Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Chapter 516: Chapter 508: Helping Green Ox Upgrade

“Are you dumb or something? There’s only one demon body, and with so many Green Demon Bees sharing it, how much can you, the Bee King, actually eat?”n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Qin Niu knew the appetite of the Green Demon Bee swarm was staggering.

He had no doubt they could devour the body of the Infant Demon in a very short time.

But he believed such a high-level resource should be given priority to the Bee King.

Because in his view, as long as the Bee King advanced one more grade, it could completely breed a new and more powerful swarm.

The soul of the Infant Demon was being devoured by the Ink Blade, causing its infant body to hang motionless in the air.

Only a bloody light rolled around its demonic body.

The Green Demon Bee swarm had already launched an attack on the Infant Demon’s body, with the Bee King and other Green Demon Bees frenziedly gnawing at it.

Qin Niu watched in frustration.

Was this Green Demon Bee King a bit stupid? He had already told it not to share the Infant Demon’s body with the other Green Demon Bees, so why wouldn’t it listen?

In just a moment, the body of the Infant Demon was eaten away by a large portion of the swarm.

It couldn’t hold on any longer.

Its demonic soul was firmly grasped by the Ink Blade and was continually shrinking.

Facing the threat of death, the soul pleaded with Qin Niu nonstop.

“Please let me go, please let me go, I won’t dare anymore…”

It silently begged Qin Niu.

“Since you’re a demon and have harmed so many people, naturally you cannot be spared.”

Qin Niu was unyielding.

He had struggled up from the very bottom, seen the darkness and ugliness of human nature, and had a profound experience of the cruelty and ruthlessness of this world. When it was time to be ruthless, he never softened his heart.

Not to mention dealing with a demon, even with his enemies, he was never soft.

When it was time to kill, he didn’t hesitate, often resolving it with one stroke.

“I was forced to do it, too. When I was eight months in my mother’s womb, my mother was beaten to death alive by others, and I hate those people. Just let me go, and I’ll never come out and cause trouble again.”

The Infant Demon was still pleading desperately.

Faced with death, it must have been filled with endless fear.

“It’s unfair what life has dealt to you, I can understand that. But when you harmed people, you didn’t choose your victims, thinking only of yourself, completely devoid of humanity. Therefore, you must die. The heavens have never been fair, but the heavens are merciful, it’s your own doing, you can’t blame others!”

The life story of the Infant Demon was extremely tragic.

But that could not be an excuse for it to eat people at will.

As the Green Demon Bees ate away most of the Infant Demon’s body, out floated a black Demon Core the size of a child’s fist.

This Infant Demon’s cultivation might have already reached grade eleven.

Because it was much larger than the inner core of the Scorpion Demon.

Qin Niu looked at Green Ox, “Lazy Ox, how about you eat this Demon Core?”

Green Ox had helped Qin Niu a lot through many life-and-death battles, and it was still only a grade six Beast Pet. Now that Qin Niu had such a high-level Demon Core, the first thing he thought of was it.

“Moo!”

Green Ox nodded at Qin Niu over and over.

Such a huge benefit made it incredibly excited. For Beast Pets, they never played coy.

They would gladly accept whatever they needed.

A moment later, the Green Demon Bees had completely devoured the body of the Infant Demon.

Without the demon body, its soul had no support and was wholly drawn into the blade of the Ink Blade.

“I hate, I will never forgive you all…”

The soul cursed resentfully as it was absorbed.

Qin Niu never took such meager threats seriously. It’s already been devoured by the Ink Blade, and it still thinks there’s a future?

He leaped up and caught the black Demon Core in his hand.

“Lazy Ox, open up!”

Green Ox opened its mouth wide, and Qin Niu threw the black Demon Core straight into it.

Even just holding it for a short while, the chilly energy of the Demon Core still made Qin Niu feel very uncomfortable. The Infant Demon was born with resentment, long entrenched in places with heavy Yin energy, and had even devoured many humans to enhance its cultivation.

This also made its Demon Core extremely cold and evil.

