Chapter 369: Fight of the Queen Bee (1/2)
Although the Scarlet Bee Queen had a high rank, a rank that usually would be impossible to contend against with the strength of these experts, she did not command the force of a ninth layered Earth Saint.
The Scarlet Been Queen was used to being pampered by the many worker bees, and all she did throughout her life was to create more bees for the beehive.
She had never needed to battle before, and although she had some inherited abilities, she could not use them to the fullest, as she had no experience.
This was also the reason that they had not retreated yet.
If it were any other beast who was at the ninth layer of the Earth Saint rank, they would be slowly retreating. They would not have any plans of battling it out with the beast at all.
However, all of them were aware of the combat ability being below its actual rank, so it was possible for them to deal with it. Although they would have to sacrifice some effort, it should be doable to defeat the Scarlet Bee Queen, and then they would benefit greatly. The Scarlet Bee honey was a very rare but also useful resource.
Hei Gou was the first layer of the Earth Saint, Xue Wei was at the fourth layer of the Ordinary Saint, and Lin Xiao was at the seventh layer of the Ordinary Saint rank.
All of them had had massive breakthroughs in the Ascended's Realm. They had gotten this luck from resources and the trials in the underground world. Now it was impossible to stop their advance.
Bai Tianyi had advanced to the third layer of the Ordinary Saint rank, and Luoluo was impossible to see what her strength was at.
Wang Xiaoyun was the strongest amongst the Chang'an cultivators, and she was on the verge of breaking through to the Earth Saint rank. Although she had a rank that was above Xue Wei, she was not as strong as him due to his bloodline and innate strength.
The other experts from Chang'an were a mix of Ordinary Saints and Heavenly Knights.
The other group, the one who had first started attacking, was also consisting of a few Earth Saints, yet none of these were at the higher layers. The strongest was a second layer Earth Saint.
Although the Scarlet Bee Queen was unable to control her strength fully, her power was much stronger than theirs, and they could not afford to be relaxed.
”Leave the protection of all of us to me,” Xue Wei said, and azure scales began sprouting on his body. He started transforming from a human to an Azure Dragon.
When he took on the massive shape of the Azure Dragon, everyone was suddenly surprised. The other party was shocked to see that there was a Sovereign Beast amongst the other team, but they took a deep breath of relief.
The Chang'an experts had their hearts in their throats. Seeing Xue Wei as an azure dragon was once more a reminder of the fear they continuously lived beneath in Chang'an. They feared him, but at the same time, they also respected him.
The wood Qi in the surrounding air was stirred, and Xue Wei's azure eyes shone brightly.
Scale Shield!
Xue Wei channeled all the Qi within his body and began placing a Scale Shield on the many experts that were about to fight. One person had a shield each.
This required an immense amount of Qi, but he was aware that everyone needed protection, or otherwise, they could be damaged from the shockwaves of the clashes that were starting to appear.
The Earth Knights of the team were the ones who would deal with the main force of the attack, and Xue Wei looked at them before he upgraded the protective shield on them.
Life Scale Shield!
When Xue Wei was channeling shields, the experts rained down their attacks on top of the Scarlet Bee Queen.
The Scarlet Bee Queen was bigger than most of the other Scarlet Bees, but it was still quite small when compared to most beasts.
Although the attacks rained down upon it, it managed to avoid all the attacks of the lower-ranked experts, but the higher-ranked experts managed to land a couple of strikes.
”Hey, is it possible to tame this beast?” Xue Wei suddenly asked Lin Xiao, and the entire group was shocked.
The people from Chang'an were suddenly reminded that Lin Xiao was a Diviner, while the ones from the other group were shocked to hear about the term, taming beasts.
In the entire world, it was only possible to tame beasts if you were a Primordial or Sovereign Beast. However, this man was clearly a human.
It was only on Chang'an that the Diviners had understood the dao of dependance and created the beast taming technique.
Lin Xiao was slightly stunned when he heard the question, but upon looking at the Scarlet Bee Queen, his eyes turned solemn.
”If she is close to death, then I have a chance of taming her,” he deducted. ”She is a lot stronger than me, so I will need to use the staff to the fullest of my ability. It is also the most challenging taming I have ever tried, but we will lose nothing to try it. If we fail, we can always kill her.”
Xue Wei nodded his head and contemplated. ”We will take ten percent of the honey, the beehive, and the Scarlet Bee Queen, you guys can get ninety percent of the honey, but you have to assist us in taming the bee queen.”
The people of the other group had been feeling slightly unfair when they heard that they were planning on taming the Scarlet Bee Queen, but after hearing that they could get ninety percent of the honey, their battle intent was reignited.
The Scarlet Bee Honey was an outstanding treasure. Not only did it raise one's rank with a layer, but it also helped to solidify one's foundation.
The foundation of one's cultivation was immensely valuable. The sturdier one's foundation, the further down the path of cultivation one could walk.
Finding treasures that could improve one's foundation was very hard — especially one as useful as the Scarlet Bee Honey.
Midnight Slash!
Hei Gou unleashed a mighty slash that caused ripples to appear in the fabric of reality as his claws were coming crashing down, freezing space in place and trapping the Scarlet Queen Bee.
Divine Judgement!
Lin Xiao unleashed his most potent attack. The Divine Judgment carried with it a slight trace of the dao of dependance. The Diviners in Chang'an had never been in contact with the real dao, but they had managed to mimic it.