novelraw Chapter 303: Full Again! Hoarding Over 100,000 Qi Blood Packs
Chapter 303: Full Again! Hoarding Over 100,000 Qi Blood Packs
(Note: The data for the Nether Flame Insect Nest in Chapter 302 was incorrect and has been corrected.)
「Meanwhile.」
At the other end of the Secret Realm.
BUZZ—
The Space distorted, and the figures of Qin Wudao’s group of four appeared in the jungle.
The moment they landed, one of the younger-looking students turned pale from the thick stench of blood in the air, nearly throwing up on the spot.
"The... the smell of blood is so strong! Just how many Demon Beasts died here?"
The other two senior students handled it better, but their faces were also etched with grim expressions.
Only Qin Wudao remained as composed as ever. He even took a deep breath, a disdainful sneer playing on his lips.
"It’s just a few dead Low Tier Demon Beasts. A scene like this is enough to scare you so badly?"
He scanned his surroundings, his eyes holding an arrogance and world-weariness that could only come from someone who had truly faced life and death.
"Compared to the mountains of corpses and seas of blood I’ve seen on the battlefield against the Alien Race, this place is like a children’s playground. Not even worth mentioning."
His words immediately drew looks of immense admiration from his three teammates.
"Senior Qin is right! Our experience is nothing compared to yours!"
"As expected of a hero returned from the battlefield! That kind of presence is on a completely different level from us!"
Just then, a piercing buzz grew louder as it rapidly approached from the distance.
"It’s the Bloodthirsty Demon Bees! They’re coming!" one of the seniors exclaimed, his expression changing as he immediately assumed a combat stance.
Soon, a swarm of about two to three thousand bees appeared in their vision, a black mass surging toward them.
Faced with this terrifying sight, the other three turned deathly serious, with the exception of Qin Wudao.
Qin Wudao, however, still wore a look of utter disdain.
"Just a bunch of Fourth-Grade insects. No matter how many there are, they’re nothing but a disorganized mob."
He glanced at the swarm and said apathetically,
"I have no interest in wasting my time with these small fries."
"To catch the bandits, you first catch the king. My target is their nest and the Queen Bee hiding at the back!"
Before the words even left his mouth, he was already in motion!
A silver spear materialized in his hand, its shaft crackling with lightning as an incomparably domineering aura erupted from him!
"Thunder Dragon Break!"
Qin Wudao truly had the strength to back up his pride. His first move was earth-shattering!
A roaring dragon formed of pure lightning shot forth from the tip of his spear, crashing into the swarm with unstoppable force!
RUMBLE!
Lightning exploded, and electric serpents danced wildly!
With just one move, hundreds of Bloodthirsty Demon Bees were turned to charcoal by the violent Thunder Power!
The three teammates behind him watched, dumbfounded, before breaking into excited cheers!
"Holy shit, he’s incredible!"
"That was so fierce! With Senior Qin here, this mission doesn’t seem so hard after all, does it?"
"Yeah, seriously. Are we just going to get carried to victory? And that Gu Yuexi, she doesn’t know what’s good for her, daring to refuse Senior Qin’s invitation. How stupid!"
One of them, a student with a square face, couldn’t help but add mockingly,
"I bet that Gu Yuexi is hiding in some corner, trembling in fear of the swarm right now. A first-year daring to be so arrogant... she really overestimates herself!"
"Exactly! Does she really think she’s the Empress? In front of Senior Qin, she’s noth—"
SLAP—!
Before he could finish, a resounding slap struck him squarely across the face.
The one who had struck him was none other than Qin Wudao.
The square-faced student was completely stunned. He clutched his stinging cheek, looking at Qin Wudao in disbelief.
"Se... Senior Qin, you..."
Qin Wudao retracted his hand and swept a cold gaze over him, his voice laced with unquestionable dominance.
"She is my woman."
"From now on, I’m the only one who gets to talk about her. Who do you think you are, running your mouth about her?"
With that, he ignored his three dumbstruck teammates. With a shake of his spear, he transformed back into a streak of lightning and charged headfirst into the swarm, carving a path deeper into the Secret Realm!
The others: "..."
They glanced at each other, then gritted their teeth and followed.
...
「On the other side.」
After helping Chu Sheng collect another wave of Demon Bees, Gu Yuexi finally decided to split up with him.
Chu Sheng no longer needed her help. She decided to go on ahead, using her keen Perception of auras to find the true location of the Insect Nest.
In her past life, Gu Yuexi hadn’t experienced the bee disaster in this Secret Realm Nine, so she knew nothing about the situation here. Everything had to be explored from scratch.
However, judging by the astonishing number of bees in the swarm just now, the disaster was likely far more severe than what the school had described in the mission briefing!
’There might be some unknown secret hidden behind all this.’
After Gu Yuexi left, Chu Sheng completely let loose.
He activated Instant Teleportation, zipping through the vast jungle like a Ghost, and began his long-awaited grand "harvesting" operation!
Because of the bee disaster, Secret Realm Nine had been closed to regular students for a full month.
This meant that for an entire month, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bees here had practically no natural predators and could reproduce and expand with impunity!
Their numbers had long surpassed the estimated one hundred thousand in the mission briefing!
Their terrifying reproduction rate had drained more than ninety percent of the Demon Beast resources in the entire Secret Realm.
Everywhere Chu Sheng went, the air was thick with the stench of blood, and the ground was littered with the withered carcasses of Demon Beasts. There was hardly another living Demon Beast in sight!
The entire Secret Realm Nine had effectively become the exclusive hunting ground and nursery of the Bloodthirsty Demon Bees!
But for Chu Sheng, this was absolutely fantastic news!
’Collect! Collect! Collect!’
He was like the most efficient street sweeper. He would Instant Teleport to a location, and with a single thought, suck tens of thousands of Bloodthirsty Demon Bees into the Nether Flame Insect Nest. Then, he would immediately Instant Teleport to the next spot and repeat the process.
The number of minions inside his Nether Flame Insect Nest began to skyrocket at an insane pace!
One hundred thousand!
One hundred fifty thousand!
Two hundred thousand...
Before long, his Nether Flame Insect Nest, which he had just upgraded to Level 13, was... full again!
[Current Nether Flame Insect Nest Capacity: 256,000/256,000]
[Current Insect Beast Types: Spirit-Devouring Worm Larvae (32,000), Adult Spirit-Devouring Worms (Fourth-Grade Middle Stage, 30,000), Specially Modified Spirit-Devouring Worms (Fourth-Grade Middle Stage, 2,000), Bloodthirsty Demon Bees (192,000)]
A full two hundred fifty-six thousand Insect Beasts!
Excluding the sixty-thousand-plus Spirit-Devouring Worms he already had, he had managed to harvest a whopping one hundred ninety-two thousand Bloodthirsty Demon Bees in such a short time!
It was... utterly insane!
Chu Sheng stared at the black, seemingly endless army of Demon Bees in his Insect Nest, so excited that the hairs on his arms were standing on end.
’Awesome!’
’This is just too awesome!’
But there was something even more awesome—
He still hadn’t extracted the Essence Blood that these newly acquired Bloodthirsty Demon Bees had worked so hard to devour from other Demon Beasts!