CHAPTER 505: CHAPTER 515: INSECT FIGHT

Now, it needs to devour one precious Medicinal Herb that is over ten thousand years old every day. Such a high rate of consumption indicates that it is very likely to evolve again soon.

It might even be on the verge of evolution.

That’s why it frequently steals and eats Medicinal Herbs, to lay a solid foundation for its own evolution.

Just like how humans need Elixirs to help them when breaking through realms or barriers.

Insect Beasts, they don’t understand Alchemy, and coupled with their natural physical advantages, they can eat Medicinal Herbs raw. Therefore, they usually devour precious herbs suitable for themselves.

They use these to obtain the energy for evolution.

Hiding deep within the cave, the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede is coiled up, its antennae sweep back and forth, with a faint hint of black and gold – two fine streaks of qi radiance fluctuating in and out. And its mouth, especially its sharp mandibles, keeps chewing.

The black and gold qi streaks are chewed together, continuously digested and fused.

Seeing this posture, it seems it has reached the critical point of evolution.

It is preparing to evolve into the more formidable Nine Yin Double-winged Centipede.

On its back one can see two small bulges, which are rhythmically pulsating. They inflate and deflate, quite miraculously.

If it evolves into the Nine Yin Double-winged Centipede and gains wings, it will be able to fly and earth tunnel at will.

By that time, catching it will be difficult.

We must capture it before it completes its evolution.

This beast is extremely cunning, although it is just a worm, it also understands its own situation. It knows that the people outside are out to deal with it.

Therefore, it is racing against time, seizing every minute and second, trying to complete its evolution.

This is a silent battle for supremacy, with both parties trying to seize the initiative. If the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede gets the upper hand, it could escape successfully, no longer fearing the pursuit of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.

If Chu Feng gets the upper hand, he could strike preemptively and capture the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

And thus, the Red List Task would be successfully completed.

The 110,000 Merit Points would also be in hand.

"Attack it!"

Chu Feng issues a combat command to his Ant Army.

Ten Ant Queens, leading their Ant Soldiers, launched a fierce attack on the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

Hissss~!

The Nine Yin Heaven Centipede, feeling threatened, sprays out a fog of Freezing Yin from under its ribs, enveloping the surroundings. The frosty fog it spits out is extremely formidable, enough to freeze a person alive.

Unfortunately, it has met its match.

Since Crimson Fire Ants are naturally born from devouring fire, they possess an inherent resistance to extreme cold.

Though the cold Qi of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede is powerful, it is very difficult to freeze the Crimson Fire Ants to death. Especially the Ant Queens evolved by Chu Feng using Elixirs, they are even more formidable.

They are large in size and their biting ability is also extremely aberrant.

Disregarding the Freezing Yin fog, they valiantly charged forward, biting at the body of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

"Squeak~!"

The back of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede is composed of segments, each with a tough shell.

The Crimson Fire Ant Queens are very intelligent and know that it is not easy to attack there, so they skillfully bite onto one of the legs of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

It has many legs, densely packed, and they are incredibly slender.

Perfect for biting.

However, the legs of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede, although they seem delicate, are also very tough. Biting them off in one go is simply not possible.

The Nine Yin Heaven Centipede cannot continue its evolution because its leg is caught and immediately twists its body, fiercely biting towards one of the Crimson Fire Ant Queens.

It’s agility far surpasses that of the Crimson Fire Ants, and its size is much larger.

Logically speaking, it could bite an Ant Queen to death with just one bite.

As a result, Chu Feng came to fully witness the unity of the Crimson Fire Ants, and their highly tacit coordination.

Three Crimson Fire Ant Queens clung onto the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede’s feet next to its head, then forcefully dragged it.

What insect in the world has the greatest strength? It is definitely the ant.

A single ant can lift an object over four hundred times its own body weight and can even drag something up to 1700 times its body weight.

Despite being much smaller in size compared to the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede, their strength was not small at all.

Why is their strength so terrifying?

Because the muscles in an ant’s claws are a highly efficient "prime mover," which are several times more efficient than aero engines, thereby generating considerable force. The "muscle engine" is powered by a special kind of fuel.

This "fuel" doesn’t burn, yet it can still release hidden energy and convert it into mechanical energy. Without combustion, there’s no heat loss, so the efficiency is naturally much higher. Chemists already know the composition of this special "fuel"; it’s a very complex phosphorus compound. This means that there are billions of tiny electric motors inside an ant’s claws serving as power sources.

Imagine that, billions of tiny electric motors working together in cooperation.

When operating at the same time, the force they produce is absolutely terrifying.

On one side, three Crimson Fire Ant Queens firmly dragged the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede’s head, immediately immobilizing it there. No matter how it struggled, it could not break free.

It could only angrily twist its body, furiously flailing and rolling over.

Attempting to shake off the gnawing bites of the Crimson Fire Ants.

As soon as its head was restrained, a large swarm of Crimson Fire Ant Soldiers surged forward to launch an attack on the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

At that moment, true strength was manifested.

Ordinary Crimson Fire Ant Soldiers could barely bite onto the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede’s feet, but they weren’t as formidable as the Ant Queens. They had a hard time immobilizing the body of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

Fortunately, they were numerous, and with a united front like an army of ants, they slowly began to control the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

The fierce battle and contest between them did not end.

Feeling the threat of death, the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede started to spew black poison gas.

Those ordinary Ant Soldiers couldn’t withstand it and were poisoned to death one after another.

But the ten Ant Queens were safe and sound. Instead, they became even more ferocious, crazily biting at the legs and abdomen of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

The back of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede was hard and smooth, making it difficult to bite into, but its abdomen was much softer.

Especially at the joints between the segments, where there were gaps.

This provided an opportunity for the Crimson Fire Ant Queens to strike decisively, and their biting abilities were extremely remarkable.

With a rustling noise, it took only a moment to gnaw multiple holes in the abdomen of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

By this point, the fate of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede was essentially sealed.

In its struggle to escape, its resistance became even more intense.

It kept rolling its body, and from under its ribs, it spewed out even more toxic poison gas, as well as colder Freezing Yin air.

Unfortunately, all of these efforts were futile.

Outside the cave, Liang Yun and the others were anxiously waiting. Hearing the sounds of battle coming from inside the cave, their hearts were hanging in suspense.

Because according to their thoughts, Chu Feng’s Ant Soldiers were definitely no match for the ’Medicine thief’.

Since the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede’s cave was very deep, the sounds coming out were also very faint.

This wait lasted for a full day.

In fact, the battle inside the cave had already ended two hours before, but Chu Feng was patiently waiting for the Crimson Fire Ant Queens to completely devour the corpse of the Nine Yin Heaven Centipede.

So he kept waiting patiently.