Chapter 155: Chapter 110: Poisonous Bubble Crisps
Zhong Yi was going to adopt a more sophisticated and effective method to deal with the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes.
Right under Zhong Ling and Shen Xuan’s noses, Zhong Yi took a large slab of pork belly from a Black-backed Wild Boar out of his Storage Pouch.
The meat of a Black-backed Wild Boar was tender and succulent, making it exceptionally delicious when braised.
Every time he ate the braised pork belly Big Bell made with meat from a Black-backed Wild Boar, Zhong Yi could always eat at least one extra bowl of rice.
Food was so scarce in the Ice Cave Secret Realm that the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes had to resort to cannibalism.
To the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes, the aroma wafting from Black-backed Wild Boar meat, so rich in oils and fats, was an indescribable delicacy.
It was just like the allure a serving of Tuna Tacos at the Greenfield Tavern had held for Shen Xuan back when he was eating moldy hardtack all day.
Zhong Yi turned to Hong Ji, who was standing beside him, and said,
"Hong Ji, do you remember that strawberry fruit tea with bubble crisps Zhong Ling bought you before we entered the Ice Cave Secret Realm?"
"Using the Poison Sacs from the Mire Snake Lizard Demon as a base material, create some Poisonous Bubble Crisps."
"Make each one smaller than the bubble crisps in the fruit tea. The goal is for the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes to swallow them whole."
"Don’t let them bite through the Poisonous Bubble Crisps!"
Hearing Zhong Yi’s command, Hong Ji held out her fair-skinned left hand, and a hole immediately appeared in her palm.
"Master, this is simple. I just need to add a layer of fascia and fat to the surface of these Poison Sacs."
"When they bite down, the fascia will cause their teeth to slide off, and the resilient fat will protect the Poisonous Bubble Crisps from the pressure."
"Rest assured, what I make will be completely professional. Actually, I could absorb the ingredients into my body, reassemble them, and then have Big Bell cook them. The taste might even be better."
Hearing this, Zhong Yi inwardly marveled, ’Biotechnology is still technology, and technology is productivity.’
At the same time, he hastily put a stop to Hong Ji’s terrifying idea.
Zhong Yi had no desire to pick up a piece of fish, take a bite, and find it densely packed with pig-trotter-flavored bubble crisps.
Seeing that Zhong Yi had rejected her idea of assembling ingredients, Hong Ji was a little disappointed.
Still, she decided to try it herself when she got the chance. ’Stuffing a Horned Demon’s muscles with an Ice Storm Ape’s skull, then adding some assorted Guardian Beast eyeballs inside... that should taste pretty good.’
Soon, a number of special Poisonous Bubble Crisps, each the size of a green bean and filled with the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother’s venom, appeared in Hong Ji’s palm.
Zhong Yi meticulously cut up the Black-backed Wild Boar meat on the ground.
He had to ensure that after a Blade Butterfly used Unsheathing, each of its resulting units could carry a piece of this special meat with a suspended silk thread.
It also had to be done without affecting their high flight speed too much.
In total, Zhong Yi prepared one hundred chunks of Black-backed Wild Boar meat, each laced with a Poisonous Bubble Crisp.
Zhong Ling and Shen Xuan now understood Zhong Yi’s plan.
Since the Blade Butterflies wouldn’t be used to injure the targets, the post-Unsheathing units would only be responsible for transporting the meat.
Zhong Yi selected four Blade Butterflies whose Exclusive Traits were related to stamina and had them use Unsheathing.
These Blade Butterflies were not Guardian Beasts that Zhong Ling had a Contract with. Instead, they were butterfly weapons she controlled through her Beastmaster Talent, the Mother’s Cocoon Room, after anchoring it to the Soul Vein Mother Butterfly.
If the anchored Soul Vein Mother Butterfly was a pistol, then every Blade Butterfly it controlled was a bullet in that pistol.
In a war, sacrificing bullets is a perfectly normal thing to do.
After the four Blade Butterflies used Unsheathing, they split into a total of one hundred thirty-seven units.
Of these, thirty-seven of the post-Unsheathing individuals would not carry any meat.
The Ice Storm Apes had ranged attacks. If any of them formed Ice Cones to attack the Blade Butterflies transporting the meat, these unburdened Blade Butterflies would throw their bodies into the Ice Cones, ensuring the others could scatter the meat laced with Poisonous Bubble Crisps everywhere.
