Time flew by in the blink of an eye. The entire Primordial World was being relentlessly devoured by Devouring Ants, and Jiang Ping sensed burst after burst of sorrow and pain emanating from the world's origin.
The native creatures of the Primordial World felt even more pain filling their hearts.
"This is Mother World's pain! We are all her children, yet the Devouring Ants are committing such atrocities that even the world is about to be destroyed!"
Within five days of the Ant King's appearance, 80% of the world's living creatures had been slaughtered and destroyed. Millions of corpses and blood flowing for thousands of miles could not begin to describe the Primordial World's tragic state!
The once-prosperous continents were devoid of life. Hundreds of billions of creatures had been destroyed by the Devouring Ants, while powerful races that had endured for millions of years vanished one by one. Behemoths, Chimeras, Pegasi, Evil God Octopuses—they disappeared from the world forever...
On the frontline continent, tens of millions of allied soldiers stood ready to die. Some were reclusive experts of the Human Race, while others were the last surviving members of the Myriad Races. Leading them was Jingshan, the Alliance Leader of the Holy Alliance!
"Today, there are no enemies here, no distinctions of status or birth. Tens of thousands of years ago, our ancestors fought a decisive battle against the Devouring Ants, the enemy of all living beings, on this very land. The ant swarm was slaughtered until it fled in crushing defeat!" Alliance Leader Jingshan swept his gaze across the allied forces below.
"Today, we will also repel the ant army. This is a war of justice! Justice will prevail!"
"Justice will prevail!"
"Justice will prevail!"
The troops below shouted in unison. At this moment, there was no distinction between friend and foe, no difference between races. There was only the resolve to defend their homes and homeland. Behind them lay the last ancestral continent, and the seeds of the Myriad Races were all behind them!
Soon, densely packed black Soldier Ants appeared along the coastline. Before the troops arrived, their cries did, countless piercing sounds tearing through the air.
Ten million warriors gripped their spears tightly. Though faced with an unstoppable and terrifying enemy, there was no fear in their hearts! Every warrior capable of taking the stage had done so.
The elderly and young clansmen who truly could not take the stage gathered together. They prayed devoutly and worshipped the enormous Creation God Statue with utmost reverence.
"Great Creation God, please bless the fearless warriors at the front. Under Your guidance, we will crush the enemy of all living beings and save the world."
Countless believers prayed devoutly. Streams of Power of Faith erupted from their bodies and flowed into the Creation God Statue...
The battle at the front was on the verge of erupting. One hundred billion ant soldiers swept in like a devastating tide. Their forms were so terrifying that the sea, land, and sky were all stained black by the Black Tide.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Alchemy firearms roared one after another. However, the Devouring Ants had suffered too many losses to such weapons, and they had evolved similar weapons of their own.
Strange ant species were slowly dragged out by Soldier Ants. Their bodies were so bloated and massive that they could barely move without the help of others, yet their mouths were enormous.
These were the special troops developed by the Ant Queens after the catastrophe—Cannon Ants!
The Cannon Ants were specially created by the Ant Queens after studying alchemy firearms and imitating the principles of explosions. In truth, there was still much room for improvement.
The Ant Queens had originally intended to wait until this troop type was perfected before slowly launching another invasion, but the Ant King's appearance had shaken the world, breaking the balance of the world in one stroke!
The Cannon Ants continuously swallowed the ores fed to them by Worker Ants. The ores fused and ignited within their enormous abdomens, after which they rapidly opened their huge mouths and violently fired massive fireballs from their gaping maws.
The fireballs traced beautiful arcs through the air before crashing into the allied forces with a boom, followed by burst after burst of violent explosions!
The flying Cannon Ants posed an even greater threat. Attacking from above, they left the allied forces unable to defend themselves. Only after Jingshan deployed the elite air force were they barely suppressed.
Everyone broke out in cold sweat. They had known the Devouring Ants were terrifying, but they had never expected them to evolve such dreadful troop types.
Jiang Ping gulped down Happy Water. "I never expected the Devouring Ants to evolve so many powerful troop types. They're developing toward interstellar insectoid swarms. No wonder they've been able to suppress the Myriad Races for so many years."
