Chapter 351 The Soul-Command Banner
With the Calamity Ant Queen as the center, the army ants burst outward in a perfect radial spread.
In one breath, Dragonlord and Emberwing were swallowed inside the swarm.
“Damn it.”
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Marston clenched his jaw and ordered Emberwing to beat its wings at once. Golden feathers swept out like blades, cutting into the army ans rushing toward him.
This tide was different from ordinary insectoid swarms.
It had no instinct for fear.
Every ant carried at least S-rank pressure.
At first glance, they seemed like living S-rank insectoids.
But after Marston killed several, he realized something was wrong.
They were not physical bodies.
They were condensed energy.
Almost like souls.
“A soul-command banner?”
Almost the same instant that thought crossed Marston’s mind, a familiar voice rang through the combat channel.
Now that every force had gathered and the Infernal Prison Bee’s interference was gone, the channel could finally be used normally again.
“Orion, look. This is a soul-command banner. If I kill you, refine you, and make you mine, this rogue cultivator can command you just like these ant souls. Then I can send you out hunting and have you bring food back to feed me.”
Atlas, Marston, Harper: “…”
Rogue cultivator?
More like dark cultivator.
Orion was driving Greedy Wolf back toward the main force at full speed while watching the battlefield. He accepted Julian’s words without the slightest difficulty and even asked from the pilot seat, “Julian, are you saying the Calamity Ant Queen refined souls and used them to create a domain ability?”
Whether his Julian counted as a dark cultivator did not matter.
What mattered was the weakness of the domain.
Chapter 351 The Soul-Command Banner
Besides, what was wrong with being a dark cultivator?
A little wicked.
Very cute.
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Then the little dark cultivator answered, “How could that be possible? Only I am allowed to refine an Orion ghost. It cannot refine you. You are this rogue cultivator’s family property. Family property cannot be violated.”
Atlas, Marston, Harper: “…”
They thought Orion would at least refute that.
But Orion?
Orion was smiling.
Actually smiling.
Julian’s face immediately turned solemn. “What are you laughing at? Is this rogue cultivator funny?”
Orion gave a soft cough, forced the smile down, and answered with extreme seriousness, “I think Julian is right. Only this rogue cultivator may refine the Orion ghost. I am Julian’s family property and cannot be violated.”
Atlas, Marston, Harper: “?”
If Orion had not held the highest authority in the channel, they would have thrown these two out of it.
They were fighting a war.
Not watching Orion wag his tail.
Fortunately, even while sounding disgustingly indulgent, Orion still brought the conversation back quickly.
“Then Master Julian, could you kindly explain how the Calamity Ant Queen formed this domain?”
Julian tilted his head.
“It ate its own kind. Those S-rank army ants. Then it compressed their life force and part of their soul energy into the brood sac in its abdomen.”
“What?”
Dark cultivator?
No.
Teacher
That was mentor-level insight.
Then what was left to say?
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Chapter 351 The Soul-Command Banner
Kill her.
Silent Night, Dragonlord, and Emberwing charged toward the army-ant tide together, all of them determined to take the Calamity Ant Queen’s life.
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At that moment, however, a pressure more terrifying than the queen’s, stronger than any 3S-rank insectoid they had ever encountered, descended without warning.
It froze them to the bone.
Worse than the pressure itself…
was the silent emptiness of deep space.
Nothing.
There was nothing ahead.
Everyone knew it.
The most terrifying thing in the universe was always the unknown.
The galaxy remained brilliant.
Deep space remained lonely.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.

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