Under the scorching and rampant Yang Fire Flame, the Magic Insect King's head slowly turned into ashes, and his Divine Soul aura completely collapsed and dissipated.
A generation's Magic Insect King, thus hastily perished!
Qi Ping, who was outside the rock cave, immediately breathed a sigh of relief upon learning this news.
The Magic Insect King ultimately died at Crow's hands.
However, Qi Ping did not let his guard down; instead, he had the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees laboriously cut the Demon Insect into several pieces before he transformed into a Mo Jia Bee and flew inside.
Upon entering the rock cave and seeing the Magic Insect King, which was as dead as could be, Qi Ping finally completely relaxed.
"He's really dead!"
Looking at the Magic Insect King's crimson body, covered in mysterious patterns, Qi Ping felt a surge of emotion.
A formidable Magic Insect King had actually died at his hands!
Even now that the Magic Insect King was dead, the pressure from his corpse remained strong, far heavier than the pressure from the Yang Fire Crow.
No wonder the Magic Insect King was called the innate King of Demon Insects, capable of giving birth to terrifying Demon Insect plagues.
Just a juvenile, whose Realm was not even as high as Crow's, and whose body was already confined by a Formation, was already this powerful.
Qi Ping truly dared not imagine if this guy had escaped and developed for a period, coupled with the terrifying Demon Insects that had emerged earlier; he couldn't even guess how terrifyingly strong he would become.
Qi Ping estimated that if this guy developed for a month, the next time they met, he could bring tens of thousands of Demon Insects to instantly kill him.
It was fortunate that he was cautious enough and had made many preparations for this.
The exploration and combat process were extremely careful; otherwise, with the terrifying power of the Magic Insect King's Divine Thought, the Yang Fire Crow could have its Divine Soul instantly destroyed if it was careless, let alone Qi Ping's small frame.
Fortunately, everything turned out well!
However, Qi Ping always felt that the nurturing of this Magic Insect King and the Demon Insects that appeared from the Secret Realm some time ago were very likely intentionally arranged by someone.
In fact, Qi Ping's feeling was correct; within the Qingtian Domain, the Qingyuan Sect, the Alliance of Evil Affinities, and other forces were all painstakingly investigating the existence of the Magic Insect King.
And Qi Ping, who had been continuously slaying Demon Insects recently, had coincidentally prevented the Magic Insect King's emergence.
Now, multiple forces, including the Qingyuan Sect, were running themselves ragged searching for the Magic Insect King, yet they couldn't find any trace of him, all in a state of utter bewilderment.
Didn't they say the Magic Insect King would emerge soon? Why is there no movement at all?
They even kept a constant watch on every move within the Qingtian Domain, just to find the Magic Insect King's whereabouts as soon as possible, because no one knew which corner of the Qingtian Domain the soon-to-emerge Magic Insect King was hiding in.
Qi Ping also didn't know how many people were anxious because of his actions.
Unfortunately, with the Magic Insect King's unexpected death, these forces were destined not to find him.
No one would discover the Magic Insect King's death in the short term; perhaps no one would believe that in the current Qingtian Domain, where Demon Insects were rampant, the Magic Insect King would actually be killed by an ordinary Cultivator.
Under normal circumstances, as long as the Magic Insect King emerged by enslaving Demon Insects, he would only need a period of time to possess the strength to sweep through all Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Qi Ping did not know at this moment how much impact his act of slaying the Magic Insect King today would have on the situation in the Qingtian Domain; after confirming the Magic Insect King's death, he only wanted to quickly deal with the scene.
He was somewhat worried that slaying the Magic Insect King might attract retaliatory enemies.
Therefore, he was already prepared to flee at any moment!
For safety, Crow had burned the Magic Insect King's entire head into charred fragments.
Then, he immediately collected the Magic Insect King's body parts and the remains of that King-level Insects.
At the same time, he also had Crow and the Bee Swarm begin to destroy the Four Extremes Demonic Array from the outside.
The Four Extremes Demonic Array was not difficult to destroy; as long as the Formation base was destroyed from the outside, even First Order Intermediate Demon Insects had the strength to destroy it from the outside, it just took a bit longer.
