"Each flame bomb requires the sacrifice of a top-tier flame beast's heart!"
Yang Chenfeng, the son of the Yang family patriarch, explained, his expression arrogant.
"After obtaining the heart of a top-tier beast, it needs to be refined by a specialized array master, with runes carved all over the surface of the flame bomb, to achieve such an effect."
Upon hearing Yang Chenfeng's explanation, all the martial artists present were greatly astonished.
Was this the true foundation of the Yang family, one of the two major families of Qingcheng?
While in awe, the martial artists immediately developed a sense of solemn respect for the Yang family.
Seeing the reverence and fear on the faces of these martial artists, Yang Chenfeng felt extremely pleased.
Beside him, Ye Ningze clicked his tongue in amazement, "Array masters? Quite interesting."
Both flame bombs and array masters were new terms to Ye Ningze.
They piqued his interest greatly.
However, Ye Ningze also understood that these things were still too far beyond his reach at the moment.
They were not something Ye Ningze could access now.
"Could it be that everyone was wiped out? How am I supposed to copy talents then?" Ye Ningze began to worry.
Although he possessed the ability to copy talents, if he couldn't even find a complete corpse of a Divine Power Ant, he wouldn't be able to copy anything.
"Are these flame bombs really that powerful?"
Just as Ye Ningze was worrying, Elder Hong, who had been observing everything with a keen eye, suddenly grew solemn.
Elder Hong's deep eyes scanned the surroundings of the cave below. After observing for a moment, he suddenly shouted a warning.
"Everyone be careful, I can sense the fluctuations of Divine Power Ants, and there are still many beasts alive!"
Before his words had even finished, a chirping sound echoed from the depths of the cave.
Soon, Divine Power Ants began to emerge from the cave one by one.
"As expected, although the flame bombs are powerful, they wouldn't be able to annihilate an entire nest of Divine Power Ants." Ye Ningze breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as some Divine Power Ants survived, the subsequent matters would be manageable.
He would find an opportunity later to get close to a Divine Power Ant and copy its special talent!
"What are you waiting for? Attack!"
Following Elder Hong's command, the various families immediately targeted the Divine Power Ants closest to them and began their assault.
The Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters present also joined the battle.
Unlike elite martial artists, a single casual strike from a Grandmaster or Great Grandmaster was like a cannonball.
A single saber or sword strike could create a gully tens of meters long in the ground.
In front of them, the Divine Power Ants were like ants, easily manipulated.
Especially Elder Hong, who was leading the charge.
When Ye Ningze happened to catch a glimpse of Elder Hong's attack, his eyes twitched.
Elder Hong casually raised his hand and unleashed a palm strike, causing a giant palm tens of meters long to appear in the void.
Instantly, dozens of Divine Power Ants were crushed into powder.
It even left large pits in the ground.
The shape of the pits was that of a palm, reminiscent of a scene from a Stephen Chow movie that Ye Ningze had watched in his previous life.
"Elder Hong is likely at the peak of the Great Grandmaster realm!"
Ye Ningze mused inwardly.
With Elder Hong, a Great Grandmaster, present, along with many Grandmasters and elite martial artists,
It should be a smooth process to suppress and kill this nest of Divine Power Ants.
However, Ye Ningze soon changed his mind.
At a certain moment, dozens of ten-meter-long Divine Power Ants suddenly emerged from the cave ahead.
This was a stark contrast to the original Divine Power Ants, which were about three meters long.
These later-appearing Divine Power Ants far surpassed the beasts that appeared earlier in both length and aura.
"Mid-tier beast level Divine Power Ants!"
Ye Ningze exclaimed.
A few days prior, when Ye Ningze had left the Wind Wolf team and ventured alone into the area inhabited by Divine Power Ants,
He had only assumed that most Divine Power Ants would be low-tier beasts.
Even if there were mid-tier beasts, their numbers should be small, at most one or two.
However, the current situation surprised Ye Ningze greatly.
"There are over a dozen mid-tier beasts?"
Given the innate abilities of Divine Power Ants, mid-tier Divine Power Ants were comparable to martial artists at the Grandmaster realm.
If they activated their bloodline talents, they could even suppress Grandmaster realm martial artists.
As expected.
These higher-tier Divine Power Ants that appeared later immediately reversed the one-sided advantage.
Soon, the Grandmaster martial artists who had been fighting with ease found themselves in a rather sorry state.
Sometimes, it even took two Grandmasters to barely hold off one mid-tier beast.
Only Elder Hong's side still appeared to be handling the situation with ease.
Elder Hong alone was holding off three Divine Power Ants. After a brief engagement, he even casually killed one of them.
As everyone was locked in battle with the Divine Power Ants, Ye Ningze also joined the fray.
He engaged with the Divine Power Ants, displaying the strength of a normal Grandmaster martial artist, fighting on par with the Grandmaster martial artists present.
Meanwhile, secretly, Ye Ningze had already begun to probe the talents of the Divine Power Ants.
Species: Divine Power Ant
Bloodline Talent: Elementary
Strength Talent: High-tier
Seeing the high-tier strength talent displayed by the Divine Power Ant before him, Ye Ningze was delighted.
"This trip was not in vain!" Ye Ningze's lips curved upwards, his joy evident.
Currently, the talents Ye Ningze had copied, whether it was movement techniques or saber techniques, were still quite perfect.
The only deficiency was in physical strength.
"As long as I absorb the talent of the Divine Power Ant, my combat power will surely increase significantly!"
With this thought, Ye Ningze found an opportunity and moved in close.
After copying the talent, Ye Ningze quickly retreated, maintaining his combat readiness.
He had observed carefully.
These dozen or so Divine Power Ants that appeared on the scene all possessed high-tier strength talents; none had undergone any transformation.
Therefore, there was no need to specifically choose one to copy its talent.
Although the strength talent had been copied, Ye Ningze suppressed his overwhelming joy and did not immediately attempt to integrate it.
From the current situation, the human martial artists led by Elder Hong, despite the occasional loss of elite martial artists, still held the overall advantage.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they would surely be able to deal with these beasts.
However, in the depths of his heart, Ye Ningze felt a sense of unease.
This was the intuition of a martial artist. He couldn't pinpoint exactly what was wrong, but he felt uneasy.
"Could it be that there are even more powerful, high-tier Divine Power Ants that haven't appeared yet?" This thought crossed Ye Ningze's mind.
This possibility was not out of the question.
After all, a beast pack would inevitably have a leader.
And these dozen or so mid-tier Divine Power Ants that had appeared all had similar strength; they were definitely not the leader.
The leader was usually the strongest existence within the pack.
"I hope there are no high-tier beasts!" Ye Ningze could only wish for that.
If a high-tier beast were to suddenly appear later, Ye Ningze would have no choice but to flee.
And just as Ye Ningze was contemplating this.
Suddenly, Elder Hong's expression changed drastically.
"Quick, escape! This Divine Power Ant nest also has high-tier beasts!"