Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

Just as this thought crossed Chu Zhou's mind, a series of rapid flapping sounds suddenly came from the west side of the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone.

At first, the sound was very faint, but after only a few breaths, it became like thunder, spreading throughout the entire Black Dragon Mountain.

Chu Zhou's consciousness immediately extended towards the direction of Hundred Flowers Valley.

In the distance, a massive golden cloud was rapidly approaching.

Upon closer inspection, it was not a cloud at all, but a huge swarm of golden spirit bees.

The number of bees was at least over 100,000, and the entire sky was filled with them, arranged in neat rows, like a well-trained army, flying towards Black Dragon Lake.

Little Jinbao was resting on a rock when it heard the noise and immediately stood up.

"Chirp! Where did this bug come from, daring to fly above my head!"

Just as it was about to rush over, it suddenly realized that the swarm of bees looked somewhat familiar.

"Chirp? It's you guys?"

At the very center of the swarm, a golden queen bee nearly a meter long flew out, with six translucent wings growing from its back and its entire body covered in a golden carapace.

On its abdomen were patterns of blue lotus flowers, and a powerful fourth-order aura emanated from its body. Beside it followed twelve spirit bees, each more than half a meter in size.

These twelve spirit bees had all reached the third rank. Chu Zhou was also somewhat surprised when he saw the queen bee.

The queen bee in front of us is the same queen bee that led the bee colony to live in the Black Dragon Mountain.

However, during this time, it stayed deep in the Valley of a Hundred Flowers and rarely appeared.

Unexpectedly, when they reappeared, they had already reached the fourth level, and 100,000 spirit bees arrived above Black Dragon Lake.

The next moment, all the bees simultaneously stopped flapping their wings.

The massive swarm of bees hovered neatly in mid-air. The fourth-order queen bee flew down onto a lotus leaf on Chu Zhou's body, lowered her head, and showed her submission to Chu Zhou.

[Race: Azure Lotus Golden-Striped Queen Bee]

[Realm Level: Early Stage of Fourth Rank]

[Talents: Universal Bee Sensation, Hive Domain, Golden-Patterned Bee Sting, Azure Lotus Spirit Honey]

[Status: Bloodline Transformation Completed]

I saw the system information.

Chu Zhou felt a slight stirring in his heart, and all the bees sensed it. The queen bee could share the vision and perception of all the bees in the colony.

By dispersing the bee swarm, a vast intelligence network can be formed.

The Hive Domain can connect the power of all the spirit bees.

The larger the number of bee colonies, the stronger the queen bee can be. However, in terms of direct combat power alone, she may not be as strong as the White Mountain King or the Mountain King.

However, if he were to lead a swarm of 100,000 bees, he might not be without the power to fight even against a sixth-tier beast.

The queen bee's antennae swayed gently.

Two Tier 3 bee guards immediately flew forward and placed a fist-sized ball of golden beeswax on the lotus leaf.

The beeswax slowly cracked open from the middle.

A rich aura of life instantly spread out, inside which was a clump of bluish-gold honey.

Honey not only contains a lot of spiritual energy, but also carries a trace of extremely pure lotus fragrance.

Chu Zhou stretched out its roots and gently touched it.

[Special Spiritual Item Discovered: Green Lotus Hundred Flower Honey]

[It can restore vitality, replenish spiritual energy, and purify low-level polluting forces.]

Purify pollution?

Chu Zhou was somewhat surprised.

Through the consciousness transmitted by the queen bee, he quickly understood the origin of the honey.

During this time, the bee swarm lived deep within Hundred Flowers Valley, where the most abundant spiritual plants in the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone grew.

The bee colony collects nectar from hundreds of kinds of sacred plants and also absorbs pollen from blue lotus flowers scattered in the air.

After several months of brewing.

Only then did we finally obtain this batch of Qinglian Hundred Flowers Honey.

The queen bee's ability to break through to the fourth stage is also related to the blue lotus pollen.

Chu Zhou looked at the queen bee in front of him.

During this period, he had indeed neglected these spirit bees, but they had grown to this extent without him even realizing it.

"Now that you've reached the fourth tier, you should have your own name."

The queen bee's six golden wings trembled gently.

Clearly, it could understand Chu Zhou's words.

