"Shouldn't be," Chu Lingwei shook her head. "Didn't you notice that they haven't left within a hundred miles of here?"
These poisonous spirit bees constantly flew back and forth within a hundred miles, in a very orderly fashion.
"That means the barrier has opened, and we just haven't found the exit?" Huan Mao grumbled, regretting not interrogating that ape-man Qingtian properly.
"That makes sense. We need to find a way to find the exit," Chu Lingwei nodded, her eyes fixed on these poisonous spirit bees. These were all fourth or fifth-tier poisonous spirit bees.
Not a single one of these poisonous spirit bees acted alone. Each group had at least fifty bees.
Such organization indicated the presence of a high-tier poisonous spirit bee here, and it was likely intelligent.
"But, how do we leave here? This place is full of poisonous spirit bees." Feng Ming said angrily, looking at the poisonous spirit bees that had stopped in front of her and hadn't left. She really wanted to burn them all to death. "Weiwei, why don't I burn them?"
Her Netherfire would surely have no problem dealing with these poisonous spirit bees.
"Not yet. Your Netherfire can kill these, but it definitely can't kill sixth or seventh-tier poisonous spirit bees. We can't alert them."
Chu Lingwei made a small gesture to them, signaling them to follow her and move slowly.
"It's alright, they have to rest sometime. Let's look for the exit first." Chu Lingwei hadn't expected that the ape-man Qingtian's illusion would be among the poisonous spirit bees. It seemed he had planned that if he were killed, whoever killed him wouldn't escape alive either.
Indeed, he was ruthless.
"Weiwei, there are no poisonous spirit bees ahead." Huan Mao pointed towards a beehive ahead. "But, there's a very powerful aura there. It should be the queen bee's nest."
Chu Lingwei's eyes flashed. They had only two ways to leave this place now.
One way was to find the exit and leave. However, even if they found the exit, they would surely alert the poisonous spirit bees here.
Another way was to catch the king to catch the bandits, and directly control this queen bee to lead them out.
No matter which method, there was danger.
"Let's go in and take a look first." Chu Lingwei thought for a moment, then put Feng Ming and Huan Mao into the spirit beast bag. It would be more convenient for her to act alone.
"Weiwei, don't put me in the spirit beast bag." Feng Ming cried out directly. This was the most dangerous time for Weiwei, and she didn't want to leave Chu Lingwei at this moment.
"Don't argue. I'll let you out when I need your help later."
Just then, a seventh-tier poisonous spirit bee suddenly appeared in front of her. As if sensing something, it glared with its fist-sized eyes in Chu Lingwei's direction.
Feng Ming, inside the spirit beast bag, saw this and immediately fell silent, staring intently at this seventh-tier poisonous spirit bee. If it dared to move rashly, she would immediately burn it to death with her Netherfire.
The seventh-tier poisonous spirit bee scanned the area, found nothing suspicious, and slowly left.
Chu Lingwei let out a sigh of relief. A seventh-tier poisonous spirit bee was about the size of a two-year-old child, with an ugly appearance. Its eyes were comparable to a venomous snake's.
Just being stared at by such a creature would make one uncomfortable. Chu Lingwei wasn't afraid of them, but seeing them made her feel particularly uneasy and disgusted.
"If I need you, I'll let you out immediately. But you cannot come out on your own, understand?" Chu Lingwei said to Feng Ming and Huan Mao in the spirit beast bag.
Her spirit beast bag was specially made for her by her third senior brother, Su Yan.
As long as the owner willed it, the spirit beasts inside could see the outside situation and could enter and exit the spirit beast bag freely.
"If Weiwei is in danger, can we come out to help?" Feng Ming was a bit worried. Weiwei being alone in this place might be surrounded by the poisonous spirit bees outside.
"You can only come out in extreme emergencies. At other times, if I haven't told you to come out, you must not." Chu Lingwei cautioned carefully. She needed to go in and check the situation with the queen bee. If she could control it, that would be the best.
"Alright." Feng Ming reluctantly agreed.
Seeing that the two of them were silent, Chu Lingwei slowly passed through a large swarm of poisonous spirit bees, past the guards of seven seventh-tier poisonous spirit bees, and arrived at the queen bee's nest.
The queen bee was usually the most powerful being among the poisonous bees, and all the poisonous bees obeyed it.
With seven seventh-tier poisonous spirit bees outside, the queen bee inside must have a higher cultivation.
"Weiwei, the queen bee inside seems very agitated." Huan Mao's voice came. The entire beehive was suppressed by a powerful pressure, causing the poisonous spirit bees outside to automatically distance themselves.
Chu Lingwei had already sensed the queen bee's unusual nature. If not for her spatial powers, she would have collapsed on the ground and been unable to get up.
Slowly approaching the beehive, Chu Lingwei walked inside.
The deeper she went, the stronger the pressure became.
After a quarter of an hour, Chu Lingwei could no longer stand upright, and large drops of sweat fell from her forehead.
With her current strength, she had no way to control the queen bee.
No, this method wouldn't work. It seemed she could only search for the exit outside and find a way to deal with the thousands of poisonous spirit bees.
"Human cultivator."
Just as Chu Lingwei turned to leave, the queen bee spoke. Chu Lingwei's body trembled violently, and she fell directly to the ground.
"Weiwei..."
Feng Ming, inside the spirit beast bag, cried out. She could feel that Weiwei could no longer hold on.
Even with spatial powers protecting her, she was only a cultivator at the Rongtian Realm. This queen bee was clearly about to transform. The two of them were not on the same level.
"Human cultivator, come here." The queen bee spoke again. Chu Lingwei felt the pressure on her body lessen considerably.
She had been discovered.
Chu Lingwei slowly stood up, turned around, and saw the queen bee, now as large as an adult, staring at her with its large eyes.
Its eyes were different from those of the seventh-tier poisonous spirit bees outside. Its eyes possessed human intelligence.
"Senior, I hope you will not be offended for my intrusion."
"You killed that remnant soul?" The queen bee sized up Chu Lingwei, its eyes filled with doubt. The cultivator before it was no match for that remnant soul.
"Yes." Chu Lingwei admitted.
"No wonder."
The queen bee chuckled softly. "This should be the will of heaven."
Chu Lingwei's heart skipped a beat. She was no match for the queen bee. The worst-case scenario was to enter her space and find another way when it attacked her.
"Human cultivator, do you want to get out?" The queen bee saw through Chu Lingwei's intentions. Weiwei smiled and asked.
"Are you willing to let me out?" There shouldn't be such a good thing in this world. "Senior, do you have something to instruct me to do?"