"It's the Hades Ant, everyone be careful!"
Zhong Shanhu shouted loudly and retreated in fear. The people in the Liusha Region no longer knew what the ant's original name was. They only knew that seeing this ant was like seeing the King of Hell. When it appeared, there were hundreds of thousands of them, so powerful that not even a bone was left wherever it passed.
When they are unable to fly, no one in the desert can outrun these ants. They can easily tear apart magical weapons below the seventh grade and secrete highly corrosive formic acid, which can corrode bones into tofu dregs if even a little bit of it touches them.
Jiang Yuebai rushed to the front of the crowd and swung the Whip fiercely. Layers of fire waves illuminated the night sky and rolled up the yellow sand and crushed it.
When Sha Yingjie pushed the crowd aside and ran over, he was surprised to see that most of the Yama Ants that had just emerged were burned to death.
Jiang Yuebai kept waving the Talang Whip, and a woman guarded the gate alone, forcing the Yama Ant to be suppressed and unable to get through.
The ground shook, the surrounding yellow sand continued to rise, and more Yama Ants gushed out like fountains.
"withdraw!"
Sha Yingjie didn't want to get entangled with the King of Hell Ant, so he immediately asked everyone to leave.
The boots on his feet allowed him to walk in the air like a Jindan Zhenren, and were not affected by the sandstorm. Sha Yingjie immediately stepped into the air and took the lead.
The others fled quickly, but before they had taken two steps, they discovered in despair that they were surrounded by the Yama ants. Everywhere they looked, there were ants.
There was a raging storm outside the protective formation, making it impossible to fly out.
Seeing this situation, all the Qi-cultivating monks retreated towards Jiang Yuebai, and all kinds of spells were blasted towards the ground in a mess.
Yellow sand filled the sky, talismans and spells were flying everywhere, and the rustling sounds made people's scalps numb.
Zhong Shanhu, Yu Tianlie and Jiang Yuebai formed a triangular formation, and the magic weapons in their hands continuously blasted out sharp light, with an imposing manner.
While Jiang Yuebai was waving the Wave-Tapping Whip, the two leaf hands in his sea of consciousness were stirring rapidly, causing winds and clouds to surge and golden needles to fall like thunder.
The clouds and thunder break!
Silver light flashed, electric arcs splashed, and thunder exploded on the ground.
Blade flow kill!
The golden hurricane, violent and unruly, roared and crushed.
In the darkness, the roar shook the earth, the magic light rose and fell with great momentum, and the battle was extremely fierce.
A single Yama Ant is not strong, but their numbers are huge, and they keep coming one after another.
Jiang Yuebai and the other three foundation-building cultivators were still able to hold on, but those Qi-cultivating cultivators could only hold on with low-level spells and talismans.
"ah!"
A scream was heard, and a male Qigong practitioner fell into the Yama Ant colony. Cao Gang swung his ring-handled broadsword to sweep away the ants. When he rushed over to drag the man out, only half of his body was left, and he had already died.
"Everyone, get out of my way!"
Sha Yingjie's voice suddenly came, he stood above everyone's heads, waved his hand and scattered a handful of fiery red beads.
“Everyone come here!!”
Seeing this, Cao Gang hurriedly pulled the people around him together. Zhong Shanhu and Yu Tianlie threw out their defensive magic weapons to fight back with all their might, and Jiang Yuebai also cast out fire silk to protect his body.
Boom boom boom!
The earth shook, explosions sounded continuously, flames and electric arcs collided fiercely, spreading inch by inch like ripples, and even the yellow sand was annihilated into ashes.
When the red lightning faded away, Jiang Yuebai put away the Fire Silk and found that all the Qi training monks could not withstand the pressure just now and fell to the ground vomiting blood.
The place where everyone was located had become an isolated island, surrounded by charred deep pits that stretched for more than a hundred feet and were shocking to the sight.
The power of this bead is three times stronger than that of the Heavenly Thunder Bead.
"A bunch of rubbish! You've wasted so many of my Fire Lightning Orbs!"
Sha Yingjie walked down slowly from mid-air and glanced at Jiang Yuebai with an arrogant look.
Jiang Yuebai thought about it and said to Sha Yingjie, "These Hades Ants may have been driven here by someone. I felt someone over there in the sand dunes just now."
Sha Yingjie didn't care at all. "No one in the Liusha Region has the courage to harm me. It must be one of your enemies. Don't worry, I am here to ensure that you are safe."
Jiang Yuebai almost wanted to roll his eyes. Mingshafang was just a local tyrant in Liusha Region, yet this guy was so arrogant.
Compared to him, Xie Jingshan was so low-key that he even wrapped his magic sword in a tattered magic weapon shell. He told everyone he met that his family was just a salesman and he was just an ordinary person.
