Chapter 409: The Dominant Mother Insect

After the fiery red crystal took shape, Ye Feng led the blue giant dragon to wander through the domain of the late-stage God Lord’s magical beasts for over two months.
Over those two months, they killed nearly fifty beast packs and obtained more than 1,800 cores of magical beasts from the late-stage God Lord realm. If converted into points, that would amount to over 11 billion.
Yet Ye Feng wasn’t satisfied. He knew well that to obtain the secrets of this hidden realm, he would need at least hundreds of billions or even trillions of points. He was no longer hunting magical beasts just for a specific item; his goal was to acquire this hidden realm.
During these two months, he also patiently waited for the mother insect, a wasp-like creature, to complete its gestation. Once it began mass-producing warrior insects, it would be time for him to rapidly earn points. With the help of the insect swarm, he would have the strength to defeat all magical beasts at the God Lord level, even those at the peak of that realm.
After all, many ants can kill an elephant. Moreover, these wasp-like insects were poisonous, so even a magical beast at the peak of the God Lord realm would be doomed if faced with such a swarm.
“Master, the mother insect has completed its gestation!” A voice came from within Ye Feng’s mind—it was Xiao Lan’s.
“Well done, Xiao Lan!” Delighted, Ye Feng extended his mental energy into his own mind to see how strong the newly born mother insect was.
It was a giant insect, with crocodile-like jaws, six legs shaped like black serrated scythes, and a tail similar to that of a scorpion—making its attacking power undeniable. Its two pairs of translucent wings, under the light, resembled extremely sharp blades.
“Is this mother insect at the peak of the God Lord realm?” Ye Feng could clearly sense the aura emanating from it.
“Yes, master!” Before Xiao Lan could answer, the mother insect spoke on its own.
“I converted the corpses of those over 800 insects into nutrients and fed them to it, which is why its strength has reached the peak of the God Lord realm,” Xiao Lan continued.
“I see!” Ye Feng understood now. If the mother insect wasn’t strong enough, the warrior insects it produced wouldn’t be strong either. For him, the stronger the mother insect, the better.
“How long will it take you to produce a group of warrior insects?” Ye Feng asked.
“With my current strength, I can produce at most three per day—that’s my limit. Moreover, I need a large amount of raw materials, which are essential for me to synthesize warriors,” the mother insect replied.

“Only three a day?” Ye Feng frowned slightly. He had originally thought that insect swarms numbering in the thousands must have highly potent breeding capabilities, but he had overlooked the fact that those mother insects had already been here for countless years. “Three a day means only about a thousand in a year… unless I use Purgatory to speed things up…”
“What materials do you need?” Ye Feng turned to ask again.
“Firstly, crystal cores—warriors of a certain strength can be created using crystals of that same quality. Secondly, large amounts of animal and plant corpses, preferably of a similar grade to the crystal cores. My ability lies in recombining these corpses with the crystal cores to create my warriors,” replied the mother insect. “But aside from these, I also need a great deal of energy. For every three warriors I create, I must absorb at least two medium-grade divine crystals to replenish the energy I’ve used.”
“Divine crystals are easy to come by; I can just collect all the monster corpses later,” Ye Feng sighed. “As for monster crystal cores, I need them to exchange for points…”
“Is there another way?” Ye Feng asked, though not holding much hope.
“Yes!” The mother insect nodded. “There’s the fastest and most efficient method!”
“What is it?” Ye Feng asked immediately.
“Our Poisonous Demon Bee clan has a rule: when two mother insects meet, one must die, and the surviving one will take over both clans. Those insect warriors won’t rebel, because our clan’s beliefs tell us that only under the leadership of a superior mother insect can we survive better,” the mother insect replied. “In fact, many clans with mother insects have such rules.”
“You mean, if I duel you and win, I can take over the entire clan?” Ye Feng immediately understood what the mother insect meant.
“Yes. That’s the fastest and least resource-intensive way,” the mother insect nodded.
“That’s indeed a good idea,” Ye Feng nodded. “But are you sure you can defeat that mother insect?”
“I can,” the mother insect replied. “Normally, mother insects are extremely weak—this is their biggest flaw. My current body is several times stronger than those warriors of the same rank. Those mother insects from my own clan are no match for me at all.”
“You mean you want to rule over all the Poisonous Demon Bees in this forest?” Ye Feng sensed the mother insect’s ambition.

