"That was a nest of rock ants. One of the queen ants had its body transformed into a special kind of iron by consuming a large amount of iron rocks."
As time went on, it began to devour large numbers of small beasts, causing its body to transform into something that was neither stone nor iron. Its body evolved into something exceptionally hard, a true treasure.
The old man swallowed hard, paused, and continued:
This nest of rock ants has developed a certain degree of ferocity and aggression due to consuming too many wild animals.
As for its strength, it's not very strong. After all, only the queen of this nest of stone ants has undergone a metamorphosis, and the metamorphosis didn't take too long. The power of its attack methods is not enough to match the inner energy realm strength of you martial artists.
Also, I fought this Stone Mountain Ant King before, and accidentally sent a small sword artifact into its nest, where it got trapped.
So, we're here to kill it, and also to retrieve my little sword artifact.
"Senior, can't you handle those stone mountain ants by yourself?"
Lin Xiaofei nodded and asked curiously.
The old man rolled his eyes at Lin Xiaofei and said indifferently:
"Of course I can handle it. I do have the strength of the fifth level of Qi Refining. But with you joining us, it will be much easier."
"Senior Wang's cultivation level is only two levels higher than mine."
Lin Xiaofei thought to himself that the other party had a higher cultivation level than him and had been cultivating for a longer time, so he must have some special methods. Moreover, the old man knew that the body of the Stone Mountain Ant King was a treasure, which showed that the other party might know a lot.
Seeing that the old man said he had fought that strange beast before, he had nothing to worry about and decided to go with the old man to see what kind of strange beast it was.
Then, the two continued down into the cave.
The caves below are interconnected, with almost no proper roads. They are winding and twisting, with the underground passages sometimes rising and sometimes falling.
As they walked, suddenly, a cyan creature, as thick as an arm and moving with lightning speed, rushed out from the dimly lit cave and lunged directly at Lin Xiaofei's leg.
Bang!
One foot quickly lifted up, then slammed down hard, stepping on the head of a green snake, sinking deep into the mud, flattening and crushing the snake's head.
Lin Xiaofei remained calm, letting the green snake struggle, and slowly lifted his foot, which was stuck in the mud, to continue forward.
Walking deep into the cave, where the light is dim, encountering snakes, insects, and rats is a common occurrence. He had already stomped to death five scorpions, three long snakes, and a centipede as thick as an arm.
We're almost there.
The two had been walking in the cave below for an hour, and arrived at a dark cave in a low-lying area. The old man spoke calmly.
"Is that nest of rock ant queens in that crack in the rock ahead?"
Lin Xiaofei raised a torch, looked around, and saw the cave in the distance, which was located in a low-lying area.
Around the crevices in the cave, many plants that emitted white light grew, illuminating the dark cave below, while some insects and ants were around the crevices.
"The terrain here is somewhat like the shape of a large basin. It is also quite open. However, some special plants grow in this deep cave. These plants can glow and attract snakes, insects, and rodents."
"Look at that crevice in the rocks nearby; that's the nest of the rock ants."
The old man pointed ahead and said.
Suddenly, from a crack in a cave on the left, a black snake with a thick body coiled around a stone wall, watching the two from afar as if waiting for them to approach.
Lin Xiaofei was startled and drew his longsword, preparing to walk over and kill the black snake.
At the same time, he held a beast-repelling pill and a poison-beast pill in his other hand.
"That's a dark serpent that has just molted into a beast. It's not very strong and is easy to deal with. There's no need to be afraid."
The old man spoke softly, then pulled a small silver sword from his sleeve. With a flash of silver light, the sword emitted a spiritual aura and gleamed with a chilling light.
Ritual implements!
Lin Xiaofei glanced at it, his eyes lighting up as if he had seen a treasure.
He had once visited the Yudu Taoist Temple and saw that Yang Tianyou had a small sword hanging at his waist. He was curious and asked what it was, and then he learned that it was a magic weapon.
The silver sword in the old man's hand gleamed with a cold light, clearly a powerful magical weapon.
"This silver sword of mine is a low-grade magic weapon. Because my skill in crafting magic weapons is only average, I only inscribed fifteen weapon patterns on it."
Seeing the longing in Lin Xiaofei's eyes, the old man smiled and said something.
"Fifteen patterns on the surface."
Lin Xiaofei was startled.
The old man could even forge magical artifacts himself, so he guessed that the small silver sword must be extraordinary, perhaps a powerful magical artifact.
Just as Lin Xiaofei was surprised, he saw the dark snake on the cave wall in the distance writhing and twisting rapidly on the cave wall. Its figure was very unpredictable, and it flashed by before pouncing towards him.
This dark snake had actually been secretly following Lin Xiaofei and the old man for some distance. Seeing that the two seemed unaware, it pounced on them, intending to eat them.
"I'll take care of this dark snake."
The old man chuckled softly, waved his hand gently, and in an instant, a surge of spiritual energy flowed from his hand into the silver sword. A flash of silver light appeared, like a white streak of light swiftly traversing the void.
The dark snake twisted rapidly on the stone wall of the cave below, its leaping momentum astonishing, like a giant serpent descending from the sky, giving people an extremely dangerous feeling.
Judging from the speed at which the dark snake pounced, Lin Xiaofei estimated that it had the speed of an ordinary late-stage martial artist and its strength should not be weak. If an ordinary martial artist encountered it, they would only have to run away as fast as possible.
In the blink of an eye!
puff!
A streak of silver light flashed past at lightning speed, striking the lunging dark snake directly. In an instant, the dark snake's lunge was deflected, and it crashed heavily to the ground from the stone wall of the cave below with a loud thud.
Dead!
The silver dagger shot directly into its body from its mouth, piercing its heart and passing through its entire body.
The dark serpent was shot dead in an instant, without even a chance to scream in pain.
"sharp!"
From afar, Lin Xiaofei saw the Dark Serpent fall to the ground, struggle a few times, and then fall silent. He concluded that the Dark Serpent was much weaker than him.
"Let's ignore the dark snake's corpse for now and move forward a little further."
After glancing at the corpse of the Dark Serpent, the old man spoke and took the lead in walking forward.
Along the way, they encountered many snakes, insects, and beasts, all of which Lin Xiaofei killed. This dark snake was the only strange beast they encountered.
Along the way, Lin Xiaofei discovered a lot of wild herbs in the cave, so he dug them up, put them in a black cloth bag, and then quietly transferred them into the spatial bead to avoid being discovered by the old man.
Soon, the two arrived near a crevice in the low-lying area. From a distance, they could see many pale red stone ants, each about the size of a thumb, slowly crawling around the crevice.
Among them was a red stone ant, the size of a wild dog, with tiny bubbles coming out of its mouth. Those bubbles seemed to emit a faint, bloody fragrance, which was somewhat tempting.
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