Chapter 27: The Ice Bees Launch Attack

Around the Origin Mine, Zhuang Guangming assigned over ten million disciples at the Earth Soul Demon level to various locations.
Within two months, Qu Yi carried out a series of assassinations, killing nearly all four hundred core disciples at the lower Earth Soul Demon level. With these souls from the lower Earth Soul Demon level and the life cores of the Soul Flower, he steadily rose in strength to that level. From then on, even if attacked by souls at the lower Earth Soul Demon level, his life core would be enough to protect him without the need for the Divine Weapon.
While assassinating these disciples, Qu Yi also placed over three hundred Soul Compasses in four directions. These compasses, marked with his soul imprint, allowed him to pinpoint their locations at any time, enabling him to use the Boundless Stars to travel there instantly. After setting up all the Soul Compasses, Qu Yi began his next plan: to massacre the fifty million disciples guarding the Origin Mine.
“Zhuang Guangming will go insane when he hears that fifty million of his disciples have died,” Qu Yi said calmly from atop a mountain.
Not only the death of fifty million disciples but also the loss of the Origin Mine would be unbearable for Zhuang Guangming.
With that, Qu Yi smiled and took out the Boundless Stars.
Whoosh!
Qu Yi disappeared.
The next moment, he reappeared on the eastern edge of the Origin Mine, where there was a Soul Compass.
“There are one million disciples in this area; I’ll release ten million ice bees,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Buzzing…
Suddenly, the entire area was filled with ice bees. Ten million of them emerged from the Dimensional Sphere and immediately attacked the Earth Soul Demon level disciples around them.
“Ice bees! Ice bees are everywhere!”
“What’s going on? Where did these ice bees come from? They’re deadly!”
“Damn it! How did so many ice bees appear out of nowhere? I can’t fight them—better to run!”
“Holy crap! Those people are running away at the sight of ice bees. Why should I fight? I’ll run too—my life is the most important.”
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In an instant, panic filled the surroundings, with countless disciples flying frantically into the distance.
But escaping wasn’t that easy!
Qu Yi had anticipated this. After releasing the wave of ice bees, he immediately used the Boundless Stars to travel to another area. Another ten million ice bees were released.

These ten million ice bees were an easy task against those disciples desperately trying to flee. After all, those disciples no longer had any fighting spirit; they only wanted to survive and were powerless to deal with the swarm of ice bees.
Qu Yi once again traveled to another area and released more ice bees. In the eastern region of the Origin Mineral Vein, Qu Yi would appear instantly, release a certain number of ice bee swarms, and then vanish immediately to other areas.
The ice bee swarms had a brutal attack method—against enemies at the Earth Soul Demon level, they would simply explode collectively!
Groups of Earth Soul Demon warriors, once surrounded by the ice bee swarms, were killed by their savage self-destruction.
The disciples of the Violent Dragon Sect had mostly grown up through battles, having witnessed countless fights and faced numerous risks. But this complete disregard for life in the ice bee swarms was something they had never encountered before.
One disciple raised his sword to strike!
Ten disciples formed a formation to resist!
A group of disciples coordinated their defenses!
None of it worked—the ice bee swarms always found a way to explode, creating gaps in space with their explosions. Not only were these disciples’ bodies destroyed, but their Soul Flowers were also completely annihilated.
Wave after wave of disciples perished utterly.
Elders with the cultivation level of Middle Earth Soul Demons stepped forward. When these elders saw the ice bees flying everywhere and tried to use spatial spells to attack, the entire surrounding space was filled with chaotic energy explosions. Even the strongest spatial spells could not withstand such chaotic energy flows.
As a result, the ten elders guarding various parts of the eastern region only managed to kill a few ice bees, having no real impact on the overall situation.
Qu Yi spent almost no time before appearing in over a hundred places, releasing ice bee swarms that left these more than ten million disciples with no way to escape. Thus, after a mere symbolic resistance, these disciples were killed by the ice bee swarms.
Without stopping, after releasing 100 million ice bee swarms in the eastern region, Qu Yi immediately used Boundless Stars to travel to the southern region of the Origin Mineral Vein, continuing to release ice bee swarms in various areas—west, north. In four consecutive directions, Qu Yi mercilessly released 100 million ice bee swarms each, wasting a total of 400 million ice bees in one go.
In a short time, these 400 million ice bees slaughtered nearly 50 million of Zhuang Guangming’s disciples. Even those who survived were terrified and no longer dared to follow Zhuang Guangming.
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“Really unchallenging.”
Inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi lay on a soft chair, smiling as he spoke.

