Chapter Fifty: Jumping into the River

  Because Xia Niushan was in a hurry to save people, the biting flying ants behind Fang Yan were also rolled up in the silk strip, and his hands were also tied up, like a big dumpling. There are also several biting flying ants on his legs. If they don't quickly remove the biting flying ants from their bodies, even if they can escape, Fang Yan will still die.

  "Alright, I'll put you down now." Xia Nian'ou wore a black and white long dress, like an immortal from the mortal world, with a slender figure that was both concave and convex. The hem of her skirt fluttered, stirring up a pure white lotus shadow, as if a fairy had descended to the mortal world, falling into the forest below.

  Xia Niang collected the silk ribbons tied to Fang Yan's body, her slender hands lightly dancing, the silk ribbons fluttering like a fairy in dance, forming a defensive barrier that protected the two of them within.

  "Come on, kid, we don't have much time left. The flesh-eating flying ants are gathering around us in increasing numbers." Xia Nianxiang's face was filled with anxiety as she urged Fang Yan forward.

  "Hurry, get the man-eating flying ants off my back." The man-eating flying ants had burrowed into the flesh on his back, and his hands were unable to knock them down, so he could only trouble Xia Mingyu.

  As Fang Yan's voice fell, Xia Meiling chopped out a palm knife and knocked down the two flying ants on her back. Fang Yan swung his hand with the top-grade spiritual soldier Blood Blade and instantly swung out two swords to kill them.

  "Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully killed the enemy and obtained 10 merit points." The cold system prompt sounded in Fang Yan's mind, then Fang Yan said, "Alright, let's go."

  "Now it's hard to leave." Xia Niang furrowed her brow, and in just a short while, they were surrounded by dense swarms of man-eating flying ants. "This time I'm really going to be killed because of you."

  Xia Nian's cultivation was very high, with a pre-heavenly seven-layered cultivation. Against these man-eating flying ants, she felt deeply powerless and without any advantage, unable to kill them. With her current strength, she could only use the Purple Brocade artifact to stun them and make them lose their combat effectiveness.

  In terms of lethality, she is not as good as Fang Yan. This doesn't mean that her strength is inferior to Fang Yan's, but rather that her attacks are more shocking and the Devouring Flying Ants are almost immune to true energy attacks in terms of force, unless the true energy and force far exceed the opponent's tolerance range, which can then blast them to death. Fang Yan, on the other hand, relies on his astonishing skills and the sharpness of Blood Blade to easily slaughter these Devouring Flying Ants.

  "Your skills are profound, you lead the way forward, I'll cover our rear, and with our combined strength, we can break through the encirclement." Fang Yan furrowed his brow, making a proposal to Xia Nianxiang.

  "It can only be like this now." Xia Mei's ribbon-like sleeves fluttered as she danced, sending the surrounding man-eating flying ants flying. Fang Yan, on the other hand, continued to swing his sword in a straight thrust, each strike relying on the sharpness of the blood blade to kill one of the man-eating flying ants.

  "Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully killing the enemy and earning 5 merit points."

  "Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully killing the enemy and earning 5 merit points."

  ……

  The cold system prompt tone kept ringing in Fang Yan's mind. The Phantom Sword Manual was driven to its extreme by him, with a speed that was swift and unmatched, constantly switching between reality and illusion, and countless flying ants were being slaughtered.

  A cup of tea's work, Fang Yan's true energy in his body was all consumed, Fang Yan had no choice but to take a Rejuvenation Pill to continue killing the enemy.

  "Kid, your skills are quite impressive! What sword technique is this that you're using? The killing power is incredibly strong. If your cultivation was at a higher level, you would have killed even more of those man-eating flying ants." After walking for the distance of a few li, the two of them had been traveling for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Fang Yan had already killed hundreds of man-eating flying ants. Xia Mingyu couldn't help but praise him. Judging from the current situation, they might have a chance to escape and ascend to heaven.

  "You're not bad either, if you hadn't shaken off those man-eating flying ants around us, I wouldn't have been able to kill them so calmly. I don't know where these man-eating flying ants came from, and how we can get rid of them." Fang Yanke was not as optimistic as Xia Meiling, he knew that if they didn't shake off these man-eating flying ants, once their physical strength was exhausted, it would be their death sentence.

  "I don't know how I got entangled with these terrifying insects either. If it weren't for saving you, I might have escaped by now."

  "If we hide in the vast river, can we shake them off?" The distant vast river surged unceasingly, Fang Yan said involuntarily.

  "I don't know either, let's go take a look in the river." Xia Niang said.

  It's clearly impossible to escape the pursuit of the flying ants by running through the forest, so the two of them changed direction and fled towards the distant Cyan River.

  Because the river is on the left side of Fang Yan and others, if they enter the river directly and turn right, it will be fine. However, there are a large number of biting flying ants behind them. If they run forward and turn left into the river, the distance will be twice as long as before. The two men weighed their options and finally chose to face the difficulty head-on, so they only need to walk about one mile to get there.

  "Kill!"

  In order to escape smoothly, Fang Yan was desperate. He stuffed two Revival Pills into his mouth and performed the Phantom Sword Technique to its extreme. Nine sword shadows were like angry dragons, charging and killing in the midst of the man-eating flying ants. One by one, the man-eating flying ants were beheaded. Along with Xia Nianxian's silk whip, they finally arrived at the banks of the vast river after a whole incense stick worth of time.

  "Be careful, those are elite man-eating flying ants, equivalent to a third-level elite man-eating flying ant of the ninth rank of Qi Refining stage." Fang Yan broke through the blockade and killed a large number of man-eating flying ants. Suddenly, four or five dark golden man-eating flying ants appeared above his head. Xia Nian's face changed, and she hastily reminded him.

  A distance of twenty or thirty feet, like a chasm in the sky, they could not cross, and now elite man-eating flying ants have appeared. If they don't enter the water, all that awaits them is death, even for Xia Nianxiang, who was an early-stage master, there's only one dead end.

  Elite devouring flying ants, with a dark golden color all over their body, have the size of a child's skull. Evolved into elite devouring flying ants, except for artifacts, spiritual soldiers can no longer harm them.

  Xia Niang's ribbon-like magic tool, the Purple Brocade, could both attack and defend, and could also trap enemies. However, against these flying ants that bit people, a small number was fine, but if there were too many, she couldn't do anything about them either.

  "Damn it, so many elite man-eating flying ants." Fang Yan swung his sword straight at the incoming elite man-eating flying ant, sparks flying everywhere. His full-force strike did not kill it, but instead provoked its ferocity, causing it to pounce towards him, with four or five slightly smaller elite man-eating flying ants closely following behind it.

  The man-eating flying ant directly ignored Fang Yan's attack and pounced on him. Just as they were about to collide, Xia Nianxiang intervened and knocked it away.

  "Hurry, jump into the river quickly, there are many elite flesh-eating flying ants, and among these insects, there must be an ant queen." Xia Mingyu's face was first filled with anxiety, as she had borne the brunt of the pressure from the numerous elite flesh-eating flying ants.

  Bang!

  Bang!

  Fang Yan felt the danger and couldn't care about those diving human-eating ants, he jumped with all his might, following Xia Nianxiang towards the vast and rolling river. With two loud splashes, two huge waves were stirred up, and water splashed everywhere.

  "Damn it, these man-eating flying ants are so hard to get rid of." As he fell into the water, Fang Yan felt a heart-wrenching pain coming from his chest, only to find that two man-eating flying ants were stuck to his chest, devouring his flesh with big mouthfuls.