Chapter 28: The Benefits of Killer Bees

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  "Shut up! Then just go die! A grown man acting like a little girl, look at you, even if it were a little girl, she'd be way stronger than you."

  A voice of discontent rose from the bottom of Zong Yin's heart, and what was most deadly was that as soon as he finished speaking, Zong Yin saw a girl not far away waving a short sword similar to his in her hand, retreating while fighting, even though her body had been stung by countless killer bees, but she persisted with her teeth clenched tightly.

  "Ugh... stop talking nonsense! Think of a solution quickly! I really can't hold on anymore!"

  Seeing this scene, Zong Yin glanced at the short sword that had been thrown aside by him, his face involuntarily turning red, and hastily changed the subject as if he hadn't seen it.

  Zong Yin kept consoling himself in his heart: "I am a civilized modern person, and my physical body is different from these primitives!" At this time, he had completely forgotten that his body was not brought over from another world.

  "See that person under the wall on the left? Just undo the reversal and learn from him. When school is over, someone will come to rescue you."

  Hun Yu didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with Zong Yin either, and spoke in a relaxed tone, saying calmly.

  "What's going on?! Isn't this just waiting for death?!"

  Zong Yin subconsciously looked in the direction of Hun Yu, and suddenly he was stunned. On his left side, there was only one person in the corner of the wall, who was considered the most bizarre among all people. The whole person was like a turtle shrinking on the ground, with his face down and back up, allowing countless killer bees to ravage his back. If it weren't for his body constantly trembling due to pain, Zong Yin would have thought he had been killed by the killer bees.

  "You know what! Just do as I say! Haven't you noticed that the venom of the killer bee not only makes your soul feel pain, but also makes your soul shell weaker? At this time, cultivating soul power is absolutely half the effort, if you want to condense the ghost stone earlier, just lie down obediently!"

  When Zong saw the hermit, he suddenly questioned his words. Hun Yu was immediately furious and scolded him severely. After a while, his tone quickly turned to disdain, with an attitude of "you can choose".

  "Heaven will entrust a great responsibility to this person, must first make his heart and mind suffer, labor his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, empty and exhaust his body...... Not one bit of pain, not one bit of pain......"

  Zong Yin stared at the person whose feet were trembling against the wall, his mouth twitching constantly. The meaning of Hun Yu's words was already very clear - to let him cultivate his soul power in intense pain. But thinking about that inhuman pain, Zong Yin couldn't help but shudder all over.

  Zong Yin took a deep breath, softly reciting the most encouraging phrase from his past life to comfort himself. He steeled himself and dispelled the Reincarnation Curse, then used all his strength to hug his head, tucking his face into his chest, and fell to the ground.

  "Ah!!!!!!"

  Zong Yin was immediately overwhelmed by countless killer bees, and a blood-curdling scream that sent chills down the spines of everyone in the classroom lingered on for a long time.

  As Hún Yù said, the venom of the killer bees indeed had the effect of softening the soul shell. In just one hour, a new stream of soul energy was generated in Zōng Yǐn's body, and this was still at his distracted speed, compared to the efficiency of forming a stream of soul energy in an entire day, it was much higher.

  He gritted his teeth, and in his mind, Zong Yin recalled the mysterious black shadow. This was the only driving force that supported him to persevere, and he attributed all his pain to the black shadow. Fortunately, the soul pain caused by the killer bee was never as painful as the direct tearing of the soul chain, the difference between the two was like being injected with a needle versus being cut by several knives. Due to the prolonged pain, Zong Yin had finally become somewhat accustomed to it, and he could now fully devote himself to cultivating "Soul Refining".

  One morning, Zong Yin had thoroughly broken the jar and sat on the ground, allowing the killer bees to roam freely on his body. Almost every inch of his skin had been stung by the killer bees, and although his body was swollen from being tormented by the bees, it had become even more solid.

  Apart from the few wounds caused at the very beginning, the killer bees only injected the venom on their stingers into Zonghui's body and flew away, without any intention of fighting him to the death. This is also the main reason why Zonghui sat cross-legged on the ground.

  Fortunately, the Black Forest did not do too much, and the killer bees themselves should be omnivorous soul beasts that also eat human flesh. The ones that attacked the crowd were obviously processed, and all of their mandibles had been removed, so there was no need to worry about anyone being eaten by them. However, having countless needles stabbed into one's body was enough.

  What made Zong Yin feel a lot more at ease was that by the afternoon, except for Yang Jun who was still struggling with the killer bee, everyone else had become like him - physically exhausted and spiritually drained, curled up on the ground enduring the terrifying pain.

  Even some intelligent people have discovered the benefits of killer bees, and like Zong Yin, they let the bees sting them at will, with a painful yet happy expression, cultivating the Soul Refining Technique.

