The remaining 2,000 Destroyers quickly broke out in a certain direction outside the fortress. Before the army in the fortress could reach the battlefield, they opened a gap with all their strength and fled.
The Destroyers were attacking a section of the area defended by the Thin-legged Ant Warriors. At that time, the Thin-legged Ant Warriors were busy attacking, and their formation was a bit chaotic. They were also caught off guard by the Destroyer's unusually ferocious attack. It wasn't until a gap was opened that the commander reacted and anxiously dispatched a large number of support troops to fill the gap. However, wherever they could fill the gap, they were rushed away by the Destroyer.
Seeing the Destroyers swarming out of the gap at extremely fast speeds, an encirclement and annihilation battle turned into a pursuit battle.
Zhu Jue was not surprised when he saw this scene on the ant mound. The Destroyer's fighting power far exceeded all the ants he had ever seen. It was worthy of being said to be the force that would destroy all ant civilizations in the world. The Thin-footed Ant Army under him is not the main force of the Thin-footed Ant Nation. There is a slight gap in combat effectiveness, so it is expected that they cannot be stopped.
But Zhu Jue did not intend to let these destroyers go. Although this battle was already a great victory, Zhu Jue noticed that the commanders of Honey Pot Ants and Thin-footed Ants under his command were more convinced of him. At this time, the anger in Zhu Jue's heart over the defeat of his homeland was far from extinguished, and the group of destroyers in front of him was the target of his venting.
Zhu Jue immediately ordered all the armies to pursue them, especially the Thin-footed Ant Army to use their speed advantage to hold back the fleeing Destroyer, while the other armies followed up and attacked together.
As the combined forces of the Destroyers and the Civilized Ant Tribe fought at a distance and slowly disappeared into the distant vegetation, Zhu Jue still did not leave the heights of the ant mound. He was still looking towards the horizon in the direction of the invisible army.
Zhu Jue's eyesight was not good enough to penetrate obstacles, observing the battle that was not yet over, and enjoying the beautiful scene of the Destroyer being hunted, bitten, and torn to pieces.
His eyes were actually staring at the horizon - on the distant northern skyline, layers of dark-colored mountain shadows were forming a line, and above the mountain shadows, thicker and deeper black clouds were gradually gathering in the dark night sky.
Zhu Jue's tentacles felt that the wind coming from the pavement was much stronger than at noon. The north wind, dark clouds, and it was obvious that a heavy rain would pour down this night.
Zhu Jue could only sigh in his heart and hurriedly ordered the flying knights to call back the pursuing troops to avoid encountering rain outside at night, which would inevitably lead to heavy losses!
At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and now it was the first day of the crescent moon. Without the moonlight, it was almost impossible to see their tentacles in the wild at night. It was not easy for the flying knights to call back the attacking troops in the dark.
Fortunately, gradually, the change in air pressure became obvious. Some troops who did not receive the flying knight's order in time also realized that something was wrong, and consciously ended the pursuit and returned to their lair.
Most of the chasing troops did not engage in any fighting along the way. The Destroyers retreated too fast and their eyesight was poor at night. Among the troops chasing along the pheromones, except for the fastest moving slender-footed ants at the front, Other troops were left far behind.
It was almost midnight when the two legions of Thin-legged Ants that had pursued the furthest returned in a hurry. They reported that more than 1,000 of the escaped Destroyers had fled back to the starting point, and the rest had been killed on the road.
Zhu Jue had just given a few words of encouragement to the two male ant army leaders, but a loud thunder suppressed his words back in his tentacles.
Zhu Jue hurriedly came to a window, opened the wooden bed board covering the interior, and looked out. I saw a strong wind blowing outside, and a dragon-like purple lightning shattered the night sky and struck the distant ground. Half a minute later, a loud rumbling sound tore through the air and hit him like a huge wave, shaking Zhu Jue's tentacles almost to numbness!
After a few more flashes of lightning and thunder, the wind did not stop, and the big raindrops fell directly without warning, throwing up waves of smoke and dust on the dry sandy land. Then in an instant, there was a heavy rain, as if the Milky Way had burst, pouring directly into the earth, and the ground quickly turned into pools of mud.
If the troops of the civilized ants have not returned to [West Stone Castle] at this time, they will definitely encounter a disaster. In such weather, it is impossible to continue marching, and it is difficult to find shelter. It is bound to suffer heavy losses from the rain? Even the entire army was annihilated! ! !
Now with the protection of [West Stone Fort], this fortress with higher terrain and complete drainage system is still very resistant to summer thunderstorms. Zhu Jue felt relieved.
Zhu Jue left his current position and squeezed through the crowded ants in the corridor. He greeted all the male and female ants he met along the way and praised them for their battle today.
There were ants everywhere along the way. Since the mobile troops also took shelter from the rain, the fortress, which was not designed to have such a large capacity, was overcrowded with ants. They could only make do with it until the rain stopped and the sun came up.
Zhu Jue squeezed all the way to the underground of the fortress. There were a lot less ants here. Some honeypot ant workers were maintaining the underground seepage wells and drainage pipes. Seeing that the gurgling water was flowing into the deep seepage wells along the pipes, Zhu Jue ordered The guarding female honeypot ant asked her to lead the team to stay alert until the rainstorm passed.
Later, Zhu Jue, who had also worked hard all day, returned to his small ant nest at the top of the ant mound and lay down on a ball of hay.
The raindrops hit hard on the thick ant concrete shell of the ant mound, making a "crackling" sound. Amidst the noise and the sound of rain, Zhu Jue fell into a deep sleep!
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I don't know how long he had slept, but Zhu Jue was still sleepy when he was suddenly woken up by a shout. Several big-headed ant captains and squad leaders of the Divine Envoy King's Legion were surrounding him in panic, their tentacles stretched out randomly, as if they all wanted to talk to Zhu Jue whose tentacles intersected!
Zhu Jue's heart skipped a beat, so he pushed them away without asking them, walked to the window, opened the wooden board blocking the window, and looked outside.
It was raining heavily outside, there was almost no light, and there was no purple lightning that appeared at any time like a dragon. But Zhu Jue regarded it as daylight, and he could clearly see everything happening in the outside world!
This also allowed him to quickly understand the fears of other ants, which were even more real and terrifying.
Outdoors, long-term heavy rainfall has caused floods. The roaring water gathered on the ground and formed a river, rushing into the low-lying stone crevices. The stone crevices not far away seemed to have turned into a group of large waterfalls. The yellow waterfall looks so thrilling!
Although [West Stone Castle] is on a higher terrain, it turned into an isolated island during the flood. It was surrounded by floods from all directions, and it was still more than ten meters away from the nearest ground where floods were exposed!
