Chapter 431 - Chapter 431: Chapter 423 Timid as a Mouse_1 (2/2)

Once past Grade Three, each elevation in level was extremely challenging.

The Ant Queen, Fourth, War Bees… their promotions were all arduous and protracted.

Yet, for the Green Demon Bee to ascend from Grade Five to Grade Six was so easy, so swift, that even Qin Niu found it hard to believe. It felt surreal.

After the Green Demon Bee advanced to Grade Six, it sucked the life out of the giant insect even faster.

Qin Niu felt the Green Demon Bee growing stronger rapidly – phrases like ‘by leaps and bounds’ or ‘with incredible speed’ simply couldn’t capture the rate at which it was enhancing itself now.

Its current pace of advancement could only be described as terrifying and defying the natural order.

Was this because of the Green Demon Bee’s excellent innate talent, or did the Mirage Insect’s illusion contain an unimaginably vast amount of energy?

Perhaps it was both.

“Human, release me!”

The Mirage Insect still hadn’t given up. After being refused by Qin Niu, it spoke to him again.

This time, its voice carried a hint of plea, without the commanding tone it had before.

“Why should I release you? If you caught prey, would you let it go?”

Qin Niu thought this Mirage Insect was as naive as a three-year-old child.

“I will not attack you in the future,”

the Mirage Insect promised him.

Qin Niu snorted at that.

“Even if I don’t release you, you won’t be able to attack me anyway. According to my practice, when I catch an insect of a higher grade, I usually feed it to my own insects, helping them advance.”

Hearing Qin Niu saying this, the Mirage Insect inside the Insect Jar curled up and shivered.

It seemed to have a small courage, easily frightened.

“Are you… planning to kill me?”

The trembling in its voice was evident.

It was very afraid.

This reminded Qin Niu of the timid Diamond Ink Turtle. The Mirage Insect’s guts were on par with it.

“I won’t kill you myself, but I am planning to feed you directly to my insects. Letting them eat you alive prevents the loss of energy,”

Qin Niu said earnestly.

Having discovered that the Mirage Insect was extremely cowardly, he didn’t mind scaring it half to death; it would make the process of subduing it unusually smooth.

If this Mirage Insect was truly a supernatural creature, Qin Niu had no desire to sign another contract of equals with it.

He preferred to sign a master-servant contract, to fully control it.

“You, you not only want to kill me, but also allow your insects to devour me alive, you’re so cruel. My true form doesn’t have much energy, your insects won’t benefit much even if they consume me,”

the Mirage Insect said, clearly frightened out of its wits, now starting to beat around the bush for mercy.

This at least proved it wasn’t as stupid as imagined.

“It’s okay. Even a mosquito matters; I believe my insects will gain a lot by consuming a supernatural creature like you.”

Qin Niu had a serious and ruthless look on his face, but inside, he was already laughing so hard it hurt.

This was the most timid supernatural creature he had ever seen.

“Human, let’s talk this over. I’m just a very weak supernatural creature, and I haven’t been transformed for long. Don’t feed me to your insects, I can listen to you, can I?”

“It depends on how you perform. I have many insects to feed, they require a lot of food, and I treat my insects very well. Every time I catch a high-grade insect, I can’t help but want to feed them.

I’ve already decided which one of my insects to feed you to.

Of course, if you perform really well, I will definitely keep you.”

Qin Niu only regretted that his Spirit Space was not enough; otherwise, he could have immediately subdued this supernatural creature.

This was a supernatural creature!

And also one with a special ability.

“Tell me, how do you want me to perform? I will try my best to do well.”

The Mirage Insect slowly unraveled its body, appearing willing to do anything Qin Niu asked, displaying an obsequious and servile attitude.