Pegasus wasps were large and covered in sharp quills. After becoming puppets of the aberrant worms, the positions of these quills served as excellent weapons for the worms, capable of extending and retracting freely to launch thrusting attacks.
Normal Pegasus wasps, on the other hand, actually only used their quills as protective armor; their offensive methods relied more on their stingers.
The "Pegasus wasp" in Zhang Buyao's hands didn't have sharp quills at all. Instead, they felt quite blunt, and it lacked a stinger.
Although it pretended to have a stinger at the tip of its tail, a closer look revealed that it had a rounded tip with virtually no offensive power.
Landing on the ground, Zhang Buyao smiled and said, "Ta-da! This is the guy. Right now I have its power sealed. Once I let go, things will get fun."
"Then let go already," Yu Xian said directly, poking the fake Pegasus wasp in Zhang Buyao's hands with his finger.
Taking Yu Xian at his word, Zhang Buyao actually let go of the fake Pegasus wasp. In an instant, the creature's forelegs thrust out like spears, their sharp tips stabbing right against Yu Xian's throat.
Its body could actually morph freely just like a perfect creature's. Even as it launched its attack, it maneuvered around Zhang Buyao, trying to flee backward.
However, before absolute strength, petty tricks were useless.
With its forelegs stabbing into his neck, not even a tiny red dot appeared on Yu Xian's skin. He didn't care about being attacked at all. Instead, he looked at Zhang Buyao and questioned, "That's it?"
"This is a mutated wasp-eating ant," Niman said with a smile at this moment. "I'm guessing it accidentally ate a Pegasus wasp controlled by an aberrant worm, which caused some very peculiar mutations."
Zhang Buyao exclaimed in surprise, "Niman, you actually know about it!"
"The network in the God Vault Space connects to the myriad realms. If you read more popular science, you'll naturally know," Niman said with a slight smile.
Although she didn't need to cultivate, she did need to study. After all, she was the oldest member of Yu Xian's team and needed to serve as the safety net for everyone. She was the team's doctor, think tank, and safety catch.
"It's getting away!" Little Nora shouted then.
Zhang Buyao turned around, took a step out, and flickered back in the next second, having already recaptured the wasp-eating ant that had just scurried out of sight.
"If it only possessed part of a perfect creature's abilities, it really wouldn't be anything special. But this fellow also has a trace of Aunt Theron's bloodline—no, I should say the bloodline of Aunt Theron's race," Zhang Buyao explained, giving the wasp-eating ant in her hands a little shake.
Yu Xian said helplessly, "And who is this Aunt Theron you're talking about? Don't tell me she's another Mighty One?"
"I don't know. Aunt Theron is just Aunt Theron. Her true form is huge—very, very, very huge, bigger than an entire universe! During summer vacation, I even went on a holiday inside Aunt Theron's body. It was super fun," Zhang Buyao replied.
Yu Xian and the others were left speechless. Sure enough, friends of Mighty Ones were all Mighty Ones; this was on an entirely different level.
"This Aunt Theron you mentioned... could her true form be an ant?" Niman asked calmly at this point.
Zhang Buyao nodded. "Mhm, she really belongs to the ant race. My dad said her original bloodline seemed to be a mobile fortress ant. Even though she evolved later, those roots won't ever change."
"So this little guy also has the bloodline of a mobile fortress ant?" Yu Xian asked curiously, looking at the wasp-eating ant in Zhang Buyao's grasp.
Zhang Buyao nodded. "Yeah. Although the bloodline is very thin, the lineage is definitely there. Unfortunately, barring any accidents, it probably wouldn't ever awaken this bloodline in its entire life."
"Then what do you want to do?" Yu Xian asked.
Zhang Buyao immediately broke into a smile, conjuring an improved version of a Contract Gem. "Activate its bloodline, of course! That way, whenever we travel in the future, I won't have to keep riding in your beat-up bus."
Although the bus possessed astonishing defense and made traveling anywhere convenient, it wasn't without flaws.
Its greatest flaw was that people prone to motion sickness still got carsick when riding it.
And Zhang Buyao just happened to be prone to motion sickness.
Because she had lacked extraordinary powers when she was little, she had gotten carsick every time she rode in an automobile. Even though she possessed extraordinary might now that she was grown and no longer actually suffered from motion sickness, influenced by her childhood experiences, she truly disliked riding in vehicles.
Next, she easily had the wasp-eating ant swallow the Contract Gem.
The improved Contract Gem took effect upon ingestion whether the creature was willing or not. Moreover, its strengthening effect on contracted creatures was superior, and it could even enhance the consumer's bloodline power.
Zhang Buyao then commanded the wasp-eating ant to open its mouth. Next, she furiously produced Contract Gems and stuffed them all into its maw. Visibly to the naked eye, the wasp-eating ant—which had only been about the size of an adult cat moments ago—ballooned in size.
The most noticeable change was its abdomen. Originally, its abdomen had been the same size as its upper body, but now it expanded continuously until it looked like the gaster of a honeypot ant.
"Big Bro, if its belly keeps swelling, won't it explode?" Little Nora asked with some concern as she watched the ant's belly grow as swollen as a balloon on the verge of popping.
Yu Xian smiled. "It should be fine. Trust Yaoyao."
In the end, the wasp-eating ant expanded to five meters tall and seven meters long, looking like a giant version of a pumpkin carriage.
Zhang Buyao smiled. "The basic abilities have formed. The next step is modifying it into a mount."
Saying so, she took out a set of reins from her storage space and fitted them directly over the wasp-eating ant. The ant, whose appearance had still looked somewhat ferocious, swiftly became round and adorable, and a door even appeared on its abdomen.
"Done! This is my new mount, Little Mobile Ant Car!" Zhang Buyao smiled in satisfaction.
Yu Xian used Appraisal directly on the completely mutated wasp-eating ant, and the creature's stats appeared immediately:
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True Name: Little Mobile Ant Car
Race: Mobile Fortress Ant - Vehicle Edition
Gender: None
Age: 9
Health:
Life:
Strength: ???
Luck: None
Theoretical Lifespan: 0
Rank: ???
Alignment: True Neutral
Cultivation Method: None
Abilities:
[Vehicle Body: The stronger the vitality, the stronger the defense.]
[Free Transformation: Can alter its form according to the driver's thoughts.]
[Dimensional Abdomen - Vehicle Edition: The abdomen serves as passenger space. The higher the vitality, the larger the space and the more functions it possesses.]
[Infinite Reins - Vehicle Edition: Any creature fitted with the reins gains immunity to all attacks, disregards terrain and obstacles, and gains the ability to traverse any area at will.]
[Queen Reproduction - Vehicle Edition: Capable of asexual reproduction, continuously spawning attendants within the passenger space to provide various services for passengers.]
[Mount's Majesty: Exerts powerful deterrence against targets that are also vehicles, automatically slowing their speed and ensuring they are always a step behind.]
[Summary: Between a person and a mount, the greatest difference is that a person is a person, and a mount is a mount.]
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*Hiss.*
Yu Xian sucked in a breath of cold air after reading it. This mount was something fierce.
He couldn't see through the mount's combat power because its power was actually dynamic; it could be zero, or it could be—well, it all depended on how it was used.
For instance, if it moved at maximum speed, any matter blocking its path would likely be blasted apart on impact, because its defense was invincible.
And this was merely a mount. Terrifying.
As expected of a big shot's daughter. Her foundation was a bottomless abyss; any random item she took out was enough to make him drool.
Chapter 403