Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 947 - 670: Rainbow Tea (3)

What a flavorful name~

"Then the name is settled, it will be called Rainbow Tea. Giant Cypress, you’ll take charge, and henceforth, Rainbow Tea will belong to the Fourth Corps under your command."

"Black Peach, you’re a logistics ant, so only an Assistant King suitable for logistics will join you."

"Round Cypress, remember this, during the spring trade next year, find a caravan to obtain a batch of tea tree seeds. We should also plant a batch of tea trees."

Dragon Cypress issued commands, unquestionable, and immediately continued: "Black Rice will stay on Rainbow Island to assist. Boss Yellow, Wuye, tomorrow morning I’ll send you back to the Purple Tung Insect Nation."

"After that’s done, Ink Orchid will set out with me to Yu’e Island. The Dominating Throne will remain at Xianglan Peak King Nest. Rainbow Tea needs it for Molting Evolution; use it yourself..."

...

Dragon Stride Mountain.

The Divine Power draft that happens every thirty years swept through.

With a rumbling sound, the gates of the passage between the two worlds opened one after another.

Cypress and Silver Cypress led twenty thousand Specialized Blue Soldiers back.

The Great Leader of Dragon Stride Mountain, who hadn’t appeared for two years, the Six-column Ant King, walked out of the Ant Nest, vibrating spiritual power to announce: [Mantis King Ink Orchid has again ambushed, successfully killing Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King. Weapon-column Ant King will personally command an army of a million to counterattack Blue Island and exterminate Stone Hunt Blue Ant.]

The news quickly spread through the pass.

——When did Mantis King Ink Orchid go to Zhibai Continent?

——Has it always been over there?

——Was the ambush successful this time?

——Is the news reliable?

——Nonsense, the Six-column Ant King personally announced it, can it be fake?

——So powerful!

——Blue Island is doomed.

——We are liberated too.

——Finally, we can return to the Kingdom and sleep soundly.

The insects were buzzing with discussion, full of disbelief, shouting with joy.

Groups of insects fluttering around,

The news rapidly spread from Dragon Stride Mountain across the entire Wanglan Continent.

...

Yu’e Island.

An angry wind howled.

Various armies participating in the battle are rushing in from all directions, landing on the island to assemble.

At the center of the island, the deliberation palace was torn down and rebuilt, turned into the largest central palace, the Great Leader’s main command nest.

To the north and south, two smaller palaces each, and a small palace to the west, five in total, the command nests of five leaders.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid flew in swiftly, landing directly in the Great Leader’s palace.

The five leaders immediately came over.

They greeted each other with a few polite words.

Dragon Cypress asked: "Five leaders, how is the assembly of the allied army?"

Mountain Pepper Ant King reported: "The fifteen million troops from the Wave Tree Bay United Kingdom have already assembled. The eight million troops from the Northern Allied Kingdom have also all landed on the island. Other reinforcements, those relatively closer have also numbered eight million. Currently, Yu’e Island has assembled thirty-one million combat forces. According to the promises of each kingdom, another twenty million are on their way."

Bee King Sedge Island: "The ones arriving slowly are mainly from kingdoms in the northern tropics and along the eastern continent’s coast. The news travels slowly, and the journey is long."

Dragon Cypress: "That’s understandable."

Bee King Sedge: "There are also fast ones, from Zhibai Continent, 574 insect kings with Evolution levels above Age Period 7, excelling in combat, from various species, came all at once. They arrived as soon as the passage between the two worlds opened."

Dragon Cypress: "All vying for the permanent use rights of the Ocean God’s Scepter?"

Bee King Sedge nodded its tentacle.

Dragon Cypress and the other four leaders all shook their tentacles.

——In this world, where can you find such easy advantages?

Mountain Pepper Ant King said: "Great Leader, this is difficult for us to handle, will you decide on something?"

Dragon Cypress pondered slightly and said indifferently, "The upcoming war is not something that anyone can participate in just by wanting to, nor does participating guarantee benefits. However, since these Insect Kings have come, it’s not suitable to send them away. Let’s allow them to freely organize into two elite combat teams, to be integrated into the Fifth Group Army, serving as reserve forces for future battles in the Eight Directions Land."

Dragon Cypress explained, "Reserve forces, unless absolutely necessary, do not need to engage in battle. If they don’t participate in the battle, obviously, their combat merits won’t be counted. However, after the war ends, we will provide appropriate compensation."

Dark Maple Dragonfly King agreed, "Alright! I will handle it later."

Dragon Cypress asked, "Has Blue Island experienced any unusual situations?"

Dark Maple Dragonfly King replied, "Everything is as usual, no anomalies observed. The news of Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King’s death should not be delivered to the island so quickly."

