Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1631 - 1631 0962 Picking Peaches

Chapter 1631: Chapter 0962: Picking Peaches Chapter 1631: Chapter 0962: Picking Peaches Chapter 0962: Picking Peaches

Because the Infant Fruit was stolen, Gao Yuqiu’s mind had been clouded with rage, focus entirely set on the Infant Fruit and the male cultivator who had stolen it, so much so that she had not anticipated an attack coming from below. However, as a cultivator at the peak of the Gold Core Realm, she had honed some instincts. The moment the sound of the breaking air reached her, she instinctively dodged. The sound did not strike her head-on but instead sliced her cheek and went past.

Only then did Gao Yuqiu realize that the object that had nearly penetrated her skull was the tail sting of the queen bee. Although the queen bee had been pierced by the hairpin she had fired, incredibly, it had not died immediately. Right before its death, it gathered its last ounce of strength and shot its tail sting out, nearly ending Gao Yuqiu’s life.

A faint but deadly scent accompanied the sting as it brushed past Gao Yuqiu, reaching her nose. She felt a numbness originating from her cheek and rapidly spreading through her body. She knew that the toxic substance contained within the queen bee’s tail sting had entered her bloodstream the moment it had cut her cheek.

The poison of the queen bee was dozens of times more potent than that of the common Tiger Baby Bees, and she had to detoxify immediately, without the slightest delay.

Compared to her life, the Infant Fruit was insignificant. Gao Yuqiu immediately abandoned her plan to pursue the male cultivator to retrieve the Infant Fruit. However, she could not bear to watch the despicable male cultivator get away with the Infant Fruit. She urgently sent a message to Qi Tian, “I can’t go on, I must detoxify immediately. The task of retrieving the Infant Fruit must now be left to you, Sir. Should you successfully recapture it, you will be recognized as the key contributor to this mission. I will convince the other cultivators to accept the fact that you deserve the chance at this opportunity first.”

“Okay, Sir, take care. After I leave, you still have to deal with the remaining Tiger Baby Bees and the two small teams that are about to decide the victor. The pressure on you will be no less than on me,” Qi Tian replied.

Waving his Yonghe Stick, Qi Tian killed all the Tiger Baby Bees attacking him, then spurred the flying sword beneath his feet, breaking free from the encirclement of the Tiger Baby Bees and chasing after the escaping male cultivator.

Gao Yuqiu sighed, unable to accept such an outcome, yet she had no choice but to accept it. If only that male cultivator hadn’t been so despicably cunning, it would be her holding the Infant Fruit in triumph now.

As Qi Tian pursued, he had already summoned the Transporting Whirlwind and Ghost Face to join him in the chase after the male cultivator.

Truth be told, had Qi Tian been willing, he could have allowed Transporting Whirlwind and Ghost Face to beat Gao Yuqiu and the male cultivator to the punch and snatch the Infant Fruit. However, such an action would have allowed Qi Tian to monopolize the Infant Fruit, yet it would not showcase his value within the team. He deliberately let the male cultivator steal the Infant Fruit first then pursued it himself, achieving both the goal of monopolizing the Infant Fruit and appearing righteous, giving the other team members no cause for complaint.

Of course, Qi Tian chose this plan for another crucial reason. There were aspects about the male cultivator that Qi Tian could not ignore; had he dispatched Transporting Whirlwind and Ghost Face to claim the Infant Fruit before the male cultivator, it might not have gone as smoothly as he imagined.

The male cultivator had also been startled just now. The queen bee’s tail sting had struck Gao Yuqiu and then continued flying directly towards him.

The angle at which the queen bee launched its tail sting was incredibly tricky; it linked him and Gao Yuqiu in a straight line. After pocketing the Infant Fruit, the male cultivator’s main concern was to escape the scene as quickly as possible, especially from Gao Yuqiu. He had not anticipated that the queen bee would strike a final blow. His reaction, though, was quick. When the queen bee’s sting aimed at him, he swung his treasured blade and cleaved towards the bee’s tail light.

Although the queen bee’s tail sting was fast, it could not compare to the quality of his treasured blade in material strength. He managed to deflect the queen bee’s sting successfully.

Nevertheless, the male cultivator broke out in a cold sweat. He dared not tarry, lest any unforeseen complications arise, and quickly urged his flying sword to escape at maximum speed towards the distance.

By the time Qi Tian began his pursuit, the male cultivator had already covered several hundred meters. He had carefully selected his flying sword for its most notable feature: speed, far surpassing other flying swords, particularly those designed for combat, making them no match for his. The confidence to lurk near the Infant Fruit Tree, observing the chaotic fight before seizing the prize, was chiefly founded on this flying sword. In previous tests against other cultivators’ flying swords, he found that even the flying swords used by some Nascent Soul Masters, solely in terms of speed, were not as fast as his own.

His flying sword outperformed even those of Nascent Soul Masters; thus, the flying swords of the young prodigies entering the secret realm for the competition were even less likely to match his in speed. This was the key reason behind his brazen confidence.