The Instrument God immediately turned to the side, smiled at Qu Yi, and said, “Enough. After killing 50 million people this time, how do you feel?”
Qu Yi knew the Instrument God was testing him again.
“Instrument God, those who practice cultivation each have their own fates. These people chose Zhuang Guangming, so they must take responsibility for their own fates. I killed so many of them without the slightest sense of guilt; it doesn’t affect my determination to cultivate at all. On the contrary, this massacre has only strengthened my resolve to grow stronger, so that I can determine my own fate,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
The Instrument God nodded and smiled, “Since your resolve is so firm, I’m relieved. Well then, as a reward, I’ll tell you some good news.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi immediately asked, “What good news? Hurry up and tell me.”
Since the Instrument God said it was good news, how could Qu Yi not be eager? He almost reflexively urged him to speak.
“Hehe, this time you lost 400 million ice bees. I have a way to help you quickly restore their numbers. Right nearby is a primordial mineral vein. If you let the queen bees enter the center of the vein and let them feed on the primordial stones, they will be able to reproduce more ice bees endlessly,” the Instrument God said calmly.
The queen bees used primordial energy to give birth to ice bees. Moreover, after being born, these ice bees could grow rapidly by feeding on the primordial stones.
Upon hearing this, Qu Yi burst into laughter. “Since I helped Long Zhan Tian regain this primordial mineral vein, it’s only fair for me to share a part of it.”
After saying that, Qu Yi left the Dimensional Sphere, took the Wu Xi Sword, and immediately dug into the ground to reach the depths of the primordial mineral vein.
At the core of the mineral vein lay a mass of primordial essence. As long as this essence remained, it could continuously absorb primordial energy from nature to form primordial stones. And now, Qu Yi had arrived at this place of primordial essence.
Qu Yi observed the primordial essence around him. Those transparent, shiny crystal-like substances were highly active, as if they were little spirits jumping around, seemingly directing the arrangement of primordial energy to form primordial stones.
“The queen bees and the queen bee right now only possess the strength of a six-star Earth Soul Immortal. I believe that once they consume some of this primordial essence, they can break through to the level of a lower-tier Earth Soul Demon. As for those ordinary ice bees, if they devour a large number of primordial stones, they can also rapidly advance in strength. Maybe some of them will even reach the strength of an Earth Soul Immortal,” Qu Yi said excitedly.
Immediately afterward, Qu Yi released the queen bees and the queen bee.