  Just before the end of school, a pungent smell wafted out from within the classroom. The remaining killer bees, upon catching wind of this smell, obediently returned to the hole in the ceiling and the hole closed shut. Blackwood appeared in the classroom with an obscene expression, followed closely by those dozen or so Soul Healers.

  "How was it? Did you have a wonderful and unforgettable day? Don't thank me, there are still six days like this, you can enjoy them slowly! Haha! You must get good grades in the monthly test, you know that I, the killer bee, had a hard time getting this, specially for you soul disciples to increase your soul power! Soul doctors can heal their external injuries, but they can't let them go out with such a face! It's too embarrassing!"

  Kuroba's gaze swept over everyone, his tone of voice making people want to go up and beat him. If it weren't for his overwhelming strength, the crowd would have no energy left to even walk away, and Kuroba would have been torn apart by now.

  By the time everyone had regained their strength and was gritting their teeth to find trouble with Hei Sen, Hei Sen had already disappeared without a trace.

  Zong Yin's whole body ached, and the remaining toxins made his body still soft and weak, unable to exert any strength. Unusually, he didn't go to the training room, but instead stumbled into his dormitory, which he hadn't returned to in several days. He collapsed onto the bed and fell fast asleep, exhausted from the past few days.

  He slept until the second day when the Na Jian vibration came again, and he was awakened. Zong Yin opened his eyes in a daze, carefully feeling his physical condition, and smiled with satisfaction, excitedly rushing to the classroom.

  No wonder, because the soul power in Zonghui's body had already reached 203 strands. Yesterday, within a day, he had formed an additional 27 strands of soul power. On average, one strand was formed every twenty minutes. This was still after wasting more than two hours in front of him. In normal times, it would take him more than a month to cultivate 27 strands of soul power. The difference in efficiency is obvious.

  One day, nearly thirty strands of soul force, as long as he was given three or four more days, he would be able to form his first Soul Stone. Zong Yin had already made up his mind, his first Soul Stone must be a Force Soul Stone that condensed the power of the Heart Wheel. The Force Soul Stone governed the limbs and could enhance human strength and physical endurance. Without undergoing soul force enhancement, Zong Yin deeply felt the difference between him and other Soul Masters who had undergone soul force enhancement.

  This time, with experience in hand and without Hei Sen's instructions, he directly took out a Killer Bee Egg from the table, put it in his mouth, and sat cross-legged in the corner of the wall, waiting for the arrival of the Killer Bees. However, before long, Zong Yin discovered that he had not thought things through thoroughly. Having learned from yesterday's lesson, many people who came today had two additional items with them - one was a large volume, easy-to-use weapon capable of causing massive damage to the Killer Bees. These individuals were already satisfied with their soul power cultivation speed and were preparing to focus on cultivating combat skills.

  Another thing is the mask, people who wear masks like Zong Yin occupy a strong position and reduce the position of being attacked by killer bees, wanting to quickly cultivate soul power in order not to lose too much face on the Moon Trial stage.

  In the next three days, Hei Sen didn't show up at all, and let more than 40 people be stung to death by killer bees. It wasn't just Hei Sen, it was said that several instructors from other classes also did the same as Hei Sen, handing out assignments and then disappearing for several days without a trace.

  Zong Yin didn't have the leisure to pay attention to Hei Sen's group, under the brutal and inhumane trampling of the killer bees. Every day, Zong Yin exposed himself to the countless poisonous stings of the killer bees, enduring inhuman pain while cultivating the "Soul-Refining True Method". Finally, on the evening of the third day, the soul power within his body reached 301 strands, meeting the standard for condensing the first Soul Stone as mentioned by Hun Yu.

  His soul power reached three hundred strands, which for other Soul Masters was merely the third level of the Soul Apprentice stage, but for Zongheng it was a huge turning point.

  Tonight's night sky has a bright moon and only one star shining with light.

  "Not with him and those little rascals under his command, they've been busy for half a month, the traps are all set, I reckon the first round of monthly trials will catch many rats. Hey! I'm telling you, old man, are you listening to me?!"

  Ye Feng hunched over, sitting in Fan Lao's position, holding his teacup, staring at Fan Lao's unmoving back and said quietly.

  "That new star shone a few more points, even covering the light of other stars. I wonder if it will suddenly fall like other bright stars?"

  Fan Lao stood at the edge of the top floor of the library, his hands clasped behind him, his head tilted back, staring at that one bright star in the sky and said softly.

  "What did you say?"

  Even with Ye Feng's strength, he couldn't hear clearly what Old Man Fan had said.

  "When you reach my level, you'll understand."

  Fan Lao turned around and smiled at Ye Feng, saying nothing more.