Chapter 446: 438: Instant Kill Spirit Qi Realm_1
The Green Demon Bee has now grown to grade eight, and its formidable power is gradually coming to the fore.
Elder Wu Shanle was engaged in fierce combat with the two brothers, and he had finally gained the upper hand, thinking that victory would be his if he could just hold out a little longer. But then he saw Qin Niu release a dark green poisonous bee, which in a flash appeared at his side, startling him so much that he shivered with fear.
Before he could react, the Green Demon Bee struck his cheek with a slap.
Of course, as a Cultivator in the Spirit Qi Realm with a solid Qi aura for protection, he would normally be unharmed by swords or spears.
Unexpectedly, his Qi Wave Defense was as good as nothing in front of the Green Demon Bee, and was easily shattered.
The bee’s terrifying stinger plunged viciously into his skin.
Human Cultivators, starting from the Mortal Realm, strengthen their bodies to make them increasingly powerful.
By the time they reach the Spirit Qi Realm, their bodies are not made of iron, but at least they are as hard as ironstone. Ordinary poisonous bees certainly couldn’t penetrate their skin, let alone break through their defenses.
But the Green Demon Bee was far too strong, not just excelling in one aspect, but formidable in every way.
The stinger easily pierced through Elder Wu Shanle’s facial skin, then it injected its venom and flew off.
Slap!
Elder Wu Shanle slapped his own face, dealing himself a harsh slap.
However, the Green Demon Bee had already made its escape.
“What a powerful poisonous bee! Such an aberrant flying ability… If only I could possess such an incredible poisonous bee, even death would be well worth it,” he thought.
After being stung, Elder Wu Shanle didn’t get angry. Instead, he revealed an obsessed smile.
This situation was like a stunning beauty spitting on a hooligan’s face, yet the latter responds with a sleazy grin like that of a lecher.
Insect Masters generally strive to breed a more powerful Insect Pet.
Those who take pleasure in beekeeping are even more thrilled at finding a supremely powerful poisonous bee than discovering a gold mine.
Wu Shanle’s poisonous bee was far inferior to the Green Demon Bee, but once it formed a Swarm Formation, it possessed immense strength. If he could acquire a Green Demon Bee and then breed a swarm to form a Swarm Formation, how strong would that be?
He reckoned even an Immortal Master would be easily slain.
“Hmm… This bee venom is quite domineering, like a strong liquor with a powerful aftereffect!”
The left side of Wu Shanle’s face had already turned black, although he couldn’t see it for himself.
Since the sting was on his head, the venom acted even more swiftly. The Green Demon Bee’s venom was already exceptionally potent, capable of killing immortals.
After absorbing the Mirage Insect’s avatar and the poisonous miasma in the Valley of Wronged Spirits, its venom evolved again, terrifying even immortals.
Wu Shanle, merely at the early stage of the Spirit Qi Realm, was far from matching an Immortal Master.
Having been stung, instead of urgently seeking an antidote, he was so delighted at the prospect of seizing Qin Niu’s Green Demon Bee that he lost his senses.
This was truly a fatal obsession.
It was a prelude to his unavoidable death.
When the two brothers saw that Wu Shanle was poisoned, they didn’t show any mercy. They immediately intensified their assault, hoping to take advantage of the situation and kill Elder Wu Shanle there and then.
“You’re digging your own graves!”
Wu Shanle’s eyes turned blood-red, and the black energy on his face was spreading rapidly, covering his entire face in a very short time.
He swiftly took out a green porcelain bottle from his chest, removed the wooden stopper with one hand, and poured the bottle’s contents into his mouth.
He must have consumed several Detoxification Pills in one go.
Then, with a flick of his whip, he lashed out at the two brothers coming to kill him.
Dark red blood was streaming from his nostrils, a sign that the venom was acting swiftly. Battling the enemy with all his might while poisoned, he further accelerated the venom’s effects.
“Kill this Zealot!”
The brothers exchanged a look, and the slightly chubbier elder brother took the lead in launching a fierce attack.
The younger brother followed close behind, joining the powerful assault.
The two brothers displayed exceptional unity in battle.
