Chapter 1364 - 1161: Ulterior Motives
Chapter 1364 - 1161: Ulterior Motives
Under the leadership of Yue Na, Duan Gujin and others quickly arrived at the territory of the Feather Formation Clan.Along the way, they saw the territory of the Feather Formation Clan swarming with Iron Poison Giant Ants.
"Haha, great, their territory is being attacked by the Iron Poison Giant Ants!"
Lady Jiao said gloatingly.
"This was bound to happen sooner or later!"
Bear Boss said indifferently.
"The Feather Formation Clan thought they could rely on the volcano to protect themselves, but with this astonishing number of Iron Poison Giant Ants, I don't think they can hold on for long!"
Yue Na sneered, eager to see the Feather Formation Clan face hardship.
"That would be for the best. I think the Feather Formation Clan needs to experience suffering to understand the terror of the Iron Poison Giant Ants!"
Duan Gujin chuckled and said.
"Yes, only after suffering hardship will they agree to cooperate with us!"
Bear Boss agreed.
Along the road, they saw many of the Feather Formation Clan's Arrays destroyed.
On the grounds of those destroyed arrays lay numerous White Bones.
From those White Bones, Duan Gujin deduced that their owners must have died recently, their bodies devoured by the Iron Poison Giant Ants, leaving behind mere piles of White Bone.
Soon after, Duan Gujin and the others saw the camp of the Feather Formation Clan.
However, they witnessed the Iron Poison Giant Ants charging into the Feather Formation Clan's camp in a violent rampage.
"What a brutal battle!"
Many living creatures present sighed, watching as any Feather Formation Clan member who fell to the ground inevitably became a meal for the Iron Poison Giant Ants, eventually turning into a pile of White Bone.
Seeing this scene, Bear Boss and Lady Jiao sighed simultaneously.
Previously, when their clan members fought against the Iron Poison Giant Ants, their fallen bodies ended in the same state, ultimately becoming piles of White Bone.
They also heard loud explosion sounds coming intermittently from the front, and immediately turned to look in the direction of the noise.
Soon, they understood why intense explosion sounds were erupting ahead.
The Iron Poison Giant Ants had triggered the arrays set up by the Feather Formation Clan, causing violent explosions.
The explosion power of the Feather Formation Clan's Arrays was astonishing, and after an explosion, the bodies of the Iron Poison Giant Ants caught within were blown beyond recognition.
Despite the astonishing power of the Feather Formation Clan's Defensive Magic Arrays, the sheer number of the Iron Poison Giant Ants was overwhelming; they surged forward like a tide. No matter how many Defensive Magic Arrays the Feather Formation Clan set up, they weren't limitless.
From yesterday till now, the Iron Poison Giant Ants had been launching relentless and fierce attacks on their camp.
Even though the Feather Formation Clan deployed at least ten thousand Defensive Magic Arrays around their camp, they still couldn't withstand the overwhelming surge of the Iron Poison Giant Ants.
The Defensive Magic Arrays set up by the Feather Formation Clan could typically kill about twenty enemies that entered one Array. Ten thousand Defensive Magic Arrays were enough to kill more than two hundred thousand enemies.
Originally, the Feather Formation Clan's Defensive Magic Arrays were meant to repel joint attacks from the other Three Great Tribes.
The Feather Formation Clan knew that the combined numbers of the other Three Great Tribes added up to only seventy to eighty thousand people, so they saw no need to increase their Defensive Magic Arrays further.
Moreover, the more Defensive Magic Arrays the Feather Formation Clan set up, the more Energy Baryte they needed to consume daily.
The Energy Baryte used by the Feather Formation Clan to maintain the functioning of their Defensive Magic Arrays was not infinite, as they had been arduously gathered from near the Volcano at great cost.
Now, with the Iron Poison Giant Ants continually assaulting their Defensive Magic Arrays in tidal waves, causing constant erosion.
In less than a day, their Defensive Magic Arrays were completely depleted.
Even though the Iron Poison Giant Ants suffered heavy casualties, losing at least over a hundred thousand ants, such losses were trivial to them.
It was only after all their Defensive Magic Arrays were destroyed that the Feather Formation Clan realized the grave nature of the situation. They originally thought they could hold out for a long time, never expecting that their seemingly unassailable Defensive Magic Arrays would eventually crumble with a single blow.
Kasa looked at his thoroughly destroyed camp, feeling so dejected he almost spat old blood.
In his view, although the Iron Poison Giant Ants were terrifying, they were merely ants and presumably not very intelligent.
If the Iron Poison Giant Ants were indeed smart, they should have attacked earlier.
Previously, they were all blocked by the dense fog in the misty region.
Therefore, Kasa felt they must fear the Arrays.
As long as he could set up Arrays similar to those in the misty region, he could block the Iron Poison Giant Ants outside.
However, the subsequent development caught him completely off guard.
