292: Chapter 292 The Poisonous Bees Attack

Having said this, Ye Jing also pinched the bridge of his nose.

"But this is all speculation. Since the negotiations are a month away, I might as well go to Red Copper Mountain first to see what those people from the Xuanyou Sect are up to!"

Seeing this, Ye Tianyao hurriedly said, "Grandfather, I'll go with you! I've just reached Foundation Establishment, so if anything happens, I can help take care of things."

Ye Jing listened and gave a faint smile. "That works. You've been in seclusion at the Qingyun Sect for so long, you must be bored to death."

"Not at all, Grandfather! Tianyao just wants to give you a hand!"

Ye Tianyao stuck out her tongue. Although she was a mature woman of twenty, because she had achieved a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, she still looked as young as a sixteen-year-old girl, playful and lovely.

Ye Jing felt a surge of affection and pinched her nose. "Alright, Tianyao, you're already a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and still so playful. No wonder your brother always protects you like a little girl."

"Hehe..." Ye Tianyao laughed awkwardly, finally feeling a bit embarrassed.

The grandfather and granddaughter hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they were very close.

The two of them rose on their flying swords and hurried toward Red Copper Mountain.

Inside Red Copper Mountain.

Without those two Demon Kings presiding, the First-Order Demonic Beasts here were like a group of dragons without a leader, all shrinking back into their caves, not daring to show themselves at all.

Ye Jing saw that the mountain below was no longer a junction of lava and ice; only ordinary rocks remained, looking quite mundane. Both he and Ye Tianyao restrained their Divine Sense and hid their presence as they moved along the edge.

Several Poisonous Variant Bees were flying up and down, seemingly somewhat anxious.

Seeing this, Ye Jing said helplessly, "The Poisonous Variant Bee Queen is being attacked. Two Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Xuanyou Sect are trying to capture it."

Previously, Ye Jing had seen that the Bone Forest was filled with Blood Qi and resentment, so he thought of using it as a nurturing ground for the Poisonous Variant Bee Queen, while also sending out a few Poisonous Variant Bees to scout the surroundings.

At this moment, inside the Bone Forest.

Two Black-robed Men were cursing as they used their spiritual power to defend against the dense swarm of purple-black Poisonous Variant Bees.

"This Bee Queen is truly troublesome. If it weren't for the fact that it can devour Blood Qi, I'd really want to just kill it and be done with it!"

"The Sect Leader is heavily injured and needs to devour poisonous insects. This Poisonous Variant Bee has powerful toxicity."

"It's perfect for nurturing the Sect Leader's damaged Meridians, and its venom can even be used to refine Evil Pills. How can we pass this up?"

The other Black-robed Man swung a streak of black light, dispersing several Poisonous Variant Bees lunging at him.

He scolded in a low voice, his face under the black robe flushed with impatience. As he circulated his spiritual power, a dark green pattern was faintly visible at his sleeve—it was the Evil Cultivator Mark of the Xuanyou Sect.

The scolded Black-robed Man curled his lip, but he didn't dare to slacken his movements. A wisp of gray-black poisonous gas condensed at his fingertips and swept toward the swarm.

Several Poisonous Variant Bees that couldn't dodge in time instantly froze in mid-air, their wings drooping as they fell to the ground. Their bodies quickly shriveled, and their poison sacs were forcibly sucked out by that wisp of poisonous gas, turning into a purple mist that merged into his body.

"I know, I know. But this Bee Queen is too cunning. Even though it's only a Rank One Late Stage Yao Beast, it can mobilize the entire swarm to form a Killing Formation. If we keep wasting time and attract people from the Qingyun Sect, we'll both be finished here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp buzzing suddenly came from deep within the Bone Forest, and a purple-black figure abruptly charged out.

Its body was several times larger than an ordinary Poisonous Variant Bee. As its wings flapped, purple-black toxic powder flew everywhere, and wherever it passed, the white bones on the ground were corroded with tiny holes.

