Chapter 1740: Chapter 578: The Arrival of the Divine Intent Saber!
As dusk approached, Consort Zhuang led the entire group of one hundred seventy-five male ants to the battlefield.
This was the essence of the Daluo Ant Clan’s strength, with some among them having reached the level of Upper Eternal Gods two hundred thousand years ago, and over thirty having achieved Middle Eternal. The weakest among them had power equivalent to that of a Wild God.
This even instilled in the Daluo Ant Clan a desire to gaze upon the Star Sky.
Unfortunately, after the emergence of the Three Generation of Saint Emperor, they became the primary target of that demon’s wrath.
Between one hundred ninety thousand and one hundred seventy thousand years ago, they were forcibly deposed from their Eternal Rank by that human-skin-wearing demon.
Even after five large-scale defeats, that demon remained relentless.
The demon perfected the ’Divine Sorrow’ technique, organizing numerous ’God Hunters’ to repeatedly find and kill these male ants, ensuring they would not escape, even in the remotest parts of the world. Not only were they stripped of their Innate Divine Bodies, but even their spiritual wisdom was dulled, nearly causing them to completely lose the Heavenly Authority they once wielded.
Fortunately, the intrinsic nature of the Daluo Ant Clan allowed them to gradually recover.
But the cost was unbearably steep, as for a full one hundred seventy thousand years, they remained embedded in stone walls, sleeping within the narrow and lifeless space of the Ten Thousand Cave Mountain.
Yet even so, these once immensely powerful male ants have not fully recovered.
Hence, Consort Zhuang is filled with immeasurable resentment!
She hates the Human Clan, and she loathes the demon that masquerades as the ’Holy Emperor.’
Through the spiritual network of her kin, she sensed the wrath of her clansmen.
The rage accumulated over one hundred seventy thousand years, the hatred of one hundred seventy thousand years, flowed through their bodies like magma, ready to burn and destroy everything.
They longed to break free and slaughter all the kin of that ’Holy Emperor,’ as they were hunted and killed nineteen thousand years ago, and destroy everything he cherished!
Consort Zhuang also eagerly anticipated this.
She eagerly anticipated what expression that ’Holy Emperor’ would have when he saw the Divine Continent become the hunting ground of the Daluo Ant Clan once more?
She believed that the day was not far off.
Upon reaching Heavenly Dome Mountain, Consort Zhuang first transformed into her true form, using her compound eyes to look ahead.
The spiritual network of the Daluo Ant Clan allowed her to grasp all the details of the battle at Heavenly Dome Mountain from thousands of miles away.
She could even directly take charge of the sensory perceptions of those lower and middle-level soldier ants.
However, the sensing ability of these ordinary soldier ants was different from hers as the reserve Ant Queen, not to mention the numerous male ants present.
After suffering five major defeats one hundred seventy thousand years ago, Consort Zhuang had learned caution and would never underestimate her opponent under any circumstances.
As Consort Zhuang’s Bloodline Power activated, the situation within three thousand miles around her instantly filled her mind.
Twenty-five thousand disciples of the Dutian Divine Palace were stationed on and around Heavenly Dome Mountain.
Their sorcerers, stationed at the mountaintop, used spells to forcefully open the Nine-layered Cloud at a height of seventy-two thousand feet, unleashing an immense flow of Yang Fire Power, forming massive fire walls blocking the southern sky.
The Martial Cultivators of the Dutian Divine Palace were positioned at the mountain’s waist and base to prevent the Daluo Ant Clan from disrupting the earth veins or storming the mountaintop to interfere with the sorcerers’ spells.
However, the Dutian Divine Palace had dispatched far more than these twenty-five thousand people; from both the east and west directions, their disciples numbered seventy thousand.
In addition, nearly five hundred thousand Liang State Soldiers and county soldiers, along with numerous vassal sects of the Dutian Divine Palace and many aristocratic families and small sects, included Martial Cultivation Masters totaling over two hundred thousand.
Many Independent Cultivators from the Western Regions had also arrived upon hearing the news.
These reckless fools mingled among the court’s soldiers, fighting desperately along this battle line.
— And all this was only what Consort Zhuang could see.
Beyond Consort Zhuang’s three-thousand-mile field of vision, who knows how many warriors and Martial Cultivators of the Human Clan there still were.
They formed a wall of copper and iron, blocking the Daluo Ant Clan’s path southward.
Once again, Consort Zhuang slightly frowned.
She still could not find a trace of Chu Xisheng.
Where was this person hiding? Or had he not come at all?
"Princess!"
A male ant flapped its transparent wings, landing beside Consort Zhuang: "Command us, Your Highness, how shall we break through Heavenly Dome Mountain?"
Its gaze was greedy as it looked at Consort Zhuang, its compound eyes filled with endless desire.
Consort Zhuang was the reserve Ant Queen of the tribe, possessing some reproductive abilities.
After gnawing at the roots of the Creation Divine Tree, they had not completely lost the ability to reproduce, but they could no longer reproduce on a large scale as before.
They could only reproduce very slowly and at a tremendous cost.
Nineteen thousand years ago, they increased their numbers by four hundred fifty thousand using the spirit and blood of the Human Clan.
The male ant anticipated the imminent mating and reproduction.
Once they broke through the Human Clan’s defenses, they would have enough spirit and blood to strengthen their power and increase their numbers.
What excited it further was that the Human Clan of this age was several times more numerous than nineteen thousand years ago!
The male ant’s antennas could already smell the dense blood and spirit in the world.
"You male ants, choose twenty to entangle that ’Divine Finger Dutian’ Chen Nailuo!"
Consort Zhuang’s expression was cold: "We will concentrate all our power to directly rush to the summit, ideally killing all their sorcerers!"
