When the light of the teleportation faded, Jiang Hao and the old man appeared in a world of interwoven yellow and green. The first thing they saw was the Mother of All Ants standing before them, her enormous body filling their entire field of vision.
"She didn't run?"
Surprise crossed the old man's face when he saw the Mother of All Ants.
Back when dozens of Legendary Mages had entered Clockwork Nirvana aboard their Floating Cities, the ruler of all Formian Ants had hidden herself away. If his teacher, Ioulaum, had not used the Nether Scroll to divine her location, those Mages might never have found her before the Netherese Empire collapsed.
But now, faced with a God, the Mother of All Ants had not fled?
Hiss! Hiss!
The Mother of All Ants, Ashilia, let out a strange cry. Swarms of Formian Ants rushed from their hiding places and charged Jiang Hao and the old man without fear of death.
Countless Formian Ants closed in from every direction, blocking Jiang Hao's entire view like a heavy curtain.
At the same time, strange sounds reached Jiang Hao and the old man's ears. Pitch-black arms rose from beneath their feet, a bone-deep chill spread through them, and black shoots sprouted from their bodies.
Seeing that she had caught both enemies, excitement gleamed in the Mother of All Ants' compound eyes.
Perhaps today she would get to eat a God's Avatar.
But just as the Formian Ants came within a centimeter of Jiang Hao, a black-and-red sun rose behind him. The dark arms gripping him and the old man recoiled, and the chill vanished from their bodies.
Black flames ignited on the Formian Ants near him. Within the flames, their bodies rapidly turned to ash and disappeared without a trace.
Jiang Hao seized