Chapter 78 - Control!

“Disperse the poison fog! Don’t let it touch your body, or we’ll be in trouble!” Li Nan shouted, waving a magical treasure to surround himself with protection.

“This can’t go on. We need to capture the leader first, kill the queen bee!” Wang Han also used a magical treasure for protection, ignoring everything else as he charged towards the queen bee with a sword in hand.

The queen bee was not foolish. It avoided entanglement with the two and retreated, while the giant bees behind it received the command to recklessly crash against their protection.

“Heaven-Slaying Sword Qi, strike!”

Wang Han shouted, and dazzling golden light erupted around him. Sword Qi shot out in all directions.

“Bam! Bam!”

In an instant, thousands of giant bees were slain by their magical techniques, leaving fewer than ten thousand remaining, who fiercely protected the queen bee.

The queen bee seemed to realize the danger it was in if this continued, buzzing loudly as ten thousand giant bees launched poison needles at the duo’s protection.

After the poison needles came self-destruction. No matter how strong their protection was, it couldn’t withstand such a bombardment and was already filled with cracks, while the queen bee took the opportunity to flee.

Leng Yan was hovering above the queen bee, admiring its tactics. Deploying its forces, escaping when defeated, and returning for reinforcements-it truly mastered the art of survival to a deep level.

“Trying to run, Li Nan! Let’s catch it. Its poison sac and poison needle are excellent treasures for weapon refining!” They had already gone through so much trouble to defeat the swarm following Leng Yan’s ruse. If they let the queen bee escape, how could they swallow their anger?

Now they were the pursuers, unleashing various magical techniques in the air, striking the queen bee.

Their attacks left scars on the queen bee, but it didn’t stop. Knowing it wasn’t a match for these two at the moment, it focused on reaching the beehive to ensure its safety.

Observing the wounds on the queen bee, Leng Yan was quite pleased. But as an hour approached, Leng Yan burned another five thousand primordial spirit elixirs. Once the queen bee showed signs of weakness, Leng Yan intended to capture it with the immortal land and then gain control over it within. Meanwhile, Li Nan and Wang Han were merely free muscle.

“Not good, we’re only five miles from the beehive! We need to think of something fast!” Li Nan shouted urgently. The speed of the queen bee had significantly slowed down, clearly at its limits, and the thought of not being able to capture the queen bee was hard for Li Nan to accept.

“Buzz buzz!”

The queen bee, bleeding green blood, emitted a painful wail that resonated all the way to the beehive. Swarms of giant bees gathered like dark clouds, rushing over to reinforce.

Wang Han hesitated for a moment but finally made up his mind. He bit his tongue and took out a magical treasure resembling a shuttle. He dropped his essence blood onto the shuttle, which immediately radiated a dazzling azure light, releasing an overwhelming pressure in all directions.

Leng Yan could confirm that this item was likely an extremely rare supreme-grade treasure tool, which with time could evolve into a dao artifact.

“Pierce through space! Move!”

Wang Han formed seals with his hands and chanted softly. The azure light enveloped him, and suddenly, he vanished from the spot.

Leng Yan wondered where Wang Han had gone. Just then, a flash of azure light appeared before the queen bee, and Wang Han burst forth, driving his golden long sword into the queen bee’s forehead, leaving a bloody wound.

That strike alone rendered the queen bee incapable of battle, on the brink of death.

With his first attack succeeding, Wang Han prepared for a second strike. Leng Yan seized the moment and opened the immortal land, swiftly absorbing the queen bee.

Wang Han’s intended second strike hit nothing but void. Staring at the empty space, Wang Han was about to explode with rage.

“Damn you, Leng Yan! We fought desperately to injure it, and you reap the benefits. Don’t let me see you; I’ll kill you for sure!” Wang Han shouted angrily to the void, veins bulging in fury.

First, Leng Yan had vanished without explanation, and now the queen bee had suddenly disappeared. Anyone could deduce the connection between the two events.

“Stop shouting and let’s go! Another hundred thousand giant bees are coming. If we don’t move now, we won’t make it out!” Li Nan was also angry but managed to control his emotions. He grabbed Wang Han and dragged him away quickly.

The immortal land, transformed into fine dust, floated in the air. The moment the queen bee entered the immortal land, Leng Yan had already sealed its soul with a spirit-fixing needle. Subsequently, Leng Yan also sat cross-legged, stepping out of his body with his soul.

Leng Yan’s body of belief had become nearly tangible, resembling his primordial spirit. He slowly entered the queen bee’s sea of consciousness.

Inside the queen bee’s sea of consciousness, a blood-colored altar trapped a miniaturized version of the queen bee, representing its soul.

