Mahad's fighting endurance was remarkable; he held out for a full month before taking a short break.
Leo realized it, and the other wizards realized it too: Mahad definitely possessed a magical artifact that could rapidly restore his mana, stamina, and strength, and not just one, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to sustain him in such a long battle.
On the main battlefield, an army of 200 million slaves, 20 million wizards, 30,000 warships, and an endless ant army were engaged in a fierce battle.
Looking at the mountain of corpses, Leo felt a little regretful. Yaoyao three thousand shadows on the Godslaying Wizard Robe were also limited by distance, just like Leo, with a maximum distance of 19.5 kilometers.
The main battlefield was hundreds of kilometers away from them. Even if Leo saw himself as a waiting stone, he couldn't take anything away from there. It was too far away, and he couldn't reach it.
He certainly has the ability to fight his way in and out, but unfortunately, he's currently engaged in a deal to protect Mahad, so he can't go too far.
Leo appeared to be wandering on the edge, but he always maintained a distance of less Mahad.
If something Mahad, he could reach that distance instantly.
"Roar"
"Wizards, we have never offended you, why are you attacking us?"
A roar filled with grievance and extreme anger resounded through the sky. Leo shook off his languid demeanor and scanned the entire sky with sharp eyes. The World Lord of the Ant God World had appeared.
Mahad knew something was wrong and immediately approached Leo. Of all the wizards his father had hired for him, only Leo could give him a chance to survive in front of the World Lord.
Leo scanned the area extensively but couldn't sense the World Lord. It seemed the World Lord hadn't arrived at the main battlefield and was still quite a distance away.
"Hehehe, do we need a reason to beat you up?"
A sinister laugh rang out from the mothership; it came from one of the two Stigmata Wizard on the expedition.
"Roar"
The World Lord suddenly roared, seemingly enraged by the words of the Stigmata Wizard. The entire world seemed to awaken instantly, consumed by this fury.
The entire ant army went berserk, roaring hysterically as they attacked all the wizards and wizard slaves around them with frenzied fury, willing to perish together with them.
Ants are creatures that possess a strong capacity for racial sacrifice. When their species faces a life-or-death crisis, they are willing to sacrifice their own lives in exchange for the chance for their species to survive and reproduce.
That roar just now was clearly the World Lord of the Ant God World being thoroughly enraged by the Stigmata Wizard, issuing a declaration of a critical moment for the survival of his race.
On the battlefield, every ant became a sacrificial entity; as long as the wizard army could be defeated, it wouldn't matter if they all perished.
Faced with the enraged ant army, Mahad once again led his slave army and some wizards into the battlefield. The battle was significantly more intense than before, but all the wizards could see that it was still within Mahad's control.
The slave army chosen by his Falling Stars Stigmata Great Wizard was simply too powerful; they unleashed their full firepower, slaughtering wave after wave.
Faced with the ferocious ant army, Mahad didn't even have a chance to make a move, because not a single ant could get close to his body.
Leo suddenly looked down at the ground. Their battlefield was in mid-air, and he sensed a large amount of energy life moving rapidly underground.
Not only Leo sensed it, but almost all the wizards sensed it.
On the other side of the battlefield Mahad also received the message and began to rapidly contract his defensive lines, focusing on defense in preparation for the impending changes until a large number of underground creatures appeared.
"Boom"
The ground was instantly ripped open, yellow sand filled the sky, and from a hole more than two thousand meters long, countless black ants roared and gushed into the sky like an geyser. Coincidentally, the location was exactly where Mahad fighting.
Or, to put it another way, this ant army that sneaked out from underground was targeting Mahad, because he had killed the largest number of ants.
Leo didn't focus his attention on Mahad. Even if the ant army were ten times stronger, he wouldn't die.
Looking closely at the ant army that has sprung up, you can see that these are not just ordinary soldier ants, but also many stronger male ants.
The male ants are stronger than the soldier ants on the battlefield, both in size and strength. They can now unleash complex elemental energy attacks, and most of them are still at the second level of life form.
At the limit of perception, a large, plump, white insect was discovered, its outline larger than a three-story building; this must be the queen ant!
Unexpectedly, the roar of the World Lord just now not only caused all the soldier ants to go berserk, but even the queen ant began to move out.
Leo rubbed his fingers together on the Godslaying Staff. The Queen Ant was the only target to be captured alive on this expedition. If he could capture the Queen Ant, he would gain a lot of battle merits.
"Be careful, everyone. There should be an ant colony nest not far from here. They came here by sneaking underground," said Lokas, a white-bearded, waist-length, sharp-eyed Level Three Great Wizard, looking at the ant swarm erupting underground.
