The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 527 - 329: Hunting Trip

Chapter 527: Chapter 329: Hunting Trip

After having continuously killed several Big King Ants, they didn’t encounter any Demonized Ants for a long duration.

This was clearly not normal; the central area was the exit to the Underworld, and all the Demonized Ants from the Trident River Region should emerge from there. It was impossible not to encounter even a single one.

The ant colony seemed to have undergone some strange changes.

Just as Rod sensed something was amiss and wanted to retreat, they suddenly encountered a large swarm of Demonized Ants.

In the vision of the Eye of the Soul, Rod clearly saw that within the ant swarm, there were several powerful entities, charging towards them at a speed surpassing that of the rest of the swarm.

These were Big King Ants!

He realized in an instant that if there were multiple Big King Ants, they would never manage to kill them all with the increasing power of Spiritual Power Shock.

In other words, they stood no chance.

"Retreat quickly!"

Rod and Lannister almost simultaneously said.

Cilly exclaimed in surprise, "Why? Aren’t the Demonized Ants scared off by us? Now is the time to chase a fleeing enemy!"

Lannister glanced at Rod with a bit of surprise and quickly said, "The information brought by the wind tells me that a group of powerful enemies are rapidly approaching us, among them at least four... five Big King Ants."

Cilly was shocked; Lannister’s Gale Characteristic could enhance his perception effects, so if he said there were five Big King Ants, there definitely were five.

With the strength of this team, they couldn’t possibly handle more than two Big King Ants.

"Which direction?"

"East... no, southeast, no no, west...dammit, they’re surrounding us!"

Lannister’s words made everyone tense up instantly.

Only Rod remained calm.

"Anna, take them to the northwest, and no matter what happens, don’t look back."

Lannister’s tone became anxious for the first time, "No! There are many ants in the northwest..."

"There’s only one Big King Ant."

"Even one is too much! Anna is very fast, but she’ll be brought down by the Spiritual Power Shock!"

"I’ll lure it away in another direction."

Without a doubt, this suicidal suggestion was met with strong opposition from everyone.

But Rod calmed them down with just one sentence.

"I have a special ability to escape, Mephit, Anna, you know that."

Ana, already transformed into a Centaur, leisurely pawed at the ground and said with a smile, "Right, you don’t have to worry, Rod has a Space Transmission ability. When developing Star Town, he always used to charge into monster groups and self-detonate, right, Amie?"

Mephit nodded gently.

Cilly was shocked, "Rod also has Space Transmission ability?"

"Yes, I remember he can open a Teleportation Gate and even find unreasonable folds in space. Many of the mines in Star Town are his discoveries."

Lannister looked at Rod from top to bottom with a whole new perspective.

"This isn’t another one of your black tub tricks, is it?"

"It’s not!"

Anna interjected.

"I remember it’s called something like white paste, or thick liquid or something."

As soon as she spoke, several of the team members quietly moved a bit further away from Rod, only Cilly seemed eager to come closer and understand clearly.

Angry, Rod shouted, "Stop talking nonsense! Move out!"

Only then did everyone reluctantly jump onto Centaur. Because there were too many people, Rod made a trailer out of a Wood Puppet, which he attached behind Anna; the lower-status Lannister could only stand on the trailer.

Ana, discontented, pawed at the ground and grumbled, "Why do I feel more and more like a horse?"

"Stop complaining and move! Drive!"

With a slap, Rod smacked the rear of the horse.

Ana neighed and with a raise of her hooves, she vanished into the black fog like a flash of lightning, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, Rod leapt to the six o’clock position, firing a quick Star Shuttle, hitting a distant Big King Ant.

With a backhand wave, he fired several more Star Shuttles, drawing all the Big King Ants towards him.

In the vision of the Eye of the Soul, Anna had already charged into the ant swarm. The ordinary Demonized Ants couldn’t stop the four of them; she continued on with the trailer as though cutting through waves.

Turning around, six powerful Big King Ants were already upon him.

Rod smiled faintly and met them head-on.

Ana didn’t deceive them, but what she referred to as "white paste" was the [Spirit Boat].

The [Spirit Boat] can only be activated once a month, and it had been just over forty days since the last activation.

The current moon’s orbit was particularly long and wasn’t complete yet, meaning the [Spirit Boat] had not yet recovered.

He had no choice but to use the [Resurrection Stone].

"That works too, it saves a Goddess’ Tear. Ah, I should have cherished them more before."

Rod released all his Spiritual Energy, trying to see the limits of his power in the [Pioneer of Destruction] state, but unfortunately, the mere enhancement in Spiritual Energy didn’t have much effect.

Six Big King Ants easily broke through his Star Light Shield and snapped his Star Light Long Sword, and even his greatly enhanced Spiritual Defense didn’t hold up for long; he was quickly overwhelmed by the oncoming swarm.

Rod’s vision darkened, experiencing for the first time what it was like to be directly killed by monsters.

—

When he woke up again, he was back at Lighthouse 20, in his room.

Rod stretched out his hands and looked at his unharmed self.

No matter how many times, he always found it incredibly magical.

After a moment, the well-seasoned Rod skillfully retrieved his clothing from the Dream Realm, walked out of his room, and found that Lannister and the others hadn’t returned yet.

The lighthouse was empty, save for the injured warriors and logistics personnel; there weren’t many people.

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