Chapter 2623: Seventh-Stage Hive

The hive successfully evolved to the Seventh Tier. The worst-case scenario did not occur, and because of this, there was much that could be done.

The changes to the seventh-stage hive were not small. The overall height increased to over 176 meters. This height was enough to accommodate the required hive organs. Any higher would only increase the area exposed to attacks.

Demon Beasts had undergone their fifth genetic evolution. Seventh-stage Demon Beasts had not yet been cultivated, so their specific combat power was unknown.

As for the Leviathans, they successfully underwent their second genetic evolution. The seventh-stage hive's ultimate weapon, the Demon Flame Dragon, judging from the 236,000 points of biological energy required, this giant combat Zerg would definitely not be weak.

All hive organs were upgraded to the seventh stage. The hive's biological energy storage limit reached 6.5 million points. Evolving to the eighth stage was simply impossible in this world.

Besides these, the hive also awakened an ability. This was a branch ability of the Worker Scorpions, named movable "Energy Conversion Spore Sac."

As long as it was not too far from the hive, not exceeding a range of thousands of kilometers, one could choose to sacrifice a worker bee and let it turn into the Zerg building "Energy Conversion Spore Sac."

An "Energy Conversion Spore Sac" could spread 1.2 kilometers of creep. After the creep absorbed biological energy on the battlefield, the biological energy would be transmitted to the "Energy Conversion Spore Sac" at the center of the creep, compressed and crystallized, and turned into Life Stones.

Life Stones were a unique item that only the hive could absorb. Each Life Stone could be converted into 10,000 points of biological energy.

In this way, going out to war would be convenient. There was no need to transport the corpses of Demon Beasts or enemies; they could be directly converted into Life Stones.

The only thing to guard against was that the "Energy Conversion Spore Sac" was relatively fragile and easily blown up. However, bringing hundreds of Worker Scorpions meant that if an "Energy Conversion Spore Sac" was blown up, it would only be a loss of some biological energy. Each Worker Scorpion could turn into an "Energy Conversion Spore Sac."

The seventh-stage hive was more powerful than expected. Regarding the Void Tree's warning, Su Xiao felt it was normal. If he brought a large number of Zerg into the trial area and let the Zerg occupy it, not to mention Bee Queen Afra crying out, the next batch of trial-takers arriving in this world would have a large area of psychological shadow.

Su Xiao not only received warning prompts, but there were also many restrictions in other aspects, such as the acquisition of world source, treasure chest drop rate, etc., which had become very low. Unless killing lord or overlord creatures, there would be normal resource acquisition.

If this were in the Reincarnation Paradise world, there would be no restrictions. The Primitive Continent was a trial world, plus Su Xiao's current behavior had turned this place into a war world. Not being directly excluded from this world was already a blessing.

If other Qiyuezhe came to acquire resources, then Su Xiao was here to plunder resources. Plus the special nature of the trial world and the fact that this world belonged to the Void Tree, being subject to some restrictions was something Su Xiao had long thought of.

If the probability was low, then use quantity to make up for it. This was a method Su Xiao often used. He had the confidence to loot a large amount of resources in this world.

Su Xiao prepared to first find a way to occupy the trial area, and then go to war with the two major powers of this world at the same time. Resource boxes, overlord creatures, lord creatures—there were still many ways to acquire resources. Not to mention anything else, just the Holy Spirit-grade set on the last day was a large amount of revenue, which could rival one-third of the revenue of previous seventh-stage worlds.

The roaring sound outside the hive was endless, and from time to time, attacks hit the outer wall of the hive. The Tiger Bee clan had many long-range means, which were basically blocked by the Zerg buildings around the hive, and only a very small part hit the hive.

If one looked down from above, the ground was a melee of Tiger Bee clansmen and Demon Beasts, and in mid-air, flashes of strong light passed. These energy attacks seemed to be slow, but they were all means specifically used for siege.

34 defensive Zerg buildings were defending, and 52 Leviathans were also the backbone. The large number of bio-missiles they fired blocked many of the Tiger Bee clan's long-range means.

Acid flames burned flesh, and the seriously injured Tiger Bee clansmen wailed. The ground was fighting in darkness, and the sky was often blindingly bright due to energy explosions.

"The Tiger Bee Lord is behind you, kill them all!"

Bee Queen Penelope shouted. She was standing on a pile of Demon Beast corpses, and Zerg blood dripped along the diamond armor on her chin. In this all-out attack, the Tiger Bee clan had several trump cards.

Heavy footsteps came. A giant monster that looked like a scorpion and was over 20 meters long appeared on the battlefield. Its entire body's carapace was thick and heavy, and its movement speed was not fast.

This thing was named Flame Prince and was bred through the biological technology left by the ancient elves. To perfect the form of this war giant beast, the Tiger Bee clan had paid a not-small price.

Only to see the armored tail of the Flame Prince unfold like anchors, nailing into the nearby ground. The tips of its six legs split open, sinking into the mud like a base.

