Martial Research Master-Chapter 328

328 ESCAPING THE HIVE, NETHERWORLD RIVER

Li Meng was shocked by the complexity of the hive. Reaching the phone was easy, but he made a mistake by rushing into the nearest pathway. He thought that he might have rushed deeper into the hive. To his surprise, the queen was managing to keep up with his speed. Fortunately, it was still in King level beast realm.

What he worried about was the queen’s signal, which alerted the worker bees around the hive. He kept changing the passageway and soon enough he came across worker bees blocking his way. He decided to kill them mercilessly with the Black-Dragon sword. To his surprise, the blood spilled from these bees stuck to his body.

“The blood will attract the bees even faster than the queen. You need to escape fast and find a way to clean all the blood and eliminate the smell. Li Meng tried to burn the blood and to his delight, he found that the blood of the bees was inflammable.

“I have an idea.”

“You are thinking about blowing the whole hive up.” The Keeper guesses almost instantly.

“Yes, once I have managed to kill numerous worker bees, I will just start a flame and blow the whole hive. Then I can take out all the honey out.” Li Meng proceeded with his plan. The best way to set a powerful flame was to burn up the passages rather than the open area.

He just changed passages one after the other and killed any bees he came across. Soon enough many passages were covered with the blood of the bees, but Li Meng had lost a lot of Qi in the process. He was continuously ingesting pills into his found while killing more bees in the process.

“This is not a feasible plan.” Keeper said.

“Direct me towards the honey again. I will start the flame anytime now. The Keeper scanned the area and directed Li Meng towards the honey. Once he was in the core region, Li Meng used his Crimson Foxfire to set the blood on fire.

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The fire soon spread through the passages and the queen was blown back due to the fire. The blood was quite inflammable and all the passages were on fire. The intensity increased and even live bees were set on fire. Many bees were dying as time passed by while Li Meng was collecting the honey in the artifact. Please visit 𝗳re𝐞𝓌e𝚋n૦ѵ𝗲l. co𝐦

He finally managed to collect all the honey and began his escape. To his surprise, all the passageways around him were on fire. There was no way he would be able to make it out unscathed.

“Is there any way I can break through the walls with the help of the remaining bombs?”

“I don’t think so. The hive is made out of processed cold steel. The thickness is too much for the bombs to destroy. The only way is to rush through the fire towards a nearby exit.”

“But the bees will attack me as soon as I get out.”

“You can use the fire armor to blast your way through the hive.”

“Are you insane? Fire armor is a necessity to reach the depths of Misty-Ridge. How can I use it in this area?”

“You have the Frost-Bee honey now. If you ingest small portions of it over time, you will grow potent to the cold energy. It is enough to let you reach the marked location. What is more interesting is the fact that your strength will improve as you ingest more and more honey.”

“By the end of the trip, your body will be refined thrice at the very least. You could become a bit stronger if your body doesn’t get resistant to the honey.”

“Still the armor is quite valuable. It is an emperor weapon.”

“The honey is way more valuable. It is even more important for your experiment. You will need the honey to create the potent medicine which will keep the avatar alive. You need this. You will require around half the quantity for the experiment. It will also result in improving the avatar’s body.”

“So we need to sacrifice the armor.”

“Yes.” Li Meng finally agreed with the plan and rushed towards the exit. The armor helped him get through the fire, and soon enough he reached the exit. But he came across a huge swarm of bees who were stationed at the exit who were waiting for Li Meng to come out. They would attack him almost instantly.

Li Meng decided to first attract the bees and then attack them from a good vantage point. The only problem was that there was no clear passage for him to rush in. He decided to use the remaining qi bombs. He threw directly at one of the corner areas and made hand signs which resulted in them blasting away.

He then rushed out, to a nearby hill, and finally managed to get to a higher area than the bees, and they were grouping under him. He took the armor out and threw it into the swarm. Another hand sign was activated and the armor blasted and the swarm was enveloped in a huge explosion.

Li Meng didn’t wait to verify the situation. He rushed to a nearby river and jumped into it. The stench of blood was washed away by the water, but eventually, he felt his skin burning up.

“Get out of the river now.” Li Meng agreed with the Keeper’s instructions and jumped out of the river. He could still feel some lingering aura on his body slowly rotting. He used all his QI to eliminate the energy, and at the final reserve, he finally managed to get rid of it. Li Meng’s expression was that of a scared person.

“What is this river? What is the weird energy which managed to rot my body?” Li Meng was horrified by the river’s energy.

“It is one of the most dangerous creations from hell. It is called Netherworld river.” This energy was extremely corrosive. “We might have just found a great secret of Misty Ridge.”

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