The nest of the Heart-Eating Ants was hidden in the heart of the barren mountain. The entrance was covered by thick layers of decaying leaves and pebbles. If it weren't for Xiao Liu's playfulness while gathering food and his insistence on hiding under the dead leaves to play hide-and-seek with Xiao Wu, Qi Xu would have witnessed the ant migration and would never have been able to find this hidden place.
As they approached the foot of the mountain, a slight tremor came from the ground, and countless dark shadows emerged from the cracks in the rocks, instantly forming a black carpet that blocked Qi Xu's way.
Although small in size, only the size of a fingernail, the carnivorous ant has the advantage of being numerous, having a rapid bite, and its saliva contains paralyzing toxins, which can even gnaw holes in hard rocks, but these are not the most important factors.
Most importantly... their population is enormous; the saying "so many ants can kill an elephant" is definitely not just a figure of speech.
Therefore, the Heart-Eating Ants are also a partner that Qi Xu must win over, but it seems a bit difficult at the moment, as they are too exclusive.
Qi Xu hovered in mid-air, deliberately lowering the amplitude of its wing flapping to avoid disturbing the dark ant colony below.
Details determine success or failure. The other side was clearly lining up to welcome the queen ant, so Qi Xu did not continue to advance and waited patiently.
The tiny bodies continued to emerge from the cracks in the rocks, and the black carpet-like formation expanded outward by another half a foot, but the queen ant still did not appear.
Qi Xu didn't want to waste time, so he took the initiative to speak.
"Is the beautiful, noble, and incomparably powerful Queen Ant here? I am the patriarch of the Great Blackbird Clan. We have already united with many other clans, including the Poison Crow, Sharp Feather Falcon, Tiger Bear, Snow Roe Deer, and Spirit Deer, and plan to launch a full-scale attack on the Sleeping Giant Beast. Would you like to join us?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the ant colony suddenly parted to the sides, and a queen ant, whose body shone with a dark purple luster and was nearly ten times larger than an ordinary carnivorous ant, slowly crawled out of the passage.
The queen ant's voice was sharp, like the scraping of metal, "What does it matter to us if we don't join? No matter how powerful that sleeping behemoth is, as long as we hide underground, it can't do anything to us."
Qi Xu smiled dismissively. "Fine, sorry to bother you."
Then he turned around and left.
The queen ant was dumbfounded.
His compound eyes narrowed sharply, and his shrill voice suddenly rose in pitch: "You're just leaving like that?"
Qi Xu didn't even stop his wings before his figure floated several feet away, his voice drifting back lightly: "Otherwise what? Forced melons are never sweet. If you want to hide, I can't force you to fight."
Qi Xu had calculated the Heart-Eating Ants' thoughts perfectly. They seemed to be at peace, but in reality, they were already being tormented by the sleeping behemoth.
Although the nest in the heart of the barren mountain is hidden, the tremors caused by the giant beasts trampling the mountain will inevitably cause the hatching rate of ant eggs to drop sharply, and the stored food will gradually become scarce due to the repeated losses of the ant colony when it goes out to forage.
The queen ant may be tough on the outside, but she may not be able to keep her composure inside.
Sure enough, the queen ant gave an urgent command from behind: "Stop her!"
The dark ant swarm spread out instantly, surging towards Qi Xu's retreat like a tide. However, she flew extremely fast, and the air currents created by the flapping of her wings stirred up the ant swarm.
Qi Xu deliberately slowed down, but did not turn around. He simply said, "Beautiful Queen Ant, you can hide for a while, but you can't hide forever. The sleeping behemoth has an enormous appetite. Sooner or later, it will flatten the entire forest. At that time, even this barren mountain will not be able to protect you."
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