Chapter 72 - Chapter 72: Chapter 67: The Onset of the Insect Calamity_i (2/2)

The value and abilities of Grade Two termites as well as their potential for growth far surpass those of Swift Ants.

Now, he had quite mature experience with breeding these termite varieties. He easily finished breeding 19 Swift Ants, 30 Grade Two Lightning Worker Ants, and 10 Grade Two Tiger-striped Soldier Ants.

The Tiger-striped Soldier Ants were indeed powerful, but they seemed to have become especially temperamental and aggressive after evolving.

It was necessary to have Fourth manage them.

“Ant Queen, Fourth, we’re going to spend another day at the temporary ant nest today.”

With yesterday’s experience, Qin Niu only brought four Tiger-striped Soldier Ants, ten Swift Worker Ants, and two Lightning Worker Ants to the location of the Ancient Banyan Tree today.

Regular worker ants were not of much use there; it was better not to bring them at all.

Knowing the way, he arrived under the pine tree, settled the Ant Queen down, and looked up at the beehive above.

“Master, I have laid eggs!”

The Queen Bee reported to him.

“That’s great!”

Qin Niu was excited to hear the news.

He had been busy all day recently, and after subduing the Queen Bee, he had barely managed it.

Counting the time, it had been three days.

It was about time for her to lay eggs.

He checked the Queen Bee’s attributes, Breeding Skill Grade One 0.01/10.

She had laid… one bee egg.

This Queen Bee was truly a talent.

Qin Niu had thought she would lay at least ten eggs, but she had only laid one.

It was better than nothing!

He could only comfort himself this way.

If her breeding skill continued to be this weak, she would probably be eliminated by the bee colony.

He didn’t pay further attention to the Queen Bee, instead walking straight toward the interior of the Ancient Banyan Tree.

In the blink of an eye, he had penetrated into the area enveloped by the Ancient Banyan Tree.

Now, with many successful trips in and out and a clear understanding of the habits of the Ancient Banyan Tree, he was exceedingly bold.

It was like coming back to his own home.

He approached the trunk and chopped down with his sword.

The blade went more than five inches deep into the wood, startling him greatly.

Chopping again, he produced the Explosive Slash Effect, delivering a wound eight or nine inches deep. It was terrifying.

The formidable power of his chop was due to three factors: first, his cultivation had advanced to Twofold Mortal Realm; second, the special effect of his martial technique, Critical Chop; and third, his Treasured Sword had nurtured a thread of Blade Qi.

These multiple factors combined enabled him to inflict a nine-inch deep wound with a single chop.

The Ancient Banyan Tree was incredibly powerful.

Even with such a deep wound, it remained utterly still.

Only droplets of green Banyan Tree Blood continued to ooze out.

This was a treasure; Qin Niu quickly took out a jar to catch it.

Just like yesterday, he filled five large jars with its blood, creating five wounds.

He was ruthlessly exploiting the value of the Ancient Banyan Tree, collecting its blood while sitting cross-legged and cultivating beneath it.

As soon as he began practicing the Everlasting Spring Technique, he felt a surge of cool energy pouring into his body.

The speed was twice that of his cultivation under the tree yesterday.

“It seems that my Everlasting Spring Technique has advanced to the second level, and my cultivation speed has indeed doubled.”

In the past, cultivating under the tree for one hour would increase his power by 10 points, equivalent to the gains from five nights of cultivation elsewhere.

Now it was more terrifying: at this rate, he could gain 20 points of power in one hour.

Reaching the Threefold Mortal Realm could be achieved in just one day.

Since he had entered very early today and there were at least five or six hours left until dark,

Qin Niu was, of course, cultivating with all his might, not to be mentioned elsewhere.

In the past, even reaching Twofold Mortal Realm had seemed unthinkable; now, reaching Threefold, even Fourfold… was as easy as playing.

Cultivation was indeed fascinating.

It was like rolling a snowball; the stronger the cultivation, the more energy could be obtained, increasing exponentially..