When Lokas flew out of the ground, what he saw was a group of male ants and the puppets next to Leo standing in a row, fighting fiercely with the ant swarm.
If any of the male ants on Master Leo's side are completely destroyed, Master Leo will capture another male ant and control it.
As a result, while all the other wizards were fighting, Master Leo stood in the middle of the battlefield with a relaxed smile on his face, as if he were strolling in his own vegetable garden.
His body was surrounded by swarms of male ants, and not a single ant could break through.
Lokas could see clearly that the controlled male ants had a very strong regenerative ability; as long as they didn't suffer injuries that completely shattered their bodies, they could recover quickly on their own.
Even though it is slightly weaker than a normal male ant, it is not afraid of stronger male ants at all, thanks to its puppet body.
As for the first-level soldier ants that charged forward, they were instantly annihilated.
Lokas also glanced at Mahad's side; the fight was fierce and seemingly arduous, but they were safe and sound.
"So, did you succeed?"
Seeing Lokas return, Leo smiled and asked.
"We paid a considerable price. This queen ant isn't like the queen ants of other worlds who lack actual combat power. This queen ant is not to be underestimated; she possesses standard level three strength. If we're not careful, we could easily fall into her trap."
Lokas glanced at the group of level-two male ants being controlled in front of Leo, and at Leo, who remained relaxed and at ease amidst the army. After a moment's thought, he said again, "I'm talking about someone at level three like me, not someone with the strength of a master. If a master were to encounter the queen ant, he would definitely take her down easily."
" Great Wizard Lokas, you jest." Leo laughed heartily, not delving into the matter of strength with him.
However, Leo was very interested in the ant queen, who possessed level three strength; the ant queen here actually had actual combat power.
In an ant colony, the queen ant may hold a supreme position, but she has no actual combat power. Apart from feeding and laying eggs, she is not even as strong as the weakest soldier ant.
But the fact that the queen ant in this Ant God World possesses such power shows that it is indeed quite unusual!
Leo controlled Benji and five hundred level-two male ants, keeping Mahad company as he idly worked on the edge of the battlefield.
As for the other battlefields, after fighting the first wave of ant army, they also encountered whole ant colonies, mostly soldier ants, a small number of second-level male ants, and a very small number of third-level male ants. Seeing this, Leo wished he could immediately rush into the battlefield, capture those third-level male ants, and control them.
However, considering that it would be too troublesome to break in and out, it's better to control these secondary male ants and kill them slowly.
Killing these ants also earns merit, but during other expeditions, Leo earned at least a million merits, so Leo didn't pay much attention to it this time.
While dawdling through the work, he pondered the problem.
He even had time to manipulate his mental energy to stab various parts of his body, wanting to see if his slightly mutated mental energy would react to his body.
When did Leo's mental strength mutate?
It was during these sixteen years of Stellar Leap that he mutated; it was because he repeatedly used his spiritual power to touch the energy of the stars, which caused subtle changes.
This change is simple; it's like spiritual energy being infected by stellar energy, thus acquiring a bit of stellar energy.
This change is not aggressive, nor has any new ability been detected; it seems to be no different from before the mutation.
Leo was a little skeptical; if there had been changes, how could there have been no changes at all?
Prior to this, Leo had tried many methods to control his mental energy, but he had not noticed any changes after the mutation of his mental energy.
Taking advantage of the free time, he channeled his mental energy into his body to see if anything would happen.
There were no changes in the arms, legs, limbs, cells, tissue fluid, internal organs, or bones.
But when Leo channeled his spiritual power into his Bloodline, he suddenly sensed a slight change.
Leo, who had remained unchanged until now, hadn't realized he would suddenly react. It seemed more like he was stimulating his entire body to complete an experiment and record the results, looking for any possible changes.
At this moment, the mental energy had already been transferred from the Bloodline to stimulate the next location.
Leo stopped the mental stimulation.
Blink. Did you really react just now?
It seems uncertain.
He immediately channeled his mental energy into his Bloodline again. This time, he carefully sensed that his Bloodline were getting slightly warmer, and even his bones felt a slight tingling sensation.
The feeling wasn't very obvious; otherwise, Leo wouldn't have missed it the first time. It was very subtle, but there was definitely a change.
"You'll be in charge from now on," Leo immediately said to Yaoyao.
"OK."
Yaoyao took over command of the five hundred male ants and Benji, and led them in battle.
Leo stretched out his palm and channeled all his spiritual power into it, ensuring that every Bloodline in his palm was filled with spiritual power.
This time, the sensation was more pronounced; his entire palm was heating up, turning from a fair, jade-like hand to a red and hot one. The bones inside his palm were sending tingling sensations through Leo that he couldn't resist, making him want to scratch them a few more times.