The queen bee’s soul was extremely fragile, as if it could dissipate at any moment. Leng Yan’s spiritual awareness transformed into a sharp sword, piercing into the queen bee’s soul and eradicating its faint spiritual awareness, officially taking possession of the soul.

After completing this task, Leng Yan’s spiritual awareness returned to his body. He placed a healing elixir and a primordial spirit elixir into the queen bee’s mouth, helping it dissolve.

Before long, the injuries on the queen bee had healed, and Leng Yan sensed through his spiritual awareness that with the replenishment of essence power, the queen bee’s soul was rapidly recovering!

Seated within the immortal land, Leng Yan directed it towards the swarm while organizing the queen bee’s memories.

“I didn’t expect the queen bee’s nest to hide so many herbs and such valuable royal jelly. Even though I’m not fond of alchemy, this stuff could sell for a million primordial spirit elixirs!” Leng Yan said with a smile, opening his eyes.

Upon seeing the panicked swarm from afar, Leng Yan used his spiritual awareness to control the queen bee’s body, making it fly out of the immortal land and emit buzzing sounds to summon its kin. Meanwhile, Leng Yan stayed hidden within the immortal land, perched on the queen bee.

Upon hearing the “queen bee’s” call, the hundred thousand giant bees gathered like a roaring storm, surrounding the queen bee. A few giant bees of the Heavenly Realm rubbed their heads against the queen bee’s body, expressing their concern.

Leading the mighty swarm back to the beehive, Leng Yan first collected the royal jelly and those precious herbs, leaving the queen bee within the hive to use as a trump card if danger arose.

Leng Yan then continued in the form of fine dust, drifting past the beehive, further into the depths.

As the essence power within the immortal land depleted, Leng Yan exited, mounting his flying sword to proceed further.

Suddenly, a roar reached Leng Yan’s ears. Using his spiritual awareness to investigate, he discovered two demon-eyed tigers fighting over a mature scarlet flame fruit.

The scarlet flame fruit contained a rich fire essence, perfect for refining the Scarlet Flame Emperor Technique in Leng Yan’s view-definitely not something he could let slip!

Both demon-eyed tigers were at the Heavenly Realm, but Leng Yan felt confident in handling them.

The Azure Sky Sword whistled through the air, startling the two demon-eyed tigers, which immediately spat out two balls of black flames at Leng Yan. Surprisingly, the two tigers were jointly guarding the scarlet flame fruit.

With a wave of his hand, Leng Yan conjured two water dragons to neutralize the tigers’ attacks. With a swift thought, the sun essence wheel transformed into nine golden gears, rapidly spinning as they attacked the tigers.

The tigers roared in fury, a dense black demonic aura rising from their bodies, forming into black armor. The sun essence wheel struck the armor, barely leaving a white mark.

“No time to play with you!” Leng Yan shouted as golden light erupted from his palms, forming two golden long blades. With a fierce motion of his arms, he hurled the blades forward.

The spinning golden blades flew out. “Boom! Boom!” Two explosive sounds were accompanied by painful roars as the armor on the tigers shattered, releasing black blood.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the sun essence wheel struck again, leaving several bloody gashes on their bodies.

With a leap, the Azure Sky Sword flew into Leng Yan’s hand as he landed gracefully, charging towards one of the demon-eyed tigers like an arrow leaving the bowstring.

In a flash of green light and a spray of black blood, Leng Yan’s lightning-fast strike sliced through the tiger’s throat. Seizing the momentum, he didn’t pause; the sword followed his movements as he twisted and jumped, thrusting the Azure Sky Sword at the other tiger.

“Roar!”

The tiger dodged agilely, spitting a dark projectile at Leng Yan.

In an instant, Leng Yan’s moon essence wheel activated, forming a protective barrier. Ignoring the tiger’s attack, Leng Yan twirled the Azure Sky Sword, executing over a hundred rapid thrusts that sealed off all the tiger’s escape routes.

Demonic beasts, after all, lacked the intellect of higher beings. Without reaching a certain cultivation level, it was difficult for them to unlock spiritual wisdom. This meant that although the demon-eyed tigers possessed Heavenly Realm strength, they were at a disadvantage against Leng Yan due to their inadequate intelligence to fully utilize their power.

“Slash!”

With a thrust, Leng Yan pierced the tiger’s abdomen. Twisting his wrist, he sliced horizontally, instantly ripping open the tiger’s belly.

In a brief span, Leng Yan, with his true essence realm cultivation, had slain two Heavenly Realm demonic beasts. If this feat were to spread, Leng Yan would undoubtedly become a legendary figure in the entire immortal cultivation world!