Chapter 168 - Chapter 168: Chapter 163: Fight in the Dark l (2/2)

His consistent caution and suspicion kept him still, watching secretly.

At that moment, a buzzing sound came from the sky.

It was like the noise made by powerful wasps flapping their wings.

At night, giant wasps generally do not come out.

Because they cannot see.

This meant that it was very likely some other insect.

Qin Niu looked up at the sky and saw two insects as thick as knife handles flying above. Under the moonlight, he could barely make out that their silhouettes resembled those of hornets.

Hornets this big?

Qin Niu was quite familiar with this mountain region. He had never seen hornets of such size before.

Moreover, not only were these two hornets extraordinarily large, far exceeding ordinary giant wasps, but they also possessed Night Vision. He was almost certain that these two hornets were most likely the Corpse Bees raised by Old Master Huang.

They had undergone secretive mutations and evolution, acquiring the ability to see in the dark.

“Fourth, do you see those two giant hornets in the sky? Look for a chance to lead the ants to knock them down, regardless of life or death.”

“The distance is too far, we can’t reach them.”

The long-range attack capabilities of Fourth and the Termite Army were limited, the further the distance, the weaker the power.

Facing such airborne enemies, they were somewhat powerless.

“If it really comes to it, we’ll have to use the Bee Legion.”

He didn’t have many Grade Two bees cultivated at the moment.

Since the Queen Bee hadn’t been evolving for a particularly long time, it took time for the first batch of a hundred bee eggs to hatch, pupate, and mature.

Only about ten Grade Two Worker Bees could be cultivated each day, and sometimes one or two would die from bursting their bodies, so the number of special bee swarms was still very limited.

These two Corpse Bees were much stronger than the green giant hornets Qin Niu had been raising.

If he were to have the bees go up against them, the casualties would definitely be extremely heavy.

And his bees did not possess Night Vision.

He was at a disadvantage on all fronts.

To utilize the swarm would only be a last resort.

The main issue was that there had not been enough time for development; the bee swarm’s cultivation was far from sufficient.

It was fine when dealing with ordinary insects.

But faced with an Insect Master as formidable as Old Master Huang, he seemed somewhat at a loss.

The foundation and cumulative effort of the two sides were not on the same level.

The two giant bees, upon losing their target, began to lower their flight altitude, carefully approaching this way for reconnaissance.

They seemed to sense that the Ancient Banyan Tree ahead was extremely dangerous, behaving very cautiously.

When Qin Niu saw their altitude decreasing, he felt a surge of excitement.

“Fourth, quickly command the ants to climb the tree and get ready to knock them down.”

The Termite Army silently and swiftly climbed onto the trees to shorten the distance between them and the two Corpse Bees.

Finally, the distance between them was getting closer and closer.

Almost without any warning, one of the Corpse Bees spun twice in the air and fell vertically downwards.

The other was controlled by Fourth.

“Master, it’s too strong; we can’t control it for long.”

Fourth appeared to be struggling considerably.

“The one that fell hasn’t died.”

He warned Qin Niu.

“Hold on for a moment.”

Qin Niu scanned the surroundings and did not find any other figures or movements.

He took out a specially made insect-catching net and had Fourth control the Corpse Bee to approach his position.

As it got close, he could already smell the unique stench of rotting corpses, even from two or three meters away.

Qin Niu seized the opportunity, and without any hesitation, he netted it in one go.

The bee’s mouthparts were extremely frightening, and it easily bit through the net’s threads.

It should be noted that those threads were thickened.

“Get inhere!”

Qin Niu took off a Bronze Canister from his waist, not very big, just about the size of a normal chopstick holder.

He had specially bought some canisters in town for catching insects.

He never expected that they would actually come in handy at this moment.

Encased in the Bronze Canister, it still struggled fiercely, wildly biting all around.

But its mouthparts, no matter how strong, couldn’t bite through the smooth inner walls of the Bronze Canister.

“Next time, I’ll have to customize a few more thickened Bronze Canisters.”

Seeing how fearsome this Corpse Bee was, Qin Niu was shocked to his core.

After capturing this Corpse Bee, he let the ant army kill the other one on the ground that had suffered a heavy blow to its spirit.

In the blink of an eye, the ants killed the Corpse Bee alive.

“Don’t eat it; I need it.”

The corpse of this Corpse Bee was very useful for cultivating the Ant Queen and the young ants.

Perhaps it could help them evolve.

After all, this was a ‘premium ingredient.’

He felt that these Corpse Bees were at least Grade Three insects, and they might even have reached Grade Four.

The captured Corpse Bee, although already owned by someone, couldn’t be tamed, but could be kept for crossbreeding with other wasps to cultivate a new bee species.

It did not stay still inside the Bronze Canister, constantly moving about.

Making a rustling noise.

It seemed it wanted to escape.

The foul stench of death wafted from the air holes, making people want to vomit.

“Looking at the situation, its master must not be dead. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be in this state.”

Qin Niu deduced in his mind.