Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 163: Collaborative Combat, Molten Demon Bee

The Wind Rider and the Dolphin joined forces, doubling their strength, so the range of missions they could choose from became much wider.

Previously, when Lin Qianfan accepted a task, he had to prioritize the completion and safety of the task, but now these two issues are no longer a problem.

Therefore, you only need to choose tasks with higher returns within the early stage of the second stage.

That is, the value of the target itself is high + the bounty offered by the fairy city is high.

Toot~
The two ships sailed towards the target sea area one after the other.

"The Molten Demon Bee is a rare spiritual insect monster. The bounty is high and its population can be cashed in. I hope the profit will not disappoint me."

The focus of this trip is to destroy a nest of special Molten Demon Bees, and the other task is just a side task along the way.

This nest of Molten Demon Bees has been hunted three times, but it took nearly a month to actually capture them. Instead, this group of guys who came from nowhere successfully settled down and even developed rapidly with the help of the unique environment.

【Location: Fanjing Abandoned Mine
The subsidiary industry of Chiyan Xiancheng, now owned by the Qiao family, was originally an abandoned dormant volcano mine. Later, it was revived under the influence of the Flame Domain Beast King and now has economic value.

But it was occupied in advance by a group of molten evil bees attracted by the molten fire evil energy.
The Molten Demon Bee is violent and extremely aggressive. Once it settles down, it reproduces very efficiently and is difficult to subdue.

There are currently three second-level magic bees discovered in this bee colony, namely the fighting magic bee, the worker magic bee, and the magic bee queen. In addition, there are a large number of first-level magic bees that are not afraid of life and death. This mission target is far more difficult than ordinary mission targets. It is recommended to accept it with the strength of the middle stage of foundation building.

After killing the demon bee, you can obtain the corresponding Fire Evil Crystal from its corpse. The Blazing Immortal City will buy this item back at a high price, so please pay attention to collect it.

Reward: Sixty-five medium-grade spirit stones.

Insect monsters have a relatively short lifespan, are small in size, and are weaker individually, but they tend to live in groups.

Bee colonies are truly living in clusters, with only one unified will and a high degree of integration. Each individual is fearless of life and death for the sake of the colony, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

The three previous failed cases were recorded in detail, and the various methods used by this group of magic bees could be used as a reference, so the information was fairly accurate.

Fanjing Abandoned Mine,

The monster-hunting ship spotted the first-level worker bees out hunting from a long distance away. They worked as a team to hunt the small monsters that braved the cold. They did not eat them themselves, but transported them all back to the nest.

Unlike the beneficial spiritual bees that coexist with spiritual plants, this group of demonic bees has a devastating impact on the fragile ecology around them.

The small monsters almost died as soon as they showed up. Even those with some strength could not withstand their group attack and siege. The swarm grew rapidly.

"It's small, but pretty powerful."

Lin Qianfan captured a worker bee and observed it personally.

The Molten Demon Bee worker is only the size of a human fist and has a dark red body.

Its body is covered with a layer of fine scales, its wings are like burning flames, the stinger on its tail is thick and sharp, the tip of the stinger flashes with a deadly cold light, and there is a constant flow of flame-like energy on the stinger, which is the molten fire poison that is very difficult to get rid of.

As the demon hunting ship approaches,
The swarm of bees realized that the newcomers had ill intentions and naturally would not just wait to be beaten. A large number of combat magic bees commanded by the second-level fighting magic bees surrounded the two demon-hunting ships.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

In the previous few times, it was this kind of demon-hunting ship that killed many of their own kind, and even once forced out their queen bee. The fighting demon bees directly commanded the swarm to gnaw on the formations of the two ships.

The fighting bees that are responsible for protecting the nest are larger than worker bees, about the size of an adult's foot. In addition to their sting attacks, they can also spit out flames. This flame is not ordinary fire but beast fire containing the power of molten evil, which has a strong spiritual corrosiveness.

Although they are small in size, they are quite effective in spitting out fire and then biting, and can have a slight impact on the protective formation.

"Leave no one alive!"

The boatmen who had been idle recently had nothing to do and finally waited for the time to work. They took out all kinds of fancy weapons to try which method was the easiest and most efficient to kill the pests.

"Oh no! My spiritual net is torn. This mouthpart is too sharp..."

Despite their small size, spirit insect monsters possess immense strength, and their biohydraulic mouthparts maximize their bite power. "Despite their small size, their defenses are incredibly strong. Crossbow arrows have limited lethality unless they hit their vital points head-on..."

