Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 205 - 161: Formation of the Animal Legion_2

This scene was also to Ye Feng’s liking, as having so many mutated beings piled up in Sunset Valley meant that he had to catch and release at least a thousand mutated mice into the area every day to feed the carnivorous animals.

Now that they had moved to the Donglin Mountain Range, he could just hunt mutated mice himself, which significantly eased his burden.

It’s worth mentioning that a mutated mouse at the Second Order was already comparable in size to a small dog, and as a Second Order mutated creature, it contained a vast amount of energy within its body.

So, even for large animals like Second Order tigers or lions, eating seven or eight mutated mice would be enough to fill them up.

Ye Feng conducted his survey rapidly and soon had a complete tally.

First was the Air Unit, consisting of 800 mutated sparrows, 400 mutated black crows, 400 mutated bats, 10 mutated parrots, and 5 mutated eagles.

The size of the Air Unit had not changed much from before, but the ground forces had undergone significant changes.

There were 400 mutated dogs, 400 mutated mice, 100 mutated buffalo, 50 mutated wild wolves, 35 mutated honey badgers, 30 mutated hedgehogs, 30 mutated Siberian tigers, 30 mutated Asiatic lions, 28 mutated white rhinos, 25 mutated African elephants, 25 mutated hippos, 20 mutated brown bears, 20 mutated American leopards, 10 mutated giant pandas, and 10 mutated king cobras.

It can be said that the strength of the ground forces had been elevated several levels compared to before.

After all, there had hardly been a ground force at all previously, with only 400 mutated mice providing a semblance of presence.

But now it was different, not to mention anything else, just those 400 mutated dogs immediately multiplied the overall strength of the ground forces by several times.

Moreover, the 400 mutated dogs controlled by Big Yellow Dog were all large breeds, such as police dogs, golden retrievers, Labrador retrievers, Alaskan malamutes, Rottweilers, Cane Corsos, Samoyeds, Tibetan mastiffs, and Scottish shepherds, to name a few.

In terms of combat power, these large dogs were not much inferior to mutated wild wolves. Under unified coordination, Ye Feng estimated that 400 Second Order mutated dogs could easily annihilate an army of more than two battalions on the frontlines.

Besides these mutated dogs, the number of mutated buffalo had also explosively increased to a full 100, turning them into veritable moving tanks on the battlefield.

However, such a rapid increase might be less likely in the future. All these mutated buffalo had been found by Ye Feng sending out mutated eagles to search within and even beyond Yang City.

If he wanted to find more in the future, he might have to search across cities or simply make a purchase.

As for the rest, though their numbers were slightly lower, each one was incredibly strong in its own right.

Especially mutated beings like the Siberian tiger, Asiatic lion, African elephant, white rhino, hippo, and brown bear, which had been brought out of zoos—among mutated creatures of the same Order, their combat power far exceeded that of ordinary mutated beings.

Deploying them on the battlefield, while they may not be expected to stage dramatic turnarounds, would definitely have no problem changing the tide in localized conflicts.

Of course, apart from the Air Unit and the ground forces, Ye Feng had also established an Insect Unit.

The Insect Unit was composed of mutated red fire ants and mutated yellowjackets.

After more than ten days of development, both the ant and bee colonies had grown significantly, each breaking through the 20,000 mark.

That is to say, the Insect Unit boasted a formidable count of 40,000 troops.

The reason Ye Feng singled out an Insect Unit was, naturally, due to certain reasons.

Ten days prior, the Mutated Red Fire Ant Queen and the Mutated Yellowjacket Queen had both broken through to the Third Order.

Ye Feng then noticed that after their advancement to the Third Order, the eggs they produced were different—larger than before, and the larvae that hatched were stronger than their predecessors.

Of course, if that were all, Ye Feng would not have paid it much attention.

What truly surprised him was the rate of development of these new ants, going from egg to larva, then pupating, and finally maturing into ants, all within a mere four days.

Out of curiosity, Ye Feng gave them an Evolution Fruit to ensure these newest ants had an abundance of Spiritual Energy to grow.

