Not far to the east of the nest, I saw a stream of hundreds of destroyers, insects and ants approaching quickly, raising waves of dry sand, the wind was like a tiger, and the dust was like a dragon.
That's not all. In the sky, the flying knights are anxiously drawing warning tracks one after another, showing that "large enemy forces" or "difficult enemy forces" are approaching from the south. It is unknown how many troops they have.
Zhu Jue looked south. Although the nest was in a higher position, it was blocked by undulating ditches and continuous vegetation. He could not see the stone crevices not far away, nor could he see the enemy troops to the south. He had no idea where they were. Force size.
At this time, the fly tiger knights and honeypot ant elites had already left their nests and formed formations, waiting for orders. With one move of Zhu Jue's long stick, the friction sound and breath dispersed, and he led his men to move quickly to the west.
Although he could not see the specific situation of the Destroyer's attack, Zhu Jue believed in the judgment of the flying knights and chose to evacuate in the only direction where no enemy troops appeared. The purpose of the rescue team is not to fight, but to save.
The fly tiger knights were very fast and clustered around Zhu Jue, while the elite honeypot ants were not slow in their footsteps. Although they were gradually pulled away from each other, they still followed the breath and footprints and insisted on following behind. It seemed that they were not Planning to return to the lair.
After advancing for a while, Zhu Jue was suddenly "bluffed" when he turned around a huge boulder!
On the back of the rock, in a recessed stone trough, dozens of Destroyers were gathering in the shade, licking the dew accumulated in the stone trough.
Now is the relatively dry time before the rainy season. There is no obvious surface water source in this area. The ants generally live on dew or underground water. These destroyers eat the condensed but not evaporated dew here to replenish their body moisture.
Due to their concealed position, the flying knights in the air did not notice their traces until Zhu Jue directly bumped into them.
The Destroyers reacted very quickly. With one tentacle, they swarmed out one by one with a ferocious roar and charged towards Zhu Jue with great force.
Behind him were the subordinates who kept pouring in. Zhu Jue realized that there was no way to turn around and avoid it. At this time, it was a situation of no retreat. When they met on a narrow road, the brave would win, so he used a long stick and rushed forward with the Fly Tiger Knights. Take the fight.
Because the distance was too close, the Fly Tiger Knights did not have time to launch a long-range attack, and the Destroyer did not spit acid. The two sides directly collided with each other and engaged in hand-to-hand melee.
At this time, neither side had time to speed up, and both sides were so dense that the close combat quickly turned into a fight. The tiger under Zhu Jue's crotch was moving around on the spot. Without Zhu Jue's control, it consciously and dexterously dodged the bites of one Destroyer after another. Zhu Jue had a long stick in his hand to protect himself and "Zorro" who was carrying the golden egg on his back. No destroyer could get close to him within a few centimeters.
It was much more difficult for the other fly tiger knights to deal with it. At this time, half of the fly tiger knights had lost their lances, and those who still had guns were not using them. They could only fight with fire bombs or spider silk bullets. However, fire bombs and spider silk bombs must be rotated before attacking, and the forward swing time is long, so they will inevitably suffer losses in melee. After a while, more than 20 Destroyers and more than 10 Fly Tiger Knights died. Most of the Destroyers were killed by Zhu Jue's cavalry.
Fortunately, at this time, the elite honeypot ants from behind arrived in time, and with the addition of more than two hundred fresh troops, the Destroyer was finally defeated. They were killed one after another, but no one escaped.
After finally wiping out this group of destroyers, due to the delay, the hundreds of destroyers who were chasing after them were already very close.
Zhu Jue looked at the wounded Fly Tiger Knights around him, and saw that their weapons were almost exhausted, that their armors were covered with dripping blood from both the enemy and ourselves, and that they were already too weak to fight.
So, he ordered the six honeypot ant teams that followed him to separate one team to stay in place and block the pursuing Destroyer, while the other ants continued to move forward with him.
This small group of 30 honeypot ants is determined to be unable to stop the hundreds of pursuing destroyers, but their sacrifice can buy precious time for the rescue team.
By the time Zhu Jue saw the Destroyer breaking through and blocking the pursuit again, the rescue team had already run all the way without encountering any enemy resistance. They arrived directly at the stone seam and were turning back eastward along the stone seam to reach the rope. The location of the bridge.
In the air, the flying knight was still frantically warning, but Zhu Jue looked at the distance of the pursuers behind him and felt that it was impossible for the pursuers to catch up with him before the rescue team arrived at the rope bridge, so he felt relieved.
The Flying Knight also signaled that enemy troops were approaching from the north, but they were blocked by vegetation and couldn't see clearly. There was no sign of the Destroyer nearby, and perhaps they were still far away.
At this time, there are still five teams of elite honeypot ants lurking far behind. If necessary, Zhu Jue will not hesitate to order them to stop them to buy time for the rescue team to escape. After all, what the rescue team saved was the most important golden eggs of the honeypot ants! It is natural for the honeypot ants to make sacrifices for this.
Seeing that the frequency of warnings from the flying knights in the air was getting higher and higher, as if countless destroyers were approaching, Zhu Jue finally became serious. The flying knights would never aim without aim, and he could already see the vegetation on the side shaking violently, and even large groups of plant fragments being knocked into the air. The incoming enemy army was obviously quite powerful and extremely fast.
Zhu Jue estimated the speed and estimated that the enemy would be able to catch up when all the rescue teams arrived at the rope bridge. At that time, he ordered five teams of honeypot ant warriors to block the attack, which would be enough to protect him and the Fly Tiger Knights from crossing the bridge safely.
Therefore, he was not too nervous and still controlled the speed without running wildly. This would ensure that the mount still had the much-needed physical strength at the critical moment, and also allow the honeypot ants to take the opportunity to keep up and avoid the rescue team from falling behind. one.
Finally, the rope bridge was in sight, and the flying knights had already signaled the worker ants of the support team who were staying on the opposite side of the stone seam to prepare. These worker ants came out of the hiding place, pulled up the thin wires, worked together to pull up the rope, and then fixed it on the wooden stakes. . It only took the well-trained worker ants a few minutes to build the rope bridge.
This is the only channel for evacuation and a life-saving bridge. Zhu Jue is already within easy reach!
Just as the rescue team was about to step onto the rope bridge, the enemy finally appeared!
At this time, the enemy finally turned around a clump of tall weeds and revealed their true colors - there was only one!
Although there was only one, this enemy creature had a body as big as an apple. To the ants, it was as shocking as a human warrior seeing a mammoth war elephant covered in armor on the battlefield.
Even Zhu Jue couldn't help but be shocked. He was not only surprised by the size of the attacker, but also by some of the things he saw!