Chu Zhou pondered for a moment: "You feed on hundreds of flowers and use the powder of the blue lotus to complete your bloodline transformation. From today onwards, you will be called Jinrui."

Upon hearing this name...

The queen bee's body shone with golden light in an instant.

"Buzz!"

One hundred thousand spirit bees flapped their wings simultaneously, creating a tremendous sound that resounded throughout the entire Black Dragon Lake.

[The Blue Lotus Golden-Patterned Queen Bee Receives a Name]

Name: Jin Rui

Loyalty: 100%

Looking at the swarms of bees filling the sky, Chu Zhou suddenly had an idea. He was worried about not having a suitable exotic beast, so he decided to send the Azure Lotus Mark to Changbai Mountain.

At this moment, Jin Rui broke through to the fourth level and led a swarm of 100,000 bees.

Isn't this a coincidence?

A single spirit bee might not be able to withstand the power of a seventh-order Azure Lotus Mark, but the bee colony possesses a hive domain.

The pressure can be shared by thousands of bees.

Moreover, bees are relatively small in size.

It was fast, and its target wasn't as obvious as a large flying beast.

This is perfect for carrying out this mission.

A lotus leaf slowly unfurled from the Chu boat.

A wisp of blue life energy surged from the depths of the lotus heart.

Finally, it coalesced into a single blue lotus seed, no bigger than a fingernail, the moment the lotus seed appeared.

All the nearby spirit bees felt a powerful pressure emanating from the depths of their bloodline.

Some of the weaker bees even began to tremble slightly.

Only Jinrui did not retreat.

It flew to the area beneath the blue lotus seeds on its own.

The six bee wings fully unfolded, steadily supporting the lotus seed.

Chu Zhou said, "Jin Rui, I have a task for you now."

Jinrui lowered her head.

"Select three thousand elite spirit bees and immediately head to Changbai Mountain to bring this lotus seed there."

"Once we reach the vicinity of the source of pollution, I can descend a portion of my power through the lotus seed."

Without any hesitation, Jinrui's six bee wings suddenly trembled.

"Buzz!"

From the swarm, three thousand of the strongest spirit bees immediately flew out.

These spirit bees have all reached at least the first rank.

Among them are more than three hundred second-tier spirit bees and twelve third-tier bee guards.

Three thousand spirit bees spun rapidly around the blue lotus seed.

As the honeycomb domain unfolded, the oppressive aura emanating from the seventh-tier lotus seed was instantly shared by the entire bee colony.

After sensing for a moment and confirming that there were no problems, Chu Zhou said, "Go."

The golden stamens' antennae drooped down.

The next moment, it led three thousand cyan gold spirit bees soaring into the sky. The huge swarm of bees transformed into a golden arrow in the sky and flew swiftly northward.

Upon seeing this, Little Jinbao immediately flew to Chu Zhou's side.

"Chirp, Master, I want to go too!"

Chu Zhou refused outright: "You stay."

Little Jinbao immediately became indignant: "Master, why can those insects go, but I can't?"

Chu Zhou calmly said, "Jin Rui is responsible for transporting the lotus seeds. Your presence will only attract attention. Moreover, the third spiritual energy tide is about to arrive, and the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone needs someone to guard it."

Upon hearing that he was guarding the restricted area, Xiao Jinbao immediately straightened his chest.

"Rest assured, Master, with me here, no one will dare approach Black Dragon Lake!"

Looking at its appearance, I found it rather amusing. I was too lazy to pay attention to this little Jinbao. I thought to myself that it would take Jinrui's bee swarm quite a while to reach Changbai Mountain.

Before that, Qin Zhenyuan must hold the line.

Battlefield at Changbai Mountain.

The aura within the polluted tiger king continued to rise.

It progressed from the early stage of the sixth rank, through the middle stage, and finally gradually stopped near the late stage of the sixth rank.

Its enormous body has been completely deformed.

His forehead and vertical eyes were fully open.

A dozen or so blood-red bone spurs swayed behind him.

Below the four tiger claws, countless tiny tentacles grew out.

The consciousness that originally belonged to the Tiger King of Changbai Mountain is being continuously devoured by the corrupting forces.

It stared intently at Qin Zhenyuan, its gaze shifting between madness and lucidity.

"Humans, kill them."

Before it could finish speaking, the blood-red vertical eye on its forehead lit up again.

