Chapter 46: The Assault Continues
After several back-and-forth skirmishes, the hive’s forces began to show signs of exhaustion. At the same time, the Worker Bugs of the Brood Nest had depleted their reserves of acid solution.
Having observed from the sidelines for quite a while, Luo Wen finally moved to the frontlines. His massive frame, several times larger than a Soldier Ant, became an unstoppable force. With the insects coordinating around him, he resembled a bulldozer, charging through the battlefield with ease.
It wasn’t that he was cowardly. Well, at the beginning, he might have been a little hesitant.
Given his size, Luo Wen was an obvious target on the battlefield.
While his growing body granted him immense strength and resilience, his structure also left him vulnerable to smaller foes. His back, in particular, was a blind spot that was hard to defend.
If too many Worker Ants surrounded him, he couldn’t fend them all off. Should they manage to climb onto his back, there wasn’t much he could do to stop them.
Although his entire body was encased in tough chitinous armor that the smaller combatants couldn’t penetrate, his bulbous, unprotected compound eyes were a glaring weakness. It wouldn’t take much for a Worker Ant’s bite to cause irreparable damage.
When the Brood Nest’s task force had besieged the cliff spider earlier, these very Worker Ants had crawled through its wounds and burrowed into its body. Since hive Worker Ants shared the same basic template as their Brood Nest counterparts, they likely possessed the same tactics.
Luo Wen had no intention of experiencing the fate of that spider.