Godslayer: My Forbidden Ruins Master

hiss--!!!

A piercing screech suddenly came from behind the dense swarm of worker ants!

The sound was like metal scraping against glass, so piercing it sent chills down your spine!

Do not!

Even more terrifying than that!

The sound seemed to pierce through eardrums and penetrate deep into everyone's minds, leaving a deep mark on their souls!

Baili Pangpang even felt as if someone was pricking his temples with needles, a sharp pain struck him!

Immediately afterwards, the worker ant colony began to stir.

They, which had been surging forward like a tide, suddenly seemed to have encountered an even more terrifying existence and began to retreat to both sides!

The scene looked incredibly bizarre.

Tens of thousands of worker ants frantically pushed to both sides, some even trampling on the corpses of their own kind, just to get as far away from that direction as possible!

Their antennae trembled violently, and their six slender legs quivered uncontrollably!

That was a fear that went deep into your bones!

Even these lower creatures, who only know how to obey orders, cannot suppress their instinctive fear of that being!

A passage was thus forcibly squeezed out from among the ants!

The passage was about three meters wide, and the dense worker ants on both sides were like two blood-red walls, but not a single one dared to cross the line!

what?

Cao Yuan's expression turned serious.

He gripped the straight knife tightly in his hand, his knuckles turning white from the force.

Those eyes, which had witnessed countless lives and deaths, were now fixed intently on that dark direction.

As a seasoned soldier, his intuition told him—the newcomers meant no good!

The being that could instill such fear in so many worker ants was definitely not comparable to the creatures they had encountered before!

Baili Pangpang was so frightened that he shrank behind Lu Xuan, only daring to peek out with half his head sticking out.

His hands gripped Lu Xuan's clothes tightly, his palms sweating profusely.

Xuan, Brother Xuan... what is that...?

His voice was trembling.

As for Li Deyang... he was almost unable to stand.

He had never encountered such a scene in his entire life!

The fear that came from the depths of his soul made him feel as if his blood was about to freeze!

His legs felt as heavy as lead, and he couldn't move an inch!

He could even hear his own teeth chattering!

Giggle...

The sound was particularly jarring in the deathly silence, yet it also reflected the fear in his heart at that moment with unmistakable realism!

Only Galo remained calm.

Her stunningly beautiful face remained expressionless, as if everything before her had nothing to do with her.

Those pale purple eyes were like a deep, cold pool in an abyss, calm yet unfathomable.

She simply aimed her longbow at the end of the passage and slowly drew the bowstring taut.

Silvery-white spiritual energy condensed at her fingertips, forming a light arrow that shimmered with a cold light.

Here it comes.

Lu Xuan's voice rang out at this moment.

His tone was calm, but it made everyone's hearts jump into their throats!

The voice just fell.

At the end of that dark passage, several enormous figures finally stepped into the area illuminated by the light!

At that moment, everyone's breath caught in their throat!

Time seems to stand still at this moment!

Those are... ants?

No, it's less like an ant and more like... a monster disguised as an ant!

Those guys were much bigger than any worker or soldier ants we'd encountered before!

Each one is at least two meters tall!

Just standing there gives people a huge sense of oppression!

Six thick, long legs, like pillars cast in steel, were deeply embedded in the hard ground!

Each leg is as thick as an adult's waist!

The joints of its legs were covered with sharp barbs, which gleamed with a metallic glint in the dim light!

But what's most unsettling is their appearance!

Their carapaces are no longer the blood-red color of ordinary worker ants, but a deeper and richer dark red!

The color was like a scab formed from countless congealed blood, emitting a chilling luster in the darkness!

The color was so deep it was almost black, yet it shimmered with an eerie red glow under the light!

It was as if magma flowed beneath the shell, not blood!

Their carapaces are covered with layers of scale-like patterns, which look like a naturally formed heavy suit of armor!

Each scale is the size of a palm, with a sharp gleam at its edge!

The scales overlapped one another, fitting together perfectly, with almost no gaps visible!

Just by looking at their thick shells, you can feel their terrifying defensive power!

Blood-armored ants!

Li Deyang cried out in shock, his voice filled with terror!

He had spent decades in this forest, and although he rarely ventured into such deep areas, he had heard of this legendary existence!

That was a nightmare passed down through the mouths of countless hunters!

It is said that the blood-armored ant is the most elite fighting unit in the ant colony!

They are the queen ant's most loyal guardians and the last line of defense for the entire ant colony!

Each blood-armored ant is carefully selected from countless soldier ants and undergoes special feeding and training to transform into its current form!

They not only possess carapaces that are several times harder than those of ordinary soldier ants, but they also have a variety of deadly attack methods!

