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Melee weapons are indeed more effective against the bees, but the bees are not passive targets that can only take hits without fighting back; their stingers, which are as long as daggers, are equally dangerous.

Ordinary combat suits are practically useless, and even slightly inferior magical costumes can be easily pierced by the stinger of the bees. Only shields specifically designed for defense can reliably block the bees' stinger attacks.

Within minutes of the melee, many mages were injured, with parts of their bodies struck by the stingers of the demon bees.

Even ordinary wasps have venomous stingers, and a single sting can cause unbearable pain and itching; imagine how much more painful these venomous wasps must be.

Almost all injured mages will immediately lose their fighting ability, falling from the sky with a pained expression and screaming. The worst ones will even foam at the mouth and their life force will rapidly weaken.

Even so, over 95% of the demonic bees were blocked by Emerald's Holy Shield. Without Emerald, Judy's forces would have been completely routed by this wave of demonic bees alone. This is the power of a level 5 demonic tide.

Seeing more and more mages being stung, poisoned, and rendered incapacitated by the stingers of the demon bees, Judy gritted her teeth and cursed:

"Tsk... This Emerald is trying to fool me again... I knew this mission wouldn't just be a simple way to farm merits."

She immediately wanted to lead her guard, composed entirely of Amazonian female warriors, into the battle, only to find that Ameliete's reinforcements had arrived first.

It started when a demon bee finally broke through the suppression of anti-aircraft fire and rushed to the top of a giant crab-shaped aircraft of the Federation Army, about to start killing the ordinary soldiers on the crab.

The Federation soldiers who fight riding on giant crabs are mostly weak in individual strength, and some are not even mages. They should have no chance of survival when faced with the approaching demon bees, and they are all prepared to fight to the death.

But at that moment, a rose petal arrived first, followed by a sky ablaze with flames.

The demon bee that broke through the anti-aircraft fire and finally reached the ground was instantly engulfed in flames after a rose petal was stuck to its body, and then completely turned to ashes.

Flora has arrived.

Flora is a genius female mage from the Lohid Magic Academy. Theoretically, she is on par with the master-level mages in the army, but Flora is clearly much stronger.

The bees, which even master-level aerial combat mages often struggle to kill, are almost instantly killed by Flora with every move.

With a wave of her long sleeves, she created a shower of rose petals, a beautiful rain of flowers that concealed a deadly intent.

When the Federation's air combat mages touched the rose petals, they really only bumped into the fluttering petals.

Once the demon bees touch those petals, a special fire magic infused with the power of curse magic will ignite on them, using their life force and magic as fuel until they are completely burned away.

"...So this is the magician of Lohid? She is indeed not comparable to ordinary mages. Even an ordinary elven mage would probably not be her match."

Seeing Flora almost single-handedly help the aerial mages stabilize their defenses, Judy breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but marvel.

But before she could finish her exclamation, another wave of support from Emeryte's side arrived.

This time, the medical team was led by Marcy herself, and their main responsibility was to treat the mages who had been injured by the stinger of the demon bee.

The treatment methods are also quite simple and crude.

If a mage is stung by a bee sting in one of his limbs, Marcy will not hesitate to have her assistant cut off that limb, then cover the wound with the Flame of Life, and a new limb will be regenerated within seconds.

If an injured mage is stung in the torso by the stinger of a bee, Marcy will have her assistants cut off a large chunk of flesh from the wound as if they were being killed, and then use the Flame of Life to quickly repair the body.

Whether the wounds are to the limbs or the body, after treating the wounds with the Flame of Life, Marcy will have other members of the medical team give the injured person an injection. After that, the injured people can quickly recover their vitality and fighting ability at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"The Flame of Life... it's really useful."

Judy looked at the almost all-healing flame in Marcy's palm, her eyes filled with envy:

"It's a pity she's already Emerald's personal maid, otherwise I really wanted to capture her and make her have more children with the same Crimson Moon bloodline to use as future medics..."

Not only was Marcy's Flame of Life powerful, but the medicine that the Blue Star Film and Television Medical Team injected into the Federation soldiers also amazed Judy.

