236: Queen Bee Tiger

"Five Thunders Orthodox Law!" he roared, freeing his right palm and striking out without hesitation. The violent thunder instantly superimposed onto the Huang Chens Clone's lightning domain.

Layer 31,

Layer 32,

...

After ten seconds, the lightning domain superposition had reached 70 layers.

"Pu, pu, pu, pu..."

A dense, teeth-aching sound of gnawing erupted instantly! The pain of soul tearing, ten times, a hundred times more intense than before, submerged Huang Chen like a tsunami!

"Ugh, ahhh—!!" Huang Chen let out a wail that didn't sound human. His body trembled violently, his vision turned black, and he nearly fainted on the spot.

Each Soul Devouring Bees' mouthpart was like a red-hot hook, frantically tearing at his soul origin!

Huang Chen felt his consciousness blurring, but he still persisted, waving his hand while taking large bites of the soul honey on his chest.

"Ugh, ah~!"

Pain and pleasure, destruction and rebirth, constantly and violently switched within a mere instant.

Time flowed slowly amidst the extreme pain and relief.

Nearly 20 hours passed...

The Bee Swarm within the lightning domain had become visibly sparse.

The "black cloud" that had originally covered the sky and sun was now reduced to a scattered patch.

With a thought, Huang Chen put the cup-sized soul honey in his hand into his backpack.

Over these 20 hours, he had harvested about 20 basketball-sized pieces of soul honey, and he himself had eaten nearly ten.

"It seems the enhancement from the soul honey has reached its limit."

He looked at the system prompt from a moment ago; his five elemental affinities had all reached the level of 99.

Moreover, he now felt his soul was as solid as a rock; the stings of the Soul Devouring Bees could no longer cause him even the slightest bit of damage.

He allowed the Soul Devouring Bees to crawl all over his body and turned to look at the house-sized hive.

It was time to capture the Bee King cub.

With a thought, the demon slayer appeared in his hand.

"Returning Wind Falling Goose!"

"Boom!"

The hive exploded directly under Huang Chen's powerful attack, and dense, white bee pupae, looking like maggots, scattered all over the ground.

"Buzz!"

The moment the nest ruptured, a violent shriek suddenly pierced into Huang Chen's mind like billions of red-hot steel needles!

Huang Chen felt as if his soul had been thrown into an absolute zero icy sea, his thinking instantly frozen!

"Ah~~" Huang Chen's body shook violently.

What a terrifying mental shock!

Huang Chen's soul was already incomparably condensed, yet he was still stunned by this shriek for a few seconds before he could recover.

At this moment, the Bee King cub crawled out from the shattered nest, its two huge compound eyes looking at Huang Chen and then at the clone with anger.

It wasn't that it hadn't sensed the battle outside the hive, but it had already been laying eggs when the hive construction began.

Its egg-laying cycle was three days, and once interrupted, it would cause huge damage to its body.

Subsequently, it locked its hateful gaze onto Huang Chen. Soul Devouring Bees had an innate, special sensitivity to souls, and at this moment, the soul power radiating from Huang Chen was as dazzling as the bright moon in the dark night.

"Kill!" Seeing the Bee King cub appear, a brilliant light burst from Huang Chen's eyes, and he rushed directly towards the Bee King cub with a Soul Severing Stab.

"Jiji~"

It reacted very quickly. The moment Huang Chen rushed over, it had already hooked its tail and extended a chopstick-thick tail barb, stabbing toward Huang Chen at the same time.

Huang Chen dodged to the side. Even being bitten or stung by a mosquito-sized Soul Devouring Bee was excruciating; if he were stabbed by this thing, it would likely cost him his life.

Just then, the Soul Devouring Bees around the hive seemed to receive the Bee King's order, and they all abandoned the Huang Chens Clone, turning to charge straight at Huang Chen.

Before long, Huang Chen's body was once again covered in a dense layer of Soul Devouring Bees, even more than before, which caused his speed to drop significantly.

