Chapter 120 - Poison

After entering the ant’s nest, Qi Ying felt as if he had walked into a vast expanse of darkness. He pulled out a green fluorescent stone from his spatial ring to illuminate the path ahead of him.

The dark interior was filled with countless paths, and as Qi Ying strode along, he left some marks on the walls to ensure he wasn’t going around in circles.

Of course, as soon as he entered the nest, the Ice Fire Ants immediately identified him as an intruder.

The worker ants were only normal beasts, so they posed virtually no threat to Qi Ying. The only thing he had to be wary of was their toxic mist.

Thus, Qi Ying hurried through the cave in order to avoid confrontation between himself and the ants.

He could hide in the cave, and if those people rushed in to pursue him, he would be able to use the terrain of the cave to his advantage, allowing him to bring them down one by one. If they didn’t come in after him, then they would eventually leave, and he would be able to escape after that.

The rat-sized worker Ice Fire Ants weren’t all that dangerous; he could kick them aside with ease, and his True Energy Protective Barrier prevented their poison mist from entering his body.

The ants also possessed very low levels of intelligence, so if there weren’t any immediate threats, they wouldn’t attack.

To put it simply, as long as he didn’t bring an ant swarm upon himself by killing the Ice Fire Ants around him, their nest was actually quite a safe hiding place.

Soon, Qi Ying had made his way deep into the nest.

There weren’t even that many Ice Fire Ants around in that area, and Qi Ying was hiding in a corner, recovering his True Energy.

He had just unintentionally killed an Ice Fire Ant, and the scent of its internal fluids was permeating through the nest, thereby attracting the attention of a large number of ants.

Qi Ying unleashed a palm projection to send all of the Ice Fire Ants before him flying. At the same time, he turned and quickly fled the scene to avoid more ants converging upon and surrounding him.

However, he had only taken just one step.

Crack!

A sticky sensation welled up underfoot.

“F*ck! Why did you have to throw yourself under my shoe?”

Qi Ying swore at the Ice Fire Ant he had just trodden on.

At that moment, more and more ants were swarming toward him from all directions.

The entire nest was filled with the eerie rustling of countless ants scurrying over sandstone.

Qi Ying quickly departed, treading upon and killing several more Ice Fire Ants in the process.

The scent of their internal fluids was drawing more and more of their companions to Qi Ying.

All of the ants converged toward the invader, exuding their most lethal purple toxic mist in the process.

Qi Ying strengthened his True Energy Protective Barrier, but the toxic mist was able to erode through it.

Soon, a large amount of it passed through his barrier, and was absorbed into his body.

Qi Ying was then able to confirm that the ant poison truly had no effect on him!

Not only was it completely harmless, it was transformed into energy that replenished his own energy reserves. Of course, most of that energy was taken by his left hand.

Large amounts of toxic mist were breathed in, but he experienced no symptoms of paralysis, dizziness, or hallucinations. Instead, it was only working to benefit him.