Chapter 491. Regeneration
Xia Feng was like a fish on a cutting board, split in half from skull to toe by the vertical slash of a saber, with light-gold blood flowing into the air.
“Swoosh—”
Blue lotus petals swirled beneath Jiang Qiue’s feet, and in an instant, her entire being dispersed into a flower stream, appearing in the thousand-meter cloud sky. Her green dress fluttered.
Olivia raised her face, covered by a half-mask, and in the next moment, with a thunderous flash, only a trace of electric current was left where she stood. She also appeared in the sky.
At the same time, Xia Feng, split in two, was drawn together by the light-gold blood and instantly healed, returning to his original state.
[God Relic · Queen Bee’s Teardrop]
[Queen Bee: Jiang Qiue]
[Bee Child: Xia Feng]
[Bee Swarm Will: Nurtured by ‘honey,’ your body will develop the Bee Swarm Will.]
[Bee Child Regeneration: You can consume the absorbed honey to instantly repair and regenerate your body/soul. However, if too much honey is consumed and the internal reserves are insufficient, it will cause age regression, gradually reverting to infancy or even fetal state over time, ultimately returning to death.]
This was the true effect of the Queen Bee’s Teardrop, and the reason why Xia Feng had been willingly absorbing Jiang Qiue’s nutrients these past few days. It was definitely not for some unspeakable perverted thoughts.
Of course, this ability also had significant limitations. Xia Feng could already sense that he had regressed from a bone age of nine to eight, and his height had decreased.
Furthermore, as the Queen Bee, Jiang Qiue could withdraw this seemingly infinite regeneration ability at any time.
So, once his identity was exposed in the future, this ability would likely be unusable.
But the future could wait. The problem now was how to defeat Olivia, that damned Saintess.
Xia Feng looked up at the distant sky. He had always harbored a question: where were Jiang Qiue’s guardian knights? Yuji Pao, although he was Jiang Qiue’s constant companion, didn’t seem to be a guardian knight.
“Teacher’s guardian knights were all sacrificed by Olivia,” Yuji Pao said indifferently, perhaps sensing Xia Feng’s curiosity. “It’s said that they were discussing Olivia and Russell’s dual-moon cultivation and made some dirty jokes about them, which was overheard by that crazy woman. The result was as expected: they were sliced in half with one saber.”
“It was around that time that a rift formed between Teacher and Olivia. Later, Olivia’s two guardian knights died successively in Calamity Realm missions. Some people speculated that Teacher was responsible.”
*What, your Black Moon Holy See is this outrageous?* Xia Feng raised an eyebrow. *You just let the Saintesses fight amongst themselves? Don’t you care at all?*
While they were talking, the two Saintesses in the sky had not yet made a move. Instead, they were surveying their surroundings, searching for the whereabouts of the pearl. The pearl had been thrown into mid-air and concealed in a different space, making it difficult to find.
Not far away, Russell, with his blood-red hair, adjusted his square glasses. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, as if he had discovered something. He stomped his foot and charged towards the sky.
Yuji Pao’s expression changed. He also leaped into the air and instantly blocked Russell’s path, sneering, “Glasses, where do you think you’re going?”
Guardian knights were considered part of a Saintess’s fighting strength, so within the Black Moon Holy See, guardian knights could participate in battles between Saintesses. Therefore, Yuji Pao was not supposed to intervene at this moment.
However, Cardinal Oberon did not step in to stop him. After all, there was no suspense in the outcome of this duel; Olivia was bound to win. Moreover, Yuji Pao still held the status of an auxiliary guardian knight, so strictly speaking, it was not a violation of the rules.
“Olivia, let’s finish this quickly,” Ye Li Kong said coldly after waiting for ten seconds and seeing no victor. “The Bei Qiu Abyss can be opened now. Don’t make me wait here wasting time with you.”
Olivia glanced at the man with golden hair draped over his shoulders. Her only visible scarlet eye was indifferent and chilling. “Blondie, are you telling me what to do?”
*This woman with no respect for hierarchy,* Ye Li Kong frowned, his electric gaze fixed on Olivia, his battle intent boiling.
“Oh dear, hearing you two speak like this, it seems you don’t have any regard for our Saintess Qiue at all. That’s quite disheartening,” a sibilant, low laugh rang out, interrupting Ye Li Kong’s battle intent.
It was a man with a delicate appearance, fair skin, and a somewhat slender build. He held beads that resembled prayer beads in his palm, a faint smile playing on his lips. “Saintess Qiue, these super geniuses don’t seem to take you seriously. You don’t have any reaction?”
The effeminate man looked at the woman in the green dress in the sky with a sinister glint in his eye. Jiang Qiue looked at the effeminate man, then glanced at his lower body. A rare flicker of disdain and mockery flashed in her ethereal eyes. She shook her head and turned her gaze back to observe the surroundings, searching for the golden pearl.
“Pfft~” The geniuses around them couldn’t help but burst into laughter. The effeminate man’s face immediately turned grim, veins bulging on the back of his hand.
This effeminate man was Jin Jili, a genius from the Golden Sparrow Flower Family. He had severed his life force through special means to become a Venerable, but he had also become a cripple ever since.
Jiang Qiue couldn’t be bothered to waste more words with this unpleasant man, but she was indeed considering the possibility of conceding. Five months ago, her exposed strength was True Martial First Realm. After returning from Witch Island, her exposed strength to the outside world was True Martial Second Realm.
However, in fact, her current strength was Venerable First Realm. When she was chasing Xia Feng on Witch Island, she had severed one of her fox tails to unseal her strength to True Martial Second Realm. Now, she had severed another fox tail to help Xia Feng’s physical body reshape, and with this, her cultivation was further unsealed to Venerable First Realm.
If she revealed her strength now, even if Olivia was Venerable Second Realm, she would most likely not be able to defeat her and would be killed by her in an advanced-level fight. After all, she had long figured out all of Olivia’s trump cards, while Olivia knew nothing about her.
But according to Jiang Qiue’s habits, she was extremely unwilling to fight in front of everyone and expose all her trump cards. This put her in a dilemma: if she didn’t win this duel, she would never obtain the God Relic within the Bei Qiu Abyss.
“Bang—”
Just then, Yuji Pao was struck directly on the forehead by Russell’s palm. He was ultimately unable to resist and flew backward. At the same time, Russell pulled his longbow, and an arrow, carrying lightning, shot out and directly struck the northern sky. The void cracked like glass.
A golden pearl fell out of the void, landing not far from Olivia. Olivia’s expression was calm, and she stepped forward leisurely.
However, at this moment, to everyone’s surprise, a white light, like a dragon’s shadow, soared from the ground. Carrying a rising dragon fist, it instantly reached Olivia’s face. The fist aimed directly at Olivia’s jaw.
A hint of killing intent flashed in Olivia’s cold eyes, and a bloodthirsty smile curled on her lips. *Didn’t I fail to kill this artificial life just now? And now it comes looking for me?*
In the distance, Jiang Qiue’s beautiful eyes narrowed imperceptibly, and her heart tightened. Having the ability to instantly heal did not mean she couldn’t die. If Olivia truly wanted to kill Xia Feng, it wouldn’t be difficult! Because of this, she had never expected Xia Feng to help her in terms of combat power.
*Come back!* Just as Jiang Qiue was about to issue this command, the Bee Swarm Will analyzed the probability of winning this battle within her mind. This made her freeze.
