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“Now, kill!”

Leng Yan saw that the poison dragon had entered the encirclement and quickly issued the command.

A buzzing noise suddenly exploded, akin to a thunderclap! The fierce poison dragon was startled and its blood-red eyes darted around!

The sky was filled with giant bees rushing in, and the poison dragon quickly turned to escape. It knew it was no match for so many giant bees, so it chose to flee!

However, upon turning, it realized that its retreat was already cut off by the swarm!

“Roar!”

The poison dragon let out low growls, hoping to ward off the swarm, but seeing them pressing closer, it knew a battle was inevitable!

“Roar…”

The dragon’s body swung, its mouth releasing a wave of miasma. Leng Yan immediately commanded thirty thousand giant bees to self-destruct.

The giant bees of the true essence realm rushed forward at full speed, each arching its body, with their tail needles firing like arrows in a rain of arrows!

“Zing! Zing…”

The sound of needle against scale echoed constantly, the noise of poison needles striking the dragon’s scales.

“Explode!”

Sitting atop the queen bee, Leng Yan sent out spiritual awareness. The thirty thousand giant bees vanished from their spots in an instant, but moments later, explosions boomed from within the miasma.

Amidst the explosions, the cries of the poison dragon could be heard, indicating it was wounded.

Having learned from past experiences, Leng Yan kept a close watch on the poison dragon’s every move, wary of another self-destruct!

The self-destructing power of thirty thousand giant bees blasted the miasma around the poison dragon away, leaving it vanished without a trace. The poison dragon now lay bleeding profusely, in great pain.

Leng Yan gave no chance for reprieve, commanding the giant bees to attack collectively. The buzzing was deafening, accompanied by the poison dragon’s anguished howls.

The giant bees feasted on the poison dragon’s flesh; some couldn’t withstand the dragon’s poison and perished, dropping like stones to the ground. In no time, tens of thousands of giant bees fell like a rain of stones.

Conversely, each of the surviving giant bees took a bite, laying bare the dragon’s bones.

“Roar~!”

The poison dragon suddenly thrashed its body violently and let out an ear-splitting roar. Hearing this, Leng Yan’s heart sank.

“Not good, it’s going to self-destruct. Spirit-fixing needle! Spirit of Desire! Contain it for me!”

The spirit-fixing needle transformed into a black streak of light and pierced directly into the poison dragon’s skull, locking its soul. Its initially expanding body shrank back down. At that moment, the Spirit of Desire entwined around it.

In just a few breaths, the poison dragon’s body was reduced to nothing more than a skeleton in the air. However, the cost for Leng Yan was the loss of a hundred thousand giant bees!

As the giant bees dispersed, the skeleton fell to the ground. Leng Yan glanced and saw within the spirit-fixing needle’s barrier, a miniature poison dragon coiled around a blood-red pearl-this was the poison dragon blood pearl!

With a gesture, the spirit-fixing needle wrapped around the poison dragon blood pearl and its soul, returning to Leng Yan’s side.

Leng Yan stored the poison dragon blood pearl and then directly crushed the poison dragon’s soul.

After reorganizing the giant bees, the formation remained formidable. A 500,000-strong army, under Leng Yan’s command, buzzed away in search of the unicorn deer.

The unicorn deer is said to be the offspring of a unicorn and a seven-colored deer, possessing a strong affinity for lightning magical techniques. However, unicorn deer are incredibly rare, even on the Immortal Firmament Continent, found only in select locales. From the queen bee’s memories, Leng Yan had learned that there was a unicorn deer here, whose realm had reached the initial stage of the golden core realm.

This mission was exceedingly dangerous, as there is a significant gap between the golden core realm and the unification realm. The 500,000 giant bees could potentially be wiped out, especially since within this army, there is a reluctant contingent of 100,000 led by the surrendered queen bee.

In the recent battle against the poison dragon, this particular swarm remained at the back, feigning involvement but actually circling the periphery, not contributing at all!

Leng Yan, despite his admiration for this queen bee, recognized the swarm as a critical factor for success or failure. If these 100,000 giant bees were to rebel at a crucial moment, they would be facing threats from all sides!

Therefore, Leng Yan must control this queen bee!

As they advanced, Leng Yan intentionally had the remaining 400,000 giant bees separate the queen bee from its swarm. He then burned 5,000 primordial spirit elixirs to activate the space of the immortal land, capturing the queen bee directly inside. He sent in three Asuras to severely injure the queen bee.