Although the allied forces were prepared to die and could fight one against a hundred, their enemies numbered in the hundreds of billions and included powerful mutant species. The allied forces steadily retreated, and the death toll continued to rise.
If courage were enough, what was the point of strength?
If justice always prevailed, did that mean the efforts made by evil were all in vain?
What's more, who was justice? Who was evil?
To the Myriad Races, the Devouring Ants were unforgivably evil. To the Devouring Ants, all those not of their race were enemies, and there was nothing under heaven they could not kill!
"Alliance Leader, leave now! If you don't leave, it'll be too late!" the captain of the guards urgently urged Jingshan.
The allied forces were collapsing in an irreversible rout, and this had all been anticipated before the battle began. After the Ant King had appeared, the Devouring Ants' morale surged like never before. The allied forces' strongest artillery units and air force had been destroyed by the Ant King as if they were toys.
Looking at the black figure before him, like a god or demon, Jingshan showed not the slightest intention of retreating.
"If I retreat, the allied forces will collapse in an instant, leaving even less time for those behind us! What's more, if I remain here, I can delay the Ant King a little longer!"
Jingshan raised a hand to stop the captain of the guards from trying to persuade him. "Everyone has their own destiny. The warriors are fighting bravely—how can I hide in the rear? The world may be vast, but we no longer have even the slightest path of retreat!"
He looked at the captain of the guards with incomparable solemnity. "In the name of the Supreme Alliance Leader of the Sacred Primordial Alliance, I command you!"
The captain of the guards trembled all over and suddenly dropped to one knee. "The Royal Guard Captain of the Sunset Kingdom awaits Your Majesty's orders!"
"Withdraw immediately and head to the ancestral land. Tell Gai Feng that I have fulfilled what I promised him and successfully delayed the enemy forces for four days. He must complete his mission and save the world! Save the Human Race!"
"Yes!" the captain of the guards answered through tears. "Take care, Your Majesty!"
With that, he left without hesitation.
Jingshan looked at the distant Ant King. Clang! He suddenly drew his Golden Sword.
"Warriors of every army, come with me to kill the enemy! It has been the greatest fortune of my life, Jingshan, to stand as allies with all of you!"
"To kill the enemy alongside you is our highest honor!" the warriors of the myriad armies roared, tears filling their eyes.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
One by one, the highest commanders drew their swords. "Follow the Alliance Leader and break through the encirclement! Kill the Ant King!"
Kill! Kill! Kill!
Thousands upon thousands of warriors launched a suicidal charge. Countless beasts went berserk in an instant, their massive bodies growing ever more ferocious. The allied forces' momentum soared to the heavens, and their killing intent born of certain death stunned even the Soldier Ants, who knew only battle.
King Beo's icy eyes flashed with a trace of surprise. They were an army doomed to die, yet they still possessed such momentum?
He stared at Alliance Leader Jingshan as he charged ever closer, a cruel smile rising at the corner of the mouth.
"The Alliance Leader of the Sacred Primordial Alliance? Then let's see whether you can make it before this king!"
Closer. He was getting closer to the Ant King, this godlike demon. Jingshan frantically circulated his cultivation technique, ignoring the blood spraying from all over his body. Using every ounce of strength in his life, he violently hurled his sword with his right hand.
Whoosh!
The Golden Sword streaked through the air like a golden rainbow and stabbed towards the Ant King!
Before Jingshan's final gaze, the King's Sword, forged from countless heavenly treasures and fused through the highest alchemical techniques, snapped into two the instant it touched the Ant King. The sword tip turned into wisps of golden dust from the violent collision and drifted into the distance.
"Not bad."
Those were the last words Jingshan heard in his life. Then he was buried beneath elite battle ants. He did not know whether the Ant King's praise had been for his final strike or for the King's Sword, which had managed to leave a single white mark on his body.
"Gai Feng, I'll leave the rest to you. I hope I will not be a king who lost his kingdom, nor the last Alliance Leader of the Myriad Races..."
At the distant ancestral land, Gai Feng seemed to sense something. He opened his eyes, and strands of sharp light shot from them. In his hand, the divine artifact, reforged through ritual refinement, shone ever more brilliantly.
Gai Feng suddenly turned to look at the door as hurried footsteps from outside rapidly approached.
"The Alliance Leader has died in battle!"
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