It is said that a team of ten professional hunters once encountered a Blood-Armored Ant in this forest...

In the end, only one person managed to escape.

Not long after escaping the forest, the man went mad, shouting "Crimson Demon" day and night, until he finally bit off his own tongue and died!

Quantity... three!

Cao Yuan quickly scanned the area, his expression grave.

Three!

Three blood-armored ants!

This number is enough to annihilate an armed force of 100 men!

Even more terrifying is that these three blood-armored ants are significantly larger than described in the legends!

The aura emanating from them was even stronger and more terrifying!

Clearly, these three are elites among the Blood Armor Ants!

Three blood-armored ants slowly approached.

Their steps were steady and powerful, and each step caused the ground around them to tremble slightly.

The heavy footsteps, like war drums, struck the hearts of everyone with each beat!

Their enormous compound eyes were fixed on Lu Xuan and the others. Those compound eyes were composed of countless small eyes, which glowed with a faint red light under the illumination of the light!

What people saw in those eyes was not the numbness of ordinary insects.

It is a cold, bloodthirsty, and ferocious force that seems capable of tearing everything apart!

Its mouthparts opened and closed repeatedly, making a clicking sound.

The sound was like someone sharpening a knife!

First strike!

Galo did not hesitate.

In this situation, waiting means death!

The bowstring vibrated, and a silver-white arrow shot out first!

bass--!!!

The light arrow struck the head of the leading blood-armored ant with pinpoint accuracy, moving at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye!

That arrow carried the full spiritual power of Gara's attack, enough to pierce through a steel plate a meter thick!

however--

clang--!!!

A piercing metallic clang rang out!

The light arrow... was deflected!

The light arrow, imbued with powerful spiritual energy, struck the Blood Armor Ant's carapace as if it had hit an indestructible piece of divine iron!

He was thrown back!

The blood-armored ant's head only swayed slightly, leaving a white mark on its carapace, but otherwise it was completely unharmed!

It didn't even take a single step back!

what? !

Baili Pangpang stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what he was seeing.

Galo's attack just now killed a whole group of worker ants with a single arrow!

Those worker ants were nothing but paper in front of that silver arrow of light!

Why is it completely useless against this thing?

This level of defense is just too outrageous!

The defense is too high...

Cao Yuan's expression turned grim. This creature's carapace defense was probably already close to the realm of immortality!

Defenses near the sea!

Sea Realm!

That's the highest level Cao Yuan can currently reach!

And the defense of these few blood-armored ants has actually reached that level!

This means that ordinary attacks are almost ineffective against them!

You have to use your most powerful tricks or find their weaknesses to have any chance of harming them!

Even more terrifying, in that instant of shock, the three blood-armored ants moved!

They seemed to sense the hostility of the crowd and stopped probing!

They launched an attack immediately!

The lead blood-armored ant suddenly opened its mouthparts, the opening being astonishingly wide, almost occupying two-thirds of its entire head!

A thick, almost tangible acidic mist instantly gushed out of its mouth!

The acid mist had an eerie pale green color, interspersed with wisps of black particles!

A pungent, sour smell instantly filled the air!

The acid mist covered an extremely wide area, almost ten meters in front of us!

Wherever it passed, the air seemed to be scorched, and the sound it made was deafening!

Get out of the way!!

Lu Xuan shouted and suddenly pulled everyone backward!

His reaction was extremely fast; he made the judgment almost the instant the acid mist was sprayed out!

He grabbed Baili Pangpang with one hand and Li Deyang with the other, and with a sudden burst of strength, he pulled the two of them back more than ten meters!

At the same time, the undead soldier ants charged forward on his command!

They used their own bodies to block the acid mist, building a wall of flesh and blood!

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!!!*

The acid mist made contact with the carapace of the undead soldier ants, instantly producing a piercing corrosive sound!

White smoke began to rise from the hard carapace, which was being eroded at a visible rate!

Large chunks of shell fragments fell off, revealing the flesh inside, which was riddled with holes from corrosion!

Several undead soldier ants had their legs dissolved by the acid mist, causing them to lose their balance and fall heavily to the ground!

Even the undead cannot completely resist this terrifying corrosion!

Damn!

Lu Xuan's eyes narrowed.

The acid from these blood-armored ants is many times stronger than that of the ordinary soldier ants from before!

The acid from ordinary soldier ants can at most cause burns to the skin and flesh.

However, the acid from these blood-armored ants can directly dissolve their hard shells!

If someone hadn't managed to dodge in time, they would probably be a pool of blood by now!

In that instant of distraction, the second blood-armored ant launched its attack!