Chapter 150 – Lava

　　As a Gold Tier boss, the Queen Ant’s skills were nothing to sniff at. This allowed little room for error and due to a moment of negligence, Liu Lan nearly died without even leaving a trace.

　　As for the boss, it was still struggling to leave the tunnel with all its might.

　　“Now that you’re here, don’t even think of leaving,” Fatty muttered. He left Liu Lan and smoothly glided over to the Queen Ant. Deadly Poison!

　　The poisoning failed, signified by a green light flas.h.i.+ng briefly above the ant’s head. As this was within his expectations, Fatty didn’t miss a beat and calmly followed up with a Combo Attack.

　　–145

　　–138

　　–126

　　The three-hit combo only shaved off less than 500 health, signaling an arduous battle ahead.

　　“Sparky, pounce!” Liu Lan ordered as she flung herself onto the Fire Cloud Panther. A murderous rage had washed over her from nearly having her face disfigured by the Queen Ant.

　　Whoos.h.!.+ The Lightning Bird turned into a streak of lightning and shot at the Queen Ant with a rumble. Surprisingly, the bird managed to pierce a hole through the latter’s stomach.

　　–863!

　　Such a powerful attack! Fatty was inwardly startled. While Wheat was safer when it cast a long-ranged attack, the damage certainly wouldn’t be as high as Sparky’s. Even so, Fatty still had some doubts about the Lightning Bird’s attack method. From the start of the battle til now, it only attacked by hurling itself through the air at extreme speeds to hit the opponent. Fatty had yet to see the Lightning Bird cast any actual skills.

　　“What skills does your birdie have?” Even in the midst of such an intense battle, Fatty found the time to direct a question towards Liu Lan.

　　“Only some buff skills,” Liu Lan counted with her fingers, “Speed, solidity, and attack boost. Its skills aren’t aimed at damaging the enemy, so it doesn’t have a lot of strong attack skills like your Wheat.”

　　“No wonder it’s called the Lightning Bird,” Fatty understood. What’s the idiom again? Of all the martial skills in this world, everything can be countered, but speed is an exception. As long as the Lightning Bird is fast enough and its body is solid enough to withstand that speed, it can pierce even a dragon to death.

　　However, the Lightning Bird clearly wasn’t powerful enough at the moment. While it dealt some good damage to the Queen Ant, all the headb.u.t.ting had made it dizzy. After piercing through the ant’s stomach, it teetered in the air for a long time before recovering.

　　“Wheat, stop lazing around,” Fatty growled. Wheat begrudgingly popped its head out from its hiding spot underground and transformed to its usual size. Following Wheat, he hit the Queen Ant with a Howling Bullet, staggering it.

　　“Screech, screech!” The Queen Ant shrieked nonstop in fury. Be that as it may, the pitiful creature had been too ferocious earlier and had gotten itself stuck in the wall after ramming into it. Unless the ant was ruthless enough to snap off its own wings, it would be quite some time until it could break free. Unfortunately for the other animals, the Queen Ant was too big compared to the size of the tunnel and consequently blocked the entrance, so its six guards could only fret outside in vain.

　　“Heavy Impact!” Liu Lan shouted. A huge hammer emerged from her hand and violently shot towards the Queen Ant’s head.

　　The immobilized Queen Ant was currently perfect target practice. Beating the dog when it’s down, Fatty and Liu Lan began a barrage of attack. While their damages weren’t high, the quant.i.ty made up for it. Very soon, the Queen Ant’s health dropped a visible chunk.

　　“Screeeeeeech…” With a long, ear-piercing screech, the six pairs of wings on the Queen Ant’s back vibrated and emitted a red glow. At last, the ant forcefully pulled its wings off the walls.

　　Maybe it was because the Queen Ant had felt so stifled from being stuck like that, but it unexpectedly went berserk.

　　After freeing itself, the Queen Ant was determined not to fly anymore. Instead, it directly crawled over to Wheat. Wheat who was still recovering was first to bear the brunt of its rage.

　　Whoosh. The Queen Ant extended two front legs to grab the big-size Wheat. Wheat was briefly dumbstruck before utilized its usual move… shrink and earthwalk.

　　Wheat was nearly invincible underground if its opponent didn’t possess earth-attribute skills, so the Ant Queen no longer bothered with the rat and flew straight at Fatty. The six guards followed their boss closely and entered the tunnel.