Any mage who has been injected with this potion, even if they are unfortunately hit by the stinger of the magic bee again after returning to the battlefield, will only suffer a minor external injury, as if they have been hit by a normal skin wound. They are immune to the toxin that can instantly render someone unable to fight.

This was thanks to Suzuran. The reason Flora didn't immediately join the battle to help the aerial mages solidify their defenses was that, with the help of Viliana and other elven mages, she secretly captured two magic bees and sent them to Suzuran as research material.

After analyzing the various components of the bee venom, Lily of the Valley, using the medical techniques left by the old man Langdon, quickly prepared a potion that could both detoxify and resist the poison, which was then mass-produced by the elven mages using material replication techniques.

With the support that Emerald had arranged in advance arriving, Judy's troops were relieved of much of the combat pressure. The second line of defense gradually became solid, and none of the demon bees that squeezed through the gaps between the different holy shields were able to get close to the ground.

But that wasn't all. As the battle intensified, melodious singing drifted from the direction of the central square of Locke City. It was Su Lina beginning her performance on stage.

Sulina's stage magic can be broadly categorized as illusion magic, but it is more focused on visual and auditory senses.

When facing enemies, stage magic can make them see powerful monsters and instill fear, create visual mazes to make them spin in place, and deceive their senses to reduce their hit rate.

Unfortunately, the demon bees are not ordinary monsters. They are soldiers of the lair lords and do not even have a concept of self, so they are completely unafraid of illusions.

So this time, Sulina's magic was used on her own people.

The federal soldiers fighting in the midst of battle soon seemed to see their families waiting for them to return, their fiancées who were about to marry them, or their happy childhood memories of growing up with their childhood sweethearts in the beautiful songs.

They weren't actually strengthened, but almost everyone experienced a flashback, instantly boosting their spirits and making them feel that their magical weapons were sharper than ever before.

The power of belief is the strongest magic. When a warrior truly believes that his weapon will become sharper, it is very likely that his weapon will indeed become sharper.

In short, when Sulina's song rang out, Judy's troops not only received strong support in terms of combat power and medical care, but their morale also soared, making them even stronger. They almost trapped the demon bees in the gaps of the holy shield and killed them.

At this point, Locke City had completely countered the Nest Lord's massive troop-bursting offensive.

However, as the main force, Emerald is currently focused on maintaining the Holy Shield, so it's unlikely she'll be able to launch an offensive. Otherwise, even if she were to kill the Nest Lord, the swarm of bees, now without her to hold them off, would slaughter the entire city of Locke.

Who will lead the attack on the lair lord's main body?

...It's so hard to guess.

While internally complaining like this, Judy looked up at the sky again without any surprise.

Yulia, who had been working hard to adjust her condition before the great battle began, finally made her move.

For two years, Yulia's unwavering dedication to helping others in Locke City every day has earned her unparalleled popularity, and people trust her implicitly.

So Julia simply took flight without saying a word. Seeing this, the residents of Locke City raised their hands and shouted enthusiastically:

"Take our magic! Go and crush the demonic tide, Miss Julia!"

Chapter 217 Evolution! Super Magical Girl!

"Yulia! Yulia! Yulia!"

When Julia took to the skies to join the battle, almost the entire city of Locke erupted in cheers and shouts of excitement and fervor.

It was as if Yulia wasn't a soldier going to war, but a super-popular national idol about to start a concert. The only difference between those waving their arms and shouting loudly and the fanatical fans was that they didn't have glow sticks in their hands.

This popularity isn't something that can be achieved through mere hype; it stems from Yulia's consistent hard work over the past two years. Her selfless acts of helping others have earned her the ability to command such widespread support in crucial moments.

This is something that even the true idol, Sulina, and the true master of Locke City, Emerald, could not do.

As the entire city began chanting that common name, the prayer magic system, which had been upgraded and improved many times, was activated.

This time, the magic conversion and transfer rates of the Prayer Magic System were much higher, and Yulia was also inside the city, unlike last time when she was in the mine outside the city.

Ultimately, over 70% of the magic power of the city's more than 20 residents was transferred into Yulia's body through the Prayer Magic System, transforming into Yulia's power.

