Chapter 331 - 189: The Troublesome Swarm! The Rock Armor Eagle’s Key Assist! Capturing the Ferocious Poison Bee King

Chapter 331: Chapter 189: The Troublesome Swarm! The Rock Armor Eagle’s Key Assist! Capturing the Ferocious Poison Bee King

Fierce Poisonous Bees were the size of a fist, their bodies covered in a hard, black-and-yellow shell and fine fuzz.

The reason they were so ferocious, striking fear into the hearts of countless jungle animals, was not only their mandibles—strong enough to tear wood—but also their hook-like venomous stingers.

If their nest was threatened, they would swarm out and frantically tear at the intruders.

If tearing at their targets proved ineffective, they would even trade life for life, fearlessly plunging their stingers into their foe to kill the intruder.

A single Fierce Poisonous Bee was enough to inflict a fatal wound on a medium-sized animal.

And inside this nest, there were hundreds, even thousands of Fierce Poisonous Bees!

Because of this, they did not fear even ordinary Extraordinary Creatures.

In this Primitive Jungle, aside from a few birds of prey that had some connection to the Extraordinary, they could be said to reign supreme, with no natural predators.

One should never underestimate them just because they were insects, or they would pay a heavy price.

The brown bear that died outside the grove, weighing over a thousand pounds, was a prime example...

Even though Chen Chong was now an A-Level Transcendent, he didn’t dare underestimate special creatures like the Fierce Poisonous Bees, which weren’t Extraordinary Creatures themselves.

For this plan to tame the Ferocious Poison Bee King, he had made meticulous arrangements on the way here, eliminating potential crises as much as possible...

Although the Fierce Poisonous Bees were formidable, their weaknesses were birds of prey with Extraordinary traits and rainy days.

Chen Chong didn’t know if the current Rock Armor Eagle met this condition, but the arrival of the rainy season would clearly weaken the bees’ combat effectiveness. Today was the best time to capture them!

His Rock Body Transformation allowed him to resist their bites and stingers.

Xu Jun had Turtle Defense and could similarly withstand their attacks.

Though Qi Zhen had no defensive-type ability, as a pure physical cultivator, his body was as tough as rock, and he was equally unafraid.

The Tiger Striped Dog had its Steel Bristle ability, which had grown stronger after its Extraordinary Level increased, so Chen Chong had no issue with it coming along.

As for the last one, Jia Wen...

Before setting out, besides using a lesser Enhancement Card to make him a Transcendent, Chen Chong had also given him the Petrification Ability Card that had been sitting idle recently.

This Ability Card was a lower-tier version of Rock Body Transformation, with a defensive strength approaching that of the latter.

However, the user couldn’t move while it was active, similar to Turtle Defense, but it lacked the latter’s area-of-effect protection.

It was neither as mobile to use as Rock Body Transformation, nor could it protect others like Turtle Defense; its only use was self-preservation.

But it was a B-Level Ability Card, after all. He couldn’t just throw it away.

Originally, Chen Chong had planned to put this Card in the warehouse to motivate his subordinates, to see which member would be capable enough to redeem it later.

But on second thought, rather than letting it sit there, it was better to give it to the newly-made Transcendent Jia Wen to increase his strength.

After all, the stronger the team, the more advantageous it would be for what lay ahead.

After using the Petrification Ability Card, Jia Wen’s Extraordinary Level also successfully rose from B-Level to B+, and his combat power increased by a fair amount.

Jia Wen now not only had his blade techniques as a means of attack but also a life-saving ability. One could say he had leaped from being a useless normal person to a core member of the team.

That was precisely why Chen Chong had let him come along.

Four men and one dog, all with defensive-type abilities. Only then could they eliminate the threat posed by the Fierce Poisonous Bees.

As for Wang Biao and the others, they could only watch from over a thousand meters away. Otherwise, if the Fierce Poisonous Bees really went berserk, they wouldn’t be able to withstand the attacks from those things...

"Brother Chong, are the Fierce Poisonous Bees coming out?" Xu Jun exclaimed.

Chen Chong’s expression darkened slightly as he watched the countless heads continuously poking out of the opening, accompanied by a myriad of scraping sounds.

Fierce Poisonous Bees were wary of overcast, rainy weather, but that didn’t mean they refused to come out at all.

Their wariness stemmed from their dislike of rainwater; if it got on their bodies, they would become sluggish, and their aggression would be greatly diminished.

But if their nest was truly threatened, triggering their base code to attack anyone who approached, they would force their way out even in a downpour.

It was simply that on sunny days their aggression was stronger, their speed was faster, and their bites were more ferocious, whereas on rainy days these were all drastically reduced.

’Since we’re here, we have to seize the opportunity and find the Ferocious Poison Bee King in one go...’

"Defend!"

At Chen Chong’s command, the four of them activated their defensive-type abilities at the same time.

In that same moment, several Fierce Poisonous Bees had already flown out of the mud tower, landing on them and starting to bite.

However, their wide mandibles couldn’t inflict the slightest bit of damage....

Inside the mud tower, countless more Fierce Poisonous Bees clung to the entrance, eager to act. They seemed to want to swarm out and attack the intruders, yet they were also wary of something.

After a long hesitation, they slowly flew out. But the next Fierce Poisonous Bee to emerge from the entrance would repeat the same action, as if their base code to attack intruders was conflicting with their code to avoid the rain.

Although the "attack intruders" code had a higher priority, causing them to fly out one after another, each bee’s hesitation at the entrance greatly reduced the rate at which the swarm emerged. This made the group’s operation much smoother...

This was the advantage of coming here on a rainy day.

If it had been a sunny day, all the Fierce Poisonous Bees would have likely erupted in an instant and swarmed out without a moment’s hesitation the second they stepped within a certain range, before they could even get close to the mud tower...

"Ah Jun, Jia Wen, you two wait for the right moment to act. Qi Zhen, let’s go!"

After glancing at the two who had activated their abilities and were now immobile, Chen Chong immediately pulled Qi Zhen along and charged forward.