Slayer of Gods: I lied; I became the agent of the Nine Gods.

"Left...right..."

An Qingyu, seeing the guiding light emanating from the Misty Valley Tree on the girl beside her, whispered a reminder to Baili Tuming and Cao Yuan who were following behind.

The surrounding fog was thick, and it blocked Baili Tuming and his companion's view. It was best to be careful in this situation.

"coming."

Less than half an hour later, Di Ting spoke up to remind them.

"Reptiles, insects."

It was definitely the furry creature he hated the most.

Di Ting thought for a moment, then turned to look at Lu Yu, only to be met with a cold rejection from the girl. He had no choice but to shrink his size and, with a leap of faith, land on top of Lin Qiye's head.

"Let's go, human. I... I'll give you the chance to escort Di Ting..."

Lin Qiye felt a weight on his head, followed by an itchy sensation from the tail hairs brushing against the back of his neck.

"..."

His mouth, which had been chattering all the way, finally stopped, but why did he look so tired?

It was his fault. He shouldn't have thought Di Ting was cute. He's clearly a brat!

Although Lu Yu is outrageous, at least he's obedient!

The boy's gaze towards Lu Yu was so gentle and kind the first time he looked at her.

The light emitted by the flowers of the Misty Valley Tree was gradually dispelling the surrounding gray mist. Although it could not completely remove it, it at least greatly expanded their field of vision.

"They are worker ants."

An Qingyu shone her flashlight on the slowly crawling creature and whispered,

"It's 1.5 meters tall, 2 meters long, and has sharp mouthparts. It's estimated to be at the peak of the Sichuan region... Everyone be careful, there should be more than one."

The other four: "Received."

Di Ting shook its leg and accidentally kicked Lin Qiye on the back of the head.

The boy silently suppressed the urge to pull it off, drew his knife, and faced the giant ant in front of him.

The ants moved.

But all that could be seen was a moving afterimage, and the next second, Baili Tuming cried out in alarm:

"Fuck!"

He swiftly dodged the ants' mouthparts and, stepping on the [Yao Guang], soared into the air.

When the ants failed to catch Baili Tuming, they leaped up the tree in a few leaps, trying to grow taller to catch him.

"No way! Why are you only arresting me?"

Baili Tuming dodged another attack and landed beside the group.

"It's hunting..."

Di Ting sighed, "All I can think about is being hungry... I need to find food to feed the queen ant..."

An Qingyu frowned sharply: "This is not good."

"what happened?"

An Qingyu looked at the ants that kept gathering around her and was speechless for a moment:

"As mentioned before, ants live in a matriarchal society. If their queen ant doesn't get enough food, she will keep searching for food. If there's nothing to eat in this forest, she will expand outwards."

An Qingyu extended an invisible thread from her hand, guiding the knife to stab one of the ants, but it only left a small white scratch.

"Its shell is hard and has a high defense rating, making it difficult to attack head-on. So let's try cutting into its antennal grooves..."

An Qingyu's words hadn't finished—

Lu Yu raised the "new life" in her hand, which transformed into a thin, water-colored whip that extended forward and struck the mouth of an ant that had opened its mouth towards her.

"Crack..."

The ant's mouthparts were thus cleanly pulled in two.

Lu Yu: ":)"

Lu Yu: "Antendril groove? Does that count?"

An Qingyu: "..."

He rubbed his forehead and said, "Boss... do as you please."

Lin Qiye also asked, with the confusion of someone suffering from dementia, "Where are the antennal grooves?"

He darted behind the giant ant, the surrounding darkness staining the two straight blades in his hands. He severed the giant ant's two legs, and green blood gushed out from the base of its legs.

An Qingyu: ":( )

He's going to cut ties with these two guys for three seconds!

But the other teammates can still salvage the situation.

"...the recessed area behind the two antennae on the top of the head."

Upon hearing this, Baili Tuming immediately swung his greatsword at the back of the giant ant's antennae.

"died……"

The ant's body collapsed to the ground as it moved, losing all life.

Cao Yuan dared not draw his sword directly, so he tried to lure the ants to the center to make it easier for Lin Qiye and his men to make their move.

Lin Qiye cut off the giant ant's legs and had just regained his footing when the giant ant, with its legs severed, charged directly into the dark forest on its survival instinct.

"Want to run?"

Lu Yu's voice suddenly rang out beside Lin Qiye, followed by a dark blue light that suddenly appeared before their eyes.

"Lu Yu! Stop it!"

Lin Qiye cried out, quickly focusing his mental energy on his eyes, looking in the direction from which Lu Yu had attacked.

The energy ball flew past An Qingyu's ear, only millimeters away from the boy's face.

"know."

The girl ignored the fleeing giant ant, turned around, leaped onto a thick tree trunk next to An Qingyu, raised one hand to support herself on the trunk, and jumped down again, landing on the fleeing worker ant.

The "newborn," transformed into a soft whip-like shadow, was flung onto the ant's neck, and with a gentle tug, it snapped.

At the same time, the belated "Cang" landed on the fleeing giant ant.

"Om—"

A burst of green juice exploded in mid-air, splattering everywhere.

"The intensity has decreased by 40 percent compared to the last time."

An Qingyu calmly adjusted her glasses, showing no panic at all from the close encounter with "Cang's" energy wave. Instead, she analyzed the extent of Lu Yu's attack.

The girl laughed: "But overall, I used about 60% less force than last time!"

"Hey, Little Deer, are you about to break through?"

Baili Tuming dealt with a giant ant that was chasing him on the ground, and upon hearing An Qingyu's analysis, he immediately laughed.

"Wow!"

Another giant ant leaped down from a tree in some unknown direction, attempting to pounce on the most conspicuous deer in the entire arena.

Lin Qiye raised his eyes, gripped the two straight swords, and spun rapidly and naturally half a circle in mid-air.

The blade, carrying a pale blue gale, drew a beautiful semi-circular arc in the air before precisely and forcefully piercing the tentacle groove on the giant ant's head.

As the inertia of gravity caused them to fall, a person and an ant landed, while the deer below dodged the crushing force with a quick movement.

"Are you injured?"

Lin Qiye asked instinctively, then drew his twin swords and flicked them to his side, wiping away most of the blood.

"Don't worry..."

The ants in the surrounding area were almost completely eliminated.

Lu Yu smiled and shook his head, about to say something, when suddenly he raised the hand holding the knife, pointing it directly at Lin Qiye:

"Someone."

Everyone turned to look behind Lin Qiye, only Di Ting, perched on the boy's head, let out a soft groan:

"He's not a bad guy... he's just a kind old man, that's why I didn't warn you..."