Chapter 42
Chapter 42: Terrifying Humans
How many colonies did the Demonic Ants had in total? What was the number of Demonic Ants in total? How many Qi Cultivator ants are there? What was their strength?
Wei Huo had no idea. That was why he did not want to get involved in a conflict with the Demonic Ants. However, they provoked Wei Huo although he did not want to assault them.
Wei Huo shook his head as he saw Nation Code 007’s Demonic Ant’s army rushing towards him. They could have just acted like they did not see him.
Looking at the army rushing towards him, Wei Huo charged forward instead of hiding. With one blow, he blasted the skull of a Demonic Ant who was rushing ahead of the army. He then whipped out his crescent moon shaped blade, and finished seven to eight Demonic Ants off.
Although Wei Huo was very strong, it was not enough to frighten the army. After all, he was alone. The ants encircled Wei Huo again. The crowd surrounded him and started hurling spears at him.
Wei Huo was furious. Lightning instantly started entwining his body. A lighting ball appeared in his palm as he lifted his hand. Gripping on the lightning ball, he hurled it towards the army. The lightning ball flew off and burst apart as it plummeted into the ant colony.
The terrifying lightning ball burst apart causing dozens of ants to be burnt black.
However, that attack had not really intimidated the army as those Demonic Ants behind had no idea what was happening at the frontlines. They continued shoving forward, hindering the Demonic Ants’s retreat in front.
That resulted in a large swarm of Demonic Ants charging forward ceaselessly, and getting slaughtered by Wei Huo!
Wei Huo did not say much as he started the massacre as those Demonic Ants continuously lunged forward. Besides killing Demonic Ants with various techniques, he was constantly deep in thoughts on refining his battle moves throughout the killing process.
‘The lightning ball’s effect was weak. It consumed a lot of energy with limited killing range. It was not suitable to deal with such a massive group of enemies.’
Wei Huo continued to be surrounded by Qi energy, killing a Demonic Ant with each blow.
‘The efficiency is too low. I don’t have strategies to handle big groups of enemies. My movements are too big. The energy consumption will increase as there are too many redundant movements needed to kill one Demonic Ant.’
The Qi energy surrounding Wei Huo’s body vanished abruptly. However, the Qi energy would flow to his fist whenever he threw a punch, hence his destructive power was still astonishing. He could crush the armored Demonic Ant’s skull with only one blow.
Wei Huo began to think, experiment, and improve his battle skills. He did not have the chance to experiment with various moves during normal times, but that was not the case at this moment. Demonic Ants were surging forward ceaselessly. Waves upon waves of Demonic Ants were pouring towards him endlessly, allowing Wei Huo to continue his experimentation.
However, the Demonic Ants behind gradually started to realize something fishy was going on.
‘How could this enemy resist us for such a long time? Why do I keep moving forward? What happened to our comrades in front?’
Their comrades in the frontline were all killed! Corpses of Demonic Ants piled up forming a hill. However, the Demonic Ants in front could not stop moving. They could only move forward as the Demonic Ants behind kept shoving them ahead.
It was then that they realized Wei Huo was as though a reaper from the abyss, throwing off one Demonic Ant with each punch. The soldiers could not hurt him at all. They were just sending themselves to death!
The Demonic Ants were terrified as the truth dawned on them. They dared not move forward, yet they could not retreat. They were yelling continuously, “Retreat immediately, he’s not a Demonic Ant. He’s a monster!”
However, scents were more easily distorted than sounds. As the scent spread out halfway, the meaning became. “Beware, he’s not a normal Demonic Ant.”
The Demonic Ants behind thought, ‘Of course I know he’s not a normal Demonic Ant. He surely wasn’t ordinary for being able to resist us, the Demonic Ant army for so long.’
Hence, a Demonic Ant roared, “Attack, fellow comrades! This Demonic Ant may be unordinary, but he is getting worn out now!”
However, the meaning of the sentence was distorted again, “Although this is a normal Demonic Ant, but we’re all worn out!”
After hearing what they said, the Demonic Ants at the last line of defense looked down upon their comrades ahead. ‘We were in a forced march for only such a short time and you guys are already tired. How can you fight if you’re so weak? Just get your ass back home.’
Hence, another Demonic Ant roared, “Those in front, get out of the way if you guys are tired. We will attack!”
However, the scent was again distorted. When it reached the front line, the meaning became. “Those in front, hold on. The Warlock is already trying to find a way!”
No doubt, Wei Huo also heard it. A thought came to his mind instantly, ‘I shouldn’t give them time to prepare. I have to act fast!’
Immediately, he retrieved his bow and arrow from his Inventory Menu. He nocked the bow and released his arrows. Lightning and Qi surrounded the arrow, but the two energies could not equalize, and it blew up at the next moment. The arrow shaft was blasted into pieces.
However right before the blast, Wei Huo had already released his bowstring. The very moment the arrow was shot out it exploded all the way, shattering those Demonic Ants along its path into pieces.
The lightning arrow flashed through the sky with speeds as fast as a meteor before plummeting down, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
As the arrow flew across the sky, any area where it passed through blew up from a lightning explosion. The Demonic Ants along the way were blown to smithereens from the explosion and the battlefield went quiet momentarily.
All the Demonic Ants were stunned by the terrifying lightning arrow. Although they could not see anything, they could smell the strong burnt odor. It was only at that moment that they finally understood what kind of being their opponent was.
Right at this moment, a mental wave emanated through the area. It was the Empress’s telepathy skills. She could transmit her orders directly to the minds of all the Demonic Ants in her colony. However, this method could not be used easily as it consumes a lot of energy.
The Empress’s voice appeared in the minds of all the Demonic Ants, “All Demonic Ants retreat immediately. Your opponent is not an ant, it’s a human!”
Humans!
All the Demonic Ants were terrified. They started retreating frantically while howling in fear, “It’s a human! It’s a human! We must escape. Humans can control floods, inferno, and trigger earthquakes. They can kill us!”
The two Empresses on the battlefield communicated through telepathy. The Empress from the enemy troop shouted, “The legendary human has descended. He is our common enemy. We should forge an alliance, forget all resentment and finish off the human first!”
The Old Demonic Ant Warlock mumbled when he heard the Empress, “So it was a human. Everything makes sense then. It was said that Qi energy was something that humans own exclusively. Since we have provoked the human, he will summon flood to drown us!”
Wei Huo frowned. At first, he did not know why the Demonic Ants would react so intensely when they heard the word ‘human’. However, gradually he started to understand.
Did such incidents not happen before the time halt? If a little boy found an anthill, he would probably either drown it with water, burnt it with gasoline, or destroy the anthill by stepping on it. If humans saw an anthill on the dam, they would kill the ants immediately with pesticides[1]. Those stories were bound to be passed down in some ways. Even though the ants had evolved, their fear for humans did not even vanish by half.
[1] This part is adapted from an old chinese saying where a thousand mile long dam would be done because of a nest of ants (termites). https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%8D%83%E9%87%8C%E4%B9%8B%E5%A0%A4%EF%BC%8C%E6%BA%83%E4%BA%8E%E8%9A%81%E7%A9%B4