"Ant?" many of them said.

  "A magical beast?" Jian murmured, concerned.

  "What do we do now? What if there are more magical beasts here?" Feiyan asked.

  "We have to keep moving forward; we can't turn back now," Jian said.

  "But they're just ants. How dangerous can they be?" Yue asked.

  "The crystal coating on that thing was very tough; it was hard to break even with my ability."

  A worried expression appeared on everyone's face when Tristan said this.

  "The worst part is that normal ants live in rge groups. So there might be a lot more ants."

  "But even if there's an ant colony, if it's not in our path, we might have a chance," Tristan said with a shrug.

  "Well, first, we'd better worry about our scent."

  "Why?" Zhou Lan asked.

  Then Tristan remembered that ordinary people weren't as interested in insect biology as he was, so he paused and began to expin what he knew about ants.

  "Do you like studying insects?" Yue asked him with a raised eyebrow.

  "Uh, well, I guess I like learning about various subjects in my free time."

  Tristan turned to Zhou Lan.

  "Mr. Lan."

  "What is it?"

  "Can you remove the bandages from my arms for me?"

  "Are you healed already?" Lan asked with a bit of surprise in his voice.

  "Not completely, but I think I can at least move my arms now."

  Lan removed the bandages from his arms. Tristan stared at the horrific scars on his arms for a few seconds. Then he began to move his arms.

  'I still can't move my hands precisely, but my arm movements are good enough.'

  Tristan thought he should try to seek information about the crystal ants in his divine fragment when the opportunity arose.

  Eventually, the group members decided to throw dirt on their clothes in an attempt to mask their scent. Tristan doubted this would be very effective, but it was better than doing nothing.

  "Let's try to move as quietly as possible. Yue's enhanced hearing is our best chance to detect the enemy in advance," Yi Jian said, and everyone agreed.

  Yue felt a bit uncomfortable with the pressure of the task she had to perform, but she tried not to show it and kept a confident expression on her face.

  She detected more noises a few times, but none seemed close to them.

  At one point, she started to walk more slowly, and a worried expression appeared on her childlike face.

  "I think something is approaching us! And it doesn't seem to be just one thing."

  "What should we do? Run?" Feiyan asked nervously.

  "Does it sound like many ants?" Jian asked.

  Yue focused for a moment, and then she said, "I don't think it's many." She couldn't give a more precise answer than that.

  "If they've detected us, I think it's too te to run," Tristan said.

  "We might have a chance to defeat them. Dusk managed to kill one by himself. If there are only a few, we can handle it," Jian said, trying to sound confident.

  "Where's the noise coming from?" Tristan asked Yue.

  She pointed out the locations to him with her finger.

  Tristan and Jian approached the holes Yue had pointed out while the others backed away. Soon, Tristan and Jian were also able to hear their enemy approaching.

  One after another, four crystal ants emerged from the three holes. The ants that appeared were no different from the one Tristan had faced earlier. But now he was able to notice one more detail due to the lighting: the ants' crystals were blue, resembling sapphire ants.

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