Wu Shanle staggered, and blood began to flow from his eyes as well. He lashed out fiercely with his whip, but this time the movement was conspicuously heavy compared to before.
Boom!
The whip exploded, turning into countless steel needles that flew at the brothers.
Even though Qin Niu was more than ten meters away, he quickly activated his King Pig Leather Armor with full force to avoid getting hurt.
“Ah ah…”
The two brothers, along with some of the surrounding warriors, let out screams of agony.
In this moment of peril, Iron Tiger desperately threw himself in front of Ye Ji, using his massive body to shield her.
The power of Wu Shanle Elder’s self-detonated weapon was truly terrifying.
Qin Niu felt ‘steel needles’ fiercely slamming into his qi armor, creating cracks all over it.
Luckily, in this critical moment, the Red-eyed Golden Toad activated its Qi Wave Defense.
Croak!
A ring of qi waves blocked some of the incoming ‘steel needles,’ or significantly reduced their destructive force.
It was due to this that Qin Niu’s qi armor remained unbroken.
The steel needles fell to the ground, some turning directly into powder.
They were actually made of the same material as the long whip.
In the moment of detonation, they broke into countless filaments, each one or two inches long. These filaments, carrying terrifying destructive power, attacked indiscriminately like steel needles against all nearby targets.
This included warriors and Insect Masters of the Nine Insect Gang, anyone close suffered the consequences.
The two brothers who were fighting Wu Shanle Elder were the closest.
Both lay on the ground, seemingly with very serious injuries.
Since Ye Ji was shielded by Iron Tiger, she was not injured.
She looked at Iron Tiger with a complex gaze, filled with gratitude but largely overshadowed by helplessness.
“Iron Tiger, you didn’t really need to protect me,” Ye Ji said in a faint voice.
“I was afraid you’d get hurt!” Iron Tiger replied with a naive smile.
After his weapon self-destructed, Wu Shanle Elder’s body wobbled unsteadily. He leapt up, attempting to flee, but ultimately collapsed to the ground.
Qin Niu, wary of Wu Shanle Elder’s potential dying counterattack, did not dare to approach immediately.
After a moment, as Wu Shanle Elder still lay motionless, Qin Niu sent a Termite forward to check and control. He found that the man was already dead.
The Deicide Poison of the Green Demon Bee was just too dreadful.
It killed a Spirit Qi Realm powerhouse in less than fifteen minutes.
This was a Spirit Qi Realm powerhouse, after all.
Not long ago, even though Qin Niu had reached Dual Innate Realm cultivation, he still might not have been able to defeat such an opponent, even one gravely injured.
He almost got killed himself when he fought Elder Mei.
But now, he merely needed his Green Demon Bee to act, and the enemy was dead in a single encounter.
The drastic improvement in the strength of his Insect Pet made him feel somewhat unreal.
Unknowingly, the strength of his Insect Pet and Beast Pet had reached the level where they could easily slaughter Spirit Qi Realm powerhouses, or even Immortal Masters.
“With such strong pets, I, as their master, need to work harder!”
Qin Niu felt a sense of pressure.
While it’s great to have strong pets, it’s certainly not normal for them to be vastly stronger than their master.
Using Misty Rain Elusive Step, he instantly approached Wu Shanle Elder’s corpse, and without a word, he swung down a hand and decapitated him.
He was mainly concerned about the possibility of feigned death.
Once the head was severed and the body still showed no reaction, he felt relieved.
Familiar with the process, he began to search for loot with practiced ease.
There was no shame in it.
This was an elder of the Nine Insect Gang, so he was bound to have something valuable on him.
Qin Niu was not short of silver notes now; what he lacked were high-level Insect Control Techniques.
Although Wu Shanle Elder was the weakest of the Nine Insect Gang’s elders, his bee array greatly interested Qin Niu. If he could find the elder’s records on breeding insects, he might learn something from them.
Soon, all the spoils were thoroughly looted by him.
Among them, a yellowed jade slip accelerated Qin Niu’s heartbeat.
Nine times out of ten, it was something good.
But with many eyes around, he certainly wasn’t foolish enough to take out the jade slip to study it right then and there.
Good things must be kept hidden and protected.