The Bee Queen Perishes, Devouring the Demon Body!

After finalizing the submission of the Azure Wave Turtle genus, Shi Jian suddenly remembered something:

"Mr. Wanxiang, you previously said that the Bee Queen Mingshui is ruthless and will even eat her own larvae if she doesn't like them?"

Yes, that's true.

"What if she dies?"

Wanxiang paused for a moment, then said, "Those low-intelligence monsters of the insect genus, once the mother insect dies, naturally have to vie for the throne and compete for the position of queen."

"In the genus Insect, there can usually only be one queen."

"Once the old queen dies, the Foundation Establishment Mother Insects of the clan will fight each other until only one remains, and that one will become the new queen."

"During the power grab, the swarm is left defenseless?"

"Not only were they undefended," Wanxiang said, narrowing his eyes. "They were in complete chaos themselves. The insect genus relies on the Bee Queen's soul connection to maintain order. Once the Bee Queen dies, the soul connection breaks, and the insect soldiers below become headless flies."

"Each Foundation Establishment Queen will lead her swarm to fight against other Queens in a fierce battle for position, which is even worse than an invasion by a foreign enemy."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian smiled.

That palm strike, combined with the full force of his Thunder Sound Divine Ability, wasn't taken for nothing.

Bee Queen Mingshui's sea of consciousness is probably mostly shattered. Even if she miraculously survives, how long can she hold on?

He was able to defeat the Golden Crocodile in one move, bringing him to the brink of death.

So, Mingshui, whose strength is mediocre and not much different from Golden Crocodile, might have a stronger soul, but it would not be much stronger.

Having taken a solid hit from his claw, a move clearly aimed at killing, it seemed he was about to collapse...

Sure enough, it didn't take long.

Less than three months later, a chaotic surge of Spiritual Qi suddenly emanated from the Eastern Region of Evil Water Marsh.

Immediately afterwards, Golden Core perished.

A surge of powerful Spiritual Qi suddenly dissipated across the heavens and earth. The Mingshui Bee Queen, suffered a shattered soul and perished in her clan due to severe injuries!

Immediately afterwards, countless insect demons in the Eastern Region began to fight each other.

With the Bee Queen dead, the twenty-three Foundation Establishment mother bees began vying for the throne, fighting fiercely until the heavens and earth were darkened. The entire Eastern Region was transformed into a battlefield of carnage, with bee corpses littering the land and lakes—a truly horrific scene!

The Evil Water Marsh the Eastern Region, and the civil war among the insect demons was even more brutal than Shi Jian had anticipated.

Of the twenty-three Foundation Establishment Mother Insects, seven or eight out of ten died within three days, and more than ten Foundation Establishment Mother Insects died in battle and became food.

The domination rules in the insect genus are simple and brutal: kill until only one remains.

There was no negotiation, no compromise, no hierarchy; the weak were devoured by the strong, and the strong were besieged by the even stronger.

By the fifth day, only seven female insects remained fighting.

By the seventh day, only five remained.

At this moment, Shi Jian made his move. He led Shi Yin, Golden Crocodile, and three Golden Core demons straight into the core hive of the Eastern Region!

The hive is located deep within the heart of the only mountain range in the Eastern Region; it is a massive honeycomb-shaped structure hundreds of feet high.

It is made of a mixture of countless insect wax and Spirit Stone powder. From a distance, it appears as a grayish-white color, with dense hexagonal holes covering its surface.

By this time, the area around the hive was already piled high with dead insects.

Various fragments of carapace and broken wings were scattered all over the ground.

The air was filled with a pungent, sour stench—the smell of rotting insect blood. The remaining five Foundation Establishment Queen Insects were still fighting inside and outside the hive.

Each of them led hundreds to thousands of bee soldiers, forming a small swarm that tore at each other in the hive's tunnels and the outer space.

The scene was utter chaos.

When Shi Jian's three-headed Golden Core descended upon the hive, the queen insects below were completely unaware, still engrossed in devouring each other!

"As expected, the insect demons are unintelligent; even the mother insect is driven by instinct."

Shi Jian glanced at it and shook his head slightly.

