Chapter 507 - Chapter 507: Chapter 499: Green Demon Bee Swarm Battles Scorpion Demon (1/2)

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.

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.