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Chapter 2007 - 466: Fire Flame Ant Beast

Lei Ming was overjoyed, but he was still weak and feeble.

Seeing this, Lin Yifan directly picked Lei Ming up and headed to the Sword-Toothed Tiger's "residence."

The Spirit Beast Cave was surrounded by vegetation, which provided excellent cover; if he disguised it further as an area overgrown with weeds, it would be even more hidden.

After putting Lei Ming into the cave, he started working, gathering large amounts of weeds and piling them at the entrance.

He didn't just dump them there at random, but piled them according to certain principles; otherwise, it would be easy for others to notice something was off.

After finishing all this, he then set up a High Level Array around this Spirit Beast Cave, just in case.

Once the Array was in place, he entered the cave and explained a few things to Lei Ming, reminding him to take the Hundred-Cures Pill on time.

Lei Ming listened attentively and engraved Big Brother Lin's words deep in his heart.

Everything that needed to be said had been said, so Lin Yifan immediately set out to look for the Gexing Root.

Gexing Grass generally grew in places rich in Spiritual Energy, and this primeval forest was exactly such a place, so here he had a very high chance of finding Gexing Root.

Gexing Grass had nothing particularly special about it; it looked almost the same as ordinary weeds.

To pick Gexing Grass out from a sea of lush green weeds was, for him, undoubtedly an unprecedented challenge.

To be honest, Lin Yifan wasn't very confident.

If he couldn't find Gexing Grass here, he would have no choice but to leave with Lei Ming and have Thunder King purchase Gexing Grass from the entire world.

Inside the Spirit Beast Cave, Lei Ming was deeply moved.

Big Brother Lin was the person who treated him the best, apart from his imperial father and mother. Regardless of blood ties, he had already acknowledged this big brother in his heart.

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After three days of fruitless searching, Lin Yifan was both discouraged and exhausted.

In order to distinguish Gexing Grass among the weeds, his eyes had gone several hours—sometimes an entire day—without closing even once.

Under such long periods of high intensity strain, even as a Cultivator of a High Realm, his eyes felt unbearably tired.

An endless world of weeds—it was simply impossible to cope with.

He even had the impulse to retreat, but the moment he thought of Little Brother Lei teetering on the edge of danger, how could he abandon him?

Although he and Lei Ming were not related by blood, their cooperation along the way alone was enough for him to step in.

He had prepared enough medicine for Little Brother Lei for five days; in two more days, if he still hadn't found Gexing Root, he would have to return to the Spirit Beast Cave and figure out how to carry out the Refinement of Hundred-Cures Pill, because the Hundred-Cures Pills on him were already few, and he needed to refine more.

After a short rest, he set out again to search for Gexing Grass.

Searching inch by inch, he unintentionally stepped into the Ant Beast World.

Here there were tens of thousands of ant nests, each one as large as a grave; most terrifying of all, there were nests on the trees as well.

One by one they were as big as footballs, or like long jackfruits.

All of a sudden, Lin Yifan felt something crawling on his legs.

He looked closely and saw they were crimson Fire Flame Ant Beasts, and was so startled that he hurriedly brushed them off.

His frantic movements completely enraged the Fire Flame Ant Beasts crawling on him, and he was stung and bitten by them.

Fire Flame Ant Beasts were poisonous; the toxin in their saliva could scorch a person's bones and burn their flesh and blood. If an ordinary commoner was stung, they would be burned alive on the spot.

Just one bite, and Lin Yifan felt a fiery, burning pain at the wound, as if it were being roasted by raging flames.

He quickly began Casting Spells, sealing off the toxin and at the same time doing his utmost to force it out of his body.

Fortunately, he was a Cultivator of a High Realm; dealing with such a small amount of Fire Flame Ant Beast toxin was still more than manageable for him.

After clearing out the toxin, he looked into the distance and discovered a terrifying world.

He saw one grave-sized nest after another appear before him, and on the trees, one exquisite iron-tower-like nest after another. As shocking as it could be, as horrifying as it could be.

Lin Yifan instinctively retreated three steps, but then his mind turned, as if he had discovered a "business opportunity."

Gexing Grass was a cooling thing, while Fire Flame Ant Beasts were Fire Attribute Spirit Beasts.

This kind of Fire Attribute ant beast was different from other Fire Attribute Spirit Beasts; when it reached a certain Realm, or a certain age, or after a certain period of time, it needed to seek out cooling plants to lower its temperature.

The cooler the better, and Gexing Grass was a relatively cool plant; so using Fire Flame Ant Beasts to find Gexing Grass was actually not a bad idea.

In addition, he felt that this Ant Beast World might well contain Gexing Root.

The Gexing Grass might already have been eaten by the Fire Flame Ant Beasts, but its root had little effect on them, so the Fire Flame Ant Beasts absolutely would not eat Gexing Root—unless they were at the end of their rope with no other food available.

This dense forest clearly did not look like a place without food, so he felt there was a very high chance that Gexing Root existed here.

Moreover, if the Fire Flame Ant Beasts were smart, they would leave the Gexing Root in place, so that every so often they would have Gexing Grass to consume.

Without delay, Lin Yifan immediately used Qinggong, gliding through the air above this Ant Beast World in search of Gexing Root's whereabouts.

Not long after, he really did find a small Gexing Grass.

This Gexing Grass was like a tiny weed, seemingly in its initial growth phase, even the seedling stage.

If the Gexing Root was too small, its medicinal effect would not be great, and the Antidote refined from it would have very little detoxifying power.

But Lin Yifan was certain this was not a small Gexing Grass—its root had to be large and well-developed, or it wouldn't exist in the Ant Beast World.

He was extremely excited, feeling that Little Brother Lei was finally saved.

After calming himself, he immediately began to dig out the Gexing Root.

With that one dig, he unearthed a Gexing Root as thick as an arm.

Such a large Gexing Root was enough to refine over a hundred Antidotes; even if Lei Ming were poisoned by the Poisonous Manflower a hundred times, he could still be saved.

This sudden plundering and destruction enraged the Fire Flame Ant Beasts of the Ant Beast World.

This was the Gexing Root they depended on for survival—how could they allow Lin Yifan to dig it up so easily? They immediately launched an attack on him.

Countless Fire Flame Ant Beasts moved, making a rustling sound; at this moment, the entire Ant Beast World erupted into a riot.

Lin Yifan sensed that something was wrong, quickly stored away the Gexing Root, and then used Qinggong to flee.

But what greeted him were flying Fire Flame Ant Beasts.

These flying Fire Flame Ant Beasts came from the nests on the trees, which meant the ant beasts that lived on the trees were all winged Fire Flame Ant Beasts.

Winged Fire Flame Ant Beasts were already High Level Spirit Beasts, and their poison was also very strong; Lin Yifan was truly afraid of being stung by this swarm of flying Fire Flame Ant Beasts.

Time waited for no one; he immediately drew the Seven-Colored Immortal Sword, fully prepared for battle.

The Fire Flame Ant Beasts would not wait for him to lay down his weapon and surrender, nor would they give him any chance. The moment they flew out, they bared their fangs and lunged at him.

Lin Yifan displayed his Martial Arts, swinging the Seven-Colored Immortal Sword and cutting down one flying Fire Flame Ant Beast after another as they pounced at him.

The Fire Flame Ant Beast army had only just begun its assault; the real hard battle was only just ahead.