On their bodies, a faint golden-coloured carapace appeared like armour which was draped over their bodies, covering almost half of their entire body surface.
Ye Kong raised his fist and punched Li Qie as hard as he could.
Li Qie’s body wobbled slightly, but his feet did not move a single inch.
If he had been punched by Ye Kong full force before this, he would at least be thrown tens of metres away. His ribs might have been fractured too.
Now, he could fully withstand Ye Kong’s full power, completely fine from the attack. This was just the defensive ability that the Golden Ant Soldier had when they hatched. They were still larvaes; if they were cultivated to become mature Golden Ant Soldiers, their defensive ability could probably be increased manyfold. Not only that, the area of their armor covering Li Brothers’ body would also increase, until they had completely covered the Li Brothers’ entire body.
“So strong, as expected from a Gold-ranked beast!” Ye Kong cried in surprise.
“Actually, it hurts a little too… If you summon your King Kong Demon Ape and punch me again, I might not be able to withstand it!” Li Qie nodded his head, unexpectedly happy.
“Your Golden Ant Soldier is still a larvae, there will be a lot of room for it to grow in the future. Furthermore, after I contracted with the Herculean Rhinoceros Beetle, I received a boost in power and have grown to have at least ten times the power I had before. Even if I didn’t summon the King Kong Demon Ape to strengthen my body, I can probably send the fatty flying with one punch. Your Golden Ant Soldier is really strong!” Ye Kong confirmed the value of the Golden Ant Soldier. However, it was now Fatty Hai’s turn to oppose his opinion. “Oi, don’t use me, Master Hai as comparison! I’m not a punching bag!”
“The defensive capability isn’t bad, and its other aspects are decent too. Their only flaw would be their lack of wisdom. Looks like it’ll be difficult to raise them beyond Gold-rank.” Yue Yang sighed. Although the Golden Ant Soldiers were Gold-ranked beasts, they had limited potential. They were not the most ideal beasts to have.
“Being able to own a Golden Beast is already the greatest honour that we, the Li brothers, have ever had in our lifetimes. We will treasure it!” Li Ge nodded solemnly towards Yue Yang.
Li Ge and Li Qie were the kind of people who did not speak a lot. THey knew that they were not talented enough and would require a million times more effort in order to obtain a little progress.
Even though the Golden Ant Soldiers were not the best Gold-ranked beasts out there, how many warriors in this world would have a Gold-ranked beast?
Even though they neither had outstanding talents nor the backing of great families, these two ordinary young men now had beasts that most people could only yearn for in their dreams. What was there to not be satisfied with? In comparison, even Ye Kong, who had the greatest potential amongst the three of them and Fatty Hai, who owned a grimoire, did not have a Gold-ranked beast. How could they not know how to be satisfied? If not for meeting Yue Yang, they would have starved to death in Tong Tian Tower’s floors. Even if they had not, they were just the two idle bodyguards, destined to die who knows when as food for beasts.
If not for Yue Yang, would they still be around today?
Thus, Li Qie and Li Ge especially cherished and were extremely thankful for everything Yue Yang had given them.
They did not thank him in words, because great kindness could not be reciprocated with mere words. They had already decided to use their entire lifetime to pay back this strange guy who had completely changed their lives and fates.
“Oh no, if Sister Yi Nan… Ah, Brother Yi Nan has already arrived at Hope Town and met the mercenaries in their skirmish, she might be in danger!” Yue Bing thought of something and immediately cried out. Thinking about what she said, Ye Kong and the others sweated profusely. If Yi Nan had coincidentally just arrived at Hope Town, then the situation would be extremely dire. Ye Kong and the others looked at Yue Yang, hoping that he had some plan.
“Yi Nan has a grimoire, he should be fine.” Yue Yang consoled Yue Bing, but felt that it would be better if he went back to look around. Therefore, he nodded his head, saying, “Let’s go back to Hope Town and see what’s really going on. I really felt that it was really strange for the mercenaries to go crazy killing each other so chaotically. Someone must be pulling the strings from behind.”
“Then, let’s go back quickly…“ For Yue Bing, Sister Yi Nan was her future sister-in-law whom she could not bear to see getting into trouble to.