Chapter 126: The Golden Ant Tide!

  Oppression, great oppression!

  When a gray energy pillar with a diameter of thirty centimeters and a length of one meter, formed by consuming five thousand units of spiritual power, appeared in front of Lin Tian's chest, the rolling pressure enveloped an area of five hundred meters. Except for Ye Feng, this sword master who could barely hold on, everyone else was instantly unable to stand under that pressure. Those with slightly stronger strength used their large swords to support themselves and prevent falling down, while those who were slightly weaker even directly sat down on the ground!

  The wolf king's eyes showed a strong color of horror, but now the magic had begun and couldn't be stopped. If it did, the backlash would not only kill him, but all the wolves as well. A hint of madness appeared in his eyes as he desperately accelerated the gathering speed of magic at the cost of exhausting his life force!

  It was too late, the energy pillar floating in front of Lin Tian's chest burst through the magical shield protecting the Demon Wolf King under his will, then pierced through the body of the Demon Wolf King, shooting through countless giant trees and disappearing deep into the Demon Beast Forest.

  The Demon Wolf King died, and the massive demonic energy that had gathered burst out violently, forming a fierce gust of wind. The gust blew the giant wolf's corpse flying over 100 meters away. Fortunately, the Earth Guardian hadn't dispersed yet, so the mercenaries weren't affected by the gust. Under the intense wind, the Earth Guardian also trembled violently before dissipating.

  All the earth-type demon wolves had disappeared at this time, and those wind-type demon wolves all fell to the ground and died. The cause of death was naturally due to backlash from their own magic! "Too... too strong!" The sturdy mercenary with a giant axe on his back muttered, but his muttering voice was not small, and everyone could hear it clearly!

  Lin Tian was also stunned by the attack power of that energy pillar. From his location, through the direction of the energy pillar's advance, he could see thousands of meters away, where at least two or three hundred giant trees were pierced through, and the holes that were pierced through were as smooth as if they had been polished.

  "Xiao Ling, this energy pillar, I'm afraid even a Saint-level Sword Saint can be killed by it?" Lin Tian said in his mind. "Not when the Sword Saint is defending with full power, at least an energy pillar formed from 8,000 dimensions of boundary power would be needed!" Xiao Ling said. "Xiao Ling, why didn't you tell me about such an important thing earlier?" Lin Tian asked with a hint of blame. "Master, there are many things you don't know about, even if I told you, would you really be willing to waste so much energy to kill a Sword Saint for no reason?" Xiao Ling said. Lin Tian: "……"

  All the mercenaries at this time were reacting with a look, looking into Lin Tian's eyes, and it was no longer just reverence, but simply worship! "Lord Lin Tian, what about the magic core?" Ye Feng walked over and said, his title had already changed quietly, in his eyes, Lin Tian was now absolutely a Saint-level powerhouse, calling a Saint-level powerhouse brother, this Ye Feng didn't have such big guts! Lin Tian also knew that at this time, letting them change their mouths would be simply impossible - this world was extremely respectful to the strong! So, he let them call him like that and said: "You take out the magic core!"

  All the mercenaries didn't dare to move until they heard Lin Tian's words, and then they quickly dug out the magic cores one by one. In less than three minutes, all the magic cores were dug out, cleaned up, put in a bag, and handed over to Ye Feng. Ye Feng took a deep breath, handed the bag to Lin Tian: "Lord Lin Tian, this is your spoils of war this time!"

  "This is everyone's spoils of war!" Lin Tianwei smiled faintly. Ye Feng shook his head and said, "No, Lord Lin Tian, if it weren't for you, we would all have died here, let alone obtained so many demon cores!" Feng Ling also said, "Yes, Lord Lin Tian, these demon cores should be your spoils of war!"

  Lin Tian swept his gaze over everyone, seeing that although a few people had a hint of discontent in their eyes, they all nodded towards him and said: "Half as my spoils of war, half for you to keep!" Lin Tian's words made every mercenary's face reveal joy, although he was taking away half, but this was originally his kill, and the remaining half was still nearly fifty magic cores, fifty lowest third-level magic cores worth over 30,000 gold coins, which is equivalent to a full 3 million RMB, an enormous gain!

