Chapter 369 - Chapter 369: Chapter 362: Grade Five Demon Ant_1 (2/2)

“Not bad. From now on, you’ll follow me and be ready to serve at any time,” Qin Niu said.

Qin Niu was definitely not raising insects for fun.

At critical moments, he needed the insects to help him, their master, deal with formidable enemies or capture other powerful insects.

“Master, I’m hungry!”

It vigorously waved its two antennae, and its abdomen lifted slightly, resembling a little dog that wanted to please its master, desperately wagging its tail.

“What would you like to eat?”

Qin Niu took out the corpse of a bee general for it to eat.

It touched the bee general’s corpse with its antennae but surprisingly didn’t eat it.

“This isn’t the food I like.”

It continued to wag its two antennae at Qin Niu, begging for food.

“Your brothers and sisters usually aren’t picky eaters, but you are rather particular. This is the corpse of a Steel-winged Wild Bee general, which I wouldn’t normally even think of feeding to the common termite. Only the Ant Queen, Fourth, and several dozen Demon Ants are qualified to eat it.”

Qin Niu looked at the little thing in his palm, genuinely unsure of what it wanted to eat.

Its name was Gold Devouring Ant, and among its special abilities was gold devouring.

Could it be that it liked to eat metal?

But that was not its sole prerogative.

For instance, among Rock-Biting Rats, the top-grade variety known as Gold-Biting Rats enjoyed consuming metal.

At first, they ate ores containing metal.

Such as iron ore, gold ore, and so on.

Later, as their abilities grew stronger and stronger, they became pickier about their food. They stopped eating metal ores and started directly consuming processed metals like iron ingots and silver bars.

Qin Niu felt around on himself, and this was a copper coin.

As he became richer, he rarely carried copper coins on him anymore. At most, he would carry some silver pieces.

“Come on, have a copper coin! I’m just afraid you won’t be able to bite through it.”

Qin Niu placed the copper coin in front of it.

The little guy touched it with its antennae and immediately became excited.

It started gnawing on the edge of the copper coin.

Crunch, crunch!

The hard copper coin before it was like a crisply baked cookie. It ate mouthful after mouthful, and a notch quickly appeared on the edge.

As it continued to feed, its originally pinkish body gradually turned brass in color.

“Go enjoy your feast in the Insect Bag! If you like eating metal, from now on I’ll feed you metal blocks every day. Feel free to eat to your heart’s content without worrying that I can’t afford to keep you,” Qin Niu told it.

The Gold Devouring Ant belonged to a very rare species; he believed that with proper grooming, the stronger its abilities would become as time passed.

After securing the Gold Devouring Ant, Qin Niu turned his attention to the Demon Ants that had consumed the Blood Gu.

They had already completed their devouring and evolution two days earlier.

The results were quite encouraging, with a total of ten Demon Ants turning out to be the lucky ones, each getting the chance to devour a Blood Gu.

Qin Niu had obtained a total of twelve Blood Gus at that time. Fourth and the Green Silk Worm each devoured one, and the remaining ten were given to ten Demon Ants by Qin Niu.

Grade Five Demon Ants, 10 individuals, lifespan 270 years, special abilities (Flash Strike, Moderate Intelligence+, Advanced Carapace, Intermediate Self-healing, Advanced Armor Break, Venom Attack; developed a poison sting and sac in the abdomen, the venom possessing strong paralytic, heart corroding, and soul eroding toxicity. The poison sting has a very strong armor-piercing capability. Illusion form. Demonization+, with speed increasing fourfold, attack power sixfold, and defense threefold when demonized.)

Quite impressive.

The venom of the Demon Ants was very special, capable of attacking the enemy’s body and possessing soul-eroding toxicity.

It felt, however, that their soul-eroding toxicity should be weaker than Fourth’s.

But their ability to have compound toxicity would catch enemies off guard in actual combat.

If bitten by a Dark Poison Ant, one could still take a Detoxification Pill to neutralize the poison.

If bitten by a Demon Ant, it was estimated that a regular Detoxification Pill would be ineffective.

Elder Mei had a Black Spider Gu in his body, which specialized in devouring various venoms. The more poisonous the toxin, the more it enjoyed consuming it. Bitten by over a hundred Dark Poison Ants, Elder Mei was fine.

On the contrary, it greatly satisfied the Black Spider Gu within him.

But after being bitten by Fourth, within about a day, Elder Mei eventually started showing symptoms of soul erosion.

This was enough to indicate that Fourth’s venom was of a very high grade, even beyond what the Black Spider Gu could absorb.