This is why he has never Enlightenment insect-type Demon Beast; even after they are transformed into demons, their intelligence remains undeveloped.

Even the Foundation Establishment Mother Beetle only possessed a smattering of intelligence.

Only mother insects at the Golden Core level can fully develop their intelligence and reach the waters of normal humans, though this is much slower than that of ordinary Demon Beast.

If you want to directly cultivate one, you need to cultivate a mother insect that has awakened intelligence.

It's likely that one session would Enlightenment. Ten Enlightenment opportunities would take ten years, enough time for Shi Jian to nurture several genius demon Demon Beast.

The harvest was disproportionate, which is why Shi Jian was unwilling to Enlightenment the insect genus.

Then, Shi Jian broke into the honeycomb from the top.

With a single claw strike, a large hole was shattered in the dome of the hundred-foot-tall beehive, debris flying everywhere as sunlight streamed in.

The eight female insects, who were fighting each other, all raised their heads.

Then they saw a ball of purple-gold lightning hanging above the dome, silently looking down on them, and the spiritual pressure from the Golden Core cultivator pressed down from all directions.

Several female insects froze on the spot, and all the insect soldiers who were still fighting lay prostrate on the ground.

Insect-type Demon Beast react more acutely to powerful spiritual pressure than other Demon Race. Under such overwhelming pressure, they don't even have the thought of escaping.

Shi Jian didn't waste any words, and didn't even bother to speak.

He directly released a wave of divine soul energy, his Nascent Soul level Divine Sense instantly invading the consciousness of the five mother insects and planting Slave Seal within them!

Shi Jian was much less lenient with these insect-type Demon Beast.

The best management approach is to enslave them directly, so that a new Golden Core Demon Queen may emerge from among them in the future.

Then, control of the swarm can be transferred.

After dealing with the queen beetles, Shi Jian lost interest and turned to explore the depths of the hive. He had come here to find something else!

Deep inside the hive, in a sealed chamber.

The corpse of the Bee Queen Mingshui, lies here.

The remains of the giant bee had turned black and hardened; two of its three pairs of wings were broken off, and its dark blue carapace was mostly shattered, revealing the grayish-white insect flesh inside.

She died in a wretched state, her body curled up in a ball, her six legs clasped to her chest—an instinctive reaction of an insect in extreme pain.

It seems he was tortured quite a bit before he died.

Shi Jian walked to the wreckage and examined it for a moment.

The Demon Core of Fifth-Level Demon General is a great tonic for Shi Jian, who has been stuck in the Golden Core Middle Stage for many years...

This Demon Core can greatly accelerate his advancement and leapfrog his level!

He smashed the Bee Queen's breastplate with a single swipe of his claw, pulling out the dark blue Demon Core from the insect's flesh Demon Core was the size of a fist, with fine, flowing patterns on its surface, radiating a chilling spiritual light.

Shi Jian swallowed the Demon Core in one gulp and refined its essence.

He then rummaged through the remains of the Bee Queen. These remains were also a fortuitous opportunity; the flesh and blood of Golden Core Demon Beast was something he couldn't resist tasting!

This was the second Golden Core demon corpse he had devoured.

Having devoured the corpse of the Sea Ape Beast, he reduced his arduous cultivation time by at least thirty years, which allowed him to quickly advance to the Golden Core Middle Stage.

Now, obtaining the insect corpse again is where the fortuitous opportunity lies.

Shi Jian tore the entire remains of the Bee Queen into pieces and swallowed them.

How to describe the taste of insect meat...

It's hard to describe in words. It's fishy, bitter, and astringent, with a sour and foul smell, but after all, it's the corpse of Golden Core demon insect, full of essence!

It only devoured a portion of the remaining body.

The spiritual power within the Demon Core, along with the essence from the Bee Queen's remains, slowly circulated within Shi Jian's body, eventually converging into his Dantian and sea of consciousness.

A warm current of energy rose from my abdomen and spread throughout my body along my meridians, and my aura increased at a visible rate!

Shi Jian closed his eyes, focusing intently on the changes within his body.

The essence of the soul within the Demon Core is being slowly absorbed by his sea of consciousness, flowing like a trickle into the ocean, continuously enriching his body!

It's an amazing tonic!