msmithbooks Chapter 60 Never underestimate a king's strength! Unlock the power!
Chapter 60 Never underestimate a king's strength! Unlock the power!
Chapter 60 Never underestimate a king's strength! Unlock the power!
"Tell me, where is my Abyss Dark Lotus?!"
After confirming several times that he had not come to the wrong place, the Ant King looked at the neatly arranged pit in front of him and roared angrily.
That Abyss Dark Lotus was the key to his breakthrough to a stronger level. Having stayed on the seventy-sixth floor for so long, he also wanted to climb higher!
But the disappearance of this Abyss Dark Lotus was like a heavy hammer blow, slamming him down on the head and shattering his hopes of advancement in an instant.
"Your Majesty, I don't know! Everything was fine when I left, how come everything is gone now!"
The abyss ant kept probing back and forth, as if hoping that the entire dark spring would suddenly return to normal.
"You incompetent fool! You can't even protect this little bit of stuff, what use are you to me!"
Upon hearing this, the Ant Queen's scarlet compound eyes flashed with a chilling killing intent. With a flick of its two enormous tentacles, it slammed into the abyss ant. The tentacles, which looked light and flimsy, seemed to weigh a thousand pounds at this moment. In the instant it landed, the abyss ant was smashed into a pile of mud.
At the same time, a strange black liquid emanated from every corner of the ant queen's body, instantly enveloping the corpse of the abyss ant. In just a moment, the massive corpse turned into a pool of blood.
The ant king opened its huge mouth and sucked in the pool of blood, making its carapace even brighter.
This is formic acid, which can corrode everything. Any living organism that comes into contact with it will turn into blood in a short time. This is also the ant king's innate ability and training method. He uses formic acid to destroy enemies or even his own people, and then devours the blood corroded by the formic acid to strengthen himself.
After absorbing this energy, the Ant King's chaotic and angry emotions gradually calmed down, and he carefully looked around where the Nether Spring had disappeared.
"With such a smooth cross-section, could it be that the Scythe Emperor discovered this Abyss Dark Lotus and simply took it away?"
The ant queen pondered to herself, her antennae waving incessantly.
The Scythe Emperor is one of the top ten in the Abyss Plane, and is an emperor residing in the fifth layer of the Abyss. The race he leads is the terrifyingly powerful Evil Scythe Clan. The Evil Scythe Clan is extremely rare, numbering less than a hundred, but each Evil Scythe possesses a rare spatial attribute, and their strength is comparable to that of a Title Douluo in the human world.
Moreover, the Scythe Emperor is extremely loyal to the Abyss Saint King and is known as the Abyss Enforcer.
The Ant King knew that the Scythe Emperor aspired to reach godhood in a particular field, just like the three emperors ahead of him. Therefore, he issued an order to collect resources from the Abyss.
All the rare and precious materials within the last seventy-two floors.
He discovered the Abyss Dark Lotus, but instead of handing it over, he wanted to keep it for his own use. Now that it was taken away just as it was about to mature, the first person he thought of was the Scythe Emperor.
As for the possibility that it was stolen by one of his own kind, he never even considered it. Throughout the entire seventy-sixth floor, he controlled the lives of all the abyssal ants, and it was impossible for any abyssal ant to betray him.
"Pah! Scythe Emperor, how can you be so selfish!"
"You even dare to steal what belongs to me! If I weren't weaker than you, I would..."
The Ant King spat, his words filled with resentment, but he couldn't think of any solution. There was a gap between kings. The Scythe Emperor was about to break through to the god level, while his current strength was only comparable to an ordinary human titled Douluo, and he couldn't even beat a Super Douluo.
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; never underestimate a king's strength!"
"Recalling an inspirational quote from the human world," the Ant King said indignantly.
But just then, not far away, the three abyss ants guarding the dark spring scrambled back in a disheveled state. When they saw the ant queen beside the pit, they were immediately startled.
Because they seem to have already foreseen their own end.
After all, there's a saying circulating on their seventy-sixth floor: When you are weak, you should think of your people.
When the current ant king ascended the throne, not a single member of his clan chose to follow him, because he had refined his clan members into his own power.
"You bunch of good-for-nothings are still alive? Didn't the Scythe Emperor kill you?"
Seeing the three still-alive abyss ants, the ant queen's figure flashed, and her enormous body suddenly appeared before the three abyss ants, asking in a deep voice.
Based on his understanding of the Scythe Emperor, there was no way he would leave any survivors, even though they were all abyssal creatures.
"Kama Emperor?"
Upon hearing this, the three abyss ants exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with confusion.
Seeing his personal guards in this state, the Ant King seemed to realize something. His guess seemed to be wrong, so he immediately demanded that they tell him the details of what had happened.
"Great! Great! This royal family is actually raising ghosts!"
"My beloved people dared to betray me! I have issued a summons; even if it means death, I will find them all!"
Upon hearing that his Abyssal Dark Lotus and Nether Spring had been taken away by an army that looked exactly like the Abyssal Ants, the Ant King's anger flared instantly, and he immediately roared and gave the order.
Since it wasn't taken by the Scythe Emperor, he still has hope of breaking through, but he must do it before those thieves consume the Abyss Dark Lotus!
……
Two and a half days passed quickly.
Beneath the back of a secluded hill, a layer of darkness shrouded the area, seemingly unremarkable at first glance, yet possessing a peculiar, hazy quality.
"It's finally ripe!"
In the shadow of the hill, Jiang Xiu looked at the secluded spring that he had placed back on the ground, a fiery glint flashing in his blood-red eyes.
To wait for the Abyss Dark Lotus to mature, he had been guarding the Abyss Plane for nearly three days, ensuring that nothing went wrong.
At this moment, the twenty-four petals of the Abyss Dark Lotus in the center of the Nether Spring have gradually bloomed, radiating a mysterious black and white light. Wisps of white mist swirl around its jade-like stem, and a continuous stream of fragrance wafts out.
"Buzzing!"
Just then, ripples began to appear in the space around the Abyss Lotus. The black and white colors reversed and combined, rotating to form a strange pattern.
Come here!
Seeing that the Abyss Dark Lotus had fully matured, Jiang Xiu unleashed a surge of dark soul power from his hand, severed its stem, and took it into his own hands.
"The energy contained within is truly enormous!"
Sensing the immense energy within the Abyss Dark Lotus, a glint flashed in Jiang Xiu's blood-red eyes. Without further hesitation, he swallowed the entire Abyss Dark Lotus.
Unlike the immortal herbs within the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, which have unique methods of consumption, any abyssal immortal product can be consumed simply by swallowing it.
"Rumble rumble rumble!"
As Jiang Xiu swallowed the Abyss Dark Lotus, a thunderous roar resounded within his body moments later. Black and white colors began to appear on Jiang Xiu's shadow, and a flowing, ink-black armor gradually coalesced on his body.
Suddenly, Jiang Xiu's body trembled, as if he had unlocked something. A strange aura emanated from Jiang Xiu, and at this moment, a tall figure rose up from behind Jiang Xiu. His appearance was none other than the Shadow Monarch.
At the same time, a fierce squad of abyssal ants is coming from the front of the hill, led by the ant queen who is as big as a mountain!
(End of this chapter)