Around a group of thumb-sized stone ants, there were many grayish-white bone fragments.

Meanwhile, many stone ants were swarming around the corpses of several dead wild animals, and some bloodstains were stained on the white plants, making them stand out.

There were many large and small holes on the bodies of seven or eight pythons, obviously made by stone ants. Even the flesh of the pythons was being gnawed by small stone ants.

Around the stone mountain ants, there were numerous fragments of wild animal bones and the corpses of dead insects and rodents. The stone mountain ant king was spewing tiny bubbles, emitting a faint, blood-red aura that drifted around the cave and enveloped the area near the stone mountain ant nest, making it appear somewhat eerie.

"This rock ant king is no ordinary creature!"

Lin Xiaofei was startled, and a look of tension appeared on his face.

This strange beast was the first he had ever seen.

Especially seeing the piles and piles of animal bone fragments on the ground, one could tell that the Stone Mountain Ant King had devoured countless wild beasts.

"These rock ants basically stay near their nests and almost never leave this area."

The Stone Mountain Ant King can control a group of smaller Stone Mountain Ants, thus enabling it to launch attacks.

In particular, the tiny bubbles it exhales emit an aroma that lures wild animals, allowing it to capture or control them.

As the old man spoke, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket and poured out three pills.

These three pills were entirely silvery-white, resembling shimmering silver pearls.

Concentration Pill!

In an instant, a faint fragrance wafted from the silver pill. Lin Xiaofei took a light breath and immediately felt a cool sensation in his head, which was very comfortable.

The old man glanced at the silver pill in his hand and put it in his mouth.

"When I cast my spell, it might control those little stone ants to harass or attack me, or even control wild beasts to surround me. You will stand aside and block its attacks for me, at least buying me fifteen breaths."

As the old man spoke, he stretched out one hand and waved it, spiritual energy surging from his hand as he began to form hand seals. At the same time, the small silver sword in his other hand slowly floated up.

Immediately afterwards, a silvery-white light, as fast as a white lightning bolt, rushed towards the bright red Stone Mountain Ant King in the distance.

Bang!

The silver dagger struck the Stone Mountain Ant King directly, piercing into its body before stopping.

In an instant, bright red blood splattered, staining the entire silver sword crimson. Strands of bright red blood gushed out from the Ant King's body, flowing as if it were free.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Immediately afterwards, the stone mountain ant king, which had been lying quietly on the stone peak, suddenly started moving frantically, crawling back and forth around the spot. At the same time, the group of stone mountain ants frantically patrolled the surroundings, searching for any trace of the enemy.

Soon, the Stone Mountain Ant King discovered the enemy and commanded a group of smaller Stone Mountain Ants to launch an attack.

At the same time, some small wild animals controlled by the Stone Mountain Ant King also rushed out from the cracks in the cave.

Among them, a large number of wild animals, including pythons, poisonous insects, centipedes, and giant crabs, pounced.

The eyes of these wild beasts seemed to have a hint of madness, and each one showed a ferocious look as it rushed towards Lin Xiaofei and his companion.

"There are so many small wild animals."

Lin Xiaofei exclaimed in surprise and took a step back.

Glancing at the old man, I saw him standing there with a serious expression, one hand constantly forming hand seals, the other controlling the small silver sword, continuously slashing at the body of the Stone Mountain Ant King. His spiritual energy fluctuated violently, and his aura was soaring, clearly he was condensing a complicated spell.

"Fifteen breaths should be no problem."

Lin Xiaofei made a snap decision and a large number of pills appeared in his hand.

During his more than three years of cultivation, Lin Xiaofei had refined a lot of pills, which would come in handy for this mission.

For someone who cultivates immortality and practices martial arts, pills can enhance one's strength, and these are indispensable.

Fortunately, he had a powerful spatial bead. The pills he refined were stored inside the spatial bead. As long as the pills were not used, their medicinal effects were preserved perfectly, without any loss of efficacy. This allowed him to keep quite a few pills.

With a gentle wave of his hand, he scattered more than thirty pills.

In an instant, the smell of the pills wafted out.

Poison beast pill! Beast repellent pill!

Soon, one after another, the wild beasts paused, stopped, pounced on the pills on the ground, and swallowed the poisonous beast pills directly.

The next second, the beasts that had swallowed the pills began to tremble uncontrollably, their bodies bleeding profusely as if in extreme pain, emitting screams of agony.

Some wild beasts, upon smelling the scent of the beast-repelling pills, seemed surprised and took several steps back.

However, some powerful beasts, having failed to snatch the Poisonous Beast Pill, were somewhat afraid of its smell and bypassed it, attacking again.

In an instant, the Stone Mountain Ant King exhaled a large number of bubbles, emitting a dense, blood-red aura that enveloped Lin Xiaofei.

Suddenly, the scene before Lin Xiaofei's eyes seemed to change. Those originally small wild beasts seemed to have grown to hundreds of meters tall, with a magnificent aura that made people's hearts tremble.

If an ordinary person saw this scene, they would probably be terrified and eventually be surrounded and killed by the wild beasts in front of them.

Lin Xiaofei was a cultivator with strong spiritual power and a firm mind. He was not frightened by the scene before him. After calming himself down, it seemed that everything before him gradually returned to normal, and the beasts that rushed up were still in their original forms.

Lin Xiaofei immediately understood that the Stone Mountain Ant King had just cast a low-level illusion spell on him, but it had no effect on him.

Without hesitation, Lin Xiaofei waved his hand again, producing more than thirty pills, which he then threw out.

At this moment, there were too many wild beasts in front of them, estimated to be six or seven hundred. These beasts were controlled by the Stone Mountain Ant King, and it was difficult to cope with them using only Poisonous Beast Pills and Beast-Repelling Pills.

Of course, all he needed to do was hold off these wild beasts.

Just hold for fifteen breaths.

As he continuously fended off the charging beasts, he sensed that the old man beside him was growing stronger, as if a terrifying spell was about to be unleashed.

However, the distant Stone Mountain Ant King seemed to sense the terrifying fluctuations emanating from the air, and immediately unleashed bursts of blood-red energy, rushing towards a large number of wild beasts.

As if provoked, the wild beasts charged towards Lin Xiaofei and the old man with reckless abandon, showing no intention of retreating even with the interference of the beast-driving pills.

Soon, Lin Xiaofei saw the Stone Mountain Ant King directing hundreds of small Stone Mountain Ants to gradually gather together, forming a neat column of large red army ants, and then frantically trampling on the ground.

boom!

In an instant, the cave in the direction where Lin Xiaofei was located trembled violently, shook, and stones fell from the cave.