A Minor Victory
Ye Jingcheng's Five Poison Bees are now all the size of a thumb, and their stingers are extremely dark, as if they could drip venom at any moment.
About a hundred Five Poison Bees formed a small cloud of insects in the air.
And they all emitted a long, sharp buzzing sound.
"The Ye Family truly lives up to its reputation as Aristocratic Clan of Spirit Beasts. Fellow Daoist Ye, your Five Poison Bees have already reached the late stage of the first rank!" Wan Hongchang's eyes also flashed with a glint of light.
Normal Five Poison Bees are usually between the mid-stage and late-stage of the first tier, but Ye Jingcheng's Five Poison Bees are clearly specially trained.
Moreover, its venom is far more potent than that of ordinary Five Poison Bees, and its ferocity is also Xiao Ke.
However, as an expert in insect control himself, he was naturally not afraid of this.
He reached for his Storage Bag at his waist, and a large swarm of Black-Wing Scorpions quickly appeared in the air.
These Black-Wing Scorpions are no different from ordinary scorpions, but each one is about the size of a palm and has a pair of black wings.
As the insect's wings flapped, only a layer of black, ghostly shadow could be seen.
The venom of this Black-Wing Scorpion is almost identical to that of the Five Poison Bee, and their combat capabilities are also very similar.
Moreover, Ye Jingcheng could see that the Black-Wing Scorpions were larger and sharper than those of ordinary scorpions.
Clearly, these Black-Wing Scorpions were carefully selected and specially trained.
However, Wan Hongchang only released eighty of them.
It wasn't a hundred; they clearly wanted to give way to Ye Jingcheng.
"Fellow Daoist Wan, this Black-Wing Scorpion is truly a king-level Spirit Insect. I have witnessed its power today." Ye Jingcheng naturally did not hold back his praise.
He wouldn't get angry even if he was looked down upon.
Because the hundred or so Five Poison Bees he released were among the weaker ones in his normal battle preparations, he wouldn't feel bad even if they were all lost.
He guessed the other person felt the same way.
The word "fight" in "fighting insects" is enough to prove that this insect fight was relatively harmonious.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, why don't you send a queen bee?" Wan Hongchang inquired.
"The queen bee has just finished reproducing, please excuse my poor performance, fellow Daoist!" Ye Jingcheng shook his head, revealing a hint of embarrassment.
Wan Hongchang nodded, and after the two made a repeated agreement, the latter also activated his Array.
Two swarms of insects also flew out instantly.
Under Ye Jingcheng's arrangement, the Five Poison Bees were divided into ten teams. The first five teams took turns shooting out their stingers at the Black-Wing Scorpion.
With this barrage of stings, many of the Black-Wing Scorpions at the front were directly hit in the eyes or at the junction of their exoskeletons, instantly falling into a hallucination and wandering aimlessly among the swarm.
Since it was merely a contest of magic, Ye Jingcheng's batch of Five Poison Bees were all using Purple Illusion Poison, which was not fatal.
In just one round of eighty Black-Wing Scorpions, a significant portion of the vanguard had already fallen.
Fortunately, Wan Hongchang's batch of Black-Wing Scorpions was also extremely powerful. Faced with the chaotic Black-Wing Scorpions, they directly bit and killed their own kind, which was extremely decisive and opened Ye Jingcheng's eyes.
The speed of the swarm was not affected in the slightest.
Meanwhile, Ye Jingcheng's Five Poison Bees, which were shooting out their stingers, gradually slowed down and fell behind.
The stinger of the Five Poison Bee can be reassembled, but it takes quite a while.
Those lagging behind have more time to condense their stingers, while those in front can engage in direct combat with the Black-Wing Scorpions.
Moreover, just as they were about to get close, ten of Ye Jingcheng's Five Poison Bees shot out their Poison Needle, hitting the first few Black- Black-Wing Scorpions again.
At such close range, coupled with Ye Jingcheng's excellent control, almost every shot went straight for the Black-Wing Scorpion's eyes or the point where they met.
