novelraw Chapter 304: New Bloodthirsty Demon Bees, Soldier Bees Appear
Chapter 304: New Bloodthirsty Demon Bees, Soldier Bees Appear
Chu Sheng’s consciousness swept through the Insect Nest, like a king reviewing his spoils of war.
Extract!
Extract them all!
Following his command, the Essence Blood Crystals stored in the abdomens of the more than 190,000 Bloodthirsty Demon Bees were instantly stripped away by an invisible force.
They converged into a torrent of countless blood-red points of light, which rapidly compressed and condensed under the control of his consciousness!
Piece by piece, pure Qi Blood Crystals were extracted, finally condensing into fist-sized Qi Blood Crystal Balls that sparkled like brilliant rubies. Chu Sheng delightedly hoarded them in his Lifebound Space!
Based on the calculation that each Bloodthirsty Demon Bee could gather an average of 1 point of Qi Blood, then 192,000 Bloodthirsty Demon Bees would total...
Approximately 182,473 points of Qi Blood!
Almost 183,000 points!
In a single, crazy harvest, he had directly hoarded over 180,000 points of Qi Blood!
Chu Sheng gazed at the mountain-like pile of Qi Blood Crystal Balls in his Lifebound Space, which emanated an alluring luster. At this moment, he was so thrilled he felt he could pass out on the spot!
His current total Qi Blood was 120,900 points, having just crossed the threshold into the Fifth-Grade Early Stage.
And this 180,000-plus Qi Blood was enough for him to charge straight to the Fifth-Grade Middle Stage (200,000 Qi Blood) without any bottleneck, with even some to spare!
If it weren’t for the limit on how much Qi Blood he could absorb at one time, and the fact that he needed time to digest it afterward, Chu Sheng could have leveled up and broken through on the spot!
However, that was no longer important.
Reaching the Fifth-Grade Middle Stage was already a sure thing. As long as he continuously absorbed and digested the Qi Blood, he estimated he could advance smoothly within a few days at the fastest.
And there’s more!
After all this Qi Blood was fully digested, he would also receive an incredibly substantial income of Evolution Points!
Based on the previous ratio, this 180,000-plus Qi Blood would ultimately bring him... a full 18,000-plus Evolution Points!
’Didn’t it only cost 4,000 Evolution Points to evolve the Insect Nest two levels just now?’
’Holy crap!’
’This deal is a guaranteed win!’
...
Contentedly finishing the calculation of his gains, Chu Sheng activated his Nether Vision again.
After his frantic sweep, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bees within a 30,000-meter radius had been basically cleared out.
However, in a corner of the Secret Realm’s deepest part, there were still some red dots.
’And these red dots... they seem deeper in color, and brighter?’
Chu Sheng pondered. ’Looks like I’ll have to upgrade the Nether Flame Insect Nest again.’
’No, I’ll be decisive and just upgrade it two levels!’
’I’ll be getting 18,000 free Evolution Points soon anyway. There will be more than enough to evolve it twice!’
’Upgrading from Level 13 to Level 14 will increase the capacity to 512,000!’
’Upgrading from Level 14 to Level 15 will increase the capacity to 1,024,000!’
’Level Fifteen!’
’Oh my god, the Nether Flame Insect Nest’s space will break past the million mark!’
’If I could lead an army of a million Insect Beasts... I can’t even imagine the sight!’
’It’s a shame this Secret Realm probably doesn’t have that many Bloodthirsty Demon Bees for me to collect.’
’Whatever, I’ll upgrade to the million-capacity level first. Better to be safe than sorry!’
Chu Sheng immediately called out to the system in his mind.
’System, how many Evolution Points does it take to upgrade from Level 13 to Level 14?’
[System: 6,000 points.]
’And what about one more level, to Level 15?’
[System: 18,000 points!]
’Holy shit!’
Chu Sheng wailed internally.
Every time the Nether Flame Insect Nest upgraded, its capacity doubled, but the required Evolution Points tripled!
’What a total rip-off!’
