How do you know where the Ant Queen is? "Chen Hai asked.
The man panted, "I- I'm Hua Beibei, a member of the Hua family."
Everyone was confused, as they had never heard of the Hua family.
Only Chen Hai, Cheng Ji, and a few other older powerhouses seemed to have heard of them. "The Hua family?"
Hua Beibei nodded. "Yes."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "You've heard of them?"
Shen Hai replied, "The Hua Clan is a clan that specializes in hunting beasts, and they're also adept at controlling beasts. They rose to prominence in the Mortal Realm, and they're the best at observing the creatures in the Mortal Realm. However, for some unknown reason, the Hua Clan rapidly declined a few decades ago, and it's said that the entire clan joined the Cold Immortal Sect.
"You're from the Frigid Immortal Sect?" Cheng Ji asked, staring at Hua Beibei.
Hua Beibei nodded. "Yes, I'm from the Frigid Immortal Sect, but I'm also from the Hua family. Since you know about the Hua family, you should trust me."
Chen Hai nodded at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin looked at Hua Beibei. "Where's the Ant Queen?"
Hua Beibei pointed in the direction they had come from, or more accurately, in the direction he had been hiding. "Over there."
Cheng Ji raised a brow. "You're hiding with the Ant Queen?"
Hua Beibei pursed her lips. "Some distance from the Ant Queen."
"Why didn't you say so earlier? You made us turn around!" Cheng Ji raged.
Hua Beibei felt wronged. "You said that we'd die if there were too many of us. I thought that you didn't want to deal with the Ant Queen, so I didn't say anything.
Many of them wanted to beat him up.
Even Lu Yin felt that this was a weirdo.
"Let's go and find the Ant Queen. Hua Beibei, follow me. I'll protect you."
Hua Beibei shook her head and looked at Cheng Ji fearfully. She then ran to Lu Yin's side and tried to curry favor with him. "Brother, please protect me."
Cheng Ji was confused. "You know each other?"
Lu Yin shook his head and looked at Hua Beibei. "Why me?"
Hua Beibei licked her lips. "Our family can find a beast king with a single glance, so we're a family of scouts. Brother, you're the beast king of this group."
Chen Hai sighed and looked at Hua Beibei with more conviction.
Cheng Ji was astonished, and he glanced at Lu Yin before looking at Chen Hai. When he saw Chen Hai's expression, his heart skipped a beat. This person might be the one who had hidden the deepest secrets, and his intuition along the way had been correct. Chen Hai's group respected this person.
"Let's go. The Terror Ants are shrinking their encirclement, and their numbers are increasing. We need to get rid of the queen as soon as possible."
Since he had spoken, Shen Hai and the others naturally obeyed. Cheng Ji and the others also did not object. The group of people rushed forward in the direction of the retreat. Under Hua Beibei's guidance, they were getting closer and closer to the Terror Ants' encirclement.
Gradually, they made their move. Many Terror Ants appeared around them, and they needed to start cleaning them up.
Cheng Ji asked Chen Hai, "When will the reinforcements arrive?"
Chen Hai shook his head. "It won't be that fast. Besides, even if reinforcements arrive, they'll have to clear out the Terror Ants outside first. We can only rely on ourselves."
"What's the background of that Seven?" Cheng Ji asked.
Shen Hai replied, "I'm not sure either."
Cheng Ji didn't ask any more questions. Raising his hand, the Cicada Wing Saber slashed at the Terror Ant.
"Oh my god!" Hua Beibei cried out in alarm as a ball of Terror Ants emerged from the bottom of her feet. Lu Yin raised a hand and pressed down, smashing the ball of Terror Ants into pieces with his empty palm.
"Don't be so surprised."
Hua Beibei felt wronged. "I-I'm scared."
Lu Yin found it strange. How could someone like her join the Frigid Immortal Sect?
"Did the team you were in previously encounter the Terror Ant Queen?" Lu Yin asked.
Hua Beibei replied, "No, they don't have the ability to do so."
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed as he scanned the area in front of him. He spread out his domain and sensed that more and more Terror Ants were appearing. The Terror Ants also sensed his domain and began to devour it.
He raised his hand and struck out continuously, creating a blank space in front of him. Cheng Ji and the others who were not familiar with Lu Yin were stunned, as it was rare for an Enlighter to display such ferocious palm force.
"Oh my god, that's terrifying!" Hua Beibei cried out in alarm, giving Lu Yin a fright. He also saw that in the distance, countless Terror Ants were beginning to form a ball that was similar to the terrifying Terror Ants that he had seen in the Mortal Realm. Even an Emissary would be in danger from such a force, and everyone else paled.
"Quick, work together and scatter them!" Shen Hai shouted as he and Cheng Ji attacked at the same time. However, their attacks were evaded by the Terror Ants as if they had a mind of their own.
Lu Yin's eyes twitched. "The Terror Ant Queen isn't far away." He leapt out and his body flickered as he quickly appeared in front of the Terror Ants. He then walked in under everyone's astonished gazes.
Hua Beibei's pupils shrank. What was the meaning of this?
Did he want to die?
Lu Yin charged into the horde, and the sound of gnawing could be heard from all directions, making his hair stand on end. He could clearly see the sharp beaks of the horde biting him, and even though he knew that these horde ants couldn't hurt him, the feeling of being eaten was still uncomfortable. As he thought about it, golden battle force appeared in his palms and he sent it out in all directions.
The Terror Ant Queen was immediately scattered, and more than half of the Terror Ants were crushed into powder.