Nourished by Spiritual Energy from birth and with plentiful food, the latest generation of mutated red fire ants grew at a pace akin to a balloon being inflated—one day bearing little resemblance to the last.

Of course, what occupied most of Ye Feng’s attention was their Realm.

Even the little ants that had just emerged from their cocoons cultivated at the same speed as the other animals, astonishingly breaking through from First Order to Second Order in just one day.

Then, it took them another two days to ascend to the peak of Second Order.

Originally, Ye Feng thought that would be the end of it, as the current concentration of spiritual energy could only support these mutated beings’ mass breakthrough to Second Order.

However, to Ye Feng’s surprise, this new generation of Red Fire Ants seemed to have no ceiling to their potential and easily broke through to Third Order. freёnovelkiss.com

If it had been just one Mutated Red Fire Ant, Ye Feng would not have cared much; it might have just been a freak of nature endowed with a unique talent.

But when the entire batch of exactly 300 Mutated Red Fire Ants, without exception, all broke through to Third Order, the significance was completely different.

Furthermore, it wasn’t just the Mutated Red Fire Ants; the young bees hatched from the Mutated Yellowjackets showed the same phenomenon.

Ultimately, according to Ye Feng’s guess, the reason for this had to do with the fact that both the Red Fire Ant Queen and the Big Yellow Bee Queen had broken through to Third Order.

Since they had reached Third Order, it meant they were Third Order creatures, and their offspring would naturally be able to break through to Third Order.

After reaching this conclusion, the status of the Ant Queen and the Bee Queen in Ye Feng’s heart instantly shot up, placing them on par with those mutated beings that could break through on their own.

After all, this meant that by raising the realm of the Ant Queen and the Bee Queen, he was essentially elevating the potential of an entire species.

Ye Feng estimated that before long, the overall realm of the ant and bee colonies would far surpass that of the rest of the contracted animals’ subordinates.

Because their realms could only progress with the resurgence of spiritual energy, and although Ye Feng could provide them with spiritual energy, he was not planning to help them break through their realms.

As that would be too costly.

While Ye Feng could grit his teeth and provide First Order and Second Order Evolution Fruits,

Third Order Evolution Fruits would require a whopping 1,200 spirit points and bioenergy in order to create just one.

And for Fourth Order Evolution Fruits, the necessary spirit points and bioenergy would skyrocket to 20,000.

If he handed out an Evolution Fruit to every subordinate of his contracted animals, he might as well forget about advancing his own power.

Moreover, there were still Fifth Order, Sixth Order, and even higher orders to consider.

For this reason, the roles of the Mutated Red Fire Ant Queen and the Mutated Yellowjacket Queen suddenly became glaringly apparent.

And judging by their current rate of cultivation, it would probably take them only about five more days to break through to Fourth Order.

At that time, the next generation of Mutated Red Fire Ants and Mutated Yellowjackets would be able to reach Fourth Order as well.

Although Fourth Order mutated ants and bees would definitely not be a match for other Fourth Order Mutated Animals in a one-on-one fight, if one isn’t enough, what about ten, or a hundred?

As the saying goes, even an elephant can be defeated by a swarm of ants; with enough numbers, there would be nothing to worry about.

Moreover, Ye Feng’s intention for them was never to confront other Mutated Beings of the same level, but rather to take on opponents of a lower level than themselves.

With the advantage in both realm and numbers at that time, the effects they could produce would be terrifying.

As for the concern of not having enough spiritual energy to nurture the increasingly numerous Mutated Red Fire Ants and Mutated Yellowjackets, that was not something Ye Feng worried about.

On one hand, his rate of collecting spiritual energy was only going to get faster.

On the other hand, the amount of spiritual energy absorbed by the Mutated Red Fire Ants and the Mutated Yellowjackets was minimal, roughly only 1% of that of an equivalent Order Mutated Dog.

So, despite the insect unit boasting a whopping 40,000 in number, the actual amount of spiritual energy they consumed was only about as much as 400 Mutated Dogs.

"Now, my Animal Legion has truly taken shape," Ye Feng mused, after taking stock of the various Mutated Animals, unable to help feeling a sense of accomplishment.