The bodies of the queen bees were as tall as mountains, and now they were curled up in the cave carved by Qu Yi. As they looked at the surrounding Essence Spirits, excitement shone in their eyes.
Buzz!
The queen bees let out excited cries and then sucked in heavily, causing a large amount of Essence Spirits to enter their bodies.
At the same time, Qu Yi had released the ordinary Ice Bees.
Six hundred million!
As soon as these Ice Bees appeared, they spotted the abundant Essence Stones around and immediately rushed at them, filling the entire cave as they began to devour the Essence Stones.
Crack, crack.
The cave expanded rapidly and extended upward.
The speed at which the six hundred million Ice Bees devoured the Essence Stones was astonishing. What had been a cave just 300 meters wide instantly became a thousand meters wide, with a depth of the same.
The Ice Bees were devouring this entire Essence ore vein.
Soon, a quarter of the entire Essence ore vein was completely consumed by these Ice Bees.
The Ice Bees, as if drunk, lay on the ground, all falling into a deep sleep.
Their strength was beginning to evolve.
Qu Yi laughed wildly as he used the Dimension Sphere to suck these groups of Ice Bees inside.
After devouring the Essence Spirits, the queen bees also fell into a sleep. However, their bodies were emitting intense energy fluctuations, carrying traces of spatial laws.
It was very likely that the queen bees would break through to the level of Lower Earth Soul Demons.
After putting all the Ice Bees into the Dimension Sphere, Qu Yi said with a smile, “Although four hundred million Ice Bees were sacrificed, these six hundred million can upgrade quickly. Their strength will be even greater than that of the original one billion.”
Then, Qu Yi entered the Dimension Sphere.
Above the Essence ore vein, after the fifty million disciples under Zhuang Guangming died, the remaining forty middle-level Earth Soul Demon elders immediately reported this news to Zhuang Guangming.
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Guangming immediately communicated with the nine elders who supported him, telling them this infuriating news.
“Where did Long Zhan Tian get so many Ice Bees? Such groups of Ice Bees have never appeared before. Who has the ability to control so many of them?”
Furious and filled with confusion, Zhuang Guangming and the nine elders pondered.
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The Tyrant Dragon Sect was also a major sect in the Demon Realm. As former vice sect leader, Zhuang Guangming naturally knew well about the developments in the Demon Realm.

Zhuang Guangming had never heard of the sudden appearance of 400 million ice bees. “Where did these ice bee swarms come from, and how does the one controlling them direct them to attack?” Zhuang Guangming and the nine elders were utterly puzzled. The unknown is the most terrifying. As a result, Zhuang Guangming was extremely hesitant about deploying his disciples next. After all, he only controlled 500 million disciples, yet 50 million of them had died suddenly. One-eighth! If such large-scale losses continued, Zhuang Guangming would find it impossible to bear. His goal was to become the sect leader, and if all his disciples died, even if he won the battle against the elders, the disciples loyal to Long Zhan Tian would surely flee. What meaning would it have for him to become the sect leader then? The problem before Zhuang Guangming now was to find the one controlling the bees while ensuring that his own disciples did not die. “Nine elders, do you have any solutions?” Zhuang Guangming asked calmly after his anger subsided. The nine elders were Long Rong, Long Duo, Long Gang, Long Jun, Long Wei, Long Hua, Long Qing, Long Jian, and Long Liang. Hearing Zhuang Guangming’s question, they sat quietly without answering right away. After a while, Long Rong spoke up: “Sect leader, the top priority now is to evacuate all disciples from the Land of the Sun and relocate them to the Land of Unity.” With 50 million disciples dead and the loss of the primal mineral veins, Long Zhan Tian would surely take advantage of this situation. As one side lost and the other gained, Long Zhan Tian’s forces and resources would immediately gain an edge. With his number of disciples now far behind, Zhuang Guangming could no longer leave another small group on the Land of the Sun to be slaughtered by Long Zhan Tian. On the Land of the Sun, only 10 million of Zhuang Guangming’s disciples remained. Hearing this, Zhuang Guangming’s expression changed, and he immediately understood the necessity of evacuating those disciples. “Very well, I’ll leave the Land of the Sun to Long Zhan Tian for now,” Zhuang Guangming said coldly. At that moment, Elder Long Duo spoke up softly, “Sect leader, although we don’t know who controls the bees, since he released 400 million of them at once, I think he must not have many left.” This statement immediately earned nods from the other elders. If he still had 400 million ice bees, that would be utterly unreasonable, the elders thought.

