bdsm-fiction Chapter 27: Unexpected
Chapter 27: Unexpected
The red cypress was not fooled. Based on its past experience fighting against the giant toothed ant tribe, such a retreat was often a strategic maneuver to cover the elite worker ants behind the ranks, whose mandibles were fully charged with electricity and ready to strike.
At this moment, the swift and powerful attacks of those dark-bellied, large-toothed ants, with their lightning-fast "Thunderbolt" strikes, will strike the slender worker ants that have been misled by the retreating steps and have not yet had time to change their posture.
The battle-hardened citron was all too familiar with this tactic. It shook its abdomen, making a series of grating noises, signaling to the surrounding worker ants to change formation.
The nearby worker ants retracted their abdomens in unison, their bodies moving with the agility of leopards. They no longer used their stingers, but instead used their sharp mandibles to tear apart the large-toothed worker ants in half.
Most ant colonies are individually fierce hunters, but not adept at large-scale warfare. This is true for most large-toothed ants, except for a small group of species, led by the dark-bellied large-toothed ant, which are outliers among ant colonies.
These large-toothed ants, by reducing their size, retain the individual hunting and combat capabilities of ants while also possessing a considerable reproductive capacity, and are equally fierce in large-scale battles.
Hongyuan also knew that the Dark-bellied Giant-toothed Ant was definitely a troublesome opponent. They were as swift and cunning as a pack of wolves, and were best at relentless harassment. Then, when the enemy was not paying attention, they would use their trap mandibles, which were equipped with the talent ability [Thunder Strike], to bite and attack the ants' vulnerable limbs.
This attack method is extremely vicious, and it is combined with a long, straight trap jaw and the high mobility brought by hitting the ground and retreating, which allows it to quickly and safely escape after a single strike and avoid the opponent's counterattack.
This puts most ants, which are similar in size and evolutionary level, especially those with relatively weak defenses, in a situation where they can neither defend against nor catch up with the Dark-bellied Mandible Ant. They can only watch helplessly as one of their six limbs is torn off by the trap mandible's charged bite, leaving them with no way to stop it.
However, they happened to encounter a medium-to-large member of the slender ant species – the drifting slender ant.
In terms of body structure, the slender ant has relatively short and thick limbs, but its body is slender like a snake, and it has a flexible posterior abdomen and stinger, which can be swung over a wide range to cause damage.
In terms of Force talent, the metal-type talent of the slender ant race makes their six limbs and exoskeleton as hard as metal after being infused with Force power. Their stingers, combined with the talent ability [Self-Sharpening], can pierce the exoskeleton of the Dark-bellied Giant-toothed Fierce Ant with only moderate strength with great ease.
Zuo Wang Hongyuan knew all this, as did Zuo Wang of the Dark-bellied Giant Tooth Ant tribe, who was hiding somewhere and directing the operation.
"Click, click..." Several large-toothed worker ants tapped their mandibles, producing a different rhythmic clicking sound. Upon hearing the command, the surrounding worker ants immediately changed formation, forming an arc around each other from a distance.
"Charge!"
The red citron's abdomen swayed, emitting a harsh friction sound. Upon hearing the order, the nearby combat worker ants also changed formation, forming groups of three and creating countless small triangular arrowheads, pointing directly at the arc-shaped "pocket" formed by the frontal line of large-toothed ants.
"Click! Click!"
The clicking sound suddenly became rapid, like the beating of war drums, and the "pocket" split into countless small arcs with groups of five worker ants.
In each small arc, four ordinary dark-bellied mammoth ants guard the sides, while in the center, there is a combat worker ant twice the size of a dark-bellied mammoth ant, which looks the same as a mammoth ant but has slight differences!
"Click-clack..." Amidst the sound of "war drums," the mandibles of the "dark-bellied, large-toothed ants," which were already about the size of worker ants fighting the slender, floating ants, were fully opened at a 180-degree angle.
A series of even deeper, more muffled sounds rang out as their seemingly thicker, longer, straight mandibles met the charging, slender worker ants and slammed violently into the ground!
The ground beneath their feet trembled slightly, and a primal energy, quite different from the electric arcs released by the Dark-bellied Giant-toothed Ant, was transmitted through their mandibles and entered the ground.
Immediately, accompanied by tremors, rows of sharp rock spikes suddenly rose from the ground upwards and forwards like bamboo shoots. Several charging, slender worker ants were unable to dodge in time and were pierced directly from below their weak thorax!
Tissue fluid splattered out, but the powerful life force of the Force life level prevented them from dying instantly. Instead, they struggled painfully until the spikes naturally disintegrated into a puddle of dirt, before convulsing and collapsing into a pool of blood.
In one attack, more than ten worker ants were killed or wounded among the slender ants, causing Red Cypress to feel a pang of heartache. At the same time, it finally remembered the origin of those special large-toothed ants.
"Earth and rock talent, [Mountain Collapse]? Mountain Ant Kingdom, Luanmu Peak, Giant Mountain Tooth Ants?!"
A short, rapid rubbing sound came from the abdomen of the red citron, barely stabilizing the formation of the nearby worker ants.
It was somewhat surprised and uncertain - the earth and rock type ability just now could not be performed by the Dark-bellied Giant Tooth Ant with lightning and strength type talents, but it seemed to be the talent ability of another Giant Tooth Ant - the Mountain Giant Tooth Ant [Mountain Collapse]!
"The King Ant of the Jalapeno Ant Kingdom may have allied with the King Ant of the Brown Ant Kingdom. We must report this to the King immediately!"
The red cypress made a decisive move, slightly shaking its abdomen, and a small squad of combat worker ants immediately rushed over. It also shook its antennae, releasing a pheromone that identified it as the "mountain toothed ant" and a pheromone command with the highest priority of "return immediately".
The giant toothed ant in front of them is also at the lord level, which is equivalent to the evolutionary level of the "Brown Ant King" in the known information.
Hongyuan seemed to understand why the Dark-bellied, Large-toothed Fierce Ant had chosen to provoke trouble at this critical juncture—it turned out that it had invited a lord-level ally who was quite capable of restraining the Floating Slender Ant.
But in its heart, only a fierce fighting spirit burned.
Slender ants may die in battle, but they will never flinch. They are born like sharp thorns, and no matter how powerful the enemy is in front of them, they will use their stingers to prick a bloody path.
A rapid chirping sound emanated from the abdomen of the citron, and the nearby worker ants once again rallied their ranks, forming a large, sharp arrowhead, with the citron as the arrowhead, pointing directly at the opposite line of large-toothed ants.
All the worker ants nearby also shook their abdomens in response to the charge signal from the commander ant. Their mandibles and tails shimmered with a metallic sheen as they poured all their Force into the attack area.
"Click! Click!" A dull clicking sound echoed from the ranks of the giant toothed ants in response. It was the sound of even larger giant toothed ants striking their mandibles, a dull thud like the beating of a large drum, striking the heartstrings.
Amidst the pervasive stench of blood and lymph tissue, a real, head-on battle, devoid of any trickery, began amidst deafening roars and clanging sounds!