High-level martial arts: Contract cashback, invincible starting from the Zerg.

The lair of the Beast King is hidden deep within the cliff.

Outside the enormous cave entrance lay countless giant beast skeletons. The cave, tens of meters high, was pitch black inside, as if an extremely dangerous beast was lurking within, breathing out bloody, beastly breath.

"Ma Long, you and the others stay outside. Yue Ji will come in with me."

"Your Majesty? Shouldn't we send someone to explore the inside of the cave first?" Renault asked.

"No need," Bai Fei said calmly.

"Yes, ma'am."

Bai Fei's cool gaze then fell upon the king beast's lair, and her figure disappeared into the darkness without the slightest hesitation.

The interior of Wang Shoushanqi's lair was far larger than Bai Fei had imagined.

To Bai Fei's surprise, the rock walls surrounding the nest were covered with giant beast runes engraved by the King Beast Shan Qi.

Some of the giant beast runes even still had traces of undried golden beast blood remaining on them.

Bai Fei turned around and looked at Yue Ji, revealing the "Bronze Core" on her right hand.

"Is Your Majesty so eager to conquer this place because the 'Bronze Core' is preserved here?" Tsukihime asked.

"At first I didn't know, but after I killed the King Beast Shanqi, the 'Bronze Core' on my finger started to get hot, so I guessed that the King Beast must have kept enough 'Bronze Cores'."

"A peak Earth-rank King Beast is indeed enough to stand on equal footing with the Iron Slaughter Insect Clan," Yue Ji said thoughtfully.

"We need to find the 'Bronze Core' quickly, or the Ironslayers will soon discover that we fought a battle with the Overlord."

Bai Fei had barely finished speaking...

Her perception range instantly covered the vast underground space.

As expected!! Bai Fei discovered three "Bronze Cores" that had not yet been bound to a master!!

"Over there!"

Bai Fei let out a low shout, and her aloof figure shot off like an arrow towards the deepest part of the nest, while the huntress Yue Ji followed closely behind, her toes barely touching the ground.

The rock walls deep inside the lair grew increasingly damp, yet amidst the bloody darkness, a faint, almost imperceptible, bronze sheen seemed to emanate from them.

Just as Bai Fei approached, the bronze ring on her finger emitted an extremely hot temperature.

Almost simultaneously, the three bronze spheres also lit up with a wrought-iron-like crimson light.

Bai Fei directly took out the bronze ring from her ring finger.

And watch as the bronze ring instantly transformed into a bronze sphere, slowly flying towards the three bronze cores.

As the bronze cores attracted each other, fine crack patterns gradually appeared on Bai Fei's bronze core.

Immediately afterwards, with a few soft "clicks", the bronze core split into dozens of bronze fragments of varying sizes, as if mechanically divided. The fragments floated in mid-air, intertwining and rotating, outlining the shape of a larger bronze core.

The three unclaimed bronze cores emitted an increasingly intense crimson light, and the once-perfect spheres began to disintegrate and peel away piece by piece...

"Is this the mutation of the bronze core?" Tsukihime said softly, gazing at the bronze fragments intertwining and swirling in mid-air.

Her eyes were filled with amazement, for she had never seen the legendary bronze core fuse and transform in such a way.

"The bronze core is a necessary condition for us to leave the Hunting Plane, and at the same time... it is also a final gift from this plane," Bai Fei explained patiently.

Before the words were even finished, the bronze fragments in mid-air had already coalesced into a complete shape.

Countless tiny fragments interlocked and pieced together, eventually transforming into a bronze sphere several times larger than before.

The transformation process was extremely smooth, without the slightest interruption. The originally immense energy gradually subsided, becoming gentle and restrained, with only the bronze luster on the surface still slowly flowing in the darkness.

Looking at the bronze core silently floating in front of him...

Bai Fei immediately raised her hand and began to summon the powerful bronze core to recognize her as its master.

