Chapter 232 King Ant's Heart
Chapter 232 King Ant's Heart
After upgrading both [Enchantment] and [Runeology] to level 8, Ivan's attainments in enchantment increased significantly, and he gained a deeper understanding of the Thousand Star Rune Array.
Not long ago, he had exchanged Doris for the academy's advanced enchantment knowledge. This time, no one mentioned the "thirty-year" period to him, and he successfully obtained the second copy of advanced enchantment knowledge.
Comparing the two, the academy's advanced enchantment knowledge is clearly inferior, but it also has some unique aspects, especially in the exploration of Ant-Man's barrier.
Just like that, relying on his extraordinary attainments in enchanting and his unremitting pursuit, he finally connected to a more secret space, which should be the source of the three strange energies that created the shadow ant servants.
"No matter what, we have to go there."
"At worst, when we encounter an overwhelming danger, we can just call upon the power of Ant-Man's Barrier. I don't believe that we won't be able to evacuate in time."
In one of the small gray spaces, the Thousand-changing Star Cone in Ivan's hand was pointed at the void. He took a deep breath and increased the power transmission, causing ripples to appear in the void in front of him.
"open!"
He tightened his face and growled.
Along with the sound, a crack slowly opened up from the void. The trembling appearance showed that the crack was under tremendous pressure, as if it would close in the next second.
After sensing it for a second, Ivan crouched down and stepped in quickly.
After a moment's passing, the scenery in front of him changed, and he had arrived at an unfamiliar square. The square was also surrounded by gray, and there were many animal eggs on the square, some big and some small, some as small as eggs, and some as big as seven or eight meters long.
The square was about seven or eight acres in size, and at first glance, he thought he had returned to the Crimson Cloud Realm.
"Is this the Ant-Man vault?"
Ivan frowned and looked around. He could clearly sense that most of the animal eggs were left with only the shells. The inside was actually empty, and the flesh and blood had dried into a small ball, like stale jerky that had been exposed to the sun.
Afterwards, full of doubts, he walked around the square and found that the beast eggs did come from ants, and had some similarities with the aura of the shadow ant servants, but only a small part of the beast eggs still had vitality, and not very vigorous.
It is hard to believe that the ant beast with king-level bloodline is one of the assessment targets given by the Five-Leaf Spear.
"There aren't so many coincidences in the world. If there is no fake vault, this should be the Ant-Man vault, but I don't know which one is the King Blood Ant Beast?"
"Gina's work is about to start. I want to see how the Shadow Ant servants were born and what connection they have with this place?"
Ivan did not act rashly. He stared at the animal eggs in the square, trying to find the one that was different from the others, while waiting for Gina's action. This was what he had instructed him to do before.
After arriving at the agreed time, Gina, who was far away in her own residence, came to the protection room and summoned a shadow ant servant again.
"Master - King - Guard the King -" Unlike the previous times, after this shadow ant servant was summoned, he looked a little excited and spoke unclear words.
"What did you just say?" Gina was stunned for a moment, staring at the newly born shadow ant servant vigilantly.
"Greetings, master." After hearing her words, the shadow ant servant was stunned for a moment, then blinked blankly, and after coming to his senses, he hurriedly saluted Gina.
"What did you see just now?" Gina asked again. "It seems - I can't remember clearly." The shadow ant servant looked at her blankly, unable to recall any scene.
"Forget it, from now on you will be called 'Black Five', remember to behave yourself." Gina thought of someone's instructions, waved her hand, and did not pursue the matter further. "Also, you can just call me 'Gina Wizard'."
"Understood, Wizard Gina."
For the shadow ant servants, their lives belong to the wizard who summoned them. The wizard's orders are their mission and the meaning of their existence.
On the other side, in the secret square, Ivan sensed the transformation and flow of energy and locked his eyes on one of the beast eggs. This beast egg was different from the others.
He also figured out the secret of summoning shadow ant servants. It was clear that one needed to absorb the life essence of the beast egg, and then transform it into a mysterious power through that unique beast egg, and then send it to a small space, through the ant-man barrier, to a certain protective room.
"No wonder the beast eggs here look half dead. No, most of them have died quietly."
"Good fellow, you are so generous to others, yet you hide your abilities so deeply. You are indeed a creature of the 'Royal Blood'. You have such abilities before you are even hatched."
Although he said this, he was thinking in his heart how to verify the so-called "king's blood". Things are unpredictable. Back then in the Crimson Cloud Realm, he should not have let the Queen Silkworm swallow the golden bead that represented the "king's power". He should have studied it first.
"Queen Silkworm, please identify it carefully. Does this thing give you a strange feeling?" He turned to look at the Queen Silkworm beside him, and he could only try his luck.
"To verify the royal blood, right? I understand." The Silkworm Queen knew that the matter was of great importance, and she nodded solemnly, and the golden crown on her head shook.
Under Ivan's gaze, the Silkworm Queen took a step in the void and crawled forward for a distance. The golden crown on her head emitted a faint golden light, which flew towards the beast egg that he had identified.
"Pfft."
Seeing that it could no longer hide, the breath of the beast egg became surging and fierce. When the light golden light approached, a circle of golden light also appeared in the beast egg, which was obviously more intense than the silkworm's, and it crushed the approaching light golden light in an instant.
This casual attack, however, brought the Queen Silkworm a painful lesson. It vomited blood, suddenly lost the ability to walk in the air, and fell rapidly to the ground.
Ivan took a step forward, causing the Silkworm Queen to fall into his palm.
"The king power in its body exceeds mine by dozens of times. It should be the king blood ant beast you are looking for, Ivan." The Queen Silkworm transferred the damage away in time, but her own condition was still a little sluggish.
"Thank you for your hard work." Ivan put the Queen Silkworm on his shoulder. A small box appeared and he took out a red heart-shaped object from it. He threw this strange object, which was half real and half virtual, towards the beast egg.
This was the advanced puppet heart that Chief Nanil had given him. It fell lightly onto the beast egg that was beginning to crack, and directly ignored the powerful force that permeated the beast egg.
"The heart of an advanced puppet is not so easy to resist. I advise you not to make a fearless struggle, lest you suffer more." Ivan has clearly sensed that the beast egg in front of him is not very strong. At best, it is at the level of a second-level creature, not much stronger than the Queen Silkworm.
What he didn't expect was that, perhaps due to the special nature of its bloodline, the creatures in the beast eggs had an extremely strong will to resist.
However, under his powerful suppression and the erosion of the Puppet Heart, the creature in the beast egg could only sink little by little.
Not long after, a feeling of admiration came from the beast egg, and the creature was obviously controlled by the Puppet Heart.
(End of this chapter)