All those Yin-devouring King Wasps recoiled several meters. They felt an irresistible terror in the face of that pure Yang. Their powerful bodies didn’t fear blades, but their wings were especially vulnerable.
Once hit by Yang, it would be like being incinerated, and their wings would never grow back. Their bloodline runes, which gave them an affinity with the laws of the wind, were located in their wings; losing those wings would mean being condemned forever.
The whale radiated a Yang a thousand times stronger after Fides appeared. The expressions of the Wasp King and Queen changed. This power intimidated them, and if it attacked, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Of course, even if the whale couldn’t kill the two, it could condemn the entire wasp army in an instant. Although the King and Queen could escape and survive, so what? If their swarm was annihilated, their nation would be ruined.
The two wasps grunted painfully, and all their cultivation began to whirl. A fight seemed inevitable; the king would sacrifice himself so that the army could flee, saving as many as possible.
"Human, what do you want?!" roared the Wasp King.
Alm and Bruno sighed, understanding their intentions. Negotiating with beasts was always complicated. Dealing with humanoids was simple: just beat them until they softened, then treat them well, and they’d soon submit. Even if they were demons, if their honor wasn’t touched and they were just cornered, they’d give up everything to survive. But beasts always refused to submit without fighting to the end.
As the battle was about to break out, the two wasps nearly jumped when they saw a rune glowing on the whale’s forehead. Then, a purple cat appeared on its shoulder.
"Don’t panic. We didn’t come to fight you; this is just a reception. Let’s talk as equals now," said Liumi calmly, looking at the two wasps.
Alm wanted to go in blazing, forcing them to negotiate. Bruno intended to use Ruri to seal the place and intimidate them painfully. Both approaches would result in many unnecessary beast deaths. It was Liumi who quickly intervened, avoiding the worst.
"Just listen first. Master is half-human, but our enemy is the same," continued Liumi, although the two wasps didn’t seem convinced.
"I assure you that the future of your species will change completely if you listen to us," Liumi said seriously. After those words, something changed in the wasps’ gaze. "Not even the Shadow God that demons worship would be arrogant in front of Master. Don’t be stubborn and listen to me, or it will be too late."
Ruri beside her nodded calmly in agreement, while Alm and Bruno listened with strange expressions. But, looking at the two wasps, they saw their entire aura shift. It was effective.
’Hmm... the part about the future of their species opened something inside them, and taking advantage of that, she placed us as something untouchable. An interesting approach to dealing with beasts,’ Bruno thought, noting the lesson. It was never too late to learn.
"Let’s go to the cave, our time is limited," Alm said dryly, taking the lead.
The two wasps nodded doubtfully. Would he enter a confined space where he’d be surrounded? After entering, they could kill him without causing significant damage to their army. But the whale and Ruri moved toward the place without caring.
Inside, the Wasp King and Queen were now stunned. Was this courage, or did he really not see them as any danger? The two wondered.
"Human, are you planning to make a trade?" asked the Wasp Queen directly.
"Let’s be direct to save time. What I’m offering will allow your future descendants to lose their greatest weakness. And in the future, your race could dominate the sealed world, not just this one, but five of them," the whale said slowly.
The Wasp King spoke dryly, "Let’s ignore the first impossible part. Why would you want that?"
Alm, with the whale, replied, "As Liumi already mentioned, our enemies are demons. This secret world has a cultivation limit, but I can make you terrifying at that maximum limit. You’ll be able to wipe out all the demons…"
"That’s impossible too," retorted the Wasp Queen. "We’ve fought some demons with a golden rune. Even after killing them, they reincarnate with 100% of their power restored. No matter how powerful we become."
"I know, they’re conquerors, but they’re not immortal. I assure you that this little woman beside me can kill one easily," the whale said calmly. "I can’t guarantee it, because reaching that level of power depends only on you. But you won’t lose anything. It’s a fair trade."
"Two impossible things…" The Wasp King said, and the two of them snorted, with no confidence in the whale’s words.
Bruno took the lead after completing something. Then the whale gestured, and a gigantic white metal sphere appeared in front of them. It must have been the size of Ruri, and the Wasp King and Queen jumped in shock, fearing that it was becoming hostile.
They felt a terrifying pressure from that metal. It was an instinctive terror from their souls.
"That thing... is that pure and sacred Yang inside the metal? That... that’s impossible!" exclaimed the Wasp Queen.
Bruno smiled internally. He had worked within the inventory while Alm talked. He used chaotic refinement on a dozen ancestral immortal weapons, whose material was connected to Yang.
If they could turn everything into molecules for refining, then they could obviously combine everything without melting. Bruno removed all impurities and kept only the purest Yang. Then he used the enchantment runic seal to transform the metal into the most terrifying Yang material possible.
The Wasp Queen was in shock, then the Wasp King spoke quickly, "If you give us that, everything we have will be yours!"
The whale nodded in satisfaction. Despite everything, beasts weren’t good at deceiving others. It seemed that he had been very careful.
In a normal trade between humanoids, even if the other side’s goods were incredible treasures that you needed, you had to act like they were worthless and criticize them. This made bargaining easier.
For the Wasp King to directly exclaim that he wanted it, it was clear they weren’t used to this kind of scheme.
