As Xiao Yi spoke, the head of the Blade Mantis leader fell onto the battlefield.
The Mantis race, which was already struggling to withstand the Zerg army's attack on the battlefield.
Now it has turned into a one-sided massacre.
A large number of mantises began to flee out of the valley, with the high-grade mantis monsters of the Black Iron, Bronze, and Silver ranks leading the way.
However, a large number of spiders sprayed spider silk to slow down their escape.
In addition, the valley is low in the middle and high on the outside, like a natural cage.
All living things are trapped here, and to escape, they must cross very high mountains.
These mantises fled in order to survive, but once they lost their ability to resist, the Zerg killed them even faster.
Meanwhile, the mantis race has lost its top-tier fighting force.
The Zerg's monstrous, flesh-and-blood hybrids, along with the smaller ones, were like tigers among sheep, unleashing a frenzied slaughter on enemy units.
For a moment, it was as if we were in an empty place.
Limbs and torsos were everywhere, a bloody massacre.
The splattered mantis fluids pooled into streams that flowed in the center of the battlefield.
Those mantises that tried to escape also met a bad end.
Flying insects are considered aerial units.
Their movement speed is definitely much faster than these ground units.
Those who tried to escape were all swarmed and killed by a large number of flying insects!
Furthermore, while the Zerg are slaughtering on the battlefield, they also devour some of the enemy's flesh and blood.
Some Zerg have broken through the Iron rank barrier and become true Iron-level monsters!
Their combat power has increased to a new level, and they have become even more ferocious and brutal in their killings.
Soon, the morning attack ended in a resounding victory for the Zerg.
The mantis species is almost extinct.
The battlefield was littered with mountains of flesh and blood.
The flesh and blood of high-level mantis monsters are exceptionally nutritious.
It seems that many powerful Zerg units will emerge from among the Zerg.
Many Zerg have evolved to the Iron level after experiencing several battles and devouring the flesh and blood of many creatures.
Some of the more courageous ones are already close to the bronze level!
The blood and flesh on the battlefield at this point were enough to greatly increase the number of the Zerg army.
Even ordinary mantises that haven't reached a certain rank are nearly a meter long.
Those black iron and bronze magical beasts that reached a certain grade were all over one meter tall.
Those gold-grade Blade Mantises are already 1.8 or 1.9 meters long, and are even approaching 2 meters.
The leader of the Blade Mantises is over three meters tall.
Despite their small size, these mantises are incredibly nutritious.
Some creatures may appear to have a lot of meat, but their nutritional value is actually not high.
And these concentrated ingredients are actually the essence!
Zhao Zian collected all the monster cores, preventing the Zerg army from devouring them.
Normally, any magical beast that has reached a certain grade has a chance of growing a magical beast core.
However, the probability of a black iron or bronze level magical beast growing a magical beast core is extremely small.
Only those magical beasts with exceptionally high talent or those who have had extraordinary encounters.
Only then can one grow their own magical beast crystal core in their brain.
These magical beasts that grow magical beast cores are stronger in combat than other magical beasts of the same level!
Once you reach the Silver level, the probability of growing a monster core increases significantly; basically, one out of every two will produce one.
Having a monster core is a basic requirement for becoming a gold-level monster.
The stage from Silver to Gold is the stage where monster cores grow.
At the Gold level, you're guaranteed to have a monster core.
Once they reach the Platinum level, these magical beasts can change their form and speak the universal language.
However, if there is a lucky encounter, there is a chance that the form will change and the ability to speak at the Gold level.
Students in grades one and two are in this situation.
Monsters that possess abilities of higher levels even at lower levels are considered to have good natural talent.
After this battle, the Zerg army also suffered some losses.
The original number of Zerg troops was:
100,000 large soldier ants.
There are 100,000 large worker ants.
60,000 large jetting insects.
100,000 large flying insects.
200,000 springtails.
Spiders: 20,000.
War Beast 500.
After this battle, almost every branch of the military suffered losses, with the overall loss being nearly half.
40,000 large soldier ants.
There are 50,000 large worker ants.
60,000 large jetting insects.
80,000 large flying insects.
80,000 springtails.
10,000 spiders.
More than 300 war behemoths.
The main fighting forces, such as worker ants, soldier ants, and jumping insects, suffered very heavy losses.
They are all the main damage dealers on the battlefield, dealing high damage and taking high damage in return; such losses are unavoidable.
After all, this time their opponent is a dominant force in the forest!
If it weren't for the fact that Zerg units have undergone several major evolutions, possessing a trace of dragon blood, and having both internal and external skeletons, they would have been different.
The complete annihilation of the army is entirely possible...
After the spraying bugs finished their attacks a few times, they hid in the back.
They didn't go to the front lines to fight, so they basically suffered no losses.
It's possible that it was initially hit by the enemy's ranged blade strikes, which took some damage.
However, the Zerg hive continued to produce more, quickly replenishing the supply and even creating some surplus.
Flying insects were also less damaged; among the mantises here, only some high-level powerhouses possess the ability to fly.
Those ordinary mantises can't fly, so they must have focused all their abilities on attacking with their large scythes on their forelimbs.
The enormous, heavy cleavers made it difficult for them to fly and fight, so they completely abandoned the evolutionary path of flight.
Large amounts of flesh and blood were gradually carried back, and the numerous queen ants inside the Zerg nest began producing baby insects again without stopping.
And through these blade mantises as well as a small number of other mantis species.
When the queen ant devours their flesh and blood, she acquires some of their genes.
It can make the Zerglings' sharp forelimbs more powerful and also enhance their biting ability against other Zerg units.
Attributes such as stamina have increased slightly.
Seeing these bonuses, Zhao Zian nodded in satisfaction.
As expected of a dominant species.
Previously, other races were considered lucky to gain even one additional ability, but this time, the Mantis has been given quite a few attributes.
Zhao Zian ordered the Zerg army to return and rest for a while.
Xiao Yi added all these enhanced genes to the Zerg army's gene template.
Soon, the Zerg army's attack power and stamina became even stronger.
Then they pass on the various genetic materials to the remaining queen ants, so that they can produce an army of Zerg with these enhanced attributes.
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