44: Chapter 44 Black Giant Insect

Luo Qinghe's gaze was fixed intently outside the window.

His lips moved slightly as he muttered in a low voice, "I hope that is just a trace left by someone who happened to possess black power..."

In the live broadcast, the black power patterns belonging to the Demon Abyss Cult flickered, drifting out from the cave.

Although it was very faint, it was still present!

Either someone from the Demon Abyss Cult had been here before, or some item closely related to the Demon Abyss Cult was buried here!

In any case, this highly likely proved that an existence connected to the Demon Abyss Cult had been here.

That crazy organization that worships magic beasts!

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On the way to the cave, Chen Yi also asked the system about the use of the hundred-year divine bee nectar.

In essence, it is a type of food ingredient containing a vast amount of spiritual power.

Consuming this whole jar is roughly equivalent to the total spiritual power of three hundred Tier 4 magic beast crystal cores.

However, it is important to note that this type of heaven and earth spiritual treasure containing energy, once activated with Enhancement Points, can produce different effects depending on the amount of spiritual power contained and its specific attribute.

The hundred-year divine bee nectar is a wood-attribute low-tier heaven and earth spiritual treasure. Once activated with 5 Enhancement Points, it can create a shield that can block all attacks below Tier 6.

Of course, the amount in this jar is only enough to block twice; it cannot block indefinitely.

"System, do you mean that as long as I activate this thing, all Beast Tamers, spirit beasts, and magic beasts below Tier 6 will definitely be unable to cause me harm, right?"

[That is not so!]

[If a Tier 5 magic beast erupts with attack power above Tier 6, it still cannot be blocked!]

"Fine, I understand!"

Chen Yi roughly understood what the system meant.

Anyway, it just means it can withstand two attacks around Tier 6, right!

He felt that Lin Mengxue and Luo Shiyin probably wouldn't need it due to their strength, so he would just give it to Lin Mengxue and Luo Shiyin to eat as a refreshing snack later!

Otherwise, having to eat magic beast crystal cores for cultivation every day without tasting any delicacies is quite pitiful!

At this moment, Lin Mo looked at the pitch-black cave in front of him, filled with doubt.

"Are there any magic beasts inside here?"

"I don't know, anyway, exploring a cave doesn't take much time, let's just take a look!"

"Sigh, alright! But is there enough time? Calculating the score now, it's only over 11,000 points, right? There are only seven hours left! Can we catch up to your score?"

"Don't worry, there's enough time!"

Ten minutes later, they entered the depths of the cave.

"I told you there definitely wouldn't be anything here!"

Lin Mo sighed, "That challenge BOSS you killed yesterday was probably here by accident, and then discovered by other students, which is why it was chasing them..."

"Ah!!!"

Before the words could fade, Xu Ting suddenly screamed.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Mo and Chen Yi asked simultaneously.

They saw Xu Ting pointing at a wall and ground stained red with fresh blood, trembling all over.

"Th-th-this... this is human blood! And it's very fresh, it probably appeared within these past two days!"

Xu Ting's spirit beast lineage is an A-rank Shadow War Leopard; although its sense of smell is not as good as canine spirit beasts, distinguishing the scent of blood is not a problem at all.

She is used to smelling magic beast blood, having long become accustomed to it.

But human blood, especially such a large amount of human blood, is something she never sees.

Lin Mengxue's eyes narrowed, and she discovered a blood-stained white bracelet in the corner.

"That is... it couldn't be, right?"

"What's wrong, Xue'er?"

Chen Yi asked, "Did you discover something?"

"That bracelet seems to be a gift that Qin Shousheng gave me before, but I felt he had ulterior motives, so I returned it to him. How could it appear here?"

"Qin Shousheng's gift? Wait, could it be..."

In these past two days, Chen Yi always felt as if something important had been overlooked in his heart.

Now he finally realized—he hadn't seen Qin Shousheng and Liu Ruyan at all!

Qin Shousheng's combat ability is not weak, and Liu Ruyan is the type of person who extremely loves to show off.

According to common sense, since the two of them had successfully formed a contract, Liu Ruyan would definitely take Qin Shousheng around to show off, to satisfy her vanity.

However, these past two days have been calm and exceptionally quiet; he couldn't even see a shadow of them.

And now, a blood-stained bracelet has appeared here...

Could it be that something actually happened to them?

"Rumble—"

Just at this moment, a deafening roar suddenly came from the ground.

A strong sense of shaking struck, as if it were an earthquake.

"What is this situation?"

"Let's leave here quickly. If it's an earthquake, we'll be buried alive in this cave sooner or later!"

Chen Yi's words were instantly agreed upon by everyone, and they immediately ran wildly towards the outside of the cave.

The matter of a large area of fresh human blood appearing in the cave must also be reported to the school immediately!

However, not long after they left the cave, Chen Yi saw a hair-raising scene.

He saw a huge insect-type magic beast leading a group of fierce magic beasts, chasing a large group of students.

Those tall trees, in front of this insect-type magic beast, were actually knocked down easily, as if they were fragile grass.

Its speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it caught up with the students who were running for their lives.

"What on earth is this?"

"Why would such a thing appear in a final exam?"

"Help—help me! Wife, save me—"

A Tier 2, Stage 4 Beast Tamer let out a shrill cry for help.

However, before the words could fade, the huge black insect bit him in half, leaving only half of his body lying in a pool of blood.

"No! Husband, you—"

That Beast Tamer's Contracted Spirit Beast let out a mournful cry, seemingly still wanting to try and save him.

But that insect-type magic beast was merciless; with another bite, it swallowed her and its Beast Tamer into its stomach.

Seeing this horrific scene, the rest of the students who were fleeing were instantly stunned.

This was the first time they had witnessed a Beast Tamer and a spirit beast die tragically in front of them, and in such a cruel way.

"Run, run quickly!"

"Why is this happening?"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and run, do you want to die?"

"Damn it! Aren't there aerial drones? Why hasn't the school sent people to support yet?"

...

A group of students screamed at the top of their lungs.

Among this group of students, there were even a few acquaintances—Lan Yucheng, Fang Xiaoye, and Wang Yingying.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yi was also stunned on the spot.

Of course, what stunned him wasn't witnessing someone die before his eyes.

It was the system interface of this black giant insect!

[Name: Liu Ruyan (demonization)]

[Contract Master: None]

[Lineage: Demon-Eating Gu Insect]

[Level: Tier 5, Stage 5]

[Physique: 366]

[Spiritual Power: 260]

[Attributes: Earth, Dark]

[Skills: Sand Plowing, Gnawing, Dark Space]

[Favorability: +40 points]

[Affinity: None]

[Evaluation: After injecting the spinal fluid extract refined from the 7-star magic beast Demon-Eating Gu Insect, she entered a state of demonization, briefly gaining the power of the Demon-Eating Gu Insect, and can rapidly increase strength by devouring humans and magic beasts!]