Seeing the newly appearing demonic insect, the Blood Armor Beetle, flying yet again towards the Blood Ginseng's growth site, Qi Ping's face instantly turned extremely grim.

Not a coincidence!

The demonic insects appeared twice in succession, both heading directly for the Blood Ginseng's growth site!

The Blood Pattern Locust was one before, and now this is the Blood Armor Beetle!

"What exactly is hidden underground at the Blood Ginseng's growth site?"

Originally, Qi Ping was already wary of something underground at the Blood Ginseng's growth site, hence he dared not dig it up, for having a stable Tier One Intermediate Spiritual Land was more important to him.

Yet now, with the demonic insects just emerging, in a short span of days, two waves of demonic insects have already attacked this location, further proving that something dangerous might be buried under the Blood Ginseng.

This made Qi Ping even more cautious of the underground elements at the Blood Ginseng's growth site.

Besides, Qi Ping had another question:

How did these two waves of demonic insects find this place?

"Scent? Pheromones?"

"Memory?"

But Qi Ping felt it was unlikely. If it were memory, it couldn't have taken so long for just two waves to appear, plus the lifespan of demonic insects is short, leaving little room for memory.

The scent might be a possibility; perhaps some imperceptible pheromone was released here, attracting any passing demonic insects.

Unfortunately, demonic insects have a violent nature, rendering the Beast King Druid ineffective; otherwise, it might have been possible to find something out.

"Perhaps during the battle later, I can rely on the 'Animal Communication' skill to hear some useful information..."

The Blood Armor Beetles were flying slowly as if confirming their direction while flying.

Simultaneously, they seemed very focused, ignoring the small black bees they encountered, which would normally have been treated as food.

However, to Qi Ping's disappointment, despite the Blood Armor Beetles making sounds, he could not understand them at all...

"Are demonic insects not within the Beast King Druid's purview? Not only is 'Beast Friend' ineffective, even 'Animal Communication' failed..."

This was the first time Qi Ping encountered such a situation. Until now, he had never failed to understand the language of any animals, from Spirit Beasts like horses and cows to common mosquitoes and ants.

Yet here with demonic insects, it failed!

"It seems in-game, Druids define animals as those growing in natural ecosystems, while demonic insects are not normal products of natural ecosystems, thereby being excluded from the Druid's concept of animals..."

"The traits of demonic insects are bloodthirst, slaughter, and ferocity, more like monsters or enemy fiends..."

Realizing this, Qi Ping understood.

"Since there's no communication value, let's start the killing!"

Without any need for communication, only battle remained.

No matter what, Qi Ping would absolutely not allow demonic insects to invade his Blood Ginseng cultivation area now.

And although the group of Blood Armor Beetles in front of him was strong, Qi Ping wasn't unprepared.

"The number of Blood Armor Beetles is slightly more than last time's Blood Pattern Locusts, totaling fifty-six..."

"Listen up, align according to the practiced arrays, with ten bees forming a group, each group specifically targeting one Blood Armor Beetle..."

"The whole body of a Blood Armor Beetle is nearly covered in armor, your stingers can't penetrate it easily, so the eyes and rear are the only two weak points. As long as you penetrate and release venom, you can win. Be ready to assist bees in danger at other locations..."

"Buzz buzz... (Yes! Boss!)"

"Buzz buzz... (We've practiced this formation over a hundred times, there will be no mistakes!)"

After speaking, the Golden Marrow Bees immediately attacked the Blood Armor Beetles.

Qi Ping watched the 560 Golden Marrow Bees charging forward without blinking. Although tense, he also couldn't help but anticipate.

He was eager to see the effect of Golden Marrow Bees fighting in a military formation.

This was a method Qi Ping specifically devised in the previous few days to deal with demonic insects.

He recalled in history, an army with a military formation could be much more destructive than armies ten times their size.

Normally, unless one's strength surpassed a higher level completely, facing ten well-trained opponents in combat, escaping death was unlikely.

This was somewhat similar to the Golden Marrow Bees, as battles between them and demonic insects were mostly close-quarters combat, so the battle array should be effective.

Moreover, the Golden Marrow Bees were highly obedient, fearless, and trusted each other completely. If well-trained, the effect of the battle array could potentially be stronger than humans.

Thus, Qi Ping specially designed a simple battle array for the Golden Marrow Bees to practice.

For example, ten bees attacking at the same time, making it impossible to watch both ends...

Or surrounding from above, below, front, back, left, and right...

Or having some bees responsible for lure and distraction, some for rescue, some for sneak attacks...

Or when facing overly powerful demonic insects, even choosing to sacrifice individuals to create chances for other bees to strike...

....

Right now, the Golden Marrow Bees faced the enemy, the Blood Armor Beetle, though it was also a Tier One Intermediate demonic insect, it had much higher combat strength than the Blood Pattern Locust, far exceeding that of the Golden Marrow Bees.

[Blood Armor Beetle: Tier One Intermediate demonic insect, covered in hard blood-colored armor, equipped with extremely sharp and damaging forelimbs, tremendous strength...]

Qi Ping estimated that in a chaotic fight, fifty-six Blood Armor Beetles could even potentially achieve a kill ratio of one to five or even higher against the Golden Marrow Bees...

Because their blood armor was extremely hard, making it very difficult for the mouthparts and stings of the Golden Marrow Bees to break the Blood Armor Beetle's defense.

Though the Golden Marrow Bees had good defense, even Mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators found it challenging to kill them, but under the Blood Armor Beetles' highly lethal forelimbs, lasting a few moves was uncertain.

This highlighted the terrifying combat power of demonic insects and why they struck fear into ordinary cultivators.

Therefore, under normal battle conditions, it wasn't a major challenge for one Blood Armor Beetle to slay five to six Golden Marrow Bees, which was Qi Ping's worry.

...

The Blood Armor Beetles and Golden Marrow Bees soon approached each other, and a fierce aura immediately spread.

Faced with Golden Marrow Bees ten times their number, the Blood Armor Beetles showed no fear or retreat but instead charged fiercely forward.

The melee commenced almost instantly!

Meanwhile, Qi Ping's heart leaped into his throat at this moment.

Faced with the far superior Blood Armor Beetles, the Golden Marrow Bees, organized in groups of ten, identified their opponents and immediately sent forward one Golden Marrow Bee to attract the Blood Armor Beetle.

Upon engagement, this Golden Marrow Bee would latch onto the head of the Blood Armor Beetle, fighting and biting each other.

It could delay the Blood Armor Beetle for a few moments.

And these few moments were what it won for the other nine Golden Marrow Bees.

Once the leading Golden Marrow Bee locked the Blood Armor Beetle, two other bees quickly enveloped and bit down on its two wings.

Another four bees attacked its six legs.

These assaults occurred almost simultaneously!

Though the Blood Armor Beetle was stronger than the Golden Marrow Bee, it mainly relied on its hard blood armor and exceptionally damaging forelimbs. In strength, it wasn't vastly superior to the Golden Marrow Bee.

Thus, once its wings and legs were bitten by six Golden Marrow Bees, it lost its ability to fly and maneuver and fell straight from the sky!

This scene unfolded at the instant of their clash!

With the extraordinary cooperation power of the Golden Marrow Bees, fifty-six Blood Armor Beetles consecutively plummeted from the air!

And the moment the Blood Armor Beetles were constrained, the final three bees in a bee formation seized the opportunity, with two bees' stingers thrusting into the Blood Armor Beetle's eyes...

The final bee's stinger pierced the rear of the Blood Armor Beetle, injecting the bee venom with fierce precision at that moment...

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