Chapter 395 - Chapter 395: Chapter 387 Exploring the Branching Path_1 (2/2)

Having cultivated the Misty Rain Elusive Step, Qin Niu could try his luck using this set of light-footed skills to navigate it.

With a few leaps and bounds, he entered the branching path.

Feeling an implicit danger, he heightened his alertness and tightly gripped the Ink Blade in his hand.

After advancing about forty or fifty meters, the ground was completely covered in scorching lava, leaving him nowhere to set foot. He had yet to find any treasures and hadn’t encountered any threats beyond the lava.

He stood on a piece of black rock, peering into the depths of the branching path.

He had a feeling that this path could be very long.

However, after traveling less than fifty meters, he could no longer proceed. After all, he had no way to walk on the lava.

Reluctantly, he prepared to give up exploring and decided to inspect the main cave once more before leaving.

At that moment, Qin Niu faintly heard a buzzing in his ears.

Looking up, he saw several Giant Fire Bees swooping toward him.

He felt that these Giant Fire Bees seemed a bit dim-witted. Because not long before, Qin Niu had captured five bees of their caliber, which were now still in the Insect Jar hanging at his waist.

They were purely on a suicide mission.

“Killing a few Giant Fire Bees to feed to the Ant Queen wouldn’t be bad.”

Qin Niu didn’t stand on ceremony and directly had Fourth lead the Termites to launch a Mental Attack on them.

The Grade Four and above Ghost Ants were also ready for combat.

There were around two thousand Ghost Ants total.

Their attack was a Mental Attack, aimed at hurting or killing enemy insects.

Qin Niu cultivated more Puppet Ants.

Because he preferred to capture enemy insects alive, rather than killing them.

Some mystical creatures in the world, once killed, are gone for good.

Some were even one-of-a-kind.

Meaning there was only one of their kind and it was very unlikely to find another one.

“One, two, three…”

As many as seventeen or eighteen Giant Fire Bees ferociously flung themselves at Qin Niu, prepared to launch their poison fog and sting attacks at any moment.

It was unfortunate for them that with Fourth and a group of Grade Four Puppet Ants protecting Qin Niu, they stood no chance of getting close.

They were controlled three or four meters away from Qin Niu.

One by one, they were all captured by Qin Niu into jars.

Just when he thought he had dealt with them all, even more fire bees flew out from deeper within the cave, and there were no small ones—all were of the Giant Fire Bee variety.

He even spotted two larger Giant Fire Bees.

Their color was a bit deeper than the others.

“Come on, entering the cave once, I can’t just return empty-handed, right? Capturing some to cultivate the Ant Queen is quite good. It will help advance her to Grade Seven sooner.”

Qin Niu’s most important creature was always the Ant Queen.

Advancing an insect to Grade Seven was a watershed moment.

It was like when humans advanced to the Innate Realm, only then they are considered to have one foot within the threshold of becoming an Immortal Master.

One by one, the Giant Fire Bees were captured without suspense; for each that came, he took one.

He didn’t even have to lift a finger.

As long as they got near Qin Niu, they would immediately be controlled by the Puppet Ants.

The battle went on continuously.

“Moo~!”

Green Ox, sensing its master under attack, let out an anxious moo from outside the branching path.

In its heart, Qin Niu must be as important as its ‘mother.’

If anyone tried to harm Qin Niu, it wouldn’t stand for it.

Just as Qin Niu was enjoying himself capturing the Giant Fire Bees, he sensed danger. Subconsciously looking up, he saw a dark red fire bee leading a large swarm of Giant Fire Bees flying toward him.