Chapter 744 - 301: Battle of the Ancestral Land

The so-called bloodline secret art of the Earth Ant Race is named the Resentment Covering Technique.

Years ago, when the Earth Ant Race defeated the Dai Land Human Race, this bloodline secret art played a significant role.

Whenever the Human Race kills an Earth Ant, especially an Earth Ant with mystical sheep horns, the dead Earth Ant will transform into a wisp of ’resentment’ and attach itself around the humans.

In subsequent battles, when the Earth Ant Martial Artists activate this secret art, they would stir up the ’resentment’ of previously slain Earth Ant Race members, affecting the actions of the Human Race.

Although this secret art sometimes fails, and has no effect on humans with strong vitality,

many Human Martial Artists are still affected, and in life-and-death battles, even a minor influence can determine victory or defeat.

Aside from this bloodline secret art, the Earth Ant Race also has innate advantages over the Human Race with their robust physique, and the inherited witchcraft on the four sheep horns.

It can be said that within the same realm, one Earth Ant can match ten humans.

Not to mention, regardless of age or gender, the entire Earth Ant Race can go to war, making the whole race warriors.

Yet, what once suppressed the Human Race and destroyed their various foundations ages ago, can hardly be exhibited today.

How could this not cause the Ancestor Earth Ant to roar repeatedly?

"All these years, you’ve lived on the backs of humans!"

During the time they annihilated the various Dai Land Human Tribes, the entire Earth Ant populace was merely a few million, but after thousands of years of development, the Earth Ant Race’s population has exceeded sixty million.

Though it seems like just a tenfold increase over thousands of years, the reproduction rate of the Earth Ant Race is far less than that of the Human Race.

Across the Great Wilderness, the reproduction capability of humans is among the top ranks of all races, like wild grass that can grow anywhere given a patch of land.

Of course, after the Blazing Flame Alliance’s northern expedition, the Earth Ants no longer have such a large population.

Approximately thirty million Earth Ants can still gather at the Ancestral Land, including five hundred thirty-seven Tier Four Earth Ants.

Amid the yellow dust, the vast body of the Ancestor Earth Ant rises, looking at this group of descendants, angrily berating, "What are you all dawdling for? Prepare for battle!"

The Earth Ants, lying on the ground, scrambled back to their respective tribes.

Upon learning that the Human Race was advancing, they all retreated with their clans to the Ancestral Land.

It wasn’t out of cowardice on their part; rather, the invading Human Race was too formidable.

Completely different from the Dai Land Human Race they suppressed thousands of years ago.

This kind of warfare was unheard of.

The once-weak Human Race, armed with powerful witch artifacts, overturned one branch tribe after another, leaving no effective resistance in response.

When charging at the main formation of the Human War Soldiers, they would be met with a rain of dense fireballs before reaching their target.

The bombardment coupled with explosions seemed like instantaneous divine techniques added with witchcraft.

It simply didn’t adhere to the witch’s ethics.

To know the inherited witchcraft on the Earth Ants’ sheep horns also requires some time for activation.

Under such circumstances, the strongest physique of the Earth Ants proved useless, unable to get close to the humans.

By the time the explosive arrows and fireballs running out, the Human Race’s blows had already scattered the tribesmen.

The human war chariots rolled through, and the Heavy Armor Martial Artists swung their swords, slicing through the prideful scales of the Earth Ants with a single slash.

Chanting an incantation amid five hundred plus Tier Four Earth Ants, the Ancestor Earth Ant stirred the dust, enveloping the area completely.

This was an underground cave, extending thousands of meters deep.

At the bottom of the cave, a landscape of yellow, crystalline soil flowed like fine sand.

The Ancestor Earth Ant descended onto the fine soil and began devouring it in large gulps.

Since the Source Power north and south of the Giant Mountain Range diminished, it was this Yellow Spirit Yao Soil that kept its blood energy stable.

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Rumble!

Centered on the Earth Cave where the Ancestor Earth Ant resided, countless pagodas and halls were constructed all around, originally the homes of the Earth Ant Race.

At this moment, furious Earth Ants traversed these areas, smashing the pagodas and halls into ruin, with most of the Ant Slaves formerly serving within buried in the debris, and few lucky enough to dodge the Earth Ants’ slaughter.

After venting their anger on the Ant Slaves, the shattered debris was swept by a fierce wind, scattering silk, hemp cloth, copperware, wine cups, copper cauldrons, and other Human Race commonly used items.

Also, there were some exquisite and beautiful ’brocades’, embroidered with figures of Earth Ants, evidently garments draped over the Earth Ants themselves.

Now, these past enjoyed items were unusable to the Earth Ants.

In fury, the Earth Ants crushed these possessions, all offerings from the Human Ant Slaves.

In the past, since birth, the Earth Ants were served by Ant Slaves, provided with food, living leisurely days.

In their eyes, Ant Slaves were like ants, easily crushed, usable, edible, and playful.

"Weak ants, if you dare to resist, your weak bodies are meant to be food."

In a corner of the Ancestral Land, thousands of Earth Ants charged into a group of Ant Slaves, the robust bodies smashing Ant Slaves to pieces.

Then, their sheep horns raised like scimitars, slicing through the Ant Slaves’ bodies, as blood splattered and was gulped down by the Earth Ants.

"They should have been devoured entirely back then!"

"Eat these weak creatures."

Soon, the events in this area began to spread to various parts of the Ancestral Land.

In the Earth Ant Ancestral Land, naturally, there were plenty of Ant Slaves, not to mention each Earth Ant branch carried a number of Ant Slaves when retreating to the Ancestral Land.

Currently, the number of Ant Slaves amassed in the Earth Ant Ancestral Land approached ten million.

Originally serving the Earth Ants, most Ant Slaves couldn’t react as the Earth Ants suddenly bared their fangs towards them.