Chapter 874: Chapter 874: The Fierce Tiger Head Black Bees
Qin Sisi pulled herself together and entered the storage ring, searching long and hard inside until she found an empty bottle.
The milk from the ilun Leopard given to her by ng Yu was stored in this bottle. Since starting classes at Heaven Academy, Qin Sisi had been drinking a small cup every evening. Just last night, she had finished the milk, leaving behind an empty bottle.
Qin Sisi picked up the empty bottle to inspect it and found it to be very sturdy and equipped with a lid. The mouth was also wide enough; it should be suitable for capturing Tiger Head Black Bees.
She made up her mind, took a step forward, and sent Earth Attribute Magic Power throughout her body. Then, she plunged headfirst into the earth to burrow in.
Qin Sisi’s bravery and fearlessness earned repeated nods of approval from Teacher Taitan, who showed a satisfied smile at the corner of his mouth.
Seeing soone take the lead, the others felt embarrassed to continue hesitating. One after another, they released their Earth Attribute Magic Power and burrowed into the soil.
Inside the soil was pitch black, making it impossible to discern direction. They could only rely on their senses to judge.
During the lesson on the Circular Burrow Escape Skill, Qin Sisi had used the sounds the Angle Cleavage Bulls made to gauge direction. Now, with the vast swarm of Tiger Head Black Bees at a far-off end, not only was the distance too great, but even if they were closer, it would be hard to distinguish the bees’ faint buzzing sounds through the earth.
For the ti being, Qin Sisi hadn’t thought of a way to determine the direction. She could only completely rely on her senses to move forward, and to ensure she was heading in the right direction, she had to poke her head out every so often to check.
Relying solely on her senses indeed proved unreliable. In her mind, she was moving straight ahead, but each ti she popped her head out, she discovered her direction had veered to the right.
In fact, it wasn’t just Qin Sisi who experienced this issue; among the nine people, except for Yun Wang whose path was fairly accurate, everyone else’s direction varied in degrees of deviation.
Since her senses tended to drift rightward, Qin Sisi could compensate by shifting slightly to the left during her advance, which was a bit better than at the start.
When Qin Sisi looked up again to check her path, she found herself very close to the row of big trees, able to hear the "buzz buzz buzz" of the flying Tiger Head Black Bees.
These bees were truly large. The biggest bee Qin Sisi had ever seen in her own world was only about two centiters long, but these Tiger Head Black Bees were about five centiters in length. Their chests were black, with black and yellow stripes alternating on their rear segnts, which made them quite conspicuous.
Narrowing her eyes for a closer look, she could even see the long, sharp poison stinger on the tail of the Tiger Head Black Bees.
Qin Sisi tensed up inside and silently cautioned herself to be careful; getting stung was no laughing matter.
She withdrew her head back into the soil and slowly continued to approach, moving a short distance before her path was suddenly filled with obstacles — nurous long, bar-shaped objects crisscrossing through the soil.
The barriers made Qin Sisi’s advance difficult as each bar was very strong and immovable, forcing her to squeeze through the gaps.
After a while, Qin Sisi realized that these bars must be the root systems of the large trees. The trees were so thick that it was not surprising for their roots to be exceptionally widespread, though it made their training all the more challenging.
Qin Sisi finally reached the base of a big tree after much struggle. She cautiously moved close to the ground and gingerly poked out half her head, using the cover of the grass on the ground to get a clear view of the dark mass of Tiger Head Black Bees.
From a distance, it didn’t seem so vast, but now, positioned below the Tiger head Black Bees, looking up was like facing an oppressive black cloud overhead.
Qin Sisi watched with a frightened heart. She rummaged through her storage ring for a long ti and pulled out a gauze scarf to cover her head, knowing that such a thin scarf wouldn’t be very effective, but it would provide a bit of psychological comfort nonetheless.
She then took out that sturdy bottle, opened the lid, and had an idea in mind.
Gazing at the dark mass of Tiger head Black Bees above, Qin Sisi tensed her body and suddenly leapt up from the ground, summoning the Wings of Rainbow in midair and soaring towards the swarm of Tiger head Black Bees.
She flapped the Wings of Rainbow forcefully once, and the Tiger head Black Bees were blown backward. Qin Sisi swung the bottle, targeting a few of the slower-flying Tiger head Black Bees, and with both arms swung inward, the bottle and lid snapped together, capturing two Tiger head Black Bees inside the previously empty bottle.
Qin Sisi had no ti to rejoice, as the Tiger head Black Bees, initially disoriented by the wind from the Wings of Rainbow, had recovered and were now turning their backsides, exposing their stingers, ready to severely punish this bold intruder.
Qin Sisi put away the bottle and dove downward. As she approached the ground, she retracted the Wings of Rainbow and rapidly burrowed into the earth, like a goldfish leaping into water, effortlessly concealing her trace.
The enraged Tiger head Black Bees hovered over the spot where Qin Sisi had vanished. They had an absolute advantage in the air, but they were unable to pursue into the soil and could only fu with anger.
By then, other invaders had also arrived...
Hidden within the earth, Qin Sisi looked at her captured prizes, wanting nothing more than to take deep breaths of fresh air to ease the tension in her heart, but the soil didn’t have much oxygen, so she had to endure.
Fearing the Tiger head Black Bees might follow her, she didn’t dare poke her head out to check the direction and could only head back based on her senses.
Only when she was sure she could no longer hear the buzzing of the Tiger head Black Bees did she tentatively poke her head out and discover that she had veered greatly off course, promptly adjusting her direction.
This direction change consud so ti, and by the ti Qin Sisi returned to the starting point, Yun Cheng had already made it back before her.
Yun Cheng’s intrinsic attributes were Earth Attribute, so his Earth Escape Skill was not only practiced but his ability to discern direction was also strong, allowing him to return slightly faster than Qin Sisi despite starting after her.
More notably, he was neat and clean, in contrast to Qin Sisi, who was already dirty and looked like a mud person.
At that mont, Qin Sisi wasn’t in the mood to worry about this. Yun Cheng wasn’t punished and only needed to make ten trips, while she had to complete forty. She couldn’t compare herself to anyone else; she could only strive to constantly improve herself.
Yun Cheng, unable to find a suitable tool, simply tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, wrapped up a few Tiger head Black Bees, and returned.
There were two bees in Qin Sisi’s bottle, but according to Teacher Taitan’s requirents, she could only catch one at a ti, and no matter how many were caught, it counted as one.
Teacher Taitan took out a large bottle, collected the Tiger head Black Bees caught by the students, and then signaled that they could continue.
Qin Sisi and Yun Cheng exchanged a glance, and together they burrowed into the earth again.
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