’Still, the total cost to reach the million-capacity level is 24,000 points, which is still within my means.’
He glanced at his current Evolution Point balance.
[Current Evolution Points: 63,020 (953 more points will be credited after the current Qi Blood is digested)]
’Evolution Points... plentiful!’
’System, enough talk! Upgrade me two levels in a row!’
[DING! 6,000 Evolution Points consumed. The Nether Flame Insect Nest has been upgraded to Level 14!]
[DING! 18,000 Evolution Points consumed. The Nether Flame Insect Nest has been upgraded to Level 15!]
[Current Evolution Points Remaining: 39,020]
Following the two crisp system notification sounds, Chu Sheng felt an earth-shattering transformation occur within his Nether Flame Insect Nest!
That exclusive Insect Race Space, as if creating a new heaven and earth, expanded frantically into the endless void, ultimately forming a vast and boundless new world!
Upgrade complete!
...
Afterward, without the slightest pause, Chu Sheng used an ultra-long-distance Instant Teleportation and arrived directly in the depths of the Secret Realm—
—the location of the last patch of Bloodthirsty Demon Bees he had seen in his Nether Vision.
The moment he landed, before he could even get his footing,
he was met head-on by another dense, dark swarm of bees!
Seeing this, Chu Sheng chuckled to himself.
’Perfect timing! Come to papa, my little treasures! Absorb!’
However,
the unexpected happened again!
This swarm of Bloodthirsty Demon Bees, just like before, was not instantly sucked into the Nether Flame Insect Nest!
Chu Sheng was stunned once again!
’What’s going on?’
’This makes no sense! My Nether Flame Insect Nest now has a million-level capacity. It’s more than enough, so how could I fail to absorb them?’
’Did the system bug out?’
In the brief moment he stood there stunned, the swarm of Bloodthirsty Demon Bees had already turned into black bolts of lightning, rushing right before his eyes!
’Something’s not right!’
A jolt went through Chu Sheng’s mind!
’The speed of these Demon Bees is far, far faster than the worker bees I just harvested!’
’And the aura they’re emitting is much more powerful and savage!’
He didn’t even have time to think; his body’s instincts had already reacted!
SWISH!
He abruptly used Instant Teleportation to dodge the fatal charge, reappearing a hundred meters in the air. With lingering fear, he looked down!
Just as he thought!
Upon closer inspection, this swarm of Demon Bees looked different from the worker bees from before!
Their bodies were sturdier, and their carapaces were thicker. Most importantly, they didn’t have the mouthparts for sucking blood like worker bees.
In their place was a pair of forelegs like sharp battle spears, glinting with a chilling light!
They were... Soldier Bees!
The elite units in the swarm, responsible for combat and defense!
And the reason he couldn’t absorb them was also very simple!
Their cultivation level had already surpassed his own!
Chu Sheng took a closer look with his Nether Vision and immediately sucked in a sharp breath.
To his shock, the strength of these Soldier Bees had all reached the Fifth-Grade Middle Stage,
and a few of the leaders even had auras so powerful they were approaching the Peak of Fifth-Grade!
’This is trouble.’
The Nether Flame Insect Nest was domineering, but it had a clear limitation: it could only Tame insect-type Demon Beasts with a cultivation level lower than or equal to his own.
Faced with this swarm of Soldier Bees whose grade was higher than his own, his "Taming" Divine Technique was rendered completely useless.
’So what now?’
’It’s not that I can’t beat them; at the very least, self-preservation is no problem at all.’
’The problem is, I’m greedy for these Soldier Bees that are at the Fifth-Grade Middle Stage and even the Peak!’
’Wouldn’t it be a pity to just kill them?!’
As Chu Sheng was pondering a strategy, the swarm of Soldier Bees below spotted his figure floating in the air once again!
BZZZZ—!!!
An ear-piercing buzzing echoed across the sky as hundreds of Fifth-Grade Soldier Bees, like hundreds of black missiles trailing long exhaust plumes, charged toward Chu Sheng in the sky once more!