Chapter 140: Eating An Ant Burnt Is Better Than Eating It Raw, Right?

Axel's PoV:

I released a burst of mana behind my body which propelled me towards the level 70,500 speed bullet ant in an instant.

The level 70,500 speed bullet ant dodged me by activating a burst of speed in its body which let it disappear out of my sight.

"Oh no, you don't!"

I cast [Dragon Wings] which resulted in a pair of rainbow wings that were made out of mana and several elements protruded on my back.

I also activated my [Flight] skill despite having a pair of rainbow wings on my back.

My purpose of activating the [Dragon Wings] was to be able to instantly shift my flight direction while in mid-air and activating the [Flight] skill was to be able to fly without flapping my dragon wings.

I channeled a few of my mana to increase my sight so that I would be able to catch at least a glimpse of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

After increasing my sight, I saw the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and the movement of it was like it was teleporting by a short distance, leaving a few afterimages due to its speed.

I only needed to increase my sight by using my mana sparingly since I still needed to save up my mana for my upcoming battle against the other high-level monsters.

I summoned the status screen to check up on my mana and it seemed that I still had 60% of my mana left.

My mana recovery rate was able to catch up with my mana consumption inactivating all of my skills so I should be fine for now.

It was time to focus on defeating the level 70,500 speed bullet ant now that I knew my status was in good condition and my preparations were complete.

While my enhancement on my eyesight was still active, I was able to see glimpses of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and it was good enough for me to be able to defeat it.

I calculated the movement pattern of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and used my mathematical knowledge to my advantage so that I would be able to predict the next arrival point of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

The burst of speed that the level 70,500 speed bullet ant had displayed was almost similar to small distance teleportation in my point of view so by determining its next arrival point, I would be able to land a hit on it if my calculations and predictions were correct.

I readied my sword strike by building up compressed fire on my fire sword and waiting for the right time to launch it towards the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

I also took note of how much mana I had spent so that I wouldn't waste any significant amount of mana.

My attack preparation was finished so I switched my gaze towards the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and focused on determining its next arrival point.

The level 70,500 speed bullet ant kept on activating bursts of speed while leaving after images of itself so I had a hard time predicting its next arrival point.

The level 70,500 speed bullet ant moved from tree to tree to further increase its speed so I was forced to channel more mana into my eyes.

After several seconds worth of observing the movement pattern of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant, I saw a flaw in its movement, and even if it's just a slight flaw, it was enough for me to be able to start making a move against it.

I withdrew some of my mana on the fire sword to reduce my mana consumption since my plan first was to send a bluff attack towards the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

I launched a compressed fire blade towards the level 70,500 speed bullet ant which left it with no choice but to dodge towards the location where I had predicted it to be its arrival point.

The compressed fire blade missed the level 70,500 speed bullet ant due to its previous evasion but it was within my expectation.

I launched another compressed fire blade which was a bit powerful than the previous towards it and used 10% of my mana to enhance my movement speed.

After increasing my movement speed, I was able to detect the movement of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

I didn't waste any more time so I let out a burst of mana towards my dragon wings and forcefully flapped it which resulted in me being propelled towards the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

I maneuvered my body using the [Flight] skill to slightly change the direction of my trajectory which was quite successful as I was now behind the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

It took a while for the level 70,500 speed bullet ant to catch up with my sudden increase of speed so it had yet to notice that I was behind it.

The compressed fire blade was still heading towards the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and was at least a meter away from reaching the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

Since I was behind the level 70,500 speed bullet ant, the compressed fire blade would hit me if the level speed bullet ant managed to dodge it in time.

The level 70,500 speed bullet ant was now able to have the same speed as mine so it noticed the compressed fire blade.

It quickly went out of the direction of the compressed fire blade just in time before the compressed fire blade came in contact with it since the compressed fire blade was only a few centimeters away from it.

Since the level 70,500 speed bullet ant dodged the compressed fire blade, the compressed fire blade was now heading towards me at a rapid speed.

I had already anticipated that this would happen so I knew what to do with the compressed fire blade.

I channeled my mana towards both of my hands and waited for the compressed fire blade to move near my hands.

After the compressed fire blade was a few centimeters away from my hands, I used the channeled mana on my hand to create black flames.

I then get a hold of the compressed fire blade and redirected the compressed fire blade towards the level 70,500 speed bullet ant while transferring some of the black flames towards the compressed fire blade to increase the destruction of the compressed fire blades.

The compressed fire blade that was enhanced with my black flames was now heading towards the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

The level 70,500 speed bullet ant had recently let out a burst of speed to dodge the previously compressed fire blade so it wasn't able to perform another speed burst to dodge my compressed black fire blade.

The compressed black fire blade was now only several centimeters from coming into contact with the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

Since the level 70,500 speed bullet ant wouldn't be able to perform another speed burst, it was left with no choice but to defend against the compressed black fire blade with only its hard exoskeleton to rely on.

The compressed black fire blade came in contact with the exoskeleton of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and their collision caused the compressed black fire to resist the hardness of the exoskeleton which caused some sparks.

The compressed fire blade wouldn't detonate unless I want it to so my goal was to penetrate the defense of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and then detonate the compressed black fire blade while it was still inside the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

I activated [Mana Sense] to detect the flow of mana inside the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and to determine whether the compressed black fire blade had done any damage towards the exoskeleton of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant or not.

After I activated the [Mana Sense] skill, I saw shades of blue enveloped the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and there was a deep blue hue at the exoskeleton of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant where the compressed black fire blade was striking at.

The level 70,500 speed bullet ant focused its mana on the spot where the compressed black fire blade was striking at to defend it.

Although the level 70,500 speed bullet ant's attempt to defend the compressed black fire blade would do a significant damage reduction towards the compressed black fire blade, it still wasn't enough to completely withstand the compressed black fire blade since the mana of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant was mostly depleted from activating a lot of speed burst.

Eventually, the exoskeleton of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant showed signs of damage as it slowly cracked due to not being able to completely counter the destruction that the compressed fire blade had caused to its exoskeleton.

The compressed black fire blade successfully penetrated the exoskeleton of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

After I determined that the compressed black fire blade was inside the level 70,500 speed bullet ant, I detonated it which led to an outburst of black fire inside the level 70,500 speed bullet ant.

All that was left was the dismembered burnt corpse of the level 75,000 speed bullet ant.

I picked up a piece of the burnt corpse of the level 70,500 speed bullet ant and looked at it while contemplating.

"Eating An Ant Burnt Is Better Than Eating It Raw, Right?"