Chapter 1745: Chapter 1745: The Black Ant Clan Is Alarmed
"A hundred!" After Yang Xiaotian killed the hundredth black ant, he stored its corpse in the Tribulation Dragon Ring.
At this moment, he arrived near one of the nests.
Yang Xiaotian carefully unleashed his divine soul power.
Under the cover of his divine soul power, he discovered a dense mass of black ants inside the nest—four to five hundred of them!
These four to five hundred black ants each had the strength of the Saint Tenth Layer, and the worker ant leader was at the Saint Tenth Layer Peak.
This nest was still a small one; if it were a large nest, the black ants would number in the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.
Watching the busy black ants inside the nest, Yang Xiaotian contemplated. If he were to act rashly, given his current strength, while he could completely kill these hundreds of black ants, it would definitely cause a strong power fluctuation.
At that time, black ants from surrounding nests would swarm out, making it not worth the risk.
After some thought, Yang Xiaotian decided to first set up a shielding array around the nest to completely isolate the nest space from the surrounding space before taking action.
Although it would take quite a bit of time, it was safer that way.
With that in mind, Yang Xiaotian began to condense array formation runes.
However, under the sea, condensing array formation runes was much more difficult due to the influence of seawater.
And while condensing array formation runes, it was also easy to cause spatial spiritual energy fluctuations, so Yang Xiaotian had to be very careful.
One by one, array formation runes were condensed under Yang Xiaotian’s careful efforts.
While condensing the array formation runes, he also had to pay attention to the surroundings.
The black ants of each major nest interacted with each other. If black ants from other nests came to this nest, he had to kill them; otherwise, these black ants would discover him condensing the array formation runes.
Before long, Yang Xiaotian had condensed over a hundred array formation runes.
However, to set up an array to isolate this nest space, at least a thousand array formation runes were needed.
As Yang Xiaotian was about to condense the two hundredth array formation rune, suddenly, a power fluctuation came from afar, and a Saint Tenth Layer Late-stage black ant flew in from a distance.
Yang Xiaotian hastily stopped condensing the array formation runes.
That black ant stopped nearby, looking puzzled.
Just as it showed a puzzled expression, suddenly, a sword light pierced through the air, instantly stabbing from below its head.
It reflexively tried to dodge, but it was a half-step too slow and was pierced through by the long sword.
After dealing with this black ant, Yang Xiaotian quickly stored its corpse in the Tribulation Dragon Ring.
Fortunately, he had already broken through to the Saint Third Layer. If he had just broken through the Saint First Layer, it would have been very difficult to silently take care of a Saint Tenth Layer Late-stage black ant.
Yang Xiaotian continued condensing array formation runes.
Quickly, he condensed five hundred runes.
Just then, another black ant flew toward this nest.
This black ant was even stronger, at the Saint Tenth Layer Peak. As it flew over, it looked around, seemingly searching for the black ant that Yang Xiaotian had dealt with earlier.
Seeing this, Yang Xiaotian had to stop again and hide. Once the black ant got close, he again struck with his sword, killing it in one strike!
After storing its corpse, Yang Xiaotian couldn’t help but speed up the condensation of array formation runes.
With these two black ants missing, more black ants would likely come to investigate.
There might even be Great Saint Realm black ants coming.
If a Great Saint Realm black ant came, it would be hard for him to silently handle it.
Therefore, before the Great Saint Realm black ant arrived, he needed to set up the formation, swiftly deal with the hundreds of black ants inside the nest, and then retreat.
Otherwise, the longer he stayed, the more dangerous it would become.
Finally, Yang Xiaotian condensed over nine hundred array formation runes.
Just as he was a few runes away from completing the formation, several black ants flew in from afar.
Though not Great Saints, these black ants were all at the Saint Tenth Layer Peak.
Seeing these approaching Saint Tenth Layer Peak black ants, Yang Xiaotian’s heart sank.
While he could handle these black ants, it would absolutely cause power fluctuations.
This would definitely alert the hundreds of black ants inside the nest.
"Master Ding, any ideas?" Yang Xiaotian asked.
"I’ll handle two, and you take care of the other two," Master Ding pondered, then soared through the air, instantly enveloping the other two black ants.
When Yang Xiaotian struck with his sword, he saw Master Ding’s cauldron rotate, and terrifying devouring power instantly engulfed the two black ants into the cauldron.
What surprised Yang Xiaotian was that Master Ding’s terrifying devouring power did not cause any fluctuation in the seawater.
Yang Xiaotian’s Hell Sword and Chaos Demon Sword pierced into the other two black ants, taking away their bodies.
"My devouring power won’t cause any power fluctuation within a small range," Master Ding said.
So, if a large number of black ants come, Master Ding would also be powerless.
Unless Master Ding went on a killing spree.
But then, Yang Xiaotian would be facing the entire Black Ant Clan.
Yang Xiaotian sped up his rune condensation.
Finally, a thousand array formation runes were condensed, and the grand array was successfully set up.
However, just as Yang Xiaotian was about to enter the nest to reap the rewards, suddenly, battle cries erupted in the distance, power surged violently. Yang Xiaotian’s face darkened, evidently disciples had alerted the black ants and startled a large group of them. More than one disciple had been discovered, otherwise, there wouldn’t be such violent power.
And to Yang Xiaotian’s dismay, these disciples were fleeing towards him! Behind the disciples, a dense swarm of black ants pursued!
Tens of thousands of them!
Yang Xiaotian felt like cursing!
He took a deep breath and dashed directly into the nest, not caring about anything else. He activated his thirteen Defying Heaven Holy Body, summoned his two Divine Avatars, and even brought out the Hundred Thousand Circles Sacred Wheel.
Dual swords merged.
No, six swords merged.
Yang Xiaotian and his two Divine Avatars simultaneously unleashed the Sword Path Defying Heaven Top Tier Holy Technique.
Instantly, Sword Dragons roared, starlight filled the sky, a sea of flowers bloomed.
Sword Dragons, starlight, and flower seas enveloped the hundreds of black ants in the nest.
The hundreds of black ants carrying lower grade Dao Holy Stones had no time to react, wrapped by the starlight, flower seas, and Sword Dragons.
When the starlight faded, flower seas descended, and Sword Dragons shattered the nest.
The hundreds of black ants all fell to the ground.
Yang Xiaotian collected the bodies of hundreds of black ants, and all the lower grade Dao Holy Stones on the ground, all in one go. As for the lower grade Dao Holy Stones and other things stacked deeper in the nest, he didn’t need them anymore; he directly dismantled the array and escaped with the Chaos Five Elements Escaping Technique.
Just after Yang Xiaotian left, he heard the furious, frantic shrieks of black ants behind him, clearly they discovered the disappearance of the black ants inside the nest.
Yang Xiaotian didn’t linger, he continued to use the Chaos Five Elements Escaping Technique to fly forward, searching for the next nest.
However, having already alarmed the Black Ant Clan, it was increasingly difficult for Yang Xiaotian to eliminate another nest.
Sure enough, a batch after batch of black ants continued to pour out of the nests, causing the entire Sea of Black Ants to boil up.
At this time, the members of Nine Sha Hall also arrived outside the Sea of Black Ants.