The dense scales covering its body are hard and have the ability to deflect, so ordinary attacks will often be directly deflected by it.

"They're too agile in dodging. Attacks from the early to mid-stage Qi Refining levels can't hit them..."

The high-speed vibrating wings gave this group of first-level monsters an agility that they should not have possessed, and the new boatmen had no way to deal with them.

"Everyone, you can try using sonic attacks, the effect is quite good..."

Some people use the bell magic weapon to succeed repeatedly, and they don't even need to use all their strength. They can hit the target with one sweep. As long as the magic bee loses its ability to move and is pulled into the formation, it will be beheaded directly and the fire crystal will be dug out.

"It's really useful! It's a pity that the efficiency is still not high!"

Sonic attacks do restrain them, and are always effective in one-on-one kills, but not many boatmen possess the relevant magical tools, and the efficiency of others is still average.

This is also the reason why the magic bees gave up the advantage of the group and chose to gnaw the light curtain of the formation alone. If they were surrounded by a swarm of bees without protection in the wild, they would most likely die before they could establish their foundation.

hum~
Seeing the two monster-hunting ships attacking, a second-level bee naturally could not stop them. A group of bees led by second-level worker bees came to support from the hive. Their number was even larger, and they formed a black mass.

Seeing that the demon hunting ship was not frightened and retreated, and even continued to move towards the hive,
The fighting demon bees and the worker demon bees summoned the swarm to gather towards them, and their aura began to connect into two wholes, which was equivalent to the scattered swarms of bees gathering into two extra-large demon bees. Without careful observation with divine sense, they were a whole.

The second-level fighting demon bees and worker demon bees are enlarged versions of ordinary molten demon bees. They are the size of lambs, but when they gather into a group, their size has caught up with other monsters of the same level and is not much smaller than the silver scale.

"Increase the defensive strength of the formation!"

It is best not to let the enemy directly break the demon hunting ship's protective formation, because it cannot be successfully restarted every time. If the restart fails during the war, it will be too passive.

Acting separately, the two giant magic bees gathered together and attacked the two ships at the same time.

"Try the psychic cannon attack!"

The psychic cannon bombarded the swarm of bees that gathered and attacked the Wind Rider, but the attack was not very effective. The damage seemed to be absorbed, and only a very small number of first-level individuals died. The others were directly immune, which was more like spreading the damage evenly, and those who could not withstand it died.

The swarm gathers close to the demon hunting ship,
A wave of dark red flames came, burning a large area of the formation. The molten evil energy continued to spread and erode, causing the formation to consume medium-grade spirit stones much faster than usual.

"cut!"

Without holding back, Lin Qianfan attacked directly with his Thunder-Slaying Sword. Otherwise, if it dragged on for too long, the cost of the demon-hunting ship would increase and the profit would decrease.

There was a sound of metal clashing. Although the Thunder-Slaying Sword was sharp, it only killed the part that was hit by the sword. It failed to defeat it, and did not directly hurt the second-level fighting demon bee inside.

"What a powerful racial talent! Silver Scale, try your water magic! Speed up the battle!"

Neither Lin Qianfan nor Yin Lin can launch powerful sonic attacks, but water overcomes fire, so it might be effective.

Yin Lin controlled the water flow to wrap around his entire body. The water flowed at high speed, forming a close-fitting water shield to provide initial protection against fire damage. He then pounced towards the gathering bee swarm, and at the same time launched a covering attack with a rain of ice arrows condensed from spiritual water.

The attack was immediate and effective. The large size of Silver Scale brought an impact that dispersed a small part of the tightly-knit swarm of bees, while the ice attack separated them from the main body for a short time.

"Flowing sword shadow!"

This part of the first-level magic bees that lost their collective effect were easily killed by the sword light dispersed by the Thunder-Slaying Sword and continued to fall into the sea.

The defense of a mere first-level magic bee cannot withstand even a small second-level sword light.

"This trick works! Keep going!"

Although there are many bee swarms, they are not infinite. Yin Lin relies on his durability and physical advantages to break them into pieces and peel them off one by one, while Lin Qianfan is responsible for killing them one by one, and the opponents are constantly weakened in this way.

The swarm of bees started from trying to break the formation, then fought with Silver Scale in close combat, and then continued to defend.
After fighting back and forth, he found himself unable to cope. After all, the intelligence of spiritual insect monsters is lower. By the time he realized something was wrong and wanted to retreat, half of the first-level bee colony had already gone.

(End of this chapter)