Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 939 - 668: Preparing for Battle

Rainbow Island.

The Wind System Divine-Given Seed was sown in the Tree Heart, growing rapidly; within a day, the tree had reached over 8 meters in height.

Indeed, it turned out to be a type of cedar, a Pond Fir.

It’s also found on the Cloud Trace Continent, cultivated in the Purple Tung Insect Nation, though there it has enhanced Water System abilities.

This one is obviously a cultivated variant of the Stone Hunt Blue Ant Tribe.

The Insect Clan Warrior, whose life was bound to it, died, and this Wind System Divine-Given Seed rebirthed to about 30 meters, exhausting its reserves within the Tree Heart and ceasing to grow.

Black Peach, Woodberry, and Blue Catalpa tried their respective abilities but to no avail.

"Second King, don’t hesitate, use Heaven Returning Glimpse!" Black Peach strongly suggested.

"It won’t die immediately. How about waiting for the Dragon Cypress Ant King to return and then deciding?" Blue Catalpa proposed, opposing the idea.

Ink Orchid hesitated, looking toward Woodberry.

Woodberry said: "I think the Dragon Cypress Ant King won’t have any good solutions either. The number of Divine-Grade Radiant Fruits we have is limited; the Dragon Cypress Ant King can only decide whether to use one on this tree."

Ink Orchid asked: "Azure, what do you think?"

Azure replied: "The Dragon Cypress should be back soon, right?"

"No more waiting!"

Suddenly, Ink Orchid made up her mind, waving a claw and shaking tentacles to drive them away, shouting, "Clear out! Everyone, clear out! Black Sophora, on you go!"

Black Sophora: "..."

The other insects stood back a bit.

Black Sophora hesitated but stepped forward alone, his forehead’s golden-red pattern glowing brightly, activating thousands of orange-red Primordial Energy filaments, wrapping the Pond Fir Divine-Given Seed.

The Primordial Energy surged, instantly transferring from the seal on Black Sophora’s forehead to the trunk of the Divine-Given Seed.

With a swish,

flameless golden-red fire soared and leapt upward.

On the top of the Pond Fir, a flower bud turning from pale yellow to red was produced, slowly blooming, withering, and then fruiting, as the fruit grew.

After a moment, the Primordial Energy fluctuation subsided, and the golden-red fire extinguished.

A flicker of dark green light, Ink Orchid moved forward, activating Hydra Power, and with intangible tendrils plucked the fruit from the crown of the tree.

Peeled open the fruit shell, inside was a red-brown Pond Fir seed the size of a centimeter dot.

Blue Catalpa, Woodberry, and Black Peach gathered around.

"Did it work?"

"Did it work?"

"Doesn’t seem so."

"The life potential is weak."

"Weaker than a normal Divine-Given Seed."

"To use it directly as a Life Seed seems unlikely, right?"

"Mark of Flourish?"

"Life Transfer?"

"No! The seed is fragile. Be careful not to kill it..."

"Stop!"

Ink Orchid waved her tentacles to halt them, carefully placing the seed into a Metal Case, instructing, "Black Sophora, take it back to the King Nest, place it on the Dominating Throne, and wait for the Great King to return. The Dominating Throne has the ability to aid in repairing the damage of Divine-Given Seeds, but only Dragon Cypress can operate it."

It’s all settled.

Successfully reverting to seed form is good.

Disperse, disperse, everyone go about their own business.

...

Having tidied up, Ink Orchid went to the northern part of the island, to a dedicated area to practice abilities.

Of the five Divine Marks planned for the five Age Period, four coalesced especially smoothly, only the desertification Divine Mark remained.

With one ability, a large swath of land was turned into barren desert.

For a Natural Civilization that manages land, cultivates plants, and harvests Divine-Given Seeds for evolutionary growth strength, the desertification ability that damages soil environments was too contradictory.

Ink Orchid arranged to practice it last.

The island’s north has a piece of barren mountainous stone forest, using random stones as practice materials.

Focusing on practice, suddenly alert, she stopped.

Red Moonseed sent a message using Soul-Setting Ability: "Second King, the Great King is back! Northeast direction."

Finally back!

Ink Orchid soared vertically, transforming into a stream of light shooting off.

...

In the form of cloud mist, a black giant ant rode the wind, speeding along.

An ant with a dark green carapace covered in earthy golden spots emerged, carrying a Spider Silk Bag.

"Dragon Cypress?"

"Second King?"

"What’s this...?"

Ink Orchid circled down above the cloud mist, grabbing the Spider Silk Bag to check, inside were three 10-centimeter diameter, golden gleaming metal balls.

"Gold?"

"The Golden Creek where the Saint Butterfly Tribe resides indeed produces real gold. They gather it to craft all sorts of beautiful artifacts. I conveniently brought some over."

Dragon Cypress briefly explained, waving his tentacles backward to indicate, the golden particles on the carapace were all gold materials.

The Primordial Energy released by the Gold Sand ability has the highest compatibility with gold, achieving the best effects in Metal Solidification and strengthening the Jinhe Pattern, also highly compatible with Dragon Cypress’s Molten Gold ability, the best material for the Divine Mark ’Golden River Sand’.

It’s just that gold is too difficult to collect, Ink Orchid only attached some to her six toe tips and wing veins, using Iron Sand for the rest.

"I thank the Great King indeed."

Ink Orchid accepted the gift without joy, questioning:

"Have you been showing off on the Zhibai Continent? It was all my kill, and you didn’t take me with you? You’ve been gone so long, how many tribes did you visit? And you only collected such a little benefit?"

"..."

"Didn’t I say there are many things to take care of after the war?"

"What things?"

"Two big things, the first big thing, raising war funds... Oh! Right, Ink Orchid, did you know I was elected as the Great Leader of the Wave Tree Bay United Kingdom?"

"I heard about it while I was at Dragon Vein Mountain. Congratulations to the Great King. Great Leader Dragon Cypress, so majestic..."

Ink Orchid gave a sarcastic tone, then mocked: "Raising war funds? Ant, since becoming the Great Leader, you’ve taken up the job of begging? And you’re doing this? From now on, don’t go out saying that we’re in cahoots."

Before waiting for a rebuttal, Ink Orchid added, "How much have you raised? Have we gathered the bounty for killing the Kirin Beast? Including the Sea Beast and Sea God Horn Beetle Warrior rewards, the total is 6.85 billion? If you sold your insects of the Wave Tree Bay United Kingdom, it wouldn’t be enough, right?"

Dragon Cypress: "..."

You’re so formidable, and yet you can’t out-debate the Bicolor Mulberry?