Chapter 369: Fight of the Queen Bee

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.

Lin Xiao, on the other hand, had actually touched upon the basics of the dao. He was, without a doubt a one of a kind genius amongst the Diviners.

Soul-reaping Palm!

Luoluo was not going to let them be the only ones who attacked. Since her energy was spiritual energy, striking the soul of the opponent, she unleashed her most powerful attack right away.

The Soul-Reaping Palm was a palm attack that relied on one's ability to attack the opponent's soul. As long as the attacker's spiritual energy was purer than the opponent, then they could daze them and even unable to return to attack for some time. The weaker the opponent was, the more effective the attack was, it was also possible to shatter the soul of one's opponent if they genuinely wanted to do so.

Celestial Cleaver!

Bai Tianyi was using another heavenly attack, which was relying on his dao of the sword. A massive sword was created from spiritual energy, and infused with the dao of the sword.

The sword was so large that the Scarlet Bee Queen was dwarfed next to it.

The Scarlet Bee Queen was rushing around. Some of the weaker attacks were allowed to land on its body, but the majority were being avoided by its nimble movements.

The Scarlet Bee Queen had not begun attacking yet, it was quite hesitant and was still not familiar with its own strength; hence, it did not dare to unleash the attacks it had an inherited memory of just yet.

Shadowless Kill!

Stormbreaking Fist!

Holy Heaven Palm!

The three other highly ranked experts of the two groups also rained down their own attacks.

The Queen Bee suddenly released a strange honeycomb pattern that shrouded her body, and a resounding boom exploded outwards as the attacks landed on the strange energy.

This strange honeycomb pattern was fluctuating with energy. It was a shield that the Scarlet Bee Queen had inherited memories of, and now that she used it the first time, they realized that the attacks they used were unable even to dent it.

"Such a shield will require tremendous amounts of energy to maintain," Xue Wei called out, telling everyone that it could not be maintained at all times, and the Scarlet Bee Queen seemed to understand his words, as she sent a deadly glare towards Xue Wei.

A buzzing sound could be heard as if she moved with a sudden jerk of her body, and she exploded forward with speed so fast that the naked eye could not see it.

Xue Wei did not panic when he felt the pressure that was bearing down upon him, he widened his azure eyes, and unleashed both the Wood Qi and Fire Qi within his body.

Devouring Life Scale Shield!

Ring of Fire!

The Devouring Life Scale Shield was to protect himself, while the Ring of Fire was an attempt to sense where the queen bee was arriving from.

Unfortunately, the Ring of Fire was unable to detect the Queen Bee because she was flying in the air, so he quickly canceled the attack and began looking around with tension.

Although he was alert, he did not feel that it was over the top. The opponent was a ninth layered Earth Saint. Even more than a full realm above his own strength.

While it would be possible for Xue Wei to withstand a strike because of his innate protection of the scales and the Devouring Scale Shield, it was not going to be painless.

And as he expected, the Queen Bee charged right at him. Her stinger was turned right at Xue Wei, and the explosion that came from the collision of the Devouring Scale Shield and her innate attack was so powerful that Xue Wei felt how his body was slammed backward. His entire body came reeling back, every step he took caused the ground underneath to shatter from the overwhelming force.

The Queen Bee was not sent as far back from the collision as Xue Wei, but even she was sent backward.

The clash had caused a severe gash to appear in the ground between them, and blood was trickling from the corner of his mouth.

The massive azure dragon had shattered scales all over the body, blood was flowing in gentle streams down from the wounds, but his eyes were not clouded in pain.

Instead, his eyes were completely clear; a bright light shone within.

Wood Qi Detonation!

Fire Qi Detonation!

Xue Wei poured two streams of energy out of his body, and they shot towards the Queen Bee, entering her body before they exploded with a muffled bang.

The Queen Bee had been too slow to avoid the attack; at the same time, it had also been unable to raise the honeycomb defense.

"Now!" The moment Xue Wei made her slightly wounded, other attacks landed on her.

Reaping of the Full Moon!

Hei Gou, who had taken on the shape of the mutated Celestial Dog, was using his most potent innate ability.

The light within the entire area was vanishing quickly, gathering in front of Hei Gou, where it merged with the Qi.

A long beam of light and Qi shot towards the Queen Bee, and the sky started to twist from the overwhelming power contained within the attack.

Bloodletting!

Xue Wei, who had stopped himself from retreating, used an attack that he had never used before because it relied on his bloodline rather than his Qi and Spiritual Energy.