Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

Suddenly, Yu Luoning and Qin Ranqiu were swept into a dark and deep nest.

When she opened her eyes again, it was pitch black all around. She took out a lighting crystal from her storage bag.

Only then did she see her surroundings clearly.

The cave walls were covered with the queen ant's sticky secretions, which kept dripping down, looking extremely disgusting.

And on the throne at the deepest part of the throne sat a huge queen ant, as big as a small hill.

It exudes a chilling aura.

The queen ant's body is almost translucent, and it appears particularly swollen from the middle of her abdomen to her tail.

That's why you can see the countless white insect eggs wriggling inside its body.

Yu Luoning felt a chill run down her spine, and goosebumps rose all over her body.

At this moment, Qin Ranqiu beside him slowly woke up, her face pale.

The mortal body trembled uncontrollably under the immense demonic power.

Even so, she didn't utter a sound, but slowly propped herself up by supporting herself on the ground.

"Eat this."

Qin Qiuran looked at the slender, fair hands in front of her.

A fragrant pill lay in the other person's palm.

She looked over, and Yu Luoning whispered, "Eating this can heal your injuries. You just fell from such a height, you're probably injured and can't walk."

"Thank you..."

Qin Ranqiu came to her senses and, without any unnecessary words or excuses, put the pill in her mouth and swallowed it along with the blood foam in her mouth.

This unexpected turn of events initially frightened her, but she quickly calmed down.

She knew very well that she was a mortal without any cultivation, and staying here would most likely mean certain death.

But looking at Yu Luoning, who was calmly dealing with the situation, a resolute glint flashed in her eyes.

She wanted to survive and absolutely did not want to become a burden to the other person.

But what can we do right now?

A sense of powerlessness spread through Qin Ranqiu's heart.

Why is God so unfair? Why doesn't she have a spiritual aperture?

Meanwhile, the queen ant on her high seat was staring at them with two eerie eyes.

It is in the reproductive stage, very weak, and in dire need of a large amount of spiritual power and energy.

A hush fell over the air.

The next moment, Yu Luoning watched as the queen ant slowly opened her mouth.

Its two broad mouthparts extend to the sides, with a thick, extremely long mouthpart protruding from the middle, which, like a straw, can be bent in a bizarre way.

Holy crap, what a long straw!

This scene reminded Yu Luoning of childhood trauma.

In one movie, the male protagonist was blown in the head by an alien creature's mouthparts and had his brain drained.

The atmosphere inside the nest was extremely tense.

Qin Ranqiu clenched her fists tightly, her breathing almost stopping.

Yu Luoning's palms were also sweating.

She glanced at Qin Ranqiu beside her, then suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you."

At this moment, the terrifying mandibles stood upright in the air, hovering above the two people's heads.

Just as the sharp mouthparts were about to pierce Qin Ranqiu's head, Yu Luoning suddenly stood in front of Qin Ranqiu.

She shouted angrily, "You beast, come here!"

The queen ant on top paused, its eerie light locking onto the woman before it.

Undeterred, Yu Luoning continued her provocation: "She's just a mortal, without a trace of spiritual power. What's so great about her? If you want to absorb something, absorb mine. I have spiritual roots, and my taste is definitely a hundred times better than hers."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ranqiu's pupils contracted sharply, a wave of shock washing over her.

In the cultivation world, the lives of mortals are as worthless as grass, and what cultivators value most is their spiritual root cultivation.

The woman before her was actually trying to save her, a mere mortal she had only met a few times?

Even if they remembered their husbands' kindness, they wouldn't go to such lengths.

At this moment, Yu Luoning slowly moved her feet.

The wide gauze skirt perfectly covered most of Qin Ranqiu's body.

She held one hand down in front of her, pointing at the queen ant to attract attention.

One hand was behind his back, already forming a hand seal.

A hidden spell instantly landed beneath Qin Ranqiu.

In the half-breath of time the queen ant was distracted by Yu Luoning's provocation.

Space distorted, and Qin Ranqiu's figure disappeared from the spot, teleported directly to a place less than a few dozen meters away from where the airship landed.

Hey.

A buzzing sound suddenly appeared in the air, accompanied by powerful demonic energy.

The queen ant realized she had been tricked and instantly flew into a rage.

Without the slightest hesitation, the mouthparts hovering above Yu Luoning's head stabbed fiercely towards Yu Luoning's head.

"The puppet has appeared!"

Yu Luoning gave a soft shout, and the substitute puppet was instantly activated to its maximum potential.

The two instantly switched places.

The sharp mouthparts plunged violently into the brain of a puppet that looked exactly like her.

