295 Zenith Ants (2/2)
”Naturally, he didn't take it well. Like many others, Slivaz initially believed that Talroth must have used some kind of trickery to subjugate Asmodeus and didn't think him to be her match. After all, she'd been cultivating for billions of years, and while she didn't rank among the strongest Primogens, she wasn't too far from them.
Alas…”
”…she wasn't Talroth's match. He crushed her in battle, destroyed her body and soul, extinguished all the Gods of her house, and enslaved the Zenith Ants. He then had them sold in high-scale auctions throughout the Infernal Realm.”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
Verena pursued.
”Afterward, they were abused throughout eons, and no God ever rose from that lineage. When the time came for Marduk to descend on the Ancient Crystal World, only one Zenith Ant colony remained. All were dispatched to serve as his slaves.
However, not long after the descent, believing themselves freed of the Infernal Realm's Gods oppression, they resumed their murdering habits and rebelled.
Marduk slaughtered them to the last…or so he thought. A scant few survived by burrowing themselves in the roots of the World Tree and gave birth to a new colony. Since then, they've been slowly draining the vitality of the World Tree to fuel their growth and empower their physiques.
Their leader's current cultivation level is unfathomable. However, because of their ploy against the World Tree, the real Ant Rulers only communicate through mental messages and don't appear to their descendants. The elders are the strongest, visible force.”
It was the Zenith Ants' constant siphoning of the World Tree's vitality that triggered the withering. And though Konrad's faction knew nothing of that event beforehand, they were now forced to confront it and the consequences it heralded.
At that time, Zamira appeared and bowed toward the trio.
”Nevertheless, the important thing is to device a way to keep the Anti Divine Power Screen intact. Be it the devas or zenith ants, neither would come if they didn't have confidence in their ability to shatter it. Perhaps they're relying on God-Artifacts, perhaps they possess some peculiar means.
In one case or another, they possess the means to shatter our most critical defense. Although we're no longer what we used to be, and our current force dreads none throughout the mortal realm, our current information is insufficient, and I fear that at best, we're heading toward a pyrrhic victory.
At worst, the consequences are hard to fathom.”
Zamira appraised, and be it Astarte, Else, Verena or the silent Yvonne, all were forced to agree. However, agreeing was one thing. Finding a way to resolve the problem, another.
”Although the shroud is our most absolute defense against non-deities, while maintaining it, we can't use the Tower for anything else. That being the case, let's remove it, and crush the next wave with absolute strength.
Let us tell the world that the Jade Dynasty fears none beneath the vast blue sky.”
Yvonne declared, and instantaneously, her harem sisters understood the hidden meaning behind her words.
”Yes, your majesty!”
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Meanwhile, dozens of grey cocoons rose from beneath the World Tree, and from them, several dwarf-like figures emerged.