God-Tier Extraction Talent: Reincarnated in a Game-like World! Chapter 609: The Little Ant’s Revenge

Gabriel slowly narrowed his eyes and, without realizing it, tightened his grip on Crimson Judgement. His electric blue pupils remained locked onto the Ant King before him because, from the moment the other party spoke, he could clearly sense that he knew him, and not merely by hearing his name.

That low, hoarse voice, the almost tangible hatred in his eyes, and the resentful words, "We finally meet again," all told Gabriel one thing: in a certain sense, the Ant King standing before him had already met him once before.

In an instant, countless memories flashed through Gabriel’s mind.

The last time he had encountered ants was back in the Feb Ruins. There, he had personally watched the Ant Queen die beneath his sword. To ensure that nothing unexpected could happen, he had gotten rid of every potential threat afterward.

Logically speaking, the royal bloodline should have been completely exterminated.

If that was the case...

Then where had this Ant King come from?

The fact that the monster was also able to talk was baffling on its own.

Right then, the Ant King’s face distorted.

"You... you don’t remember me."

"I’ve killed a lot of monsters and ants, both in this life and my past. Why don’t you refresh my memory?"

The Ant King slowly raised his head. His crimson eyes stared fixedly at Gabriel while his voice became even deeper.

"You... how could you forget so easily after destroying my colony."

He paused briefly, yet the killing intent surrounding him only continued to grow stronger.

"You killed my queen. You slaughtered my people. You destroyed the future that my race had built over hundreds of years."

The moment the final sentence fell, an even more terrifying pressure exploded outward. Centered on the Ant King, it swept across the entire battlefield like an invisible tidal wave, making even the air itself become unbearably heavy.

The surviving worker ants immediately prostrated themselves on the ground. Their bodies trembled uncontrollably, and none of them even dared to raise their heads to look directly at the Ant King.

Supporting herself on her knees, Sophie struggled to stand. Her face was so pale that not a trace of color remained. The mana within her body had long since reached the point of exhaustion. In her current condition, let alone continuing to fight, simply approaching the battlefield between those two could result in her being killed by the aftershock alone.

Yet in the face of the suffocating pressure, Gabriel merely chuckled softly, his expression remaining as calm as ever.

But now he knew who this ant was.

It had been when he was preparing to leave the underground cavern.

A small royal ant covered in white armor, adorned with golden markings, had been standing at the far end of a tunnel, staring at him with eyes overflowing with hatred.

At the time, he had casually released a Dark Flame Orb, reducing the entire tunnel, along with that tiny ant, to rubble.

In his eyes, since he had already decided to exterminate the entire race, there was naturally no reason to leave behind any future threat.

Who would have thought it had survived and come back to bite him? Gabriel didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Still, he didn’t let the emotion show too much on his face. After all, if he were faced with the ant swarm again, he would slaughter them over and over.

"It’s such a shame that despite my efforts, I still have to deal with this again," Gabriel said, frustration evident in his voice.

The moment those words fell, the Ant King’s body trembled violently, and the already terrifying killing intent surrounding him exploded without restraint.

BOOM!!

A violent shockwave instantly swept across the entire battlefield. The earth shattered with a deafening roar as countless fragments of stone were hurled into the air, while an enormous crater collapsed beneath the Ant King’s feet.

"Human!!"

He released a furious roar that shook the entire wasteland.

"Even now... you still feel not the slightest remorse!"

Gabriel slowly raised Crimson Judgement, its massive blade pointing diagonally toward the ground. His expression remained as calm as ever, without the slightest ripple.

"Remorse?"

He let out a soft chuckle as his gaze met the Ant King’s hatred filled eyes.

"Even if time were turned back, I would make the exact same choice."

The moment those simple words fell, the last trace of reason within the Ant King completely collapsed.

BOOM!!!

The ground beneath the Ant King instantly collapsed.

His terrifying killing intent erupted alongside astonishing speed as his body disappeared from his original position almost in the blink of an eye. He moved so quickly that everyone could only see a golden white afterimage tearing through the air.

"Behind you!" Sophie shouted almost instinctively.

However, at the very same moment her voice rang out, the Ant King had already appeared behind Gabriel. His two forelimbs, resembling the scythes of the Grim Reaper, crossed as they slashed downward. The attack was so unimaginably sharp that it tore the air apart, leaving behind two pitch black spatial cracks.

But in the face of this nearly unavoidable killing blow, Gabriel did not even turn his head. Crimson Judgement in his hand seemed to have anticipated the Ant King’s movements long before the attack arrived. At some unknown moment, it had already moved behind him, blocking the strike as it collided fiercely with the two enormous scythes.

Clang!!

A deafening metallic explosion echoed throughout the entire wasteland as the two overwhelming forces collided violently. The resulting shockwave swept across the battlefield like a hurricane, instantly sending dozens of nearby ant corpses flying while the ground shattered layer by layer. Countless cracks spread into the distance like a giant spider’s web.

Gabriel slowly turned his head and looked at the Ant King only inches away before a faint smile slowly appeared on his lips.

"Not bad. You’re a little faster than the previous ones."

Accompanied by a thunderous roar, an even more violent power suddenly erupted from within the Ant King’s body. The overwhelming impact forcibly blasted Gabriel backward for dozens of meters.

Gabriel’s feet slid across the ground the entire way, the soles of his boots carving two deep trenches into the hard stone before he finally stabilized himself several dozen meters away.

He lowered his head and glanced at his slightly numb right hand. Not only was there no trace of seriousness on his face, but a smile of excitement slowly spread across it instead.

Ever since entering this ant tide, this was the first time anyone had managed to force him backward in a direct clash of strength.

In the distance, the Ant King slowly raised his enormous scythes stained with purple blood. The golden patterns covering his body gradually lit up one after another, flowing continuously like molten gold.

At that very moment, every surviving ant let out a sharp, ear piercing screech. Countless purple particles flew out from their bodies, forming a vast torrent that poured madly into the Ant King’s body, causing his already terrifying aura to begin rising once again at an astonishing rate.