"Materialization" Li Qiu exclaimed as he materialized a 5-metre long spear composed of his Thermal Flames as he began to accelerate in the air during his descent.
It took less than a second for Li Qiu to fall from such heights as he reached to a height just 2 metres above the Thermal Flame Dome.
"Absorb" Li Qiu exclaimed as he willed the Thermal Flames forming the Thermal Flame Dome to be retracted into his body as he brought down the 5-metre long spear and stabbed straight through the corrosive lizard's head.
"Burst" Li Qiu coldly snorted as the spear lodged into the corrosive lizard burst into a sea of flames, instantly killing the lizard.
Li Qiu retracted the leftover Thermal Flames into his body to recover the spent Aria.
"Ow…Ow…Ow, it seriously burns like hell" Exclaimed Li Qiu as some leftover corrosive mist corroded some parts of his skin on his hands and legs as he stabbed into the corrosive lizard.
"I still have about 60% of my Aria left in me" Murmured Li Qiu as he turned to observe the situation.
Prakash was somehow managing his fight against the two fireball lizards but failed to do much damage since his barbell broke midway during the fight and the barrier created by Myra which had initially trapped the two fireball lizards and the corrosive lizard, broke into fragments of energy due to being corroded by corrosive mist unleashed by the corrosive lizard and Li Qiu's Thermal Flames.
Enbi Arin and Myra were currently fighting against the other three lizards.
The lightning clawed lizard was proving to be a worthy adversary to Enbi Arin as it had high agility to keep up with her movements and its lightning could paralyze Enbi Arin and Myra with a slight contact while also inhibiting their attack patterns.
They had only survived till now due to the barriers Myra could create.
On seeing that Li Qiu finished off the corrosive lizard, Myra shouted "Assist Prakash. We can still put up a fight for the time being"
"Fine, just don't be too reckless" Li Qiu warned them as he created another 5-metre long spear made from his Thermal Flames.
"If only Enbi Arin had a bit of experience in the art of martial arts, she could easily kill those 3 lizards considering the amount of power she is in possession of" Li Qiu thought to himself before shaking his head.
"I'm no better. I have to stop trying to get distracted by such thoughts"
Li Qiu silently stood in one of the fireball lizard's blind spot with his spear ready to dive in for the kill.
When he found a window of opportunity, Li Qiu instantly sprinted towards that fireball lizard to lodge his spear into it.
But unexpectedly, the other fireball lizard spotted his actions and just before Li Qiu could stab it, that lizard pushed its companion a little towards one side after dodging one of Prakash's kicks.
Due to the sudden unexpected intervention by that fireball lizard, the spear stabbed into the stomach area of the fireball lizard Li Qiu was aiming for instead of its head.
"Roo…..aaarrr" That lizard whimpered in pain.
On hearing its cries, the final lizard who hadn't used any abilities till now radiated with intense blinding light.
"Screech" Other Ants who were currently maintaining a barrier in front of their brood chamber screeched in pain due to the blinding light.
"Ugh… My eyes" Li Qiu muttered
"Everyone, be careful" Prakash bellowed.
"I can't see" Shouted Enbi Arin
"Me too, it's too bright" Myra
It was at this time that Li Qiu felt something heavy smash into his chest as it sent him flying.
Li Qiu traversed the width of the tunnel before lodging a metre deep into the Tunnel Walls.
"Cough…..Cough" Li Qiu spat out blood as he felt his ribs shatter and his left ankle twist in a weird direction.
"Damn you ...…..Burst" As Li Qiu willed, the spear lodged into the fireball lizard burst into another sea of flames inside its stomach, completely burning its insides.
"Roaaaa…aaa…rrr…r" The fireball lizard limply fell down as it continued to get burned by the Thermal Flames.
"Shatter…..Crash"
"Nooo" Myra bellowed in worry and anger, as using their current state of blindness, the other fireball lizard blasted a huge 12-metre wide fireball onto the multi-layered shields erected by Ella and her 20 ants.
Since all the ants including Ella were only in the Awakened stage, their power disparity in comparison to the lizard was too wide.
The 12-metre wide fireball collided with the multi-layered shields erected by them and exploded, thereby shattering the shields and blasting them further into the brood chamber.
Overcome with rage, Myra created huge 10-metre wide barriers and collided them in the approximate direction of the lizard who emitted light.
It was at this time that, due to the fluctuations in Myra's emotional state, the true ability of her innate ability 'Counter Shield' got activated.
The barrier created by Myra took on a form similar to a mirror as it reflected the light back at the light emitting lizard.
Myra and Enbi Arin regained their vision a little bit due to the barrier reflecting the blinding light incident in their direction towards the light emitting lizard.
"Now, do it" On her cue, Enbi Arin unleashed 6 butcher beans each a metre in length in various directions.
The butcher beams traversed past the barrier erected by Myra, turned in the air and headed straight for the light emitting lizard.
