Chapter 1090
Common Oak was quite startled by the attacks from what she had perceived as allies, but she still kept herself vigilant for aerial assaults. Then she realized that traditionally, void ants didn’t keep their wings. That was a recent development among the ones she knew- which she had rather expected to be all of them.
Where had these void ants come from? Had their queens been captured from the upper realms and transferred here? Common Oak had many questions, but they would have to be answered later.
Right now, she was being attacked. She hadn’t seen most of the structures the void ants were putting together before, but they were fairly straightforward. Ladders of ants trying to climb up to her- all she had to do was flutter a slight bit to the side and their efforts were in vain. The most annoying so far were the catapults, flinging void ants at her. That required constant movement, but even if they could predict her trajectory in a particular instant, she was more than capable of shifting her motion.
She took note that the two colonies seemed to be working together instead of trying to eliminate her. That wasn’t necessarily typical, based on the Great Queen’s tale of her history. But they were quite focused on her.
Ah. Of course they would be- she was the largest source of natural energy in the room. No, on the whole planet most likely. Even away from her namesake source- though leaves in general still provided her power- she was still an Assimilation cultivator, after all. These local cultivators seemed set on Ascension, so they would no longer be present after Life Transformation.
Seeing how the void ants were climbing the walls, Common Oak decided it was best to not let the void ants figure out how to kill her. Because they might actually manage it. She led them over towards the door- which was the only other source of natural energy around. They began climbing that too, but at least some of them began to pick at the formations.
Since her task here clearly wasn’t going the way she wanted, Common Oak found it most important to leave. The humans likely had some way to contain the void ants- or to eliminate them, should something like this happen. She hadn’t wanted to kill them, but if they couldn’t communicate with her she really couldn’t save them anyway.
Aiming at the wall above where any void ants had climbed, Common Oak spun around, using her wings as cutting implements. Since the chaos would have already revealed her presence, holding back her energy for the attack wasn’t necessary. A formation meant to stop weaker individuals simply wasn’t enough. The walls were quite durable, but she made a leaf bug sized hold easily enough. Then she fluttered through at speed, before the void ants could cut her off.
Common Oak liked void ants a lot more when they were on her side. Unlike humans, she couldn’t easily squash hundreds of them- her only method of combat was her natural energy, which they were nearly completely immune to. Even if these ants happened to be young enough that her power as an Assimilation cultivator could kill them en masse… Common Oak didn’t want to see it.