Normally, after hornets landed, they would struggle to crawl back up or mindlessly flap their wings in a desperate attempt to fly again. But this hornet seemed conscious—it actually fought back this way.
Luckily, Zhuojiu, Bai Shi, and the others had stayed highly alert. Otherwise, that single circle the Mutated Hornet had made just now would have sliced off their legs.
"Fire Serpent Restraint."
Lu Yang chanted the spell, and flames erupted from the ground, firmly pinning the hornet in place. No matter how desperately it struggled, it could not break free. At the same time, the intense heat scorched its shell.
"That was close—way too close," Zhou Tianming said fearfully.
Cold sweat covered Zhuojiu's forehead as well. "One hornet is already this difficult to deal with. If there were swarms of them, I don't even know what we'd do."
Lu Yang shook his head. "Don't think about that for now. Kill it first, then we'll check out the white ants."
Ku Ai Bansheng unleashed Qi Blade Slash. A streak of white sword energy severed the Mutated Hornet's head, and the group left the forest, heading toward the distant white ant nest.
An hour later, a massive castle made of yellow earth, more than seventy meters tall, appeared before them.
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I never would've imagined there could be such a miraculous structure in this world," Bai Shi said.
The castle could practically be called a work of art. It was so flawless that it was nearly impossible to find any fault with it, and even its outer perimeter had defensive zones.
"I'll go take a closer look. Stay where you are, and don't come any closer," Lu Yang said.
"It's too dangerous for you to go alone," Zhuojiu said.
Lu Yang smiled