Ashen God
Chapter 243 - 242: Crimson Iron Ant Swarm

Chapter 243: Chapter 242: Crimson Iron Ant Swarm

Zhang Yanhang had just entered the Ashen World when he was immediately faced with a dense swarm of Crimson Iron Worker Ants blocking the C-shaped passage he was in, making it completely impassable.

Not only did Zhang Yanhang show no trace of fear in this situation, but he was actually extremely excited and happy because the Crimson Iron Ants surrounding him were not the Third Tier Crimson Iron Ants he had previously guessed, but the most common First Tier One-star Crimson Iron Worker Ants.

Of course, this didn’t mean Zhang Yanhang would act timidly when facing Third Tier Crimson Iron Ants and throw heavy punches when against First Tier ones; his main reason for happiness was that before he even started looking for monsters, the monsters had taken the initiative to come to him, which naturally made him happy.

What restricted Zhang Yanhang’s hunting speed was never the quantity of the monsters but their density; the higher the density, the greater his hunting efficiency would naturally be. After all, with the Energy Shield protecting him, he was never afraid of being besieged.

In fact, Zhang Yanhang’s favorite scenario was when the monsters clustered around him in a group because that allowed him to slaughter widely and quickly gather Soul points and other benefits.

The Crimson Iron Worker Ants in front of him had already begun trying to climb up Zhang Yanhang’s body and launch Bite attacks, but Zhang Yanhang didn’t pay attention to them for the time being. He immediately activated the external manifestation of the Energy Shield and switched it to the initial eggshell shape.

The Crimson Iron Worker Ants that had already climbed onto Zhang Yanhang were suddenly flung off when the Energy Shield expanded into its eggshell form, crashing into some of the ants in the back that were continuously spitting Acid Liquid towards Zhang Yanhang.

Those Worker Ants in the back began to spray Acid Liquid at Zhang Yanhang the moment he entered the Ashen World, covering the front of his body in less than a second with their overwhelming numbers, which was incredibly annoying.

But fortunately for Zhang Yanhang, who always had the protection of the Energy Shield, the Acid Liquid that had been sprayed onto him was now flung off along with the Worker Ants that had previously clung to his body.

Even if a small amount of Acid Liquid still remained on the surface of the Energy Shield, it would drip onto the ground slowly due to the low friction of the smooth Energy Shield and the force of gravity.

However, before Zhang Yanhang had a chance to be slightly pleased, even more Crimson Iron Worker Ants reacted, a large number of them relentlessly spitting Acid Liquid at Zhang Yanhang’s Energy Shield.

With their continuous spraying, these Worker Ants quickly covered the recently cleansed Energy Shield again with a new layer of Acid Liquid.

The transparent, thick Acid Liquid completely enveloped the eggshell-shaped Energy Shield, sliding towards the ground, following the potential energy of gravity. The whole scene was unexpectedly disturbing, conjuring associations with certain unsavory things.

But fortunately, Zhang Yanhang’s attention was not on the Acid Liquid at the moment, otherwise his sudden mental imagery might have disgusted him as well.

The Acid Liquid from the Crimson Iron Worker Ants was unable to breach Zhang Yanhang’s defenses even during the First Tier period, let alone after his promotion to the Second Tier, it posed even less of a threat to him. Thus, Zhang Yanhang simply ignored the group of Worker Ants continuously spitting Acid Liquid at him.

He was focused on using his Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill to scan the current situation inside the Crimson Iron Ant Nest, and Zhang Yanhang surmised that the "unexpected event" mentioned in the Multiple Choice options just now must refer to the large density of Crimson Iron Worker Ants gathered near the Transmission Channel.

But although it was an unexpected event, Zhang Yanhang quite liked this surprise and felt that if such surprises could happen often, that would be great. Well, maybe if surprises happened often, they wouldn’t be called surprises but just ordinary everyday occurrences.

The reason why Zhang Yanhang liked this surprise was that he found the situation inside the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu truly exceeded his expectations.

Because of the poor Penetration Power, Zhang Yanhang’s current Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill could only reach out a little over three hundred meters inside the Crimson Iron Ant Nest made entirely out of crimson iron ore.

Normally, if the scanning range were of this level, it would have been quite lucky already to discover a squad of Crimson Iron Worker Ants within it.

But now, within the scanning range of Zhang Yanhang’s Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill, Crimson Iron Worker Ants stood everywhere, and in some areas at the edge of his scan range floated hundreds of First Tier One-star Elite Monster Crimson Iron Flying Ants.

Even beyond the area covered by Zhang Yanhang’s scan, which contained a large number of Crimson Iron Worker Ants and Crimson Iron Flying Ants, there seemed to be a continuous stream of worker ants gathering from other channels towards the C-shaped channel where he was.

Zhang Yanhang discovered that with time passing by, the density of Crimson Iron Worker Ants within the scope of the Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil Skill was getting higher and higher, and a large number of worker ants from the edge of his scanning range poured in around him.

After discovering this, Zhang Yanhang became even more excited because judging by what was covered by his current scan, there were at least several hundred Crimson Iron Worker Ants, and beyond his scan range, even more worker ants were continually heading his way.

Zhang Yanhang estimated that based on the current situation, there were at least four digits’ worth of Crimson Iron Worker Ants surrounding the Transmission Channel in the nearby C-shaped channel, that is, around one to two thousand ants.

"What exactly is going on here? Why are there so many Crimson Iron Worker Ants surrounding the Transmission Channel... Could it be that the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu really wants to invade the real world through the Transmission Channel? It shouldn’t be, right?"

Besides the rather implausible possibility of the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest Dala Gu wanting to invade the real world, Zhang Yanhang actually thought of another, more credible possibility, which logically seemed much more reasonable.

The other possibility Zhang Yanhang mentioned was that he thought maybe the Crimson Iron Ant Queen had detected an invader inside the ant nest at this moment.

Therefore, according to this more credible theory, these groups of First Tier One-star Ordinary Monster Crimson Iron Worker Ants and First Tier One-star Elite Monster Crimson Iron Flying Ants had surrounded the Transmission Channel’s C-shaped channel because they were ordered by the higher-ups, coming to wage a revenge battle against Zhang Yanhang.