"Tell me, Emperor! Where is my Abyssal Dark Lotus?!"
After confirming over and over that he had come to the right place, the Ant Emperor stared at the neat, gaping pit before him and roared furiously.
That Abyssal Dark Lotus was the key to his breakthrough to greater power. After spending so long on the 76th Layer, he wanted to climb higher, too!
But the lotus's disappearance struck him like a heavy hammer to the head, shattering his hopes of ascending in an instant.
"Emperor, I don't know! Everything was fine when I left. How did it all disappear?"
The Abyss Ant searched back and forth, as though hoping the whole Nether Spring would suddenly reappear.
"Bastard! You couldn't even guard this little thing! What use are you to me?"
At this, a murderous glint shone in the Ant Emperor's scarlet compound eyes. He swept his two enormous feelers down, smashing them into the Abyss Ant. The feelers had seemed weightless, but at that moment they were as heavy as a thousand jun. The Abyss Ant was crushed into pulp in an instant.
At the same time, a strange black liquid bloomed from every part of the Ant Emperor's body, wrapping around the Abyss Ant's corpse in a flash. In no time, the enormous body had dissolved into a pool of blood.
The Ant Emperor opened his huge mouth and sucked. The pool of blood flew into his belly, and his carapace gleamed a little brighter.
This was Ant Acid, capable of corroding anything. Any living creature it touched would turn into blood within moments. It was also the Ant Emperor's innate ability and cultivation method: he used Ant Acid to destroy enemies—even his own kind—then Devoured the blood produced by its corrosion to strengthen himself.
After absorbing the energy,