"This is something that doesn’t naturally exist and contains the purest Yang energy possible. It’s in the form of metal, which your race can easily absorb. It’s something pure and impossible to exist, but with your race’s power, it can be absorbed slowly, and in doing so, it will change your constitutions," the whale explained unemotionally.
"It will add to the natural Yang in your bodies and amplify it a bit, so your wings and bodies won’t be so weak to it. Demons hardly use powerful Yang naturally, so they must try to kill them with external things, and this extra resistance will make it useless. And it’s not just that; when fully merged, the change in your constitutions will also be inherited by your future descendants."
"You’re right. I’m willing to give everything for that. Thank you so much," said the Wasp Queen fervently. All her previous anger had disappeared. What the whale was offering was useful both now and in the future.
"The first ’impossible’ problem has been solved. Now let’s move on to the second." The whale continued, and then a small reddish rune floated out from it and hovered in front of the two, who were now completely ecstatic.
The Wasp King took it; there was knowledge inside... then his whole body trembled.
The whale spoke: "This is the Dao of the Devil God. Something that can be used by any race, and your greatest asset, the wasp army, will become something terrifying. And you can also reach another level."
"What... what do you want from us?" The Wasp King said, trembling.
Ruri and Liumi smiled. Did he need to give so much? Of course not, but that’s how he was. The whale just snorted indifferently.
***
The whale and Ruri spent the rest of the day with the wasps. All the Elunium essence was sent over quickly. There was so much of it that they wondered if it would fit in the inventory. It wasn’t unrefined ore, but the highest purity Elunium.
This Elunium essence was stored as rations by the wasps. In fact, it was a bit gross. After the Elunium ore was consumed, it was digested, and what they defecated was the refined product.
The Elunium in the ground here wasn’t very pure, so the wasps devoured and continuously refined it, leaving only the purest part behind. It was definitely disgusting... but if you saw the Yin-devouring Wasps-King as tools for refining the ore, it was easier to accept.
Ruri asked if it would be bad to give them everything. The Wasp King told her that they had a huge colony that could refine more Elunium essence every day. There was no need to worry about it.
All the wasps scattered across this secret world were summoned. Ruri helped seal the entire area, and then a show unfolded where all the wasps fought each other until one of them collapsed. The Dao of the Devil God was already being cultivated by them.
Ruri was curious and asked how the two of them would cultivate. The Wasp Queen explained that the two were too strong to fight the servants, so they would fight each other. This wasn’t a problem; the two reproduced differently from humanoids, and it was practically a fight, just a bloodier one. Hearing this, Ruri didn’t want to know the details.
Once everything was organized and the Elunium stored, they gave the whale what it wanted: knowledge.
The two sealed worlds corresponding to the inner area of the Desolate Battlefield belong to the Shadow God sect. Apparently, the two places were divided into two training zones of different levels.
The place they were in was where the weaker demons ventured to get Elunium crystals or some other low-level treasure. The other place was where the more powerful members went to test themselves.
The core of the formation that created the demonic metal was hardly in the central area. Alm and Bruno already suspected it was in one of the two inner worlds, and now they didn’t need to search any further here.
As for the Blood Seeker Tree, the two wasps had never seen that race in this sealed world. According to the memories of that demon, this life form lived in the inner and central area; if it didn’t exist here, then it all must be in the other world.
The Wasp King and Queen said that in three days, they would launch a full-scale attack on the demons of this sealed world with all their soldiers. The goal was to train them, and only the most talented wasps would survive. Probably 80% of their soldiers would die, but they didn’t care now. After seven days, all the invaders would leave, and they would have a year to generate infinite soldiers. In the new generation, all would be born practically without their fatal weakness.
Ruri stood by the whale, observing and listening to everything, but was confused by her master’s plans. After a while reflecting, her mind clicked, and she smiled sinisterly upon understanding.
She was still very young and thought short-term, but those two were plotting a snowball that would become unstoppable over time.
Before they left, after plundering all the places, Ruri would certainly send these wasps to all five worlds of the Shadow God sect. In a year, at the next opening, these wasps would become terrifying and invincible, and everyone who wasn’t a Conqueror would be easily slaughtered.
The Wasp King and Queen would hardly be able to kill a Conqueror at first. But they could easily flee, after all, it was just a matter of running for seven days. With years of practicing the Dao of the Devil God, surely this divine Dao could give them the power to kill them. It all depended on them.
The wasps couldn’t cultivate due to the limit within this place, but now their power would continuously rise. Meanwhile, the Shadow God sect couldn’t send more powerful cultivators to eliminate them. Soon, all five worlds would be nearly impossible for the Shadow God sect to explore. The damage to them would be immense.
The wasps didn’t know anything else, so the whale quickly said goodbye. They had just one more day before meeting their group.
Before leaving, Liumi had a private talk with the two wasps. When she returned, she only smiled positively at Ruri and the whale.
’Did she manage it?’ Alm asked, shocked.
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Bruno responded proudly, ’Of course, that’s her life’s goal after all. She’ll save all the beasts she can and make them side with us. Liumi has become a specialist missionary in conversion; we’ve gained many followers.’
Thus, the two set off towards the edge of the sealed world.