Bloodvine Bee King chuckled, "Any insect with some brains should recognize the situation now; the demise of Blue Island is inevitable, and I doubt any insect dares to betray us by passing information."

"Then let’s proceed according to plan."

Dragon Cypress walked to the central sand table of the palace and said, "Convene all the alliance’s deputy leaders and elite combat team leaders for a strategic meeting."

"Alright—"

Dark Maple Dragonfly King called, as several dragonflies outside the palace moved swiftly.

Bloodvine Bee King asked, "Isn’t it time to disclose the ’Refinement Ability’, Great Leader Dragon Cypress? We should start organizing the Bee King and Ant King to rapidly produce soldiers and prepare the forces to attack Eight Directions Land, just in case."

"I arrived half a month early with Mantis King Ink Orchid to arrange these matters in advance."

Dragon Cypress nodded his tentacle and pondered, "All participants in producing soldiers for the final siege of the kingdoms in the Eight Directions Land shall be credited with a notable achievement and will involve the distribution of various post-war benefits."

"Later, I will give a list of 150 Ant Kings and 150 Bee Kings, totaling 300 slots. We will discuss together who can participate, who cannot? Who can be allocated more White Refining Bead portions, who less?"

"My idea is to measure the meat supply required to foster a Hawk Wasps Tribe Combat Professional Bee and distribute the White Refining Bead portions into three tiers: the first tier equips 300,000 soldiers with 100 slots; the second tier equips 200,000 soldiers with 150 slots. These 250 slots are fixed.

"As for the third tier, distribute the refinement portion for producing 100,000 soldiers. The third tier is flexible; we will secretly list candidates based on food gathering and consumption, as well as their performance in the upcoming war, and add them preferentially."

The five leaders considered, acknowledging with nodding tentacles.

Hawk Wasps are pure carnivorous bees, and such fierce bee and ant tribes are in the minority within the alliance.

Most are omnivorous, consuming meat, fresh fruits, dried fruits, and even tree and grass leaves. The ’Blue Refinement Beads’ condensed from refined trees are also edible.

Meat is the hardest to acquire and essential; larvae development requires adequate meat intake.

As for fruits, dried fruits, and plant leaves, these are easiest to obtain. Each kingdom has orchards, which can self-sustain. If there is a deficiency, Wave Tree Bay can purchase Flower Origin Stone from other kingdoms, or Dragon Cypress can gather from Zhibai Continent as needed, and large-scale deforestation could refine ’Blue Refinement Beads’ for emergencies.

Dragon Cypress’s distribution method is relatively fair.

Provides a fixed meat supply.

Pure carnivorous bees and ants have strong individual combat capabilities but entail higher costs, thus fewer soldiers are produced, favoring elite troops.

Omnivorous bees and ants, perhaps slightly weaker in individual combat, following the Dragon Cypress standard, 300,000 food units can produce 500,000 to 1,000,000 soldiers, amplifying quantity.

As for purely herbivorous ants and bees, if their combat power is not adequate, they can only perform logistical work, or they require fermentation or cultivation with stringent conditions. Leafcutter ants, for instance, need to cut specific types of plant leaves, cultivate and consume fungi. Such dietary habits limit the effectiveness of the refinement ability.

After a while,

The eleven deputy leaders and twenty-four elite combat team leaders engaged in the front line arrived.

Azure Mica Ant King indicated, a batch of fresh meat was brought in.

—A pre-battle feast?

—Weren’t we supposed to discuss strategies?

The insects wondered.

Dark Maple Dragonfly King briefly said, "Great Leader Dragon Cypress has an incredible skill, everyone watch."

Without wasting words, Dragon Cypress conjured a giant three-meter diameter Water Sphere between two tentacles, rolling with the flow and ingesting the ground food. Water System Primordial Energy erupted, transforming the Water Sphere into bright azure, rapidly circulating.

The azure Water Sphere turned white, continually compressing, splitting into thirty-five pellets, finally condensing into thirty-five milk-white Crystal Beads, scattering before each Insect King.

"!!!"

Some perceptive insect immediately noticed that this ability resembled the ’Devouring’ nature of the Sea Beast Devouring.

Can the Sea Beast Devouring Ability be utilized like this?

Dragon Cypress explained, "This is the refinement ability I have comprehended, allowing the purification, compression, and solidification of food for ease in preservation and transport. Everyone, have a taste... "

...

Refinement Ability was disclosed.

Dragon Cypress said no more.

Dark Maple Dragonfly King and Mountain Pepper Ant King detailed to the insects the upcoming soldier production plans and the ’White Refining Bead’ distribution rules.