Zhou Leng continued, "Senior Brother's goal is to cultivate a powerful Taiqing Sea Robe, which will naturally form a strong protective ability."

"But I only thought about protecting myself, lacking experience, and instead neglected the Taiqing Sea Robe itself, which led to its actual protective ability weakening."

"Not only is it the case with the Taiqing Sea Robe, but it's also the same with many cultivation techniques."

"In fact, when cultivating ordinary cultivation techniques, there's nothing wrong with my way of cultivation, it's like only seeing the self."

"But when cultivating the Star Sky Technique, you need to change your perspective, like Senior Brother, seeing the self and also seeing the world."

The Blood of Tyranny nodded slightly and said, "Your understanding is exceptionally rare in this world."

"Senior Brother overpraises." Zhou Leng continued to ponder the insights he just gained.

Before long, the wound on the Ant Queen wriggled and closed, and slowly squeezed out a Demonization Bottle.

Zhou Leng retrieved it; the Demonization Bottle was full, not sure how many large vats it could fill.

The Ant Queen lowered its massive black-red ant head, its large eyes staring at the two, its antennae drooping powerlessly.

Its gigantic body looked pitiful.

"Let's go."

The Blood of Tyranny strode out, and Zhou Leng hurried to follow.

When the figures of the two disappeared at the cave entrance, all the giant ants breathed a sigh of relief.

The Ant Queen gazed at the cave entrance, continuously making faint hissing sounds, like wailing, complaining, or perhaps cursing.

The Blood of Tyranny left first.

Outside the giant ant nest, Cyan Flame and Vigorous Root watched as the silhouette of the Blood of Tyranny disappeared into the night. They hurriedly rushed to the vicinity of the nest, shouting loudly.

"What happened?" Zhou Leng walked out of the cave unscathed.

Everyone was overjoyed.

"It's good you're alive, let's leave quickly!" Everyone was afraid that the Blood of Tyranny might return, so they dragged Zhou Leng along as they ran into the distance.

Zhou Leng asked, "Why in such a hurry?"

No one would admit they were too scared of the Blood of Tyranny to enter the giant ant nest for a rescue.

Cyan Flame said, "If things are gone, they're gone, don't mind, life is more important."

"Did the Blood of Tyranny take everything? Not leaving any bark?" Vigorous Root said.

"No..."

Vigorous Root interrupted, "This is my fault, too greedy. We shouldn't have coveted the giant ant nest, at least wait until we're Grandmasters to talk."

"I suspect that the Blood of Tyranny was attracted by our toxic smoke."

"It's been so long, the experts who lured away the giant ant army should be returning by now. We can't linger, let's delve deeper into the forest."

Cyan Flame said, "I've already cast a spell to erase the traces, there won't be any trouble."

Zhou Leng said, "We gained very little this time; I really can't be blamed. Vigorous Root, didn't your elders mention that a Grandmaster Ant Queen's body has Grandmaster-level defensive abilities?"

"Huh? No. I thought something was missing, turns out it was this!"

"I even used the Explosive Demon Spirit Ball, it was useless," Zhou Leng said.

"Don't be discouraged, that's perfectly normal, after all, it's the Grandmaster Ant Queen."

"Yes, surviving an encounter with the Blood of Tyranny is something I can boast about for a lifetime."

Zhou Leng took out two Demonization Bottles and said, "So besides the ant eggs, I only collected a bottle of aphid honey and a bottle of Radiant Juice."

Everyone simultaneously stopped, staring at the two Demonization Bottles.

One bottle contained golden honey.

The other bottle, sparkling and colorful, like fragments of a rainbow gathered together, its light even shone through the glass, resembling a colorful light bulb.

"You must have endured a lot..." Cyan Flame looked at Zhou Leng sympathetically.

Vigorous Root and the other four Tree-men nodded repeatedly, knowing that surviving under the Blood of Tyranny while retaining treasures required an extraordinary will."

No one had expected Zhou Leng to have such determination and perseverance.

Cyan Flame's nose tingled as he recalled Blue Star's ancient tales.