Yulia's cultivation path prevents her from using magic or projecting her magical power, but any magical power that enters her body will be converted into an increase in her attributes.

Yulia, who had already touched the threshold of the fusion stage and had even crossed halfway, now had even more outrageous attribute values.

Even though Emily hadn't used [Saintess's Kiss] on her, Julia's long golden hair was already standing on end as if it were being charged, and electric sparks occasionally flashed in her emerald eyes.

"We're about to go... Charge!"

Giving herself another pep talk, Yulia took a deep breath and shot into the sky like a shooting star flying in reverse.

Yulia is just not good at using her brain, not that she is actually brainless.

The battle with the Ancient Dragon-level Shadow Dragon on the snowfield made her very clear that no matter how much she has been strengthened, as long as she has not truly crossed that threshold, she will almost certainly not be able to defeat an Ancient Dragon-level Demon Tide Lord. Her limit is that she can only struggle for a short while under the opponent's offensive.

But so what? Does that mean we should just give up if we can't win? Impossible.

Behind her lay her hometown, countless people who supported her, and Emerald, who single-handedly held off the demonic tide and protected the city.

Yulia couldn't think of any reason why she could back down.

Even if we can't win, it doesn't matter. As long as we can hold them back and prevent them from continuing to mass produce troops like they are now, then after annihilating the Demon Bee Swarm, with Emerald's abilities, she should be able to find a way to defeat them.

Just like that battle on the snowfield.

This is what Julia, who is completely unaware of Emerald's true plans, thinks.

That's what she did too.

After transforming into a shooting star flying in reverse, the Holy Shield, which was insurmountable for the swarm of demonic bees, seemed to be nothing more than a curtain of water to Yulia. She passed through it with almost no resistance and continued her charge towards the Nest Lord, which was suspended 5000 meters in the air.

The Nest Lord naturally wouldn't let danger approach easily. Under its control, a large number of demon bees abandoned their attempt to strike the Holy Shield and instead swarmed around Yulia, using their sharp, venomous stingers to stab at various parts of her body from all angles.

"It's no use, it's no use, it's no use!"

Yulia ignored the attacks of the bees, her eyes fixed only on the Nest Lord.

In fact, the attacks from the swarm of bees were indeed ineffective.

The sharp needles that could easily pierce through the magical armor of Federation Army mages couldn't even trigger the automatic defense of Yulia's cloak.

The needles that pierced Yulia's Mystic Code were mostly just bounced off in the sparks, and sometimes, if the angle was right, they could even leave scratches on the Mystic Code.

Those whose tail needles unfortunately hit Yulia's skin were quite unlucky; it was almost a case of throwing an egg against a rock. The tail needles would break into several pieces, but they couldn't leave any mark on Yulia's skin, which was as white as boiled egg white.

But the most unfortunate were the demon bees that tried to block Yulia's way. Their actions were beyond futile; they were like a group of ants trying to stop the speeding Hundred-Ton King, and their only fate was to be crushed into dust by the enormous kinetic energy.

With this single charge, Yulia has already killed more Demon Bees than the Federation army, and is currently second only to Emery.

Soon, Yulia rushed to the location of the Nest Lord with unstoppable momentum, even flying higher than the Nest Lord, and arrived above the hemispherical nest.

Unlike other mages and magicians, Yulia doesn't know any high-level magic. She only has one way to destroy this nest—concentrate her strength and keep smashing it with her fists until she can shatter the nest with pure force!

She didn't believe she couldn't do it; in her view, her fists were no different from other people's magic. She could cause the same destruction with her fists as magic could; if she couldn't, it was simply because she hadn't punched enough or her strength wasn't enough!

"Ahhhhhhh!"

Yulia let out a sharp cry and brandished her fists, ready to destroy the nest, when she suddenly noticed a peculiar stream of light shooting out from the nest and flying toward her at great speed.

At the critical moment, Yulia's combat instincts kicked in. Without thinking, she abandoned her attack and used her accumulated power for defense. She swung both fists at the same time, one punching at Liuguang and the other blocking.

Boom!

puff!

A solid, impactful punch landed in her fist. Yulia didn't know what the opponent was, but she felt that the opponent's strength was great and the punch was hard.

