“Ha, Mr. Bloomer, didn’t you say there was something strange about the swamp? Why not take a detour?” Brody glanced back at Leo and sneered.
Seeing that Leo ignored him completely, Brody snorted in displeasure. “Hmph, putting on airs.”
Brody patted the Howling Moon Golden Wolf beneath him, and its speed surged.
Seven or eight minutes later, the group reached the center of the vast red swamp.
After covering such a distance, nothing unusual had happened in the red swamp.
“This swamp is utterly unremarkable. There’s nothing suspicious about it. Bringing along someone so paranoid is just a drag,” Brody complained irritably.
Just as Brody finished his complaint, the swamp below suddenly began to boil.
The soft, fertile ground started to swell like rising dough, forming huge bubbles.
The entire vast swamp seemed to come alive.
This sight made Leo, who had been observing the swamp, grow serious.
Soon, enormous red whirlpools appeared in the swamp. As they spun, a powerful pulling force was generated.
The Howling Moon Golden Wolf at the front let out an unexpected howl as its massive body was pulled down by the force from one of the red whirlpools.
The sudden descent made Brody’s face change abruptly.
Beau, who was controlling the Green Spirit Wind Travelling Boat, also turned pale as his vessel trembled and began to plummet towards another red whirlpool.
Brooks, sitting on his jade lotus throne, also started to sink.
Leo, having been prepared, had his Thunder Wing Beast flap its wings furiously to resist the pulling force.
“Stop right now!” Brody shouted sternly at the Howling Moon Golden Wolf.
After descending a bit, the Howling Moon Golden Wolf burst into golden light and finally stopped in mid-air.
“Stop for me!” Beau’s face darkened as he cast several spells in succession.
The Green Spirit Wind Travelling Boat glowed with green light and stopped its descent as well.
“Amitabha, unmoving like a mountain!” Brooks chanted a Buddhist mantra, and his jade lotus throne emitted a bright light, halting its fall instantly.
Everyone’s eyes were fixed below.
In the red swamp, hundreds of eerie large whirlpools appeared amidst the rolling red mud.
Each whirlpool had a tremendous pulling force.
If a low-level Cultivator were caught off guard, they would undoubtedly be sucked into the whirlpool and perish.
“Damn it, this swamp really is strange!” Brody cursed inwardly and instinctively looked towards Leo.
At that moment, huge red mud membranes emerged from the swamp.
There were thousands of these membranes, far more than the whirlpools.
“Everyone be careful!” Leo warned loudly.
Almost as soon as Leo’s words fell, the red mud membranes shattered, revealing what was inside.
The sight made everyone’s faces change dramatically, their eyes filled with horror.
They were giant ants, blood-red all over, with bright red flame patterns on their bodies.
Each giant ant was larger than a typical lion or leopard. Their front legs were off the ground, resembling sharp mantis blades.
Thousands of these giant ants, combined with the powerful suction of the whirlpools, created a terrifying scene.
Moreover, the whirlpools’ suction seemed to have no effect on the giant ants.
“Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants! This is a Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ant colony!” Beau exclaimed in shock after recovering from his initial surprise.
“We need to leave now!” Seeing everyone stunned, Leo shouted coldly.
Immediately, Leo’s spiritual power erupted as he controlled the Thunder Wing Beast to shoot forward.
The others snapped out of it and hurriedly used their own methods to escape.
Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants were highly aggressive and carried fire poison.
As the saying goes, “ants can kill an elephant.” Not to mention them; even a Spirit Saint realm expert might not escape if surrounded by Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants.
Beau’s face changed drastically as he cast spells into the Green Spirit Wind Travelling Boat.
The Green Spirit Wind Travelling Boat glowed with runes and shot forward like a stream of light.
“Hurry up and get out of here!” Seeing the Thunder Wing Beast and Green Spirit Wind Travelling Boat ahead of him, Brody slapped his Howling Moon Golden Wolf and shouted sternly.
The Howling Moon Golden Wolf roared and charged forward.
Brooks stood up from his lotus throne at some point, chanting a Buddhist mantra and casting spells into his throne to catch up with the Howling Moon Golden Wolf.
Although they controlled their flying spiritual weapons or mounts at full speed, their pace was two or three times slower due to the whirlpools’ strong suction.
As they sped towards the other side of the swamp, Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants raised their heads from the red swamp below.
Then, one by one, the giant red figures leaped up suddenly, their sharp blade-like legs wreathed in red flames.
Twenty or thirty Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants jumped simultaneously, attacking Leo and the others.
The sharp red blade legs of the Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants slashed towards Leo and Violet’s Thunder Wing Beast.
The Thunder Wing Beast roared and swiped at one of the Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants’ heads with its claw.
With a bang, the Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ant was knocked into the swamp below.
However, despite taking a hit from the Thunder Wing Beast’s claw, the Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ant seemed largely unscathed. It flailed its legs before charging at Leo and Violet again.
With a thought, Leo summoned his Dragon Sword. The sharp sword light slashed down, cutting the charging Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ant in half.
Thick red blood splattered everywhere.
Stimulated by the scent of blood, more Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants attacked from all directions.
Leo and Violet leaped off the Thunder Wing Beast’s back to face the incoming Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants head-on.
Behind them, seven or eight Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants leaped towards the Green Spirit Wind Travelling Boat.
Numerous sharp blade legs struck the protective light membrane around the Green Spirit Wind Travelling Boat.
The green light membrane rippled violently before cracking, revealing numerous fissures.
Several runes on the boat also shattered, causing Beau great distress.
“Fellow cultivators, we must fight. My Green Spirit Wind Travelling Boat can’t protect us all,” Beau said to the twin sisters, Timothy, and the mysterious man in gray robes.
They nodded in agreement. Spiritual power surged as they drew their weapons and charged at the attacking Bone-Devouring Giant Fire Ants.