A terrifying beam of blood-red light shot out instantly, and Qin Zhenyuan's figure shifted to the side.

A streak of blood grazed his shoulder and pierced through a snow-capped peak behind him.

Boom!

A boulder over twenty meters tall atop a snow-capped peak hundreds of meters high was struck by a beam of light.

It exploded into a shower of stone fragments in an instant.

When the Tiger King of Changbai Mountain spoke again, his voice had completely changed: "Although this body is a bit weak, it's still barely enough."

Qin Zhenyuan's eyes were icy: "Who are you?"

The mutated tiger king raised its head, and a bizarrely human-like smile appeared on its lips: "My name is not something an ant like you is qualified to know, but since the original owner of this body wanted to kill you so much..."

"I will grant its last wish."

boom!

The polluting aura of the late sixth tier erupted completely.

The entire snowfield was stained blood red.

Qin Zhenyuan stood amidst the swirling blood mist, raising his fists as his martial arts avatar condensed once more behind him: "Borrowed power is never truly your own. You want to kill me? Then try."

Almost simultaneously with the outbreak of the beast tide in Changbai Mountain in the Dragon Kingdom, and Qin Zhenyuan's great battle against the Tiger King of Changbai Mountain.

On the other side, in the island nation of Tokyo.

At three o'clock in the morning, the piercing air raid siren resounded throughout the city. On the streets, countless people dragged their luggage and, under the command of soldiers, frantically evacuated to underground shelters.

Tokyo, once a bustling metropolis, is now in chaos.

Numerous armed helicopters flew overhead.

Along the coastline, huge searchlights shone on the dark sea.

Fear was written on everyone's face, because just one day earlier, Hokkaido had fallen.

In just twelve hours, dozens of coastal cities in Hokkaido were completely destroyed by the sea monster.

The three special operations teams dispatched by the island nation's military have all lost contact, and no one knows what happened there.

The only footage transmitted back was a scene captured by a satellite.

On the coast of Hokkaido, a giant black tentacle emerges from the seabed amidst waves hundreds of meters high.

In a single blow, a 10,000-ton destroyer was smashed into pieces.

Upon witnessing that scene, the entire island nation was plunged into panic.

This marine animal tide attack is more severe than the previous ones.

The highest command center in Tokyo, the Lingce Bureau.

The atmosphere inside the meeting room was extremely tense.

The island nation's prime minister, looking at the report on the table, asked in a hoarse voice, "How many cities are still in contact?"

Due to Ichiro Oda's erroneous command recently, the island nation has suffered heavy losses.

In an effort to stabilize public opinion, the island nation's leadership unanimously decided to arrest Ichiro Oda in order to silence public discontent.

But these measures were of no use.

Many small towns and cities in the island nation have fallen and turned into hell on earth.

In the meeting room, no one answered. After a moment, an officer said in a low voice, "Hokkaido is completely out of contact, the Tohoku region is being evacuated, and a large number of fifth-order life forms have been detected near Tokyo Bay."

"Fifth tier?"

Upon hearing this number, everyone's expression changed. After the spiritual energy recovered, awakened individuals also appeared in the island nation, but the strongest among them was only at the early stage of the fifth rank, and their numbers were extremely small.

They still have a fighting chance against land-based beasts of the same level.

But the ocean is a realm beyond human imagination.

"Where is Lord Jingu?"

Someone asked a question, and the meeting room fell silent.

Soon, a voice came: "I'm here."

The conference room door opened, and a man dressed in a black samurai outfit walked into the conference room.

He wore an ancient sword at his waist, and was currently the strongest awakened being in the island nation.

Jingu Kazuma, a late-stage fifth-tier cultivator, awakened the ability Thunder Blade. He once slew a third-tier corrupted beast with a single strike and was hailed as a new-era sword saint by the people of the island nation.

Yue Li Xue Jian, who is currently at the same fifth rank, is privately regarded by the public as the future strongest Onmyoji in the island nation.

Seeing him rekindle hope in many people's eyes.

The Prime Minister stood up, bowed, and said, "Your Excellency Jingu, the future of Tokyo is in your hands."

Jingu Kazuma walked to the window, looking out at the dark sea in the distance with an unusually solemn expression.

Just now, he had sensed a terrifying aura, an aura that even made his soul tremble.