Chapter 118 - Chapter 118: Chapter 113 Testing the Power of Ghost Ants_i (1/2)

Chapter 118: Chapter 113 Testing the Power of Ghost Ants_i

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“Little bees, all of you, come over here!”

Qin Niu issued the command to them again.

After a moment, a delicate little bee slowly crawled out of the hive. Its wings were not yet fully feathered and were still somewhat wrinkled and damp.

Its wings trembled nonstop.

“Seems like we’ll have to wait a bit longer.”

He finally understood why, after giving the order, several worker bees that had just emerged from their pupae didn’t come over.

Having recently emerged from their cocoons, their bodies were not yet fully hardened; not to mention flying, even crawling was somewhat difficult for them.

“Alright, go back in for now! I’ll come check on you later!”

Qin Niu, accompanied by Fourth, went directly into the area of the Ancient Banyan Tree.

Besides Fourth, he also brought along two other termites: a Grade Three Tiger Striped Iron Armor Ghost Ant and a newly cultured Grade Two Green Scale Giant Ant.

He wanted to see if these two termites could lead him out of the maze of the Ancient Banyan Tree.

Sitting under the Ancient Banyan Tree to cultivate and setting out the Banyan Tree Blood was an understatement.

He had no choice, for his Treasured Sword was particularly fond of Banyan Tree Blood.

It needed to be nourished with a large amount of Banyan Tree Blood every day. As he diligently cultivated, his cultivation level continued to rise steadily. Unbeknownst to him, he had reached the Fivefold mortal realm, and according to the current rate of improvement, there was no bottleneck in sight.

The Medicine King Sutra, like crossing a moat at each stage, he had also studied when he had some free time in the past two days.

But due to limited knowledge, he couldn’t figure out what the problem was. “It’s said that one shouldn’t bite off more than one can chew, but 1’11 try practicing it anyway.”

Qin Niu subconsciously took out the Medicine King Sutra from his bosom and then started to cultivate according to the methods described within.

This Cultivation Technique, upon successful cultivation, would grant a special ability to sense the energy levels and medicinal properties within herbs. It was a very practical ability.

While walking through the mountains, this special ability would allow him to easily find herbs that might be very precious.

The initial cultivation of the Medicine King Sutra was not smooth.

After multiple attempts, all ended in failure.

He decided to go back home and ask Xiao Qing for advice before trying again next time.

Cultivating until the afternoon but before dusk, he ended his session prematurely and took the Banyan Tree Blood he had obtained and headed outside.

Trying to let the Grade Two Green Scale Giant Worker Ant lead the way, it kept stopping and starting and simply couldn’t find a way out.

He then tried letting the Grade Three Tiger Striped Iron Armor Ghost Ant lead the way, which did slightly better, but still got lost within the maze of this Ancient Banyan Tree.

Even though Qin Niu now had a Fivefold mortal cultivation, when faced with the Ancient Banyan Tree, he still felt as insignificant as a grain of millet. It always seemed so unfathomable.

Despite having taken its Banyan Tree Blood so many times, it seemed to have caused it no substantial harm.

Its leaves remained verdant and lush.

In the end, Fourth successfully led him out of the maze of the Ancient Banyan Tree.

Fourth was already a Grade Three termite, and after drinking the Thousand Eyes Tree Blood, its evolution seemed somewhat different from other termites.

Other termites would show signs of their heads growing larger, with two antennae twisted together like twists of dough, combining into one.

Whether it was because Fourth’s one antenna had broken off, or it was inherently special was unclear.

The bases of its two antennae became enlarged and thickened, essentially forming two pedestals.

The antennae became slightly thicker, with no other changes.

Its head also grew a little bigger.

After Qin Niu emerged, he looked up at the sky.

He could still see a trace of the sun, which had yet to completely descend behind the mountain.

He had deliberately left some time to nurture the bees that had successfully emerged from their cocoons.

These days, he was always keeping an eye on the beehive, worried that hornets might come.

In fact, in the wild, they were impossible to guard against.

Just yesterday, he had seen a large hornet flying overhead like a bomber through the sky.

It might not yet have discovered the beehive on the pine tree.

For the time being, there were no signs of enemies invading the beehive.

“Hmm?”

Just as Qin Niu was about to call out the Ant Queen, along with a few worker ants to feed it and soldier ants to protect it,

He discovered a jumping spider lying not far from the ant nest.

Its body was roughly as thick as an adult’s little finger.

With its eight long, slender legs and venomous fangs, it looked utterly terrifying.

Judging by its well-built body, it must be extremely agile.

It was unclear whether it had discovered this termite nest or was merely passing by and taking a rest under the pine tree.

Termites have many natural enemies.

For example, the irascible red ants, which, upon discovering a termite nest, would immediately march in with their troops to attack.

There were also ground beetles, various omnivorous insects, frogs, and so on; all of them were natural enemies of termites.

And because they had so many predators, termites usually sealed off their nests.

They would either hide inside large trees to gnaw on the wood or burrow into the depths of the earth to gnaw on various tree roots and grass roots.

When lacking food, they would also cannibalize their kind.

Including ant eggs.

Seeing this jumping spider, Qin Niu couldn’t help but reveal a hint of delight, taking the opportunity to test the combat strength of the special termites.

He called out the two Striped Phantom Ants.

“Kill that jumping spider!” Qin Niu commanded them.

Perhaps the jumping spider was of a higher bloodline rank; the ants’ antennae detected a whiff of the spider and showed obvious unrest.

It was as if cats were naturally superior to mice, inherently creating a bloodline level suppression.

Under normal circumstances, termites are merely food in the presence of jumping spiders.