All kinds of sounds rang out through the forest, but the battle did not last long. The gap in strength between the two sides was simply too great.
The Great Serpent returned, approached them, and abruptly opened its mouth, spitting out one unconscious Chimera Ant after another.
The saliva-covered Chimera Ants looked rather disgusting, but fortunately, Qiao Lun only needed to collect their shadows.
While Qiao Lun collected the shadows, Pokkle followed behind him, shooting the unconscious Chimera Ants dead with his arrows one by one.
Qiao Lun had originally intended to leave this job to the Divine Dogs. After all, the unconscious Chimera Ants had little in the way of defenses, but Pokkle had volunteered, and Qiao Lun could hardly refuse.
"Actually, I do have a way to temporarily increase your strength." Qiao Lun held a Shadow Ball in his hand. "As long as you absorb this shadow, you'll briefly gain enough strength to break through a Chimera Ant's defenses."
Pokkle reached out and took the Shadow Ball. Could this tiny thing really do that?
Qiao Lun had already conducted experiments before. Shadow Balls could increase not only his own strength, but other people's as well.
The only difference between using a Shadow Ball on someone else and using it on Qiao Lun himself was that others could not gain the shadow's original owner's Nen Ability. They could only inherit the aura contained in the shadow.
"It only lasts five minutes. And there's nothing to worry about. The shadow only contains Nen, and all it increases is your aura reserves," Qiao Lun explained.
"Thank you." Pokkle put the Shadow Ball away.
"Remember to protect it with Nen. If it goes without Nen protection for too long, the Nen inside the Shadow Ball will gradually dissipate," Qiao Lun reminded him.