After several years of cultivation, the number of thunder fire ants has become quite considerable, reaching as many as 20,000.
However, as the number soared, headaches also came one after another. The growth rate of the elixir in his medicine garden could not keep up with the devouring speed of these thunder fire ants.
Lu Li had to make the queen ant temporarily stop laying eggs, and firmly controlled the number of soldier ants to around 20,000.
After all, he also understands the principle of "soldiers are better than more." If all 20,000 thunder fire ants grow up, it will be quite terrifying.
Driven by Lu Li, the ant king in Ruyi Space immediately made bursts of chirping sounds of varying lengths.
Even though the two were in different spaces, the nearly three thousand soldier ants outside moved in an instant and rushed towards the direction pointed by Lu Li.
In the blink of an eye, the blank area was crawling with thunder fire ants.
Although these thunder fire ants are not big in size, they are extremely ferocious. With their bites, they gnawed out a huge hole in the barrier of the blank area in just a moment.
Then the formation changed, and the thunder fire ants near the center of the cave spread their wings one after another, came to the edge of the cave, and gathered around the edge of the cave to form a thick ring of thunder fire ants.
Then they all let out a soft cry, opened their mouths and spat out, and the dense power of thunder and fire spurted out, forming a red and blue barrier of thunder and fire in the middle of the cave door.
It's like a patch has been put on the barrier of the Sanhua Dream Formation. It's really magical.
Seeing this, Lu Li flipped his palm, and a cyan bead floated on his palm. Then he flicked his finger, and the bead immediately turned into a cloud and flew towards the thunder and fire barrier.
"It's actually possible!"
Seeing that Qing Yunzhu passed through the barrier safely, Lu Li suddenly felt happy and took a few steps towards the barrier. After a slight hesitation, he tentatively stretched his hand towards the barrier.
The moment he came into contact with the barrier, Lu Li felt a strange feeling on his fingertips. It was numb and numb, but not painful.
Then he gritted his teeth and stretched his entire hand into the thunder and fire barrier.
The test results made Lu Li sigh a sigh of relief. His hands were not hindered at all and he easily passed through the thunder and fire barrier. There was no doubt that this thunder and fire barrier could be passed safely.
However, Lu Li soon frowned.
He discovered that the thunder fire light on the thunder fire ants was weakening rapidly, and the thunder fire barrier in the middle was also gradually losing its brilliance. It looked like it would not be able to sustain it for long.
Lu Li was secretly shocked, and did not dare to waste any more time. He immediately sent a message to Wu De to come over, and then without saying a word, he ducked into the barrier.
When Wu De also came in safely, he took all these soldier ants back into Ruyi Space with a thought.
What made Lu Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief was that with the disappearance of the thunder fire ants, the formation barrier returned to its original appearance without any trace of damage.
At this time, Lu Li and the two were on the edge of a mountain range, and the surroundings were very quiet.
Neither of them spoke. Lu Li used his pupil technique and glanced around. After making sure that no one was moving around, he flew to the hill in front of him in a flash.
"Have you sensed the location of your spirit-swallowing beast?" Wu De stood beside Lu Li and asked via voice transmission.
"I have an intuition that Jianpi is in that direction." Lu Li nodded and pointed to the northwest.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's act quickly while it's dark."
"good."
The two briefly exchanged a few words, and then they flashed and flew towards the northwest, but in order not to cause too much noise, neither of them flew too fast.
Moreover, every time he flew a certain distance, Lu Li would use his pupil technique to observe. Once he found a mountain with people moving around, he would avoid it early. He would rather travel a little longer than take the risk of passing by these mountain peaks with people.
The further he went, the more clearly Lu Li felt his connection with Jianpi became clearer.
.......
Zeng Ping is the direct disciple of the ninth elder of Tianjian Pavilion. His talents are similar to those of today's saints. They both have high-grade single spiritual roots. However, he has fire spiritual roots, while Cheng Xiaoyuan has thunder spiritual roots.
However, although their talents are similar, their cultivation levels are vastly different.
Cheng Xiaoyuan is only two thousand years old now, and he is already in the late stage of divine transformation, while he is nineteen hundred years old, and he is only in the early stage of divine transformation.
In addition to the difference in understanding and hard work in cultivation, resources and opportunities also play a large role in this.
Cheng Xiaoyuan was favored by the pavilion master early on and became his personal disciple. With the blessing of various resources, it was difficult to think whether he could practice faster or not. Moreover, Cheng Xiaoyuan is also very keen on going out and exploring, and all kinds of adventure opportunities make people jealous.
But Zeng Ping is a cautious person. Since he was accepted as a disciple by the Ninth Elder, he rarely ventures out for fear of accidentally falling outside.
He buried his head within the sect, relying solely on the sect's fixed salary and receiving some non-dangerous tasks to maintain his practice. The speed of his practice naturally slowed down.
Fortunately, as the eldest disciple of the Ninth Elder, he has a noble status and can access various tasks with generous rewards, and he has also made a lot of contributions.
For example, a few years ago, Cheng Xiaoyuan suddenly brought back a spirit-devouring beast and needed someone to guard it outside the dungeon.
Not only are the rewards for such a mission very generous, but there is no danger at all. Once they are released from the inner gate of Tianjian Pavilion, they will definitely be robbed of their heads.
But Zeng Ping was the first to know the news through his master, and easily got the job first.
Now, he only needs to sit at the dungeon entrance of Xuanshi Peak and act like a human sculpture. Although he is said to be guarding, he actually does not have to do anything. He will receive an additional contribution of 100,000 yuan every month.
At this time, the night was already dark.
Zengping was practicing in the small room to the right of the dungeon entrance. The special stone bed was higher than the normal bed. As soon as he opened his eyes, he could see the heavy iron door entering the dungeon through the wide window.
This Xuanshifeng dungeon was specially built for the spirit-swallowing beast. There are many restrictions on it. There is no other way to enter the dungeon except through this door.
The restrictions on the iron gate are not only good at defense, but can also launch terrifying attacks. Without the key in his hand, even if he reaches the peak of divine transformation, he may not be able to break through it.
Therefore, Zengping was not worried about anyone breaking into the dungeon.
His role here is actually just in case, to be able to respond effectively at critical moments. Otherwise, there would be no need for an old monster like him to transform into gods. Just any low-level monk would be able to do the job.
But what Zengping didn't know was that at this time, in a jungle eight hundred miles south of Xuanshi Peak, there was a pair of shining purple eyes, staring at the dungeon door outside the house from a distance...
