Volume 2: Wind Rises Chapter 106: Gathering Scale Fire Grass

  At this time, a group of people had already ventured deep into the Black Scales Hill, where the things in the Xia Valley were actually quite rare and valuable. However, the risks involved in obtaining these things were not small either, because the Black Flame Ants were a type of social spirit insect. If all the spirit insects were ranked, the Black Flame Ants would probably be among the top 100. Being able to rank among the top 100 out of tens of thousands of spirit insects already made them a very powerful existence.

  Generally, masters are interested in Chun Valley and Xia Valley because the resources of these two valleys are the richest. Compared to them, the dangers are also equivalent. As for Xia Valley and Dong Valley, they are extremely dangerous places where the cost and income are completely disproportionate, unless there is a special situation, such as someone offering a high price for 50 stalks of scale fire grass this time.

  "Stop, I've prepared," Zhuo Yifan said in a low voice. "There's scale fire grass up ahead, and where there's scale fire grass, there are usually black flame ants nearby. The more scale fire grass there is, the more black flame ants there are." The cultivators who passed through Xia Valley often avoided these troublesome flying ants for this very reason.

  "It seems we can solve the problem once and for all." Liu Jun looked at the large area in front of him, with about fifty or sixty scales of fire grass, smacking his lips twice, and said with a bitter smile.

  "Should we avoid it and choose a less crowded place to collect slowly?" The Tyrant wanted to challenge, but for the safety of the whole team, he said cautiously. "What's your opinion?" Zhuo Yifan asked back.

  "We don't care." The twins shrugged indifferently.

  Suli nodded silently.

  Yang Tianwen looked at the gaze of everyone looking at him, and also learned from the twins' appearance. He shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't mind either, we can set off at any time."

  "Well, we're no longer the same as a hundred years ago. Do you still remember how we've come along all these years? If we were outside, I'm afraid we'd be at most mid-Golden Elixir stage now. Challenging the limits and seeking breakthroughs is our goal." Zuo Yifan rallied everyone's spirits.

  Everyone made a good posture, Zhuo Yifan nodded and said: "We will collect separately at the fastest speed, you left me right, start!" As soon as the voice fell, Zhuo Yifan turned into a sword light and rushed over.

  The tyrant's speed was in no way inferior to Zhuo Yifan, and they almost simultaneously rushed out shoulder to shoulder. To know that the destination is thousands of meters away from here. In almost four breaths, the two rushed to the destination, divided their work, and started collecting from left and right towards the middle, very quickly.

  The Black Flame Ants have a strong territorial concept, they feed on black scale ore, and the scale fire grass is because these spiritual insects digest and absorb the black scale ore, transforming it into another substance. Of course, this substance is useless to the Black Flame Ants, but it grows in the environment here and becomes the scale fire grass, an extremely special yin-yang fire attribute toxic grass. Yes, the scale fire grass is a toxic grass, if cultivators eat too much of it and don't receive timely treatment, even their Golden Elixir Infant will be incinerated, it's an extremely violent toxic grass. However, this toxic grass still has medicinal value, often able to cure some strange and difficult diseases.

  The black flame ants have no interest in the scale fire grass, but they treat them as their own property. If someone dares to rob them, it will inevitably trigger an attack by the black flame ants.

  A loud humming noise came from the left, and a small hill suddenly appeared with a black dot that quickly rushed over.

  Yang Tian's sharp eyes saw it very clearly, the black flame ants were about the size of a small finger, their body shape was similar to that of ordinary ants, but they had two rows of serrated teeth on their mouths, looking fierce. They came over in a queue, flapping their unique wings. Moreover, they looked very disciplined, with at least tens of thousands of them, densely packed! The swarms of black flame ants were really terrifying.

  No need to say more. Yang Tianwen didn't even need to aim, and five bolts of lightning shot out from his hand, booming loudly with five consecutive explosions, clearing a small area in the air that was previously filled with dark spots. At this time, Su Li's magic also went out, adding a blue and white picture scroll to the dark background, clearing another small area. The fire-attribute black flame ant, which feeds on black scale ore, has a body as hard as steel and can be immune to most magic and flying sword attacks. However, when it encounters ice-elemental magic, it's also unlucky, being restrained just in time. Of course, Yang Tianwen's thunder magic is naturally not subject to any attribute restraint, and even the black flame ant is no exception.

  The individual attack of the black flame ants is not terrible, but they are extremely numerous, without wisdom, and fearless of death. Yang Tianwen and Su Li's spells were all fragmentary, and even so, only a hundred or so were killed. However, when they rushed over, even a Yuan Ying period cultivator without a defensive magic treasure would fall here.

  Most of the black flame ants immediately turned around and rushed towards Yang Tianwen and Su Li, while a small portion turned to rush towards Zhuo Yifan and Bawang who were collecting scale fire grass.

  Yang Tianwen and Su Li's second wave of attack killed more than a hundred, then the two turned around in unison towards two different directions to retreat, using magic to attract the ant swarm.

