Chapter 12: The Mutated Soul-Devouring Ant Swarm Attack

  Everyone was a bit tired, Yin Yue found a relatively secluded place as a rest point. "Let's start meditating and recovering our strength here, we'll head deeper tomorrow."

  I closed my eyes, and indeed, today's harvest is much stronger than usual self-cultivation. Breaking through the middle level of a warrior is not easy, it gets harder as you go further. I clearly feel that the pure sound and my body are becoming more and more harmonious, my body is slowly absorbing its pure breath. The feeling of fatigue disappeared bit by bit, followed by a refreshing feeling.

  After a while, I opened my eyes and the three of them were still meditating. I looked around bored, missing Dad and Mom, wanting to go home. That timid Xi Meng, who would have thought that today he'd be here, hunting magical beasts among a group of demons and ghosts? I kept thinking about my life as a human, forget it, I need to get back as soon as possible. Unintentionally, I glanced to the left front, Yin Yue was sitting cross-legged under a tree with his eyes closed, looking at him, if this were the human world, I don't know who would be more dazzling, the moon in the night sky or him.

  Suddenly, Yin Yue opened his eyes and looked at me. I was stunned, staring straight at him, forgetting to withdraw my gaze. Was it those purple pupils that could entice people's hearts? Then, he smiled at me, and I suddenly woke up with embarrassment, lowering my head. Good grief, why am I so useless. I didn't know what to do well, just about to stand up. There was a strong sense of fear in my heart, I looked at Yin Yue, he also furrowed his brow, suddenly opening his mouth, "Danger, the Ant Beast has mutated, starting to riot, run south, fast!"

  Xiao Pu and Huo Shan also reacted immediately, "Huo Shan, quickly summon your unicorn, bring Xiao Pu, Xi Meng, give me your hand." Yin Yue calmly commanded, our first tacit action. I didn't hesitate to pull up Yin Yue's hand, heaven, his mount was actually the legendary Qilin, but there was no time for me to admire it, we started sprinting, Xiao Pu and the others following closely behind.

  The speed of the Qilin and Unicorn was fast, but unfortunately, the number of ants that seemed small in size was too large, surrounding us from all sides. As more and more mutated ant beasts surrounded us layer by layer, no one dared to move rashly. "Kill our way out, or die." Yin Yue's voice was still calm. Right, I must not panic.

  Everyone started frantically killing these ant beasts, but there were too many of them. As soon as one died, another batch would take its place. This fearless behavior was simply crazy. This was the most terrifying thing about these guys - they wouldn't stop until they had destroyed everything in their path, leaving nothing alive. Now I could only think of a way out, because if things went on like this, no one would be able to help us. This was the rule of the Dou Huang Silver Palace, and even the guards that Lang Da grandfather had assigned to me couldn't get in. The prince of the imperial family was still here, but I was just a guest of a certain family - who would care about me? What should I do?

  Slowly, everyone fell into a state of exhaustion. Xia Pu was clearly unable to hold on, and she struggled to chant the incantation. The fire fan was also somewhat disheveled. Although the ant beast wasn't strong, this large group of ant beasts were mutated, and I couldn't fully utilize the energy of the bone flute either. Was I going to die here before I could even complete my mission as a Dreamweaver?

  "Ximeng, I'm watching you, have you forgotten your mission? You must get stronger, you promised me, you'll wait for me to come back and get you." It's him, his voice. No matter what, I'll make one last effort. My family is waiting for me, I want to go home! Absolutely, absolutely, can't die here!

  Here is the translation:

  "Right, it's there. The flesh-colored one with red eyes is the queen ant. If we kill it, the ants will disperse. But what if they get enraged and become even more frenzied? I inadvertently discovered that Yin Yue had also noticed the queen ant, and our eyes met. He nodded at me. I trembled as I picked up the Bone Flute, the pure sound coursing rapidly through my body, my mind filled with the thought of repelling them, repelling them... The Bone Flute emitted a strong white light, and I saw Xiao Pu's and Huo Shan's shock, Yin Yue's complex expression, and finally, glorious unconsciousness."

  "Xiǎo Mèng, kuài xǐng xǐng, xǐng xǐng......" I vaguely opened my eyes, and Xiao Pu's anxious face appeared in front of me.

  "Little Pu, where is this? Are we safe?"

  "This is a cave, we're safe now, don't you remember what happened before?"

  "What happened afterwards? I'd rather not bring it up, afraid of accidentally revealing something."

  "Alright, nothing's wrong, you can set off once you've rested." Yin Yue interrupted Xiao Pu's words and said to me. I stood up, "I'm fine now, we can set off, let's go." It was strange, Huo Shan was unusually quiet, what was she staring at me for all this time?

  Finally, this devastating ant beast disaster has passed, but this sudden riot is also too strange. If we look at it this way, the academy should not have expected it to be like this. Otherwise, every year there will be such a large number of ant beasts appearing, and the Dou Huang Silver Palace will be deserted. Isn't this going to make all the students suffer a crushing defeat?

  The road was relatively quiet, possibly because the disaster had just passed. Yin Yue furrowed his brow all along the way, as if thinking about something. Did he also find it strange that the ant beasts came?

  A silver-white palace, the floor of the great hall reflected the figure of a girl, a golden yellow bright long skirt fell to the ground, she whispered softly, "It's time." Then, a delicate-looking girl came in and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the prisoner has arrived."

  "That figure chuckled lightly, 'Let him in.'"

  "Si Yima, you promised me."

  "Prisoner, you're still the same, why do you interrogate me as soon as you arrive? Don't you trust me?" The figure turned around, and it wasn't a particularly seductive face, but rather an otherworldly beauty, like that of an angel's pure innocence.

  "Don't tell me this time that the matter of the Magic Forest has nothing to do with you." The prisoner's voice was cold, sounding as if it had no temperature at all.

  "Indeed, you're quite concerned about that little girl, isn't she fine? Besides, my nephew Yin Yue is also here, how could I possibly harm them? I just wanted to help you bring out her potential, it makes the game more interesting, doesn't it?" Siyi Mo's voice didn't match her face, though soft, it had a tempting tone.

  "Just remember the promise, and don't involve others in our matters." The prisoner finished speaking and turned to leave, but suddenly stopped and said, "Si Yu Mo, you'd better think carefully about how to explain this to Dou Huang Yin Dian. This time, they will definitely lose a lot of disciples."

  Sui Mo gazed at the disappearing figure of Qiu for a long time, then seemed to mutter to herself, "Qiu, what you want to protect I will definitely destroy, this is what you owe me." The butterfly that had been lingering on her body suddenly flew up as if startled. But after flying just a few times, it turned into powder. Sui Mo burst out laughing, "None of you can escape."