Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Chapter 457: Chapter 449: The Second Avatar_1

How could Qin Niu possibly let it go?

This Mirage Insect had lived so many years, it had practically become a demon, yet it always came up with some childishly naive demands.

“I can’t possibly let you go before we’ve formed a soul contract,” he said.

Qin Niu flatly refused its request.

“I can help you break this Insect Formation.”

The Mirage Insect seemed not to be stupid, at least knowing what Qin Niu wanted to do.

Qin Niu, on the other hand, didn’t think that this insect would lie, as nearly all monsters were very honest. In their view, there was no need for all that scheming and circumvention, to hunt prey, as long as one had the strength, one would simply attack.

If not strong enough, they would hide and remain still to avoid detection.

The law of the jungle was just that straightforward.

“How will you break the Insect Formation?”

Qin Niu decided to listen to its opinion first.

Just now, he had used the Red-eyed Golden Toad and the Green Ox, which had a significant impact on the enemy’s Insect Formation, but he failed to break the enemy’s formation.

No matter what kind of tactics, the more they were used, the easier it was for the enemy to find loopholes.

Using the same tactics over and over, was a major taboo in battle.

If he used the sonic attacks of the Green Ox and the Golden Toad too many times, it was very likely that the mysterious Gu Master would find a way to counter them. By then, it would be difficult for the Black Tiger Gang to break the Insect Formation.

“Those insects always move around a core. When the Insect Formation was hit by sound just now, I found the location of that central point. There is a very powerful insect there, I can swallow it, and then turn it into my second avatar.”

The Mirage Insect honestly relayed its discovery.

There was a certain emotional fluctuation when it mentioned the second avatar.

For beings like this that had awoken spiritual intelligence, the pursuit of greater strength was instinctual. It was also what they longed for the most.

The Mirage Insect had only managed to obtain one avatar over so many years, which showed how difficult it was to create one.

The conditions for its choice of an avatar must be extremely strict.

It was not easy to come across an insect that could serve as its avatar, which understandably excited it.

After listening, Qin Niu believed it to some extent.

Every formation had a key point, the “formation eye,” which was crucial for breaking the formation.

The core that the Mirage Insect discovered could very well be the formation eye of the Insect Formation.

Since the formation eye had been located, Qin Niu could use other insect pets to break the formation.

“Although I really want to break this Insect Formation, I absolutely cannot let you go. Here’s what we’ll do: You tell me the core position of the Insect Formation, and I’ll send other insects to break the formation.”

“This…”

The Mirage Insect clearly hadn’t expected this human to be so shameless.

It had been tricked out of its information for free, without any benefit for itself.

“Do you have any objections?” Qin Niu’s tone became unpleasant.

“Not at all, I am just worried that your insects won’t be able to handle that Night Gu. If it gets scared and becomes cautious, it will be hard to capture it later on. Also, that Night Gu isn’t of much use to your insects, but it’s very useful to me,” the Mirage Insect said in obvious fear of Qin Niu.

After all, it had suffered at his hands.

This young human was ruthless, and would feed it to other insects at the slightest disagreement, which terrified the Mirage Insect.

“I don’t think so. Even if that Night Gu is of little help to my insect pets, it’s still better than giving it to you. I’ll only take care of my own insect pets, so don’t even think about getting any benefits,” said Qin Niu indifferently.

He was intentionally aggravating it, otherwise how could he convince the Mirage Insect to agree to become his pet?

“Where is that Night Gu? Lead the way!”

We must break the Insect Formation in the shortest time possible, otherwise once the Insect Formation is fully deployed, the difficulty of breaking it will be akin to hell.

I believe that the Gu Master realizes this too, hence the eagerness to kill Qin Niu.

“It’s over there!”

The Mirage Insect honestly pointed the way for Qin Niu.

It seemed to be preoccupied, evidently contemplating becoming Qin Niu’s pet, thus obtaining the dark night Gu.

Higher-level Gus are extremely rare.

Such opportunities are to be seized, not sought.

The Mirage Insect’s first doppelganger was nearly wasted by Qin Niu’s Green Demon Bees.

To recover to its former peak strength, no one knows how long it would take. It, being naturally timid, urgently needed a powerful second doppelganger to ensure its own safety.

Now, in Qin Niu’s hands, it felt like meat on the chopping block – Qin Niu could kill it at any time he wished.

To submit would bring many benefits.

To resist, would certainly lead to being used as fodder for the human’s Insect Pets.

The Mirage Insect’s brain was quite simple, it only chose the answer that was more beneficial to itself.

“Human, I agree to become your pet! But you can’t send me to my death!”

In choosing to submit, it also set a condition.

“You are a wise demon insect, I believe you will never regret today’s choice in the future. As for sending you to your death, that will only happen if you slack off and fail to progress. On the day that you hold no value to me, I might actually set you free, for a good departure rather than callously using you as cannon fodder.”

Qin Niu knew where its concerns came from.

Not long ago, Qin Niu sent a Green Ring Worker Bee to deal with those fireflies, and it died.

Then he sent a Termite to probe, and it died as well.

All this had been witnessed by the Mirage Insect; it worried that one day it would also be used as cannon fodder by Qin Niu.

To bind oneself with a human in a soul contract means that one’s life and death are controlled by the master.

Demon beasts, Demon Birds, and demon insects, they have all unlocked their spiritual intelligence, possessing considerable wisdom. To place their fate in the hands of a human, they would instinctively reject it.

“I trust you to keep your promise! We can make the contract now.”

The Mirage Insect chose to trust him.

It had no better option.

“I can’t form a soul contract with you right now because my Spirit Space is already filled with other pets.”

Qin Niu felt a wave of helplessness, having finally convinced the Mirage Insect to become his pet.

But his Spirit Space was occupied.

This was a demon insect, a very special one at that.

Other Insect Masters struggle their entire lives and still might never obtain a demon insect.

“That’s simple, we can first establish a private contract and later have it witnessed by heaven and earth, it’s the same.”

The Mirage Insect proposed a solution.

“What is a private contract?”

Qin Niu discovered yet again how lacking his knowledge of cultivation was. He was ignorant of many advanced cultivation concepts.

He came from humble beginnings, and it was already commendable that Old Man Liu taught him to read.

No one had taught him cultivation knowledge, he could only gather bits and pieces from books and from others’ conversations.

Many advanced cultivation concepts were not mentioned in books at all, usually they needed to be orally transmitted from master to disciple.

“A private contract means that both parties willingly agree, and I actively give a strand of my soul to merge with yours. If I harbor any ill intentions, you would know immediately. You could destroy that strand of soul to severely harm me, or even possibly cause my death.”

So that’s how it worked.

Qin Niu gained new insight.