Chapter 463 – A Coincidental Encounter
Han Li’s expression was grave as he waved both of his hands, and several Spirit Beast Bags flew up in the air from his body and floated in mid-air. Then with a pinch of his hands, the mouths of the bags simultaneously opened wide, and countless swarms of Gold Devouring Insects surged out wildly, transforming into a golden and silver-colored cloud hovering in the sky above, brilliantly abnormal.
”Go!” Han Li glanced at the gold and silver colored insect swarms above him, his heart gaining a few more points of confidence, pointing a finger not far away and lightly spitting under his breath.
Based on numbers alone, this Gold Devouring Insect was not comparable to the Iron Fire Ant swarm from earlier. So “buzz” sound, light brilliant clouds quickly drifted to the front, to the ground covered the sky down.
But before they landed on the ground, the black insect cloud violently soared into the air and met the army of Gold Devouring Insects.
At the moment of contact between the two insect clouds, a black aura suddenly flashed up between the two, and a large area of dark flames were ejected from the ant swarm, which nonchalantly rolled the Gold Devouring Insects inside. Obviously, the ant colony also knew the terrifying nature of the Gold Eating Insects, and used their fire-repelling talent first.
If other kinds of bugs were barbecued by this strange flame, even if they were not wiped out, I’m afraid they would have suffered heavy losses. However, the Gold Eating Insects did not do anything in the black flames, but instead instantly devoured these black flames cleanly, and then buzzed as they rushed towards the ant colony.
The two torrents of different colors ruthlessly collided together, then intertwined and tore into one piece, and issued a piercing shrill sound a large number of insect corpses fell from the sky one after another, of which the black ones accounted for the majority, while the gold and silver ones were extremely rare.
The Gold Eating Insect swarm had the upper hand the moment they made contact. A moment later, it had the momentum of annihilating the other party.
The Iron Fire Ants also sensed that it was not good, and after the remaining remnants let out a faint chirping sound, they suddenly gathered together and transformed into a black arrow, and then flew out of the Gold Eating Insect swarm’s interception, and were about to escape.
But at this time, a dazzling green sword light from the sky outside the rainbow and came, a flash of chopping on the arrow shaft. The arrow trembled, and its speed was greatly reduced.
This slightly delayed time, the gold-eating insects swarmed up, at once will arrow dead trapped in it. In the blink of an eye, the black submerged in the gold and silver sea, when the swarm dispersed, the arrow has long disappeared without a trace.
It was at this point that Han Li slowly walked over. He calmly looked at the insect corpses on the ground, stroked his chin, and meditated silently for a while!
There weren’t many dead Gold Devouring Insects, only a few hundred or so, so this loss wasn’t something he put into his eyes. It seems that the Gold Devouring Insects are really more powerful than the Iron Fire Ants, and the number of Gold Devouring Insects plays a decisive role in the fight. After all, with ten times the number of Iron Fire Ants, they naturally took advantage.
After analyzing the situation for a few moments, Han Li revealed a look of relief, and it seemed that crossing the Black Desert with the Gold Devouring Insects would not be a problem.
He also looked at the insect corpses all over the ground, eyes in a flash of strange light, mouth a low whistle sounded. Gold and silver colored insect cloud “huffing”, from the sky, like the autumn wind sweeping leaves, will be devoured by the insect corpse on the ground, and then obediently flew into the Han Li once again sacrificed the spirit animal bag.
Once Han Li put away the several leather bags and gazed out into the depths of the Black Desert, the man walked over without hesitation.
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Han Li stood in the distance, gazing expressionlessly at the sky, his figure motionless.
The sky was enacting the largest battle of insect swarms since Han Li had entered the desert, with as many as a hundred thousand or so Gold Devouring Insects and Iron Fire Ants interacting with each other and desperately tearing each other apart at low altitude not far ahead. The insect corpses fell down from the sky like rain, densely laying a thin layer on the ground, which was truly shocking to the eyes!
A hint of gloom flashed unconsciously between Han Li’s brows. Although it was only a short day, the number of Gold Devouring Insects he lost was as high as nearly 10,000, and he was bound to run into a group of Iron Fire Ants almost every time he traveled a certain distance, with their number ranging from two to three thousand to more than 10,000 and not fixed.
This time, he encountered a super large-scale “iron fire ant” group, there were about 50,000 to 60,000 of them. It was estimated that after this battle, his Gold Devouring Insects would have to suffer at least seven or eight thousand casualties.
No wonder Han Li felt a bit of pain, the hatching of the Gold Devouring Insects was a time-consuming matter, and who knew when the swarm would be replenished.