  Ye Feng's eyes still showed a hint of hesitation, and Lin Tian's heart stirred. "Are you interested in working for me from now on? There is only one task, which is to collect the magic core! As for the pay, I won't be stingy with gold coins, and if you do well, I can even help you increase your strength!" Lin Tian looked at the mercenary carrying a giant axe and beckoned him over.

  "Lin Tian, sir, what do you need me for?" The giant axe mercenary hurried over! Lin Tian placed his hand on the mercenary's shoulder (which was quite a feat, considering the mercenary was over two meters tall and had a head higher than Lin Tian), and a strong warm current flowed into his body, instantly transforming into a massive amount of Qi that poured into the mercenary's Qi Sea. "Hey!" The giant axe mercenary felt uncomfortable from the sudden surge of powerful energy, and couldn't help but let out a loud roar as his Qi violently erupted, forming a Qi aura around his body in an instant!

  The rise of Dou Qi, that is the exclusive domain of sword masters, in a short period of time, that giant axe mercenary has risen from an initial swordsman to a sword master! Although it's only an initial sword master, it's still a full upgrade of one level, this level, people with good talent, at least need to spend ten years to achieve, while the vast majority of people are unable to become a sword master in their lifetime——this giant axe mercenary is obviously also one of these people! His greatest hope in terms of strength was just to reach high-level swordsman, but now he has become a sword master envied by countless people!

  This scene thoroughly stunned the crowd of mercenaries. Can strength be increased so quickly? What about their countless battles of life and death?! To increase their strength, which one of them hasn't been injured countless times? Except for Feng Ling, this girl who saved money by not asking a pastor to heal her wounds, which one of them doesn't have scars all over their body?! Although scars are a man's medal, who would willingly add such medals to their own body?!

  "Lord Lin Tian, from now on, the Maple Leaf Mercenary Corps will serve you!" Ye Feng immediately knelt down. Although he was a bit older than Lin Tian, this one kneel was voluntary! Who would want to live a life of constantly being on edge and tasting blood? Collecting magic cores meant having endless gold coins to spend, and also gaining rewards that increased their strength. Who wouldn't accept such an offer? Ye Feng wasn't stupid, so he hugged Lin Tian's leg tightly, looking forward to a carefree and comfortable future!

  All the mercenaries knelt down after Ye Feng did, and this world also had a heavy courtesy of kneeling. By doing so, they were already showing their submission to Lin Tian! Lin Tian smiled slightly: "Get up, everyone. If you do well in the future, there will naturally be rewards for everyone. Even if all of you become sword saints or law saints who are admired by tens of thousands of people in the future, it's not impossible!"

  Jian Sheng, Fa Sheng, Ye Feng and the others do not dare to be extravagant, but even if only all the people reach the level of Jian Shi. That is also a very good thing! A mercenary group with all members above the level of Jian Shi, this is a great honor to say out loud, in one's lifetime, fame and wealth are not lacking, what more can one ask for?!

  "Thank you, sir!" The mercenaries chorused in unison.

  "Master, hurry up and escape! That energy column has provoked the most terrifying thing in the Magic Beast Forest - the Gold-Devouring Ants!" Xiao Ling said, transmitting the detected image into Lin Tian's mind. A large number of thumb-sized red ants were rushing towards them at high speed, their numbers impossible to estimate!

  Lin Tian's face changed drastically, and he shouted: "Go, follow me quickly!" After that, he added a wind system magic acceleration technique to everyone and rapidly retreated in the opposite direction of the incoming ant tide! The mercenaries didn't know what was happening, but since Lin Tian, with his strength, was so afraid, it was clear that something extremely terrifying was chasing after them!

  "Swarm of Golden Ants, if you don't want to die, speed up!" Lin Tian shouted loudly. These words made the crowd, who were already at their limit, increase their speed by another 30%. The Golden Ants, those things aren't even magical beasts. If it was just one alone, an ordinary person could stomp on it with one foot and kill it. However, the Golden Ants always appear in swarms, numbering in the tens of thousands to hundreds of millions. They have extremely sharp teeth that can gnaw through steel, leaving a hole behind. The Golden Ants are a forbidden existence in the Magical Beast Forest!

  Even the eighth-level advanced demon, when seeing the Devouring Gold Ants, would also retreat as far as possible. And in the Demon Beast Forest, a common curse towards others is: May you encounter a swarm of Devouring Gold Ants!

