Chapter 1140: Caught, Huh? Caught
He actually fed me something smelly?
Luo Tianqing was about to fight Jiangnan to the death, but was astonished to discover that not only had her spiritual energy fully recovered, but its total amount had actually reached a terrifying 150%?
It didn't taste smelly at all; instead, it was fragrant with fruit scent, leaving a lingering aroma in her mouth!
Where did he get so many good treasures?
(ง･᷅ཀ･᷄)ง "Ugh~ this tastes so good? Ugh~ can I have another bite?"
Jiangnan pouted: (๑¯ิ^¯ิ) "No more! If you want more, you'll have to pay!"
At this moment, Jiangnan's gaze focused on the group of new students.
They were Wang Zhan, Zhou Yuqing, and the others, about forty or fifty of them in total.
They were cautiously walking along the tunnel, using flashlights to explore the surroundings.
Even though the tunnel was several hundred meters in diameter and not crowded, Jiangnan looked at Wang Zhan and the others with a wry grin.
"Truly rookies. What are you waving flashlights for? Isn't that making yourselves even more obvious?"
"They're about to suffer a big loss!"
Luo Tianqing was also speechless. In this kind of cave-type Ling Xu, most of the spirit beasts inside were phototactic, chasing light.
The light from tactical flashlights was like telling the spirit beasts, "I'm here, come get me!"
The correct approach was to turn off all light sources and let your eyes adapt to the darkness as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, once human eyes transition from brightness to darkness, they can't see anything.
If a fight broke out, the consequences would be dire.
Luo Tianqing: "How would they know these tricks? They'll learn after they suffer!"
Jiangnan frowned: (･᷅～･᷄) "Here they come. Sounds like a lot. Keep an eye on them."
Luo Tianqing was stunned. What kind of danger early warning ability is this? I didn't hear anything!
Just then, a dark figure in the crowd, Xie Xie, shouted loudly.
(●͜•̌口•̑͜) "Right side! Damn! Bullet ant swarm! Dodge!"
As he spoke, he charged forward, his body undergoing half-beast transformation, revealing a thick red shell armor, and his hands turned into massive crab claws.
"Pincer Shield!"
⎛͏⎝⎭⧹(͜•̌益•̑͜)⧸⎩⎠⎞
"Boom!"
The right wall exploded open, revealing a bullet ant over thirty meters in size!
Its sharp mouthparts clashed against Xie Xie's crab claw, sending out dazzling sparks.
The wall collapsed, and hundreds of platinum-level bullet ants swarmed out.
Panic immediately spread through the crowd!
Just then, the bullet ant's thick leg struck fiercely at Xie Xie.
With incredible force, a "bang" sounded, and Xie Xie was sent flying, crashing into the wall.
He spat out a mouthful of blood.
The bullet ant's tail then lifted high, aiming at the crowd.
Wang Zhan's scalp tingled: "Ant acid! It's ant acid! Dodge!"
He rushed forward, slapping a short-haired guy beside him on the shoulder, copying his earth-element ability. Then he pressed both hands to the ground.
"Nut Wall!"
In an instant, a thick earth wall rose up.
The bullet ant's tail sprayed a thick yellow liquid, hitting the earth wall at high speed.
The wall was corroded into nothing in an instant, emitting thick white smoke.
A pungent smell filled the air.
At that moment, Xiang Zu's eyes turned fierce. He leaped nimbly above the bullet ant and pressed his hand onto its head.
"Molecule Collapse!"
"Boom!"
The platinum-level bullet ant's head exploded into a shower of blood, and it collapsed motionless.
As Xiang Zu landed, he pressed his hand to the ground again.
"Reconstruction!"
In an instant, countless stone pillars rose from the ground, attempting to block the broken wall.
Although it stopped the bullet ants from pouring in, it wouldn't hold for long.
Luo Tianqing was surprised: "Huh? These two have pretty good combat awareness?"
Jiangnan's lips curled into a smirk, his eyes showing approval.
(๑͡°ڡ͡°)✧
"Of course. They're kids I trained. I beat them up for half a month!"
But then something even more desperate happened. From several tunnels connected to this chamber, large numbers of bullet ants emerged.
Almost all were platinum-level, immediately encircling the new students.
Zhou Yuqing anxiously said: ᥬ(٥ᵒ̌口ᵒ̌) "Don't fight them! It's no use! We're surrounded on all sides! We can't handle it!"
"Retreat east! There's a cave there with three stone walls. We can use the terrain advantage to defend!"
But the eastern entrance was already blocked by bullet ants.
Just then, loud "boom boom boom" sounds came from the cave.
The bullet ants were firing compressed air from their mouths, forming air cannons.
Their power was even more terrifying than armor-piercing rounds!
Under the bullet ants' suppressive fire, some students were already wounded.
Ye Xingxuan teleported into the air and urgently said: "Light! It's the light! Turn off the flashlights!"
"Yuqing! Find the nearest shortcut! We don't have to go through the entrance! Xiang Zu, open a path! Breaking things is your specialty, right?"
With someone commanding, the chaotic situation began to stabilize.
Zhou Yuqing quickly nodded: "Echo imaging!"
An invisible sound wave spread outward from Zhou Yuqing.
