Beneath the dark-green sky, the lithe, pear-shaped figure of a 1.6 meters tall woman appeared. If her shoulder-length, curly black hairs didn't give any insight into her lineage, then her dark-green eyes that mixed tranquility and treachery clearly did.
Another zenith ant. But this time, feeling the horrendous pressure that crashed upon her and pursued that of the mighty Dasra, Verena didn't doubt she was dealing with an existence ranking above all those ant elders.
And indeed, as soon as the woman appeared, the five ant elders tapped into their full reserves to drag their maimed body into the sky and bow toward her.
"Greetings, eleventh queen!"
They hailed in deference while kneeling within the sky.
*Pah* *Pah* *Pah* *Pah* *Pah*
With a casual wave of her hand, the ant queen backhanded them all across the cheek, sending their mantis forms spiraling into the air with gus.h.i.+ng blood. Still, her eyes remained locked on Verena, who stood before the protective barrier she'd erected for Yvonne.
"Utter and complete wastes. If only one of them is enough to vanquish you, tell me, as colony elders, what purpose do you serve?"Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
The eleventh queen rhetorically asked, with her eyes still locked on Verena. No, now, her eyes looked beyond the barrier to a.s.sess the blood pool it protected. For indeed, that pool was the reason for her arrival.
"Apologies, eleventh majesty. That woman was craftier than we expected. Were it not for her tricks we…"
One of the ant elders began in indignation. But as laid out justifications, a strange glint flashed within the eleventh queen's eyes.
"Hum?"
That simple sound threw the five elders into disarray, and they immediately bowed in submission.
"We have no excuse!"
"That's better. Later on, I shall administrate your punishments."
The eleventh queen replied before again, waving her hand. Emerald colored light waves emerged to wrap the five elders, mending all their wounds and returning them to peak strength in a heartbeat.
Verena was startled.
"Could that be…life essence?"
In a sense, life essence was present within all living creatures within heaven and earth. From the tiniest of flowers to the mightiest of cultivators, they all possessed it in various quant.i.ties. However, none could control it.
Life essence was also the source of Life Fruits' extraordinary physique nouris.h.i.+ng abilities. On the Ancient Crystal World, the World Tree aside, none could control life essence. But now, it appeared that siphoning the World Tree's roots allowed the ant queens to obtain a portion of that ability.
Worse, even with her Origin Sight, Verena couldn't see through the ant queen's abilities.
Without delay, she activated her Seer's Vision, using it to peer into the eleventh queen's true abilities and wasn't startled to see her cultivation stand at the summit of the Divine Road. Without warning, the ant queen raised her right hand, causing hundreds of tree roots to emerge from the ground, and shoot toward Verena.
