This Life's Song: The Genius Rune Master

Lian Xue followed Hei Yu's gaze and saw countless black ants, densely packed together, climbing higher than a person and about to reach her sword.

She was startled; her spiritual energy became chaotic, her body became unsteady, and she was about to fall.

Fortunately, Hei Yu reacted quickly and used his spiritual power to stabilize Lian Xue, roaring, "Are you out of your mind? Getting distracted at a time like this, do you want to die?"

Hei Yu's angry shout made Lian Xue feel ashamed. Knowing that she was in the wrong, she did not try to argue and used her spiritual power to raise herself.

But the black ants below are gathering in ever-increasing numbers. "This can't go on. It looks like they're trying to wear us down."

Black Feather had calmed down; it had only shouted in desperation. After thinking for a moment, it said, "That's right. If this continues, your spiritual power will be exhausted sooner or later. Look at the countless Black Erosion Ants around us; they've already formed a small mountain. Even if you fly away and dodge, it will be useless. Once your spiritual power is exhausted, you'll be their sweet treat."

Lian Xue knew what was going on. Seeing the increasing number of black ants, she steeled her resolve and used her spiritual power to create a rain of arrows as she pounced on them.

Seeing this, Kuroba felt an urge to kill. "What are you doing? Don't use your spiritual power."

As soon as the roar subsided, Lian Xue saw the Black Erosion Ants and became even more excited. She devoured the spiritual power in one gulp. The Black Erosion Ants that had devoured the spiritual power began to grow in size, doubling in size from before. Upon seeing this, Lian Xue's hand trembled, and the spiritual power that she hadn't had time to retract scattered.

With a trembling mouth, she asked, "Then, what should I do?"

Without responding to Lianxue's words, Heiyu closed its eyes as if it had fallen asleep. However, it soon opened its eyes, golden light flashed in them, and its eyes turned into vertical pupils, exuding an imposing aura.

With its mouth open, a ball of flame shot out, and the black ants seemed somewhat afraid, causing the hill to recede and leave a dent.

Lianxue exclaimed in surprise, "So they're afraid of fire, then we don't need to be afraid anymore..."

Before he could finish speaking, the black ants became even more excited and crawled even faster.

After exhaling a burst of flame, Kuroba said weakly, "We need to find a way to leave. I can only control it for now."

Lian Xue broke out in a cold sweat. She carefully observed the movements of the black ants and heard Hei Yu's words, "Then how many more times can you use this flame?"

Kuroba said weakly, "At most, I can use it twice more."

Lianxue was somewhat discouraged. "Isn't there any other way, like exploiting their weaknesses?"

Hei Yu glanced at Lian Xue out of the corner of his eye. "Yes."

Lianxue asked excitedly, "What is that?"

Then I saw Kuroba give a wicked smile. Hmm! If I could see, "You'll become their food."

After hearing this, Lianxue touched her nose with her finger, pretending to be nonchalant, thinking that it was best not to provoke Heiyu when he was angry.

Outside, a man wearing a fox mask stood where Lian Xue had disappeared.

Looking around, one could not see its figure; it was as if there was nothing there.

The man in the fox mask groped around for a while, and a strange object appeared in his hand. It was somewhat cone-shaped, with one end pointed and the other thick. He stabbed it hard in that spot, and a crack seemed to appear in front of him before he disappeared.

The two wary individuals sensed a flash of light near the snoring beast. They turned around, excited, thinking that Lian Xue had already emerged.

After scanning the area and finding nothing amiss, the two women looked at each other for a moment, and then the woman said, "Perhaps we are overthinking it."

The man's gaze turned serious. "But what do you mean by this?"

The man pointed to the marks on the tree, his gaze deep and unfathomable, his intentions unclear.

The woman added, "We just need to be careful. If we want to gain benefits, we also have to bear the risks, right? We just need to be cautious."

The man looked at the woman, surprised that she was even more composed than him, so he smiled and said, "Alright! I hope we can turn misfortune into good fortune."

After they finished speaking, they both hid in the trees, making it impossible to tell that anyone was there.

In her panic, Lianxue finally remembered that she still had talismans. So she threw out a fire talisman, which made the black ants retreat a little, but it was much weaker than the black feather talisman.

She threw out several more Flame Talismans in succession. Seeing that there was no other way, Lian Xue took out Thunder Talismans. This talisman was quite difficult to make because it required Thunder Star Sand that could resonate with thunder. Thunder Star Sand was expensive, so she didn't have much in stock.

Lianxue felt a pang of regret after throwing out a card, but seeing the result, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The black ant mound had reached its bottom, revealing a deep pit. Upon closer inspection, Lian Xue discovered that there wasn't a single black ant within a ten-zhang radius of the stone gate.

So she pointed to the stone gate, "Look."

Kuroba also looked over, "Strange, why isn't it there?"

Lianxue nodded, "Should we go hide there? Maybe we can find a solution."

"Otherwise, what other options are there?" Kuroba said helplessly.

Without further ado, Lian Xue first threw out a fire talisman, then an ice talisman, thinking that the combination of hot and cold should be able to suppress the black ants for a while.

As expected, it worked. At least the black ants were slowed down for a moment, which was enough time for Lian Xue to escape far away.

Lianxue was just an inch away from stepping into the Stone Gate territory, but the Black Erosion Ants became even more frenzied.

As one group fell, another surged forward in a frenzy. Lian Xue kept throwing out talismans. In one go, she ran out of fire talismans and only had three ice talismans left. Without hesitation, Lian Xue threw them out directly.

Finally, with a burst of flame from Hei Yu and a demon-suppressing talisman from Lian Xue, the world finally fell silent.

Lian Xue accelerated her spiritual power and broke through the encirclement.

She dared not land, not knowing what dangers awaited her on the ground, and landed directly on the stone gate.

She was a little out of breath from exhaustion; the consumption of spiritual and mental energy was taking its toll.

After sheathing her sword and observing the situation, Lian Xue discovered that the Black Devouring Ants were only frantically circling around the perimeter. Confirming that they couldn't get in, she began to recover her spiritual and physical strength.

She took out some food, handed one portion to Kuroba, and ate one portion herself. The consumption of battle is not just about restoring spiritual power; she also needs physical strength.

Food is the fastest way to restore physical strength, and spiritual energy is also being absorbed.

Seeing this, the black ants began to advance again, but they retreated as if they had been electrocuted.

Those who couldn't retreat in time withered and died.

Observations revealed that the black ants became agitated, and then the ant colony disappeared one after another.

Lian Xue was surprised and stood up. "How did you disappear?"

Kuroba raised his eyes and looked. "That's not disappearing, it's devouring each other. Take a closer look."

Lianxue observed again and, sure enough, the black ants began to devour, until a black ant a hundred feet tall was born.

This giant black ant has huge eyes and a deep gaze as it looks at its food.

The food, lotus snow, was terrifying, and I couldn't help but tremble.

I calmed down again. What's there to be afraid of? Either fight or run. The worst that can happen is that I'll stay here.

Having made up his mind, he took out a talisman brush and began drawing talismans using the only materials he had.

The giant black ant had already crossed that vacuum zone, enduring the pain in its body as it slowly approached.