On the low branches, the belly-lifting ants made an action in unison: they lowered their upper bodies, raised their abdomens and pointed high towards the front, clearly pointing at the protagonist and the guards on the ground below.
Crystal liquid began to ooze out from the top of the abdomen of the workers of the ants. Under the beam of light that penetrated through the holes between the leaves, the liquid condensed into beads and glowed with a green luster.
That's...the acid of a belly-lifting ant! They want to shoot!
This hostile move made the protagonist suddenly realize something, and warning breaths and friction sounds were made crazily.
At the same moment, the belly-lifting ants, which had already received specific instructions, began to attack.
The abdomen of the high-altitude ant was shaken, and small droplets of acid were thrown out, raining down on the protagonist and his party.
The magical ant guards next to him saw the opportunity quickly and hurriedly lay on the protagonist, pressing him under them.
Most of the acid droplets hit the ground, sending up bursts of white acid mist on the damp dead branches and leaves. This small area was soon surrounded by pungent acid gas, and for a while it felt like being in a vinegar tank.
A small amount of acid fell on the protagonist and his party who were regarded as targets. The protagonist was only hit by a drop on the left side of the abdomen at the beginning. A small piece of the outer carapace was immediately corroded, and white bubbles appeared on the yellow-brown carapace. It seemed like it was still making a "bah" noise, and it was hard to hear clearly in the chaos.
Such a small loss is not a big deal. The protagonist felt no pain. The drop of acid failed to corrode the defense of the outer carapace and did not damage the muscles and internal organs inside. The corroded outer carapace is like a human fingernail, and it will not take long for it to grow back.
But if more acid attacks, continues to corrode, or even hits the protagonist's compound eyes and tentacles, then the protagonist will also be injured, or even... die!
Even with great strength, the protagonist's body is still fragile and not much stronger than an ordinary ant. He also went out without wearing armor today.
Fortunately, more than a dozen magical ant guards fell on the protagonist loyally, and soon formed a human shield, burying the protagonist tightly, leaving only one or two small gaps, so that the protagonist could barely see outside. .
The protagonist is not wearing armor, but the guards are always on the alert, and this time they come out fully armed. Most of the acid hit their armor, which gave these brave warriors extra defense.
But there were also a few cases where the acid hit joints, antennae, and compound eyes that were not protected by armor.
Some of the injured Divine Soldier Ant Guards were shivering in pain, but they did not move away. They still used their flesh and blood to protect the Divine Envoy King beneath them! ! !
The "celestial being" did not pounce on the protagonist. As the commander of the imperial guard, she immediately organized about twenty soldiers, tried to climb the bushes, launched a counterattack, and drove away the belly-lifting ants.
At this time, the male ant that was originally leading the way for the protagonist and his party turned around and killed more than a dozen worker ants, heading towards the protagonist.
The soldiers of the Divine Ant Guards immediately gave up their original plan and rushed forward to meet them, fighting with the belly-lifting ants in a rain of acid mist.
The ants themselves are very resistant to acid. Even their compound eyes have a layer of dura mater, which can protect them from being covered by acid for a short period of time. The magical ant guards are covered in iron armor and can survive in acid for a while.
When the two sides started fighting hand-to-hand, the ants on the tree were still shooting wildly, but it could not prevent the ants on the ground from quickly rout.
The magic ant warriors vented their anger at the attack on the enemies who dared to rush over, killing most of the ant workers in a few blows. Only the male ant with three or two remaining soldiers was defeated and took advantage of the chaos. Ran away.
The divine ant guards failed to pursue them, nor did they climb up the tree to disperse the ants. More enemies were already approaching.
Accompanied by the dense "swishing" sounds in the grass outside the shrubs, hundreds of ants rushed into the battlefield. They were obviously the accomplices of the abdominal ants involved in the ambush.
The protagonist sees from the gap that the incoming ants are mainly burrowing ants, and there are also a small number of Japanese black and brown ants!
Lift the abdominal ants! Burrowing ants! Japanese black brown ant! These three ant tribes were all ant tribes that originally surrendered to the Red Fire Ant Nation and later to the Ant Alliance. It was also these three ant tribes that started rebellions in the three sub-nests in the north!
When the protagonist saw the fourth ant tribe suddenly appearing on the tree, he was so angry that he couldn't control himself.
A red imported fire ant male suddenly appeared on the branch, followed by two red fire ant guards, and several male ants such as burrowing ants, burrowing ants and Japanese black brown ants followed closely.
The mastermind of this attack is already clear! The remnants of the red fire ant kingdom!
Although the protagonist does not know how the remnants of the Red Fire Ant Kingdom suddenly appeared near [New Yang City], nor does he know why the Belly Ants and other tribes are willing to become accomplices.
But now is not the time to think about such things!
More than ten times the number of enemies are coming, but the guards are alone and are constantly being attacked by acid. The situation is too dangerous!
The magic soldier ants are very smart. They deliberately lead the enemy into the acid rain of the abdominal ants, so that the enemy can also bear the attack of the acid rain, thereby slowing down the impact of the enemy army that is several times their own.
But they obviously can't hold on for long and must escape!
The protagonist forcefully lifted off the magic ants on his body, gave a signal to retreat, and ran outside.
Now, he has all his strength, but now he is being attacked from a distance by the enemy all the time, and his strength is of no use, so he might as well save himself first.
But before he could take two steps, he felt a pain in his back. The protagonist knew that he had been hit by a bullet in the joint of his waist. Being distracted, the protagonist stumbled and tripped over a short dry branch!
The protagonist suddenly felt blessed and did not enter the state of "god descending to earth". He directly picked up the branch with a pair of forelimbs and threw it hard against the branch.
He was usually very strong. Although this branch was light and fluffy, the impact on the branch still caused a dozen or so ants to fall from the tree.
The magic soldier ants behind also woke up one by one. They all had very high IQs and were much stronger than ordinary ants. They immediately imitated their example and shot some stones on the ground into the trees.
Taking advantage of the opportunity where the timid ants were dodging and had no time to shoot, the protagonist rushed into the grass outside with thirty or so divine ant guards!
There were about a dozen soldiers who were either dead or injured and did not follow. Some of them who were seriously injured took the initiative to stay behind!
The red fire ant male ants quickly ordered the three tribes of ants on the ground to pursue them.
I saw only one magic soldier ant, one of its compound eyes had been blinded, its whole body was covered with corroded wounds, some of which were deep enough to see the flesh, and its iron armor had long been corroded.
She fell at the back, raised her head to the sky, opened her jaws, and seemed to let out a long roar, then rushed back towards hundreds of enemies without hesitation!