  Liu Hong and Liu Jun did not hesitate, flying swords thousands of meters away, accurately piercing that small part of the ant colony. Under the sharp sword light, the black flame ants had no room to resist. The two long swords released thousands of sword auras, and with one slash, countless black flame ants fell down, but they didn't die. Obviously, Liu Jun and Liu Hong's flying swords couldn't kill the black flame ants, which were highly defensive spirit insects. Most of the fallen black flame ants had their wings injured by the sword aura. Even so, the fallen black flame ants, although unable to fly for a short time, still had legs and continued to advance in formation towards Zhuo Yifan and Bawang.

  Yang Tianwen's Teng Kong Step combined with his Divine Movement Technique allowed him to maintain a distance from the ants behind him for a short period of time. Fortunately, the Black Flame Ants did not have any long-range attack capabilities; if they had, Yang Tianwen and the others would not have dared to come and collect the Scale Fire Grass.

  Suri naturally couldn't match Yang Tianwen's incredible techniques and footwork, her speed was much slower than Yang Tianwen's. However, she possessed wood-elemental techniques. Countless vines seemed like green walls that rose up at critical moments, effectively slowing down the Black Flame Ants' speed, allowing her to hold on for the time being. Unlike Yang Tianwen, Suri's dual elemental techniques were perfectly coordinated. The timing of their release was also extremely well-suited. During flight turns, she skillfully utilized the effects of her wood-elemental techniques, dodging the Black Flame Ants' close-range attacks with ease.

  Although he doesn't have Yang Tianwen's speed and swift attacks, he far surpasses Yang Tianwen in terms of experience in using and combining techniques. The only drawback is that the recovery speed of his true yuan can't keep up with his usage speed, which makes him less elegant than Yang Tianwen in this regard. Despite having the technique of returning to the origin, it still can't keep up with the usage speed, fortunately, there's Yang Tianwen's refined supplementing yuan dan, which can make up for this weakness. Otherwise, Su Li might not be able to hold on for much longer. Although Yang Tianwen is one level lower than Su Li in terms of boundary, his accumulation of over 300 qi apertures during the refining stage, plus the massive innate purple energy in his lower dan tian and middle dan tian, makes his consumption negligible, a mere trifle not worth mentioning.

  The Overlord stopped the action in his hand, put the dozen or so scales of fire grass collected into the storage ring, and met another group of black flame ants that attacked from both the ground and the air with empty hands: "Yi Fan, don't stop. I have 12 here."

  Zhuo Yifan didn't say a word, focusing on collecting the scale fire grass, leaving his back to be taken care of by his teammates. The number of black flame ants was vast, but their purpose wasn't to fight against the swarm, but rather to collect herbs. Once they had enough, they could make a run for it, and there was no need to engage in a fierce battle with these creatures.

  The Overlord's body was filled with golden true yuan, making him look like a descending Buddha, majestic and invincible. With a loud roar, he knelt on one knee and punched the black scale stone hill with tremendous force, causing the ground to shake violently. Deep cracks spread from his fist, extending forward, and countless black flame ants that were rushing forward fell into the crevices, effectively blocking their advance.

  On the other hand, Liu Hong and Liu Jun also brought out their full strength. The flying sword doubled in power. The sword light and sword energy also increased by more than double, not seeking to kill the black flame ants, but only hoping to knock them down to the ground and let them fall into the crevices created by the Overlord, resolutely not allowing them to approach Zhuo Yifan.

  Everyone is using their full strength, and in this state, the consumption of true yuan is extremely severe. Liu Jun, Liu Hong, and Su Li all had a dozen or so Yuan Dan in their mouths beforehand, and they have already swallowed half of them. It can be imagined that within this short period of time, the consumption of everyone's magic power is enormous.

  Zhuo Yifan's movements on his hands became faster and faster, thirty, thirty-one... thirty-seven, thirty-eight. "Alright, don't be infatuated with the battle, hurry up and run." Zhuo Yifan put the medicinal herbs into the ring, then summoned the flying sword from his body, hundreds of powerful sword auras were emitted, clearing out a path, while also taking over the King's Domain.

  The Overlord suddenly soared high into the air, then charged forward in a domineering manner, flying towards Su Li's direction. Zhuo Yifan closely followed behind, casually covering the Overlord's back. Liu Jun and Liu Hong did not linger, hearing Zhuo Yifan's voice they immediately recalled their flying swords, simultaneously landing on them, then mounted their swords and hastily retreated.

  Yang Tianwen heard the sound and looked around, then a thunderbolt fell down, followed by a strong explosion. Yang Tianwen turned around and ran away quickly. Su Li's speed was probably the slowest among everyone, but with the help of Ba Wang and Zhuo Yifan, she also escaped safely. Although everyone didn't gather in one place, their general direction was the same - they all ran towards the Red Desert Road.

  Everyone can rest assured and subscribe, Xiao Shui dares to guarantee that the wonderful part of this book is still in the back, after the protagonist's cultivation has been upgraded to the Immortal Transformation stage, it will be almost done.