Published: February 5, 2025
Ye Zhongming chased after the monster baby, and finally spotted its silhouette near Lakeside Square. At this moment, the creature had come down from the purple cloud battle ant and was gnawing on a roast chicken it had found somehow.
How can it be so carefree?
Ye Zhongming truly didn’t know what personality the monster babies from his past life possessed. His involvement in the hunt for them had always been on the periphery, and he had never observed them up close.
His gaze instinctively fell on the shoulder where the monster baby had been injured; unexpectedly, it was now completely smooth, with no trace of a wound.
The monster baby suddenly turned its head to look at Ye Zhongming behind it, exposing its wide mouth still holding chicken meat, and began to roar.
However, compared to the iron lock prisoner, this roar was far too quiet; it was the difference between a high-decibel speaker and a mosquito buzzing.
Upon hearing the roar, the purple cloud battle ant beside the monster baby charged directly over.
Huh?
At that moment, Ye Zhongming realized that this purple cloud battle ant was actually a general ant!
Typically, purple cloud battle ants are one-star monsters; this includes blade ants, law ants, and needle ants. However, there are higher-ranking individuals in their midst, like the general ant in front of Ye Zhongming, which is a two-star monster. As far as Ye Zhongming knew, there were even king ants among the purple cloud battle ants, which are three-star, and queen ants, which are four-star or even higher.
In his past life, no one had ever seen the queen of the purple cloud battle ants, and their rank was merely speculation.
To his surprise, this monster baby had managed to control a two-star general ant.
Ye Zhongming's body tensed as he subtly channeled power into his legs. Just as the general ant was a few meters away, he suddenly darted to the side.
In the next second, a bone needle, about the thickness of a finger, shot past where he had been standing.
“Bone needle ejection!”
This was one of the innate skills of the purple cloud battle ant general!
It was a very covert long-range skill. Although the bone needle wasn’t long, it packed a powerful punch, enough to penetrate a one-centimeter thick iron plate.
The general ant was momentarily stunned that this human had dodged its skill. Its earlier fierce charge had all been a facade, intended to cover this sneak attack.
However, the general ant didn’t sense the might of a high-level evolved lifeform from Ye Zhongming; it became even more agitated. Its body, wider than a normal purple cloud battle ant, suddenly unfurled two transparent wings and leaped into the air, gliding at several times the speed on the ground.
But the purple cloud battle ant was miscalculating again. As Ye Zhongming dodged, the edge of the moon was transferred from his left hand to his right hand, which could only move slightly. With a swift flick, he hurled the arm shield into the air. Just as the purple cloud battle ant had taken off, it crashed into the arm shield, directly falling to the ground as if it had intentionally collided with the shield.
Although Ye Zhongming was only a one-star evolver, he had consumed an improved evolution potion and the meat of the ape turtle egrets, making his physical strength more than seven times that of an ordinary person. His power far exceeded that of a regular one-star evolver, and this throw of the shield was not light. One of the wings of the purple cloud battle ant was crushed and deformed, and a leg limb on that side broke, causing it to roll on the ground in pain, emitting a piercing howl.
Seizing the opportunity to take advantage of its plight is a basic rule of survival in the apocalypse. After throwing the shield, Ye Zhongming’s third movement followed seamlessly; he slid next to the purple cloud battle ant, transferring the edge of the moon back to his left hand and swinging with all his might, severing all the limbs on one side of the general ant.
Large amounts of dark green liquid flowed from the severed limbs, and the screech of the purple cloud battle ant changed in pitch.