Even if the Terror Ant Queen could command the Terror Ants to evade the attack, it was useless. Lu Yin charged straight in, and the Terror Ants could not avoid his attack. The giant Terror Ant Queen disintegrated just like that.
"Let's keep going." Lu Yin looked at Hua Beibei.
She was excited. "An expert, an expert! You're really a Beast King."
Lu Yin was annoyed. You're a Beast King! Your whole family are Beast Kings!
The closer they got to the Terror Ant Queen, the more Terror Ants there were. However, they could not stop Lu Yin. With him as the arrowhead, the group charged towards the Terror Ant Queen. No matter how many Terror Ants there were, they could not retreat.
Gradually, deaths started to appear in the group as countless Terror Ants bit at them. Even Lu Yin could not take care of everyone. Even Shen Hai's arm had been bitten off, let alone the others.
"Expert, the Queen Ant is right in front of you, under that pile of unremarkable tree bark. Be careful," Hua Beibei warned with a nervous expression. They already had no way of turning back. They were surrounded by Terror Ants in all directions. They could either kill the Queen Ant and disperse the Terror Ants, or they could be swallowed by the Terror Ants. There were only two paths.
Lu Yin extended his domain to the pile of bark and observed the Terror Ant Queen. It was dozens of times larger than the average Terror Ant, and it was even larger than a person. Its antennae seemed to be uneasily probing for something. When Lu Yin's domain swept over it, the Terror Ant Queen's antennae suddenly lifted up and emitted a strange sound. Countless Terror Ants gathered around it, clearly seeking protection.
Lu Yin released his golden battle force without concealing it. He bent his arm and spread out his five fingers. 350 Stacks, golden battle force, Empty Palm.
There was a bang, and the void was distorted. Shen Hai and the rest were aghast as they realized that Lu Yin had actually unleashed a palm attack that surpassed the might of an Emissary.
Empty Palm.
The Empty Palm was not something that the Terror Ants or the Terror Ant Queen could withstand. However, it did not succeed because the palm energy had struck a Cicada Blade that belonged to Cheng Ji.
Lu Yin was both surprised and not surprised by this scene.
Cheng Ji was the Emissary who had killed the Terror Ants and hidden them.
There was a scream as the group that had followed Cheng Ji suddenly attacked the people around them. Shen Hai was furious. "You're all spies!"
In the distance, Cheng Ji stood in front of the Terror Ant Queen. The surrounding Terror Ants ignored his existence as he looked at Lu Yin. "You're so powerful at such a young age. I never thought that a genius like you would appear. It's a pity that you won't be able to grow any further."
Lu Yin met Cheng Ji's gaze. "How did you hide your Emissary level from the headquarters?"
Cheng Ji sneered. "You're not surprised by the time difference?"
"What's there to be surprised about? You killed all those in your group who disobeyed you. The rest are all spies, so it's normal for them to lie," Lu Yin said matter-of-factly.
Cheng Ji nodded and gripped his Cicada Blade tightly. "Not bad, they did nothing wrong. I can give you a chance to kill Shen Hai and the rest and become my spy. I can let you live, and you'll live a better life than before. How about it?"
Lu Yin raised his brows. "I'm curious as to how you managed to hide from the headquarters."
Cheng Ji laughed. "It's simple. I completely emptied my astral source, absorbed some star energy, and combined it with a strange object. Emissaries need astral source for their cultivation, and generally speaking, Emissaries can't give up their astral source because it's very difficult to replenish it. But I don't care, so I give it up. The mission is more important. Who would have thought that a cultivator who uses star energy would be an Emissary?
After arriving at the mother tree's trunk, I reabsorbed the astral source. Although my strength recovers slowly, it's enough to deal with you guys. "
Lu Yin understood. There were tens of thousands of cultivators below the Emissary level, and this person had used a strange object to hide his true cultivation. He also used star energy, so no one would bother to check if he had any strange objects on him. Furthermore, it was impossible for him to draw attention to himself. There had been so many reinforcements to the backlines recently, so it wasn't difficult for someone like him to fool them.
The Humble School had sent many experts to the backlines to deal with this type of person.
"I'll say it again. Kill Chen Hai and the others, and I'll make you a spy," Cheng Ji said, looking past Lu Yin towards Chen Hai and the others.
At this moment, Chen Hai and the others were fighting against the terror ants and the group of spies that had followed Cheng Ji. They had all heard Cheng Ji's words and were waiting uneasily for Lu Yin's reply.
Lu Yin sighed. "I have a weakness, and that's that I'm stubborn. If I wanted to be a spy, I would've done so long ago. I wouldn't have waited until today. I can guarantee that if I become a spy, my rank will be higher than yours," he joked as he silently moved his palm.
There was a thump, and before Cheng Ji could react, the Emptiness Palm struck his cicada-winged blade once more. The blade could not withstand the force and shattered, and the palm force entered his body through the shattered fragments. Cheng Ji was sent flying, and he crashed heavily into the ant queen.
The ant queen twisted its large body uneasily.
There was blood at the corner of Cheng Ji's mouth, and he looked at Lu Yin in shock. "You're courting death!" He then stepped into the Astral Source Universe.
An Emissary's advantage over an Enlighter was not just the suppression of the astral source, but also the unbreakable attack methods that came from stepping into the Astral Source Universe. Most people would not be able to block an Emissary's attack from the Astral Source Universe, and they might not even be able to see it. However, Lu Yin was different.
The moment Cheng Ji stepped into the Astral Source Universe, Lu Yin also stepped into the Astral Source Universe. The environment around him distorted as he stepped into the Astral Source Universe.