The puppet was instantly pierced and disappeared into the air.

Yu Luoning immediately used the Sky-Crossing Technique, preparing to escape through the air.

The next second, countless whooshing sounds rang out, and a swarm of black worker ants rushed into the deep cave entrance at an extremely fast speed.

They formed a storm, changing shape in the air, and crashed head-on into the entrance to the void.

To avoid this near-suicidal impact.

Left with no other choice, Yu Luoning abruptly stopped the spell, leaped backward, and crashed to the ground.

The queen ant on the throne was utterly enraged, and she spread out six transparent wings as thin as cicada wings on her back.

Its wings vibrated wildly, buzzing and humming, and then another ear-piercing buzzing sound echoed out.

This time, the sound was extremely penetrating, relentlessly attacking Yu Luoning's sea of ​​consciousness.

She covered her ears tightly, feeling a wave of dizziness.

Damn, I don't usually use psychological attacks like that.

Under the shock of this sonic boom, even the most powerful teleportation technique could not condense even a trace of it.

If there is no way to retreat, then there is no need to retreat any further.

Since we can't escape, let's kill them all.

Yu Luoning's eyes widened in surprise. He endured the excruciating pain in his mind and spread his arms, unleashing a wave of fire radiating terrifying heat from his body.

That was no ordinary fire; it was the Primordial Phoenix True Fire, imbued with a sacred and ancient aura.

At the same time, a phoenix phantom materialized behind Yu Luoning.

The phoenix looked up to the sky and let out a long cry.

The swarm of flying ants that gathered in the air as a black mist didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly burned to a crisp.

The bloodline of the First Phoenix is ​​the supreme ancestor of all feathered birds in the world.

Although the queen ant is not a bird, birds are the nemesis of flying ants.

Taking advantage of the moment when the queen ant was unable to move.

Yu Luoning mobilized all her spiritual power and rushed towards the seated ant queen.

All the treasures attacked together: the Immortal Binding Rope, the Thunder Explosion Talisman, the Nirvana Fire... and the True Fire carried by the First Phoenix behind her.

The next moment, the queen ant let out a desperate cry.

Its enormous, transparent body melted rapidly under the scorching heat of the real fire, along with the tens of thousands of white insect eggs inside its abdomen.

A moment later, a fist-sized crystal, radiating a faint emerald light, floated in mid-air.

Yu Luoning stared at the treasure that was slowly drifting down.

Startled, he quickly gathered his divine sense and contacted the rat in the spatial jade bracelet.

The mouse is well-read and knowledgeable.

Sure enough, after sensing the aura of the crystal, the mouse jumped up in surprise.

"Master, quickly absorb it! This is a truly rare and precious treasure!"

Yu Luoning asked, "Are these black flying ants really that powerful?"

The mouse said excitedly, "Master, you don't know this. Ordinary ant queens, let alone condensing crystals, can hardly even form a soul core."

This queen ant is simply incredible; she has actually fused with a fragment of the Myriad Souls lost from the ancient Beast Taming Battlefield. Once she completely refines this fragment, she will evolve into the ancient ferocious beast, the Sky-Devouring Ant.

Upon hearing this, Yu Luoning was overjoyed.

If she's not the main character, then who is? She managed to snag such a great opportunity.

Without further hesitation, she reached out and grabbed the Myriad Ant Soul Crystal, absorbing it without a second thought.

The crystal transformed into a faint green light and flew deep into her sea of ​​consciousness.

The depths of the sea of ​​consciousness are where cultivators store their spiritual treasures and primordial spirit roots.

At this moment, the divine crystal was bouncing around deep within her sea of ​​consciousness, clearly unwilling to stay there.

Yu Luoning didn't care whether it wanted to or not; she immediately sat down and began to forcibly refine it.

After an unknown amount of time, a refreshing energy emanated from his sea of ​​consciousness.

At the same time, an indescribable force of control erupted from within him.

She closed her eyes, and the entire underground black ant nest was clearly visible, as if a holographic projection had appeared in her mind.

The underground passages are densely packed and crisscross for hundreds of miles.

Every branch of the cave is filled with countless flying ants!

Holy crap! She actually wandered into an ant nest?!

What shocked Yu Luoning even more was that, with just a thought, the hundreds of thousands of flying ants obediently lowered their bodies.

Her life or death hung in the balance.

Yu Luoning tried it out; she gave one of the flying ants a command to self-destruct.

Surprisingly, the silly flying ant obediently did as instructed.

With a soft splatter.

A splash of green liquid erupted.

Forehead!

One of my underlings is dead!

Hehe, it's okay, she still has 100,000 more.