Chapter 368: Chapter 368: Who is Better?
Yang Xiao looked up and saw, hundreds of meters ahead on the cliff, there was a giant beehive about a hundred meters in diameter. However, this hive had already been burnt by Zhi Ruo and others a few days ago, with only about half remaining unscathed.
"Miss Zhi Ruo, wait!"
Yang Xiao shouted.
Zhi Ruo turned her head and looked at Yang Xiao, "What’s the matter?"
"There might still be killer bees inside this hive. You don’t have to get so close. Let me shoot it with Fire Element Arrows to force out the killer bees."
After pondering for a moment, Zhi Ruo nodded and said,
"That’s safer."
So, Yang Xiao rode his Flame Horse forward and when he was a little more than a hundred meters away from the hive, he bent his bow and notched an arrow, whooshing a Fire Element Arrow.
The Fire Element Arrow split into ten before the hive and exploded with a bang, igniting a fierce flame that set the hive ablaze in an instant.
Immediately after, Yang Xiao shot two more Fire Element Arrows, setting the rest of the hive on fire.
Just then, a buzzing sound was heard, and dozens of killer bees flew out of the flames, charging straight toward Yang Xiao, with the five to six meters long Bee Queen leading the charge.
Yang Xiao, mounted on the back of the Flame Horse, was not the least bit panicked; the Golden Eagle Bow in his hand kept making a twanging sound, and one after another, Elemental Magic Arrows streaked across the sky.
Bang, bang, bang...
The sound of explosions followed one after another. In the airspace where the killer bees were charging through, several fiery barriers were consecutively formed.
Each of these killer bees had at least an Intermediate Enhanced Gene, with fast speed, strong attacks, and high defense. Yang Xiao, who currently only has the Primary Enhanced Gene, and with Elemental Arrows of roughly Level 3, wasn’t able to inflict fatal attacks on the killer bees.
The killer bees had a golden glow around their bodies, which shielded them as they burst through the several fiery barriers in an instant.
The leading Bee Queen shot a laser-like flame line at Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao knew the severity of the flame line and quickly had the Flame Horse dodge out of the way.
Just as he was about to use Black Hole Swallowing, Zhi Ruo and a few of her fellow disciples had already leaped into the air. Their Sword Qi tearing through the sky, they charged at the killer bees in mid-air.
The killer bees also instantly fired a barrage of bee stingers, raining down on Zhi Ruo and the others like droplets.
Zhi Ruo and her group fought fiercely with a dozen killer bees, leveraging their Emei Qinggong. They could hover in mid-air for a few seconds, and it seemed that the killer bees also had no intention of fleeing, attacking like crazed.
Before this battle, Zhi Ruo and her colleagues had already taken 2 Detoxification Pills.
The Bee Queen seemed to recognize Yang Xiao, as a few days ago his Black Hole Swallowing had annihilated most of its progeny, and today he had burned its last home – this vengeance must be avenged!
The Bee Queen buzzed, spread its huge wings, and transformed into a stream of light diving at Yang Xiao.
"Holy shit, it’s seeking revenge on me."
Yang Xiao cursed inwardly, the Golden Eagle Bow in his hand continuously releasing arrows, this time Ice Element Arrows, which exploded in front of the Bee Queen and formed a white mist of ice engulfing it.
However, the Bee Queen immediately spouted a burst of flames, melting Yang Xiao’s ice mist, and continued its flight straight toward him.
Yang Xiao had only two ways to handle the Bee Queen - one was Sweeping Void, the other was Black Hole Swallowing.
However, using Sweeping Void against the Bee Queen felt like a waste, and if he encountered even more formidable monsters later, and the cooldown for the Sweeping Void skill was still not over, that would be a disadvantage.
In this Desert Canyon, he was also unsure what kind of terrifying monsters he might encounter, and needed to keep a move in reserve for self-defense.
As Yang Xiao was about to use Devouring Black Hole, a figure suddenly rushed over from the sky, with intense Sword Qi slashing from behind the Bee Queen.
With a puchi,
The Bee Queen’s huge wings got sliced off by half.
The Bee Queen’s body immediately lost balance and plunged towards the ground.
In a frantic flutter, the Bee Queen tried to lift her body with her wings, but the damaged wings were barely useful, causing her body to skew to one side. No matter how she flapped, she couldn’t regain balance.
Zhi Ruo seized the moment of chaos, and with a swift movement, she rushed towards the Bee Queen’s injured wing as it plummeted.
The Bee Queen, in her panic, shot out a burst of flames, attempting to halt Zhi Ruo’s advance. Zhi Ruo evaded with a quick sidestep and unleashed a three-meter-long Sword Qi from her Longsword, creating a two-meter tear on the already damaged wing.
The Bee Queen’s body completely lost its balance, falling straight down.
At this time, Zhi Ruo’s fellow disciples had also slain a dozen other killer bees.
Of course, everyone was hit by three or four bee stingers. Thankfully, all had taken Detoxification Pills beforehand, so pulling out the stingers didn’t lead to any serious issues.
The threat of the killer bees lay in the hundreds swarming for a group attack. Now, with only a dozen solitary bees, their combat power was significantly diminished.
The Bee Queen collapsed into the shrubs on the ground, struggling in vain – one wing was simply not enough for flight.
Zhi Ruo flew to Yang Xiao’s side and smiled:
"Hitting a snake at its vital spot. Now that the Bee Queen can’t fly, she’s just awaiting death."
Having witnessed Zhi Ruo’s close-combat skills that day, Yang Xiao held deep admiration within him. Compared to his Soul Skill, ancient martial arts endowed a sense of greater strength and agility.
"Amazing, my Zhi Ruo! You truly have opened my eyes!"
Zhi Ruo smiled slightly, tilting her pretty face up to look at Yang Xiao:
"In your heart, compared to sister Lan Xin, who is better?"
Zhi Ruo did not ask who was more formidable, but rather who was better, a question any fool would understand the implication of.
Yang Xiao awkwardly chuckled and said:
"You’re both fantastic, both very formidable, each with your own unique traits."
Zhi Ruo chuckled and replied:
"Smooth talker!"
Then she said to Yang Xiao:
"The Bee Queen still has tricks up her sleeve. I don’t want to risk a close-up kill; it will suffice for you to burn her to death with your Fiery Flame Arrow."
Yang Xiao nodded and launched several Fire Element Arrows into the bushes where the Bee Queen lay. With a series of booming explosions, "bang bang bang," the surrounding shrubbery ignited, and the Bee Queen was suddenly engulfed in a sea of flames.
The Bee Queen, in a desperate bid for life, conjured a golden protective barrier to temporarily shield herself from the searing flames, but such protection, which relied on her energy, couldn’t last long.
Yang Xiao chuckled lightly, continuously firing Fiery Flame Arrows.
With no wings to fly, the Bee Queen could only lie amidst the flames, waiting for death.
Minutes later, the golden barrier around the Bee Queen’s body disappeared, she let out a piercing scream, and the air filled with the scent of burning.
Yang Xiao ceased his barrage of Fiery Flame Arrows.
Zhi Ruo’s fellow disciples gathered the corpses of the thirteen bees and brought them before Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao carefully placed them into the Black Bottles within his Space Ring for refining.
"Master Yang, the Bee Queen is dead. Can you please shoot your Ice Magic Arrows to extinguish the fire?"
"Alright."
Yang Xiao then shot six Ice Element Arrows, completely extinguishing the flames around the shrubs.
The Bee Queen’s corpse was charred black; Lan Xin’s fellow disciple found a Longsword, a Golden Scroll, and ten Genetic Balls among the ashes.