saint of humanity

Chapter 2175 Ants
In such a fierce fight, the life flames of the monks on both sides were extinguished all the time, and countless Taoist bones were scattered outside with no one to collect them.

Ziying's arrangement could be said to be perfect. After all, he went to so much trouble just to welcome back the lone army led by Yan Hong, so it was certainly not too difficult.

Just as they were about to break through the enemy's defense line, Lu Ye suddenly had an idea and turned to look to the side.

In that direction, a blood mist exploded, and a human cultivator who was returning with them was reduced to ashes in an instant.

In the blood mist, a figure of a vampire flashed by and appeared directly in front of him. He grabbed him with one hand, and the sharp nails on his fingers shone with a cold light.

Lu Ye raised his fist and punched out.

The moment the fist and claw collided, Lu Ye's face changed, because the Taoist power attacking from the opponent was at least fourteen or fifteen.

He had maintained the power of the Twelve Paths in recent months since he escaped from the enemy's encirclement that time, and was immediately caught off guard by this attack.

There was a huge pain in the fist, it was obvious that he was injured.

Fortunately, although there is a gap in strength between each other, it is not to the point of crushing each other.

The vampire who made the attack undoubtedly did not expect Lu Ye to be so powerful. His original intention was to kill Lu Ye and then launch a sneak attack on Yan Hong, but this time he failed.

Just when he was about to put more strength to deal with Lu Ye, a spear stabbed back from the front. It turned out that Yan Hong noticed something was wrong and came to help.

A fierce look flashed across the vampire's face, and his expression changed for a moment, but he finally suppressed the murderous intent in his heart and quickly withdrew!
To him, no matter how strong Yan Hong performed, he was only an early Taoist. He could only rely on the Taoist weapons in his hands, so he could kill him at will.

But he has a more important mission this time. If he exposes his existence by killing Yan Hong, it will be more trouble than gain.

"Brother Lu!" Yan Hong took a moment out of his busy schedule to glance at him. On this journey back, Lu Ye was the one who helped him the most among the several Nine Daos. He also vaguely sensed that Lu Ye had a Taoist weapon in his hand, which was definitely not as simple as an ordinary Nine Dao.

He has always admired people like Lu Ye who have no family background but have climbed up step by step from the bottom, and he naturally wants to make friends with them.

"Nothing, the vampires... about fourteen or fifteen."

Yan Hong nodded: "That means he has the best Taoist weapon."

After a brief exchange of words, they charged forward again.

After a while, many allied guards finally connected with the reinforcements, and with the two forces encircling them from the front and back, the enemy troops in this direction were either killed or escaped, and a gap appeared in the originally airtight defense line.

"Don't think about fighting, return to Lanshui quickly!" Yan Hong led the way and shouted loudly.

Everyone followed closely.

After a while, everyone finally returned to the Blue Water War Planet. After an inventory, they found that nearly a hundred of the six hundred alliance guards had been killed in the fight, and even the reinforcements that came to support them suffered casualties.

The dead are gone, and for those who survived, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

But the war is far from over. As long as the enemy does not give up attacking the star, the battle will continue.

"I'm going to meet the Ziying garrison commander. If it weren't for the garrison commander, we would never have been able to fight our way back. Brother Lu, let's talk later when we have time." Yan Hong didn't say hello to the others. They were just casual acquaintances along the way and they supported each other. Now he has fulfilled his responsibility by bringing them back to Lanshui. He only said a word to Lu Ye before leaving, and then exchanged the badge marks with each other for the convenience of future contact.

"No problem." Lu Ye nodded. After listening to Yan Hong's words, he was finally sure that this guy was not an ordinary person, otherwise it would be impossible for a one-star garrison to go through so much trouble.

Lu Ye was still very happy to make friends with such a person. If there was a chance later, he might ask him about how to leave.

After watching Yan Hong leave, Lu Ye turned around and was about to ask about the situation of Kang Xing and the other two, but he saw that they were all looking at him in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Lu Ye asked.

Kang Xing asked: "Brother Lu, have you known this Yan Hong before?"

"I don't know him." Lu Ye shook his head. "We just joined forces this time."

"Is that so?" Kang Xing understood. "But it doesn't matter. From the look of Yan Hong, he thinks highly of Brother Lu. And Brother Lu is a capable person. Gold will eventually shine. Being valued by Yan Hong, Brother Lu's future success is just around the corner. Congratulations to Brother Lu in advance."

Lu Ye said: "Is this Yan Hong from an important background?" He had this guess, but he didn't know exactly where he came from. Judging from Kang Xing's expression, he seemed to know.

"More than just a background." Kang Xing sighed, "Brother Lu has only been here for a short time, so he probably hasn't heard of the names of the major families in the war alliance..."

After listening to Kang Xing's explanation, Lu Ye realized that there were several top families of the human race in the War Alliance, which were the main pillars of the War Alliance. The Rong Dao ancestors of these families were the first to fall into Banlan back then. They had branched out here for countless years and each had given birth to a family.

Among them was a banquet family!
Yan Hong is a cultivator from the Yan family, and is quite famous among those who have entered the Dao.

Lu Ye didn't know much about the information inside Banlan, so when he heard Kang Xing talk about it, he listened attentively.