A sound like boiling water came from the Flame Prince's huge abdominal cavity, and the carapace at its mouth opened like a flower, its huge mouth aiming at the distant hive.

With a boom, a stream of orange-red flames sprayed from the Flame Prince's mouth, forming a pillar of fire, heading straight for the distant hive.

The Demon Beasts burned along the way had their carapaces crackling, and they began to turn into charcoal.

The pillar of fire was unstoppable, and in an instant, it reached 500 meters from the hive, and this distance was still rapidly closing.

Just at this moment, a heart-shaking scene appeared.

"Roar!"

The surrounding Demon Beasts all let out roars. They actively rushed toward the flame pillar. The first one was burned to ashes, and the next one filled the gap.

The Demon Beasts almost formed a huge sphere, starting to rush forward hard against the flame pillar. After not knowing how many Demon Beasts died, the flame pillar gradually became thinner and finally dissipated.

One kilometer away, Bee Queen Carol saw this scene. Having been killing wildly, the smile on her face gradually disappeared. After witnessing the scene just now, her view of the Zerg had changed. But even so, the enemy was still the enemy and had to be killed.

The Tiger Bee clan's various means were all used. A full hundred Flame Princes appeared on the surrounding battlefield. The first thing they burned was the creep on the ground, which was very wise.

Under the Tiger Bee clan's almost overwhelming attack, 430,000 fifth-stage Demon Beasts and 30,000 sixth-stage Demon Beasts were being slaughtered in large numbers.

The diameter of the defense line was compressed from 3 kilometers to 1.2 kilometers. The war had only started for 10 minutes, and the death toll of Demon Beasts reached over 300,000. If it weren't for the sixth-stage Demon Beasts among them, the death toll would have been even higher.

Whether the Tiger Bee Lord, Taimesha, was present was two completely different concepts. The previous siege belonged to a strategic error. At that time, Taimesha was still in a semi-sleep state, and the Tiger Bee clan was managed by Bee Queen Carol.

After the battle circle was compressed to one kilometer, the area of the creep also shrank. The burning speed of over a hundred Flame Princes was much faster than the regeneration speed of the creep. The Tiger Bee clan was on the verge of victory.

Snap, snap, snap...

The sound of armored claws stepping on the hive ground was particularly obvious. A Demon Beast with a pitch-black carapace and a whip tail over four meters long walked out of the hive. Its whip tail swayed, and the tail blade at the tip made a metallic crisp sound after cutting through the air.

Compared to other ordinary Demon Beasts, this Demon Beast's size was slightly larger, but not too much. Its original size was several times larger than it was now, but when it was bred, its body was condensed a lot.

This Demon Beast seemed to be looking around. It leaped on the heads of other Demon Beasts and soon reached the front line.

Psh!

A Demon Beast had its upper body cut off. The Tiger Bee clansman raised its armored blade and let out a roar.

With a swoosh, the special Demon Beast appeared behind this Tiger Bee clansman. The Tiger Bee clansman's pupils tightened rapidly, and it immediately raised its palm-wide armored blade, turning around while slashing backward.

Swish—

A black residual light flashed and disappeared in the air. The Demon Beast's slender tail swept past, the tail blade at the tip bringing blood, and that Tiger Bee clansman's headless corpse stood in place.

The Tiger Bee clansman's head flew toward the Demon Beast. Its armored tail swept, casually smashing the head to pieces. The flying armor fragments hit other Tiger Bee clansmen, some sinking into their outer armor, some flying out of sight.

This Demon Beast shifted its gaze and saw Ice Lord, who was slashing fifth-stage Demon Beasts. Its hind legs arched, and with a bang, it rushed out.

Ice Lord, who was killing happily, suddenly felt a sense of crisis. His right arm crossed in front of him, and an ice arm shield with a diameter of one meter appeared.

Clang, clang, clang...

Sparks splattered, and the tail blade and sharp claws attacked the Holy Spirit-grade shield one after another. Ice Lord was as steady as Mount Tai, but just a few seconds later, his mentality almost exploded. The Demon Beast he was dealing with at this time was completely different from other Demon Beasts.

"Fortunately, there is only one."

Ice Lord retreated a few steps and looked at the shield on his forearm. Faint cracks could be seen on it. This was caused by bearing a large amount of real damage. The upper limit of durability was permanently reduced by 6 points, or rather, it was the permanent damage caused by demonic power to this shield.

As soon as Ice Lord's "Fortunately, there is only one" came out, two seventh-stage Demon Beasts leaped near him. As a Tank, Ice Lord really wanted to turn around and flee at this moment.

Psh, psh—

Two more seventh-stage Demon Beasts leaped onto the creep near Ice Lord. Ice Lord's face became solemn. If there were five, he could block them; he was a Tank.

But the next moment, Ice Lord turned around and fled, even using a one-time item to increase his own speed. The reason was that hundreds of seventh-stage Demon Beasts were rushing from the front. If Ice Lord didn't flee, these Demon Beasts would slaughter him along the way. ===== CHAPTER 2624 =====