"Go."
Lin Changheng flicked his finger, sending the dark-gold flame silently into the crimson crystalwood's crown.
The next instant-"Buzz!"
The crown abruptly contracted inward, as though seized by an invisible hand. Then dazzling dark-gold light erupted from within, without the slightest sound!
When the light faded, the entire crown and the swarm within had vaporized, leaving only wisps of smoke. Mo Zhaoli promptly drew the surrounding vines together, completely concealing both the escaping energy fluctuations and the smoke.
The entire process was clean and swift, taking no more than a single breath.
In the lightning-fast instant between the dark-gold flame entering the crown and its destructive energy erupting, the mid-grade second-tier Red-Winged Queen Bee, relying on its greater strength and instinctive sense of danger, reacted far faster than the rest of its colony!
"Buzzz!"
It issued a signal ordering the swarm to flee. Its fist-sized abdomen, covered in crimson rings, contracted violently. The two pairs of wings on its back, thin as cicada wings yet sharp as blades along their edges, vibrated at a frequency too fast for the naked eye, producing a shriek that tore through the air!
"Whoosh-!"
It became a crimson blur, like a poisoned arrow loosed from a powerful bow, desperately trying to escape the crown and the shadow of death that made its very soul tremble.
At that instant, its compound eyes no longer reflected its familiar nest and kin, but endless dark-gold light. The destructive will within that light made its hideous mouthparts open and close involuntarily in silent screams of terror.
The vicious gleam in its eyes had vanished, leaving only the most primal, utter terror of death!
Driven by its survival instinct, the Red-Winged Queen Bee finally escaped before the [Redcloud Mystic Flame] closed around it. But with its entire colony annihilated,