"Oh? That's a good idea!"
The Queen Bee's eyes lit up, and she was quite tempted.
"Grisha, Ella is your own flesh and blood after all. Are you willing to sacrifice your daughter for me?"
"Lady Ves! You are my goddess, my idol whom I admire endlessly!"
"For you, I would even sacrifice myself, let alone a mere bastard!"
"Please allow me to personally extract the blood essence of this bastard and offer it to you!"
Grisha's affectionate expression pleased Ves very much.
Sora was deeply enraged by this shameless man, and could not help but complain bitterly.
"Grisha! Ella could have killed you just now, but she showed mercy!"
"You are so cruel to Ella. Do you have any conscience?!"
Grisha, in order to protect himself, even sacrificed his illegitimate daughter, let alone the woman he had raped so many years ago.
"Haha! Who asked that bastard to show mercy?"
"The little bastard didn't kill me; it's her own fault!"
Grisha grinned.
"Sora! You've raised your daughter to be such a clueless, soft-hearted fool. That only proves your poor parenting skills. Don't blame me!"
Sora's shamelessness infuriated her, her lips trembling, and she was speechless for a moment.
"Grisha, I'm quite satisfied with your plan for dealing with your illegitimate daughter."
"What do you plan to do with that woman named Sora?"
The Queen Bee, half-smiled, continued to assess her male favorite's loyalty.
"Although this woman is a lowly village woman, she's still quite pretty, and she gave birth to a beautiful, gifted daughter. You wouldn't... be reluctant to part with her, would you?"
"Lady Ves, absolutely not!"
Grisha, intent on pleasing the Queen Bee, his face brimming with eagerness.
"I, Grisha, will only have you in my heart for the rest of my life!"
"To prove my feelings, I will personally execute Sora before your eyes!"
"Very well, as you say!"
The Queen Bee looked eagerly awaiting a show.
"Kill Sora first, then extract Ella's blood essence."
"As you command!"
Grisha, his face filled with murderous intent, approached Keith and her daughter.
His wounds hadn't healed, but Sora was still an easy task.
Just then, a surge of magical energy erupted in the courtyard.
A silver mist emerged in front of Sora and Ella.
Grisha stopped in his tracks, warily observing the silver mist.
A tall figure emerged from the mist.
At first, it appeared human, but upon emerging from the mist, it had transformed into a ten-meter-tall, panther-headed giant!
Grisha met the panther-headed giant's emerald eyes.
First, he was surprised, then overjoyed!
"Alan Panthers, you finally can't help but show yourself!"
"Listen to me, boy! If you know what's good for you, hand it over—"
Alan, too lazy to listen to him, raised his hand and grasped, a silver vortex appearing in his palm.
Dragon Claw!
The sudden gravitational field sucked Grisha in.
Like a small steel ball drawn to a magnet, it soared into the air, flying straight into the palm of the leopard-headed giant.
"Ahhhhhh!"
Grisha screamed in fear.
He tumbled through the air, flailing his arms and legs, struggling desperately.
But it was all in vain.
In an instant, he was sucked in by the powerful gravitational field.
Puff!
Alan thrust his left hand forward, his five fingers like hooks, firmly grasping Grisha's head.
"Little bastard! Don't be so presumptuous!"
Queen Bee Ves, startled and furious!
While scolding, she swung out her bee whip, attempting to stop Alan from killing Grisha.
Alan opened his right hand and grabbed the flying whip.
The whip was formed from a swarm of bees and had no fixed form.
Under the queen bee's telekinesis, the swarm of bees dispersed, buzzing and roaring as they pounced on Allen.
The leopard-headed giant grinned coldly.
From its massive palm, it released an invisible gravitational field.
The vortex dragon claw had been cultivated to the highest level.
Shooting from both sides, simultaneously!
Space twisted, air currents surged!
The flying swarm, pulled by an irresistible force, flew involuntarily toward Allen's right hand, gathering into a ball.
Alan slowly closed the five fingers of his right hand, continuously increasing the pressure.
The ball of bees, pressed against his palm, was compressed ever smaller.
Thousands of Yellow Spring bees pressed against each other.
Crackling!
Bone and flesh shattered, juices flowed, and a chorus of mournful cries rang out.
The Yellow Spring Bees on the periphery, unwilling to be crushed to death by the gravitational field, desperately twisted their hips, stinging Allen's fingers.
Beastly armor, combined with soft bone and flesh armor, Allen's defenses made the Yellow Spring Bees reap what they sowed.
The bee's stinger pierced his hand, instantly breaking it!
Alan sneered and raised his arms.
He firmly controlled Grisha and the Yellow Spring Bees with both hands.
As Queen Bee Vess watched in astonishment...
Both palms struck simultaneously, shattering bones!
Boom!
Boom!
The two explosions that followed shook the courtyard and the sky!
The rain and fog swirled, echoing endlessly.
Grisha and the Yellow Spring Bees were completely blasted to dust!
