Chapter 375
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Chapter 375: Bloodline Sacrifice
The ant queen clearly sensed the threat emanating from Cao Yuan. Her body sank slightly, and then she shot forward like a sharp arrow, her massive form creating a howling wind as it cut through the air. Her sharp forelimbs slashed toward Cao Yuan’s black flame long knife!
Clang—!!
The long knife collided with her forelimbs, and a piercing hum echoed through the vast hall. The pitch-black Cao Yuan was knocked back several steps by the impact, barely managing to stop himself.
In contrast, the ant queen fared worse; the shockwave from the collision tore apart parts of her paper-like body, completely ripping off one of her hind legs. Her agonized roar reverberated throughout the hall.
It wasn’t that Cao Yuan was particularly strong; on the contrary, if both had been in normal condition when delivering this strike, Cao Yuan would have definitely been the one sent flying. Unfortunately, due to the erosion of the paper man technique, a third of the ant queen’s body had turned into paper, and even a slight movement risked tearing off parts of her body.
In terms of strength, speed, and physical resilience, she was significantly hampered by her paper-like form.
At the same time, two figures flashed out from behind Cao Yuan.
An Qingyu’s eyes were fixed intently on the ant queen, constantly analyzing her body structure. Invisible threads shot out from his palms, instantly wrapping around all the joints of the ant queen.
The ant queen struggled violently, her terrifying strength pulling An Qingyu forward unsteadily. He frowned, and then a wave of extreme frost spread along the threads, precisely crystallizing in the areas where the ant queen’s limbs moved!
The frost slowed the ant queen’s movements, making her resemble a disabled ant with malfunctioning joints, stiffly twisting her body. Large chunks of ice fell from her joints, as if she would soon break free.
At that moment, Bai Li Pangpang stepped onto the 【Yaoguang】, flying into the air. He pulled out an old-fashioned colorful toy windmill from his pocket and gently blew on it toward the ant queen below.
The windmill’s blades spun rapidly, and fierce flames erupted from within, resembling a scorching and terrifying fire tornado that crashed down from the sky!
Boom—!!
The fire tornado instantly engulfed the ant queen, and a chilling scream erupted from within the flames. The third of her paper-like body was instantly reduced to ashes by the fire!
The ant queen burst forth from the flames, half of her face completely gone, and the rear half of her body was emitting black smoke. The paper had fully carbonized, drifting away in the air with her movements.
This fire only added insult to injury for the already severely wounded ant queen.
The damaged ant queen struggled to stabilize herself, roaring at Lin Qiye and the others while slowly retreating to a corner of the palace. At the same time, strange red patterns began to emerge on the surface of her body.
Not only her body, but the ground beneath her feet also started to spread with red patterns, resembling writhing blood vessels that continuously devoured the surrounding earth.
A bizarre aura erupted from the ant queen!
Meanwhile, on the cracked ground outside Fengdu.
Red worker ants were climbing the sheer cliffs when suddenly, blood-red patterns appeared on the surface of all the worker ants. Their bodies trembled, and they began to swell rapidly like balloons!
Bang—!!
One of the worker ants expanded to its limit and suddenly exploded, green blood and severed limbs splattering everywhere, while a strange red light vanished into the void, disappearing without a trace.
Then, the second worker ant exploded, followed by the third, fourth, fifth…
On the ground riddled with countless worker ants, one after another burst like fireworks, a massive amount of red light surged into the void, vanishing completely.
Not only the worker ants, but the black soldier ants also displayed these patterns. However, unlike the panicked worker ants, they seemed to understand what was about to happen, quietly bowing their bodies to the ground, patiently waiting for their own bodies to explode…
Bang bang bang—!!
After the soldier ants exploded, the red light they emitted was three times that of the worker ants, instantly vanishing into the void, leaving no trace behind.
In the Fengdu Imperial Palace.
A torrent of red light surged from the red-patterned ground beneath the ant queen, quickly enveloping her body. The red light rapidly integrated into her form, causing her size to double, and her damaged body began to regenerate rapidly.
Red carapace coalesced on the surface of her body, as if donning her in a heavy armor. Black scythe-like blades extended from the gaps in the armor, and a pair of long white antennae transformed into a bizarre array of colors, thick and flexible, resembling two vibrant giant serpents!
Her aura surged at a terrifying speed, going from a state of near death to a preliminary recovery at the sea realm, and then climbing to the peak of the sea realm, even showing signs of breaking through that barrier to reach the boundless realm!
An Qingyu observed this scene, his brow furrowing tightly as if he had realized something. He spoke in a deep voice:
“Forbidden Ruins Sequence 347, 【Bloodline Sacrifice】…”
“【Bloodline Sacrifice】?” Bai Li Pangpang asked in confusion.
“By sacrificing the life of a close blood relative, one can replenish their physical deficiencies and enhance their own evil forbidden ruins… However, this forbidden ruin is of little use to ordinary people, as there are only a few close relatives, and the power contained in the bloodline is pitifully small. Even if one were to sacrifice them all, at most, it could only allow an ordinary person to break through to the ‘Zhan’ realm or ‘Chi’ realm, which is why it is ranked so low.”
An Qingyu gazed at the ant queen before him, his expression extremely grim. However, for an organism like the ant queen, which possessed an extraordinary reproductive ability, if she were to sacrifice all those hundreds of soldier and worker ants, she could at least break through to the ‘Boundless’ realm, and it wouldn’t be impossible for her to step into the ‘Klein’ realm…
“That’s outrageous?!” Bai Li Pangpang exclaimed in shock.
“There are no weak forbidden ruins, only unsuitable ones… This forbidden ruin paired with the ant queen is an absurdly perverse combination!”
Lin Qiye gripped his straight knife tightly, speaking coldly: “No matter what, we must interrupt her. If she truly steps into the ‘Boundless’ realm, we will be in danger.”
An Qingyu shook his head, frowning. “The bloodline sacrifice patterns are the source of her power; they are not physical entities. Our attacks may not even…”
Whoosh—!!
Before he could finish, an arrow whistled past Lin Qiye’s side!
The arrowhead glowed with white light, easily piercing through the red light swirling around the ant queen, and it penetrated the thick red carapace as if it were merely poking through a piece of paper, smoothly embedding itself into the dense red patterns!
The white light of the arrowhead instantly severed the sacrifice patterns, causing the ant queen’s body to tremble violently, and her steadily rising aura came to an abrupt halt!
