Chapter 425: Chapter 417 A Unique Way of Attacking_1

Their body shape somewhat resembled wasps, with long abdomens and pointy tails.

However, their wings were nearly invisible.

In fact, their wings were those short and thick elytra that looked more like two pieces of armor. When they needed to fly, the contracted wings would quickly extend from beneath the elytra and then unfold.

One characteristic of these beetles was that their larvae were wingless, only the adults would have the wings necessary for flight.

This aspect was quite similar to ducks.

Ducklings had fluffy feathers, rendering them incapable of flight when they were young.

Qin Niu found that these beetles were mostly Grade Two insects, with only a few reaching Grade Three. They lacked Poison Stingers, meaning they couldn’t sting like wasps do.

Ordinary beetles of this kind didn’t have poison glands.

The abdomens of these beetles had clearly evolved to have poison glands.

Qin Niu was very curious about their method of attack.

Having poison glands without fangs or stingers still left them unable to inject their venom into an enemy.

It was clear that these beetles lacked Poison Stingers, both Grade Two and Grade Three were the same in this regard.

If they had evolved to have poison glands, logically, they should also evolve corresponding attack organs.

For example, they could evolve their poison glands in their head, connected to their mouthparts.

After biting an enemy, they could quickly deliver the venom through their fangs or mouthparts.

To evolve poison glands in their abdomen didn’t make sense by normal logic.

Surely they couldn’t also grow a tube connecting to their mouthparts?

The distance would be too great, causing a delay in the Venom Attack. Even a delay of just one second could allow an enemy to escape.

This could greatly reduce their success rate of venom attacks.

Qin Niu used a homemade wooden tweezer to carefully observe a beetle, continually provoking it to display its attack method.

At that moment, he noticed a clear change in the beetle he had angered.

Its abdomen bulged noticeably.

Puff!

A transparent liquid sprayed out from the tip of its abdomen.

Qin Niu hastened to dodge.

The liquid fell onto the leaves of the weeds on the ground.

The leaves of the weeds looked as if they had been burned, immediately showing spots, turning yellow at a visually discernible rate, and eventually darkening.

The venom was actually sprayed out from the tip of the beetle’s abdomen.

This move was very much like the attack mechanism of the poison dart frog. When the frog is attacked by a strong enemy, it sprays a stream of urine from its rear as an attack. This urine contains potent toxins that cause immediate unbearable pain when in contact with the eyes, and can even lead to blindness.

If ingested, it likewise leads to vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, and other symptoms of poisoning.

If it lands on the skin and is not washed off quickly, it can corrode the skin, then penetrate into the bloodstream, causing poisoning.

Primitive humans knew the poison of the dart frog was very potent, so they specially collected it to smear on the tips of their arrows.

Or they would dip fine needles directly into the toxing to poison them.

They also applied it to the heads of their spears.

Even lions and elephants could be in big trouble if they got just a little bit on them.

Since primitive humans had primitive weapons, it was difficult for them to hunt elephants. But ever since they discovered frog toxins and applied them to their weapons, they almost became invincible in the jungle.

Even several-ton elephants could be hunted by them.

The venom attack method of these beetles was astonishingly similar to that of the poison dart frog, yet their venom was even more intense.

Qin Niu specifically tested the venom of two kinds of wing-hidden insects.

The venom of the wing-hidden insects before entering the valley was obviously much weaker. After flying out of the valley, the venom of the wing-hidden insects became more than three times stronger.

If this were sprayed onto the warriors of the Black Tiger Gang, even the strong fighters of the Innate Realm would suffer unbearable pain if they got just a little on them.

The warriors of the Acquired Realm and Mortal Realm who got the venom on them wouldn’t necessarily lose their lives, but they would lose their combat effectiveness in an extremely short amount of time.

“It seems that there are over a hundred million wing-hidden insects that have entered the valley. They have absorbed the poisonous miasma there and then reformed into insect clouds to return to the battlefield to deal with the warriors of the Black Tiger Gang. Once they rain down their venom from the sky, it will probably only take a moment to cause the army of the Black Tiger Gang to collapse.”

After deducing the enemy’s intentions, Qin Niu broke out into a cold sweat.

The Nine Insect Gang has many experts, and their insect-controlling abilities are unmatched, if not the best in the world, certainly outstanding within the territory of the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect.

Similarly, the previous deployment of armored insects was a grandiose affair, numbering at least tens of millions, forming an immense and formidable army of armored insects.

However, the speed of the armored insects was somewhat limited as they crawled on the ground.

So was their attack range.

These wing-hidden insects could fly, and their flight capability was not weak. They were also capable of spraying venom and did not need to come into contact with the enemy to launch a venom attack. They were like a nightmare existence for the warriors of the Black Tiger Gang.

“Perfect, let my Termite Army have a feast on this opportunity.”

Qin Niu’s Termite Army had nearly thirty thousand Poisonous Ants in its ranks.

It could be said that most of the termites hatched later were equipped with poison stingers and glands. On average, three out of every ten termites had the ability to launch a venom attack.

And their venom was highly toxic.

Due to the terrifying poisonous miasma in the valley, Qin Niu initially sent only ten Poisonous Ants to explore the valley.

As soon as they came into contact with the poisonous miasma, they showed clear signs of poisoning.

But it didn’t take long for them to recover to normal.

Furthermore, their venom seemed to have become stronger. This greatly satisfied Qin Niu, and his anxiety was alleviated.

Without further hesitation, he sent all of the Poisonous Ants into the valley.

The only task assigned to them was to kill those wing-hidden insects.

After releasing all the Poisonous Ants, he tried sending a few Worker Ants and Soldier Ants into the valley as well.

Four Worker Ants were poisoned to death one after another.

Out of five Soldier Ants, only one managed to escape. But it was already staggering and walking unsteadily, as if it were intoxicated.

Before long, this only surviving Soldier Ant also perished.

The power of the poisonous miasma was exceedingly terrifying.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Niu’s termites, if not completely resistant to all poisons, at least possessed a very strong toxin resistance.

They fed on poisonous snakes, centipedes, spiders, and never exhibited any symptoms of poisoning.

Now, the poisonous miasma in this valley was potent enough to kill them directly, proving the Valley of Wronged Spirits to be an extraordinarily dangerous place.

The nearly thirty thousand Poisonous Ants released by Qin Niu had an even stronger resistance to poison. They could withstand the poisonous miasma just like those wing-hidden insects.

Upon entering the valley, they had commenced an unrelenting massacre of those wing-hidden insects.

The actual number of them was approximately twenty-eight thousand five hundred.

This was Qin Niu’s accumulation of resources over a long period.

Nearly all the Poisonous Ants were there.

Only a few were left in the Ant Nest for defense and security.

Some of these Poisonous Ants were Grade Three, some were Grade Four, and a small number were early Grade Two Poisonous Ants.

These wing-hidden insects were like chickens and ducks in front of them, allowing them to slaughter at will. The wing-hidden insects had almost no power to fight back against them.