Especially after Mahad counted the number of queen ants, his face instantly became excited. There were thirteen queen ants! This harvest was comparable to the results of the previous year.
Capturing thirteen queen ants alive would greatly increase his battle merits, putting him far ahead of the others. This was extremely tempting for a First-Level Wizard participating in an expedition for the first time.
"Kill!"
Mahad excitedly commanded with his staff, leading over 90,000 high-quality slaves to charge towards the ant army.
An army of millions of ants can be wiped out by a single slave killing an average of a dozen or so ants.
Some wizards protected Mahad, while others, to avoid any unforeseen complications, joined the slave army in the battle.
Instantly, the entire battlefield descended into carnage, with countless lives groaning and countless corpses being torn apart.
Yaoyao also commanded five hundred puppets to attack the ant army from the side. He did this not with the intention of gaining merit, but only so that he could steal the spoils of war more boldly.
Leo ignored Yaoyao's actions; there was nothing wrong with Yaoyao. For a wizard of his stature, earning some extra money wasn't unreasonable.
He was currently examining the cave with Lokas and other Level Three Wizard. The locations of the thirteen queen ants had already been marked, and nothing unusual was found; they were no different from the level-three queen ants they had encountered before.
Lokas's expression tightened slightly. He couldn't find the source of the barrier that had blocked his mental perception, and he didn't know what kind of life form could block his mental power.
Leo sensed a faint sense of crisis; it wasn't strong, but it was definitely there.
It seems that a powerful creature is hiding in this cave, targeting each wizard and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike and deliver a fatal blow.
However, Leo used 50% of his mental energy to stimulate his Bloodline, and did not use it all to sense the sense of crisis.
When Leo wanted to stop stimulating his Bloodline with his mental energy, wanting to find the creature that gave him a sense of crisis...
"Boom"
On the battlefield where the slave army and the ant army clashed, a colossal creature suddenly appeared, crushing both sides of the fighting life beneath it without regard to formation.
The squelching sound of the ketchup being squeezed was the last sound of the ants and slaves crushed beneath him, their bodies instantly flattened into pancakes.
The wizards who were on the battlefield reacted quickly and managed to escape at the last second when the behemoth descended.
But a few wizards failed to escape and were trapped underneath, crushed into a pancake along with the slaves and ants.
"This is...?"
Lokas looked at the behemoth on the battlefield, nearly a hundred meters tall, exuding a violent aura, with ferocious maw and thighs thicker than ancient trees, each hair on its thighs several meters long.
It's a male ant!
But I've never seen such a large male ant before!
The aura emanating from him had exceeded the limit of level three, but had not reached level four!
Lokas quickly searched the information platform but found no information about the male ant in front of them. They were wizards who had encountered such a male ant as they had never seen before.
"Master Lokas, stop looking. This should be a male ant guarding World Lord. According to the rules of the Ant God World, the Queen Ant rules everything. All three World Lord must be Queen Ants, and their guards cannot become World Lord, but they also cannot be Level 3. They can only be Pseudo-Level Four."
Leo stared at the suddenly appearing Pseudo-Level Four male ant; the faint sense of danger he had just sensed came from it.
"Send the message back to the command center and warn the other wizards to be on guard," Leo said in a deep voice.
Pseudo-Level Four —I don't know if it's good luck or bad luck, but I've only been on this expedition for a short time and I've already encountered such a powerful creature.
"Master, can you deal with him?"
Mahad ran to Leo's side the moment the Pseudo-Level Four male ant appeared. He knew his own limitations; he couldn't handle this Pseudo-Level Four.
Faced with Mahad's question, all the wizards looked at Leo; they, too, were no match for this Pseudo-Level Four.
If Mahad hadn't still been there, they would have run away long ago.
Despite their top-tier strength within their own level, they are no match for the guards of a World Lord.
At this moment, the Pseudo-Level Four male ants are frantically slaughtering Mahad's slave army on the front line of the war. Their thick legs can directly pierce through level two elite slaves, and even level three slaves can only slightly hinder the male ants for a moment. But after a moment, the level three slaves are knocked away.
The exoskeleton on the Pseudo-Level Four four male ant has terrifyingly strong defense; despite the frenzied attacks of so many slaves, it simply couldn't break through its defenses.
And a single male ant could shatter the defenses of a slave army.
Faced with Mahad's question, Leo did not speak, but looked at the suddenly appearing Pseudo-Level Four male ants and guessed that Mahad and his team must have performed too well and caught the attention of the World Lord, which was why the Lord of the World sent his personal guards.
Leo wasn't currently concerned about the Pseudo-Level Four male ant in front of him, but rather whether it would attract the World Lord.
