A slender figure slowly approached.
Su Luo moved through the blood ants, not only unmolested but also being escorted forward by them. She was like the queen of the blood ants, walking with an isolated pride through the bloody, chaotic valley, serene as a gentle breeze, untouched by the grime.
"It's you, it's you again, Su Luo!!!"
Shui Qingyue stared, her eyes filled with hatred. She finally understood, screaming with all her might, "You wretch! You can control my blood ants! How did you do it? Tell me!"
Shangguan Hanyu's calf was gnawed to bloody pulp, and he couldn't believe it. "How can she?"
Su Luo could actually control the blood ants!
Looking at the flustered and shocked woman in white, Su Luo said coldly, "Shui Qingyue, do you surrender?"
"You want to defeat this Saintess? Delusional! The blood ants are my demonic pets, how could they be controlled by you?" Shui Qingyue shrieked in anger, refusing to believe it.
Last time, Su Luo had snatched away her giant army, and now she was coming to snatch her blood ant army!
How hateful!
Shui Qingyue trembled with anger and ordered the Queen Ant to immediately gather the blood ants and kill these 'rebellious' ones.
Although the Queen Ant was extremely reluctant, bound by the demonic pet contract, it had to obey Shui Qingyue's command and issued new instructions to its offspring.
Soon, some blood ants not controlled by Su Luo began to counterattack.
Blood ant fought blood ant, tearing at each other fiercely.
But the blood ants controlled by Su Luo were, after all, the same kind as the others. As long as they did not actively attack, the other blood ants had no way of knowing who their opponents were. By the time they were attacked, it was too late, and a large number were quickly bitten to death.
"So this is the method Junior Sister mentioned!"
Chu Tianshu watched the self-destruction of the blood ant army with amazement. "Junior Sister isn't a beast tamer, but she can control so many blood ants. She's too powerful."
Tang Xiaoguo was no longer afraid, her small face flushed, her eyes filled with adoration for Su Luo.
As expected of Sister Su, she can always find a way out of any danger!
If it were her, she would have been bitten to death long ago.
Wen Daier stood beside Chu Tianshu, a gleam in her eyes. It seemed that Sister Su Luo was truly strong. Even though she didn't know how she did it, even she would only be able to flee when facing these blood ants. Could she be a beast tamer?
She, ranked second on the Prodigy Ranking, had truly convinced her this time.
"Fortunately... fortunately! That was terrifying!"
You Lanzhi hid behind Wen Daier, clutching the only defensive sacred artifact he had, almost using it.
This sacred artifact was the reward he received for curing the emperor of a second-rate country, and it was his most precious sacred artifact. If it weren't for the fact that its uses diminished with each activation, and he wouldn't use it unless absolutely necessary, he might have wasted it long ago.
Rustling sounds, the sounds of blood ants gnawing and devouring, were incredibly eerie.
The dense blood ants in the entire valley were fighting in a frenzy, and the ground was littered with the corpses of blood ants. Eighty percent of the Seven Star Sect disciples who hadn't escaped were dead, and the remaining ones were barely clinging to life, like a living hell.
Shui Qingyue's heart turned to ice.
Although a large number of the rebellious blood ants had died, there were even fewer blood ants guarding her. If the slaughter continued, her precious blood ants would soon be gone.
Suddenly, the Queen Ant beneath her feet shuddered and stopped moving.
Shui Qingyue immediately sensed that something was wrong!
Even though she was standing on the Queen Ant, it had no life force, remained motionless, as if dead, no longer laying eggs or obeying commands. The blood ants protecting her also dwindled one by one, and more turned to attack her and Shangguan Hanyu. She finally panicked.
"Stop, stop!" Shui Qingyue screamed, her face pale.
"I'll ask you one last time, do you surrender?" Su Luo said coldly.
No one noticed, her face was a little pale.
Controlling thousands of blood ants was not an easy task.
Su Luo divided her consciousness into wisps. Even though controlling one blood ant only required a little, there were too many blood ants. She had used up nearly four-fifths of her consciousness to achieve a semblance of success.
Finally, activating the God Sealing Art to seal the Queen Ant further drained her immensely!
Su Luo struggled to hold on, not letting Shui Qingyue and Shangguan Hanyu see it.
Shui Qingyue's entire body felt cold.
Her blood ant army had been controlled by Su Luo again!
Why, was Su Luo her nemesis, someone specifically meant to counter her?
"No, I am not reconciled! Clearly, they are my demonic pets, why are they controlled by you... Su Luo, what sorcery did you use!" Shui Qingyue screamed hysterically, her face contorted, her beautiful features like those of a malevolent ghost.
Su Luo couldn't even be bothered to speak. With a thought, the last few hundred blood ants climbed onto the Queen Ant's body and advanced towards Shui Qingyue.
Rustle, rustle...
The sound of blood ants crawling, their synchronized movements, their opening and closing mandibles.厉天绝 and the others watched with solemn expressions.
Yet, they were also filled with relief.
This was Su Luo, their beloved Junior Sister.
No matter how difficult or tricky the problem, she could always find a way to solve it. Even the blood ants, feared by everyone, could be controlled by her with utmost obedience and docility.
Shangguan Hanyu was terrified. Seeing a large swarm of blood ants about to crawl towards him, his legs trembled, and he immediately knelt down.
"No, spare my life!"
All dignity and pride were discarded as he kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Su Luo... no, Your Excellency, Su Luo Your Excellency! Spare me, I was wrong! I am a scoundrel, I was ungrateful and provoked you, Your Excellency, time and again, but I truly know my mistake this time..."
No one had expected Shangguan Hanyu, who had been so arrogant earlier, to beg for mercy so readily.
As he kowtowed, he also slapped himself,
"Your Excellency Su Luo, in fact, we don't have any deep enmity. They forced me to do it, I didn't want to!"
Shangguan Hanyu cried profusely, kneeling on the ground and pleading. Seeing that Su Luo was unmoved, he slapped himself repeatedly, as if he truly repented and was willing to mend his ways.
Su Luo's lips curved into a smile. "I can spare your life."
Shangguan Hanyu was overjoyed, but then he heard her say, "As long as you can deal with these blood ants, I will let you go."
As soon as she finished speaking, the remaining few hundred blood ants swarmed towards him.
"Ah! No, no!"
Shangguan Hanyu quickly got up and scrambled a few steps away, but he couldn't shake off the blood ant army. He could only turn and fight desperately.
Shui Qingyue collapsed on the Queen Ant, her face ashen.
She was doomed...
Just then, Su Luo's body trembled, her head throbbed with excruciating pain, pushing her to the brink of collapse.
Her consciousness was severely depleted. Her vision went black, and she was about to fall.
"Su Luo, what's wrong?"
Suddenly, Li Tianjue's anxious voice echoed in her ears. At the crucial moment, he caught her.
Su Luo felt a wave of relief. Using her last ounce of strength, she said, "Big... Senior Brother, don't... don't let Shui Qingyue go... Kill her!" Her body went limp, and she fainted into Li Tianjue's arms.