The bronze sphere, suspended in mid-air, slowly approached her, drawn by the power of the white worm.

Bai Fei patiently watched as the bronze core drew closer and closer to her.

Just as it was less than half a foot from his waist, the smooth bronze core suddenly began to unfold, and the originally seamless sphere slowly differentiated into regular arcs.

The bronze sphere eventually lost its spherical shape completely.

It transformed into a bronze belt about three inches wide and just the right length for Bai Fei's waist.

Bai Fei lowered her eyes slightly...

Feeling the bronze belt gently wrap around his waist, fitting perfectly without any sense of restraint, instead a warm energy seeped into his body through the belt, flowing to his limbs and bones.

Bai Fei's slightly tired body became light and strong again thanks to the warmth of this power.

Yue Ji immediately stepped forward, her excited gaze landing on the bronze belt around Bai Fei's waist.

"Your Majesty, this is the power of four bronze cores! It seems that it has truly recognized you as its master."

Bai Fei raised her hand and gently stroked the bronze belt around her waist. A faint warmth flickered in her cool eyes.

She could clearly sense that the power contained in the belt was more than ten times greater than that of the small bronze ring from before.

"We should go. The unusual activity at the Bronze Core has probably alerted the Queen of the Iron Slaughter Zerg. If we delay any longer, we'll be surrounded."

......

On the Crystal Throne at the very center of the Ironhide Zerg hive.

The Iron Slaughter Queen was lounging lazily, surrounded by a faint black miasma that seemed to melt even the hardest rocks wherever it passed.

Her entire body was covered with a layer of hard, jet-black armor, covered with fine barbs that gleamed with a cold metallic luster.

Her insect-like limbs were slender yet brimming with explosive power, the sharp claws at her fingertips gleaming coldly as she tapped the armrest of the throne intermittently. With each tap, fine bone dust fell in a flurry, while a faint, cold smile played on her lips.

Just then, a tall figure slowly walked over, stepping on the sticky insect fluid, exuding the powerful aura of a Heaven-rank expert.

It was none other than Iron Slaughter Red Rock, a general of the Iron Slaughter Insect Clan.

"Your Majesty."

"What is it?" The Queen's voice was sharp and cold, each word seemingly coated with venom, sending chills down one's spine.

Tielu Hongyan took a breath, suppressing his apprehension, and said, "Your Majesty, I just sensed a strong energy fluctuation in the direction of the Giant Beast Forest. I suspect that someone killed Shanqi, a peak Earth-rank King Beast."

As soon as she finished speaking, the nest fell into a brief silence, broken only by the sound of insect fluid dripping and the sound of the queen's claws striking her skull.

A moment later, the Queen's emerald green eyes turned to Iron Slaughter Red Rock.

"That's right, the King Beast is dead, and the Bronze Core has also been fused with by someone else."

Iron Slaughter Red Rock's pupils dilated instantly!

They seemed to have realized something.

"Your Majesty! Given the severity of Bai Fei's injuries, there is absolutely no way she could have survived in the Giant Beast Forest!! With injuries like that, let alone killing a king-level beast, she wouldn't even be able to put up a fight against an ordinary giant beast. How could she possibly..."

The silence within the nest grew increasingly oppressive; the sound of dripping insect fluid seemed amplified many times over, each drop striking Red Rock's heart like a hammer blow. The sound of the queen's claws striking her skull also became increasingly crisp.

"Oh? You saw it with your own eyes?"

Before Tielu Hongyan could answer.

The black miasma surrounding the Queen of Insects suddenly surged, like a rolling black cloud, instantly engulfing the entire throne room.

Her slender hand gripped Hongyan's neck, lifting the powerful Heavenly Rank expert Tielu Hongyan directly in front of her!

"Go and kill that little thing... If she doesn't die, you know what will happen," the Iron-Slaying Insect Queen said quietly.

"Yes...yes!"