So, with the Yang Fire Crow and the Bee Swarm attacking together, it only took a moment for the Four Extremes Demonic Array to be completely destroyed, and the four spirit origin stone pillars, which were only slightly smaller than Qi Ping, were also pulled out by Crow.
The altar was also broken into several pieces by Crow, making it easier to pack into the Storage Pouch later.
The Storage Pouch had already been taken by the Bee Swarm, but Qi Ping had already arranged for the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees to retrieve the Storage Pouch before he came in.
The Storage Pouch that Qi Ping obtained from the Qi Refining Late Stage Black-Robed Cultivator had a larger space and was enough to hold everything in the rock cave.
Besides these, there were two other unusual items in the rock cave, casually placed beside it.
The first item was a cloth strip with writing on it.
Qi Ping did not handle this item himself; instead, he flew far away and had two Bees use stones to unroll it, trying to avoid contact with the cloth strip itself.
When the cloth strip was unrolled, there was only one line of text: "Enjoy the last gift this Honored One brings to you—Honored One Tianchi."
"Indeed, it's a good gift; my Animal Companions and I will gladly accept it."
Qi Ping had no good feelings towards this Honored One Tianchi, who cultivated the Magic Insect King.
If he hadn't accidentally prevented the Magic Insect King from emerging, with the Magic Insect King's abilities and cruel, cunning nature, hardly anyone in the entire Qing Shi County would have escaped.
Qi Ping's friend Nan Jie, Wang Shan who might have gone to the Three Great Families, Li Peng the thin man who was almost drained dry by the evil male Cultivator, including Qi Ping himself, might all have died here.
"Four spirit origin stone pillars and the Magic Insect King's corpse are indeed excellent gifts!"
At this moment, Qi Ping not only disrupted Honored One Tianchi's plan but also gained two precious treasures that were of great use to Qi Ping, especially the Magic Insect King's corpse, which couldn't be bought with Spirit Stones.
Qi Ping felt very pleased about this.
But at the same time, there was a faint worry in his heart; in the Qingtian Domain, 'Honored One' usually referred to Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators.
Qi Ping didn't know if that Nascent Soul old monster was still alive or if he could sense the situation here.
Although it was highly probable that not even his ashes remained, Qi Ping still wanted to quickly clean up here and then leave as soon as possible.
After instructing Crow to burn the cloth strip, Qi Ping looked at the other item.
It was an oddly shaped jade pendant containing a mysterious aura, looking like a quarter of a jade pendant, with an incomplete insect-shaped pattern on it.
It was obvious that this oddly shaped jade pendant was priceless and contained a great secret.
However, Qi Ping had no intention of holding it in his hand; such items were the most dangerous.
So he ordered:
"Send two High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees to move this jade pendant to an inconspicuous cave in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and hide it, then send four more Bees to follow, two responsible for remembering this location, and the other two responsible for guarding there, and the two Bees that touched the jade pendant, immediately flee towards outside the Qingtian Domain."
Doing this ensured that this jade pendant, like the strange token engraved with the character 'Jian', would be controlled in a hidden location by himself, while also eliminating the risk of carrying it on him.
Those few Bees that remembered the token's location, Qi Ping also specifically arranged them with the Bee Queen, and they would no longer participate in dangerous battles; their future task was to remember the locations of buried items for Qi Ping.
If their Lifespan was about to run out, they would timely pass on the location information of the jade pendant and token to new, young Bees.
After Qi Ping finished these tasks, the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bees that had gone out just happened to bring the Storage Pouch.
So, Qi Ping transformed back into human form and used spiritual power to control and put all traceable items in the cave into the Storage Pouch.
After doing all this, Qi Ping transformed into a Bee again, taking the Storage Pouch, the Bee Swarm, and Crow, and quickly left the area, leaving only a portion of the Bees to restore the excavated cave to its original state, trying to destroy or erase all traces of this rock cave and the outside.
Especially the outside, it must be restored to be the same as other places where flowers are planted, and absolutely no one should be able to see the special nature of this place.
Although the traces proving the existence of the Four Extremes Demonic Array and the Magic Insect King inside the rock cave had been erased, and ordinary people wouldn't notice anything upon entering, Qi Ping still felt that it was better to be as stable as possible.
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