Goujian's rise from hardship, Han Xin's humiliation beneath the crotch...

Zhou Leng saw their strange expressions, put away the Demonization Bottles, and said, "Pick up the pace, we can't be discovered by the ones who lured away the giant ant swarm."

"Yes, yes..."

The group accelerated their escape.

An Innate team rushed towards the giant ant nest.

Mad Prince Aiden, Broken Candle City Lord, and Radiance of the Bright Candle led dozens of Innate individuals, either running swiftly or flying.

Jade Wings followed from afar in the sky, constantly scanning around.

"How did we encounter the Blood of Tyranny!"

"Luckily, he was just passing by and glanced from afar, which made me shiver. If he had approached, I'd be dead."

"A fool below even asked why it suddenly rained - what an idiot, that was precious dragon urine!"

"Trading a pee for a life, worth it!"

"This Aiden is toxic, first stirring up the giant ant swarm, then meeting the Blood of Tyranny. I must find a way to leave this jinx. The Trup Family members are unreliable one after another."

"I'll die by his hand sooner or later!"

Jade Wings watched Aiden's figure running below, squinting and contemplating.

Aiden looked at the giant ant nest growing ever closer, worriedly saying, "Do you think the Blood of Tyranny would pass by the giant ant nest and casually take the Radiant Juice?"

"Not likely, I see Blood of Tyranny's momentum has already surpassed the Grandmaster level, closing in on the Martial Saint level," Radiance of the Bright Candle said.

"Nothing is impossible, even a Martial Saint would casually take Radiant Juice if they saw it, as it's both delicious and precious. Furthermore, it's challenging to obtain Martial Saint-level Radiant Juice, only able to collect those of the Grandmaster level," Aiden said.

"Don't scare yourself, maybe the Blood of Tyranny didn't see it. Besides, he's in the critical period of advancing to Martial Saint, his realm might become unstable, so he wouldn't dare engage in a reckless fight... Hmm? Why is the giant ant nest smoking? Is it on fire or is it toxic gas?"

Everyone exchanged glances, grim-faced, cursing the Blood of Tyranny in their hearts.

Fine, take the Radiant Juice, but did you have to set fire to the giant ant nest?

"There should still be a chance."

"Yes, let's have a look."

The Innates raced forward, approaching the giant ant nest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's just thin poisonous smoke, not a fire. There's still a chance. Go!"

The multitude of Innates rushed in, while Jade Wings leisurely flew in the air, circling the giant ant nest, not daring to enter.

Aiden and the Radiance of the Bright Candle, leading the giant insect translator, charged into the Ant Queen's hall, seeing the chaos inside, their hearts sinking halfway.

Seeing the Ant Queen still alive, they felt secretly lucky.

Aiden immediately said to the giant insect translator, "Tell the Ant Queen, we've come not to fight to the death, but to take half of the Radiant Juice, and nothing else."

The giant cicada that came with the team loudly relayed Aiden's words, its voice piercing, as if carrying the summer heat.

After the giant cicada finished speaking, all the giant ants in the Ant Queen's hall turned red-eyed.

The originally severely injured Ant Queen's eyes burst with a bloody light.

Too much bullying of the ants!

"I want you dead!" The Ant Queen let out a shrill scream.

The Radiant Juice inside its belly was already scarce, so its body could move.

The Ant Queen, like a train, suddenly accelerated, ramming towards Aiden and the Radiance of the Bright Candle's team.

The giant cicada translator flapped its wings and ran first.

"Retreat!" Aiden and the Radiance of the Bright Candle, seeing the train-like Ant Queen rushing towards them, were scared out of their wits and ran for their lives.

Aiden, being a Great Innate, and the Radiance of the Bright Candle, an Innate with powerful muscles, stood out in the team. They ignored the other Innates, pushing them aside as they charged into the passageway.

The high-level Innates saw their leaders running and also pushed aside the ordinary Innates to flee first.

The ordinary Innates were merely average in power and faced the Grandmaster Ant Queen.

A frenzied Grandmaster Ant Queen.

Rumble...