Immediately after, the Bee King flapped its wings, and countless needle shadows descended from the sky, covering Huang Chen and the several dozen meters around him.

Facing this attack from the Bee King, Huang Chen felt a sense of trepidation for no reason. However, he was now covered in Soul Devouring Bees, his movements had become very slow, and it was impossible to dodge it using his Movement Skill.

"Teleport!"

Swish~ The Soul Devouring Bee Swarm surrounding Huang Chen instantly scattered, and at the same time, Huang Chen's figure appeared to the side.

"Five Thunders Orthodox Law!" x N

Five Thunders Orthodox Law was currently the longest-duration skill among all of Huang Chen's skills. Facing the Soul-Devouring Bee King, no matter how many attacks you used, you could only deal one point of damage to it.

Therefore, using Five Thunders Orthodox Law to stack attacks was undoubtedly the best choice.

However, the Soul-Devouring Bee King's speed was extremely fast; with just a flicker, it hooked its tail barb and charged in front of Huang Chen.

Huang Chen kept dodging, relying on his Movement Skill.

As long as the Soul-Devouring Bee King didn't unleash that skill where all needles were fired at once, Huang Chen wasn't that wary. The two sides remained in a stalemate like this.

During this time, whenever the Soul-Devouring Bee King summoned needle shadows, Huang Chen would teleport to dodge.

Finally...

After a full hour of attrition, all the ordinary Soul Devouring Bees around him were dead, and the Soul-Devouring Bee King cub's health had finally dropped to the last sliver.

"Now is the time!"

The pale golden soul vortex in Huang Chen's palm slowly sank, like a brand, into the dark golden markings on the Bee King cub's forehead, merging with its origin.

The Bee King cub screamed frantically, its tail lashing about wildly, trying to knock away the hand Huang Chen had pressed onto its head.

However, the Bee King cub couldn't touch Huang Chen even at its peak; it was even more impossible now that it was so weak. Before long, the Bee King cub's cries stopped, and its body lay straight and motionless on the ground.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations on successfully capturing the special monster "Soul-Devouring Bee King" cub.]

"It's done!" Huang Chen shouted, then immediately issued a summon to the Soul-Devouring Bee King cub.

The Bee King cub flew toward Huang Chen unsteadily; with only one last drop of health left, its entire aura was extremely withered.

At this moment, even a single hit from a Battle Chicken could kill it.

Seeing this, Huang Chen quickly put the Soul-Devouring Bee King cub into his pet space. This thing was an incredible treasure, a one-in-ten-thousand-year existence; if it were accidentally touched by some blind monster, Huang Chen would regret it to death.

He opened the Bee King cub's attribute panel.

[Name]: Soul-Devouring Bee King (Unnamed)

[Status]: Cub (Extremely weak)

[Loyalty]: 70 (Awe/Dependence)

Health: 250,000

[Talent Skills]:

Absolute Defense: Any attack can only cause 1 point of mandatory health deduction.

Soul Devouring: Gnawing or stinging an enemy's soul causes immense pain and can refine the gnawed soul into soul honey.

Soul Domination: Can command and hatch all Soul Devouring Bees produced by it (Requirement: Nest). The Bee Swarm absolutely obeys the Bee King's will.

Soul Shriek: Emits a soul-tearing mental shockwave, causing the enemy to fall into a brief state of dizziness; range and intensity are affected by the Bee King's growth level and the target's soul strength. Cooldown: 1 hour.

Soul Link: The Bee Swarm gnawing on soul power will feed the most refined soul energy back to the Bee King, allowing the Bee King to continuously grow.

Bee Needle Rain: Summons countless Bee King needles to attack targets within a 100-meter range, each bee needle causing 100 points of soul damage. (A level 100 ordinary Trial Taker's soul strength is 1,000 points, while Huang Chen's current soul strength is 10,000 points.)

[Growth Requirements]: Soul Origin, Refined Soul Energy (soul honey), Nest.