Chapter 487: Chapter 204: Earth Ant: Beast Tide! Beast Tide!
Inside Heaven-Breaking Mountain.
Over a hundred and twenty Earth Ants brazenly traversed through the forest.
These beings, shaped like goats with four horns on their heads, had blood-red eyes that emitted a fierce light, showing no signs of the gentleness of goats.
The lead Earth Ant had slightly different horns; while others had grayish-black horns, one of its horns had three green stripes.
This Earth Ant with peculiar horns was considered to have an ancestral bloodline among the Earth Ant Race and possessed magical techniques similar to witchcraft.
This green-striped Earth Ant wasn’t big, only about a yard, yet it lay on an open palanquin carried by thirty-two Humans.
These more than thirty Humans were strong and muscular, veins bulging on their arms, sweat gleaming on their bronze bodies, clearly straining to carry the palanquin.
In the jungle, Tian Dan watched the direction in which the Earth Ants were moving, clearly heading towards the large rift in Heaven-Breaking Mountain.
The path they took only bypassed a few steep hills.
They had already scouted the large rift in the mountain upon their arrival, and found nothing else.
"Roar!"
Thinking of this, Tian Dan roared towards the sky, and the entire forest echoed with the beastly roar.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Following this, roars rang continuously from all around the forest, spreading in all directions, prompting even more roars.
Before coming to traverse the Dai Region Forest without disturbing Ant Slaves and Earth Ants, the tribe had learned the simple sounds of beast roars based on the habits of wild beasts.
The roars sounded identical but had different purposes.
Tian Dan’s continuous roars were to inform the tribesmen from all directions to gather towards him and to drive the wild beasts over.
As he roared, Tian Dan directly crashed through the forest, striding towards the Earth Ants.
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The Earth Ants not yet in the large rift paused, startled by the array of roars, then quickly realized the continuous beast roars.
"When did so many wild beasts appear in the mountain!"
The Earth Ant on the palanquin opened its eyes, surveyed the surroundings.
All around the forest, vegetation swayed violently, with beast roars near and far, rising and falling.
"This is bad, too many wild beasts, they’re charging towards us."
The lead Earth Ant jumped to a high point for a look, seeing not just ancient trees tumbling, but also several torrents crashing through the forest.
This was the prelude to a beast tide.
Roar, roar, roar!
Figures leaped and climbed among the nearby mountains, moving effortlessly like on flat ground.
As they moved, they drove other small wild beasts, forming seven or eight small beast groups descending together.
The Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range spanned tens of thousands of miles, with countless wild beasts, though none particularly powerful.
But if one leader emerged, gathering these small wild beasts into a flowing beast tide, it would definitely crush mountains and destroy tribes.
"Lord Yaoyun, before the beast tide forms, we should retreat from Heaven-Breaking Mountain."
The green-striped Earth Ant on the palanquin swept its gaze and said, "Such a trivial beast tide, look how frightened you are."
"Useless!"
As the other Earth Ants lowered their heads, waiting for rebuke, Yaoyun’s voice floated gently by their ears.
"Retreat!"
Immediately, the thirty or so Ant Slave Humans carrying the palanquin rapidly turned around, heading back the way they came.
But in the wooded area, even in a palanquin, they couldn’t avoid bouncing.
Yaoyun’s gaze fell on one of the people, the green horn on its head lit up, and a green stream of light shot onto the person’s back.
The person grunted, tightly gripping the palanquin’s poles, their face flushed with a liver-like color, yet they gritted their teeth to stabilize the palanquin.
Seeing this, Yaoyun withdrew its gaze.
These Ant Slaves were wretched, the more they were beaten, the more obediently they listened.
Seeing the Earth Ants turn to leave, Tian Dan was a bit displeased.
Having arrived, turning back to leave amounted to nothing; the wild mountains were the best place to kill ants and loot.
Roar!
Immediately, Tian Dan roared, moving his towering form of six yards out from the forest, smashing ancient trees and boulders with his massive ape arms, striding towards the Earth Ants.
"Desolate Ape!"
"Since when did such a formidable wild beast appear in Heaven-Breaking Mountain!"
As soon as Tian Dan appeared, the Earth Ants saw it.
Previously, they had seen only blurry shadows climbing the distant cliffs, but now, such a massive Desolate Ape charged down from the high mountain forest; not seeing that clearly would truly mean being blind.
"Protect the Lord!"
"Go!"
The lead Earth Ant roared, and with an order, over a dozen Earth Ants charged towards Tian Dan.
The Earth Ants were a bit larger than Xiaoyang, but not by much, generally two to three yards after reaching maturity.
If discussed, Earth Ants were actually no different from wild beasts in appearance.
What distinguished them from wild beasts was not only forming into a race but also possessing their own civilization and heritage.
The Earth Ants’ most common tactic was to use the four horns on their heads to deliver a ram.
Boom!
Seeing the smaller Earth Ants rushing towards him, Tian Dan reached out and grabbed the backbone of the fastest one.
’Splat,’ the Earth Ant let out a wail, its entire back pierced by ape claws, then used as a weapon, swung against the other Earth Ants.
Crack! Crack!
Earth Ant crashed into Earth Ant, sounds of breaking bones and wails arose.
Those Earth Ants lucky to avoid being struck by their kin were then grabbed by the approaching Tian Dan, who, with a large, fanged mouth, ripped open their throats with a tearing sound.
