Published: March 2, 2025
The existence of the Netherworld gave Victor an extraordinary level of control over the entire New Hope Gathering Place.
However, the newly born life fluctuations appeared extremely fragile in Victor's eyes. Coupled with his perception that the life aura was visibly growing stronger, Victor was worried that if he directly teleported to that aura, it might interfere with its growth and transformation, leading to unpredictable consequences. Therefore, after receiving Wen Yu's orders, Victor obediently followed the one-eyed creature through the fog-filled cave towards the underground.
The concentration of toxic fog in the cave was far beyond that outside. Both the dog and cat noses were very sensitive; as soon as they entered the cave, Victor and the one-eyed creature were nearly overwhelmed by the stench mixed with a flowery scent, and it took them some time to recover.
“Damn, it stinks!”
The one-eyed creature complained angrily, receiving only a disdainful glance from Victor in return.
“Stop the nonsense, get to work quickly. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can leave this damn place,” Victor said, referring not only to the foul-smelling underground cave but to the entire New Hope Gathering Place.
It was obvious to anyone with clear vision that prolonged defense would lead to failure. No matter how powerful Wen Yu was, he couldn't withstand the continuous attacks from the demonic clan for too long.
At this moment, the one-eyed creature lost its desire to argue with Victor and followed closely behind him, heading deeper into the cave.
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This cave was originally meant to accommodate all the insectoid race within the New Hope Gathering Place, and the sheer number of insects needed no further explanation—by quantity, insects were the most abundant animals on Earth.
Thus, the cave was surprisingly spacious.
The power of the Netherworld was fully unleashed, and under the influence of his foundation level skill, Victor had a clear view of the entire underground world—including all the forks in the road, tunnels leading deeper underground, and even the ant swarm that was exhaling and inhaling toxic fog.
“I found it, a large group of insects... Tsk, could it be the wrong one?”
Upon seeing the ant swarm, Victor immediately felt a sense of confusion—some of the non-mutated ants, even at their strongest, were only at initial level three. They had not been devoured by the toxic fog; instead, they were continuously inhaling it, as if absorbing some essence from it. This was unusual.
However, no matter how wide Victor’s eyes were opened, he couldn't find any life forms above level three—only three levels. No matter how terrifying their skills were, they couldn't be called "the strongest mutated life form on Earth." If that were the case, what about Victor’s face?
Just as Victor was about to scrutinize further, an unexpected fluctuation of energy suddenly approached—it belonged to a life form at level three.
To Victor, a level three aura naturally seemed weak, but within the entire cave, there was only a single level three ant, and Victor was sure that the newly born level three life form was not that one. So, this new level three aura fluctuation stood out.
What was even stranger followed.
As that level three aura swept through the cave, the toxic fog that was dispersing instantly boiled, as if drawn by some enormous force, rushing towards the deeper location of the ant swarm.
What happened next stunned Victor— the dense swarm of ants deep underground, seemingly influenced by some unknown force, quickly crawled onto the bodies of their kin. In no time, nearly a hundred massive ant balls formed from countless ants, and then the ant balls began to pulsate. Before long, nearly a hundred giant ants with wings, each nearly three meters long, appeared in the underground river.
The power fluctuations emanating from them clearly told Victor that each of these giant ants possessed a level three aura and had physical qualities approaching 1000 points!