Chapter 501: Promotion of Quality of Source Sand
Although its spiritual power was restored by Lin Yuan, the ability of the Insect Queen’s body to produce insect protein could not only rely on the Protein Silkworm Chrysalises.
It also needed nutrients that could be absorbed from meat, blood, and even bones.
Lin Yuan had originally planned to continue channeling more spiritual power into its body.
However, because the Insect Queen’s body greatly lacked the energy that could not be obtained from the Protein Silkworm Chrysalises, it had to stop the continued production of insect-species fey.
These colossal Diamond Giant Cattle, along with a group of high-grade, non-combat-cla.s.s fey, would let the Insect Queen and the imperial insect swarm enjoy a good meal.
Yet, immediately after, Liu Jie abruptly came to his senses and frowned.
Based on the 400 simplified Hurricane Owlet Moths that he had previously sent, it appeared that the oncoming enemies were some of the weakest feys that he had ever detected.
There was only one possibility when such an enemy appeared, which was that the enemy would attempt to stall for time.
The other party would send these logistics personnel out to fight, which was tantamount to tempting fate.
Such behavior was enough to demonstrate the enemy’s determination to fight to the death.
Lin Yuan saw that Liu Jie’s expression was still changing and quickly asked, “Big Brother Liu, how is the situation?”
Liu Jie hurriedly told Lin Yuan and Zhou Luo about the situation that he had personally witnessed.
Then, Liu Jie proceeded to share his opinion on the matter.
“I plan to treat the enemy’s contracted feys as the Insect Queen’s nutritional base, providing it with the nutrients to continue producing insects.
“If not, as there isn’t enough high-grade fey flesh now, the insects produced by the Insect Queen would not have sh.e.l.ls with sufficient strength.”
As he spoke, Liu Jie scratched his head in embarra.s.sment.
He felt that he had been negligent as he had not expected that such a situation would arise upon his arrival in Indigo Azure City.
Under normal circ.u.mstances, besides preparing Protein Silkworm Chrysalises that would help the Insect Queen restore insect protein in the Diamond fey storage box, Liu Jie would also prepare some high-grade fey flesh for it.
Although this time was no exception, there was not enough flesh of high-grade dimensional lifeforms to sustain the production of so many insects.
This time, Liu Jie understood that in the future, there had to be at least five times or even ten times more Protein Silkworm Chrysalises and high-grade fey flesh in his Diamond fey storage box.
Only then could various dangerous situations be faced.
There would never again be a situation like the present one,when there was insufficient high-grade fey flesh.
The main reason that such a circ.u.mstance had occurred was Liu Jie’s failure to consider that Lin Yuan would have such a powerful ability to restore spiritual power.
Upon hearing Liu Jie’s words, Lin Yuan opened his mouth to speak. “Big Brother Liu, let me face these enemies.
“You need only be responsible for letting the insect swarm consume the feys that have sunk under the sea of sand and allowing the swarm to restore their energy.”
As Lin Yuan spoke, he carefully sensed the spiritual power reserve in his body and found that a third of the Spirit Qi Imprint had not been depleted.
In spite of this, even a third of the spiritual power acc.u.mulated over time by the Bronze X/Legend’s Spirit-Drawing Ichthyosaur was a huge amount.
Lin Yuan had firmly decided to face these enemies alone in order to preserve Liu Jie’s strength as much as possible.
At the same time, after absorbing part of the Mountain-Containing Embryo, the Bronze X/Fantasy I Source Sand had already been promoted from Fantasy I to Fantasy II. It had now become a Gold I/Fantasy II elemental source-type item.
Liu Jie immediately put some of the late-stage Flesh-Mincing Blade Insects in the quicksand on standby. These had been produced by the Insect Queen when she had insufficient nutrients.
The insects prepared for a b.l.o.o.d.y meal.
Given the Lava Dragon Lizard’s immense speed and the fact that the enemy on the opposite side was das.h.i.+ng towards them, Lin Yuan soon saw the oncoming enemies.
Upon closely inspecting the spirit qi professionals on the backs of the approaching Diamond Giant Cattle, Lin Yuan’s pupils immediately constricted.
This was because they closely resembled the spirit qi professionals who had launched surprise attacks on him back in the controlled Cla.s.s 3 abyss dimensional rift.
One is the product of one’s environment. There were also differences in the appearances of spirit qi professionals from different continents.
Just based on their looks alone, it was obvious that they had come from the Radiance Federation.
It was highly possible that they were from the Dark Continent, just like the spirit qi professionals who had previously attacked him.
Lin Yuan used Morbius’ True Data to scan the approaching feys.
He then closed his eyes and used his spiritual energy to communicate with Source Sand.
Following which, the sound of the boiling sea of sand under the seabed came out of his ears.
At this moment, the spirit qi professionals riding on the backs of the Diamond Giant Cattle also noticed Lin Yuan’s presence.
Even though most of the opposing side’s fey were not natural fighters, fey who had reached the Platinum and even the Diamond rank still possessed a certain killing ability.
Those feys released many long-range attacks toward the Lava Dragon Lizard.
Zhou Luo, who was riding on its back, yelled, “Lava Dragon Lizard, activate Lava s.h.i.+eld!”
Right after, a spherical s.h.i.+eld enveloped the Lava Dragon Lizard’s outer body surface, firmly protecting the Lava Dragon Lizard, Zhou Luo, Lin Yuan, and Liu Jie within the s.h.i.+eld.
Various attacks were made on the s.h.i.+eld, some splas.h.i.+ng with ripples, and others disappearing without making even a single splash.
It could have been said that Zhou Luo singlehandedly warded off this flurry of attacks.
The Lava Dragon Lizard had awakened the dragon-species bloodline, so it was unrecognizable after its mutation and the growth of double heads.
The strength level of the Diamond Fantasy Breed was much higher than that of an ordinary Diamond fey.
Zhou Luo’s existence had always been extremely low, but this time, he directly demonstrated his king-cla.s.s strength.
At the same time, the seabed within the compatibility range of two kilometers instantly turned into a vortex of boiling quicksand.
The oncoming feys from the opposite side were all running on land, and as non-combat terrestrial feys, their mobility was not strong.
This caused many of the Platinum feys to be dragged immediately into the Fantasy Breed Source Sand’s seas of sand, where they continued to sink.
Without Lin Yuan doing anything, Liu Jie’s Flesh-Mincing Blade Insects, which he had instructed to hide and wait within the sand, ate these sunken feys alive. Not even a trace of blood or bone was wasted.
Compared to fey flesh, fey blood and bones contained nutrients that the Insect Queen needed more.
Thus, those few Diamond Giant Cattle struggled violently in the sea of sand.