214 A Voracious Appetite I (2/2)

”Little black rascal number thirty, why have you returned?” A strange voice sounded.

The voice spoke human speech but it had definitively unnatural elements like someone was speaking with a mouthful of metal blades.

Chen Wentian also arrived and hid in the shadows inside tree bark and silently watched the massive insect take the bee into its claws.

This Spirit Lord insect beast was some type of praying mantis. It stood over four meters tall and had a sharp, vicious aura. Its exoskeleton was a gray color and almost shiny. It had massive bladed claws for its forearms that looked like it could slice apart enemies with ease.

The mantis' huge eyes whirled and looked down at the void bee which was now dancing in circular patterns on top of its bladed arm.

”I see… Hmm… Okay…” The mantis beast muttered as it watched, seemingly able to understand the bee's language. ”Excellent, great job. I will transfer your message to mama. She will definitely reward the void bee brood!”

The void bee shook its body in excitement.

”Go, continue to spy on those meat bags!”

The bee nodded and flew down the tree, leaving the mantis alone.

”Hahaha,” The immortal beast suddenly laughed, ”Mama! The news is great, you will definitely let me love you!”

It then opened its wings and drifted up, towards the top of the tree.

Chen Wentian silently followed and realized that his assumption had been wrong. It was not a king… but a queen. The ruler of the insect beasts was a female mantis, the most ferocious kind of insect in the whole world!