Chapter 2225: Chapter 2227: Space-Cracking Devouring Bee

Elder Qing Ji’s words really weren’t just casual talk, and not only because of the Void Herding Beast. In the last battle against Tiegu, she’d deeply experienced that Feng Jun’s perception in the Void was far stronger than hers.

But last time, Feng Jun could only sense six or seven thousand li; this time he actually sensed something twenty thousand li away—maybe because the target was relatively large, but the distance he could perceive was still downright shocking.

Hearing this, Feng Jun gave a wry smile. "You want me to do the sensing... then what are you three Nascent Soul Peak doing here?"

"We’re here to carry you while we run," True Immortal Qing Ji answered without hesitation. "First, we run faster than you. Second, we have more Spiritual Energy than you... I’m not wrong, am I?"

In fact, once a Cultivator is trapped in the Void, the thing they care about most is replenishing Spiritual Energy. But for people like them, who had already resolved that concern, the consumption of Spiritual Energy naturally didn’t matter anymore.

Feng Jun let out a depressed sigh. "That’s just... fine, I just feel like this will cut down on your sense of achievement."

This was True Immortal Cang Jing’s second time entering the Void—first time doing it while following Feng Jun. Although she knew she didn’t need to worry about Spiritual Energy consumption, without having gone through it before, her confidence couldn’t quite compare to Qing Ji’s, so she couldn’t be as bold as Qing Ji.

Hearing this, she smiled and said, "Achievement isn’t important. The key is that we really can’t sense as far as you can... running errands is more our speed."

"Then let’s do it that way," Feng Jun wasn’t going to keep pretending to act cool. Finding things in the Void was truly too difficult. With a Big Boss whose Divine Sense was this freakish, not using it would be a waste of resources.

Over the next three days, the four of them flew nearly two hundred thousand li and basically didn’t encounter any decent-sized stones.

At the beginning of the fourth day, Feng Jun suddenly spoke up. "Thirty thousand li off our front flank, there’s a Broken Stone Zone stretching about a hundred thousand li... maybe there’s some Big Stones there. Want to try our luck?"

"Of course," Yi Jue answered without the slightest hesitation—that was a Broken Stone Zone; who knew how much Void Material there might be.

Qing Ji and Cang Jing also had a blaze burning in their eyes, practically rubbing their hands in anticipation—anyone with half a brain knew what kind of opportunities a Broken Stone Zone in the Void represented.

Of course, a Broken Stone Zone could not appear out of nowhere; there was always some reason behind it, so they might also encounter some kind of danger, such as lingering sword intent, and the like.

But it was still worth a shot. Where there are many opportunities, there are many risks as well. This was perfectly normal—risk and reward had always gone hand in hand.

Qing Ji and Cang Jing did not object to her decision, so the four of them shot straight toward the Broken Stone Zone.

Thirty thousand li was really too close. Once they accelerated, they reached the edge of the Broken Stone Zone in less than three hours.

Just then, the Void ahead suddenly rippled violently, and countless black dots shot toward them like lightning.

The black dots weren’t very large but were incredibly fast, and their coloring was somewhat similar to the Void’s background. Each was about the size of a fist, but if you weren’t paying attention, you really might not notice them.

This time, before Elder Cang Jing could speak, Feng Jun was the first to sound the warning. "Careful, a Rift Space Devouring Bee Swarm!"

Space-Cracking Devouring Bees, also called Space-Hunting Devouring Bees, were an extremely terrifying type of creature in the Void. They could devour spatial rifts; their existence was actually beneficial to the Void. Looking at it overall, they could be classified as beneficial insects.

But once these things gathered into a swarm, they became utterly terrifying—attacking in a tight mass, fearless of death, devouring anything they saw. Once a swarm reached a certain size, no matter how huge the Void beast, it would have to detour around them.

The three of them turned and retreated at full speed the moment they heard this, their speed astonishing. Behind them, a massive swarm of Space-Cracking Devouring Bees poured out, a vast, black-pressing mass like a dark cloud, their speed equally frightening, even slightly faster than Yi Jue and the others flying at full power.

"Blink," Yi Jue shouted loudly. "I’ve studied this. Once you pull open some distance, these things seem to stop chasing!"

The cost of using Blink in the Void was extremely high, and its effectiveness was extremely poor, but no matter what, it was still a bit faster than pure flying.

"Let’s blink a few times first," Elder Qing Ji also agreed with her suggestion, and even moved in close to Yi Jue. "We’ve got Mountain Master Feng with us anyway. Worst case, we just go back to the Big Stone. Elder Cang Jing, what do you think?"

"Let’s go all out flying for a bit first," Elder Cang Jing’s expression didn’t look too good, but she also moved closer. "This Broken Stone Zone should have good stuff. I don’t think we should give up. If only we could lure them over to that Void Herder."

"These things were driven into the Broken Stone Zone by the Void Herder," Feng Jun said in a low voice. "Fly for a bit first, I have a way to deal with them."

You have a way to deal with them? The three True Immortals all turned their heads to look at him. Elder Qing Ji, the quickest-tempered, spoke up first. "How are you going to deal with them?"

Feng Jun glanced back and saw that the swarm had already closed to just over ten li behind them. His mouth opened wide, and a streak of white light shot out. "Ha!"

As the white light swept past, countless tiny arcs of lightning flared in the Void, the crackling "bzz-bzz" sound echoing non-stop. One fist-sized Space-Cracking Devouring Bee after another was scorched pitch-black, its life force gone.

