Chapter 376
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Chapter 376: Ancient Tree Demon
Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Baili Pangpang were all taken aback at the same time, turning their heads to look in the direction from which the arrow had flown.
Standing quietly in the corner of the palace was Jialan, dressed in a loose blue Han robe, holding a light yellow hardwood bow, facing the direction of the Ant Queen, with his fingertips hovering in mid-air.
Seeing the surprised expressions of the three, Jialan was slightly taken aback, seemingly unable to understand why they were looking at him like that…
Boom—!!
A dull crashing sound came from the direction of the Ant Queen, who was furious after her sacrificial ritual was interrupted. She stomped heavily on the ground of the palace, shattering the writhing red patterns beneath her feet.
Like a serpent, her antennae wrapped around the feathered arrow embedded in her body, forcefully pulling it out from the cracks in her shell. With an angry roar, she suddenly exerted strength, trying to break the arrow that had disrupted her sacrificial ceremony!
(With force)!!
The arrow remained completely still.
The Red Armored Ant Queen was taken aback, and her two antennae exerted more force!
The arrow still did not budge.
The Red Armored Ant Queen bared her teeth, her antennae twisting like a pretzel, her massive body trembling slightly!
That ordinary feathered arrow remained unmoved… not even a single feather could be pulled free.
Red Armored Ant Queen: …
She silently tossed the arrow to the corner of the palace, glaring at the few people in front of her, and began to roar ferociously.
Baili Pangpang looked at this scene with suspicion and said uncertainly, “Why do I feel like… she seems to be angry out of shame?”
You don’t need to feel that way; she is indeed angry out of shame. Lin Qiye’s feet were quickly enveloped by a shadowy aura as he calmly spoke, “Right now, she’s probably at the peak of the ‘Sea’ realm. Although she hasn’t broken through to ‘Limitless,’ her combat power should be vastly different from before, so be careful.”
Understood. An Qingyu nodded.
Hehehehe…
Without saying a word, the madman Cao Yuan charged at the Red Armored Ant Queen with his knife, like a rabid dog. The black aura of his blade slashed against the Ant Queen’s red armor, leaving shallow cuts, but it did not break through her defenses like before.
The Red Armored Ant Queen had long found this dim-witted fool displeasing. Now, not only had her injuries healed, but her realm had also risen to the peak of the Sea realm. Without any hesitation, she directly collided head-on with Cao Yuan!
Several long, sickle-like black blades shot out from beneath her shell, easily blocking Cao Yuan’s strike. Her body was pushed back slightly by Cao Yuan, and then two agile, colorful antennae lashed out, sending the madman Cao Yuan flying several meters.
“Stay a bit further away from me.”
Watching this scene, Lin Qiye seemed to think of something and said to An Qingyu and Baili Pangpang beside him.
The two were taken aback; although they didn’t understand what Lin Qiye was planning, they still took a few steps back.
Lin Qiye crouched down, placing one hand on the ground, and suddenly, a dazzling and massive magic circle erupted!
Immediately, countless thick tree roots surged from the magic circle, automatically burrowing into the ground, intertwining to form a gigantic trunk with a radius of four to five meters!
This trunk extended wildly towards the sky, stopping only when it nearly reached the top of the hall. Branches extended from the trunk, and thorny vines hung down, twisting rapidly in mid-air.
Baili Pangpang stood nearby, shocked, his mouth agape. “What is this…”
“An ancient tree demon.” Lin Qiye patted the trunk beside him, a newly summoned creature.
Previously, Lin Qiye had sacrificed over fifty worker ant corpses from the River realm in the primordial forest, gaining an opportunity for dimensional summoning. However, due to Lin Qiye’s own realm limitations, he could only summon creatures with strength comparable to the River realm.
Of course, there were significant differences between the River realms. A summoned creature contracted after sacrificing over fifty River realm ants would naturally possess combat power and potential far beyond that of an ordinary River realm creature. This ancient tree demon was nearly the pinnacle of combat power in this realm.
The most crucial point was that its size and strength would increase as Lin Qiye’s realm grew, potentially even reaching the Limitless realm.
The only drawback was that summoning this creature took a considerable amount of time, and if in a confined space, its body would likely burst the surrounding environment.
The Red Armored Ant Queen looked at the massive tree demon that had suddenly appeared in the hall and roared twice, but she did not take it to heart. After all, the difference in realms was evident; she was not afraid of her opponent at all.
Of course, Lin Qiye was not naive enough to think that he could defeat a peak Sea realm Ant Queen with just one summoned creature.
Bang—!!
The ground beneath the Ant Queen suddenly exploded, and countless thick tree roots surged from underground, each as thick as a barrel, like bundles of brown giant pythons, reaching for the Ant Queen’s body!
After evolving, the Ant Queen’s antennae seemed to have heightened sensitivity, and she instantly moved away from her original position, darting like a red shadow through the vast hall, as countless vines and roots erupted from the ground, blocking her escape routes.
Just as the Ant Queen was maneuvering between the vines, a straight blade concealed among the vines suddenly shifted to hover above her head. Lin Qiye’s figure appeared out of thin air, descending like a bolt of lightning wrapped in night!
Clang—!!
The blades of his dual knives clashed against the sharp edges on the Ant Queen’s body, sparking dazzling flashes. The Ant Queen’s form sank slightly under Lin Qiye’s assault, but with her terrifying strength, she still managed to block the strike.
Two antennae twisted in mid-air, then lashed out at Lin Qiye’s body like long whips.
Lin Qiye didn’t even glance at the two antennae, for in the next moment, several frost-covered threads accurately predicted the trajectory of the antennae, pulling them tightly in mid-air from another direction.
An Qingyu flicked her fingertips, and threads wrapped around the antennae, quickly covering the two thick antennae in ice.
Thunder rumbled and lightning crackled!
Lin Qiye softly chanted, and dark thunder erupted from between his blades, surging into the body of the Red Armored Ant Queen. Her body trembled slightly, becoming rigid.
At the same time, numerous vines and tree trunks tightly bound her body, imprisoning her in place like an ancient wooden prison, unable to move.
Lin Qiye took a deep breath and forcefully plunged his straight blade into the Red Armored Ant Queen’s red armor. The blade sank into her body, and extreme darkness surged wildly into her, eroding all her internal organs and flesh.
The excruciating pain from the dark erosion drove the Ant Queen nearly insane, her piercing screams echoing throughout the hall, and in a berserk state, she forcibly tore apart some of the vines, her sharp blades rapidly cutting through the air, creating a whirlwind of blades before her.