Next, one of the Asuras possessed the queen bee’s body, emerging from the immortal land and taking control of the queen bee’s swarm.

In this way, the entire 500,000-strong giant bee army was truly under his control. Leng Yan did bend his principles for this, but it was all in the name of rescuing Dongfang Caiyun and ensuring his own safety, which made it worthwhile. As the saying goes, “Those who achieve great things do not bother with trifles.”

Perhaps it was a way to ease his conscience.

“It’s a swarm of giant bees! So many, run!” Three cultivators were fighting a demonic beast together when they suddenly heard the overwhelming buzz. Terrified, they went pale and fled desperately.

Leng Yan had encountered many such scenes along the way. Neither demonic beasts nor cultivators dared to stand against the swarm of 500,000 bees.

Regrettably, Leng Yan didn’t encounter Sun Hao, and Li Nan had fled too far. He didn’t have time to deal with them. Otherwise, his army of giant bees could have exterminated them in an instant.

Despite searching for a long time, they found no trace of the unicorn deer. Leng Yan knew that aimless searching like this wouldn’t necessarily lead to success.

Opening the map, he memorized the locations of several marked danger zones. These were the first places to check. Given the unicorn deer’s initial stage golden core realm strength, it would indeed be in a dangerous area. Hence, these are the most probable places!

Leng Yan mentally analyzed which of these locations was most likely.

There was a canyon, a forest, a swamp, and a lake. Among these, the least likely was the lake, and the most likely was the forest. So, the first target would be the forest!

An hour later, Leng Yan saw the forest. Using his spiritual awareness, he commanded 10,000 giant bees to scout inside, while the rest hovered above, awaiting his instructions.

This forest stretched vast and wide, covering a hundred thousand miles in circumference. However, with 10,000 giant bees spread out, they quickly scoured the forest, yet found no trace of the unicorn deer!

Just as Leng Yan was about to leave, a powerful aura suddenly enveloped the area, forcing him to retreat continuously. The giant bees at the true essence realm retreated a hundred meters, and those 10,000 bees that entered the forest perished instantly.

“A golden core realm aura-how is this possible? There was nothing here just a moment ago!” Leng Yan whispered in shock, his face filled with disbelief.

As he stood there, stunned, the forest rustled, and suddenly, a golden goshawk soared into the sky.

The goshawk’s feathers were entirely golden, glittering under the sunlight.

The goshawk halted a hundred meters in front of Leng Yan, flapping its wings and stirring up a powerful gust.

Facing the goshawk’s overwhelming presence, the swarm began to nervously stir; however, under the pressure of the ten queen bees, they gradually calmed down.

“Human cultivator, this is not a place for you to tread. Even worse, you let your giant bees bite my feathers!” A woman’s voice echoed in Leng Yan’s mind, conveyed through sound transmission by the golden goshawk.

Leng Yan wasn’t surprised that the goshawk could perceive him. After all, considering their cultivation levels, there was a significant gap between them.

“I had no intention of disturbing your rest. This was all a misunderstanding!” Leng Yan responded calmly, unfazed by the prospect of the goshawk attacking.

Xuan Yi had mentioned that the space barrier here was weak and couldn’t withstand golden core realm magical techniques. The goshawk should be aware of this as well; otherwise, it wouldn’t have wasted time talking with Leng Yan.

“A misunderstanding? Can a mere misunderstanding suffice? My beautiful feather has been bitten off, and I want your life for it!” the goshawk retorted in anger.

The desire for beauty is universal, apparently even for demonic beasts. Leng Yan replied with a smirk, “If you’re not afraid of breaking the space barrier, go ahead and attack. I have ways to preserve my life, though I wonder if you can survive in a space rift.”

“You! You think a mere true essence realm cultivator is worthy of my full power?” The nerve struck, the goshawk snapped back, annoyed.

“I’m not capable of that, but I wonder if the ten queen bees of the unification realm at my side, along with these 500,000 giant bees behind me, are enough to make you exert yourself,” Leng Yan said with a smile.

“Consider yourself tough. Don’t provoke me again, or I’ll fight you to the death!” Seeing that she couldn’t intimidate Leng Yan, the golden goshawk turned to leave.

But Leng Yan wasn’t about to let her go so easily. “Hold on, don’t leave just yet!”

The goshawk circled in the air, stirring up a whirlwind, and asked, “What? Do you want to fight?”