[Species: Wind-Blade Bee]
[Bloodline: Rank 2 High-grade]
[Talents: Wind Armor, Wind Blade, Storm Focus]
Wind Armor: Can form a layer of rapidly flowing Wind-attribute spiritual energy on the surface of the body, significantly weakening incoming damage.
Wind Blade: Can condense a sharp blade of Wind-attribute energy to strike enemies.
Storm Focus: Can link with other Wind-Blade Bees as a single entity, gathering spiritual energy to massively enhance the strength of Wind Armor and Wind Blade.
[Evaluation: You can easily deal with one Wind-Blade Bee, but if there is a swarm, you had better be careful.]
Even though the Wind-Blade Bee's evolution was perfect, Qi Ping didn't get too excited. At the late stage of Rank 2, the bloodline of the Golden Marrow Bees was still quite ordinary. Compared to the Crows, the Flower Demon, or the little Immortal Tiger, they had no inherent advantage and relied entirely on their massive numbers and battle formations to pin down enemies. This remained true even for the perfected Wind-Blade Bees.
However, things were different with Storm Focus. The power generated by a massive swarm of Wind-Blade Bees gathering together shocked even Qi Ping.
Consequently, Qi Ping studied various battle formation and array knowledge to develop a formation that could truly unleash the Storm Focus trait. In this formation, the bees condensed into a single massive entity, capable of using their speed to shift into various forms!
There was the Super Wind Armor Formation for maximum defense and the Super Wind Blade Formation for maximum offense. They could also split into multiple smaller formations depending on the situation!
They could adopt different forms to deal with various attacks, such as a concentrated strike from a sword cultivator or a dispersed multi-target attack. If an attack was too powerful to block, they could choose to dodge or sacrifice a few bees; if the attack was spread out, they could form a massive Wind Armor Array!
The speed and flexibility of the Wind-Blade Bees offered endless possibilities. Qi Ping was extremely satisfied after perfecting the formation.
"Now, with the Wind-Blade Bees in hand, my identity as the Bee Daoist is finally worthy of the name!"
"All that's left is to fully nurture the scale of the swarm."
As Qi Ping looked at the vast fields of Rank 2 spirit herbs in his territory—a scene overflowing with spiritual energy and the fragrance of medicine—his heart was full of confidence. Under the Queen Bee's management and the boost from the Natural Sanctuary, the spirit herb industry was thriving. With this industry as a foundation, he could definitely build a bee army of terrifying proportions.
"Perhaps before long, the Wind-Blade Bees will give the Qingtian Domain a massive surprise!"
After completing the swarm's evolution and reaching the late stage of Foundation Establishment, Qi Ping focused more intensely on researching array fusion and his Water-Fire techniques, as well as leveling up his Druid profession.
Through his hard work, it took less than a year for Qi Ping to grind his Druid level to 8!
[Druid Level: Lv7 (1/6400)] -> [Druid Level: Lv8 (1/12800)]
"As expected, after my cultivation reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, the speed of gaining Druid experience increased significantly!"
Qi Ping could now confirm that an increase in cultivation realm did indeed accelerate his Druid experience gain. The acquisition rate was never static.
"Perhaps it is because after a breakthrough, it becomes easier to gain insights into the Laws and spells?"
Qi Ping wasn't entirely sure, but the fact that cultivation boosted his Druid progress was a good thing.
What he cared about most now, however, were the four skills provided at level 8. For the Shepherd of Trees, the two skills were Plant Sovereign and Plant Prison. For the Beast King Druid, they were Wilderness True Form and Beast King's Destruction.
After a quick glance, Qi Ping immediately chose Plant Sovereign and Wilderness True Form. These two skills were indispensable to him. While the active attack skills, Plant Prison and Beast King's Destruction, were quite good, they didn't hold much appeal for him given the countless spells he already possessed.
Plant Sovereign and Wilderness True Form, on the other hand, were irreplaceable!
In the game, Plant Sovereign was merely a skill that increased experience gain. While its utility was average there, Qi Ping felt that in the cultivation world, its strength could be raised by at least three tiers!
[Plant Sovereign: A Plant Sovereign can continuously gain power insights from contracted trees! At set intervals, you will receive experience from your contracted trees. The more trees you have contracted, the faster you gain experience.]
This effect functioned like a passive experience engine, greatly boosting his Druid leveling speed. For Qi Ping, this was an excellent passive. As long as he contracted more spirit trees, the experience gain would improve.
However, that wasn't enough to truly thrill him. Qi Ping felt his current leveling speed was decent, and the time required was perfectly acceptable for a cultivator with a long lifespan. What truly moved him was the first sentence of the skill description: A Plant Sovereign can continuously gain power insights from contracted trees!
This likely meant he could constantly obtain insights into the trees' powers—for example, the solar power of the Sun-Blaze Wood!
"If this effect can truly be realized, the speed at which I comprehend the Five Elements Laws will increase massively. I might even have a chance to glimpse other Laws!"
He could plant spirit vegetation related to the Five Elements, or even Space-Time, Illusions, or the Dream Dao. Through his contracted trees, he could continuously gain insights into those Laws! The path of the Five Elements was notoriously difficult, so if he could use his trees to boost his comprehension speed, Plant Sovereign would become a true divine skill!
Furthermore, as his cultivation and soul strength increased, he would be able to contract more and more trees. The benefits of Plant Sovereign would only grow over time.
"The results will be revealed soon!"
Thinking of the skill's immense potential, anticipation rose in Qi Ping's heart.
Wilderness True Form, meanwhile, was an advanced version of the Wild Shape skill. If Wild Shape was merely a functional mechanic, Wilderness True Form was a complete transformation of existence! By upgrading a transformation into a Wilderness True Form, that specific shape would become a free-roaming cultivation form with no restrictions!