. . . ----- [Race]: [Giant Fiery Red Ant Fortress Warrior] [Status]: [Furious] [Rank]: [A(+)] [Level]: [53/70] [HP]: [92850/92850] (+2500) [MP]: [35332/35332] (+2500) [Strength]: [46203] (+2500) [Agility]: [11602] (+2500) [Vitality]: [31302] (+2500) [Intelligence]: [9300] (+2500) [Dexterity]: [9600] (+2500) [Divinity]: [1200] (+500) [Passive Skills] [Unique Skills]: [Hardened Exoskeleton Armor: Lv6] [Earth Element: Lv--] [Darkness Element: Lv--] [Fire Element: Lv--] [Poison Element: Lv--] [Sunlight Boost: Lv7] [Cosmic Enhancement: Lv5] [Miasmic Enhancement: Lv5] [Fiery Wrath: Lv8] [Body Skills]: [Fiery Body: Lv6] [Extrasensory Senses: Lv6] [Sharp Sight: Lv3] [Mucus Production: Lv6] [Explosive Saliva Secretion: Lv6] [Steel Tearing Sharp Jaws: Lv6] [Rapid Egg Production: Lv2] [Cosmic Aura: Lv4] [Ultra Super Defensive Technique: Lv10] [Resistance Skills]: [Physical Damage Resistance: Lv6] [Magic Damage Resistance: Lv7] [Sunlight Resistance: Lv10] [Thirst Resistance: Lv6] [Hunger Resistance: Lv6] [Fire Absorption: Lv6] [All Element Resistance: Lv5] [Active Skills] [Physical Skills]: [Powerful Bite: Lv6] [Acid Spray: Lv9] [Chemical Spray: Lv8] [Flame Aura Control: Lv7] [Burning Anger: Lv7] [Body Slam: Lv8] [Stomp: Lv7] [Vicious Relentlessness: Lv5] [Calamitous Fortress Exoskeleton: Lv10] [Magical Skills]: [Fireball: Lv10] [Blazing Beam: Lv7] [Blazing Shield: Lv5] [Shadow Bullet: Lv6] [Shadow Threads: Lv7] [Mana Sense: Lv6] [Call Ally: Lv6] [Chaotic Bullet: Lv6] [Starlight Beam: Lv6] [Fiery Lava Terrain Expansion: Lv5] [Title Skills] [Unique Title Skills]: [Fiery Red Ant Fortress Warriors: Lv10] [Cannibal: Lv6] [Miasmic Servant: Lv6] [Full Grown Adult: Lv6] ----- Ten of these enormous guys appeared out of the blue, protecting the Fiery Ant Queen's nest with their gargantuan sized bodies. Their bodies alone letting out molten rock and flames spread into their surroundings. The Ant Queen really grew desperate once she felt the temperatures were already reaching below zero, huh? Well, that's for the better. The more she shows us all her trump cards, the easier it will be to take them all down. "This immense power…!" Luminous muttered. "That Ant Queen's using the Cosmic Stone dexterously unlike that slug we fought before! It reminds me of the Swarm Queen…" "Certainly, she's using it rather well." Frank thought, quickly transforming part of his body. "[Draconification]!" FLAAASH! His body was quickly covered on black scales and bony plates, his entire face had a helmet resembling a skull, as cosmic power fused with darkness and death elements encompassing his entire body. His sword, which he named Demon Blade Gram, resonated with it, and grew larger and more terrifying, as if it was corrupted by this power. Long draconic wings stretched behind him, as he began charging power into his sword, aiming at the Ant Nest from afar. "As long as I destroy that, their entire formation will fall apart though!" Furiously, he swung the sword vertically and horizontally at the same time, a cross-shaped cosmic attack reached the Ant Nest! CLAAAAAASSSSHHHHH!!! However, the attack was instead blocked by something else… a barrier. The Fortress Ants reinforced the barrier, working as its pillars. And the powerful blow only shattered the barrier, which quickly regenerated, absorbing the power of the cosmic stone the Ant Queen already had within her possession. "A barrier using the Cosmic Stone's power. I guess that works for them…" Frank sighed. "Then we'll have to do this the old-fashioned way. Let's slay those giants one by one and then we'll go for the Queen." "If there's a barrier they're maintaining, then there's no other way." Luminous agreed. "Your Cosmic Powers are very powerful, my Light is a powerful element, but these ants resist it awfully well due to absorbing heat and fire… I doubt I can destroy the barrier without killing a few of the fortress ants either." Luminous was already on his Dragon Form, but to save up energy for the Undead Army tomorrow, he was at a smaller size, only being around eighty meters big. Nonetheless, his power was overflowing through his body after his amazing evolution, but even then, he was still developing it and getting used to it, additionally that he wants to save it for the battles that are coming in the future, it is understandable he wont recklessly use it all to charge forwards… yet. "SHAAAAAAHHHH!!!" The Fortress Warrior Ants roared, ordering hundreds of Fiery Ants that emerged from the ground to rush towards us. The army quickly directed towards us. They split into three, those attacking upfront, and the other two surrounded us from left and right. They had also received a powerup from the Flames the Queen unleashed, so they were probably… twice as strong now? Maybe. I guess it doesn't really matter much. "Step aside." I said, quickly walking in front with Aquamarine and Black and White at both of my hands. "Sol, Fiere, attack from behind. Ariant, Eriant, call the desert spirits and alter the terrain to our advantage, build pits or anything if you have to, you've got the whole desert." "We've been helping however we can." Ariant sighed. "But the Desert Spirits dislike the ice too much…" "We apologize." Eriant apologized. The two had been summoning enormous palms made of stone and tremors for a while now, but their potential can go even beyond that. If they were truly connected with nature and the desert spirits… then changing the whole terrain to our advantage wouldn't even be a problem for them. "It's not that they're scared, they need more Mana." I smiled back at them. "Here, drain as much as you want. I've been draining mine from the monsters for a while now." I connected my soul through threads using Phantasmal Puppeteer and gave the twins my Mana, sharing our Mana together through the Technique I had created in my first days back in Genesis… "[Mana Share]" FLAAASH! The twins' golden eyes shone brightly overflowing with my mana and their own combined. I continued draining mana from the corpses of the ants I had just taken and stored inside my Dimensional Stomach too. "Ahhh… The Desert Spirits, they're reacting!" "And… what is this?! These other spirits… we've never heard them before!" The twins began overflowing with spiritual power. At the end, the spirits simply demanded more Mana! FLUOOOSH! Spirits of the desert emerged one after the other around them, changing the terrain… but not only them but spirits of ice and flames emerged as well! . . .