While all the worker ants were prostrate on the ground, Jiang Yuan easily approached the sleeping queen ant, who was digesting her food, by using his camouflage robe and divine power. Little Fatty kept winking at Jiang Yuan when he saw him.

However, Jiang Yuan had already come this far, so how could he possibly back down? He signaled Little Fatty to be quiet, and then activated his divine power to activate the Beast Taming Talisman. When the Beast Taming Talisman enveloped the Queen Ant, a sharp sound of jawbone rubbing together almost pierced Jiang Yuan's eardrums.

The light of the Beast Taming Talisman dimmed!

"Damn it, it's over before it even started! What kind of crappy beast-taming talisman is this?!" Jiang Yuan thought to himself, "What the hell is this?!"

The Heavenly Eye sensed Jiang Yuan's emotional fluctuations and kindly reminded him: "The gap between the two sides is too large, the success rate is extremely low, and the target has already absorbed the host's aura, so the host can no longer enslave the target."

Jiang Yuan cursed under his breath. He turned around and nodded to Little Fatty, who immediately flipped over and ran towards the cave entrance.

As Jiang Yuan watched Little Fatty leave, he coldly drew his spear. "Since I can't subdue you, I'll just annoy you!"

What's the most effective way to tame an animal? It's through fighting!

"Tenfold stealth assassination!"

Jiang Yuan's killing intent coalesced in an instant. By the time the queen ant and worker ants reacted, Jiang Yuan had already plunged the God-Slaying Spear into the large fleshy ball trailing behind the queen ant.

The ninth-tier queen ant's defense was not as high as he had imagined. In fact, Jiang Yuan felt that this queen ant was not as strong as the previous earth beast. A wound as thick as a bucket appeared on the queen ant's body, and countless thick white liquids gushed out from the wound.

"Holy crap, that's disgusting!"

This was Jiang Yuan's first thought. Seeing the pus-like substance splattered on his clothes, he even felt a little like running away.

"Notification: Nutrient solution detected. Would you like to store it in your personal space?"

"What the hell?"

Jiang Yuan suppressed the urge to run away, but this caused him to miss the best opportunity to escape. The queen ant opened her eyes and saw Jiang Yuan, while the worker ants crawling on the ground stood up one by one and walked towards Jiang Yuan. Even outside the tunnel, countless soldier ants rushed over.

"How do we collect it?" Jiang Yuan was blinded by the lard. Since the Heavenly Eye had indicated that this thing was useful, he really couldn't bear to leave. He turned around and asked the Heavenly Eye how to collect the nutrient solution.

At this critical juncture, the Sky Eye remained silent, seemingly because the question was too simplistic to answer!

"Fine, let's give it a shot!"

Jiang Yuan punched the ground, creating a small crater about a meter in diameter, then threw a storage ring into it before turning and running away.

"Jiang Yuan, over here!"

The queen ant nest has gone berserk, with almost all the soldier ants rushing towards this place. If they stay, there is almost no chance of survival, so they can only go to the passage on the side.

Ning Yanlan led the way, followed closely by Leng Yue and Xiao Pang, while Jiang Yuan brought up the rear.

The four people, dressed in camouflage robes, made their way forward, encountering all sorts of soldier ants along the way. However, under the power of the Heavenly Soul Child, these fourth and fifth-tier cave ants were powerless to resist and could be killed with a single strike.

However, just like before, the soldier ants that Tianhun Tong killed did not drop a lot of cores as expected. After killing more than forty ants, only one fourth-tier Radiant Gold Core was dropped, with a drop rate that was outrageously low.

"Let's just fight our way out through the side path!" Leng Yue, fearing something might happen to Ning Yanlan, simply squeezed in front of her.

“Alright, since the ant nest has already rioted, there’s no point in keeping it!” Ning Yanlan nodded in agreement with Leng Yue’s words.

"I think I'm allergic to these caves; every second I stay here is torture!"

Little Fatty was still in shock. He continued with exaggerated gestures, "You guys have no idea! My heart was pounding when the queen ant was chewing its food. If Brother Yuan hadn't come to save me, I'm afraid I would have peed my pants on the spot!"

"No wonder it smelled like urine, it was your doing!" Leng Yue turned around and smiled, but cleverly avoided Xiao Pang's smile.

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, I didn't pee! That smell is from Brother Yuan. He was drenched in bodily fluids by that fat queen ant, it's no wonder he stinks!" Little Fatty laughed happily, feeling incredibly lucky to have escaped death.

"No, we can't leave!"

Jiang Yuan said firmly.

"Huh? Brother Yuan, you're not wrong, are you?!" Little Fatty looked like he was questioning his existence.

Jiang Yuan shook his head and continued, "We can make use of that queen ant!"

"Go again! You'll lose your life!" the chubby boy said pitifully.

"I don't know if you've noticed, but this queen ant is all show and no substance. Despite being a ninth-tier ant, she has no real combat power! Her strength is only reflected in her control of the ant colony!" Jiang Yuan analyzed.

"Controlling the ant colony is enough. Who knows how many Spirit-Awakening ants are in this nest? Think of those army ants; they wipe out all living things wherever they go, let alone these monsters that are several levels higher!"

Based on the principle of caution, Leng Yue refuted Jiang Yuan's suggestion without hesitation.

“I know!” Ning Yanlan suddenly said, pointing around, “There are still more than three thousand ants in this ant nest that have been awakened!”

"Look, three thousand!"

Leng Yue turned around and held up three fingers to Jiang Yuan before turning to Ning Yanlan and asking, "How did you know?"

Only after asking this question did Leng Yue realize that they had been able to move freely through the ant nest, as if someone had seen through the layout beforehand.

Ning Yanlan paused, her intuition telling her not to reveal Jiang Yuan's secret, so she changed her words: "I occasionally awakened an ability that allows me to sense the environment of the surrounding land!"

The effect of the Stone Breath in this kind of place is undoubtedly huge. It's like going against a prophet who can hit your most vulnerable spot at every turn.

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