Worthy of being called the Void Annihilation Technique! A single breath condensed into a gang of force actually blasted a huge hole into the swarm.

But once the Space-Cracking Devouring Bees form a swarm, they become fearless and battle-mad. Seeing this, Elder Cang Jing couldn’t help muttering, "Will that even work?"

Turns out this method still had some deterrent effect. When the swarm saw it, their speed suddenly dropped, as if they wanted to figure out what on earth had just happened.

Feng Jun didn’t give them any chance to react. He opened his mouth and spat out another streak of white light. "Ha~"

This attack wasn’t as effective as the last one, but it still blasted another big hole through the swarm.

The next moment, the swarm exploded apart with a roar and fled straight back the way they’d come without looking back. They’d come fast, and they were running even faster.

The four of them stared, dumbfounded. All of a sudden, Elder Cang Jing cried out, "That works too? Weren’t they supposed to fear nothing?"

Not long after she first entered Nascent Soul, she’d had the good fortune to follow a Divine Spirit True Lord into the Void once. It had mainly been to broaden her horizons, and from then on, among the Nascent Soul cultivators of Xuanshui Sect, she counted as one of the more knowledgeable about the Void.

Space-Cracking Devouring Bees were considered quite a terrifying existence in the Void. How could she not know?

"What in this world is there that fears nothing?" Feng Jun glanced at her, then smiled and shook his head. "You should take your opponents seriously, but there’s no need to mythologize them... I already said, these are strays that slipped through the fingers of a Void Herder."

Since they could fear a Void Herder, of course they could fear the Void Annihilation Technique. What’s so strange about that?

True Immortal Cang Jing blinked and asked suspiciously, "How do you know they’re strays?"

"The swarm’s numbers are off," Feng Jun answered casually. "And if you carefully sense them, see if you can pick up even a trace of the Void rules’ aura on them?"

"The Void Breath is there and not there; I’m not too sure," Cang Jing spoke honestly, and she wasn’t about to pretend she knew what she didn’t. "But supposedly Space-Cracking Devouring Bees themselves have pretty strong Void Breath. I can’t tell the difference between them."

"I can’t tell either," Feng Jun, for once, also spoke frankly. "But I just know... they’re strays."

Yi Jue had no interest in picking that apart. "So, are we still going to that Broken Stone Zone?"

Just from their eyes it was clear the three True Immortals were reluctant to give up that huge field of rocks. Feng Jun pondered for a moment and spoke. "Immortal Yi Jue, did you get the hang of the Qi-Confining-to-Gang technique? My Spiritual Energy isn’t enough to support using it over and over."

Yi Jue hesitated, then nodded reluctantly. "I’ve tried it. I can use it, but... it looks awful."

In the later stage of this seclusion, she had tried using Qi-Confining-to-Gang. Since she’d deduced it herself, she picked it up quickly. What she disliked was that this Technique looked way too ugly when used by a female cultivator.

In this danger-filled Void, you’re worried about whether a Technique looks ugly? Feng Jun couldn’t help rolling his eyes. "So you’re saying it’s fine if I, a male cultivator, look ugly using it, but a female cultivator absolutely has to look good?"

"What kind of talk is that?" Elder Qing Ji laughed when she heard him. "You looked very manly when you were using that Technique. It looked great!"

Feng Jun tilted his head and thought for a moment. "If you’re unwilling to use it, Yi Jue, then we’d better not get close to that Broken Stone Zone. To drive off those Space-Cracking Devouring Bees, we’ll have to use Qi-Confining-to-Gang quite a few times. Otherwise, for everyone, those things really are a serious hazard."

Yi Jue thought for a bit, then answered in a deep voice, "Let’s go take a look first. If it really doesn’t work... I’ll make a move too."

Feng Jun gave her a deep look. "Actually, this Technique is very helpful for a Void Treasure Hunt."

Yi Jue fell silent. The reason she’d secretly practiced this Technique was precisely so she’d have more means during a Void Treasure Hunt, wasn’t it?

It was just that doing it secretly was one thing; being told by Feng Jun to show it off in public felt a bit humiliating.

The four of them shot forward like the Wind and arrived at the edge of the Broken Stone Zone. With a soft "boom," a dozen or so black dots shot up again, but this time they streaked straight toward the center of the Zone without looking back.

Elder Cang Jing couldn’t help exclaiming in astonishment, "They got... scared this badly? Weren’t there supposed to be group effects?"

"Group effects have their limits too," Yi Jue said with a smile when she saw this. "Bloodline suppression can override group effects, let alone rule suppression. Looks like this Broken Stone Zone can be used as a stronghold... everyone, look for a Big Stone."

This Broken Stone Zone had a diameter of a hundred thousand li and was distributed in a disk shape. The thickest part in the middle was almost thirty thousand li, containing a huge number of rocks. Even though all three Elders were at Nascent Soul Peak, their senses were greatly affected, not to mention the suppression from the Void.

Originally they split into two teams to search for a Big Stone: Feng Jun and Qing Ji in one, Yi Jue and Cang Jing in the other. But after two days of searching, the two teams actually drifted farther and farther apart.

Fortunately, Feng Jun had a Big Boss on him. When he keenly noticed that the two women had started circling around more than three thousand li away, he decisively stopped. "Elder Qing Ji, those two are about to get lost."

"Get lost?" Qing Ji was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. "Hah, those two... finally have a day like this. Forget it, let’s hurry and rendezvous with them. If they really get lost, that’ll be a huge problem."