Meat Being Scarce and Unpalatable Was Actually a Blessing (Please Bookmark and Follow)

Boom!

After an explosive crack of bursting air, Iron Fist and the larger Fire Ant separated.

Iron Fist's legs sank deep into the ground, plowing two deep furrows through the forest humus littered with protruding stumps. Its arms were covered in bloody specks, especially its two dark fists, each comparable to a small house. Deep, crisscrossing cuts ran across them, blood dripping continuously from the wounds.

"Roar, roar." Iron Fist panted heavily and glanced behind it from the corner of its eye. Gale was half-reclining on the ground there, with two sections of Fire Ant corpses beside him—one by his left hand, one by his right. If Gale's chest had not still been faintly rising and falling, Iron Fist would have thought this comrade had died as well.

Fortunately, fortunately, he still had one breath left.

That was what Iron Fist thought. Aside from that small part of its attention, most of its focus remained on the larger Fire Ant hovering in midair not far away.

Compared to Iron Fist, which was covered in bloody wounds, the larger Fire Ant was not much better off. Of the Fire Ant's two red-jade-like antennae, only one remained. Iron Fist had forcibly torn off the other, and no one knew where it had been thrown. Its pair of crystal-clear wings was no longer intact either, their edges jagged as though they had been chewed by a wild beast.

"Click, click, click~~~~"

Rubbing its forelimbs frantically, the larger Fire Ant flew high in the air and did not dare come down. It had developed a fear of these two Azure-Eyed Baboons. The two baboons were like madmen, immediately fighting with tactics that harmed both sides!

Planet Level Fire Ants were far more intelligent than Apprentice Level Vajra Ants. Their intelligence could reach the average level of Planet Level demonic beasts, and the actions of the two Azure-Eyed Baboons left it particularly confused. Weren't they both vanguards of their respective clans? Shouldn't they have fought first to test each other out?

Yet from the very start, they had acted like mortal enemies, refusing to stop until one side died... Looking at Gale lying on the ground and the corpses of companions in Gale's hands, a trace of shame and resentment flashed through the larger Fire Ant's eyes. It had led the team this time, yet one Planet Level companion had died. The Queen Ant would certainly blame it.

Almost at the same time, both the Fire Ant and Iron Fist realized they could not continue fighting. If they kept going, they might both die here.

"Roar—"

"Click, click, click~~~~"

Following Iron Fist's furious roar and the Fire Ant's rubbing of its forelimbs, the Vajra Ant swarm and the Azure-Eyed Baboon elites, who had been locked in an inseparable battle, immediately pulled apart.

The Vajra Ants retreated into their burrows, while the Azure-Eyed Baboons gathered their companions' corpses and stood behind Iron Fist. Two Azure-Eyed Baboons with lighter injuries even leaped several times into the forest behind them and quickly returned with two bundles wrapped in fir cloth. The two hurried to Gale's side, spread open the fir-cloth bundles, and revealed seven bamboo tubes of various sizes.

Like physicians, they opened the seals of the bamboo tubes one by one. Some of the seven tubes held green medicinal paste, while others contained dark-red liquid. They poured them over Gale's wounds. When these substances touched his injuries, the wounds that had been bleeding nonstop rapidly stopped bleeding and slowly scabbed over, while the redness and swelling gradually subsided. Gale was still weak, but the pained expression on his face clearly eased considerably.

Clearly, compared to the Vajra Ants, the Azure-Eyed Baboon clan possessed a higher degree of social civilization. They had even mastered rudimentary smelting and medicine.

However, the Vajra Ant Clan leaned more toward the Insect Race model. Apprentice Level Vajra Ants were essentially cannon fodder to begin with and were not worth pitying.

During the half-hour battle just now, the Vajra Ants had left behind nearly three hundred corpses, while the Azure-Eyed Baboons had left behind thirteen. Overall, the two races on the Lower Levels were evenly matched, and neither gained any great advantage.

The larger Fire Ant did not care in the least about the losses among its Vajra Ant subordinates. As long as resources were sufficient, the Queen Ant could breed Apprentice Level Vajra Ants. Planet Level Fire Ants were different. There were nearly ten thousand Vajra Ants in the entire nest, yet fewer than thirty Planet Level Fire Ants. This showed just how difficult it was for Planet Level Fire Ants to advance. Thus, in this battle, the Vajra Ants had suffered devastating losses on the whole!

Just as the leaders of both sides were regretting the gains and losses of this battle, a clear cry suddenly came from the sky.

Boom! Boom!

Two immensely heavy sounds of air pressure, one after the other, came whistling in.

The demonic beasts on the ground looked toward the sound, only to see it coming from the dome overhead. A faint bloodline pressure descended, barely perceptible at first, but growing heavier as the Black Shadow approached.

"Frost Flood Dragons?"

Iron Fist stared in terror at the two long dragons flying over, its back turning cold. Joking aside, just the fact that the two flood dragons were dozens of meters long was enough to frighten it.

What was more, judging by the menacing posture of the two flood dragons, they had clearly come with hostile intentions.

"Molenta, catch that biggest monkey."

The whistling hiss of rushing air filled his ears, yet Caesar's words still reached Molenta clearly.

"Roar, roar~~ Is this the Azure-Eyed Baboon clan? I heard they also have a leader as powerful as Father." Molenta feared neither heaven nor earth. Though his words sounded hesitant, the excitement in his eyes had long exposed his eagerness.

"What's there to fear?" Caesar sneered. "There is nothing on the Verdant Continent that our Frost clan needs to fear. And Planet Level monkey meat is plentiful. If raised well, one would be enough for Nathaniel to eat for several weeks."

As he spoke, Caesar did not regard the Planet Level Azure-Eyed Baboon highly at all. After all, he was a noble Frost Flood Dragon. Even though he had been stuck at the sixth rank of Planet Level for over eight hundred years, his inherited memories and enormous body were enough to easily crush demonic beasts of the same level.

"Roar, roar! Boss, then I'll go first!"

Seeing how casually Caesar spoke, Molenta immediately stopped hesitating. His azure tail, resembling a sharp sword yet especially sleek, suddenly whipped through the air. A fierce sonic boom exploded, and with a whoosh, he turned into an afterimage and pounced toward the surprised and doubtful Iron Fist on the ground!

An eighth-rank Planet Level pure-blooded flood dragon was nearly invincible within the Planet Level!

"Damn it, it's coming for me?!"

The intense wind pressure rushed at his face. Iron Fist could already clearly see the excitement and mockery in the approaching flood dragon's eyes. "It sees me as prey? What nerve!!"

"Children, take Gale away!"

Though Iron Fist had no confidence in its heart, it still worried about Gale lying on the ground. If Gale remained behind it, Iron Fist would inevitably be restrained in battle.

Hearing Iron Fist's shout, though the elites were afraid, four of them still gritted their teeth and came forward, preparing to carry Gale away by his limbs.

"Rooaaar~~~~"

However, how could Caesar let them have their way? A deafening dragon roar rippled outward in wave after wave, and the entire battlefield fell into an eerie silence.

By then, the Fire Ant had already secretly hidden itself in the shadows. Because it was too small and its flesh and blood tasted sour and astringent, Caesar did not think much of it at all.

Escaping disaster because it had too little meat and tasted bad—one had to admit, natural selection was ingenious.

As for Iron Fist, a smile even uglier than crying appeared on its black-and-red face. Today, it seemed impossible to escape this calamity...

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