Chapter 182 - Chapter 182: Chapter 177 Healing Ant, New Bee Species 1 (2/2)
“Let’s take a gamble! This test of life and death is a challenge that every termite wishing to become strong must go through.”
Qin Niu finally decided to cultivate it immediately.
The molted larvae, newly transformed into adult ants, were actually the easiest to cultivate.
Although their bodies were fragile and delicate, they were highly elastic, and required less Banyan Blood Potion for feeding.
Therefore, the risk of their bodies bursting was relatively lower.
After calculating several times according to its size, Qin Niu directly fed it Banyan Tree Blood.
He then proceeded to mass cultivate the adult larvae that had just emerged from their cocoons today.
By the time he was done, he found that the Healing Ant had safely passed the critical stage, saving him undue worry.
Now all that was left was to wait for it to complete its evolution.
Having finished cultivating the termites, he moved on to check on the two Corpse Bees he was keeping in captivity.
He had even taken care to hide them in two different places.
The Grade Four Corpse Bee was incubating the eggs it had laid.
The War Bee was obediently lying still, nurturing its bee eggs.
Based on the egg-laying timing of the Grade Four Corpse Bee, it was estimated that it would take more than ten days for it to lay its eggs successfully.
Qin Niu was not in a hurry.
The later Old Master Huang made his move, the stronger the power Qin Niu would have accumulated by then.
Days passed by, and with his help, Wang Wanyan gradually learned to take the cat she was taming into the mountains to hunt.
Since it was an ordinary cat, its combat power was very limited.
On the first day, it only caught a sparrow in the mountains.
Unexpectedly, this thrilled Wang Wanyan to no end.
As a sheltered young lady, she had spent her days reading, playing the zither, and cultivating in her loft, never experiencing such an exhilarating mountain hunt before.
Fortunately, the cat’s strength visibly increased bit by bit after eating the pig king meat that Qin Niu had given it.
Keeping a domestic cat as a pet was actually not a good choice.
From a rational point of view, it was somewhat willful.
Even keeping a wild cat as a pet was better than keeping a domestic cat.
A domestic cat’s combat experience, ferocity, alertness, and wilderness survival skills were all inferior to those of a wild cat. It would need to spend a lot of time and undergo continuous training to reach a level comparable to that of a wild cat.
With the time and energy required for this, it would be better to directly tame a wild cat instead.
However, seeing that she seemed quite satisfied, Qin Niu silently supported her.
For the time being, he was just giving her some pig king meat to feed the cat.
In the future, he would consider using even stronger “good stuff” to help her cat evolve.
In the blink of an eye, four days had passed.
Qin Niu’s Healing Ant had finally completed its evolution.
Its size had visibly become much larger, and its movements had become as agile as those of a Lightning Worker Ant.
Based on Qin Niu’s cultivation experience, the Healing Ant was definitely stronger than a regular Grade Two Lightning Worker Ant after evolving.
Grade Two Medical Ant: One individual, lifespan of 13 years, special abilities (quickly heal injured termites, swiftness, super-strong biting, immune to various venom attacks.)
These were the changes after the Healing Ant evolved.
Although he had yet to see its healing abilities, they were clearly much more powerful than a Grade One Healing Ant, as evidenced by its attributes.
It could quickly heal injured termites.
At the same time, its speed had greatly increased, and it also possessed a special ability that other termites would envy: immunity to various venom attacks.
This was an incredibly powerful attribute.
Why are bugs scary?
Because most of them possess venom.
They are small, and in order to survive, developing venom attacks became a powerful survival mechanism.
Upon returning home from the mountains, he prepared to take some jars to collect Banyan Tree Blood.
As soon as he entered the house, he heard a buzzing sound.
He was familiar with this sound.
The sound of bees vibrating their wings.
A swarm of bees flew towards him.
He instinctively prepared to activate his power to strengthen his armor, to prevent being stung by the bees.
“No, these are my bees!”
He immediately felt a connection with them.
Since they were the offspring produced by the Queen Bee, there was no particularly close soul-bond with Qin Niu.
But he could still feel a slight, almost imperceptible force of a contract.
“Haha, could these be the first batch of one hundred bee eggs laid by the Queen Bee that have successfully emerged from their cocoons?”
Looking at the swarm of new bees that flew over to greet him, each one tender and fresh.
“Don’t worry, I’ll cultivate you right away.”
Qin Niu felt that today was a good day indeed.
The emergence of the first hundred new bees signified that from now on, every day would bring one hundred new bees successfully emerging from their cocoons.
The number of bees under his command was set to increase dramatically.
This was a force to be reckoned with in aerial combat.
Check the bee swarm.
Bee Swarm: Worker Bees 28651, Drones 272, Young Queen Bees 0.
Grade Two War Bee: One individual, lifespan of 3 years, special abilities (agile flight, bravery, enhanced biting, strengthened stinger.)
Grade Two Honey-Making Bee: Two individuals, lifespan of 2 years, special abilities (gathering essence of pollen, advanced honey-making.)
Grade Two Green Ring Worker Bees: 132 individuals, lifespan of 10.2 years, special abilities (superior gathering ability, can efficiently and quickly gather pollen. Good flying ability, can fly more than five times faster than ordinary bees, turning and rolling in the air agilely. Paralyzing Venom, the venom injected after stinging an enemy has a paralyzing effect, the duration varies according to the enemy’s strength. Strong biting, can tear at an enemy’s body, effective at breaching initial level carapaces.)
Grade One Giant Wing Worker Bee: Five individuals, lifespan of 5 years, special abilities (can fly quickly over long distances, pollen gathering efficiency +50%, average bite force.)
After checking the attributes of the bee swarm, he revealed a brilliant smile.
Breeding and cultivation are much like farming, the process can be arduous and fraught with risks, but often brings various unexpected rewards.