Whether within the True Realm or beyond the domain, all manner of insects might seem like tiny things one could crush with a casual pinch. Yet because of their unique physiological structures, once they grew in size and underwent sufficient mutation, they instead occupied an exceptionally high rank.
Among the Thirteen Outer Paths, traces of insects could be found in one-third of the races.
Fire Blight, Parasitic Yuan Worms, the enormous Thousand Poison Dragon, and these Blade Ants.
Fire Blights were the most numerous and prevailed through sheer numbers; Parasitic Yuan Worms were the smallest; Thousand Poison Dragons were the most venomous. As for Blade Ants, they were famed for their iron discipline and boundless potential.
An ordinary Blade Ant colony numbered no more than five thousand. When several thousand Blade Ants formed up and charged, the weak would be crushed to death beneath their grand formation, while the strong would face a tidal onslaught of blade aura. They would fight until death, never stopping; even if over ninety percent became casualties, they would still battle to the bitter end without retreating.
Most importantly, the Blade Ant race was one of only two races among the Thirteen Outer Paths that were not bound by bloodline talents and could continue breaking through after reaching the highest rank. Their queens had even reached realms comparable to Earth Immortals and Devil Masters.
With an Earth Immortal presiding over them and hundreds or thousands of Longevity powerhouses charging in formation like an army, the very thought of such a sight was enough to give one nightmares.
Hearing that their opponents were such fiends, the cultivators all blanched. This was not the slightest bit easier than facing Fire Blights.
Someone immediately raised an objection. "The delusory realm ahead has already formed. If we enter it,