The stinger pierced the soldier ant's body instantly, and a wound appeared on its tail where the stinger had been, from which body fluid continued to flow.

This wound will not heal quickly and will require a long period of rest before another tail thorn can grow back.

Although you felt a sharp pain at first, you didn't feel much. But after about ten seconds, you felt your body getting heavier and heavier.

From Zhao Zian's perspective, the status bar of the affected soldier ant kept sliding down, quickly turning red, and finally the health bar in the status bar was completely emptied, and then the screen went black.

It seems this thorn is poisonous and can cause further damage.

Seeing their companions so brave, some of the other enhanced bees, in a moment of rage, also unleashed their final attack.

However, Zhao Zian was on guard, so he instructed the ants to defend themselves as much as possible to avoid being stung.

With the precautions in place, the bee's attack wasn't so terrifying, although some unlucky ants still got hit.

However, under Zhao Zian's command, the ants began to move around in a flamboyant manner, and whenever the bees made a move to approach, they would raise their heads and bite them with their mouths.

Several bees were bitten off by the ants before they could even sting them.

Finally, some bees, seeing the situation was not good, tried to run back to the hive, but this is when the role of flying units becomes apparent.

The little one, who also had wings, flew up and shot them all down.

The last few bees were already exhausted, and with their wings soaked by the raindrops, they couldn't escape Xiao Yi's pursuit at all.

Soon, all 100 or so enhanced bees on it died.

The ants, on the other hand, suffered almost no losses.

The death of a few ants is of no concern to the entire ant army.

Ironically, some of the enhanced bees' stingers even pierced the worker ants, and Zhao Zi'an didn't even bother to defend against them.

You're going to sting worker ants? Go ahead and sting them, there are plenty of them anyway.

Once you've finished stabbing me with this tail stinger and are in a weakened state, I'll just kill you.

Zhao Zian picked his nose, feeling extremely happy. This was the first time he had experienced the joy of crushing weaker opponents since entering the other world.

The provocation continued, and several more of the enhanced bees from above flew down one after another.

Unsurprisingly, they were all wiped out by the ant army.

However, this tactic became ineffective afterward. No matter how much Zhao Zian provoked the ants, the bees remained completely unmoved.

Zhao Zian was also somewhat helpless.

Then let's just go for it, there's no other way.

With a thought, the ant army began its massive assault on the hive.

The enormous beehive was hanging from a large tree.

The tree has a fairly dense canopy, but it's impossible for it to block all the raindrops.

Therefore, the bees on the hive are mostly covered with small raindrops, not as much water as outside, but their speed is still somewhat affected.

It's raining heavily outside, so it's like it's drizzling under the tree canopy.

"Know!"

The queen ant rang out with a clear, crisp chirping sound.

A buff was applied to all friendly units.

The ants rushed straight up the tree trunk.

Although bees are much larger than ants, they are not afraid at all.

The fact that believers are not highly intelligent is actually an advantage.

They can't even tell right from wrong. If you send them to their deaths, they'll actually go and die...

Hehehe... I like this kind of believer.

Zhao Zian ordered the worker ants to rush forward first, to attract the hatred of most of the bees.

The soldier ants continued to climb upwards, with the specialized ants following a little behind.

At this point, the shortcomings of the queen ant's previous evolution become apparent.

Zhao Zian originally intended for Xiao Yi to fly in the air and provide some aerial support to the ant army.

However, although it has wings, it cannot fly in the air indefinitely.

The main problem is that the various exoskeletons on the body are too thick and heavy. It's already quite difficult for the large wings to fly, and they can't support flight for too long.

However, its combat ability is indeed quite good.

Just like a flying tank, it may not be as agile in the air as it is on the ground, and it may miss its target.

However, with its six long, sharp legs constantly waving, any bee that dares to approach is immediately slapped to the ground.

This attack wouldn't necessarily kill him outright, but he'd definitely be left completely disoriented.

However, the ground is covered with an army of ants. If you get disoriented and fall to the ground, the outcome is predictable.

The bees had never encountered such a reckless opponent before; they didn't waste any time and charged straight at your base.

Who could tolerate this?

Countless bees flew out, constantly swatting down the ants crawling on the tree trunk.

However, ants are light, so even if they fall to the ground, it's not a big deal; at most, they'll just get back up.

Only by causing real biting damage can you kill the ants.

Moreover, there are two specialized soldier ants mixed in with the worker ants, and if you're not careful, you'll get bitten by them.

Furthermore, ordinary worker ants are not easy to bully. Once surrounded by them with their numerical advantage, the bee will definitely not fare well.

Soon, the ants, with their fearless spirit, braved the bees' attacks and managed to reach the height of the hive.

And it began to climb steadily toward the branch where the beehive was located.

At this point, the ants also suffered a certain number of losses.

After all, when climbing up the tree trunk, it's difficult to spare extra strength to defend against the bees' attack.

So he still suffered some damage from being hit by bees.

However, once they reach the tree trunk where the hive is located, the bees can no longer just stand by and watch the army of ants rush into the hive.

They were forced to engage in a decisive battle with the ant army on this tree trunk.

This is exactly what Zhao Zian wanted to see.

The ant army was being frantically harassed on the tree trunk, as the bees constantly prevented them from climbing upwards.

hey-hey.

This is the moment we've been waiting for—to truly fight the bees head-on.

At this time, the worker ants suffer more damage, and many bees, seeing that the soldier ants are not to be trifled with, vent their anger on the worker ants.

There were originally many worker ants, but now there are only a few left.

This is the result of constant protection from the soldier ants and specialized ants that mingle with the worker ants.

If no protection is taken and the bees are allowed to kill freely, the number of deaths and injuries will only increase.

The soldier ants also suffered heavy losses.

There were originally 1200, but now only 900 remain.

It's mostly caused by those specially enhanced bees with special bloodlines.

However, the bees didn't fare well either; the special bloodline bees originally numbered between 400 and 500.

In the first wave, due to Zhao Zi'an's constant provocation, more than 100 of them were killed when they charged down.

More than 100 were also shot down in the harassment battle on this tree trunk.

Some of these were killed during the soldier ants' resistance.

However, most of them were Xiao Yi's battle results.

With monstrous combat power, even without much combat experience, it still managed to take down many bees.