Project: Mage - The Frugal Mage

Chapter 182: Blood-Drinking Ants

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Tens of thousands of hissing sounds began to be heard from all sides. But where are these squeaks coming from if nothing is being seen on the surface?

"What is that smell ??? !!!!! There are tens of thousands of different smells !!! " Vincent cried out when he smelled the strange smell.

"Let's run!!! We will be surrounded if we stand still !! " Jarlen had an ugly face when he thought of the possibility. A kind of creature came into his mind when he thought about where they were.

"Yes!!" The group wasted no time and started running back, they didn't even care about Liu Yang or Ivy. Their lives were at risk at the moment.

"Do you really think it will be that easy to get out of here?" Liu Yang's casual voice echoed through the room.

When the three looked up, they saw that Liu Yang was on top of one of the pillars.

"You tricked us !! You knew we were following you !!! " Oberon was very upset that a low-level human cheated a high-level noble like him.

"Oberon, stop wasting time on him. We need to get out of here !!! The ants will appear in a little while !! " Jarlen found out what kind of creature was inhabiting the place, desert ants, but he didn't know which species of ant.

Even though Jarlen had lived hundreds or thousands of years, he had great knowledge, but it was still not enough to discover which species of an ant had the power of camouflage so great that it could hide the smell along with the desert sands. Ants have merged with the sands to cover their smells.

This type of ability was very rare in any type of creature. The ants in this part of the desert must be of some kind of undiscovered species.

The trio started running at high speed, despite being physically and mentally tired, each of them still had the cultivation of a Great Mage.

Liu Yang just laughed when he saw the current trio. He took six spears out of his nanotechnology bag.

The spears were made from the bones of desert beasts, each bone was extremely heavy and resistant, it was three meters long and thick like an adult's arm. But each spear weighed about five kilos.

Looking at Vincent, Liu Yang focused his sights on him. He gripped the spear firmly before launching with all his might.

Shuoooo !!!!!!!

After the first spear, Liu Yang fired the second and third in succession. The second target was Oberon and the third was Jarlen.

Shuoooooooooo !!!!!!!

Shuoooooooooo !!!!!!!

"Watch out!!!!!!!!" Jarlen felt a great sense of danger and screamed. But the spear's speed was too fast for them to summon defenses.

Due to mental fatigue, they were slow to summon their magic equipment.

Even without the magic equipment, they still managed to evade the spears made of bones. Each of them used all their power to jump to the side and escaped being hit by the spears. 

The trio was happy with that.

But something surprising happened next, a group of giant ants suddenly appeared under the sands and bit their feet before dragging them down. Because of the weight, their bodies fell again and became targets for the spear again.

In that little instant of time, the spears arrived and hit the bodies of the three men of the blood race.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!" The three spears pierced their bodies. Jarlen was pierced in the belly, Vincent was pierced in the chest, but it did not reach the heart, and Oberon was hit in the left shoulder, the spear tore his left arm off.

The three fell to their knees as they cried out in pain, Jarlen held his belly to try to stop the bleeding, Vincent held his chest and breathed heavily while Oberon was gritting his teeth while holding his right shoulder without his arm. The three were severely injured after Liu Yang's first blow.

Ants were still chewing on their feet as they pulled them into the sand. This made things even more difficult for them to endure.

The power of a Great Mage exploded from their bodies and the ants were destroyed due to the high amount of magical energy. When their feet were removed from the sand, the group saw that it was already full of cuts and several pieces missing, the ants managed to pull their meat.

The appearance of their legs would be considered deplorable and horrendous.

"Damn human !!! I swear I will kill you !!!! " Oberon was screaming with hate, he was already angry that Liu Yang had tricked them and ran across the desert for a week. Now, he took out his arm and severely injured his two companions. His hatred for Liu Yang has reached its limit.

"Oberon !!! Stop!!! We need to run, if the ants appear on the surface, we are done !!! " Jarlen was the most rational of the group. He had to look at the whole situation.

The group was already hurt, if they fight Liu Yang on the spot, they would be easy prey for the ants that are still emerging on the spot.

"Jarlen, Vincent, you two are going to get out of here. I will hold him, "Oberon said in a serious tone. He was aware of the current situation, but he knew that Liu Yang will not let them escape. The only solution was to fight, but at least two of them can escape.

"Oberon, are you serious? You are already severely injured. Fighting him will be suicidal" Vincent tried to argue against Oberon.