In an instant, the three-dimensional structure of the cave appeared in her mind.
"Xiang Zu! This rock wall here, go straight through!"
Xiang Zu laughed heartily: "Leave it to me! Collapse!"
The mountain wall shattered into gravel, and the group retreated through the newly opened opening.
Meanwhile, Ye Xingxuan completed her half-dragon transformation.
Brilliant star light radiated from her scales, making her the brightest presence in the entire chamber.
"Look at me!"
-`ଘ(๑ơ口ơ๑)ଓ´-
Such a bright light source immediately became the target of the bullet ants.
Countless air cannons and ant acid shot toward Ye Xingxuan.
At first, she could dodge with teleportation, but there were too many.
Ye Xingxuan gritted her teeth and folded her wings.
"Crystal Egg!"
A crystal egg quickly formed, protecting her inside.
This was a talent technique similar to absolute defense—Ye Ye also had it.
As long as her spiritual energy wasn't depleted, attacks of the same level could hardly break the crystal egg.
Ye Xingxuan's diversion bought time for the others to withdraw.
"Sister Xingxuan! We're clear!"
Ye Xingxuan teleported out of the encirclement.
Now everyone had retreated into a chamber with three sealed walls, only one entrance.
Hundreds of bullet ants surged in.
Ye Xingxuan urgently said: "Earth-element users, reinforce the chamber to prevent the bullet ants from digging through the walls!"
"Tanks to the front! Melee fighters kill the bullet ants that break in! Block the entrance! Ranged attackers, blast them to hell!"
Under Ye Xingxuan's command, the team quickly divided tasks and began to coordinate.
Zhou Yuqing's eyes turned a strange silver-white.
ꉂꉂ(౦～౦๑) "Death Elegy!"
A powerful mental wave spread out from Zhou Yuqing.
The incoming bullet ants swayed as if drunk, even their spirit techniques interrupted.
Everyone was thrilled. This mental attack was incredibly strong!
In team battles, its effect was terrifying!
Taking advantage of this, they furiously slaughtered the bullet ants.
Even though most of the rookies were only gold-level, with so many attacking together, platinum-level bullet ants could still be killed.
Xie Xie even pulled out a goofy dance grenade from his divine equipment backpack and tossed it into the ant swarm.
(๑͜･᷅д･᷄͜)⧸⎩⎠⎞⌒~*☻
A flash of colorful electricity burst forth!
The bullet ants couldn't help but start dancing, swaying up and down rhythmically.
Jiangnan's eyes widened.
(๑°△°) "Ant... ant ya hei? Ant ya hou~"
"Ant ya hou~ ant ya hei hei?"
One of the bullet ants seemed to hear Jiangnan's singing. It turned to look at him, flicked its antennae, and seemed to agree strongly.
٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
Luo Tianqing: ???
Don't just improvise background music for them!
And how are you two even communicating?
You have so much in common, huh? No wonder you're the Spirit Beast Chef and Advisor!
Xiang Zu saw this was great. He charged into the ant swarm, pressing his hand on an ant's head and shattering its skull with one palm.
"Keep going! Throw more!"
Under the rookies' coordination, the bullet ants fell one by one.
From initial panic to now calmly handling the situation,
Jiangnan grinned. In a few years, these would be the top combat power of the Pioneer Academy.
But they were still green and needed tempering.
In a passage,
Guan Hu and Tao Xinyi, wearing black hoods, were sprinting madly.
From the opposite direction, two others also wearing black hoods were running toward them.
─=≡Σ(((つ•̀꒫•́)つﾚ(ﾟ～ﾟ;)ﾍ
Guan Hu paused, then grinned, revealing a gold tooth, and raised a hand in greeting.
(｡°᷄皿°᷅)✧ "Yo! Caught, huh? Don't forget what we talked about."
001 looked confused.
Damn, there were actually subordinates this high-level on their side?
"Hmm. There are more people over there. Let's go catch the ones with fewer first."
"See you later!"
Guan Hu gave a perfect O78K gesture.
(๑•̀皿•́)ﾉ "See you later! Don't screw up!"
Then he and Tao Xinyi ran off into the distance.
001 scratched his head in confusion.
୧(๑•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "What's up? Whose people are those?"
Fu Lei frowned: "Probably from the Star Shield Bureau. Why do you care? They're our people."
"Let's hurry up!"
With that, the two hurried off in another direction.
The battle sounds from Wang Zhan's group were intense.
Behind a stalactite at the edge of the bullet ant tunnel,
five or six people wearing black hoods were crouching, their auras perfectly concealed.
As professional agents, they had that skill.
"Damn? Jiangnan and Luo Tianqing are both here? We can't take this group?"
"Tsk, didn't expect they'd come this far. Thought we could bag a big one, but ran into these two grim reapers."
"Forget it, let's switch targets. The boss said not to alarm Jiangnan first."
They were discussing there.
Just then, two more people with black hoods crept over quietly.
It was Wang Ba and Gong Lin.
Seeing five or six black hoods crouching at the corner, they were also stunned.
Wang Ba waved and whispered:
٩(ˊᗜˋ*) "Hey, brothers, when did you get here? What are you staring at? Why aren't you making a move?"
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