  When the Gold-Devouring Ants pass by, neither humans nor magical beasts can survive. This is no joke! The Gold-Devouring Ants have extremely sharp teeth and won't even leave behind a single bone fragment!

  "Master, your speed is a bit slower than the Golden Ants. If this continues, you'll be caught up sooner or later. Master, of course, won't have any problems, but they..." Little Spirit said in Lin Tian's mind. "Little Spirit, stop teasing me and quickly think of a solution!" Lin Tian almost roared in his mind.

  "Turn left thirty degrees and advance, after ten minutes, you can leave the direction of the Golden Ant's advance. The Golden Ant is very stubborn, every time it advances, until it stops, it goes straight ahead, never turning!" said Xiao Ling. "What if it turns?" Lin Tian suddenly turned left thirty degrees and advanced. "Then it can only be blamed on your master's bad character!" Xiao Ling giggled. "Character? Nonsense! Xiao Ling, you've learned some bad things online, I won't allow it in the future!" Lin Tian was much faster than the other mercenaries, so he could easily chat with Xiao Ling in his mind.

  Ten minutes later, Lin Tian and his group rushed up a small hill, while the tide of Golden Ants was rolling over at the foot of the hill. Some of the escaping magical beasts let out waves of mournful howls, but those howls also disappeared in the blink of an eye, because they were caught up by the Golden Ants and left with no bones remaining in the blink of an eye!

  Looking at the terrifying tide of gold-eating ants, even Lin Tian felt his scalp tingling with fear, and those mercenaries were all pale-faced. "Damn it, we actually escaped from the tide of gold-eating ants!" The giant axe mercenary laughed wildly, "Shit, if this gets out, I'm afraid no one will believe it!"

  If it weren't for Xiaoling's early discovery, with Lin Tian's speed, they might have been able to escape, but at the speed of the mercenaries, they would likely all become food in the belly of the Golden Ants!

  It is said that those who survive great chaos will surely have good fortune later. Lin Tian and the others were shocked to discover that a Golden-tailed Demon Monkey, in order to avoid the Devouring Gold Ants, had actually appeared within fifty meters of them!

  The Golden-tailed Demon Monkey was only level 6, and it knew wind-based magic. Its speed was astonishing. To prevent it from escaping, Lin Tian instantly used the Earth Prison Technique, trapping the Golden-tailed Demon Monkey that had been stunned by the swarm of golden ants. The Earth Prison Technique was a level 6 earth-based magic spell, and with Xiao Ling's control, even the Golden-tailed Demon Monkey couldn't break free!

  Lin Tian and the others approached, Ye Feng raised his sword to kill the golden-tailed demon monkey. Lin Tian looked at the golden-haired demon monkey, which was quite cute, shook his head and said: "The task only needs some of its blood, it also escaped with us from the devouring gold ants tide, so let's spare its life!"

  "Yes, sir!" Ye Feng said.

  Lin Tian considered for a moment, and a strong energy shot out, opening a small hole on the arm of the Golden Tail Demon Monkey. He pointed his finger and captured it, and a blood arrow flew out from the wound of the Golden Tail Demon Monkey and landed in Lin Tian's open palm, transforming into a blood ball about four centimeters in diameter. "Enough?" Lin Tian asked Ye Feng beside him.

  Ye Feng nodded repeatedly, "Enough enough!" Took out a white jade bottle, "Sir, put it in here and it's done!" Lin Tian nodded, waved his hand, and the fireball transformed back into a blood arrow shooting into the white jade bottle! Ye Feng saw this and quickly sealed the bottle mouth and put away the white jade bottle.

  Lin Tian used a healing technique, and the wound on the Golden Tailed Demon Monkey quickly healed. "Little guy, I'll let you off this time, but next time we meet, your demon core belongs to me, got it?" Lin Tian threatened the Golden Haired Demon Monkey, who seemed to understand what he was saying, his eyes revealing a fearful expression as he nodded repeatedly.

  Lin Tianqi said: "Well, you little guy, can really understand human language?! Alright, alright, don't show that pitiful look, hurry up and escape!" Lin Tian said, retracting the Earth Prison Technique. The Golden Tail Demon Monkey saw this, its body bursting with wind elements, and in an instant it vanished from their sight.