"I know that, but he won't let us escape. He must be waiting for the ants to devour us"

Jarlen took a deep breath and tried his best to get up, there was a big hole in his belly, blood, and pieces of entrails were coming out of the hole. The scene was disgusting.

Vincent was also in a bad situation, in his chest there was a hole the size of an adult fist, fortunately, the spear did not reach his heart.

Despite being Great Mages and members of the blood race, they were still severely injured because of Liu Yang's attacks. They needed a long time to recover. Besides, the sun was already shining on the horizon, which made their healing process even more difficult.

"Activate !!!" Oberon activated his defensive magic equipment. His body shone and a silver weapon covered his body.

As members of the blood race, their greatest weakness was the sunlight. The armor was to try to lessen that weakness a little.

"Use your magic gear to try to escape !! Fast!! The ants are going to appear in no time !!! " Oberon tried to make his teammates run faster, but it was impossible.

Human blood and flesh left the ants in a frenzy, they dug much faster than normal and emerged on the surface. The instant an ant appeared, tens of thousands appeared at the same time.

Ants were the size of a kitten, their colors were red as blood. Around their bodies were red lines that look alive.

ZZZZZzzzz ... ZZZZZZZzzzzz ...

Tens of thousands of squeaks were heard when the ants appeared. They were advancing towards the three members of the blood race as if they were great food.

"Blood-Drinking Ants !!!!" The three screamed at the same time. They knew what kind of ant this was.

As the name implies, Blood-Drinking Ants fed on blood, no matter what type of blood. Using their sharp fangs and a type of straw in their mouths, the ants bite and cling to their fangs while sucking blood.

In the end, the blood of the prey is sucked before its body is devoured until nothing is left, not even dust.

"This is wrong!!! This should not be a group of ordinary Blood-Drinking Ants. Otherwise, it was impossible for us to not smell them, there must be something special about these ants. Besides, I feel that the power of these ants is much greater than normal !!! " Jarlen quickly analyzed the situation. He understood that these ants were not common.

"It looks like the union did some experiments with these ants. Look at its back, an ordinary Blood-Drinking Ant does not have those bloody lines on its bodies. That must be some experiment of the union "Oberon commented when he saw those lines on the ants' back. They imagined that the Union of Latin American Nations was experimenting with creatures to create new types of creatures.

Unlike the past, genetic engineering today was much more advanced. Many governments used creatures of nature to create new types of extremely powerful hybrid creatures.

However, a treaty was signed to prevent these creatures from being released into the wild, as there were no predators for this type of creature. Thus, a major disaster can happen if a hybrid creature were released into the wild.

For some reason, the Blood-Drinking Ants were loose in the desert. The three did not know whether the union did it on purpose or not. If so, they can suffer an international lawsuit because of a great danger they have unleashed on the world.

ZZzzzzz ... Zzzzzzzz ...

Ants charge quickly towards the three men of the blood race. They were already surrounded by ants and had no way to run. The only way to escape was to fly or pass through ants.

But Liu Yang was not going to let that happen easily.

"Ahhhh !!!! Pillar of Fire !!!! " Oberon shouted. A large pillar of flame came out and burned everything around it. The ants were completely burned.

"Let's run!!! Wind Wings!!! " Two wings of wind appeared on Vincent's back, he began to float in an attempt to escape. Because of the hole in his chest, his right lung was perforated and almost destroyed, Vincent did not die yet because his magical powers were supporting his organs. He was having trouble breathing and maintaining control of his magical powers.

The three had already taken pills and medicinal elixirs to try to recover from their injuries faster, but it was still impossible for them to heal completely. Because they had no high-quality items, only medium and low.

Even though I have the cultivation of a Great Mage, the three were only subordinate and had no access to rare and precious items as members more influential than themselves.

Their items only managed to stop the bleeding at most, but the wound was still on their bodies.

"Living Trees !!!" Jarlen summoned a large army of trees around him. He was trying to disturb the ants as long as possible to escape. A large forest appeared on the site. Jarlen was on top of one of the trees that started walking. The hole in his stomach prevented him from moving.

"Fiery Explosion !!!! Fire Balls!!!!! Fire Fist !!!!! " Oberon was better off than the other two. He had lost his arm, but that did not stop him from using his most destructive spells to attack the ants. He was trying to buy time for others, if it were in another situation, he would have already used his powers to escape.

Thousands of ants were being burned at every moment, but that was not enough to defeat the tens of thousands of ants. Besides, Oberon was already very tired physically and mentally because of the race.

That was Liu Yang's initial goal, he wanted to make the trio tired both physically and mentally. This would make them have problems during the fight.