The Great Desolation Lord Slew Demons Here, the Saint Dragon Forever Guards This Place, and the Otherworldly Demons Shall Never Be Reborn

Almost at the same time as the encounter with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

The Great Thousand World.

The southwestern edge of Central Province.

In a seemingly ordinary mountain forest.

Three pillars of light fell from the Sky Screen and struck halfway up an unnamed mountain.

After the light faded, three dark figures appeared among the bushes.

The three Thousand Jun Ant Emperor brothers.

The three ant emperors were considerably smaller than they had been on the Douluo Continent, probably compressed by some force during transportation.

Each body, originally the size of a carriage, had now shrunk to roughly three feet long.

But the three brothers did not care.

Body size had never mattered to ants.

Ants cared about only two things.

First, could they eat it?

Second, was it safe?

The eldest brother's antennae moved first.

They swept left and right twice, gathering information about the surrounding scents and spiritual energy.

Then he sent a signal to the second and third brothers.

"The spiritual energy here is dense."

The second brother's antennae moved too.

"Yes, much denser than back home."

The third brother followed with a twitch.

"The soil smells different too."

The three brothers finished their exchange.

It took less than three seconds.

Then the eldest brother raked the ground with his two front legs. With a few swishing scrapes, a hole the size of a washbasin appeared.

The second brother immediately burrowed inside.

The third brother brought up the rear, glancing back at the sky outside. After confirming that nothing had followed them, he burrowed inside too.

Once all three brothers were inside, the third brother sealed the entrance with a clump of loose soil mixed with saliva.

From outside, that spot looked exactly like the surrounding ground.

Even a bird flying overhead would not have