"Although Yan Hong is powerful, he is not the most powerful one." Kang Xing obviously knew a lot of information in this regard.

Lu Ye immediately became interested: "Yan Hong is not the most powerful one?"

According to his estimation, Yan Hong has about fourteen or fifteen levels of strength, which is about the same as the Sharp Claw Vampire he killed before and the one who just ambushed him.

But then he thought of the previous owner of the armor plate... That guy was even more powerful than Yan Hong. He could exert the power of nearly twenty Daos alone, which was simply abhorrent to both humans and gods.

"There is a man named Huang Zhihuan in the Huang family. He is the strongest person who has entered the Dao. He has been famous for hundreds of years. He is the owner of the Dao weapon Ant."

"Ant?" Lu Ye frowned. What a strange name.

Kang Xing smiled and said, "Even if you take the power of an ant, you can also shake a tree. This is the most powerful Dao weapon in Banlan. I heard that Huang Zhihuan can exert the power of nearly twenty Daos with this Dao weapon!" Speaking of this, Kang Xing sighed, "Nearly twenty Daos, that is the level that only Fusion Dao can achieve."

Lu Ye couldn't help but blink: "What kind of Taoist weapon is that ant? Why is it so powerful?"

"I heard it's a Taoist weapon that looks like a piece of armor." Jiang Yuning interrupted.

Lu Ye's expression remained unchanged: "Fellow Daoist Jiang, have you seen this Taoist weapon?"

Jiang Yuning smiled and said, "Of course I haven't seen it. The entire alliance only has one Ant, and it has always been in the hands of Huang Zhihuan. I'm afraid no one has seen it except his closest people. Brother Dao, you want to ask me how I know it? It's very simple. Many people know this news, and it was spread intentionally by those noble families."

"Why?" Lu Ye was confused. Shouldn't such a Taoist weapon be kept secret? Why did he spread the news?
"Because there are more than one ant." Kang Xing continued, "and the ant cannot be refined at this stage. It is an ancient relic in Banlan. No one knows where it is left. If someone sees it but does not know its value, wouldn't it be a waste of natural resources? So this news was spread intentionally."

Lu Ye thought about the appearance of the armor plate on his chest. It was indeed simple and unpretentious. If he didn't have a preconceived notion, if he really saw this thing somewhere, he would just think it was a fragment of a magic weapon and would not care at all.

"Several major families have announced that whoever obtains the ant and hands it over will receive a large reward. Apart from anything else, it will be guaranteed that they will be promoted to the Rong Dao."

Lu Ye said leisurely: "If someone gets such a treasure, I'm afraid they may not be willing to hand it over, right?"

Kang Xing shook his head and said, "Brother Lu, you should know that although this treasure is valuable, it is also a source of trouble. You can't keep it without some ability. Anyway, if I get it, I will definitely not keep it for myself."

What he said makes sense. As the saying goes, an innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure. Several major families have the ability to keep a treasure like the Ant, but ordinary cultivators do not have this ability. If it is really exposed, it may bring about a fatal disaster.

After a conversation, Lu Ye actually gained some unexpected benefits.

Looking back now, it was because I killed the Sharp Claw Vampire that the Insect Queen sent her tribe members who possessed the Ants to kill me. Unexpectedly, I killed them in return and took away their Taoist weapon.

The enemy could not tolerate the loss of such a valuable Taoist weapon, which is why the war zone was in chaos for a period of time afterwards.

Thinking of this, Lu Ye couldn't help but be stunned again. Could this enemy attack on the star be related to the ants?
Because you can't find your whereabouts, so you launch a large-scale attack on the star?
This possibility cannot be ruled out... If this is true, then Lu Ye would be at a loss whether to laugh or cry. After all, he could not have expected that such a war was caused by him.

The ant is indeed powerful, and it seems to be able to amplify the Zerg's power by ten daos, but this thing seems a bit useless to me. Should I hand it over?
But the aristocratic family is very powerful, and I have no background. If I make friends with them rashly, I may not get much benefit.

Perhaps I can find a chance to talk to Yan Hong. He is from the Yan family and can represent the aristocratic family.

But there is no rush for this matter. It won’t be too late to consider it after this war is over.

The war star is like a nail driven into the battlefield. It is because of this nail that nearby monks have space to recuperate. If they encounter danger, they can also return to the war star to take shelter.

Each war star has various supporting facilities. Basically, all the facilities available on the war alliance are also available on the war star.

After finally fighting their way back to the war planet, according to the rules, everyone had one day to rest. Kang Xing and the others had to go to the War Merit Hall here to coordinate their military merits and also to exchange some supplies.

Lu Ye had nothing to do, so he followed them. It was a good opportunity for him to take out some of the useless Taoist bones he had accumulated and convert them into military merits.

They didn't dare take too much, but even so, Kang Xing and others were still shocked beyond words.

The accumulation of military merits this time has allowed Lu Ye’s alliance guards to move up in rank from Iron Guards to Bronze Guards. With just a little more accumulation, he will be able to become a Silver Guard, and then he will be eligible to exchange for Taoist weapons.

Although I already have the Ant, it seems to be different from other Taoist weapons. I still have to exchange it for an ordinary Taoist weapon for research. If I can really imitate it, I can find a way to refine it when I return to the starry sky.

(End of this chapter)