Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 864 - 193: Ant Clan Descendants?
At this moment, Mei Gemu's mood was like having something unspeakable done to him.
For a player using cheats, what kind of opponent is truly unbeatable?
It's not the one with powerful skills. Because no matter how superb the skills are, they can't match the power of cheats.
Stronger than the most powerful cheat is a hacker player who can hack into the server and change the code in minutes.
It's just like Mei Gemu and Wang Qi playing a networked game, Mei Gemu uses a modifier to ensure rolling divine dice when rolling the dice. But he entered the game only to despairingly find that the opponent was even more ruthless, directly modifying the game's AI, converting all neutral monsters, red name monsters, and NPCs under his own name.
Wang Qi, who gave himself a massive cheat, showed no intention of guilt. He sat on the hardened skull of the Queen Bee. The Queen Bee's body had already mutated into an egg-laying organ, the third section of the body was essentially a mountain of flesh, the hard chitinous exoskeleton and the characteristic bristles typical of bees had already receded, and even the third pair of legs were invisible. Even when Wang Qi spoke, this mound of flesh kept writhing, bee eggs spewed out from the Queen Bee's lower body like flowing water.
The fleshy lower body was indeed disgusting, but the Queen Bee's head and second section still retained a normal insect-like appearance. The head of the Queen Bee was as large as a table, emitting a light like red jade. Its two compound eyes were like gigantic red rubies.
Wang Qi was seated between the Queen Bee's antennae, calmly looking at Mei Gemu: "Hey, Banished Immortal, I've been waiting for you a long time!"
Mei Gemu jumped up as if struck by some unknown spell, yelling, "Why... how did you do this? How is it possible... how is it possible for you to do it this quickly…"
Mei Gemu suddenly realized that the situation now had somewhat exceeded his expectations.
Simultaneously, he also felt that he was losing face. He had just reassured the Lian Family trio that Wang Qi was not a threat, but unexpectedly, Wang Qi grasped control of this Beast Herd Species even faster than him.
However, he soon smiled: "So that's it... you managed it using that vicious spell from the Divine Capital, didn't you? Oh, no, it's not the same as those spells of the Divine Capital."
Once a Banished Immortal, always a Banished Immortal, and quickly he picked up a hint.
Within the essence demon energy of the demon bees, there was an unusual taste mixed in.
Although different from the kind of heterodox spell that evokes 'this self' from the Divine Capital, it has a similar lineage… similarly disgusting.
Wang Qi was slightly surprised. He stood up. As he moved, the Queen Bee underneath him stood upright as well. It was not an ordinary creature; despite its body being mutated into an egg-laying organ, it was still a powerful demon beast equivalent to the Divine Separation Stage. Purple thunder light surged from this Queen Bee's body, transforming into layers of armor covering the Queen Bee's soft body, dressing the grotesque giant insect like a legendary Thunder Beast.
"A bit perceptive, aren't you?" Wang Qi praised, "Seems using the fifth spell of the Heart Demon Curse against you isn't diminishing its worth."
The Heart Demon Great Spell of Ruyi Thunder: extracting pure rage, transforming into destructive thunder.
Phantoms of thunder struck at the minds of the surrounding bee swarm, these demon bees, essentially equivalent to beasts, immediately fell into a rage.
"From the moment you failed to defeat me in the first battle, your defeat was already destined."
"I hope you can last a bit longer, so I can collect more data."
"Now, I will begin the experiment."
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One hour earlier.
Wang Qi swung his sword to shatter the qi force formed by the self-sacrifice of the two worker bees. At the same time, with a wave of his left hand, he drew a perfect arc, with supreme strength, sweeping away the bristles raining down like a storm.
But Wang Qi knew he was in trouble now. Just as these two worker bees self-destructed, he could feel a mysterious power flowing along with his mana into his body. Being a Unity of My Method practitioner, his control over his mana far exceeded others of the same stage, yet even he only felt a little abnormality. This alone was enough to highlight the peculiarity of this mana.
Due to the extremely mysterious nature of the mana, Wang Qi was momentarily unable to expel it.
Moreover, after the self-destruction of these two worker bees, their blood atomized and spread in the air. Given the identities of these monster bees, it's obvious this is a large patch of pheromones.
Summoning companions, pheromones for attacking enemies.
Wang Qi was unaware that if any of those bristles in his fuzz pierced him, a curse would be sealed onto his flesh; this too would attract the pursuit of these horrifying creatures.
"Tch... got tricked..."
Wang Qi clicked his tongue.
The commotion of the self-destruct was not small. Soon thereafter, other worker bees flew over to investigate what had happened here.
Lian Yichen had been intentionally luring Wang Qi towards this area near the beehive from the start, where the density of the bee swarm was extremely high. By the time Wang Qi realized, he had already been discovered by the other worker bees.
The worker bees immediately split into two groups. One group danced in the air, emitting a strange buzzing sound. The other group flew toward Wang Qi without hesitation.