But Leo knew that this was the moment when he couldn't give up easily, so he stubbornly endured the tingling sensation and the stimulation that accelerated his mental power.
When he felt a slight fatigue in his mental energy, Leo stopped what he was doing and withdrew all his mental energy.
Without the stimulation of spiritual energy in the Bloodline of his palms, the temperature began to drop, the tingling sensation in his bones subsided, and everything returned to normal.
"How is it?" Yaoyao knew what Leo had just done, and couldn't wait to ask when she saw her palm return to its original color.
"Would you believe me if I said my Bloodline Power has evolved a little bit?" Leo grinned widely.
"Really?" Yaoyao looked at Leo in shock.
Leo looked at his palm as if he were looking at a stunningly beautiful woman. His Bloodline Power had been developed to 80%, with only 20% remaining to be fully developed.
Even at 80%, it was still achieved by absorbing a large amount of the Planetary Origin Energy. Back then, he deceived the newly born World Will the New Earth and absorbed the Planetary Origin Energy to its limit, but he still didn't push Leo's Bloodline Power to 100%. It stopped at 80%.
The remaining 20% can only be solved by other methods, but unfortunately, at Leo's level, there are basically no methods to learn from, and he can only explore on his own.
Unexpectedly, his attempt to comprehend stellar energy and lay the foundation for his advancement to the Stigmata inadvertently opened a new path for Bloodline evolution.
His mental energy was greatly depleted in a short period of time, and the Bloodline evolution he promoted was only slightly weak. But it was this slight weakness that gave Leo hope of reaching the third level limit.
Normally, one does not need to reach the level three limit to advance to Stigmata. If one had to reach the level three limit to advance to Stigmata, then there wouldn't be so many Stigmata Wizard in the Wizard World who specialize in body tempering.
Once the normal Bloodline Power is developed to over 60%, one can begin the preliminary work for advancing to the Stigmata, corresponding to Bloodline True Body of sixty meters.
However, the better one develops their Bloodline Power, the more benefits they will receive after advancement.
Leo's 80% was already incredibly high, and now there's even hope of reaching 100%. If other wizards knew this, I wonder how they would feel.
He actually found a way to evolve his Bloodline to its limit. Even though the method only stimulated a very small amount of Bloodline evolution, Leo devoted himself to it wholeheartedly. As soon as his mental energy recovered slightly, he would control his mental energy to stimulate Bloodline evolution.
The rate of evolution was extremely low, even lower than Leo had expected. At the frequency of stimulation once a day, it wasn't until the intensity of the battle between the wizard army and the Ant God World army subsided, which was 758 days, that Leo sensed that his Bloodline had evolved by 0.1%.
That's equivalent to evolving 0.1% in two years, meaning it would take twenty years to evolve 1%. Leo still has 20% progress left, which would take 400 years.
If other wizards could complete their ultimate evolution in just 400 years, they would surely be happily hiding in the wizard tower every day, stimulating their Bloodline with their mental power.
But Leo couldn't wait that long. Now that he knew it was the mutation of his mental power that stimulated the evolution of his Bloodline, he could simply intensify the mutation of his mental power.
How did it mutate?
Get close to the sun, fly into the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun.
This method won't work; it's unbearable during the day, and there's no sun at night.
Currently, there is only one known method: return by taking a starship instead of using the space portal. This would allow us to use stellar energy to further promote the mutation of our spiritual power and accelerate the evolution of our Bloodline Power.
The return journey will also take sixteen years. If it goes as smoothly as the journey there, the mutation of spiritual power can be doubled, which would shorten the evolution time of Bloodline Power by half.
Four hundred years isn't needed; two hundred years will suffice!
Saving two hundred years in sixteen years, that's a good deal.
If we participate in another expedition, we can reduce the time it takes for our Bloodline to reach its limit once more.
Theoretically, there are no problems; the rest depends on the actual operation.
"Master, I have received the command center's mission. I need to clear the ant army along a fixed route and mark the locations of all ant colonies."
After more than two years of intense competition, Mahad matured considerably, exuding a more composed and mature aura.
"Good."
Mahad intended to discuss the task of capturing the queen ant with Leo, but after seeing that Leo only answered him with a single word, "okay," he sat on the puppet's back and continued to rest with his eyes closed.
Master Leo has been in this state for more than two years. Mahad did not complain about the incompetence of Leo's bodyguards. On the contrary, he asked others not to disturb Leo, which shows that he has adopted a very humble attitude.
Leo slightly raised his eyelids, glanced at the busy Mahad, and continued to control his mental power to stimulate the evolution of his Bloodline.
This is a very meticulous task, and even with careful control, Leo can only complete one session a day.