The Iron Poison Giant Ants continued attacking his Defensive Magic Arrays, and in just one day and night, all the Arrays he set up were destroyed.
Once the Defensive Magic Arrays were all destroyed, the Iron Poison Giant Ants pressed on, ransacking his camp leading to severe losses.
In this battle, he suffered a major defeat.
For him, the loss of some clan members and materials was minor.
In his heart, he now feels he has completely lost the barrier of the Array.
The Feather Formation Clan is most skilled at setting up arrays, which is their most prideful achievement.
And now, seeing their most prideful achievement being so easily broken, the sadness in their hearts is imaginable.
Some clan members of the Feather Formation Clan quickly discovered Duan Gujin and others, flying over immediately to inquire.
Upon seeing the arriving clan leaders from the other Three Great Tribes, they quickly sent a signal to their Clan Leader Kasa.
After a while, Kasa flew over together with more than ten members of the Feather Formation Clan.
Upon seeing Yue Na, Bear Boss, and Lady Jiao, Kasa's expression slightly changed. He hurriedly descended, greeting politely, "My three friends, I'm so glad to see you!"
"Kasa, it seems your situation is quite dire! The three of us are here today just to tell you we've found the exit to escape this Small World. We want to take you and your clan members with us! There is a rule about the exit, it closes a day after it opens. Considering we are all living creatures here, we want to bring you along! If you choose not to leave, that is fine, but this place will be destroyed by a Destruction Array in twenty days, and you and your clan members will turn to ashes!"
Yue Na spoke indifferently.
Upon hearing Yue Na's words, Kasa's face drastically changed. He quickly asked, "Yue Na, are you speaking the truth, or are you deceiving me?"
"I have no need to deceive you. The Iron Poison Giant Ants outside can enter here due to the arrangements of the Ancient Dragon Emperor! Outside, an Ancient City has appeared, which was previously entirely invisible to us, but it now appears after the dense fog in the foggy area disappeared!"
Yue Na spoke calmly.
Upon hearing this, Kasa could no longer remain calm, realizing the urgent situation at hand.
Most of his clan members were prepared to flee the Volcano, fully understanding that once the Volcano got occupied by the Iron Poison Giant Ants, the Feather Formation Clan would lose its future.
And now, the Feather Formation Clan was close to extinction.
"Then what do you want us to do?"
Kasa's eyes flickered, eventually asking.
"Leave here with us; we need to enter the Ancient City, then use its Teleportation Gate to send us all out! I believe you need time to consider; you may think it over! However, we won't give you much time to decide."
Yue Na replied.
"Alright, I will immediately gather other elders, and we'll discuss for a while!"
Kasa hurriedly stated.
"I give you an hour. Once the time is up, we truly won't wait for you all!"
Yue Na said indifferently.
"Alright!"
Kasa nodded repeatedly.
Previously, if Yue Na had dared to speak to him like that, he certainly wouldn't have let it slide.
But now, the situation was different; his entire Feather Formation Clan had suffered heavy losses, and he knew if this continued, the entire Feather Formation Clan would be utterly doomed.
Soon, he returned to his camp to find the other elders.
The elders listened to Kasa's words, discussed for a while, and decided to trust Yue Na's words.
"We should leave with them; if we don't, we'll undoubtedly perish here. Those Iron Poison Giant Ants are truly formidable!"
Many elders lamented.
"I don't think they would deceive us. I visited Lady Jiao and Bear Boss's territories before and saw them decimated!"
Many elders had gone to assess Lady Jiao and Bear Boss's domains, finding them devastated and occupied by the Iron Poison Giant Ants, reduced to rubble.
They thought Bear Boss and Lady Jiao seemed to have run out of options, so they would definitely decide to leave with them.
Kasa's eyes glinted with malice, internally plotting, "If Yue Na deceives us, we'll occupy her Snow Mountain!"
With this thought, he devised a plan.
He immediately told the other elders he agreed to retreat, and after slight hesitation, all the elders agreed with his suggestion.
"Good, let it be decided; we will all retreat together!"
Kasa promptly prompted the elders to prepare the clan members for retreat and then, together with the elders, approached Yue Na and expressed their agreement to withdraw.
"Then it's settled!"
Yue Na doubted none of their sincerity, realizing under current dire circumstances, it was the only choice for the living creatures of the Four Great Tribes to leave.
The living creatures present felt overwhelmingly joyful; they could finally depart from there.
Duan Gujin furrowed his brow slightly; as the moment to truly bid farewell to this Small World arrived, a sudden realization struck him.
"What is the Ancient Dragon Emperor ultimately plotting?"
Yet, at this point, he realized even if the Ancient Dragon Emperor truly had ulterior motives, he was powerless to affect it.
"I hope the records on that Stele are indeed truthful!"
Duan Gujin exhaled a deep breath, carefully recalling the two Steles he had previously seen, believing they held no errors.
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