This time, the transformation lasted significantly longer, extending for an hour without conclusion.

It wasn't until more than an hour later that the body and trait enhancements of the remaining thirteen drones gradually stabilized from the intense changes.

What surprised Qi Ping the most was the fifty-first drone that, at the last moment, rushed out of the swarm to devour the final Bloodline Mutation Potion.

Not only did it withstand the highest mortality rate of the first two steps, but it also evolved a trait that no other drone had achieved... Wings!

At this moment, its wings are almost invisible, nearly transparent.

But with careful observation using Divine Sense, one would sense an extremely strong resilience and a terrifyingly sharp aura.

The dangerous aura it gave Qi Ping was the strongest!

It's important to know that Qi Ping is no longer a novice; with a relatively abundant supply of Golden Marrow Bees, his cultivation has gradually approached the Fourth-Layer of Qi Refining over time, and with the defense of the Tree Skin Technique and Wood Shield Technique, his strength is not weak.

Yet this single Golden Marrow Bee, which hasn't completed its advanced evolution, gave Qi Ping such a strong sense of danger. It can be imagined just how significant the transformation of this fifty-first drone must be.

Thinking about this, Qi Ping felt some joy in his heart and silently prayed that it would overcome the final advancement stage.

Aside from this single drone that evolved wings, among the other twelve drones, five had increased body and belly sizes.

Four drones achieved relatively balanced enhancements, with a slight emphasis on reinforcement of the mandibles.

Two bees whose tail needles became enlarged.

And one drone completely enveloped in blood color.

A total of five types of drones survived the second-step mutation.

The increased body and belly sizes are generally an emergency mutation to withstand the violent energy of the Bloodline Mutation Potion as documented in the Demon Insect Cultivation Manual. This type of mutation generally serves no purpose and often leads to death during the promotion process.

Therefore, Qi Ping had no expectations for this group of Big Belly Bees.

Those Balanced Bees with balanced enhancements were not bad. Although they didn't have any exceptionally outstanding characteristics, they retained the most basic features of the Golden Marrow Bees, making it the most stable transformation route, preserving almost all the traits and characteristics of the Golden Marrow Bees.

Drones with reinforced tail needles likely represent toxicity enhancement. The function of such a change needs no elaboration; at least Qi Ping quite liked it.

If you can't beat them, use poison!

As for the last bee enveloped entirely in blood color, Qi Ping was a bit puzzled because such a scenario was relatively rare.

Add to it that this drone was still undergoing transformation and couldn't communicate with Qi Ping, so Qi Ping couldn't understand the nature of this mysterious change.

"I hope more than one-third of these thirteen drones can successfully transform!"

According to the description of the Bloodline Mutation Potion formula, it's already quite good for three to four out of a hundred demon insects to successfully mutate.

So if Qi Ping's thirteen drones have five, or even just four, that succeed in advancing, it would already be quite impressive.

In fact, having thirteen out of fifty-one drones reach this point is already very commendable, exceeding the probabilities described in the Bloodline Mutation Potion.

Qi Ping estimated that the ability to achieve this was greatly aided by the skill [Beast King's Blessing].

Additionally, these Golden Marrow Bees had recently fed almost exclusively on honey brewed from Blood Ginseng, giving them a higher adaptability and absorption capability for the Bloodline Mutation Potion, which was mainly made from Blood Ginseng.

The Bloodline Mutation Potion formula explicitly mentioned that the higher the adaptability to Blood Ginseng, the higher the probability of successful mutation.

Due to these two reasons, Qi Ping felt confident enough to start the transformation process with only a sufficient amount of Bloodline Mutation Potion for forty to fifty Golden Marrow Bees.

And now, the results confirmed Qi Ping's assumptions were correct.

....

In Qi Ping's slightly anxious and restless mood, more than another hour passed.

The closer it got to the final decisive moment, the more anxiously impatient Qi Ping became.

Even the more than a thousand peripheral Golden Marrow Bees fell into a similar state as Qi Ping.

Because they knew that whether the group could complete the leap depended on this final step.

And under such a myriad of gazes, those thirteen drones finally ushered in the ultimate advancement transformation!

Once they passed this step, they were certain to ascend to the later stage of Tier One, and the transformation would be completely successful!

Almost simultaneously, under the power of the Bloodline Mutation Potion and the force of transformation, the aura of the thirteen drones reached the pinnacle of the mid-stage Tier One at this moment.

In the ensuing time, the aura of the latter stage Tier One steadily rose one after another among them.

It began!

However, just as the process had barely started, one Big Belly Bee couldn't withstand the power of advanced transformation and exploded with a bang.

Qi Ping had anticipated this outcome; the Big Belly Bee was born under a half-failed mutation and was never likely to succeed in transforming.

After the first Big Belly Bee died, the second, third, and fourth followed, all failing in transformation at the last moment.

Just when Qi Ping thought that the last Big Belly Bee would also fail, it persisted, prompting Qi Ping to glance at it a few extra times.

Following this, for quite a while, no more deaths occurred, allowing Qi Ping's nerves jangled by the chain deaths of the Big Belly Bees to slightly relax.

"Fortunately! It seems the situation is not too bad!"

But Qi Ping hadn't been relieved for long when a series of four explosive sounds sank his heart to the depths.

Two of the four Balanced Bees couldn't withstand the transformation force and shattered.

In addition to this, the two Highly Poisonous Bees that Qi Ping favored also failed in their transformation!

This meant the hope of cultivating the Highly Poisonous Bee army was dashed for Qi Ping.

Now Qi Ping could only think of two words to describe his feelings: particularly distressed!

However, when it rains, it pours; not long after, that mysterious blood-colored drone also exploded.

This explosion directly plunged Qi Ping's emotions to the extreme.

Qi Ping had extremely high hopes for that mysterious blood-colored bee!

To find it had died at the last moment!

Fortunately, providing Qi Ping a tiny bit of comfort, no further transformation failures occurred afterward.

Soon, four perfect and stable auras at a later stage of Tier One rose one after another!

"So the remaining four drones all finally succeeded in their transformation..."

At this moment, Qi Ping's anxious mood finally relaxed; they finally succeeded!

Under normal circumstances, using the Bloodline Mutation Potion, having three to four successful out of a hundred demon insects is already commendable.

While Qi Ping with fifty-one bees succeeded with four, it's already an extremely favorable success rate.

It's just... Although the success rate is considered remarkable, the failure of the Highly Poisonous Bees and the blood-colored bees still leaves Qi Ping with some regret.

"Fortunately, the fifty-first drone with transformed wings succeeded in its transformation!"

This is what made Qi Ping happiest because this bee gave the strongest sense of danger to Qi Ping.

Undoubtedly, in the aspect of combat power enhancement, this drone ranks first among all others!

Moreover, the wing mutation must confer supreme speed; Qi Ping hadn't forgotten the drone's meteoric rush out of the swarm.

"The two Balanced Bees' successful transformation also isn't bad!"

The enhancement of Balanced Bees is not only more comprehensive, but their foundation is also the best for any future Bloodline Transformations.

"But what's up with this Big Belly Bee? Wasn't it said that this type almost never successfully transforms?"

This was Qi Ping's most puzzling question.

After observing it for a while, he discovered that this Big Belly Bee seemed different from the other Big Belly Bees and the description in the Demon Insect Cultivation Manual.

"Could it be that this Big Belly Bee is not a half-failure product, but instead succeeded in transforming normally by walking the tightrope?"

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