In retrospect to Enbi Arin's control, before the light emitting lizard could react, the butcher beams all landed over the same spot on the light emitting lizard's neck ultimately severing it into two.
On the death of the light emitting lizard, Li Qiu and the others gradually regained their visions back.
On looking around his immediate surroundings, Prakash shouted towards Myra.
"The fireball lizard's disappeared, to the brood chamber, quick"
"Nooooo" Myra exclaimed as she ran towards the brood chamber but only to have her way blocked by the fire-breathing lizard.
"MOVE, you damn lizard" Shouted Myra in rage but was replied with a blast of fire to her face.
Myra's barrier was just in time to form, this time with an ice attribute which shielded her from the blazing fire.
"Prakash, Where's Li Qiu" Shouted Enbi Arin as her path was also blocked by the lightning-clawed lizard.
Its speed and its lightning countered Enbi Arin's speed as she couldn't approach too near to the lizard in fear of getting paralyzed while it could also dodge her butcher beans.
"I-I'm here. You go first, I'll catch up" Li Qiu shouted by mustering all of his strength.
"Don't bother" Prakash replied with tearful eyes as he could see that Li Qiu had suffered from some serious injuries.
Prakash ran towards the brood chamber while simultaneously dodging the sneak attacks of the flame-breathing lizard and the lightning-clawed lizard.
"Protect the eggs" Myra anxiously exclaimed as she slammed her ice attributed barriers onto the flame-breathing lizard's face.
As Prakash entered into the brood chamber which was located further inside the pathway onto his left, he saw Ella get slapped away by the fireball lizard's tail and sent flying to smash onto the tunnel walls.
The other ants were sprawled all over the floor with various degrees of injuries but mostly with damaged legs which made them unable to move.
Out of the 12 eggs in the brood chamber, 7 were cracked with their contents seeping out as the ants fell over them when they were blasted by that huge fireball.
"Damn" Prakash hurriedly ran towards the fireball lizard as he saw it eating the contents of the 7 broken eggs.
Prakash smashed his fists exactly on the lizard's left eye destroying it into a mush.
"Roooaaar" The lizard roared with rage due to being injured in its eye as it immediately turned its head towards its left to clamp Prakash between its jaws.
Prakash jumped over its head and kicked towards its right eye.
"Roooar" On getting both of its eyes crushed, the lizard began thrashing around in pain.
During one of its thrashing as it attempted to strike at Prakash, its tail came upon another egg, crushing it into a paste in the process.
"Noooooooo"
"Damn, this f***ing piece of shit" Bellowed Prakash on hearing Myra's wailings, as through the connection she shared with her brethren, she would know if one of her brethren had died.
Prakash caught hold of the lizard's tail as he pulled it away from the other four eggs.
"Heup"
Prakash's muscles screamed in pain as he desperately pulled the lizard's tail.
On a spark of inspiration, Prakash activated his innate ability 'Moving Nature' on the lizard's body as he willed it to lift up above the ground.
"Herrup"
Prakash grit his teeth at the mental strain he faced to lift such a massive figure almost made him faint. But Prakash bellowed mentally to protect the unborn eggs as he didn't want to see Myra losing more of her family.
By making use of the torque generated by his innate ability and using every ounce of his strength to torque his arms, Prakash lifted the lizard from the ground till its body stood vertical to the ground surface and smashed it onto the ground heavily in a burst of momentum by making a 180* Arc.
"Grrrooooor"
"Hah…..huff….puff" Prakash breathed heavily as his muscles were facing a rebound due to overexerting their limits.
"Grrr" The alligator slowly got up as it shook its head with blood continuously dripping from both of its shattered eyes.
"It's still alive?" Prakash shouted in shock.
"Grr….Fine" Prakash psyched his wailing muscles and creaking bones as he sprinted a bit and jumped over the lizard.
Prakash landed over the lizard's head as he clamped over its neck while all the spider webs attached to his body coiled into two thick threads.
Prakash tightened his hold over the wriggling lizard's neck as he used his innate ability "Moving Nature" onto the two coiled threads in full force as he willed them to drill into the two eyes of the damn lizard.
"Grooo..a….." The lizard violently thrashed for a second before falling lifelessly on the ground.
Prakash felt his head ring due to all those thrashing executed by the lizard during its final struggles.
Prakash then collected himself as he walked towards Ella to check up on her and propped herself up onto the ground.
Ella could barely support herself on her damaged legs but still dragged herself to check up on the other ants.
Prakash double checked to confirm the death of the fireball lizard and then walked back to the 30-metre wide chamber.
Prakash saw that Myra and Enbi Arin were still embroiled in their battle but unlike Enbi Arin. Myra looked like her Aria was about to run dry as the barriers she currently formed to defend herself and retaliate with were quite small as compared to their initial sizes.
Prakash took a moment to collect himself and hardened his gaze as he activated his innate ability on his shoes as he began to sprint towards Myra.