Seven or eight were shot and began to run around wildly, while the remaining Five Poison Bee with intact stingers rushed into the swarm of Black-Wing Scorpions amidst the chaos.
Such a meticulous plan caused the Black-Wing Scorpions to suffer a great loss in an instant.
However, once the Five Poison Bees and the Black-Wing Scorpion intertwined, the Black-Wing Scorpion's advantage became apparent.
The Five Poison Bee has no carapace, while the latter has one, making it difficult for even Poison Needle to penetrate it.
It can only pierce and bite the head and black wings of the Black-Wing Scorpion.
Soon, nearly 40% of the Five Poison Bees were lost.
Wan Hongchang's complexion gradually returned to normal; after all, the initial loss had made him lose face.
Ye Jingcheng's control over this swarm of Five Poison Bee bees was far beyond his imagination.
"Scatter!" Seeing that it was about time, Ye Jingcheng once again ordered the Five Poison Bees to disperse.
The Five Poison Bee flies with its secondary and primary wings in tandem, and its speed still far exceeds that of the Black-Wing Scorpion.
Once a certain distance has been created, it will once again shoot out its stinger as before, preventing the Black-Wing Scorpions from gathering together and forming a destructive insect swarm.
The remaining Five Poison Bees then launched an attack.
As time went by, the number of Five Poison Bees dwindled, and so did the number of Black-Wing Scorpions.
A roughly equal score was achieved in the air.
Of course, with the decrease in the number of Five Poison Bees, the Black-Wing Scorpions will definitely have the upper hand in one-on-one fights.
"Fellow Daoist Ye's insect control technique is indeed superb; I concede defeat." Wan Hongchang said, cupping his hands in greeting, and did not allow the Black-Wing Scorpion to charge at the Five Poison Bees again.
Instead, he waved his hand, recalling the remaining Black-Wing Scorpions, and at the same time, he waved his sleeve, collecting the injured and fallen Black-Wing Scorpions one by one.
"Fellow Daoist Wan is too modest," Ye Jingcheng said politely, but didn't say anything more before dealing with the Five Poison Bees.
His words had two meanings: no matter how Wan Hongchang interpreted them, he could save face.
Moreover, Ye Jingcheng did indeed hold back. At the beginning, he only needed to continuously use the tail needle to create chaos, dash forward, fly out, create chaos again, and dash forward again.
If he had relied on speed and repetition instead of lingering for a while before coming out, he would have won long ago.
However, that would definitely make Wan Hongchang lose face.
It will affect his purchase of Stone Spirits.
As Ye Jingcheng put away the Five Poison Bees, he also discovered that only seven or eight of Five Poison Bee had died; the rest were injured, and their venom was not fatal.
Clearly, the opponent's Black-Wing Scorpion wasn't the most venomous kind.
For Ye Jingcheng, this was also good news. With Treasure Radiance, he was confident that he could fully recover these injured Five Poison Bees within a few days.
"I admire the Ye Family's insect control techniques. I, Wan, am a man of my word. I can waive one-tenth of the price for you today, fellow Daoist," Wan Hongchang said, then waved his hand, allowing Ye Jingcheng to make his selection.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wan. I'll take two First-Tier Superior-Grade Azurewater Scorpions and two First-Tier Superior-Grade Black Jade Toads. I hope you can give me a pair. The rest are the recipe for the Heavenly Poison Water and these Spirit Stones," Ye Jingcheng said.
These poisonous insects cost as much as 500 each, and they are clearly capable of reproduction.
Otherwise, adult Spirit Insects wouldn't be so expensive.
"Alright, no problem. The Black Jade Toad and the Azurewater Scorpion are both 500 Spirit Stones each. The Heavenly Poison Water recipe is First-Tier Superior-Grade Secret Method, costing 1,300 Spirit Stones. And that stone weighs over 70 jin, so let's say 1,700 Spirit Stones. With a 10% discount, it'll be 4,500 Spirit Stones." Wan Hongchang said.
"Alright!" Ye Jingcheng nodded, then took out a Storage Bag and handed over the Spirit Stones on the spot.