If he did not take that [Martial Spirit Pill], he would perhaps truly be a dumb old man his whole life.
Making a [Martial Spirit Pill] was a hundred times harder than making a [Spirit Beast Awakening Knowledge Pill]. Just the main ingredient, Hard-shelled Dragon Fruit, was enough to cause major headaches for common people.
The high difficulty level was not because the Hard-shelled Dragon Fruit grew at the side of the hot springs around volcanic craters, nor was it because of the fact that a giant dragon’s nest was most likely beside it, but it was because the Hard-shelled Dragon Fruit only ripen once every one thousand years.
If it was not ripe, it couldn’t be picked, and it would also not be effective.
One needed to wait for at least a thousand years for it to ripen, and by that time, human beings’ bones would have already become a pile of mud in their graves… Moreover, once it ripened, there would usually be strong beasts fighting over it.
With so many challenging conditions and obstacles, the Hard-shelled Dragon Fruit was what common people considered as one of the “World’s Top Ten” hardest Supernatural Fruits and Flowers to pick.
“I can’t open it now, because once I open it, its fragrance will seep out, and all the Fire Red Ants in the entire Ant Nest will go crazy. My most respected powerful warrior, I swear, please believe me. I can guarantee with my life, this is the Hard-shelled Dragon Fruit, and its meat is definitely ripe.” The leader shook his head. He tossed up his backpack high in the air, and it landed right in front of Yue Yang.
Yue Yang definitely would not believe a stranger easily. Although he couldn’t open it, he had his [Divine Vision] and Innate Qi senses.
As for determining whether it was truly the Hard-shelled Dragon Fruit, he did not need to open the backpack at all, he just needed to touch the backpack.
When the backpack touched his hand, Yue Yang felt an immense amount of energy stored in it… It was so strong that he did not need to try sensing for the energy to feel it clearly.
Yue Yang stored it into his Lich Ring with no trace of courtesy at all. He then raised his Hui Jin Magic Blade and said indifferently. “If you guys are able to keep up, I can send you into one Ant Tunnel, but don’t even think of counting on me to send you out of the Ant Hole, I am not your nanny.”
Even if Yue Yang did not have the heart to save others, the mercenaries on the platform were still extremely touched.
In these days, people who do not hit others when they are down were already very hard to come by.
All the mercenaries on the platform took out Insect Baits in succession and tossed it far away, hoping to lure more Fire Red Ants away from them and open up a temporary escape path for them. Most people started to apply even more Ant Water and Insect Repellant onto their bodies. There were also some who smeared mud on their bodies, hoping that the Insect Repellant effectiveness could last a little longer. The three men carrying the Golden Ant Eggs hugged their leader tightly. Numerous devoted and loyal team members also took out things like their throwing knifes, poisonous powders, daggers etc. and handed them over to their leader, hoping that this would somehow help their leader increase his battle capabilities a little, and increase his chance of surviving…
Journeying deeper into the Ant Hole, they did not need to think to know how treacherous this journey would be.
It was definitely an action that meant a huge risk of death.
But in order to save everybody, the leader himself had volunteered to stay back as both hostage and guide. This was already their best choice.
Similarly, Yue Yang also tossed the Insect Baits he bought at Hope Town into the distance, creating a disturbance in the ant crowd. The Fire Red Ants started throwing themselves frenziedly at the place where the Insect Baits was thrown, not caring one bit about killing all living things that were in contact with the Insect Baits, even if they were their own comrades.