Green Ox really didn’t think twice before swallowing the Demon Core whole without even tasting it to see if it could digest it.

After consuming the Demon Core, Qin Niu watched it closely, his face filled with anxiety.

But the beast acted as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, a shocking transformation was occurring in the swarm of Green Demon Bees in the sky.

The Green Demon Bee Queen actually pounced on one of the Green Demon Bees, then bit it to death and ate it.

“What are you trying to do? Have you lost your mind?” Qin Niu noticed that the Green Demon Bee Queen was behaving oddly.

These Green Demon Bees were its offspring, equivalent to its daughters. Yet it was eating its own daughters.

Even tigers don’t eat their young.

“Advance in rank!” The Green Demon Bee Queen replied to Qin Niu with just two short words.

As the Green Demon Bee Queen devoured the first Green Demon Bee, streaks of black qi began to surge across its body, enveloping it. It truly was advancing in rank, just as it had said.

With the Infant Demon now exterminated, the light in the entire oak forest brightened a bit.

The previous scene with gusts of cold wind and howls of ghosts and wolves had been truly frightening.

“Wan Yan, the demon creature has been dealt with, there’s no need to be afraid anymore.” Qin Niu reassured Wang Wanyan inside the carriage.

“Let’s hurry and leave this place. The forest feels so sinister, it makes me anxious!” Wang Wanyan didn’t dare stick her head out of the carriage to look around.

Suddenly encountering an Infant Demon in the forest late at night was a real test of her limits of courage.

“Okay! Then let’s continue on our journey.” Qin Niu urged the carriage forward.

After leaving the forest, they still saw a few scattered households and small villages along the way, all tightly closed up with no one walking about.

It seemed that the local villagers had been terrified by the Infant Demon.

He also observed an interesting phenomenon: many of the villagers had ferocious Tibetan Mastiffs tied up in their courtyards. And many of them didn’t just have one, but several.

It was quite normal for households in the Myriad Beast Gang to keep fierce dogs to guard and protect their homes.

After a night of relentless travel, they finally arrived at Rat City late at night.

By then, the city gates were already closed.

“Esteemed soldiers, we’ve traveled through the night to get here. Is it possible to open the city gates and let us in?” Qin Niu called out to the soldiers on guard at the top of the wall after dismounting from the carriage.

Having powerful cultivation and both Beast Pets and Insect Pets, he made the request with an air of indifference. His was the calm of someone confident in their inner strength.

Ordinary people facing the city’s guards would be exceedingly deferential, not to mention shouting to have the gates opened; they wouldn’t even dare to make eye contact with the soldiers.

“How many are you? Where do you come from? And where are you headed?” A robust man appeared on the wall, likely a junior officer of the soldiers.

He stood in a watchtower, looking down at Qin Niu and the carriage below.

“There are three of us, coming from the Black Tiger Gang, heading to Elixir City to attend the Water and Land Dharma Assembly. We hope the soldiers can do us a favor. I, Qin, have an offering to give in return.” Qin Niu knew the power of Silver Money.

The whole point of making it to Elixir City during the night was to find an inn for a good night’s rest, wasn’t it?

The two Black Mare Horses also needed proper care and feeding of top-quality fodder.

“So you’re eminent figures going to attend the Water and Land Dharma Assembly. My apologies, my apologies. I’ll open the gates right away.” The soldiers’ attitude toward them changed immediately to one of respect upon hearing that they were attending the Water and Land Dharma Assembly.

It was the natural awe the weak feel for the powerful.

Admiration for strength and fear of the powerful are most people’s instincts.

To dare attend the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, one must at least possess cultivation at the Innate Realm.

After the city gates were opened, Qin Niu and his company were welcomed inside.

Qin Niu took out two taels of Silver Money and handed it to the leader of the soldiers, who waved his hands frantically in refusal.

“I couldn’t possibly accept, couldn’t possibly accept. It’s an honor for Xiong to be of slight service to Master Qin. If the three of you don’t mind, our Lord of the City has specially prepared a place for distinguished guests attending the Water and Land Dharma Assembly to rest. I can have someone take you there.”