After learning that the enemies were fifty White Bone Bees, Qi Ping's expression became extremely grim.
[White Bone Bee: First-Order High-level Demon Insect, its defense is extremely outstanding due to its body being covered by an exoskeleton; its tail stinger contains potent venom, and its mouthparts are sharp.]
White Bone Bees are true First-Order High-level Demon Insects, their strength is immeasurably greater than Demon Insects like Blood Armor Gū, Blood Pattern Locust, and Thorned Demon Spider.
Defense, attack, and potent venom, almost none were lacking, and their speed was also very fast.
More importantly, the White Bone Bee's entire body is covered by a layer of white exoskeleton. With the defense of this exoskeleton layer, even if it stood still and let First Order Intermediate Gold Marrow Bees attack, it would be impossible for the Gold Marrow Bees to break through.
Its backside is also not the White Bone Bee's weakness; its tail stinger is even stronger than the Gold Marrow Bee's tail stinger.
At the same time, the White Bone Bee's size is two to three times that of the Gold Marrow Bee, and its strength and speed far exceed the Gold Marrow Bee. Coupled with the ability to deliver fatal attacks with its mouthparts and venomous tail stinger from both front and back, its lethality is also extremely terrifying.
An ordinary Gold Marrow Bee would find it difficult to last even a breath against a White Bone Bee.
And the White Bone Bee's only weakness is that its eyes are slightly more vulnerable; the Gold Marrow Bee merely has a chance to break through the defense around its eyes.
Another tricky problem is that as fellow Bee species, they generally have strong resistance to each other's Bee venom, especially White Bone Bees, which are already highly venomous. They are bound to have stronger resistance to the Gold Marrow Bee's Bee venom.
For the Gold Marrow Bees to win, only by forming groups of twenty or more and engaging in desperate combat is there a possibility of victory.
But even so, Qi Ping estimated that in a battle between thirteen hundred Gold Marrow Bees and fifty White Bone Bees, the losses could be at least five hundred, or even over a thousand.
Qi Ping also couldn't accurately estimate the specific numbers, after all, the gap in combat power between First Order Intermediate and First-Order High-level is too large.
"Damn it! In just one more day, my High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees would be formed!" Qi Ping was somewhat vexed.
Currently, the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees' organs are not fully developed and mature, making them unable to form effective combat power.
"Why did something like this have to happen on the very last day before the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees are formed..."
If he were to choose to leave now, it would be too unwilling for him.
He now had some speculation about what was under the Blood Ginseng Growing Area.
There was a high probability that something below would release a special signal every three days, summoning Demon Insects. However, Qi Ping couldn't be sure if this was a special mechanism or some kind of creature.
But no matter which it was, once this place was occupied by Demon Insects, not only would the spiritual land likely be ruined, but the things below might also bring unpredictable disaster.
And now, Qi Ping's High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee Legion would be initially formed in one more day.
Furthermore, Qi Ping also gained 55 points of Druid Experience during these nine days.
[Druid Level: lv2 (83/200)] → [Druid Level: lv2 (138/200)].
Now, with only 62 points of Druid Experience remaining, Qi Ping could be promoted to a Third Level Druid and obtain the life-saving divine skill [Wilderness Transformation].
Furthermore, one blood ginseng had already been cultivated to a hundred years!
As long as Qi Ping cultivated another fifty-year-old flowing light grass, he could once again produce the bloodline mutation potion.
It is estimated that the flowing light grass will only take another four or five days to cultivate to fifty years, at which point he can continue to evolve the Gold Marrow Bee species.
By utilizing the experience gained from evolving the Gold Marrow Bee Swarm, Qi Ping will definitely be able to directly advance to a Third Order Druid!
All of this only requires about another week!
And if he were to leave now, finding a new spiritual land suitable for cultivating blood ginseng and flowing light grass, he didn't know how many difficulties and troubles there would be.
Moreover, Qi Ping was also very interested in the things under the blood ginseng land. As long as he could [Wilderness Transformation] into a High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee, the potential threat underground would be minimized for him.
After all, with High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees scattered throughout the entire Cloud Mist Mountain Range, how many people could catch him?
Under such conditions, he might not be unable to get involved with the potential opportunities that might exist under the blood ginseng land.
But all of this would be ruined if the White Bone Bees broke through today!
"Since that's the case... then I'll fight!"
With a fierce resolve in his heart, Qi Ping immediately called out the only High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee.
This High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee, as the only First Generation species Bee, Qi Ping originally planned never to let it participate in battle under normal circumstances. After all, as a Bloodline evolved from the First Generation, its strength was undoubtedly the highest.
It's just that now Qi Ping had no choice but to use it, otherwise, even if all thirteen hundred Gold Marrow Bees attacked together, the outcome would likely be a Pyrrhic victory, or possibly even failure.
"Anyway, there are already six hundred High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees that are about to mature and those in the larval stage. Bee Kings are also being re-cultivated, so even if there are accidents, they are within the acceptable range."
"Moreover, when the Gold Marrow Bees take the bloodline mutation potion again, they might not necessarily fail to evolve into a stronger Bee species!"
Having thought this through, Qi Ping made up his mind. Even if this First Generation High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee were to fall, this battle must be won!
So Qi Ping turned his head and said to it:
"Later, while the other Bees are holding back the White Bone Bees, seize the Opportunity to quickly sever the White Bone Bees' bodies or cut off their wings. Be sure to ensure your own safety and do not engage in head-on combat!"
After deciding to let the First Generation High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee participate in the battle, Qi Ping carefully instructed it.
The High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee has three Talents: [Blade Wings], [High-Speed Cutting], and [Extreme Wind Speed]. Its advantages lie in its speed and extremely strong cutting attacks.
Correspondingly, their defense is not particularly outstanding. Although it's decent, it's not yet at the level where it can withstand a large number of White Bone Bees.
Once surrounded by White Bone Bees, it will fall into danger.
Therefore, only by using ordinary Gold Marrow Bees to hold back the White Bone Bees, and then having the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee utilize its extremely high speed to ambush the White Bone Bees that are unable to defend themselves in time, can the maximum effect be achieved.
"Buzz buzz. (Don't worry, Boss, trust Feng Feng, it'll be fine!)"
"Buzz buzz. (They don't feel particularly strong to me.)"
A Bee that exuded a sharp Aura from head to tail and was much larger than ordinary Gold Marrow Bees said confidently to Qi Ping.
With its eyes full of Killing Intent, it stared at those fifty White Bone Bees. The next moment, its figure shot out like a sharp sword!
And the moment the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee approached, the entire White Bone Bee Swarm's bodies suddenly paused, their eyes staring intently in the direction the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee appeared from, as if they had encountered some terrifying enemy.
"The High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee seems stronger than imagined?"
Seeing this scene, Qi Ping's expression was slightly startled.
It seems he had still underestimated the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee.
So Qi Ping also seized the Opportunity and, without hesitation, ordered the Gold Marrow Bees to form groups of twenty and proactively charge forward first!
Now that the White Bone Bees' attention was partially drawn by the even more top-tier High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee, it was the final moment for the Gold Marrow Bees to initiate combat!
After Qi Ping's command, the Gold Marrow Bees immediately charged towards the White Bone Bees in an overwhelming torrent using a special battle formation!
These Bees, initiating battle in a battle formation, brought a much more shocking momentum than when they attacked in a scattered manner before!
At this moment, Qi Ping simultaneously activated the skill [Heart of the Wild]:
[Heart of the Wild: As a Beast King Druid, you can awaken the resilient will and powerful rage within your Animal Companions. Animal Companions will thus gain a Will bonus, increased attack power, and increased attack speed.]
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