CHAPTER 711: EMERGENCE

Seeing the freshly released Poisonous Bees, they were alread

Seeing the freshly released Poisonous Bees, they were already slain by the spatial rift.

"It seems like I released them too early at a low tier."

He had just released several third-tier Poisonous Bees, but their reactions were too sluggish. By the time his command reached them, they had already crashed into the spatial rift on their own.

Over the years, he had cultivated dozens of fourth-tier Poisonous Bees using the corpses of Demon Clan Great Demonic Envoys he had slain.

Now, he could only release fourth-tier Poisonous Bees to try. If even fourth-tier Poisonous Bees couldn't succeed, he would have to forcefully venture through the spatial rift for the immortal fruit.

While others might fear the spatial rift, he possessed armor refined from the Jade Tree, infused with Grand Dao Runes. He should be able to resist the spatial rift's cuts for a short time.

However, he didn't want to use this life-saving trump card unless absolutely necessary.

With this in mind, he waved his hand and released five fourth-tier Poisonous Bees, along with several hundred second-tier Poisonous Bees flying forward under his command.

This time, he had the five Poisonous Bees fly slowly, allowing for timely corrections in direction. As for the remaining second-tier Poisonous Bees, he only indicated a general direction.

Though the flight of the second-tier Poisonous Bees was chaotic and they occasionally collided with the spatial rift, it served to better pinpoint Wang Hong's location relative to the rift.

This time, all five fourth-tier Poisonous Bees safely reached the designated branch, while only a few dozen of the second-tier Poisonous Bees remained.

However, these second-tier Poisonous Bees were no longer important. Under Wang Hong's command, the five fourth-tier Poisonous Bees bit through the branch bearing the half-ripe immortal fruit, which one of them carried out.

The remaining four were arranged by Wang Hong to be carried out by two guards holding the immortal fruit each.

The remaining two bees bit through another branch and flew out carrying their load.

The five Poisonous Bees slowly flew back with the immortal fruit and branches, finally passing through the narrowest part of the Passageway and returning before Wang Hong.

Wang Hong reached out to take the immortal fruit and branches brought by the Poisonous Bees, holding them in his hands like the Cultivator named Li.

However, due to the narrowness of the Passageway, he couldn't turn around, so he had to move slowly with his feet in front and head behind as he made his way out.

He wasn't as familiar with the Passageway as Cultivator Li, and on the return journey, he was scraped several times by the spatial rift. Thankfully, the armor protected him from injury.

When he reached the exit of the Passageway and saw Bai Wushuang guarding it, Wang Hong immediately cut the immortal fruit in half and handed one half to Bai Wushuang.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wang!" Bai Wushuang said, hastily storing the immortal fruit securely.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Wang, on obtaining the immortal fruit!" Daoist Qin and the others congratulated as soon as they saw Wang Hong safely emerge.

"Thank you all!" Wang Hong replied, storing half of the immortal fruit away while casually tossing the branches into his Space.

"I wonder, Fellow Daoist Wang, what use do you have for the branches of this immortal fruit tree?" Daoist Qin asked curiously.

"People have previously harvested and researched the branches of this immortal tree. Despite being from an immortal tree, they are quite ordinary in material and lack any special properties," Wang Hong explained simply.

"I plan to take them back and experiment with cultivation, to see if they can be successfully planted," he added.

"Then I'll congratulate Fellow Daoist in advance on successfully cultivating!" Daoist Qin congratulated insincerely.

They weren't the first to discover this immortal fruit tree. The faction they belonged to had harvested its branches for cultivation many times before, but none had been successful.

Usually, even cultivating high-tier Spiritual Herbs required many conditions: suitable soil, the right growing environment, or else they wouldn't survive.

Cultivating an immortal fruit tree was naturally even more difficult than high-tier Spiritual Herbs. Though the immortal aura in this secret realm was already sparse, there was still some presence of it.

If taken out for planting in the outside world where there was no trace of immortal aura, it would be impossible to succeed.

However, for someone who hadn't experienced failure, there was no need to dissuade them, as it would only breed resentment.

At this moment, Bai Wushuang couldn't help but envy the two immortal fruit tree branches in Wang Hong's hands.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, could I discuss something with you?"

"I wonder what Fellow Daoist Bai would like to discuss?" Wang Hong asked indifferently.

"You obtained two branches of the immortal fruit tree in total. Could you transfer one to me? I can exchange it for a treasure."

Wang Hong had previously obtained two branches: one with the immortal fruit hanging from it, and another one bitten off by the Poisonous Bees.

As for the fruit core, which was more suitable for propagation, Wang Hong had already cut it in half to distribute it evenly.

"It's not impossible, but I wonder what treasure Fellow Daoist Bai intends to use for the exchange?"

If the price was right, Wang Hong would be willing to trade. Given the nature of his Space, one branch should be enough.

Then, the two of them negotiated via Message Transmission for a while. In the end, Bai Wushuang produced a magic weapon and exchanged it for one of Wang Hong's branches.

Bai Wushuang happily stored the branch away, as if he could already see the Lingxiao Sword Sect owning an immortal fruit tree in years to come.

This made the Cultivator named Li a bit regretful. Why hadn't he picked a few more branches at the time? Even if he didn't need them himself, he could have traded them away.

Not to mention the branches of the immortal fruit tree, even if he just picked a few leaves and claimed they were from an immortal tree, someone would probably want them.

Just as the Cultivator named Li was hesitating whether to go back in and pick a few more branches...

"Keke! Keke! Fate is truly interesting! Here we meet again."

At this moment, three Demon Race members appeared a few hundred meters away from them.

Wang Hong was startled. With his Divine Sense, he couldn't believe the three Demon Race members had approached so closely without him noticing.

"It's you again!"

Daoist Qin and the others obviously recognized these Demon Race members, as they were among those who had robbed them of their immortal fruit last time.

"The usual routine, hand it over, and we might spare your lives," Thorn Demon said coldly.

"Humph! Last time you succeeded because you had numbers on your side. This time won't be as easy," Daoist Qin said, his eyes sharp, intending to settle old scores and new grievances with these three Demon Race members.

"We snatched the immortal fruit last time. Do you think we'd remain at the same level this time?"

Thorn Demon spoke, his powerful aura emanating, indicating he had already reached the peak of the fifth tier.

At the same time, the other two demons also revealed their auras, all of them at the peak of the fifth tier, equivalent to the Soul Transformation stage of the Human Clan.

They were a group of five people, with Wang Hong and Bai Wushuang just entering the early stage of Soul Transformation. Among the three Cultivators named, only the one named Ye had reached the middle stage of Soul Transformation.

Under normal circumstances, even if all five of them joined forces, they could only barely contend with one Cultivator at the peak of Soul Transformation.

Each small advancement in the Soul Transformation stage required hundreds of years of cultivation. The gap in strength between each realm was evident.

Therefore, in the current situation, facing three fifth-tier peak Demon Race members, they had no chance of winning.

"Fellow Daoists, we're outnumbered and outpowered. Our only option now is to split up and flee!" Li transmitted a message to everyone.

No one opposed Wang Hong's final decision.[Read at www.patreon.com/shanefreak, and heartfelt thankyou for your support!]