Although the other wizards looked at him as if he were Legendary Wizard had created an omnipotent myth, they expected him to have a great battle with the World Lord, adding another glorious chapter to his already unprecedented achievements.
Leo could choose for himself; he would absolutely not want to encounter the World Lord before advancing to the Stigmata.
Who would willingly engage in a face-to-face, head-to-head dance with Death? Wouldn't it be better for him to fight after advancing to the Stigmata level?
He's not one of those Body Refinement Wizard lunatics whose very bones are filled with fighting genes!
"If the master needs it, we can work together."
Lokas and the other eight Level Three Great Wizard looked at Leo. They were also Level Three Great Wizard and naturally knew the weight of the Pseudo-Level Four in front of them. They were definitely not capable of going alone, but with the ten of them there, they didn't take a Pseudo-Level Four too seriously.
With a little more effort, there's a high chance we can take down this Pseudo-Level Four male ant!
"No need. You all protect Mahad first. If there's any danger on my side, then you can go in."
Leo refused Lokas and the other eight Level Three Great Wizard. If all ten Level Three Great Wizard Mahad.
Then Leo turned to Mahad, "Withdraw your slave army, and I will deal with those ant armies as well."
"Yes, Master Leo."
Seeing that Leo was about to take action personally, Mahad as if he were not on a dangerous battlefield, but rather preparing to witness a miracle. He excitedly recalled all the slaves and also called back the wizards.
He hid behind Lokas and the others, his eyes fixed on Leo's figure.
Leo took a step and appeared on the battlefield, blocking the ants that were preparing to pursue the slave army and wizards.
Behind them came beams of excited and worshipful gazes—the low-level wizards' adoration of the Advanced Wizard.
Even wizards who hadn't heard of Leo's legendary story before the expedition had heard about it to some extent during their interactions over the past few years.
In their hearts, Leo's figure has almost become a myth, representing the embodiment of their goals and their initial dream when they embarked on the path of wizardry.
They had only heard about it, not seen it with their own eyes. Now that they had the opportunity to witness Leo's battle firsthand, they even had to thank this Pseudo-Level Four male ant. If it weren't for the appearance of this male ant, they probably wouldn't have had the chance to witness Master Leo's battle on the entire expedition battlefield.
All the ants rushed towards Leo. They could not sense any aura from Leo. He seemed weaker than even their weakest soldier ants, as if they could tear him apart with a single twist of their mandibles.
Leo's gaze swept over the ant army in the cave, skipping over the soldier ants, the second and third-level male ants, and even ignoring the queen ants, focusing only on the Pseudo-Level Four male ants.
He sensed an aura from this Pseudo-Level Four male ant that was even stronger than that of the level three ultimate Tiger Beastmen he had encountered before.
This is the strongest opponent I have ever encountered in my wizarding career, apart from the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard!
If this were another world, where there were no rules governing ant colonies, perhaps the male ant before us would truly have a chance to become the World Lord. It's just a pity that in this Ant God World, male ants are always subordinate to the queen ant.
They could never grow to surpass the queen ant!
The spiritual energy was withdrawn from the Bloodline, but instead of decreasing in temperature, the Bloodline temperature continued to rise.
Leo's lips curled up; he hadn't had a truly satisfying battle in a long time.
" Body Refinement Wizard, Third Layer Vengeance Giant Bloodline, Activated!"
Like a roar from the bottomless abyss, Leo directly activated the Third Layer Vengeance Giant Bloodline. Amidst the stunned and gazing gazes, Leo's body swelled to 80 meters tall, and his black wizard robes unfurled to cover his body. His ethereal, gigantic figure resembled a king from the dark world.
However, these wizards could still glimpse the white bone armor beneath the flowing gaps in their black wizard robes. The entire Vengeance Giant was encased in thick bone armor, the strongest and most powerful defense.
Beneath the white mask, his crimson eyes gleamed like those of a man-eating demon. The hundred-meter-long staff in his hand, complete with a pulsating heart, was the tool he used to devour people.
Leo transformed into the Vengeance Giant, but his aura remained completely concealed, unlike the Pseudo-Level Four male ant before him, which filled the entire cave with its presence as if afraid others wouldn't sense its existence.
The ants continued their charge towards the Vengeance Giant. They sensed no danger; the creature before them had suddenly grown larger, which was a good thing for them. What was once just a small piece of food had now become a giant, enough for the queen ant to eat for many days.
Only the Pseudo-Level Four male ant stared with a pair of red eyes at the life form almost as big as him in front of him. He felt threatened by this life form, a deadly threat!
Before the ant army could reach the feet of the Vengeance Giant, the Vengeance Giant threw out a black bracelet from his wrist.