Chapter 201 - Chapter 201: Chapter 196 Mr. Yan is going to feel the paint (1/2)
Chapter 201: Chapter 196 Mr. Yan is going to feel the paint
Translator: 549690339
Qin Niu stared at the locust army charging towards him with fierce momentum, the number of termites he had summoned was over two thousand five hundred.
The one thousand that had newly molted into adult insects were still evolving.
It would take at least two to three days before evolution was complete and they could join the corps.
Once they joined, Qin Niu’s termite army’s combat power would increase exponentially.
You see, the weakest of those one thousand termites before breeding were already Grade Two termites. After breeding, they were bound to advance to Grade Three termites.
Old Master Huang could bring four thousand Grade Three army ants to confront Qin Niu.
In the past, that would have seemed quite formidable.
Now, Qin Niu could mass-produce over a thousand Grade Three or higher termites in just one day.
In only four days, he could match many years of accumulation by Old Master Huang.
The greatest charm of breeding insects lay in just this.
As long as you raise the queen well, your strength would increase exponentially like a snowball.
At the initial stage, just breeding one Grade Two termite would already make one happy for several days. After accruing for two to three months, one might have only over two thousand Grade Two termites. Now, one could have over a thousand Grade Three termites in a day.
As the Ant Queen continued to level up in the future, this snowball would keep growing bigger and bigger.
Even laying tens of thousands of ant eggs-per-day would be only a matter of time.
If by that time the Ant Queen had grown to Grade Five or Grade Six, the weakest of the larvae it produced would probably be Grade Three.
“Fourth, can you handle that leading big locust?”
Qin Niu had always favored such high-grade goods; capturing it would later become an advanced supplement for breeding an Ant Queen or Queen Bee.
Given its size, it was not much smaller than a Grade Four Corpse Bee.
No matter how worthless, it was probably a Grade Three bug.
The Ant Queen might not need this kind of food any longer, but it was quite suitable for breeding the Queen Bee.
“It should be no problem, I can try!”
Fourth seemed to be born without knowing the meaning of fear.
It would dare to fight no matter how powerful the enemy it faced.
“All ants, heed my command: aim for those leading locusts only; ignore the ordinary locusts.”
Qin Niu issued the combat order.
A general has a sword, not to slay flies.
It was completely unnecessary for them to deal with ordinary locusts. The Yan Family would only pay for special locusts.
Qin Niu took a cursory look and saw no fewer than fifty special locusts within sight. All of that was money.
When they entered the first line of defense set up by Qin Niu, the first one to suffer was that leading extra-large locust.
The creature’s body was thick like a bird’s.
Fourth’s antennae had already targeted it.
This extra-large locust was quite remarkable, managing to fly a good five to six meters before Fourth brought it down.
Qin Niu had already prepared a net, capturing it and then placing it into a separate cage.
He had to save it for detailed study.
Other special locusts, almost as soon as they got in line, were either taken control of or directly fell to the ground from the sky, painfully hopping and rolling around.
The termites surged forward in an instant and bit them to death.
Let alone Fourth and the Grade Three iron-armored tiger-pattern ants breaking their armor, even the regular Grade Two termites’ powerful bites were far more than they could handle.
In the blink of an eye, all the leading locusts were subdued.
Just as Qin Niu was preparing to carefully study that extra-large locust, another wave of even more ferocious locusts arrived.
This time there were three extra-large locusts.
Fourth could only handle one.
Qin Niu himself would deal with one, leaving the remaining one for the Golden Toad to handle.
The Golden Toad’s strength was beyond doubt, but it could only handle insects on the ground. As for those flying in the air, it simply couldn’t reach them.
As they entered the first line of defense, Qin Niu had already prepared the net.
Unexpectedly, that locust was extremely vigilant.
Aware of a human ahead attempting to attack, it immediately increased its flying altitude.
Qin Niu could only watch helplessly.
On the other hand, the Golden Toad easily downed an extra-large locust, swallowing it whole in one gulp.
“You idiot, why’d you eat it! I could have exchanged it for silver money with Young Master Yan.”
After being scolded by Qin Niu, the Golden Toad immediately began scratching its head with its two short legs, preparing to regurgitate the locust it had swallowed.