Chapter 3548: The Problem of the Ant Colony

ru Ring, and get out immediately. As for Zhou Shiqing and Zhou Shihǔ, those two brothers, they can only watch helplessly. What do you say, do you have the guts to team up with me on this heist" Xiang...The teeming mass of black ants was incinerated by the eerie green flames, vanishing into nothingness in countless numbers. However, compared to the vast ant colony, it was still just a small fraction.

At this time, the ant colony sprawled deep within. Several that had grown to a size similar to humans, ghostly ants with a single knee, ran before an anthill.

Before the ant nest stood a woman with a dark face, her aura extremely ferocious. Dozens of sturdy men and women, each wielding ghostly weapons, blocked the entrance to the ant nest. The ant nest itself didn't look very big, only a few dozen feet in size, but it seemed that even the vast mountains and plains outside were dwarfed by its presence.

"Master, the ghostly lion army led by the White-faced Lion King has occupied Cangfeng Valley in the Canghai Plain. Several other ghost armies have also arrived near Cangze Mountain. The White-faced Lion King's ghostfire is too powerful, causing heavy casualties among our clansmen. At this rate, I fear we won't be able to withstand the combined forces of several ghost armies." The Ghost Ant, shaped like a human body, spoke slowly, its words even slightly stammering.

"It's alright, let them kill. If we don't offer them something good, how can we lure these ghosts You go arrange for the ants to entangle with them, drag it out as long as possible." A languid voice echoed from within. He didn't seem too concerned about the losses of the ant colony in front of him.

"As you command!" The ghost ant, its form almost human now, bowed deeply and retreated.

"Brother Luo is now in seclusion at the most crucial time. Just wait for Brother Luo to leave the seclusion, transform the weak thunder pool into his own use, what about those ghosts" After the ghost ants that had already taken on a human form retreated, inside the ant nest, a woman with bright eyes, sharp teeth, extremely beautiful, and a hint of arrogance twisted the blue silk on her shoulder with her fingers. She looked rather playful.

"This Netherworld doesn't look much different from the Spirit Realm where ghosts gather. It's just that the Void Devourer Ants are more polarized." After a while, the glamorous woman yawned, her bright eyes showing a hint of reminiscence. Back then, when she was still in Lingxiao Palace, she, who was only at the Qi Refining stage, had instigated Luo Qian and the others to intercept Lu Xiaoteng, but instead got a good lesson from him.....

This radiant queen ant is naturally Su Qing. From the Lingxiao Palace of yesteryear to the present-day Ghost Realm, which is on par with the fairy realm, Su Qing still thinks that her time in the Lingxiao Palace was the most interesting.

"Master, Master," a pretty maid standing beside him looked slightly clumsy.

"What is it" Su Qing looked at the maidservant who seemed a little clumsy.

"The lotus seeds are peeled." The maidservant presented a white wooden tray to Su Qing, on which lay half a moon-shaped mound of lotus seeds, radiating an intense chill.

"Not bad, you've improved quite a bit since last time. Compared to those other dimwits, you're quite clever." Su Qing saw the peeled lotus seeds and curved her eyebrows into a smile. Her white fingers picked up a lotus seed and put it into her alluring red lips.

“Thank you for the praise, master,” the maidservant said hurriedly.

"You've been with me for quite some time now, and you still don't have an official name. Your personality is gentle, so how about Su XiaoWan" Su Qing said.

"Thank you, Master, for giving me a name!" Su Xiaowan knelt down and bowed her head.

“Get up.” Su Qing hummed in response, her gaze listlessly passing through the anthill and onto the dense throng of ants outside. She couldn't help but shake her head. The Void-Devouring Ants, back in the Spirit Realm, had been almost invincible thanks to her integration within their colony. Their sheer numbers were comparable to a behemoth. Unless she encountered someone like Lu Xia Tian or the primordial sword demon who descended from heaven, ordinary cultivators of the Nascent Soul stage or even those at the Tribulation Transcendence stage would find it difficult to harm her ant horde.

However, having ascended to the current Ghost Realm via the state of an ant nest, the Void-Devouring Ghost Ants, besides their massive reproductive and derivative capabilities, have also exhibited a severe two-polar division in individual combat strength.

Initially, Su Qing ascended as the queen of the Void Devouring Ant colony. Most of her ants perished during the tribulation, turning to ash in the thunderbolts.

Only a small number followed Su Qing to the Netherworld. The current Su Xiaowan, and the Ghost Ant that had almost formed a human body just now, as well as the dozen or so humanoid Void-Devouring Ghost Ants outside the ant nest, were all part of the group that came with her from the Spirit Realm.

Besides these somewhat intelligent abilities, as cultivation level improves, the intelligence also increases at a decent pace. However, other than that, the Void Devouring Ghost Ants that originated from the ant nest in the Immortal Realm have undergone some changes. After absorbing various corpse ghost qi from the Ghost Realm, they have become incredibly dark and their strength has increased significantly, but the extent of their intelligence increase is extremely slow.

Most Void-Eater Ants retain their typical beastly instincts. These ants still operate around the nest as a central hub, making them relatively easy to command.

When the void-devouring ant colonies grow to a certain size, it seems that Su Qing's control weakens. A portion always leaves the colony due to insufficient constraint and may even roam outside for a while before forming a different colony. And after these colonies reach a certain scale, they will try to rebuild their anthills. When they encounter the primitive colony developed by Su Qing, they will directly fight, because there cannot be two tigers in one mountain.

Su Qing initially tried to rapidly develop her strength, splitting off dozens of ant colonies of various sizes. Two of these colonies grew quite large, but were later destroyed by Su Qing herself. After this experience, Su Qing became less concerned about the size of her ant colonies. Losing some was not a big deal as she could replenish them through her existing colonies. However, when the numbers became too large, there was a risk of losing control, especially with other enemies posing threats. The separated colonies were also more vulnerable to being controlled by enemies.

Originally, Su Qing wanted to use the vast number of Void Devouring Ghost Ants to establish a foothold in the Ghost Realm as quickly as possible. She aimed to build a power base, gather more resources, and eventually reach the Immortal Realm. Although the Immortal, Demon, Ghost, and Monster Realms were largely isolated from each other, with only limited connections during periods when the Immortal-Demon Battlefield opened, allowing for a large-scale merging of realms, even in normal times, there were sporadic channels connecting them. However, these channels were short-lived and unstable, requiring a higher degree of risk to utilize.

As long as one is willing, there are always ways to manage it. However, when the ant colony grows to a certain scale, it becomes uncontrollable. It seems that only after her cultivation level improves can she regain control over the ant colony, and then the scale can be further expanded.

It's not that easy to simply raise one's realm, which is why Su Qing focused her attention on cultivating some Void Devouring Ghost Ants with relatively high intelligence.

For example, there's Su Xiaowan right before our eyes, and over ten others who are already quite intelligent and being cultivated as key talents. Although guiding these individuals in their cultivation takes a considerable amount of time, for Su Qing at the moment, Lu Xiaotian is far away in the Immortal Realm, and Luo Qian has reached a new level of cultivation and gone into seclusion hundreds of years ago. With plenty of time to spare after fulfilling her own cultivation needs, time is something Su Qing doesn't lack.

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