Chapter 341 - Chapter 341: Chapter 334 Gold Devouring Ant_1 (1/2)

Chapter 341: Chapter 334 Gold Devouring Ant_1

Qin Niu hurried toward the direction of the Ant Nest.

With his cultivation at the Innate Realm and the use of Misty Rain Elusive Step, he moved through the mountains like a wisp of light smoke.

The disturbance in the Ant Nest this time was very peculiar; it didn’t seem like a cry for help due to danger.

If there were indeed a great danger, given the Ant Queen’s current abilities and intelligence, she should have been fully capable of calling out to Qin Niu for help.

It took him only about a quarter of an hour to arrive at the location of the Ant Nest.

By now it had grown dark, and the occasional sound of insects could be heard throughout the mountains.

The ground was strewn with the bodies of caterpillars.

Lately, the Termites had been brutally slaughtering caterpillars in the mountains; around the Ant Nest, all the caterpillars had been wiped out.

There were so many caterpillar bodies that they simply couldn’t eat them all.

That was the reason why so many insect corpses had been left abandoned in the forest.

Inside the Ant Nest, the colony seemed to be boiling over, as ants poured out frantically.

“Fourth, check what happened!”

Whenever Qin Niu went down the mountain, he would bring along a large number of Termites on his body for self-defense.

Leaving over ten thousand Termites in the Ant Nest to handle defense, nourishing the young ants, the Ant Queen, and the Soldier Ants was more than sufficient. Termites stored a portion of food, but unlike ants, they did not store large quantities.

Ants generally don’t eat things like tree roots and tree trunks.

Termites can eat anything.

Their winter food supply was essentially worry-free.

After Fourth entered the Ant Nest, the previously boiling colony quickly became calm.

Before long, Fourth came out carrying a tender, pink Termite on its back.

It was very small, a newly hatched young ant.

The little guy looked quite delicate and lovely.

Fourth’s treatment toward this young Termite was clearly not ordinary.

Normally, even with Demon Ants, Fourth would directly bite their bodies and carry them out.

But now, it allowed the young Termite to lie on its back, assuming a humble posture willing to act as the young ant’s protector.

Though small, the body of the young Termite was covered with intricate, dark golden patterns.

“Is this another new species?”

Qin Niu’s spirits lifted, and he quickly checked the attributes of the ant colony.

Grade Four Gold Devouring Ant 1 (extremely rare species), Lifespan 3 days, Special Abilities (Swift, Armor-Piercing, Gold Devouring, Moderate Intelligence, Possess Primary Carapace, Primary Self-Healing).

The long-anticipated top-tier ant species had finally emerged.

Its abilities were quite balanced, and it was fairly excellent in all aspects.

But it wasn’t as amazing as he had imagined.

He felt that if it fought Fourth when it was grown, it might not necessarily win.

What was even more maddening was its lifespan.

Truly, the good die young.

Its lifespan was a mere fleeting three days.

This was simply outrageous.

Wasn’t it clear that it was meant to be just a flash in the pan?

Qin Niu looked at the tender young Termite and quickly began to think about how to extend its life.

Based on his experience in rearing insects, feeding it some high-grade ‘feed’ might help extend its life.

For example, the blood of mythical beasts or the bodies of insects Grade Five and above.

“Fourth, feed it some of this blood.”

Qin Niu took out a small jar containing Elder Jiu Yin’s blood. This was the blood of a Spirit Qi Realm powerhouse, with an absolutely top-notch nourishing effect.

The little one had a tiny appetite, and after Fourth fed it a little bit, it refused to eat more.

He had Fourth take it back to the nest, then Qin Niu returned home and frowned as he pondered ways to extend the life of the Gold Devouring Ant.

It was still in the young ant phase and couldn’t feed itself.

If feeding it Elder Jiu Yin’s blood couldn’t extend its life, it was unlikely that feeding it the bodies of high-level insects would be effective either.

He spent the night consulting Insect Control Books, hoping to find a way to extend the life of the Gold Devouring Ant.

He had two large boxes of Insect Control Books, most of which were given to him by Tang Yan.

He also squeezed in some reading time normally, but most of those books hadn’t been read.

Now he was cramming at the last minute.