The Bee Swarm forming this special battle formation instantly made the Black-Robed Cultivator's expression change drastically!
"These are Bees controlled by a Cultivator!"
Only Insects controlled by a Cultivator could possibly set up such a battle formation, and it would have to be an extremely powerful Insect Cultivator!
Because even he couldn't achieve such precise control and training over his Demon Insects.
Spirit Beasts stronger than his Demon Insects, plus an Insect Cultivator stronger than him—the danger this represented needed no further explanation.
What terrified him even more was that he still hadn't discovered where that Insect Cultivator was!
Didn't this mean that the Insect Cultivator's strength might far exceed his own?
All of this made him realize that he had kicked an iron plate this time.
But the Black-Robed Cultivator couldn't understand how such a powerful existence, and an Insect Cultivator at that, could be in Area D of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, such a desolate place!
However, he no longer had any time to react.
Because the Bee Swarm had already launched its attack!
They formed battle formations, perfectly utilizing their advantages and avoiding their weaknesses.
Under these battle formations, no matter from what angle the Blood Resentment Mosquitoes and Corpse Water Flies attacked, they would be struck by these Bees!
The next moment, a scene that made the Black-Robed Cultivator's eyes turn bloodshot appeared!
"Damn it!"
Under the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee battle formation, with ten Bees forming one combat team, they plunged into the army of Blood Resentment Mosquitoes and Corpse Water Flies like tigers entering a flock of sheep.
One Demon Insect after another was quickly cut into pieces by the Blade Wings of the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees; their proud poisons and piercing-sucking mouthparts were completely useless against the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees' Blade Wings, being utterly suppressed.
This made the Black-Robed Cultivator's heart bleed as he watched!
These were Demon Insects that he had spent a great price and effort to contract, and they were being slaughtered so easily!
One must know that these two types of Demon Insects combined would require even a Qi Refining Ninth Stage Cultivator to deal with cautiously, yet under the attack of this Bee Swarm, they were like lambs!
Originally, his Demon Insects, being outnumbered, were not without a chance of victory, because he could sense that the Bees' defenses could be broken by his Demon Insects, but the Bees, forming a battle formation, perfectly avoided their weaknesses and maximized the power of their Blade Wings.
However, even though his heart was boiling with killing intent, he dared not recall his Demon Insects, but instead turned and ran.
He was afraid that if he didn't run now, he wouldn't get another chance!
That Insect Cultivator hadn't even made a move yet!
But how could Qi Ping give him a chance to escape?
"Trying to run? No way!"
So, under Qi Ping's command, two hundred High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees immediately dispersed and pursued him.
It had already been confirmed that these two types of First Stage Late Stage Demon Insects posed no threat to the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees in their battle formation.
The combat power of scattered individuals and a regular army simply couldn't be compared, not to mention that their individual strength was already suppressed by the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees.
Even if only two hundred High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees remained to deal with the remaining Demon Insects, it would be enough.
As for this Qi Refining Seventh Stage Black-Robed Cultivator, Qi Ping would not choose to let him go, for who knew if this would attract more and stronger enemies.
Destroying the evidence was the right way!
Therefore, under Qi Ping's command, two hundred High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees quickly pursued him.
With the speed of the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees, they quickly caught up to the Qi Refining Seventh Stage Black-Robed Cultivator.
"Front, back, left, right, and above—a full 360-degree encirclement attack! Those in front, pay attention to dodging attacks."
Under Qi Ping's command, the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees did not immediately attack, but first completed the seamless encirclement.
As a Cultivator himself, Qi Ping knew best where the weaknesses of Human Race Cultivators lay.
He also knew that ordinary Cultivators always had some trump cards, and this mysterious Black-Robed Cultivator might have a trump card that could cause fatal damage to the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees.
Therefore, a full, seamless encirclement at this moment was the best choice.
"Fifty per group, full-scale attack!"
Under Qi Ping's command, fifty High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees launched an attack from various directions.
The Black-Robed Cultivator, seeing this scene, was clearly flustered; surrounded by such a formation, even if he had some powerful offensive trump card, there would be no chance of escaping.
Facing the attack, he conjured five Flying Swords, forming a Five Elements Sword Formation to attack Qi Ping's High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees.
"It's actually the Art of Sword Manipulation, and a Sword Formation!" Qi Ping was startled.
Fortunately, he had transformed into a High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee and hidden in the distance, otherwise, it would have been dangerous if this Cultivator had discovered him.
Because even if the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees' defense was not afraid of Flying Swords, it would be impossible to block the Flying Swords that the Black-Robed Cultivator directed at Qi Ping; the difference in size led to too great a difference in power.
In fact, for safety, Qi Ping even deliberately had several High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees hide with him, precisely to reduce his distinctiveness.
"Fortunately, I transformed into a High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee and hid!" Qi Ping felt incredibly fortunate.
Otherwise, if a Qi Refining Late Stage Flying Sword Formation came at him, he wouldn't be able to block a single sword!
"But if this Black-Robed Cultivator only has this much, then the battle should end!"
The Flying Swords were indeed powerful, but the speed of a Qi Refining Seventh Stage Flying Sword now seemed unable to keep up with the speed of the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees, nor could it defend against the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees' seamless attacks.
So the final outcome was self-evident.
The Black-Robed Cultivator's Sword Formation could only defend against attacks from one direction, so very quickly, under the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees' assault, gruesome wounds began to appear continuously on the Black-Robed Cultivator's body.
The Black-Robed Cultivator's spiritual power shield and Physical Body simply could not withstand the high-speed cutting of the Blade Wings.
After a fierce struggle, the Black-Robed Cultivator finally turned into a corpse covered in gruesome wounds.
Especially the back of his neck, which was a key target for the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees, was almost half severed.
"However, this Sword Formation technique is quite extraordinary."
Because even though the Black-Robed Cultivator's Sword Formation was not yet fully mastered, it still unexpectedly killed about ten High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees.
"But no matter how extraordinary, it's mine now!"
Suppressing his inner joy and excitement, Qi Ping first had the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees inspect the surroundings to ensure no other Cultivators had been attracted, then he resumed his human form, swiftly collected the Black-Robed Cultivator's corpse and belongings, as well as the Demon Insects scattered on the ground, even collecting the traces on the ground with spiritual power to prevent discovery by the guards patrolling the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
The only not-so-pleasant thing was that Qi Ping experienced his first naked run in two lifetimes, fortunately, no one saw him.
Upon returning, Qi Ping found a deep pit and buried the Black-Robed Cultivator's corpse and miscellaneous items, then excitedly began to tally his gains from this trip.
First were the five Medium Grade Magical Artifact Flying Swords used by the Black-Robed Cultivator; these were even a set of Medium Grade Magical Artifact Flying Swords.
According to the price of a Medium Grade set of Flying Swords, this single gain was enough to make Qi Ping rich overnight!
In addition, over a thousand Demon Insect corpses could also fetch a good amount of Spirit Stones.
However, what shocked Qi Ping even more came later; after he painstakingly erased the Black-Robed Cultivator's Divine Sense imprint on the Storage Pouch, Qi Ping was utterly stunned by what was inside!
"Now I have the Spirit Stones to buy Advanced Spirit Beasts."
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