After another tea time, the black ant swarm finally retreated, in addition to the remaining thousands of breakout far away, the other flying ants have become a meal in the belly of the Gold Devouring Insects, devoured completely.
Han Li didn’t bother to spend any more time chasing after the fleeing Iron Fire Ants, but instead sprayed a mouthful of essence into the cold ice bead on his head, letting the cold air flourish for a bit, and continued on his way with a revitalized spirit.
According to his estimation, he should have walked to the center of the desert by now, which was why he encountered such a huge swarm of flying ants. Now he had to hurry up and get on the road, or else just supporting the mana consumption of the two fire-expelling treasures would be an extremely strenuous task.
But this time, Han Li only walked twenty to thirty miles before his face was stunned, narrowing his eyes and gazing in the direction of the right side. A moment later, his face revealed a trace of doubt, and he suddenly changed direction towards a certain sand dune he was looking at.
When Han Li stood on top of the dune, his brows inadvertently furrowed as a group of Iron Fire Ants appeared again where his line of sight reached.
This swarm of flying ants was not numerous, but there were nearly ten thousand of them. They were frantically attacking a light blue light mass, which was shaking and flickering, and there were human figures flickering within it, in a state of bitter support.
Han Li coldly looked at all of this, his face expressionless.
Just at this time, the iron fire ants transformed into a sharp sword, with black flames, ruthlessly chopped to the light mass.
In the case of Han Li thought this person must die, but from the light group shot out an inconspicuous turquoise projectile. This projectile hit the black sword, “puff” turned into a fist-sized dark green sparks, raging burn up. The part of the long sword wrapped in this fire quickly collapsed, nearly a hundred iron fire ants have fallen down from.
Han Li was secretly surprised in his heart. What kind of exotic treasure was that turquoise projectile, that it was so powerful that even an innate fire-attribute spirit insect like the Iron Fire Ants couldn’t withstand the green fire’s attack, it was truly a bit unbelievable! It seemed that there were really countless exotic treasures within the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and he was still a little too insular.
The appearance of the green flame seems to have angered the flying ant swarm even more, they spread out once again, frantically attacking the light cluster, no longer backing down even one step.
And for the cultivator in the light group, it seems that the kind of projectile is not much left, after dispersing the deformation of the iron fire ants, it was late to shoot out a second one, still struggling to hold on. However, he also seemed to have discovered Han Li’s existence, and even under the attack of the Iron Fire Ants, he moved a little bit towards the sand dune where Han Li was.
After Han Li looked at him woodenly for a few moments, he turned around and continued on his way without paying any attention to this person. He now had neither the intention of scheming for the other party’s treasures, nor the interest in wasting the Gold Devouring Insect to save a stranger. In this strange desert, the value of his Gold Devouring Insects was much more useful than ordinary treasures, and he didn’t want to lose a part of it for nothing.
But who knew that he had just taken two steps out when a somewhat familiar hoarse voice of a woman came from the light mass.
”Fellow Daoist Han, and walk slowly! I’m Yuan Yao, please help me out, I’ll be sure to thank you afterwards!” Yuan Yao’s voice was filled with anxiety and trepidation.
”Yuan Yao?” Upon hearing these words, Han Li’s figure froze for a moment, and after a moment’s hesitation, he still slowly turned his body back around.
This world was really small! On such a large lava road, to have managed to run into this female cultivator who was barely considered a familiar face, this really left him speechless.
Since the other party was considered a half-acquaintance, Han Li would not be so cold-blooded as to actually see death and save her. Moreover, after he thought about it some time ago, originally intended to secretly find this woman something, and now it is also just two birds with one stone.
Looking at the light cluster that had dimmed a lot, after a brief meditation, he touched the Spirit Beast Pouch on his waist. Countless Gold Devouring Insects swarmed out, staging a swarm battle in front of Yuan Yao!
The female cultivator in the mass of light watched in disbelief! The Gold Devouring Insects had only paid the price of more than a thousand, and this swarm of Iron Fire Ants had been easily wiped out, which left her speechless in shock for half a day.
It wasn’t until Han Li retrieved the Gold Devouring Insects without panic that she came to her senses and hastily removed the blue light mass protecting her body.
Yuan Yao’s face was a bit pale due to the excessive consumption of her mana, appearing a bit softer, but looking even more delicate and attractive.
The original black robe has also long been removed, replaced with a thin tight shirt, revealing a marvelous shapely figure, and at this time, the whole body is dripping with sweat, emitting a burst of fragrance, full of fatal temptation.
Han Li could not help but be stunned at the sight. But then his complexion returned to normal.
”Many thanks to Fellow Daoist Han for coming to the rescue, Yuan Yao is truly grateful!” Yuan Yao said in a delicate voice after smilingly saluting Han Li.