Free Web NovelChapter 1854: Chapter 1854: The Brink of Life and Death
The Soul Devouring Needle transformed into a stream of light, piercing through the back of the guard and then through the chest, plunging into the body of the Ant Queen.
Hmm.
Ant Queen Isabella grunted, her eyes scanning the fleeting Soul Devouring Needle, and immediately she sensed a chilling fire rising within her body. Isabella hurriedly mobilized her power to suppress it, but this chilling fire couldn’t be suppressed and continued to spread inside her.
Caught off guard in the gutter.
The guard behind the Ant Queen shuddered all over, pierced through the chest cavity, and the Candle Dragon Fire entangled his heart directly, a heart-freezing cold almost froze his heart.
"Catch Her Highness."
The guard, using his last strength, pushed the Ant Queen behind him, and after doing all this, the Candle Dragon Fire drilled out of his chest, devouring the guard’s body, and the cold of the flames even caused frost to form on his limbs.
At the same time, a large group of guards lunged at Li Feng, nearly going mad after injuring the Ant Queen. Before Li Feng could make a move, the Ant Queen’s guards launched a suicide attack that aimed to take a thousand enemies with them, despite suffering severe damage themselves.
The Ant Queen’s guard, equivalent to a Golden Core level, exploded close, instantly raising a small mushroom cloud. The fire waves rippled in all directions like tidal waves, and Li Feng, being at the center of the explosion, bore the brunt.
The incoming fiery blast with deadly high temperatures swept over, and Li Feng cursed before being blown away by the impact.
Luckily, with the Vermilion Bird Undying Body, the explosion didn’t cause severe injury to Li Feng, only knocking him back like a cannonball hundreds of meters away.
Before Li Feng could stabilize himself, several more Ant Queen guards attacked. Li Feng quickly swung his sword, but the guards were fearless of death, and although two were slain, the guards on the other side approached again.
Without any hesitation, they exploded on the spot. This time, there were even more exploding guards, a total of three, and Li Feng, caught in it, could only protect himself with the Vermilion Bird Wings before falling freely toward the ground.
The Soul Devouring Needle he fired had hit the Ant Queen, and the Candle Dragon Spark within would continue to grow inside her, eventually consuming the Ant Queen entirely.
Even if the Ant Queen’s power was not ordinary, she probably couldn’t suppress it. After all, even the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird, when struck by the Candle Dragon’s claws, couldn’t completely dispel the Candle Dragon Fire within and had to be reborn in flames once.
"Return to the nest."
Ant Queen Isabella was lifted up, and at this moment, she could no longer maintain her previously charming and seductive appearance. After reverting to her Ant Queen form, her swollen abdomen was clearly nurturing new life.
Isabella glanced at Li Feng, who was engulfed by the explosion’s fiery waves, and gritted her teeth in giving the order.
She initially intended to go and kill Bi Fang, devour it, absorb its power, and give the Ant Emperor in her womb stronger power.
In the Molten Lava Land, the Five Lords possessed power second only to the Holy Beast. Using the life of three Overlord Level Lords as nourishment would be enough to give birth to the most powerful offspring of the Ant Race.
This was the conclusion reached after the last great battle. Without top combat power, even if the Ant Race army was immense, it would be easily defeated.
Yet unexpectedly, the expedition failed outright.
Bi Fang wasn’t found, but she was ambushed by a mere human. Isabella felt the formidable might of the chilling fire within her and realized she couldn’t delay any longer.
Otherwise, not only would the fire kill her, but it would also cause the Ant Emperor she had nurtured for thirty years to be aborted.
The Ant Queen gave the order, and naturally, the Ant Race army prioritized the Ant Queen, so the majority of the Ant Race army began to retreat. However, not all of them withdrew; some remained behind. To dare to injure the supreme Ant Queen was the greatest humiliation to the Ant Race army.
Moreover, the opponent was merely a human.
Watching the Ant Race army escorting the Ant Queen away, the remaining Ant Race Marshal suddenly turned, looking towards Li Feng, who was plummeting to the ground like a broken kite.
"Tear him apart with a thousand ants, leaving him with no grave."
With the order from the Ant Race Marshal, the remaining Ant Race army launched the fiercest assault, almost heedless of their own lives, charging at Li Feng and exploding upon contact.
The rain-like self-detonation of the Flying King Ants made Li Feng scatter in all directions like a tattered rag, giving him not a moment to breathe.
Li Feng knew that even with the Vermilion Bird Undying Body, he couldn’t endure such impacts infinitely. Besides, he previously opened the Eight Gates, resulting in considerable exhaustion. If not for the energy-rich Molten Lava Land, Li Feng feared his legs would give out any moment.
Currently, though a large number of the Ant Race army had left with the Ant Queen, tens of millions remained, clearly determined to kill Li Feng.
Li Feng was still falling, surrounded by layers of the Flying King Ants, each vying to explode, seemingly suicidal.
On the ground, a large formation of Giant King Ants had already formed, waiting for Li Feng to land.
Trying to fight his way out of this million-strong Ant Race encirclement.
Difficult.
The most crucial thing is Li Feng needed a moment to breathe.
Li Feng glanced toward a nearby active volcano. This volcano was only a few hundred meters high; volcanoes of this scale were everywhere in the Molten Lava Land, with one every few thousand meters.
Some of the larger craters even reached thousands of meters high, and the Molten Lava Volcano Li Feng intended to reach soared over ten thousand meters, enveloping the entire Molten Lava Land in a massive cloud of volcanic ash.
This vast, flat Molten Lava Land offered little terrain to utilize apart from the volcanoes.
It seemed the only solution was the volcano.
However, Li Feng couldn’t be sure if, with his strength, he could withstand jumping into the volcano. If he couldn’t, it would be akin to jumping into a fiery pit, leading to sure death.
Li Feng took a deep breath.
Though there’s a risk, it might work, otherwise facing the fearlessly exploding attacks of the million-strong Ant Race army, Li Feng would soon be overwhelmed. Even if his Golden Core could quickly convert fire element energy, this kind of explosive attack was an instant energy impact, which couldn’t be converted much.
Previously, when facing billions of ants in Life and Death Valley, Li Feng allowed the swarm to cover him with molten acid, forming a fortress, and then absorbed the energy within.
That’s how he got the chance to wipe out the billions of Fire Ants.
Moreover, the Fire Ants in Life and Death Valley were only large in number but generally average, whereas the King Ants in front of him were the Ant Queen’s regular army, each one strong. When they exploded, it was equivalent to a Perfect Foundation Establishment explosion.
And some powerful ones could even match a Golden Core explosion.
The most crucial point is there were millions of these King Ants.
Having made a decision, Li Feng suddenly unfurled the Vermilion Bird Wings, releasing some retained Thunder Flame to create an instant clear space. Then, Li Feng twisted his body, diving toward the volcano hundreds of meters away.
