food, but after eating it, there was no sign of promotion to Grade Seven.

Just like human Cultivators, once insects reached Grade Six, the difficulty of advancing further increased exponentially.

As he was inspecting the Ant Nest, his mind slightly stirred.

Just now, his soul had a sensation, as a termite lurking within the highest peak sent information that it might have found the demon bird’s leading feather.

This was major good news.

Qin Niu’s spirits were lifted, and he immediately took a large number of termites and rushed over.

Even though it was dusk and the sun had set, he was not afraid.

He had more or less figured out most of the area of this mountain range.

So far, only the highest peak had a fire-breathing demon bird.

And the potential demon beast was the Python living in that pool.

It took Qin Niu almost half an Hour to finally arrive at the foot of the highest peak.

By now, the sky was fairly dark, but not completely night yet.

Birdsong fluttered from the mountain, extremely noisy.

This was not usually heard.

At dusk, as the weary birds returned to their nests, they too, like humans, returned home to rest.

The returning birds would greet each other with calls or exchange information.

Qin Niu couldn’t understand the birds’ language; to him, the bird calls from the mountain were just noise.

“Go, you all climb the mountain and help that termite transport the discovered demon feather down the mountain,”

This time, he directly released four hundred termites.

And he tried releasing fifty Zombie Ants.

It was a special ant species, which he would have been somewhat reluctant to use before.