Half a month passed quickly again. In that time, hundreds more tribes came to the aid, and the number of adult humans gathered at the mouth of the canyon exceeded 150,000.
With the efforts of many more people, three more wooden walls were built at the mouth of the canyon, this time thicker and seven meters wide. Under Wang Han's secret manipulation, a large quantity of armor and weapons were manufactured, equipping everyone with a black spear and a bronze sword. Powerful bows were also created, using black arrows that Wang Han had multiplied, enough to pierce the carapace of ordinary ant demons.
Wang Han has increased the combat power of the human race several times over. With the help of the military formation, they are fully capable of fighting against ant demons that are several times their size in close combat.
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At the first rebuilt wooden wall, Wang Han still led a group of men, dressed in ant demon armor and holding spears, standing neatly on the wooden wall, gazing at the black tide gradually washing over the depths of the canyon. It was countless ant demons, including some even larger soldier ants.
As the ant-demon swarm surged forth like a black river, everyone on the wooden wall turned their gaze toward Wang Han, awaiting his command.
"Start firing the catapults behind us!" Wang Han ordered as the ant swarm approached within 500 meters.
"Yes." Upon hearing this, Qi immediately went to the edge of the wooden wall and shouted to the people who had been preparing behind the wall: "Tomb chaff, launch flames."
"Maple..." At the command, the men, already prepared, immediately began hurling burning wooden stakes and roots. Countless fireballs shot out from behind the first wooden wall, raining down on the oncoming tide of ant demons like a meteor shower. However, the fireballs weren't cannonballs, and their impact was minimal. Compared to the dense swarm of ant demons, the burning wooden stakes and roots were merely scattered specks. The tide of ant demons continued to rapidly approach the wooden wall, soon reaching within two hundred meters.
"Aim the ballista at the soldier ants and fire." As the ant swarm approached within two hundred meters of the wooden wall, Wang Han gave the order again.
"Aim the ballista at the soldier ants and fire!" Qi shouted immediately upon receiving the order.
At Qi's shout, the crossbows already drawn and spears nocked on the wooden wall immediately released their triggers. Arrows with bronze spearheads pierced the sky, whistling as they flew towards the soldier ants that stood out among the ant demon swarm.
"Archers, fire!" Wang Han gave the order again as the ant demon closed to within a hundred meters once more.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh...!" With the command, countless arrows shot down from the wooden wall towards the charging ant demon swarm. Behind the wooden wall, even more arrows were launched over it, tracing wide arcs as they hurtled towards the swarming ant demons.
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At another entrance to the canyon, an endless swarm of ant demons surged forth, turning the earth black. Countless ant demons, like the ocean flowing into a river, swarmed into the canyon.
At the entrance to the canyon, hundreds of giant ant demons, each over a hundred meters long and possessing strength reaching that of True Immortals or even Golden Immortals, escorted a queen ant with an abdomen as large as a small mountain as it slowly moved into the canyon. The queen ant's strength had even reached the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
However, there is more than one queen ant. There are dozens of queen ants guarded by hundreds or even thousands of giant ant demons in the ocean-like ant swarm. Among them, there is even a queen ant comparable to a quasi-saint, and even the weakest one is at the level of a golden immortal.
"They've finally arrived, the queen ants! But this number is truly frightening!" At the entrance of the canyon, atop the cliff, Wang Han, clad in black armor, looked at the sea of ant demons outside the canyon entrance, which resembled a black ocean, and sighed with a headache.
"Senior, it seems we'll have to deal with these ant demons ourselves! My disciples and their descendants can't handle so many," Tongtian said with a wry smile beside Wang Han. The sheer number was terrifying, easily four or five hundred million, perhaps even more. Moreover, many of the ant demons were at the immortal level, and their numbers were no less than his own disciples and their descendants. His disciples and their descendants were no match for these ant demons.
Tongtian himself cannot take action. If Tongtian does, it will inevitably be discovered and suspected by other saints, who will then prematurely notice the human race's potential in war, realize that the human race is expected to dominate one side of the prehistoric world, and send their disciples to get a share of the spoils in advance.
“I don’t expect your disciples and their descendants to be able to eliminate or stop these ant demons. Their mission is to lead the human race to eliminate any that have escaped into Buzhou Mountain, and then guide and protect the human race for a period of time. They won’t be allowed to fight the main force of the ant demons, and it’s not convenient for you to do it yourself.” Upon hearing this, Wang Han shook his head and said. Wang Han didn’t want other saints to discover the potential of the human race and intervene in the human race at this stage, so he still had to kill these ant demons himself.
"Then I'll be waiting to see what you've got, senior," Tongtian said with a smile. He also wanted to know how Wang Han would manage to quickly eliminate these ant demons without alerting the other saints.
It's important to understand that these ant demons are currently being closely watched by the other saints. Since Wang Han intends to remain hidden, he certainly won't use any earth-shattering methods, otherwise it would attract the attention of the other saints. Tongtian himself couldn't quickly eliminate these hundreds of millions of ant demons without resorting to extraordinary means to alert the other saints, so he wanted to see what Wang Han would do, hoping to learn a thing or two himself.
"But what exactly are these ant demons after? Why have they come to Buzhou Mountain in such great numbers? Does Senior know the reason?" Tongtian asked, wanting to know if Wang Han knew the reason.
"Your words make me furious. I don't know which bastard spread the rumor that Mount Buzhou is Pangu's spine, containing Pangu's spinal cord, and that obtaining it would grant instant sainthood. If I find out who it is, I'll make them pay." Upon hearing this, Wang Han was immediately displeased. His plan to cultivate the human race had been ruined by this rumor, and who knew how many more demons and monsters would come in the future, ensuring that the human race living here would face countless troubles.
"Haha...! I hope Senior finds this rumor-monger soon." Hearing this, Tongtian could only laugh awkwardly. He knew perfectly well who had spread the rumor. It was actually a plan devised by the Sages. The primordial world was in chaos, and their plan was to lure these ant demons and most of the rampaging monsters to Buzhou Mountain, letting them fight amongst themselves first. Then, a few Sages would join forces to eliminate them all in one fell swoop. This was the second reason he couldn't act. Disrupting the plans of the other Sages would not only arouse their suspicion but also alert the other monsters, deterring them from coming to Buzhou Mountain.
Tongtian brought four disciples to Buzhou Mountain to observe the situation and investigate why demons and monsters could not survive there. However, he did not expect to encounter Wang Han, who was hiding there. Of course, upon seeing Wang Han, he also understood why demons and monsters could not survive on Buzhou Mountain.
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