Free Web NovelChapter 1842: Chapter 1842: Bi Fang
The shower of stones spewed by the ant swarm was like meteors streaking across the sky, their surfaces burning hot as they howled towards Li Feng.
Li Feng raised the King Sword, and the Sword Qi crisscrossed, weaving a net that blocked the incoming molten rock rain, but the Giant King Ants surged down from the hill like a torrential flood, flanking him from both sides.
In an instant, the area turned bright red, as the ant swarm spread like a carpet, surging like waves, while in the air, the Flying King Ants launched continuous long-range bombardments to knock Li Feng from the sky to the ground.
Li Feng was almost instantly submerged in these countless attacks, proving the saying that even a lion can be overcome by a swarm of ants.
Fortunately, he hadn’t planned to wipe out the entire ant swarm in one go. If attempted, it would only waste too much time, with little to gain.
After all, killing these Fire Ants would only yield some pure Fire Element Energy, and in the Molten Lava Land, Fire Element Energy was the least scarce.
Fortunately, while Li Feng held them off briefly, his trusted aides had already pressed forward and crossed the lava river. The Sky-reaching Vine could not last long, its stem sinking into the lava river, catching fire, and erupting into flames.
Li Feng swung the King Sword, carving a path forward; though he couldn’t stop the surge of ants, it wasn’t easy for them to stop him either, for Li Feng could fly.
Li Feng chose to escape from above, ascending higher, dodging the incoming flaming meteor rain. Some Flying King Ants also noticed and chased after him, sparking an aerial pursuit.
Li Feng continued to climb higher; he couldn’t believe that these Flying King Ants could fly so high, given that their dragonfly-winged wings and basketball-sized bodies were not suited for high flight.
But to Li Feng’s surprise, even hundreds of meters high, they still kept up, prompting Li Feng to exclaim this defied logic.
Then, with both sides engrossed in the chase, an unexpected change occurred.
From the gray sky above, a bird about the size of a red-crowned crane suddenly shot out from the vast gray clouds, diving down at an incredible speed like a rocket.
Li Feng was startled by the sudden appearance of this "surprise attacker," barely having time to draw his sword and even bracing to activate the Undying Body to withstand the blow.
But just as Li Feng prepared for the worst, the bird brushed past him; its speed was so startling that it swept up many Fire Feathers from Li Feng’s Vermilion Bird Wings.
The next second, Li Feng heard an excited chirp behind him.
In an instant, the ants fell like rain; the Flying King Ants fiercely chasing Li Feng were instantly killed, more than half of them. Though Li Feng didn’t turn back, he sensed it with his Divine Sense and gasped in astonishment.
What kind of Immortal bird was this?
These were King Ants, their shells tough enough to withstand the high temperatures of the Molten Lava Land, indicating their hardness. The Flying King Ant’s weakness was likely its wings.
Yet the Flying King Ants were cunning, maintaining a distance and spitting molten lava acid liquid, quickly dodging when Li Feng swung his sword. The sky offered ample space for maneuvering.
Even if Li Feng could kill a few with one swing, it was futile, as more Fire King Ants surrounded from all sides.
But the bird dove into the ant swarm, and with one claw, it instantly tore dozens of Flying Ants apart.
The most remarkable thing was that this bird had only one foot.
Li Feng turned to look at this massacre-wielding bird. Its feathers were a mix of blue and red, with a white beak, and a single golden foot. It was the size of a crane, bigger than the Flying King Ants, but dwarfed by the calf-sized Giant King Ants.
The bird’s golden foot was razor-sharp, its talon blades easily tearing through the Flying King Ants’ shells, causing molten lava acid liquid to rain down.
The surrounding Flying King Ants instinctively launched a counterattack, hurling acid like meteor showers towards the bird, but it seemed to relish it, as if basking in a bath, untouched by the acid or corrosion.
Even more astonishing, with a flap of its wings, the Fire Element Energy in the surrounding acid was absorbed instantly, turning into clumps of gray stone falling down.
Then the bird swooped down, its golden foot grabbing a Flying King Ant, its white beak piercing its abdomen. Its long beak acted like a straw, sucking up the molten lava acid liquid inside the Flying King Ant like a milk tea.
With a quick slurp, it devoured it all, then turned to grab another, repeating the process, leaving Li Feng stunned.
This was overly domineering.
Though Li Feng wasn’t afraid of the ant swarm and could absorb the Fire Element Energy from the acid, the thought of drinking the molten lava acid like milk tea made his skin crawl.
But this was only the beginning; the bird took one after another, consuming them like eating crayfish, while the Flying King Ants’ resistance was futile, and any attacks were ineffective.
The bird was practically the bane of the Flying King Ants.
Soon, the large group of Flying King Ants chasing Li Feng scattered in retreat, unable to spare him any attention, while the bird, insatiable, pursued them relentlessly.
Seeing the scene, Li Feng didn’t linger to watch, as he roughly figured the bird’s identity, the Eastern Overlord of Molten Lava Land, Bi Fang.
This Bi Fang was known as a fire omen, not feeding on grains but on flames, and evidently, the Fire Ants were a delicacy for it.
And given the abundance of Fire Ants, it needn’t worry about running out of food.
Li Feng descended to the riverbank and regrouped with Sikong Yu and the trusted aides.
"Let’s go quickly. That bird isn’t a friendly one. While it’s not paying attention to us, let’s hurry." Sikong Yu, upon seeing Bi Fang, turned a bit pale; it was like encountering one misfortune on top of another.
Encountering the Ant King Army at the border of two territories was one thing, but running into Bi Fang as well was quite another, given that Bi Fang dominated the eastern Molten Lava Land, being the only one of its kind.
Moreover, Bi Fang preferred bathing in volcanic springs, seldom appearing.
Their luck was unmatched.
"This Bi Fang seems to enjoy eating Fire Ants."
"Uh-huh, with the abundance of Fire Ants here, and the molten lava acid in their bodies likely suits Bi Fang’s taste. However, you’d better not gamble that Bi Fang won’t fancy the Golden Core in your Dantian."
"Bi Fang is not a harmless creature but a fearsome beast." Sikong Yu watched Bi Fang pursuing the ant swarm, recalling legends from home about Bi Fang. She was unwilling to gamble on it, even a little.
