Chapter 493: Chapter 493: The Ant King’s Guard

Song Jian snorted coldly, placing his hand on the ant egg to examine its attributes. A look of surprise quickly washed over his face.

“Ant Egg (White), Rare item, Usage effect: Can enhance one’s own attributes after use, with strength+1 and defense+3%; this effect is only valid for the first three uses.”

“What a great item!” Song Jian’s face lit up with joy. Nowadays, it was getting increasingly difficult to improve his personal attributes. When he first started playing the game, he frequently ran into miraculous items like the Attribute Fruits, but once he crossed level 20, such items had become scarce. He hadn’t come across any since level 20.

Although equipment could increase his attributes considerably, most couldn’t be taken out of the game, except for the player’s inherent attribute skills.

With his current strength, Song Jian could be considered superhuman in the real world. In a serious fight, even if hundreds were to attack him without using any firearms, he wouldn’t fear.

But Song Jian’s goal now was to compete against firearms, so, of course, the more items he had to increase his attributes, the better.

“What a pity, only the first three are effective.” Looking at the nest filled with ant eggs, Song Jian’s eyes revealed disappointment.

“Use!” Song Jian placed his hands on the ant egg, whispering in his mind.

Suddenly, the white egg, nearly the height of Song Jian’s chest, began to dissolve slowly, turning into a warm current flowing into his chest.

In no time, Song Jian felt a warm sensation throughout his body. Exhausted from the previous battle, Song Jian felt like all his cells were rejoicing and cheering, bursting with excitement.

“This feeling, it’s truly addictive!” Song Jian sighed as the warm current gradually dissipated.

Using one ant egg, Song Jian moved to the next one. After using three of them in succession, he reluctantly looked away.

When Song Jian found out that the ant eggs were valuable, he tried to store them in his inventory but was rejected by the system – it clearly said that the item could not be stored in the inventory.

Otherwise, Song Jian would have cleaned out his inventory to store all these ant eggs. Even if he failed this epic task, it would be worth it if he could bring all these eggs back, but unfortunately…

It seemed that the usage limit of the ant eggs did not apply to the Ant King’s slaves. Seeing Song Jian’s happiness, the Ant King’s slave breathed a sigh of relief and started to tear and devour the eggs. By the time Song Jian absorbed three ant eggs, the Ant King’s slave had already consumed over ten eggs. The size of the eggs it consumed was many times larger than its own body, but it showed no signs of stopping as it continued to eat.

Bzzz~

A white light erupted from the Ant King’s slave, and its level rose by one, reaching level 29.

Song Jian was startled; he hadn’t expected that these ant eggs could increase the Ant King’s level. What surprised him more was that every time an egg was destroyed, the number of souls that the Ant Soul Orb could contain also increased. In other words, destroying an ant egg was equivalent to killing a mutated ant.

“This place is simply a paradise for farming Ant Soul Orbs!” Song Jian burst out laughing, swinging his sword and releasing a destructive Sword Qi. A dozen ant eggs were split in two, spewing out a milky white liquid that looked like milk.

The Ant King’s slave gave Song Jian a pitiful look, speeding up its consumption of the ant eggs.

The Ant Soul Orb had already absorbed nearly a thousand souls after the previous battle. After Song Jian continuously chopped dozens of ant eggs, the number of souls absorbed by the Ant Soul Orb reached the maximum capacity of one thousand.

In an instant, the Ant Soul Orb emitted a strong grey aura. The aura ascended to the top of Song Jian’s head, taking the form of a phantom of a mysterious golden anteater beast. It roared silently towards the sky, its posture arrogant and savage.

The Ant King slave appeared to be frightened and immediately jumped out, looking at Song Jian with a terrified gaze.

At this moment, a terrifying aura suddenly appeared in the hatchery. At the depths of the cave ahead, hundreds of ant eggs burst open simultaneously.

A creamy liquid flowed out, filling the entire hatchery with a sweet fragrant smell.

On the ground where the ant eggs exploded, the earth slowly heaved upward and a giant Ant King soon burrowed up from the ground. Its pair of crimson eyes fixated on the phantom of the mysterious golden anteater beast above Song Jian’s head. It stretched its neck and let out a shrill howl.

Clap, clap, clap~

All the ant eggs in the hatchery burst open at once. This gigantic mutated Ant King, looking at the creamy liquid flowing on the ground, revealed a hint of pain in its eyes.

“There’s actually an Ant King guarding here?” Song Jian exclaimed with wide eyes, hardly believing his discovery.

Roar~

The Ant King slave let out a hiss and, without any command from Song Jian, charged directly at the mutated Ant King ahead.

The Mutated Ant King, looking at the spiky Ant King slave, showed a hint of hesitation in its eyes. But soon, it seemed to understand something and became furious. Even its dark carapace was exuding a red glow of extreme heat.

The two Ant Kings collided fiercely. The Ant King slave was obviously no match for the mutated Ant King and was thrown backward. Before it could get up, the mutated Ant King had already lunged towards it, its giant mandible aimed at the slave’s skull.

Earth Teeth Assault!

A fang-shaped air mass whistled towards the mutated Ant King and exploded violently at its side. The powerful shockwave caused the mutated Ant King to sway for a moment, its massive body wavering.

Seizing this opportunity, the Ant King slave got up and, swinging its huge mandibles, let out a howl at the mutated Ant King.

Seeing the Ant King slave’s bravado, the mutated Ant King became even more furious, completely ignoring Song Jian and rushing towards the Ant King slave like a bolt of lightning. It seemed determined to kill the Ant King slave, even at the cost of its own injury.

Song Jian wouldn’t let it succeed. He swung his sword at the mutated Ant King, letting loose a series of sword techniques that caused massive damage to the mutated Ant King.

As soon as Song Jian got close, the mutated Ant King instantly felt a strange power entangling it. Its body became weak and its movements restrained, as if tethered by something. Even its attacks became sluggish.

Seeing the state of the mutated Ant King, Song Jian was instantly delighted. The effect of the Ant Soul Orb on the mutated Ant King was successful; it had reduced its defense by 50% and weakened its damage and attack speed by 30%. Even if the mutated Ant King possessed first-tier combat power, it could only end up crippled now.

The Ant King slave seemed to sense the weakened state of the mutated Ant King and immediately pushed off its hind legs, charging towards it. The spikes on its carapace pierced through the tough exterior of the mutated Ant King effortlessly, like a hot knife through butter. The intense pain caused the mutated Ant King to let out a painful roar towards the sky.

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