Chapter 388 - Chapter 388: Chapter 380: Obtaining the Demon Feather_1 (2/2)
Now, for every hundred termites the Ant Queen produced, two were Zombie Ants.
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On average, twenty or so zombie ants could be produced per day.
Zombie ants above Grade Four possessed a special ability called Night Demon.
When this ability was activated at night or in places with heavy yin energy, not only would their combat power double, but their self-healing ability would become exceptionally terrifying.
It might fall short of true immortality, but it essentially allowed for limb regeneration and swift recovery from injuries.
After releasing four hundred termites into the peak, Qin Niu watched as they vanished below the summit.
These newly released termites were clearly lacking in experience.
Suddenly, over thirty were eaten by birds.
No one really knew how many birds there were on this mountain peak.
Qin Niu believed the number of birds was at least over one hundred thousand.
The mountain was teeming with a variety of wild fruits and lush trees; it was simply a paradise for birds.
“Croak! Croak!”
A particularly large black crow flew out from the mountain peak, its spine-chilling cawing filling the air.
What was it trying to signal?
Qin Niu soon understood what it was trying to communicate. Wherever it flew, the previously chirping birds all fell silent.
In just a moment, all the birds in the mountain collectively fell mute.
The crow with a wingspan of over two feet could have been seen as a ‘night watchman’.
It was reminding all the birds that night had fallen, and it was time to rest.
The birds actually took it seriously and started to enter ‘night mode’.
Watching all this from below the mountain, Qin Niu couldn’t help but marvel.
The natural world was indeed full of wonders.
With the birds at rest, the rate at which his released termites died slowed down considerably.
“I hope you can successfully bring down that demon feather from the mountain,” he thought.
After watching for a while, the sky was darkening quickly.
He also prepared to head home.
Just then, atop the mountain, a beautiful fiery-red giant bird spread its wings and soared into the high sky.
“Screech!”
It let out a piercing cry, as if to tear through the heavens.
Because it was several thousand meters away, Qin Niu couldn’t make out the details.
From a distance, it didn’t look bigger than a washbasin.
But he was very aware that this was because it was at least more than two thousand meters away.
The size of that bird was very likely over ten times the size of a washbasin.
Such a colossal demon bird, there was no doubt about it.
Only its cry could be so domineering.
Qin Niu watched it from below the peak, not daring to move an inch.
After all, such a creature could instantaneously kill even those in the Spirit Qi Realm, and if it noticed Qin Niu, he would be easily dispatched.
“It must be the Fire Phoenix without a doubt!”
Qin Niu’s gaze was fixed unwaveringly on its fiery-red plumage and its long tail feathers.
This bird was likely the legendary Fire Phoenix.
The phoenix feather Qin Niu had seen in the black market that day was also red.
The color was like burning flames.
“Screech!”
The demon bird cried out loudly again, then flames burst into being around its body.
It circled the summit, flying.
Dancing in the sky.
The whole mountain, even the Qifeng Mountain Range, fell utterly silent.
Perhaps other creatures had been intimidated by the demon bird’s cry and dared not make a sound.
In the natural world, the hierarchy was especially clear.
The weak, when faced with the strong, could only grovel and show submission.
“Damn it, if one day I could subjugate that demon bird and make it my mount, I’d be no different from a real Immortal Master. I could soar through the heavens and roam freely across the four seas,” he thought.
Qin Niu looked at the demon bird above the summit and actually contemplated taming it.
If the demon bird knew what he was thinking, it would immediately fly over and snuff him out.