Leo strongly agreed with this viewpoint. Some Level Two Wizard who were unaware of the specifics nodded blankly, as if they only realized after Lokas finished speaking that the attackers were now a swarm of ants.
The massive ant army that has sprung up now clearly comes from the same ant colony.
With the queen ant in command and the male ants cooperating, these ant colonies can unleash fighting power several times stronger than before.
"How about we capture a queen ant and study it?"
Lokas stroked his white beard; like Leo, he wasn't particularly concerned about Mahad's safety.
If it weren't for Leo's presence, he would have been the highest-ranking member of the bodyguard group, wearing a First-Class Wizard Medal and a Second-Class Wizard Medal on his chest.
No one responded. After all, the others weren't like Lokas and Leo, who held extraordinary positions. Their primary task was to protect Mahad. Mahad, no one could withstand the wrath of a Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard. The Queen Ant underground was good, but it wasn't enough for them to act on their own.
What did Master Leo say?
Seeing that no one answered, Lokas looked at Leo.
Leo thought for a moment and said, "If it's necessary to capture Great Wizard Lokas, that's fine. With me on Mahad's side, there won't be any problems."
"Then thank you very much, Master Leo."
The Great Wizard Lokas laughed heartily and charged straight towards the ground. In mid-air, he became transparent and ethereal. When he crashed into the ground, he was like a drop of water merging into the ocean, without even a grain of sand being stirred up, and he disappeared underground.
Instead of sneaking in through the opening created by the ant swarm, he precisely sneaked in from above, based on the position of the queen ant.
He found the location with extreme precision; he only needed to dive 500 meters to encounter the plump, white queen ant.
Leo didn't try to sense Lokas's actions. This kind of behavior of probing other wizards' secrets was the most offensive; it was like installing surveillance cameras on someone and monitoring them at all times. Nobody likes being monitored like that.
Mahad's side had already engaged in battle with the ant army. In an instant, they faced an ant army that was more than five times larger than before, greatly increasing their pressure, but that was all.
A large army of ants also rushed over to Leo's side. Leo pointed his finger, and the Benji behind him roared instantly, opening its true form, which was more than fifty meters long, and charged towards the surrounding army of ants.
Although the level three Benji only retained 80% of his strength, he had been modified by the Bloodline of the Goddess of Darkness before his death, and his strength was at the mid-level of level three. Even with only 80% remaining, he was still at level three strength, and dealing with these level one and two ants was very easy for him.
Importantly, since Benji is now in the form of a puppet, he is not afraid of getting hurt. Even if the ant army crawls all over his body and keeps biting him, Benji is not afraid at all. The wounds caused by the bites will be stitched up by fine, spider-like fibers within a few breaths.
With a flick of its three tails, a series of sonic booms exploded like ten thousand firecrackers, killing rows of ants.
The current Benji is even more powerful than he was in life!
Watching the rampaging Benji, Leo reached out and grabbed a strong, level-two Leo ant.
The male ants have grown to seven or eight meters in length. In the ant army, they look like a bunch of big trucks speeding down a highway!
Leo stood in front of the male ant in her human form, looking small and somewhat cute. However, the enormous male ant could only float in front of Leo, unable to move its body no matter how much it roared.
Leo casually swatted at the male ant, and it instantly froze, its many legs drooping down. There were no visible injuries on its surface, but the brain matter inside its head was turned into mush.
The male ant is dead! A level-two male ant was killed by Leo with a single, light slap!
With a flick of his Godslaying Staff, a small twig fell and floated into the male ant's body.
Leo watched as the male ant, which had been dead, began to writhe and creak abnormally from every joint. This was the Godslaying Staff controlling the male ant.
In less than half a minute, the male ant's body was controlled by countless fibers, and he had become Leo's puppet.
"Go and help Benji in his fight."
The male ant's body was controlled by the fibers of the Tree of Life, so he naturally couldn't understand Leo's words. However, the fibers in his body knew what Leo meant, so he quickly ran to Benji's side and fought with his former kin.
The ants of their own kind roared at the rebellious male ant, as if questioning why it had betrayed the great queen, only to be met with a merciless attack, and one of them was unexpectedly bitten to death.
Leo nodded in satisfaction, then casually pulled over the male ant he had killed and controlled it just like the others.
The Godslaying Staff can control up to 4000 level-two puppets, but in reality, with Leo's current strength, he can only control a maximum of 500; any more than that and he can't control them anymore.
To control 4000 level 2 puppets, one must at least wait until one advances to the Stigmata and completes the soul's transformation.