Chapter 353: Chapter 353 Hoping He Won’t Scold Me When He Wakes Up
Yang Xiao asked Zhang Jian to act as bait, attracting most of the killer bees, and then took the opportunity to use the soul skill, Black Hole Swallowing, to eradicate them in one fell swoop.
Seeing the Bee Queen charging at him with dozens of killer bees, Yang Xiao didn’t have time to use a new soul skill. He pulled out his Golden Eagle Bow and shot a Fire Element Arrow at the incoming Bee Queen.
At the same time, he shouted loudly:
"Monk, are you all dead? Why aren’t you coming to help?"
Monk Ben Yin and the others, as if awakening from a dream, rushed over one by one.
With their Qinggong, it took a blink of an eye to cover the distance of over 200 meters.
Zhang Hai went to rescue Zhang Jian, who had fainted on the ground, while the rest engaged in a duel with the remaining killer bees.
Yang Xiao’s Fire Element Arrow burst into ten Arrow Shadows with a pop, exploding right in front of the Bee Queen. However, the Bee Queen was extraordinary, generating a Defense Light Screen in front of it. All of Yang Xiao’s arrows hit the Defense Light Screen, causing no damage to the Bee Queen.
With a whoosh, the Bee Queen shot a scorching line of fire at Yang Xiao, sharp like a laser beam.
The Flame Horse, without waiting for instructions from Yang Xiao, immediately dodged to the side, the line of fire barely missing Yang Xiao’s shoulder. He immediately felt a burning pain in his shoulder and turned to see that his clothes had been burnt through with a hole.
By this time, Zhi Ruo, Lan Xin, and the others had arrived. Zhi Ruo said:
"Young Master Yang, be careful of the Bee Queen’s fire line. It’s fast, highly lethal, and hard to defend against."
After saying this, Zhi Ruo, holding a blue longsword, flashed forward towards the Bee Queen, her Sword Qi fiercely targeting the Bee Queen.
The other sisters from the Emei Sect also swung their swords at the other killer bees in the sky.
Lan Xin from the Shenming Mountain Sect dashed up into the air over twenty meters and charged at the Bee Queen with a silver longsword radiating powerful Sword Qi.
Monk Ben Yin and a few disciples were already clashing fiercely with the remaining killer bees.
Now that the number of killer bees had significantly reduced, the group immediately took the offensive.
Yang Xiao was also busy, continuously shooting Flame Arrows with his Golden Eagle Bow towards the distant Bee Queen.
Under the joint assault of Yang Xiao, Lan Xin, and Zhi Ruo, the Bee Queen could no longer hold them off. It drew a fiery arc in front of it to repel Lan Xin and Zhi Ruo, then buzzed its wings to rise into the air and fled into the distance.
The dozen or so killer bees that had not been killed also urgently took to the air and followed the Bee Queen in escaping.
Monk Ben Yin sighed:
"What a pity, if we could have killed this Bee Queen, it might have dropped some good equipment."
Now, good equipment can sell for tens of thousands of Crystal Coins, which has become their main source of income.
Yang Xiao laughed:
"The Bee Queen has lost its swarm and has become vulnerable. It will fall into our hands sooner or later. There are still a lot of spoils on the ground; you guys go pick them up."
Yang Xiao used Devouring Black Hole to kill over a hundred killer bees at once, leaving hundreds of Genetic Balls and several weapons and equipments on the ground.
With the battle coming to a halt, Zhang Hai had already fed Zhang Jian five Detoxification Pills and two Small Blood Pills, somewhat alleviated.
Everyone looked at Yang Xiao.
Monk Ben Yin said:
"Brother Yang, since you killed most of the killer bees, the spoils should belong to you."
Yang Xiao waved his hand and said:
"We can’t say that. If it weren’t for Zhang Jian attracting the killer bees, I couldn’t have eliminated so many so quickly. Zhang Jian has suffered; I suggest that all the Genetic Balls and weapons on the ground be collected and exchanged at the Genetic Store for Crystal Coins, to be divided into five parts, one each for Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, Shenming Mountain, and myself. Does everyone think this is fair?"
Although Zhang Hai was somewhat dissatisfied with Yang Xiao using his junior as bait, he knew that Yang Xiao had made a significant contribution. His junior had only suffered a bit and was not in danger of death, so he immediately nodded in agreement.
The others naturally had no objections. Yang Xiao had resolved the encirclement of killer bees and fairly distributed the spoils, immediately gaining everyone’s favor.