The Ant Queen rushed like a large truck.

Some Innates were smashed into a bloody paste on the walls.

Some Innates were crushed into meat patties.

The unluckiest ones had parts of their bodies shattered, falling to the ground, broken, unable to live but not dead, watching helplessly as the angry giant ants rushed up to gnaw them to pieces.

The Ant Queen rampaged through the giant ant nest.

The giant ant nest continuously roared and collapsed.

In the high sky, Jade Wings paused for a moment, even forgetting to flap its wings.

Upon seeing the enormous body of the Ant Queen charge out, spells flickered around Jade Wings, which instantly teleported hundreds of meters away, then quickly escaped like a meteor.

"Kill them all! Kill them! All humans must die!"

The Ant Queen howled at the sky, as the retreating giant ant army went mad, burning their lives to speed up their return to the nest, charging at Aiden and his people.

Aiden and the Radiance of the Bright Candle, seeing their Innate subordinates fall in large numbers, couldn't help but curse under their breath.

"Damn it! What happened exactly?"

"Thinking back now, it doesn't feel right; why was the Ant Queen's belly so flat? Someone must have taken the Radiant Juice in advance."

The Radiance of the Bright Candle cursed, "Damn... that someone."

The Flesh and Blood War Chariot glared angrily, shouting, "It must have been... the esteemed Blood of Tyranny who took the Radiant Juice. The Ant Queen doesn't dare retaliate and can only vent her anger on us! We missed killing Zhou Leng, missed the precious Juice; what misfortune!"

"Damn Ant Queen!"

After fleeing for some time, they escaped the giant ant nest's sphere of influence.

Aiden sighed, "Forget it, let's pretend we never went to the giant ant nest; let's keep looking for the Ancient Tree Fossil."

"There are four places where rumors of the Ancient Tree Fossil have recently appeared; let's find one with fewer giant insects..."

"I hear the Celestial Calamity Envoy plans to go to the Flute Forest, and the main force of the Demon Worship Sect is also headed there."

"Celestial Calamity Envoy... let's go see." Aiden said.

South of the Flute Forest.

The team led by Shen Jun and Rao Mingxian of the Demon Worship Sect left the Tree-man Base, traveling day and night to reach the designated location.

Mrs. Xiyang led the Dragon Country Demon Worshipers to camp here.

The two reported to Mrs. Xiyang about everything they saw and heard at the Tree-man Base.

Letting Shen Jun leave, Mrs. Xiyang looked at Rao Mingxian and asked, "Did you make a move against Zhou Leng at the Tree-man Base?"

Rao Mingxian sighed and said, "Madam, his strength has improved too quickly; I only tested a move and had to escape."

"Zhang Xiaoxiao and Zhou Leng also know each other?" Mrs. Xiyang's tone was indifferent.

Rao Mingxian's hair stood on end at the back of his neck, not expecting Mrs. Xiyang to know everything, and could only say, "The two of them are neighbors."

Mrs. Xiyang pondered and said, "You go find Gong Futian and have him guide you, the two of you join forces to kill Zhou Leng."

"Yes."

"Does Zhou Leng care much about Zhang Xiaoxiao?" Mrs. Xiyang asked again.

"Zhang Xiaoxiao's grandmother once helped Zhou Leng."

"Oh, then find a way to kill Zhang Xiaoxiao."

"But Zhang Xiaoxiao has the Hand of the Headless God, the same she used to kill Zhao Tong that day," Rao Mingxian said.

"Scared?"

"To be honest, I'm not her match."

"Then use poison, deceit, any means necessary; if you can't even do that, you're useless!" Mrs. Xiyang's voice was icy.

Rao Mingxian's face turned red, yet he dared not argue, as Mrs. Xiyang usually appeared kind but was extremely ruthless.

He had only joined the Demon Worship Sect three or four months ago and had witnessed Mrs. Xiyang kill seven Demon Worship members.

"Go find Gong Futian, also convey to him that compared to finding 'Six Volumes of the Eastern Monarch,' the Celestial Calamity Envoy's command is more important."

"Yes."

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