Chapter 1079: Treasure Hunt in Ant Nest

Even if you stand in it and continue moving forward, you don't need to bend down or lower your head.

At the same time, Tang Lan had already smelled a pungent sour odor in the air, which was the smell left by the powerful corrosive acid of the Soul-Eating Ants in the body.

These corrosive acids are not only their weapons to devour other soul beasts, but also an important way for the tribe to communicate.

Tang Lan didn't hesitate and quickly got into the largest soul-devouring ant nest.

After entering, they found that the underground passages were interconnected. Tang Lan could only continue forward along the cave where the scent of the Soul-Devouring Ants was the strongest.

The cave went down and turned countless times. Tang Lan could roughly guess that he was dozens of meters underground.

When Tang Lan encountered a few lone Soul-Devouring Ants on the road, he simply waved his hand and the Ancient Dragon True Flame burned these Soul-Devouring Ants into powder.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Tang Lan arrived at an underground cave.

This place is extremely spacious, and seems to be a natural cave that has been formed underground for tens of thousands of years.

The walls and ceiling of the cave were covered with grayish-white soul-eating ant eggs.

If you look closely, you will find that the surface of the eggshells is beating regularly, just like breathing.

There were even purple veins on it, with faint fluctuations of soul power flowing through them.

"These should all be the eggs of the Soul Devouring Ants, but it will take some time for them to fully hatch."

"You can take some away. They may be of great use in the future, whether for research or to tame them for your own use."

Ning Xian suggested.

"Well, that's exactly what I thought. Let's take these Soul Devouring Ant eggs away with us."

Tang Lan nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he immediately put the hundreds of soul-devouring eggs in front of him into the storage ring.

After glancing around, Tang Lan quickly found a yellowish-brown crystal.

This crystal is located in the center of the entire cave, and at this moment it is emitting a strong breath of life.

"Is this the Earth Soul Crystal? How could there be such a thing here?!"

"No wonder these Soul Devouring Ant eggs hatched so quickly. It turns out that they absorbed the power of these soul crystals."

Tang Lan recognized the origin of this thing at a glance, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

The content of ground vein soul crystals in a ground vein is very rare. Among ten thousand ordinary ground vein soul stones, it is not certain to find one soul crystal.

It contains vast life essence and pure soul power, which is a great tonic for soul beasts.

Especially for social soul beasts, the benefits will be even greater.

"You can't touch this thing. If you take it away, the Soul Devouring Ants will sense it, and then we'll be in big trouble."

Just when Tang Lan wanted to take the soul crystal away, Ning Xian stopped him in time.

"Well, the overall situation is important!"

Tang Lan spread his hands. Although it was a bit unpleasant to give up something he had just obtained, he had no choice but to do so for the sake of the overall situation.

After searching around, Tang Lan found three paths leading to the next underground cave.

After careful observation and inference, although there was no exact information, Tang Lan still relied on his own feelings and experience to choose the most central road.

After killing dozens of soul-devouring ants along the way, Tang Lan came to a slightly dim cave.

The rich soul power here is no longer there, which means that there are no longer any earth vein soul crystals or earth vein soul stones here.

Tang Lan casually took out a night-shining pearl and illuminated the surroundings, then he discovered that this was the food storage place of the Soul-Devouring Ants.

There are not only spiritual fruits from the many mountains around, but also some corpses of soul beasts that were hunted recently.

The Soul-Eating Ant's diet is extremely wide-ranging, making the entire storage cave smell very complex, even giving people a slightly nauseating feeling.

Tang Lan resisted the urge and continued to walk inside, hoping to find something useful.

But after searching for a long time, he found nothing. Just as Tang Lan was about to leave, something emitting red light in the corner attracted Tang Lan's attention.

"This is."

Tang Lan picked it up and examined it carefully, frowning slightly. He thought for a long time but still couldn't find anything relevant in his memory.

But Ning Xian was the first to exclaim: "This is a blood crystal! How could there be a blood crystal here?"

"This is really strange. Could it be that there is a secret in the underground nest of the Soul-Devouring Ants?"

This sentence made Tang Lan more and more confused. She didn't understand what the secret Ning Xian was talking about.

As if seeing Tang Lan's confusion, Ning Xian said:

"The blood crystal contains extremely powerful blood essence, most of which exists in the ancient battlefield. It is possible for a blood lake to be formed by the blood of countless powerful warriors who died in the battle."

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"The value of this item is definitely several times higher than the soul crystal. It's a pity that there is only this one. If there were more, you would have made a lot of money this time."

There was a slight tremor of excitement in Ning Xian's voice.

Tang Lan naturally could tell from the guy's tone that this thing had an extraordinary origin.

So he asked again: "What is the use of blood essence?"

"What other uses can it have? It can help human soul masters and soul beasts greatly improve their physical fitness, and even extend their lifespan."

"Blood essence has so many benefits. Some very powerful secret techniques can only be performed with blood essence as the material."

"Quick, let's look again to see if there is a second one."

This time, Ning Xian simply stopped urging Tang Lan to leave, but was impatient to find more blood crystals.

But after searching for a long time, the second crystal was still not found.

Tang Lan had no choice but to keep moving forward, and later he discovered three similar food storage sites in a row. One or two blood crystals could be found in almost every storage site.

Soon, Tang Lan had five blood crystals in his hands, each of which was blood red and exuded a faint blood energy.

"We don't have much time left. If we really come across the Ancient Blood Lake, it will be our luck."

"If we don't meet him, it can only mean that our destiny with the Blood Lake has not yet arrived."

"We should find a way to leave here as soon as possible. If we stay in a place like this for one more second, I will always feel that someone is secretly watching us."

Ning Xian in the black knife spoke with great dissatisfaction.

Tang Lan naturally understood what this guy was referring to. It was naturally the extremely mysterious god of death.

No one wants to be spied on by others, or even have their destiny dominated and changed by others. Ning Xian didn't do that back then, and certainly won't do that now.

This time, Tang Lan simply chose the passage on the right, and fortunately he did not encounter the stone chamber where food was stored again.

Instead, they came to an empty cave full of statues. The ceiling of the cave was about ten feet high, and there were rows of stone sculptures below.

Among them are statues of various soul beasts as well as statues of humans, each of which is lifelike and vivid.

However, due to the erosion of time, a large part of these stone carvings are still broken and damaged.