The swarm of the rats posed no trouble for Tang Shaoyang and Li Na. They wiped out the swarm of the rata after five hours long of battle. The number of rats was about the same as the two ant colonies' army.
It took longer because Tang Shaoyang was giving more rats for Moon and Li Na to kill. He was there to maintain the condition to not get too dangerous for the bear and the girl.
He could take them all on his own, but he did not want one of the unique classes of his empire had to be stagnant in her growth. He was doing the best to help his people to grow stronger. One thing he learned after he became the head of many people.
Five hours long of battle, it was nothing for Tang Shaoyang. But it took a great toll on Li Na. She was drained, her steps became slower, and her breath was short. He could tell that by matching her pace.
"We will find a place to rest," Tang Shaoyang used the [Spirit Eyes] to scan the surroundings. He found a hole with a five meters diameter to their west.
"Follow me!" He headed toward the hole direction. It was not far, fifty meters from their spot. Soon, they arrived next to the hole. To Li Na's eyes, it was a bottomless hole, but Tang Shaoyang could see the bottom of the hole.
Not a steep hole as a sloping path with many footmarks could help them to walk to the bottom. If he had to guess, the hole was where the rats came from, this hole might be their nest.
"Let's go," he stepped into the hole, but quickly noticed Li Na did not move. He looked back and soon realized why she hesitated to enter.
[Dragon Fire]
Tang Shaoyang created a torch with his hand and walked into the hole. Li Na immediately followed him into the hole. It was around twelve meters below the ground, so they quickly arrived at the bottom.
It was a wide hall-like with many tunnels that led to different directions, "Let's rest here," as soon as he said, Li Na immediately had her back against the wall and slid down. Because he did not do much to help, she worked extra hard to kill the rats that came after her.
Tang Shaoyang was setting a bonfire through his [Dragon Fire] and took out an Earther Ant's carcass. He cut the abdomen, the legs, and the body. After that, he threw the head and the abdomen part into the fire.
He took the legs and the body for his food. While the legs ans the body was edible, the stomach was not. It was extremely acid and bitter. As for the head, none of them were going to try that.
The best part was the legs, the meat was similar to crab meat, it was soft and meaty like beef. Tang Shaoyang put the legs and the body into the fire. It was easy to cook thanks to the hard carapace, he just needed to throw it into the fire for half an hour.
He and Li Na had no choice but to try the ant since they only brought three days of food. And this was their eleventh day, they forced to taste the ant which was surprisingly good.
Tang Shaoyang was about to ask Li Na that if she wanted more since she was exhausted. However, the girl was sleeping at the corner. Despite the uncomfortable posture, she slept soundly.
"I guess let's call it a day," Tang Shaoyang stood up and took out his bed. After that, he approached the girl and carried her to the bed. He should not be doing this because of his status, but since no one around he could do it without worrying about that.
After carrying the girl onto the bed, he looked around, 'the food is ready in half an hour,' he looked at the tunnels, 'Let's check the tunnels,' there were eight tunnels, he entered one by one, making sure there was no danger around.
Exactly half an hour, he found no danger around the tunnel. He came back for the food. He took the reddened carapaces and crushed it with his barehand. The heat hardly affected his hand, no, he felt nothing at all. It was as if he was immune to the hot temperature.
As he crushed the carapace, oily and whitey meat was revealed under the carapace. He shoved away from the carapace and slurped the meat into his meat. It was perfect, but unfortunately, he did not have chilly oil.
"It will be more perfect if I have chilly oil," he drolled a little bit as he imagined the chilly oil. It would be hard to find the chilly oil even he was back on Earth.
—Guess you are much better than me who could no longer eat or taste the food.
Zowen commented sourly. The meat was so tempting even for the Lightning Magus, but she could not try it even if she was in her avatar. She tasted nothing in her mouth even if they tried the same meat.
Tang Shaoyang merely shrugged as he slurped another meat into his mouth. Without he realized, he devoured all six legs, leaving the body, 'Nah, I will leave that for her,' then he took out another carcass, and put it next to the cooked meat. Just in case the girl was not enough with a body of meat.
'My belly is full, what should I do now?' Tang Shaoyang had no clue what he should do in his spare time. Li Na was still sleeping, and she looked like would not wake in a short time.
He walked to the other side of the bed and hopped on, 'Should I take a nap too?' At this point, there was no awkwardness between him and Li Na sleeping on the same bed. They had gotten used to it after ten days, and it was as if it was normal to sleep on the same bed.
'Please wake me up in three hours,' he was talking to Malki. Even though the Fire Ant Emperor was weird in some way, he always listened to his order with "Yes".
—Yes, My Lord!
Malki returned with a respectful reply.
—What about the girl? Won't you sleep with her?
As he laid his body on the bed, Zowen's voice rang. She was talking about Li Na, and this was the fourth day she had been talking about Li Na.
'What are you talking about now?'
—Isn't it obvious? The girl likes you, why don't you take her into your harem? Moreover, she had a unique class too, you should bond with her, or else she would betray you for not responding to her feelings.
Zowen was speaking her thoughts. After spending seven days together, she quickly found Li Na's feelings for Tang Shaoyang. She had been telling this to the man, but he kept ignoring her.
—I don't know about her feelings, but I agree with Zowen. Taking the girl into your harem is the best way to keep on your side. Love is something unpredictable, and she might betray you for that absurd love.
Zaneos for some reason supported Zowen in this matter while Karana and Malki commented nothing in this matter.
Tang Shaoyang shook his head and ignored his two spirits. Li Na was a beauty, but not his type of beauty. He loved smoky and sexy beauty, it was proved that his seven women were hot beauties with great assets.
So he would not especially chase the girl if she was not his type. Just like what he did to Zhang Mengyao, Kang Xue, and Elinova. The other four girls came to him by themselves, so he would not reject a fortune that came to him too.
'Unless she comes to me, then I would not make my move,' Tang Shaoyang shook his head. Moreover, he was considering Zhang Mengyao too. He just suddenly brought five more women, so it was too soon to add another one.
He closed his eyes, and surprisingly he fell asleep quickly. He did not know how long he had been sleeping, but he was awakened because of something played with little Shaoyang.
He thought it was a dream at first, but when he opened his eyes, he found it was real. His pants half-pulled down, enough for little Shaoyang to break free from the limited space.
There, Li Na was kneeling with her face on his crotch. Her hand was holding the erected little Shaoyang while her mouth was licking little Shaoyang. He was shocked to react, but Li Na seemed not to notice that he had woken up as she continued.
She put little Shaoyang into her mouth and played her tongue. From the movement, it was clear this was her first time doing this. It was still far from smooth, but it was still good nevertheless.
"Hmmm…" Tang Shaoyang let out a satisfied groan. She was doing her best despite amateurish. His groan was heard by Li Na and she immediately stopped.
He looked down, the girl was staring in shock. This left him baffled, she was clearly the one who started this. Why would she be shocked when he awakened?
Li Na released little Shaoyang and tried to pull up the pants in panic, "I am sorr–" before she could finish her words, Tang Shaoyang lunged onto her. Their faces were separated by a few centimeters, "You should finish what you start, girl."