Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Chapter 507: Chapter 499: Green Demon Bee Swarm Battles Scorpion Demon

The Scorpion Demon’s speed seemed much faster than anticipated.

Qin Niu took advantage of the fact that the Scorpion Demon had not yet arrived and swiftly made his way toward the location of the fruit tree.

The light inside the valley was very dim, but one could still make out a small, unremarkable tree growing not far away, close to the right side of the valley’s rock wall. From a distance, it looked a bit like a mountain ganoderma tree.

Many dark green fruits hung on the tree in clusters, almost covering the entire branch.

Now wasn’t the season for the fruits to mature.

According to Liu Shengli, these fruits would turn red once they ripened.

With a warm climate and moist soil in the valley and the mountain bodies on both sides along with dense trees serving as cover, even if frost fell outside, it would hardly harm the plants within the valley.

As of now, Qin Niu had cultivated his Everlasting Spring Technique to the Spirit Qi Realm, which enabled him to better enhance the vitality of plants and make them grow faster.

Therefore, he was not worried that this fruit tree would die.

As for exactly what kind of fruit tree this was, he still needed to go back and flip through the Plants Illustrated Handbook again.

To lure the Scorpion Demon out of the valley, digging up this fruit tree was the best method.

He had long anticipated this.

The Scorpion Demon certainly knew that the fruits of this tree had great medicinal effects, as it should have been eating them for many years. Now by digging up the tree, it would be like taking its treasure away, which would surely enrage it.

The angrier it became, the easier it would be for Qin Niu to draw it out of the valley.

Just as Qin Niu had dug out the fruit tree, which was about two meters in height, a rolling mass of yellow fog quickly approached him from not far ahead. There were also “sizzling” sounds accompanying it.

It sounded a bit like electricity, but not entirely.

“Fiend, cease your violence! It’s just a wild fruit tree grown in the mountains, there for anyone to harvest.”

Qin Niu walked away carrying the fruit tree.

Now, his Misty Rain Elusive Step had reached a high level of mastery. Although it was not yet perfect, the skill already granted a considerable bonus effect. His speed could be increased by 70%, and his agility by 40%.

Running and dodging were extremely practical.

From afar, he appeared like a wisp of residual smoke, fleeting and erratic, vanishing and reappearing intermittently.

If he could further improve and perfect this martial skill, he believed that his speed and agility would advance even further.

The yellow fog rolled, sweeping up leaves and grass, relentlessly pursuing him from behind.

Along the way, it tore through everything in its path, unstoppable.

Qin Niu discreetly observed and gained some understanding of the Scorpion Demon’s strength. Its power was much weaker than that of the Fire Phoenix, probably about on par with the Crow Demon subordinate to the Fire Phoenix.

Based on this reasoning, the Scorpion Demon’s grade should still be ten.

Had it been like the Fire Phoenix, reaching grade twelve, Qin Niu would definitely have fled for his life at once, even summoning the Fire Phoenix to fight.

But against a grade ten Insect Demon, he still held some confidence.

With the mystique of the Misty Rain Elusive Step, he fled in one breath to where he had left the rope.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Grabbing the rope, he made a few leaps and exited the valley.

The yellow fog behind him paused slightly before quickly resuming its pursuit of Qin Niu.

The Scorpion Demon already possessed a certain level of intelligence, and it must have been hesitating just now, also wary of an ambush.

Almost all wild animals have a habit of diligently managing their own territory and nests. It’s rare for insects or wild beasts to leave their own domain to attack other creatures.

Scorpions are on the more timid end of the spectrum.

They typically only move at night and prey on small insects. Scorpions rarely initiate attacks on insects or animals larger than themselves.

Only when attacked or when their nests are invaded do they fight back vigorously.

Qin Niu had once slain a scorpion larger than a millstone.

What left the deepest impression on him were the scorpion’s shell and the long tail that arched over its body.

As for the scorpion’s double claws, they’re actually not very powerful.

They’re much weaker than a crab’s or a lobster’s pincers.

The scorpion’s most formidable means of attack should be its tail. It’s segmented like bamboo, constructed joint by joint, not only strong and powerful when attacking but also extremely flexible when it turns.

In “Journey to the West,” even the Buddha was once stung by the Scorpion Spirit.

Sun Wukong was also stung.

Afterwards, they both described a similar experience, “I had no idea what that monster did, but all I felt was a sudden excruciating pain on my head, and before I knew it, I had fallen for its trick.”

It shows that the Scorpion Spirit’s sting is far mightier than that of honeybees or wasps.

When it stings its enemies, it attacks faster than a snake.

Those who have been bitten by venomous snakes might have had a similar experience. All you feel is a sudden prick on your foot, and when you look down, you find nothing there but two tiny puncture wounds on your foot.

When a scorpion attacks with its Poison Stinger, it’s even faster than a venomous snake.

After Qin Niu escaped the valley, he found the yellow fog rolling behind him, relentlessly in pursuit, and felt a secret joy in his heart. Once it entered the All-Heaven Myriad Insects Formation, he knew it would be doomed.

Just then, the yellow fog suddenly sped up. Qin Niu also pushed his speed to the limit, and in an instant, charged into the pre-arranged ambush.

In the end, the Scorpion Demon’s intelligence was just a little lacking; it never suspected that this human could be so cunning and would have set up an ambush beforehand.

It plunged headlong into it.

“Activate the formation!”

At Qin Niu’s command, the mightiest Green Demon Bee swarm was the first to form the formation successfully.

Green Demon Bees can fly, and their maneuverability is virtually invincible.

They arranged themselves into the All-Heaven Myriad Insects Formation almost instantly.

Don’t think that there are few Green Demon Bees; in total there are just over a hundred, but each one possesses a suffocatingly powerful strength.

Especially after the Green Demon Bees advanced to Grade Eight, their Breeding Skill evolved and allowed them to split and reproduce directly.

A bit akin to viruses replicating themselves.

Moreover, the offspring bees that split off are the same grade as the mother bee, with identical abilities.

The only difference is that the offspring bees do not have the ability to reproduce further.

Additionally, since this mode of reproduction eliminates the need for the offspring bees to level up, the mother bee consumes significantly more energy when gestating bee eggs, and the process takes longer than before.

This is also why, in nearly half a year’s time, Qin Niu has only managed to gather just over a hundred Green Demon Bee offspring.

As the All-Heaven Myriad Insects Formation was established, the Scorpion Demon was directly trapped inside the Insect Formation.

However, this Insect Formation was not a trapping formation; its main purpose was to greatly enhance each insect’s combat power. It’s like combining the strength of all insects through the formation.

“Attack!”

Qin Niu pointed towards the yellow fog, and the Green Demon Bees ferociously charged into the fog.

They were absolutely obedient to Qin Niu’s commands.

Plus, Green Demon Bees are inherently ferocious and extremely fierce by nature, warlike and bloodthirsty, born to battle.

They are even more ferocious than honeybees or War Bees.

Over a hundred Green Demon Bees charged into the yellow fog like a tornado, fiercely attacking.

The Scorpion Demon showed some ability as well, emitting continuous hissing sounds.

One could tell the Scorpion Demon was probably at a disadvantage, as the yellow fog was gradually dissipating.

This yellow fog seemed poisonous. Qin Niu sniffed it twice and detected a very particular pungent, fishy smell that made one’s head spin.

However, his body contained the Black Spider Gu, regarded as the nemesis of all poisons.