Allen flicked his fingers, brushing away the remaining ashes.
In front of the Queen Bee, he crushed Grisha to dust.
His expression remained unwavering, as if he had done something insignificant.
He turned on his heels and approached his junior sister.
He placed his warm hand on her head, casting the fifth-level spell "Break the Barrier."
Gentle magic flowed through his fingertips into the girl's body.
The Yellow Spring Bee parasitizing Ella was forced out of her body and fell into the mud, still struggling.
Puff!
Alen crushed the vicious insect with one foot and helped the still-weak junior sister to her feet.
"Alen! Beware of sneak attacks!"
Sora exclaimed in horror.
In mid-air, the exasperated Queen Bee, Ves, was casting the fifth-level spell "Moonlight Veil," attempting to seal Alan's beastly transformation.
"Forget it, it won't work on me!"
Alan sneered.
Turning and raising his hand, he blasted a beam of bright jade-colored light into the sky.
Shaping Moonlight Cannon!
Swish—bang!
The Moonlight Cannon pierced through Ves's newly unfolded "Moonlight Veil," shattering it!
The majestic Queen Bee, like a fly struck by a laser, plume of black smoke, plume, and fell.
Plop!
Ves slumped headfirst into the flooded courtyard, spurting blood.
Her beastly transformation, sealed by the "Moonlight Cannon," transformed into a bloody, mangled humanoid.
Queen Bee Vess, after all, was the Vice-Bishop of the Beast Cult, a late-stage fifth-order Rakshasa demon.
She had somehow avoided being instantly killed by the "Moonlight Cannon," barely saving some dignity.
However, the blast had already severely injured her.
The Rakshasa Blood Wheel had dissipated, unable to maintain its fear aura or its anti-magic barrier.
Even climbing out of the muddy water would be difficult, let alone flying.
Alan reached out through the air, once again using the Whirlwind Dragon Claw, forcibly sucking the dying Queen Bee up.
Just like Grisha had just before, she fell into his grasp.
Vess's head was firmly grasped by the leopard-headed giant's single hand.
Instantly experiencing the horror of death, she was nearly incontinent with fear!
Drenched in water, her face smeared with mud, she couldn't even care to maintain her demeanor.
Like a drowned rat about to have its throat slit, it twisted desperately in Allen's grip, wailing.
"No! You can't kill me!!"
"I... I'm a high-ranking member of the Beast Cult. I have connections!"
"Pope Caroline... is my senior sister!"
"If you dare to kill me, I will avenge you!"
"Not only will your life be in jeopardy, but your family and friends will also be exterminated!"
"Aunt Weiss, stop lying to yourself!"
A young girl's voice suddenly rang out from the courtyard wall.
Spanna lifted her invisibility, revealing her slender figure.
"Your life is in Allen's hands. Begging for mercy might give you a glimmer of hope."
"Threatening him will only infuriate him and kill you!"
"In case you don't know, I'm also one of Allen's relatives."
"Are you asking my mother to 'kill' her own daughter?!"
Through Allen's fingers, Vess saw the Spider Princess's icy, pretty face, and her heart went cold...
At that moment, the gate suddenly opened.
The Spider Queen walked calmly into the courtyard, her hands behind her back.
Spencer followed her mother, holding an umbrella to shield her from the drizzling rain.
The moment she saw Caroline, Vess's heart was rekindled with the desire to survive, and she cried out for help.
"Sister! Sister—help me!!"
Caroline stopped and stared coldly at the Queen Bee, her eyes filled with condemnation. "Weis, Weiss, what can I say to you?"
"Why didn't you ask for my permission before you went to Kes Town and started this trouble?"
"Now that you're in trouble, you're remembering me, your senior sister."
"Your behavior shows no respect for me."
"Senior sister, I know I was wrong!"
Weis begged tearfully.
"I swear to the ancestors, I won't act on my own again!"
"Please, senior sister, just this once, save me!"
Caroline sighed, a hint of pity in her eyes.
"Weiss, it's no use begging for mercy."
"If you want to live, you have to ask Alan for forgiveness."
"You're not in the right in this situation! You can't win a fight, so stop struggling and just admit your defeat!"
Weis had always been dominated by Caroline since she was little.
She was used to fawning before her senior sister, and it didn't hurt her pride.
However, being forced to fawn over Alan, a junior from a humble background, where was her dignity as the Queen Bee? If this matter got out, wouldn't she become a laughing stock? How could she even have the nerve to compete for the position of Pope of the Beast Cult?! "It doesn't matter whether you admit defeat or not."
Alan's words dispelled Weiss's hesitation.
"We're all going to die anyway." The Queen Bee's face instantly drained of color, turning pale as paper.
Her pupils dilated with extreme fear, and she stared at Caroline with a pleading look, as if she were looking for a lifeline.
The Spider Queen's brows furrowed slightly, a look of displeasure on her face.
"Alan, you killed Grisha, that's enough.
Just give me some face and let Ves go."
