Douluo: Evolution from the Human-Faced Demon Spider

Chapter 9 Fire Ants

In a short while, hundreds of fire ants gathered around Fang Chang.

The one with the highest soul power among them is only sixty or seventy years old, and the one with the lowest soul power is only a few years old. But when such a large number of them gather together, it is enough to give ordinary thousand-year-old soul beasts a headache.

Fang Chang's scalp was tingling. His spider legs had not yet fully grown and he was trapped in this mud pit, unable to move. He could only watch these little guys crawl out of the cave one by one.

When the number of fire ants reached a certain number, they moved again under Fang Chang's nervous gaze.

More than a hundred fire ants were divided into three rows, and one after another, as if following some predetermined route, they were scrambling towards Fang Chang.

Fang Changqiang cheered himself up and roared at them, but these fire ants seemed to have no organs to receive sound. They completely ignored his threats and just continued to crawl towards him.

Soon, the leading few fire ants crawled under Fang Chang and stretched out the antennae on their heads to sweep over Fang Chang's body.

After confirming that it was a living creature that could be eaten, they no longer held back and clamped Fang Chang with their sturdy jaws that were as long as the upper half of their bodies.

The "tat, tat" sound is like the sound of a child holding a stone in each hand and hitting each other.

The jaws of the fire ants looked intimidating, but they were too weak and Fang Chang's armor was too strong. No matter how hard they tried, they could not leave even a trace on Fang Chang.

There were a few fire ants that refused to believe it and used all their strength, but in the end they only broke their own jaws.

Are you kidding? Even Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer can’t break Fang Chang’s defense. How can a few low-level soul beasts whose soul power is no more than a few decades old... Wait, what are you doing!
Seeing that their jaws were useless, these fire ants began to spit out a deep red secretion towards Fang Chang's body.

When these secretions fell on Fang Chang, white smoke immediately rose up, and even the dark armor covering his body was burned red.

The reason why these little guys are called fire ants is because they can secrete this high-temperature secretion in their bodies, the temperature of which can even reach eight or nine hundred degrees.

"Hiss" Fang Chang felt a burning pain wherever the secretions touched his body, and he could even smell a smell like burnt meat coming from under his armor.

He quickly stretched out the few spider legs that were still able to swing and swung at the fire ants, trying to repel them.

But those fire ants were no pushovers. Even if they were swept away by Fang Chang's spider legs, they would soon crawl back and continue to spit secretions at him.

Not only that, some fire ants specifically chose places that Fang's long spider legs couldn't reach, crawled along his body, climbed onto his back, or drilled under him.

The attack was still going on. As more and more fire ants came to Fang Chang's side, he became even more exhausted despite his already weak condition.

The high-temperature secretions spewed out by the fire ants fell on him from all directions and angles, constantly burning the dark armor covering his body.

The high temperature penetrated through the armor and burned Fang Chang's flesh and blood underneath it, causing his HP, which had already recovered a lot, to start decreasing again.

Under the dual effects of severe pain and weakness, Fang Chang's resistance gradually became powerless, and even the few movable spider legs were occupied by the fire ants.

They climbed up along the spider legs whose swinging amplitude was getting smaller and smaller, spitting secretions onto the spider legs as they climbed.

In a cave not far away, fire ants were still coming out continuously.

Fang Chang's body was almost completely covered with fire ants, and his armor was covered with red burnt spots.

He could no longer bear it, so he shook his body violently, shaking off some of the fire ants crawling on his back. Then he turned around and spit out a "poison web" at them.

The poisonous web enveloped about twenty or thirty fire ants, fixing them firmly to the ground, and the venom attached to the edge of the spider silk also took effect at this time.

The sound of "Puff Puff" came from under the poison net. The fire ants covered by the poison net were actually corroded by Fang Chang's poison. Soon, only corpses were left on the ground.

But the remaining fire ants made a slight adjustment and then climbed onto Fang Chang's back again without hesitation.

In a hurry, Minister Fang spit out two more "poison nets" in succession.

This time the fire ants had learned their lesson. They moved their positions further away from each other. In addition, Fang Chang's current posture allowed him to attack at a limited angle, so the effects of the last two poison webs were far less than the first one.

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Although the damage caused by the fire ants to Fang Chang was not high, as their numbers increased, Fang Chang's HP value was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this rate, he would probably be burned to death by these annoying little guys in ten minutes or so.

Who would have thought that Fang Chang, a hero all his life, did not die at the hands of Tang San, nor at the hands of the Titan Giant Ape, but would eventually be killed by the mouth of this tiny Fiery Ant!

The fire ants became more and more courageous. Two of them even crawled to Fang Chang's mouth and tried to climb up by grabbing his lips.

Can this be tolerated?

Without saying a word, Fang Chang activated the "devouring" skill and swallowed the two unfortunate fire ants alive in one gulp.

The two fire ants turned into a warm current in Fang Chang's stomach, moistening his body that had not eaten for a long time, and making him feel a little more comfortable.

As the space left on Fang Chang's body became smaller, the fire ants that came later crawled to Fang Chang's front more and more frequently, trying to attack his head.

Fang Changxin became ruthless and decided that even if he died here today, he would take a few more fire ants with him.

As he thought of this, a suction force burst out from his mouth, sucking all the nearest fire ants into his mouth and starting to chew them in big mouthfuls.

『Gain the additional skill "Fire Resistance"』

Fang Chang, who was devouring the fire ants, was stunned for a moment when he saw the light screen that suddenly popped up in front of him, and burst into laughter in his heart.

Fire Resistance: Enhances the body's resistance to heat, greatly reducing the damage caused to oneself by fire attacks.

With the acquisition of this skill, Fang Chang felt that the burned parts of his body instantly felt much more relieved. Although it was still a little stinging, it was much better than before.

But even so, Fang Chang's HP value is still decreasing. Although the rate of decrease has slowed down a lot, it is still faster than the recovery effect brought by "Regeneration Power LV.1".

If this continues, he will probably die here...

After eating these fire ants, Fang Chang's strength recovered a little, and he tried to move the remaining spider legs.

But this time he no longer shook off the fire ants near the spider's legs, but tried to pull them to his mouth.

After several attempts, Fang Chang finally used one spider leg to send a dozen fire ants over, and decisively activated the "devouring" skill.

After these dozen fire ants were eaten, a flash of light appeared in Fang Chang's eyes again.

The 'Fire Resistance' skill is upgraded, granting the 'Low Level Fire Immunity' skill.

Low-level fire immunity: Ignore the damage caused to oneself by low-level fire attribute attacks and survive in a certain high temperature environment.

(End of this chapter)