"Trying to run?" Lin Li's eyes turned cold, and the corner of his mouth curled into a frigid smile.
He raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The Spiritual Energy swirling around his fingertips erupted in an instant.
The next second, more than a dozen fist-sized fireballs appeared out of thin air before him. They carried a wave of scorching heat, orange-red flames dancing across their surfaces as they radiated astonishing warmth.
Lin Li flicked his wrist. The fireballs shot away like precision-guided shells, whistling toward the Giant Tooth Ants trying to break through on either side.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
A string of explosions rang out. The fireballs burst among the swarm, and the searing heat swept through the area, forming miniature whirlwinds of flame.
Every fireball that struck killed a huge number of Giant Tooth Ants in an instant.
Charred ant carcasses littered the ground. Some were even hurled away by the shock waves, crashing heavily into dead tree trunks with dull thuds.
An investigator operating a flamethrower saw this and couldn't help widening his eyes, muttering to himself.
"Good heavens, his Spiritual Energy control is incredible! If we had more people who could make fireballs, wouldn't wiping out this swarm be a piece of cake?"
On one side, the Giant Tooth Ants charged forward with all their might, an endless black tide. On the other, the investigators and Beast Hunters held their ground and tirelessly blocked them, using the wall of fire to stand firm like nails driven into the earth.
Flames soared into the sky as thick smoke billowed. The black swarm and red fire formed a stark contrast, and the stench of burning almost suffocated everyone.
The people guarding the camp couldn't spare anyone to reinforce them, but they urgently sent a few men over with