"Boom, boom, boom..."
This explosion was several times more powerful than the previous one. Wherever the ripples stirred by the golden Spiritual Energy swept past, the Bloodthirsty Ants fell in swaths.
It forcibly cleared a passage several meters wide through the ant swarm. The corpses of Bloodthirsty Ants piled up on both sides, and a foul, bloody stench spread through the air.
The Porcupine Beast shook its head. Blood vessels had appeared in its amber eyes, clearly showing that this move had consumed much of its already dwindling Spiritual Energy.
It staggered forward, using all its strength in an attempt to break out of the Bloodthirsty Ants' encirclement.
Seeing this, the Crocodile Beast immediately followed. Its sickle-like claws swung at its sides, clearing away the Bloodthirsty Ants that slipped through.
"Trying to run?"
Lin Li raised an eyebrow, his eyes following the two beasts. "The question is whether the master of this swarm will agree."
The instant he finished speaking, a sharp beast roar suddenly came from the northwest. The sound wave pierced the air like a sword, making the two fleeing beasts abruptly stiffen.
Lin Li turned his head and looked over. At the top of the bushes in the northwest, a crimson figure was slowly rising to its feet.
It was an Ant Queen nearly ten meters tall. Its entire body looked as though it had been carved from blood-red jade, and its crystal-clear shell glowed with a warm red radiance beneath the sunlight.
Two pairs of wings as thin as cicadas' wings fluttered gently, stirring up a faint red powder.
Its compound eyes were several times larger than those of ordinary ants. Now, they were fixed intently on the two fleeing beasts, while the Spiritual Energy fluctuations of a Second-Order Peak spread outward like a rising tide.