Chapter 491

Chapter 491: The Monster of Corruption

Besides the traps that could shoot arrows, there were also ones that would collapse underfoot, revealing a hidden pit filled with sharp iron spikes.

If an ordinary human fell into this pit, their body would likely be pierced with dozens of bloody holes.

However, compared to the arrow-shooting traps, the spike traps were even worse for the ant tribe; these ordinary iron spikes couldn’t damage their tough outer shell at all.

After passing through several trap-filled corridors, everyone found another entrance.

The dungeon seemed to have more than one level.

The group followed the wide stone steps that suddenly appeared in front of them and continued down, soon arriving at an open area.

Again, several paths appeared in front of them, but before Hero He Qiwen could point the way, strange sounds suddenly came from the paths.

“Are they from the demon race?”

“It would be great if they are; it would save us some energy. Those traps and mechanisms are quite annoying.”

The daughters behind them were eager to try.

All this time, they had only watched the older girls, Red Pupil, Lvzi, and Army Lady, show their strength and hadn’t been able to join in, so they were full of energy.

The owners of the strange noises didn’t make everyone wait long and rushed out from the paths, revealing their true forms.

They were all monsters that Lin Yu and the girls were somewhat familiar with.

The ones she could name included goblins, wild wolves, Blue Apes, thorny pigs, and wolf-tigers, but their appearances now were a bit different from what Lin Yu remembered.

The green-skinned goblin had about half of its fur turned black, and its original goat-like eyes had changed into a pair of eerie, dark eyes.

Other monsters were similar; even the Blue Ape, which was originally blue, now had its fur completely dyed black.

Lin Yu had a strong impression of the Blue Apes because, when the ant tribe was still weak, they had an encounter with these monsters and suffered quite a loss, with some ants getting injured or killed.

She really disliked these agile monkeys that could climb trees. After the ant tribe grew stronger, the Blue Apes in Granville Monster Forest became the main target for hunting.

As a result, these cunning Blue Apes, which had few natural enemies, were nearly hunted to the point of becoming a rare species in the forest.

Back to the present.

Through Identification, Lin Yu discovered that the monsters that appeared had the word “Demonized” showing on their status bars.

There were about one hundred of them, mostly Class C and Class B monsters, and among them, there were even a few Class A monsters.

The monsters charged fiercely.

“Mom?”

“Hmm, take care of them.”

After receiving Lin Yu’s nod, Red Pupil, who had intended to go meet the monsters, caught sight of the hundreds of eager daughters behind her.

So the black-haired girl stopped and pulled back the golden-haired girl who had already taken a step forward.

“Let my younger sisters handle these.”

“Um… okay.”

Army Lady glanced at the incoming group of monsters, and it seemed there were no powerful monsters that particularly interested her.

Even that highest-ranking and most powerful Class A Blue Ape King was someone she could take down with a single arrow.

After seeing that their sisters had no intention of taking action, ten daughters, who had also transformed into human form, immediately rushed out from behind.

Although there were two hundred daughters behind them, and four more teams with eight hundred in total, having these ten Class A daughters was more than enough to deal with the over one hundred monsters.

What followed was an obviously one-sided situation.

The Iron Armored Ant daughters withstood the monsters’ attacks. They either reached out with their two white arms to grab the monsters and, using their great strength, easily broke the monsters’ necks, or they simply punched and kicked the monsters down, leaving them unable to move.

The monsters’ attacks could not harm the Iron Armored Ant daughters, who possessed very high defense.

The Military Ant daughters used their battle experience gained from years of hunting in the Granville Monster Forest, attacking the incoming monsters with knives, swords, bows, giant axes, and long spears, rendering the monsters completely unable to fight back.

As for the Acid Ant daughters, their fighting was simpler and more brutal. As soon as a monster dared to rush forward, with a flick of their hands, a sticky green acid would splatter onto the monsters’ faces.

Accompanied by hissing sounds and the wailing of the monsters, they were quickly corroded to death by the acid.

Ten ants faced over a hundred magical monsters, and after only two or three minutes, these monsters were either killed on the spot or lost the ability to fight back, lying on the ground unable to move.

“…Is this all there is?”

The white-haired girl murmured, perhaps thinking that the battle was too easy.

“We cannot let our guard down, Mom,”

Magic Rainbow added softly from the side.

“The magical state these monsters are in may very well be the work of that Demon King. Their appearance might just be a test from the demon race.”

“So, it’s likely that more magical monsters will appear? If they do, the number and strength of those monsters might be much greater than these hundred or so?”

“Yes, after all, this vast dungeon surely has more than just these hundred monsters.”

Just as Magic Rainbow guessed, there were indeed not just a hundred magical monsters in the dungeon, but over five hundred.

However, Magic Rainbow forgot that, besides their team, there were three other teams entering the dungeon this time. If the five hundred magical monsters were split into four groups, each team would have to face over a hundred monsters.

…

The girls continued to cautiously move deeper into the dungeon.

What puzzled them was that they did not encounter any more magical monsters along the long stretch of the path.

Until they reached the third level of the dungeon.

Lin Yu and the others, guided by Hero He Qiwen, finally arrived in front of a huge room.

At the same time, the three teams that had entered the dungeon from the other three entrances also arrived at this underground third level.

All the ant clan gathered together.

Before the girls were two tightly closed stone doors.

From the outside, this seemed to be a large hall in the dungeon?

Since no other living creatures were found on the entire third floor, that meant… the Demon King Reincarnator and the rest of the demon race were likely just behind these two stone doors?

“Flossie.”

“Understood, my dear master.”

Dragon Mother smiled slightly, stepping toward the huge stone door in front of her.

Just as she raised her arm, the stone door began to open automatically to the sides…