Lin Yin Devours the Three Ant Emperor Qian Jun Brothers
After escaping their original colony's territory, they were surprised to find that their bodies had grown much larger and their strength had increased significantly. Devoured Ant Queen had greatly enhanced their power. This discovery immediately gave the three Qian Jun Ant brothers an idea. From that moment on, they searched everywhere for other Qian Jun Ant nests, looking for opportunities to secretly infiltrate, kill the Ant Queen, and devour her. They used the Ant Queen's nutrients to nourish themselves, achieving rapid growth.
At first, they faced many dangers, nearly dying several times from the counterattacking Soldier Ants. However, as their strength grew, they underwent their first mutation after breaking through to the level of ten thousand years of cultivation. As a result, they became even more unscrupulous. Sometimes they would directly attack the anthill to hunt down the Ant Queen. Gradually, these three brothers became the common enemy of all the Qian Jun Ants in the entire Star Dou Great Forest.
However, they became increasingly powerful and cunning, and ordinary Qian Jun Ant had no way to deal with them, so they could only hide their Ant Queens even more thoroughly.
As their strength increased, the ambitions of the Three Qianjun Ant Emperors also grew. They set their sights on the Core Lake of the Star Dou Great Forest, the place with the richest spiritual energy and most suitable for Soul Beasts to cultivate. Confident in their own power, they coveted it. Unfortunately, their arrogance led to a surprise attack where they were simultaneously counterattacked by the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, forcing the three brothers to flee in disarray. They only managed to escape thanks to their formidable defense and flight abilities. After this battle, the three brothers never dared to set foot in the Core Lake again.
Although they dared not approach the Core Lake of the Star Dou Great Forest, their powerful cultivation of 80,000 years each, coupled with their brotherly unity, made them virtually invincible in the inner region of the Star Dou Great Forest. Even when encountering Soul Beasts with 90,000 years of cultivation, the three brothers showed no fear. In fact, the three brothers could even defeat Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts when they joined forces. Their long-standing arrogance and complacency naturally fueled their arrogance. Therefore, when the three brothers saw Huo Lei and his group of five, they not only did not flee, but instead eagerly attempted to attack.
At this moment, the three Ant Emperor Qian Jun simply shook their heads, and the two on the left and right slowly separated to the sides, forming a semi-encirclement around Huo Lei and his group of five, and gradually pressing forward. The dark gold color on their bodies became more and more obvious. However, their own energy was completely contained, without any sign of emanating from their bodies.
"With the teacher overseeing things, there's no need to lift a finger. Senior An Jun, you and Lin Yin can deal with one together; Dad, let's team up and use the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone skill to control the two Qian Jun Ants on the left and in the middle." Different commands flew out from Huo Lei's mouth.
"Okay," Huo Feng readily agreed.
The other three nodded in response.
Buzzing, the Ant Emperor Qian Jun flapped its wings and slowly took flight. These three brothers, having lived together for many years, moved in perfect unison, like a mirror Mirror Image. The speed of their wing flapping and the height they rose from the ground were exactly the same.
Of the five people in Huo Lei's group, four moved, except for Jin Shan who remained still.
Huo Lei extended his left arm, which shone with a brilliant blue light. With a loud shout, the blue energy enveloped the two Ant Emperor Qian Jun located on the left and in the middle.
"Sky Azure Bull Python's Left Arm Soul Bone Skill: Sky Azure Sluggish Divine Claw!"
Huo Feng also extended his left arm, which shone brightly with red light. With a loud shout, he slammed his left fist directly into the ground beneath his feet. The Red Energy also affected the two Ant Emperor Qian Jun located on the left and in the middle.
"Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Soul Bone Skill: Gravity Mire!"
Snap! Snap!
The two Ant Emperor Qian Jun, located on the left and in the middle, fell to the ground simultaneously with two dull thuds. Their bodies were pressed firmly to the ground, rendering them unable to move, and they were forcibly controlled by the two great Soul Bone Skills of Huo Lei and Huo Feng.
Lin Yin roared at a Qian Jun Ant on his right, and an invisible energy wave enveloped it. This was the Skull skill Lin Yin had obtained from the Ten Thousand Year Purple Spirit Lynx: Group Weakness. Of course, under the user's control, it could also be used to control a single target.
The Ant Emperor Qian Jun, which was flying in the air, suddenly froze. In that brief moment, An Jun had already activated his Martial Soul and flown to a diagonal position above it. His First Soul Ring lit up, and a Yellow Soul Ring swirled out from his body. His right hand instantly swung towards the back of the Ant Emperor Qian Jun beneath him.
"First Soul Skill: Ice Claw Blades!"
Five pale blue, arc-shaped ice blades slammed into the back of the Ant Emperor Qian Jun, producing five crisp metallic clangs. The five ice blades did not harm the Ant Emperor Qian Jun, but the powerful impact caused it to fall directly to the ground from the air.
An Jun's attack was only intended to suppress the Ant Emperor Qian Jun, not to kill it. If An Jun wanted to kill the Ant Emperor Qian Jun, he wouldn't have used only his First Soul Skill.
Lin Yin released his External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, and landed on the back of the Ant Emperor Qian Jun the moment it touched the ground. With his feet planted on the Ant Emperor Qian Jun, Lin Yin controlled the two longest legs of the Eight Spider Lances on his back and stabbed them fiercely at the weak points of the Ant Emperor Qian Jun's joints, beginning a frenzied devouring.
The two long legs of the Eight Spider Lances were extremely sharp at the ends, easily piercing into the joints of the Ant Emperor Qian Jun.
The Ant Emperor Qian Jun, stung by the thorn, roared in pain, emitting a piercing cry.
A continuous stream of black energy flowed from the body of the Ant Emperor Qian Jun, and was transported into Lin Yin's body through the two long legs of the Eight Spider Soul Bone.
The more the Ant Emperor Qian Jun struggled, the deeper Lin Yin controlled its two spider legs to pierce, devouring even more frantically. As Lin Yin continued to devour, the Ant Emperor Qian Jun grew weaker and weaker, its struggles diminishing until it finally ceased altogether. A jet-black Soul Ring floated out from the Ant Emperor Qian Jun's body, hovering and swirling in mid-air.
During the process of Lin Yin devouring the Ant Emperor Qian Jun, his External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, also received a large amount of energy nourishment, transforming from its original blue-purple color into a light gold.
After Lin Yin used his External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, to devour Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, Sky Azure Bull Python, Titan Giant Ape, and Ant Emperor Qian Jun, the quality and age of his soul bone also advanced from the original 30,000 years to the 80,000 years level.
Huo Lei loudly instructed Lin Yin, "Lin Yin, you absorb the Soul Ring first. I'll save these two Qian Jun Ants for you."
Huo Lei did this to avoid the situation in the original Douluo novel where Tang San simultaneously hunted three Ant Emperor Qian Jun and absorbed three Soul Rings. Lin Yin's situation couldn't compare to Tang San's in the original story. Tang San was able to absorb three Soul Rings simultaneously because he relied on various fortuitous opportunities. Most importantly, he possessed Twin Martial Souls and had available Soul Ring slots. Lin Yin didn't have Tang San's opportunities, his aura, or three available Soul Ring slots. Therefore, to avoid any accidents, Huo Lei instructed Lin Yin to kill one Ant Emperor Qian Jun first to absorb the Soul Ring, which was much safer.
Reminded by Huo Lei, Lin Yin dared not delay. He immediately put away the evolved pale golden Eight Spider Soul Bone, jumped from the back of the Ant Emperor Qian Jun to the ground, sat cross-legged, and began to absorb his Eighth Soul Ring.