Alan shook his head, expressionless.
"Auntie, I really want to give you some face, but I've begged you twice before, and have you ever given me even a sliver of it?"
"Spana said that face is earned, not given by others."
"This is a profound saying, and I deeply agree with it. I encourage you, Auntie."
"The most important thing in life is fairness."
"Killing Grisha isn't fair enough, I think."
"Adding Ves to the mix is barely fair enough, but it's fair enough!"
Spana, sensing the growing tension between her mother and Alan, couldn't help but speak up to smooth things over.
"Alan! Don't be impulsive. The greater good is the priority!"
"Who is the greater good?" Alan asked coldly.
Spenza was stunned, bewildered.
Alan suddenly tightened his fingers and unleashed the "Bone-Crushing Explosion" technique!
Bang!
Queen Bee Ves's head exploded!
Plop!
The headless corpse fell limply to the ground.
Blood mixed with muddy water, staining the ground beneath Alan's feet a crimson.
Caroline, Spenza, and Spanna, the mother and daughter, felt their hearts tremble violently as the body hit the ground!
Sora and Ella, mother and daughter, were equally filled with disbelief!
Queen Bee Ves, Archdeacon of the Beast Worship Church, a late-stage fifth-level figure, had her head crushed by Alan's casual crush.
It was like crushing an ant.
This was simply unreal!
Five pairs of eyes, from the two families, mother and daughter, were fixed on Allen's face, each with a different expression.
seemed frightened, too, silent.
A deathly silence descended upon the courtyard.
After an unknown amount of time, Allen was the first to break the silence.
"Excuse me, I've already killed the person."
"By the way, how's the overall situation?"
Spencer shuddered, avoiding Allen's gaze.
She didn't dare, didn't know how to answer.
Caroline stepped forward, replacing her eldest daughter, confronting Allen, her face etched with fury.
"Killing my junior sister in front of me? That's too much!"
She immediately activated her sixth-order atavism, transforming into the Spider Mother Rakshasa!
"Do you really think... I wouldn't dare kill you?!"
Facing the murderous Spider Queen, Allen remained remarkably calm.
Queen Bee Vess, among the fifth-tier Rakshasas, was relatively mediocre.
Her strength was slightly inferior to that of Kana Ganesar.
Caroline, a sixth-tier Rakshasas, was no match for Vess!
With Allen's current level of cultivation, even if he played his cards to the hilt, there was no way he could defeat the Spider Queen.
But he wasn't afraid, and certainly didn't regret killing Vess.
The isn't just about fighting and killing; it's also about human relationships and the exchange of interests.
"Auntie, I have good news for you."
Allen's words dispelled Caroline's murderous intent.
"I've refined the second-tier anti-aging potion."
"One injection, and thirty years from now, you'll still be as beautiful, elegant, and stunning as you are now."
Allen unleashed his atavism, pulled a needle from his storage bag, and tossed it at the Spider Queen.
Pah!
Caroline raised her hand to catch it, and after examining it, her expression changed dramatically.
With her level of pharmacy expertise, she could tell the authenticity of the potion at a glance.
She wasn't surprised that Alan had concocted a second-stage anti-aging potion.
She had noticed during their conversation in the pharmacy that Alan's potion-making techniques were peculiar, yet incredibly effective, impossible for others to imitate.
Give him some more time, experiment with trial and error, and find the right combination. He would surely be able to concoct a second-stage anti-aging potion.
What truly shocked Caroline was that after Alan left the pharmacy, after killing Grisha and Ves, he still had the leisure to mix the potion and achieve a perfect finish!
This was a hundred times more terrifying than concocting the second-stage anti-aging potion itself!
This young man was becoming increasingly difficult for her to understand! "Auntie, I'm sorry. I got carried away," Allen said sincerely to Caroline. "I accidentally killed the queen bee. Please forgive me."
Caroline was silent for a long time, then forced a wry smile.
"Youthful impetuosity is understandable."
"Weiss...she's ignorant of her own limitations and is seeking her own demise. You're not to blame."
"This matter...isn't a big deal, actually. Let's just forget about it and never mention it again!"
...
Three days later.
Caroline's pharmacy exchange with Allen concluded successfully.
On the way home in the carriage, Spanna injected herself with the second-stage anti-aging agent Allen had given her, and then took
Smirking.
Caroline glanced at her younger daughter.
"What are you laughing at? It's so strange!"
Spanna stopped laughing and clung to her mother's arm, acting coquettishly.
"Mom! You remember what Spenza said about Alan, saying he was a 'coward who only knows how to be humble.' Do you remember that?"
"I wonder... if Ves were still alive, hearing Spenza's assessment of Alan, what would she think?"
"Okay, okay, stop talking!"
Caroline quickly interrupted her, giving her a wry smile.
"Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. I made a mistake with Alan, too. I can't blame your sister for underestimating him."
On the other side of the car, Spenza remained silent.
She lowered her head deeply, her face flushed.