With over a hundred killer bees, each dropping at least three Genetic Balls, that’s nearly 500 Genetic Balls, equivalent to 50,000 Crystal Coins.
Additionally, there were over thirty weapons, all with attributes above seven points, which were all sold to the Genetic Store, earning over 40,000 Crystal Coins, with a total of nearly 100,000 Crystal Coins.
Everyone was elated.
Monk Ben Yin said to Yang Xiao:
"Brother Yang, where’s your Black Crystal Card? I’ll have the shop owner transfer it to your account."
Yang Xiao smiled and said:
"Transfer my share to Zhang Jian."
"Ah?"
Everyone was surprised upon hearing this.
"Without Zhang Jian serving as bait, this situation would be difficult to resolve. Consider it a reward for him. Besides, the bodies of those killer bees are mine. I’ll take them back to Nanmu City, it’ll also serve as a pile of food."
Each killer bee weighs roughly 100 pounds, and with more than a hundred bees, that makes over ten thousand pounds. For Yang Xiao, simply placing them in the mysterious Black Bottle turns them into gene evolution resources, not inferior to 25,000 Crystal Coins, but rather more.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Hai looked at Yang Xiao with newfound respect, thinking to himself that he had harbored resentment toward Yang Xiao just moments before, yet had not realized how generous Yang Xiao was. Truly, he had underestimated a noble heart with his petty thoughts. He then said:
"Brother Yang, then let me thank you on behalf of Zhang Jian."
"Hehe, hopefully, he won’t curse when he wakes up."
"Hehe, how could he."
Standing aside, Lan Xin and Zhi Ruo also looked at Yang Xiao with eyes filled with admiration.
"You go ahead with your tasks, I’ll take the killer bee corpses away."
Naturally, Yang Xiao would not take out the Black Bottle in front of everyone; this secret must be kept from anyone.
Monk Ben Yin and Zhang Hai immediately offered:
"Let us help you."
"Sure, that would be good. With so many, it would take a long time to move them all to the Transmission Array by myself."
Lan Xin and Zhi Ruo also said they wanted to help, so dozens of people went together and quickly moved the corpses of over a hundred killer bees to the Transmission Array.
The Transmission Array lit up with circles of light, and within these lights, Yang Xiao saw the words ’Nanmu City’. He touched it, and he and the pile of killer bees disappeared.
Yang Xiao returned to Nanmu City and instructed the guards at the gate to move all the killer bees into the building.
He still needed to avoid Gu Bo from the Genetic Store; the secret of the mysterious Black Bottle absolutely could not be known by anyone.
The gate guards moved over a hundred killer bees into a room inside the building, Yang Xiao closed the door, putting most of the bees into the Black Bottle, leaving only about twenty for Huang Wen and others to barbecue.
Keeping some of the bee corpses was also to confuse people outside — one couldn’t just eat them all at once, right?
Yang Xiao’s Black Bottle still contained the liquid of an Enhanced Gene Advanced camel and several Mutant Monsters, in addition to the liquid from today’s killer bees, which should be quite substantial.
Yang Xiao checked and saw plenty of milky-white liquid inside the bottle, so he poured it into a small cup and slowly drank it.
This drink only increased his attribute value by 1 point. Yang Xiao’s genetic attributes were getting higher, and each increase was becoming more difficult.
Yang Xiao increased 1 point in Defense, now his genetic attribute values were:
Strength 50, Agility 50, Defense 47, Wisdom 40.
Yang Xiao estimated that if things went well, he would soon be able to break through to Intermediate Enhanced Gene.
Yang Xiao also had an Invisible Spiritual Attribute, likely over ten points. Spiritual power would provide an enhancement to Yang Xiao’s overall combat power, thus his combat power now far surpassed that of his peers.
After attending to these tasks, Yang Xiao met Xu Nanqiang, who was in charge of logistics.
"Get me ten packs of salt, 2 bottles of soy sauce, and 2 packs of chili powder."
Yang Xiao knew that salt was abundant, but soy sauce and chili powder were not, so people usually used less chili in their food.
To have enough chili to consume, they would have to wait until Earth thawed out for chilies to be artificially cultivated.
Xu Nanqiang bagged the items and handed them to Yang Xiao.
"Boss, aren’t you going to eat dinner before you go?"
"No need."
Yang Xiao said, walking towards the Transmission Array outside the square, and once again arrived at the depths of the desert.