This was exactly the Poisonous Variant Bee Queen. Its stinger glowed with an eerie light, clearly thoroughly enraged. Its body was surrounded by dense Blood Qi, which was the power it had accumulated from devouring the resentment of the Bone Forest for many years.

"It's coming!" A flicker of joy flashed in the eyes of both Black-robed Men simultaneously. They exchanged a look and quickly took out their Magical Artifacts.

They launched one attack after another at the Poisonous Variant Bee.

Seeing this, the Bee Queen let out an angry roar and flapped its wings vigorously, sending toxic powder crashing toward the Black-robed Men like white mist.

The Black-robed Man was prepared and raised a black shield engraved with skull patterns. The moment it blocked the stinger, it made a "sizzling" sound.

"Hmph! It's just a First-Order Demonic Beast. Take this!"

The two Black-robed Men chanted obscure and difficult evil incantations. The black Qi around them suddenly surged, and their originally upright figures became somewhat hunched. Their cheeks also quickly sunken in; they were clearly burning their own cultivation to trigger a Forbidden Technique.

The two streaks of black Qi intertwined, transforming into a massive Black Ghost Claw that lunged toward the Bee Queen.

The Bee Queen sensed the danger and tried to dodge, but it was tightly bound by Chains on the ground. It could only spit out a mouthful of purple toxic mist with all its might.

The toxic mist collided with the Black Ghost Claw.

With a loud "boom," the toxic mist and black Qi corroded each other, emitting a pungent odor. The white bones in the Bone Forest were shattered by the shockwave, flying everywhere.

The Bee Queen let out a shrill cry as its body was struck hard by the ghost claw. It fell to the ground, one of its wings broken, and purple fluid seeped from its mouthparts. Its aura instantly withered.

"It's done!"

The two Black-robed Men showed expressions of wild joy. They hurriedly stopped the Forbidden Technique and were about to take out a Capture Net to seize the Poisonous Variant Bee.

But just as the Capture Net was cast down, a sudden gust of cold wind blew past. The net was torn into pieces right in front of them, like leaves caught in a gale.

"What was that?!" The two Black-robed Men were pale with fright. This monster had approached silently, and they hadn't noticed a thing.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

With two sounds of breaking air.

Before the two Black-robed Men could react, they felt an impact forcibly knock them down, and they immediately spat out blood.

They were sent flying quite a distance. If it weren't for the fact that a Foundation Establishment Cultivator's body is robust, that single blow would have turned them into meat paste.

"What on earth is this thing!"

The Black-robed Men were utterly terrified, like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring, yet they still couldn't see this hidden Yao Beast.

"Hiss, hiss..."

The sound of a snake's hiss came, but no form could be seen.

At this moment, in the shadows, Ye Jing watched the two Xuanyou Cultivators in terror. He immediately commanded the Black Water Giant Python: "Have some fun with them here; the bigger the commotion, the better!"

He was doing this to use the Yao Beast to kill those two Foundation Establishment Cultivators and see what the Xuanyou Sect was really up to!

"Hiss, hiss."

The hissing became clearer, carrying a bone-chilling cold that lingered in every corner of the Bone Forest.

The two Black-robed Men floated in mid-air on their Spiritual Artifacts. Their spiritual power was so disordered it could hardly circulate. Their eyes stared fixedly at their surroundings, and even their breathing became cautious.

They were clearly Foundation Establishment Cultivators, yet in the face of this invisible threat, they didn't even have the confidence to resist.

The impact from just now had left them significantly injured.

"It's a Yao Beast! And a Second-Order Demonic Beast skilled at hiding its tracks!"

One of the Black-robed Men was quite knowledgeable and recognized it immediately. Then he said in disbelief, "Impossible! Impossible! Aren't the Black Water Giant Python and the Blazing Flame Wild Lion already dead? How could it appear again?!"