Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 618 - 563 Everyone is old friends now_2

"Alright—"

Ink Orchid: "Keep searching!"

Dragon Cypress returned to the coast, continuing to lie in wait and stay alert.

In the second half of the night,

Ink Orchid finished searching the whole island and found nothing.

Not lingering any longer, she immediately snuck off toward a nearby small island about 40 square kilometers in size.

"Eh—"

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid simultaneously activated their Soul-Setting ability, both noticing something unusual.

The Dominating Throne slowly dove downwards.

Ink Orchid gently raised a claw, pointing up at the sky.

Amid the night clouds, a familiar butterfly soul.

"Dragon Cypress, it's that butterfly again!"

"I see it."

"How should we handle this?"

"There aren't any other insects nearby, right?"

"None spotted."

"Let's go talk to it."

"Talk? About what?"

"Just chat, casually. Get a better understanding of the conflicts and dealings among the coastal kingdoms. The Snow Velvet Spider King only does Divine Grade trading and isn't familiar with the kingdoms lacking Divine God-Given Seeds, even less so with their private relationships."

"Oh—"

Ink Orchid worriedly said, "Running into it twice in the same place, if we let it go back, for sure it'll come back with backup to ambush us."

Dragon Cypress replied confidently, "Ink Orchid, if you were a bit smarter, that wouldn't happen."

The Dominating Throne quietly surfaced from the sea.

Ink Orchid lightly fluttered her wings and took to the air.

Dragon Cypress leaped onto the water's surface; the throne rapidly shrank and was retracted into his mouth. He activated his Wind Wings ability, catching the wind and gently soaring upward.

They ascended slowly and reached above the cloud layer.

Within the thick clouds, the Flash Butterfly warrior Violet was startled awake by the unusual Origin Force fluctuation, immediately on guard—the surrounding clouds contracted, and she instinctively wanted to flee.

A Spider Silk Bag fell out, dropping downwards.

Ink Orchid flickered forward, chased after, and snatched it up with a claw.

Violet spread her spiritual power to scan, her escape action freezing.

"Yellow Stem Ant King, long time no see!"

"Bayonet Mantis, are you doing well?"

Violet greeted them warmly, but inwardly understood that at her speed, she simply couldn't outrun these two.

"Violet, we meet again."

Dragon Cypress's tone was gentle.

Ink Orchid opened the Spider Silk Bag to have a look inside, and found only ordinary plant seeds.

Penniless butterfly.

Ink Orchid raised a claw and tossed it back, teasing, "Violet, you came here to... steal the Forest Beard Bee Kingdom's plant seeds!"

"No!"

Violet denied it and explained, "I'm just looking for some pretty plant seeds to take back and plant—to decorate my orchard."

Violet knew her excuse wasn't very convincing, so she added, "This is an uninhabited, remote island outside any jurisdiction—I'm also hoping to try my luck and look for a Divine-Given Seed."

Realizing Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid had no hostility.

Violet instantly grew bolder and asked, "You're not Blue Island Ants, are you?"

Dragon Cypress: "Nope."

Ink Orchid: "I'm a mantis."

Ink Orchid pressed, "How did you tell we weren't Blue Island Ants?"

Violet: "I'm not sure where you got your Wind System Talent, but I'm certain Stone Hunt Blue Ants don't have Wood Element Talents, let alone Wood Element Abilities. If they did, it would have shown up in the recent war between Blue Island and the Wave Tree Bay Alliance, and the word would've already spread throughout the continent."

Ink Orchid exclaimed, "Such a smart butterfly! We can't let you live!"

Dragon Cypress quickly waved his antennae to stop her, kindly advising, "Bayonet, you and Violet have been old friends for years, don't joke around like that."

Dragon Cypress raised a claw, pointing south, and said, "Actually, I'm a Giant-Headed Beard Ant. We're from Narrowleaf Bay, of the Dragon Vein Mountain United Kingdom. I'm a direct younger relative of the Ant King Sisal."

—Dragon Vein Mountain?

Violet was only half convinced. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Anything these ant and mantis say, nine out of ten sentences are lies…

Ink Orchid interrogated, "Butterfly, don't tell me you don't even know Ant King Sisal?"

Violet admitted honestly, "Don't know..."

Ink Orchid: "Then at least you know Dragon Vein Mountain, right?"

Violet: "That one I know..."

The Dragon Vein Mountain United Kingdom is in the south, guarding the Starship Passage between the Bayonet and Zhibai continents.

According to the joint agreement among all Insect Clans of both continents, except for the Flame Spider Roving Merchant, no other Insect Clan can cross borders at will.

The Dragon Vein Mountain United Kingdom is made up of many Insect Clans who are charged with watching over the passage between the two continents, holding a position of great authority throughout the land.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid had learned quite a bit about the Bayonet Continent from the Snow Velvet Spider King.

Pretending to be from the Dragon Vein Mountain United Kingdom was the least suspicious cover.

Dragon Cypress pursued, "Since you know Dragon Vein Mountain, you must also know the Silver Lightning Bee King, right?"

Violet: "..."

Dragon Cypress sneered, wiggling his antennae, "Never mind, we're from the far north and south; it's normal not to know each other."

Dragon Cypress struck up a conversation: "Violet, that great battle between Wave Tree Bay and Blue Island you mentioned last time, did you go see it?"

Violet: "See it? I didn't dare..."

Violet's eyes flashed with light as she countered, "Did you two go watch?"

Ink Orchid: "Of course—"

Dragon Cypress: "When the Wave Tree Bay Allied Forces attacked Blue Island, we watched from a distance. Later, during the battle on Yu'e Island, we didn't dare go."

Violet: "What did you see?"

Dragon Cypress: "At the start of the war, the Wave Tree Bay Allied Forces landed on islands near Blue Island, seized them, and built fortifications. The original plan was to lay siege to the Mainland and fight a war of attrition, but suddenly, overnight, a tsunami rose, striking the islands. The Stone Hunt Blue Ant Elite Army used the chaos to circle from the north sea and launch a surprise attack on Wave Tree Bay..."

Dragon Cypress: "We ran right into the Stone Hunt Blue Ant Elite Army making their detour, nearly lost our lives, and had to flee straight back to Dragon Vein Mountain."

Ink Orchid, full of excitement, said, "I heard the Stone Hunt Blue Ant Elite force broke into Smoke Blue Mountain during their raid. But the One Fruit Bee Queen and her kind had made preparations before departure, hiding their Life Seeds in Tree Hearts."

Dragon Cypress continued, "Later, the Stone Hunt Blue Ant Elite force occupied Yu'e Island, and the Wave Tree Bay Allied Army launched a desperate attack to reclaim the island."