Chapter 216: First Battle Victory

Their defense without attack like this could only delay it for a while and could not effectively kill the Golden Armor Bee swarm. The Cyan Flame Cloud Smoke Formation would sooner or later be broken through by the Golden Armor Bee swarm.

Looking at the second-tier bee king that had been eyeing them covetously in the formation, Song Qingming turned his head and said to Huang Shengyue on the side:

"Fellow Daoist Huang, we can't hold on for long like this. Now that even the second-tier bee king has come out, there shouldn't be many Golden Armor Bees left in the valley. You hurry up and ask if they have succeeded over there?"

As soon as Song Qingming's voice fell, a burst of yellow wolf smoke suddenly rose at the valley entrance in the distance. After seeing this signal, Huang Shengyue, who was about to send a sound transmission, immediately stopped the movement in her hands. Seeing this, Song Qingming and Hu Longhai could not help but laugh out loud.

This was the signal that the few people had already agreed upon with Huang Shengxin earlier. After seeing the yellow wolf smoke, it meant that he had succeeded, and Song Qingming and the others could immediately choose to retreat at any time.

Just when Song Qingming and the three were fighting the Golden Armor Bee swarm with all their might, Huang Shengxin, who had been lurking outside the diagonal valley for a long time, hesitated for a moment before decisively choosing to attack immediately, rushing into the diagonal valley alone.

After the bee king left, there were only a few dozen Golden Armor Bees left patrolling near the nest. Huang Shengxin did not choose to entangle with them too much and rushed directly toward the few second-tier spirit herbs.

His goal was very clear; it was for these few spirit herbs. This was also the strategy that the few of them had already set before they started.

Song Qingming and the three were responsible for attracting and weakening the Golden Armor Bee swarm, while Huang Shengxin took the opportunity to forcibly enter the valley to pick the spirit items they wanted.

Seeing the signal of success sent by Huang Shengxin, Song Qingming, Huang Shengyue, and Hu Longhai looked at each other and directly withdrew the magic power in their hands.

After the Cyan Flame Cloud Smoke Formation stopped running, the white smoke that had been covering the Golden Armor Bee swarm also disappeared quickly.

Just as the fog dissipated, a red spirit talisman tightly held in Hu Longhai's hand had already been thrown in one direction.

This red spirit talisman was a second-tier low-quality explosion talisman. Just as the spirit talisman flew into the air, the surrounding Golden Armor Bees did not know what it was and surrounded it directly.

After hearing a thunderous sound, the second-tier explosion talisman exploded directly in mid-air, and then a huge flame began to rush toward the surroundings.

"It's now, run quickly!"

Seeing that the explosion talisman had already blown a gap in the Golden Armor Bee swarm, Hu Longhai rushed out directly from that position first.

Huang Shengyue and Song Qingming, seeing this, were also not willing to fall behind and followed behind Hu Longhai. They did not want to be left here alone.

As soon as the three escaped from that gap, the Golden Armor Bee King immediately noticed this side and led all the Golden Armor Bees to chase after them.

"Separate and go first; it's easier to get away like this."

After the three flew a distance, Hu Longhai saw that the speed of the Golden Armor Bee King chasing from behind was not a bit slower than their escape speed. He turned his head and shouted at Song Qingming and the other two on the side before taking the lead in changing his direction of advance.

Song Qingming saw this and did not think much, also changing his direction of advance, leaving only Huang Shengyue to proceed in the original direction.

Seeing the few people suddenly separate, the Golden Armor Bee King circled in place before leading most of the swarm to chase after Hu Longhai.

After Song Qingming changed direction, he discovered that the Golden Armor Bee King behind was not chasing after him, and he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. His luck this time was considered good. Without the bee king, he did not take those two or three hundred Golden Armor Bees behind seriously. If it were not for not wanting to waste magic power and spirit items, he would have wanted to turn back on the spot and kill these annoying things on the spot.

After taking the Golden Armor Bee swarm for a circle nearby and consuming a few low-tier spirit talismans, Song Qingming finally shook them off completely.

Half an hour later, Song Qingming returned to a forest more than ten miles away from the diagonal valley where the Golden Armor Bee swarm was. Not far ahead was the meeting point they had set earlier.

"Eh! Fellow Daoist Hu hasn't returned yet?"

After Song Qingming arrived, he carefully looked at the surroundings and discovered that only the two Huang family members were here, so he asked directly.

Huang Shengyue shook her head and replied softly: "The bee king seemed to have rushed toward him in the end. I don't know if Fellow Daoist Hu has escaped now."

"You don't need to worry too much. With his ability, even if he is entangled by the bee king, he will spend more effort, but wanting to get away should not be a big problem. Let's wait patiently."

Huang Shengxin was responsible for sneaking into the beehive to pick spirit herbs this time, which was not an easy task either. However, his luck was slightly better this time. The bee king was successfully lured away by Song Qingming and the others. Otherwise, even if he could succeed, he would not be able to appear so relaxed now.

The three waited in place for another half an hour, and Hu Longhai finally arrived here successfully.

At this moment, his face had already been beaten black and blue by the Golden Armor Bees. Seeing Hu Longhai become this ugly, Song Qingming and the others almost laughed out loud. When they saw him just now, the few people almost did not recognize him at all.

Speaking of which, Hu Longhai was also unlucky enough. Song Qingming estimated that the reason the bee king would chase him should be that the explosion talisman he used at the end was too powerful, which attracted most of the Golden Armor Bee King's hatred.

Being chased by the bee king and so many Golden Armor Bees, his being able to get away was already considered having extraordinary cultivation. If it were Song Qingming who encountered the Golden Armor Bee King, he would not necessarily be able to stand here so quickly now.

After Hu Longhai took the detoxification pills handed over by Huang Shengyue, the swelling on his face soon improved a lot.

Taking advantage of this time for everyone to rest, Huang Shengxin also took out the spirit items he obtained in the diagonal valley this time.

A total of three second-tier spirit herbs were obtained, two second-tier top-quality and one second-tier low-quality, all of which were relatively popular types in the market. These three spirit herbs added together should be worth about two thousand spirit stones.

Although it was not much, and each person could only divide a few hundred spirit stones, it was at least a victory in the first battle, making a good start. The secret realm had just opened not long ago, and being able to have a harvest was already considered a good omen for everyone.

These few spirit herbs were basically what Huang Shengxin wanted, and Song Qingming and Hu Longhai did not want to compete for them. The two each divided a few hundred spirit stones. After the spirit items were divided, everyone's mood was much better.

Especially Hu Longhai, who had been poor for these years in order to establish a family, after seeing the spirit items in the secret realm, he was already somewhat impatient to set off again to search for spirit items.

Huang Shengxin, as the leader of the few, was still relatively calm. Although he also wanted more spirit items, he was still very clear about the crisis in the secret realm. Compared to the various demon beasts inside, those cultivators of the same kind hiding in the dark were their greater danger.

"Last time I came in, I once found a third-tier spirit herb not far from here. Let's go try our luck there tomorrow! Traveling at night will be easier to encounter demon beasts. Let's rest here for one night and set off tomorrow."

"Better listen to Fellow Daoist Huang. We are all entering for the first time and are not very familiar with this place. Being careful is always good."

Hearing Huang Shengxin's words, Song Qingming also hurriedly echoed. In fact, here, he was the one who least wanted to take risks. If it were not for his own strength being too low, after entering the secret realm, Song Qingming would have wanted to find a remote corner to hide first.

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