Chapter 17 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

‘Jump, catch, jump, and jump again!’

In less than a second, System caught a black ant with ease and leaped off.

In terms of speed, power, and size, System was way better than ants. It would be easy for him to hunt unless he was stupid enough to choose to fight the entire ant army head-on. Although ants were alert with their surroundings, they rarely ran away.

When faced with danger, the first thing that came across an ant’s mind was to attack.

The capturing process was easy for System, but he was unfamiliar with the rest.

System held the ant with four of his legs, but the ant was struggling hard. It bit at the end of one of System’s legs.

In fact, even if System let the ant go, the ant would not stop biting him. Thus, they caught each other at the same time.

System could feel the sensation of the ant’s formic acid as his exoskeleton was breaking slightly.

After becoming an adult insect, System’s exoskeleton was much harder. With [Limb Regeneration] and [Acid Resistance], there was not much damage dealt to System.

System raised his gigantic mandibles, which were about the size of the ant’s head, and beheaded the ant. However, the ant’s mandibles maintained a firm grip on System’s leg even though it was dead now.

System had to use [Corrosive Slime] and burn the ant’s head and mandibles in order to prevent further damage from spreading on his body.

After eating the ant’s crunchy head, System jumped toward the puddle of water where the ants were fighting with the tadpole.

Unlike other insect hunters, System had a more efficient way of consuming food. He would kill lots of ants first before consuming all of them together.

The ants had low intelligence and poor vision. The sudden appearance of System caused panic in the group momentarily, but none of them sensed any danger and continued fighting with the tadpole.

System managed to catch the second ant with the same method.

This time, the ants were more alert, and two of them trailed after System for half a meter.

However, just half a meter was nothing to System. He jumped, and the ants were nowhere to be seen.

System soon realized why the ants gave chase this time. His wound exuded an acidic odor. Although ants had poor vision, they had a keen sense of smell.

System was much more careful with his prey this time. He pushed the head of the ant away with his front legs. Although the ant’s mandibles were scratching on System’s forelegs, it only wanted to attack System’s main body.

In the end, System beheaded the second ant without receiving any damage.

System was thinking about how to get rid of the smell while chewing on the ant’s head. There was plenty of water in the forest, so there must be some effect in washing off the smell with water. However, System had a better idea.

His [Corrosive Slime] was a derived skill of [Fishy Slime], and some of its stinky smell remained. System felt that it was enough to cover the ants’ acidic odor. Thus, he sprayed some slime on his wound and launched another attack on the ants.

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