"This is bad!" Wang Qi quickly infused his own mana into Yue Luo Liu Li, further eroding its power. This was originally his method to deal with Mi in instances, allowing him to seize the mana of other beings for his own use. Soon, Wang Qi's mana and Yue Luo Liu Li's essence demon energy completely merged. This move was more powerful than any "man and sword as one." The power Wang Qi could wield soared continuously. He swung his sword, and purple sword qi shot out, shattering the group of demon bees transmitting information first.
However, those demon bees had already passed on the crucial information.
The nearby demon bees were all worker bees. These worker bees were not tasked with combat; their oddly shaped foreclaws were not suited for fighting, and their tail poison needles were not aligned to constantly face the enemy—they were not soldier bees responsible for combat.
Wang Qi didn't even need his Unpredictable Body Technique, just using his step technique to weave through the swarm. The Moonset Glaze Sword unleashed countless sword qi, severing the most fragile connections of these demon bees with minimal force. Within minutes, he had annihilated these terrifying monsters.
Meanwhile, he circulated a trace of Heavenly Entropy Technique mana within his body, eroding and burning away that wisp of foreign mana. Wang Qi believed this could at least temporarily slow down the pursuing demon bees.
But he quickly found this was of no avail.
The second wave of attackers had now arrived.
It was a black storm. A swarm of demon bees swept across the sky with a speed that was nearly beyond what the naked eye could capture. Their spiritual power merged into one, the rolling essence demon energy altered the surrounding environment fiercely like a front. Even before the swarm arrived, Wang Qi felt a sharp pain in his ears—the result of these insects violently altering air pressure by expelling atmospheric resistance!
This swarm of bee demons was completely different from the previous worker bees. Their enormous cicada wings provided superior agility. Their forelimbs were thick and sharp, unable to bend, mutated into existence like long spears.
The swarm passed like countless cavalry raising lances, forming a barrage of spears charging forward!
"Damn it..." Wang Qi this time didn't dare to meet them head-on. He maneuvered with the Cave Heaven Ruler, directly offsetting the movement reference frames between both sides, evading this torrent-like blow by utilizing the defense that is without peer unless it reaches light speed.
In an instant, Wang Qi was surrounded by tens of thousands of demon bees.
These combat-type demon bees were different from the previous worker bees. Their waists were more slender, almost non-existent, allowing their second and third body segments to fold, pointing the poison needles toward the enemy. Their first pair of legs had mutated into thick and sharp weapons.
"These things look familiar... Big Needle Bees? For bug and poison types, what can hit them with four times the effectiveness? Waiting for an answer online, very urgent..."
Wang Qi instantly felt a connection to his childhood. While muttering nonsensical words that no one could understand, he maneuvered and fought with these demon bees resembling "Big Needle Bees."
Unlike the previous worker bees, these demon bees advanced and retreated in an orderly manner. The attack coordination between forelimbs and tail spikes was as precise as some swordsmanship and gun techniques. Moreover, these creatures were like a tightly-knit sword array. Their paired attacks were closely interwoven, akin to an organic whole.
No... this was more like the coordinated limbs of "one person!"
"They're quite strong." Wang Qi muttered under his breath, the virtual server within him running at high speed, analyzing the results of these demon bees' evolution. The tightly knit spear formation was broken by Wang Qi in a flash. Then, with sword light crisscrossing, this group of demon bees was again smashed into disorder and chaos.
But soon, a third type of mutated "demon bee" was introduced into the battlefield.
It was a very mysterious kind of demon bee. This "demon bee" was fully encased in a tight exoskeleton, without a hint of fuzz, and clearly had high defensive strength. All three pairs of its legs were mutated into blade-like limbs similar to those of a mantis, each pair longer than the bee's own body length.
If it weren't for these creatures being released into the battlefield by those worker bees, Wang Qi would never have believed that they were "bees."
It was more convincing to say they were some mutant species of mantis!
"Liu Li! In ancient times, were there really such mysterious bees?"
Yue Luo Liu Li suddenly urged, "Quick, stab me into the demon bee's body, quick, quick!"
Wang Qi was puzzled but complied. He executed his movement technique, sidestepping a demon insect in a few steps, then drove Yue Luo Liu Li into the opponent's body with a thrust.
Yue Luo Liu Li suddenly withdrew its defense, allowing the sword blade to make contact with the demon bee's blood—from the start, Yue Luo Liu Li had been shielding itself with essence, never letting a drop of insect blood touch it.
But this time, Yue Luo Liu Li immediately discerned a taste.
"Could it be... descendants of the Ant Clan?"
"Ant Clan?" Wang Qi sliced through a Six-Blade Footed Demon Bee with his sword, puzzled, "Where did this setting come from? These things don't look like ants at all?"
"That's irrelevant to you. Wang Qi, listen carefully, what I say next is of utmost importance."
"These bee swarms are not native species to this world. They are the bloodline left by a kind of legitimate Great Power known as the 'Beast Herd Species'..."