"Blood ants, they're blood ants!"
Wan Qitai, the Sect Master of the Seven Stars Sect, shouted excitedly as he watched the blood ants hatch. "Wonderful, the blood ants have finally hatched!"
This was their mission, and it was finally completed.
But before he could celebrate for long, Wan Qitai's expression changed drastically.
The blood ants had already swarmed over, indiscriminate of friend or foe, and began to gnaw at the disciples of the Seven Stars Sect.
Screams echoed through the valley. Some disciples desperately fled, others attacked the blood ants at their feet, and some had already fallen to the ground, swarmed by over a dozen blood ants. A tragedy was unfolding.
"Saintess, why are the blood ants eating our Seven Stars Sect disciples as well..."
Wan Qitai was in a panic.
But Shui Qingyue seemed not to hear his exclamation. She stood on the Blood Ant Queen, laughing wildly with excitement.
Finally, she could get revenge!
She could kill all these detestable people from Qingxu Tian, including Li Tianjue and Su Luo! Since he didn't love her and had tried to kill her multiple times, she would make that wretched man taste regret!
She wanted Li Tianjue to kneel before her.
"Hahahaha, kill, kill! My blood ant army..." Shui Qingyue's long hair flew in the wind as she stretched out her arms and screamed, "Devour all these people, leave none alive, kill them all!"
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
Blood ants emerged from their eggs. Their special growth method allowed them to break free of their shells immediately, scattering to find food and kill all life forms in their vicinity.
Some Seven Stars Sect disciples struck them down, but even newly born, these blood ants were agile. If one was killed, the others were fearless, swarming forward wildly and gnawing at their flesh and blood.
In a short while, over a dozen Seven Stars Sect disciples were reduced to white bones.
"Sect Master, what should we do?" Deacon Zheng and several other disciples of the Seven Stars Sect gathered around Wan Qitai, trembling all over.
Wan Qitai looked at the increasing number of blood ants in the valley and finally regretted it.
Was this the result of raising the Blood Ant Queen?
How terrifying!
He knew that blood ants were forbidden demonic insects, but under the command of the Grand Beginning Saint, he dared not refuse. Now that the Blood Ant Queen had laid eggs and the blood ants had appeared, his Seven Stars Sect was the first to suffer!
He could not bear this price. Soon, the blood ant army would bite and devour all the disciples of the Seven Stars Sect. Not just the Seven Stars Sect, but perhaps the entire Lingxiao Kingdom could be annihilated!
"Escape, escape... hurry and escape!"
Wan Qitai's body turned ice-cold, and he suddenly roared, flying towards the valley entrance without regard for anything else.
Deacon Zheng and the other disciples were stunned. Their Sect Master was abandoning them and fleeing for his own life?!
"Sect Master, save us... Saintess, Saintess, please, save us..." everyone screamed and shouted, attacking the blood ants, begging Shui Qingyue for mercy, and fleeing out of the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley. The scene was gruesome.
Countless spirit flowers and herbs were destroyed, and the unconscious spirit herb farmers were completely gnawed clean by the blood ants.
The ground was red, a scene of slaughter.
Tang Xiaoguo watched, shivering, and even forgot to make a move.
Fortunately, the people from Qingxu Tian had gathered together, protecting her in the center. Li Tianjue casually waved his hand, and a large wave of spiritual light swept out, crushing the blood ants into pieces, preventing them from getting close.
Chu Tianshu and Shang Xie Shaoqing were also fighting fiercely. These blood ants, although only slightly larger than a human head, were extremely ferocious.
A single bite meant losing flesh.
But there were too many blood ants. Even as they continuously killed them, and even with Wen Daier helping, the blood ants kept increasing, almost surrounding them layer upon layer, like a red wave rolling in.
The Blood Ant Queen was laying eggs too quickly!
Su Luo had not used the Fengshen Jue to control the Blood Ant Queen.
It was not yet the optimal time. To take this demonic insect king back, she had to exhaust the first wave of ant eggs it had gestured, otherwise, she could not control the inherent danger.
Su Luo sent out wisps of her consciousness, beginning to control these blood ants, slowly guiding them towards Shui Qingyue.
She could not yet control the Blood Ant Queen, as it was already Shui Qingyue's demonic pet. She was not a beast tamer, nor did she have her fourth senior brother's divine artifact, so she could not control the Blood Ant Queen freely.
However, the blood ants were not Shui Qingyue's demonic pets; they were controlled by the Blood Ant Queen.
Su Luo, like controlling birds, sent her consciousness like threads, integrating into the blood ants' bodies, silently severing the commands issued by the Blood Ant Queen.
"All of you, still struggling when death is at your door!" Shui Qingyue looked at the chaos before her and laughed triumphantly.
The deaths of the Seven Stars Sect disciples did not elicit even a shred of pity from her. As long as she could kill the people of Qingxu Tian and Wen Daier, it was enough. But she remembered to save Shangguan Hanyu, otherwise, with so many blood ants, he would eventually be gnawed into bones.
Standing on the Blood Ant Queen, Shangguan Hanyu also became excited.
"Senior Sister, you are too powerful!"
He was filled with excitement and fawningly said, "Only Senior Sister is the most powerful. Junior brother is in awe of you. None of these people from Qingxu Tian will escape. Congratulations, Senior Sister, for finally getting your revenge today!"
Shui Qingyue sneered, her killing intent intensifying. She continuously urged the Blood Ant Queen to lay eggs and kill enemies.
There were at least a thousand blood ants now, scattered throughout the valley. Each was larger than a human head, with a pair of hard, sharp mouthparts, madly attacking everyone.
As they fed, they gradually turned from pink to red, becoming even more ferocious.
At least one-third of the killed blood ants were gone, but more blood ants arrived ceaselessly. This was the terror of the Blood Ant Queen: ceaseless egg-laying, inexhaustible in number.
Suddenly, Shui Qingyue felt something was wrong.
Dozens of blood ants were not attacking the enemies but were crawling towards the Blood Ant Queen.
"My little darlings, why are you crawling back? Go and devour those people!" she said, urging them as the ants reached her skirt. She simultaneously issued commands to the Blood Ant Queen.
But these blood ants not only didn't leave but more were crawling towards her.
"Ah, Senior Sister, they're biting me!" Suddenly, Shangguan Hanyu was bitten.
The fastest blood ant that charged forward quickly bit his ankle. With one bite, blood immediately gushed out.
Shangguan Hanyu was caught off guard, screamed, and desperately kicked, stomping fiercely on the Blood Ant Queen. The Blood Ant Queen, in pain, writhed and jolted, almost causing Shui Qingyue to fall off.
More blood ants crawled up the Blood Ant Queen's massive body.
They did not attack the Blood Ant Queen, nor did the Blood Ant Queen attack its offspring. However, these blood ants specifically pursued Shui Qingyue and Shangguan Hanyu, and within moments, the two who were being attacked were injured.
"Bastards! What's going on?"
Shui Qingyue was in a panic. Why were the blood ants attacking her, their master?
"Get away! Why are you biting me, you fools? Go bite them!" She pointed at Li Tianjue, Su Luo, and the others ahead, shouting and dodging in exasperation. But more and more blood ants crawled towards her, gradually encircling the entire Blood Ant Queen.
A subtle sensation was transmitted...
It was a wisp of thought the Blood Ant Queen transmitted to Shui Qingyue. It discovered that a portion of its offspring was out of control.
Only then did Shui Qingyue realize that someone must be behind this.
"Who, who is controlling this Saintess's blood ants? Who is it?"