This danger caused some Qi-cultivating monks to retreat, and Sha Yingjie got angry on the spot. Those independent cultivators could not afford to offend the Sha family of Mingshafang, so they could only bite the bullet and continue on.
Zhong Shanhu and Yu Tianlie were both acting as usual and said nothing.
At daybreak, the storm subsided and everyone bandaged their wounds and continued on their way.
On the road ahead, we often encountered sneak attacks from low-level monsters, but we were able to escape danger without any major incident.
Jiang Yuebai controlled the Shadow Moon Mother and Child Blades and Fire Silk at the same time along the way, killing monsters while making herself more and more accustomed to multitasking. The dizziness she had felt before also eased as she adapted.
All the materials from the monsters hunted on the way were kept by Cao Gang and would be distributed after they returned. Jiang Yuebai originally wanted some beast souls, but was politely rejected by Cao Gang.
It doesn’t matter if it’s other materials, the beast soul is what Sha Yingjie specifically asked for.
So Jiang Yuebai had no choice but to give up.
Nothing serious happened along the way. Jiang Yuebai kept the wind net spread out at the back of the team. Except for encountering other monster hunting teams twice, he did not find any other suspicious figures.
Half a month later, they finally arrived outside the Devil City deep in the Silver Sand Sea.
Standing high on the sand dune, Jiang Yuebai saw from afar a strange rock city that seemed to have no end. It was a vast expanse of khaki, without any sign of life.
Jiang Yuebai withdrew his gaze a little and saw corpses half-buried in the yellow sand from the sand dunes to the edge of the Devil City, broken weapons everywhere, and poisonous snakes coiled in the shadows of the weapons to avoid the scorching sun.
"It seems that Wangsheng Temple and Fuhumen had another battle here not long ago."
"They fight every day, and after the fight they go around capturing people to join their sect. It's simply unbearable to stay in the Quicksand Region."
Sha Yingjie led his men down and saw several burly monks carrying large axes patrolling the edge of the Devil City.
Upon seeing this, Cao Gang hurried forward, showed his Mingshafang token, and handed over a bag of spirit stones.
"Last time I came here, it was the monks from Wangsheng Temple who were guarding here. Why is it that this time it's your Fuhumen?"
Facing Cao Gang's question, the martial artist from Fu Hu Men remained serious, took the spirit stone and made way for the entrance without saying a word.
The Devil City is cool and deserted, and all kinds of reptiles can be seen flashing through the cracks in the rocks in the corners.
There are golden-eyed eagles gazing at us from high above, making eagle cries from time to time, creating a very oppressive feeling.
The outskirts of the Devil City are relatively safe, as insects and beasts hide in their nests and do not actively attack passers-by.
As everyone went deeper, a large number of poisonous scorpions began to emerge from the surrounding area, and poisonous spiders were spewing spider silk from high above.
The group fought and marched for nearly half an hour, and after many twists and turns, they finally arrived at a place surrounded by rock hills on three sides. The ground in the center had collapsed in half, and it was pitch black underneath, emitting a damp and foul smell.
The rock hill is covered with traces of knife cuts and fire, as well as collapsed rubble, indicating that a great war had broken out here.
"Cao Gang, quickly set up the formation and light the insect repellent incense."
As Sha Yingjie's most capable subordinate, Cao Gang led his men to the original location and quickly set up a temporary camp.
Sha Yingjie walked up to Jiang Yuebai and the other three with a proud look on his face.
"Since we are here, I will tell you the truth. I am here to hunt down the Scorpion King in the Fake Dan Realm. You don't have to be nervous. The Scorpion King was severely injured by me last time and will not be able to recover in the next few months."
"Let me be frank with you. I want the Scorpion King's soul and the fake pill, and you can split the rest equally. If there are other spiritual fruits and herbs down there, I'll take 70%. If you have no objection, take some time to rest. We'll go in together in half an hour."
After Sha Yingjie left, Jiang Yuebai looked at the other two people. They both looked away calmly, each with their own ulterior motives.
Sha Yingjie was commanding Cao Gang and the others to work in a domineering manner. Jiang Yuebai was thinking about how to leave the team when he caught a glimpse of two figures out of the corner of his eye. They quickly flashed into the insect nest and disappeared.
Zhong Shanhu and Yu Tianlie left the team and ran away!
Sha Yingjie reacted belatedly, his eyes widened and he became furious.
"You two, come back here! Bastards!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuebai smiled. It turned out that she was not the only one who wanted to cross the river and destroy the bridge to go it alone.
So what is she waiting for? Goodbye!
Jiang Yuebai threw the earth escape talisman and disappeared in front of Sha Yingjie again.
Sha Yingjie felt stabbed in the heart again and was furious.
Normally he would bring his own disciples out to hunt monsters and had never encountered such a situation.
"It's all because of this unlucky Jiang Fanchuan! It's all because of her!!"
(End of this chapter)