The arm that was blocking felt a sharp pain as it was pierced by a sharp object, leaving a bloody hole. The wound quickly became numb and itchy, clearly indicating that the piercing was poisonous.

Fortunately, Yulia's punch was not without effect; it also repelled the opponent, preventing them from pursuing her and allowing her to finally see what the enemy looked like.

It was a humanoid demon bee.

Structurally, its body is 90% similar to that of a human, except that its head is still that of a demon bee, its entire body is covered with the hard carapace of an insect, and its hands have no fingers but only two sharp stingers like tail stingers.

In that exchange just now, Yulia blocked the spike attack with one hand while simultaneously punching her opponent away with the other.

The humanoid bee seemed surprised that it couldn't finish off Yulia in one blow, and a very obvious expression appeared on its head.

Yulia's physical strength also exceeded the expectations of the humanoid demon bees. Even more outrageous was that the humanoid demon bees' confident bee venom had no effect whatsoever.

Now, Yulia has not only not been poisoned to death, but her combat strength has not shown any signs of weakening.

She didn't know any advanced spells to remove toxins, nor did she carry any antidotes with her, because she simply didn't need them.

The toxins that had just been injected into Yulia's body did kill many of her cells, which is why she initially felt an unbearable numbness and itching in her wounds.

But immediately, Yulia's cells began to adapt to and evolve to the toxin. In just a few breaths, Yulia's cells were not only able to adapt to the bee venom, but also to decompose the bee venom and absorb the magic power within it to strengthen themselves.

Therefore, not only did the area where Yulia was stabbed quickly return to its normal color, but the wound itself also began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is Yulia, the chosen one of the world. Theoretically, as long as her magic power is sufficient, she cannot be defeated even if she is completely destroyed. Therefore, triggering the defeat cutscene in the original game never means the game is lost; Yulia can always find various ways to turn the tables and defeat her enemies.

This encounter gave Yulia a profound understanding of the humanoid demon bees before her.

Unlike Emerald, who had obtained detailed information beforehand, or Judy, who was knowledgeable about the Demon Tide, she still understood that the humanoid demon bee in front of her was most likely the core individual of the Demon Tide Nest Lord, because the humanoid demon bee's strength was definitely at the level of an Ancient Dragon.

Although the Allen Federation has not yet solved the mystery of the demonic tide, its technology for observing and predicting the demonic tide is already very mature. If it is said that this demonic tide is a level 5 demonic tide, it will basically be correct... The last problem was purely because someone sabotaged it.

In a level 5 demonic tide, there can only be one ancient dragon-level being. The humanoid demonic bee in front of us is definitely the most crucial element of the entire demonic tide... If we can defeat it, the demonic tide might end immediately.

Thinking of this, Yulia's fighting spirit burned even brighter. She clenched her fists again and launched an attack on the humanoid demon bee.

Yulia's actions enraged the humanoid bee—what is your strength and what is mine? You not only didn't run away when you met me, but you even dared to attack me first?

The humanoid bee transformed once again into a high-speed streak of light that was almost impossible for the eye to catch, and rushed towards Yulia before she could catch it. However, it did not confront Yulia head-on this time, but instead spun around her at high speed, constantly stabbing her entire body with the spikes on its hands.

An Ancient Dragon is an Ancient Dragon. Even though Yulia has received many enhancements, her current strength, speed, and physical strength are still suppressed by the humanoid demon bee.

The humanoid bees were incredibly fast, their spikes attacking relentlessly from all angles. Yulia couldn't possibly block them with her bare fists alone, and her magical armor was equally ineffective.

The magical artifact cloak behind him triggered its automatic parry for the first time in a long time. The cloak's defensive power was still reliable, able to block the attacks of the humanoid magic bees. It was just a pity that it was much slower, and it successfully blocked less than a third of the attacks.

The automatic evasion developed through the practice of the pseudo-Supernatural Intent Technique did have some effect, but when the speed difference between the two sides reached a certain level, even the smallest automatic evasion could not dodge all attacks.

In the end, about a third of the attacks launched by the humanoid bee's arms struck Yulia squarely.