Zhuang Guangming felt slightly relieved and then said, “The disciples at the Earth Soul Demon level on the Land of the Sun can withdraw. As for those dozens of elders at the mid-level Earth Soul Demon level, they can stay there to gather information. That person who controls bees first assassinated our lower-level Earth Soul Demon disciples, so I’ll have these elders go and assassinate Long Zhan Tian’s lower-level Earth Soul Demon disciples as well.” If he didn’t retaliate in kind, it would mean Zhuang Guangming admitted defeat in this round. Zhuang Guangming couldn’t afford to consider himself at a disadvantage. The nine elders all understood and nodded calmly. At that moment, Elder Long Qing said, “Master, you once told us that Emperor Ze would send a few powerful beings at the higher-level Earth Soul Demon level. But so far, those people haven’t arrived yet.” The reason Zhuang Guangming dared to disregard Long Ba Tian’s orders was because he had Emperor Ze’s support. Emperor Ze, who was at the higher-level Heavenly Soul Demon level, was one of the top powerful figures in the Waterlogged Star Region. Due to the rules of the five star regions in the Demon Realm, beings at the Heavenly Demon level were not allowed to casually get involved in battles within various sects. Therefore, if Emperor Ze wanted to interfere in the affairs of the Tyrant Dragon Sect, he could only send some subordinates. Currently, Zhuang Guangming had a total of ten powerful beings at the higher-level Earth Soul Demon level. If he could get a few more such beings to help, he would have a great chance of winning the final battle among the elders. Hearing this, Zhuang Guangming simply smiled and said lightly, “Elder Long Qing, those friends are still on their way here. I believe it won’t take several years before they arrive at Earth Tyrant Star.” Most of the Heavenly Demon powerful figures in the Waterlogged Star Region were concentrated on Waterlogged Star. Naturally, it would also take a long time for Emperor Ze’s subordinates to travel from Waterlogged Star to Earth Tyrant Star. Even if they used space teleportation arrays continuously, it would still take ten years—something that couldn’t be achieved overnight. After hearing this, the nine elders all showed a slight smile. In war, there are only victors and losers. All nine understood that they must win this battle; otherwise, they would have to live in seclusion in the Demon Realm and would also be hunted by Long Zhan Tian’s bounty. “In that case, let’s follow the master’s plan and carry it out again. The disciples at the Earth Soul Demon level will guard key locations, while all the elders at the mid-level Earth Soul Demon level will go out to assassinate Long Zhan Tian’s lower-level Earth Soul Demon disciples,” said Elder Long Liang calmly. Zhuang Guangming and the other elders nodded in agreement. ※※※ Long Zhan Tian, of course, was also aware of what had happened at the Origin Mineral Veins. At that time, he was in the sect’s council hall, sitting with a group of elders who supported him, discussing important matters.

“This matter is far too suspicious. Who is helping us behind the scenes?” Long Zhan Tian asked, sitting on his chair in confusion.
Long Zhan Tian was well aware that no one had been sent to attack the Origin Mineral Veins at all.
“Elder Master, there’s no need to guess. Anyway, this friend has helped us. If he wanted us to know, he would have come forward to introduce himself,” said Elder Long Zhi with a smile.
“Elder Master, the most important thing now is not to figure out who killed those fifty million disciples, but to send our disciples to take control of those Origin Mineral Veins,” said Elder Long Chao excitedly.
“Elder Master, I just received news that Zhuang Guangming has ordered all teams to evacuate those disciples from the Land of the Sun and relocate them to the Land of Unity,” said Elder Long Yun excitedly.
Hearing what the three said, Long Zhan Tian burst into laughter. He had regained the Land of the Sun without even putting in any effort.
“Wait…” Long Zhan Tian suddenly remembered something and called out, “Younger brother Long Huwei might know who is helping us.”
It turned out that Long Zhan Tian had recalled Long Huwei’s words, including his mention of the Ice Bees.
The eleven elders present looked at Long Zhan Tian in surprise.
Without wasting time, Long Zhan Tian took out his communication card and immediately contacted Long Huwei.
“Younger brother, does that friend you mentioned to me have many Ice Bees?” Long Zhan Tian sent a message.
After a while, Long Huwei replied, “Yes, my good brother Qu Yi has many Ice Bees.”
“Four hundred million Ice Bees?”
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