“Yes, our race is one that relies on numbers—the greater the number, the more help we can provide to you, our master!” The queen bee, restrained by Xiao Lan, had no way of lying to Ye Feng. Its instincts carried ambition, but since it was modified by Xiao Lan, its consciousness could not escape her control, and she knew everything it did.
“Alright, let’s do it then!” Ye Feng narrowed his eyes slightly.
Following the detector’s guidance, Ye Feng sat on the giant bee and flew toward the nearest group of Poisonous Demon Bees.
“With your current form, won’t those insect warriors attack you?” Ye Feng asked in confusion.
“No, we identify our kind through scents that other races cannot detect,” the queen bee replied. “It’s through these scents that the queen bee conveys messages to those warriors…”
“That undetectable scent must be some kind of chemical agent…” Ye Feng thought to himself.
After a brief silence, Ye Feng raised another question, “Are there times when those queen bees can’t come out?”
“Usually not, unless they’re in a critical situation of evolution or strength improvement and don’t have time to pay attention to the outside world,” the queen bee hesitated before answering, clearly not having considered this possibility before.
“If that happens, will those insect warriors attack us to protect the queen bee?” Ye Feng grew even more worried.
“If that really happens, as long as we leave peacefully, nothing will happen. But if we force our way in, those warrior insects will definitely attack,” the queen bee replied.
As they continued talking, the two soon arrived at the first stronghold of the Poisonous Demon Bees.
The guard bees quickly detected the presence of the man and the bee, and sent a cautious message to the queen bee, “What brings you here?”
“I come to challenge your queen,” the queen bee replied.
“What’s wrong?” Ye Feng asked when the queen bee stopped.
“We’ve arrived. I’ve already told them I intend to challenge her; they should have reported it to their queen by now,” the queen bee answered.
Sure enough, not long after, rustling sounds came from within the giant wormhole.
A giant insect, not much smaller than the queen bee itself, appeared before Ye Feng.
It was a fat and bulky insect, with an enormous abdomen and a pair of wings that were far too small for its size, making Ye Feng doubt whether it could even fly.

Under Ye Feng’s gaze, the giant insect slowly flapped its wings twice before its wings began vibrating rapidly, lifting its body into the air and flying to the other mother insect.
“Is it you who dares challenge me?” asked the mother insect on the other side.
“That’s right. Hand over your subordinates and find a place to rebuild your forces! You’re no match for me!” replied the scorpion-tailed mother insect on Ye Feng’s side coldly.
“If it weren’t for this familiar scent, I wouldn’t have recognized you as a mother insect either!” The other insect even spoke up. “No wonder you came to provoke me—turns out you don’t even have any soldier insects. And it seems you’ve been tamed by humans…”
“Stop talking nonsense. Do you dare accept my challenge? If not, just say so—there’s no shame in that,” the mother insect taunted.
“Don’t I dare?” The plump mother insect seemed struck in a sensitive spot, her voice turning sharp. “Today, right in front of these soldier insects, I’ll kill you and devour you to evolve once again!”
As soon as she finished speaking, her massive body lunged at the other mother insect.
“You’re too naive…” A fierce look flashed in the other mother insect’s eyes. With a powerful kick from her six legs, she vanished in an instant.
“What?” The plump mother insect was shocked and looked around. At that moment, a dark shadow landed on her back.
“Die!” A cold voice reached her ears.
The mother insect’s scorpion-like stinger pierced deep into the plump queen’s body. The queen let out a shrill scream and writhed in pain in the air.
In just a few moments, the plump queen shriveled up, and her screams ceased after a short time.
“Almost instant death…” Ye Feng was also filled with shock. If his own mother insect attacked him, he might not survive either. That terrifying explosive power and strength were deadly, plus the stinger containing horrible toxins—even a god-like being would have no chance against her.
“Master, may I eat its body and core?” the mother insect asked Ye Feng.
“Mm,” Ye Feng nodded. There would be plenty of cores in the future, and the stronger the mother insect, the more advantageous it would be for him.
With Ye Feng’s approval, the mother insect bent down to devour the huge corpse. The surrounding insect warriors didn’t dare move.
After a while, the massive corpse was completely devoured, and the mother insect let out an excited growl.
All over a thousand insect warriors lay prostrate on the ground, showing their submission.

“From now on, follow me!” The mother insect raised its head like a monarch. “I will follow my master and rule all the highly poisonous hornets in this entire forest!!!”
“Let’s go to the next stop!” Ye Feng looked excited at these over a thousand insect warriors. Even the weakest of them were at the early stage of the Supreme God level, and there were also two personal guards at the late stage of the Supreme God level…
“Ruling ten tribes means over ten thousand insect warriors; a hundred tribes means a hundred thousand…” Ye Feng knew this was the best opportunity to build his own force.