Then, Zhong Yi and the others just had to wait for the poison to take effect.
Following Zhong Yi’s instructions, Hong Ji hadn’t made the Mire Snake Lizard Demon’s Poison Sacs too thick.
In about an hour, the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother’s venom would be able to corrode through the Poison Sacs.
By that time, the meat chunks would still be in the stomachs of the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes.
For an ordinary Poison Attribute Guardian Beast, when its venom enters another creature’s digestive tract, it can’t penetrate the digestive walls to affect the target as long as there are no ulcers.
But this didn’t apply to the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother!
When the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother wasn’t actively suppressing its Rule Authority, the venom would directly dissolve the stomachs of the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes that had eaten the meat.
This would allow the toxins to spread throughout their bodies via the stomach’s well-developed blood vessels.
The airdrop was a great success. Aside from a dozen or so meat-carrying Blade Butterflies that were shot down mid-air by Ice Cones from the Ice Storm Apes, over eighty of the post-Unsheathing Blade Butterfly units successfully scattered the meat chunks throughout the colony.
As the Prince Snow Ape’s Personal Guard, the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes were supposed to offer up any food they acquired to the Prince Snow Ape immediately.
But at that moment, the Prince Snow Ape was sprawled out on a platform of snow, fast asleep. He had just devoured five female Snowstorm Apes before dozing off.
The guards were only supposed to eat after the Prince Snow Ape woke up.
Right now, the Personal Guards surrounding the Prince Snow Ape’s territory were all famished.
However, a small number of the Personal Guard, fearing the Prince Snow Ape, chose to hide the meat away.
But after seeing their comrades devour the fragrant, greasy chunks of meat, the guards who had hidden theirs couldn’t hold back any longer and ate them too.
Some of the smarter Personal Guards even went to look for the Blade Butterflies that had just been shot down.
They hoped to find some meat to eat on their bodies.
In terms of intelligence, these Demons, the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes, were on par with Horned Demons.
They could only be considered somewhat clever beasts.
When starving, a beast can hardly resist the instinct to eat.
Through the feedback from the Soul Vein Mother Butterfly, Zhong Ling relayed the situation to Zhong Yi and Shen Xuan.
Hearing Zhong Ling’s report, Zhong Yi felt a little regretful.
If only these Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes could have resisted their instinct to eat and given some of the meat laced with Poisonous Bubble Crisps to the Prince Snow Ape.
It would have been great if the Prince Snow Ape had eaten some of the meat.
"Let’s go. We’ll pick out an Ice Cave and prepare for battle."
"It’s not realistic to think we can kill all of the Prince Snow Ape’s Personal Guards with poison alone."
"When the Prince Snow Ape wakes up, he’ll retreat with the guards who weren’t poisoned."
"Let’s hope this Prince Snow Ape sleeps in a little longer."
"But as long as we can clear out over eighty percent of the Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes, our chances of winning will still be high even if we face him head-on in an Ice Cave."
The previous battle relied mainly on Shen Xuan’s Order Beast Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions.
This next battle will rely on Hong Ji.
If Hong Ji were to face thousands of Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes in a protracted battle, her Energy would indeed be depleted.
But having devoured so many materials, Hong Ji should have no problem defeating a single Extraordinary Tier Peak Prince Snow Ape.
Besides, that Extraordinary Tier Peak Prince Snow Ape would also be affected by the Poison Chain.
Before long, Zhong Yi and the others had selected an Ice Cave that was only ten meters wide.
Although this Ice Cave wasn’t particularly long and narrow, its ten-meter width was the narrowest they could find.
The Prince Snow Ape had a body nearly three meters wide, and its arm span while fighting in the Ice Cave would be almost seven meters.
This would basically seal off the entire passage.
Even if some guards managed to get through, only one could pass at a time at most.
Zhong Yi and the others lay in ambush at the entrance of the Ice Cave. They could faintly make out the Prince Snow Ape on its snowy platform in the distance, along with the several thousand Personal Guards patrolling below it.
The Prince Snow Ape was sprawled unceremoniously on the snowy platform, its snores thundering through the air.
Only a Leader-Level creature would dare to make such a racket so recklessly inside a Secret Realm.
The slumbering Prince Snow Ape had no idea it had become the prey.
And its home was about to be raided!
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