Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears

Chapter 316: Chapter 316: Hive Collapse and the Final Ownership of the Emperor’s Soul Profound Crystal

Deep within the hive, in the main chamber.

The purple-gold Emperor’s Soul Profound Crystal traced a graceful arc through the air.

The Emperor Realm aura it emanated was like the brightest beacon in the dead of night, driving the three powerful experts mad with desire!

“BZZZZ—!!!”

Though the Eighth-Grade Queen Bee had been blasted back, it violently twisted its massive body in mid-air, even going so far as to snap several of its damaged appendages. Its wings vibrated at their absolute limit as it frantically lunged into the air!

Gu Yuexi had been slammed into the wall, her organs churning, but she didn’t hesitate for a second. Forcibly swallowing the metallic taste rising in her throat, a spiritual light flashed at her feet as she prepared to charge forward again.

The Queen Bee and Qin Wudao’s cooperation had shattered her original plan!

However, the fastest one was, in the end, still Qin Wudao!

He had been unaffected by the blast’s aftershock, and besides, his Thunder Speed was already one of the fastest techniques in the world!

At this moment, he was like a bolt of tribulation lightning, tearing through the darkness!

Closer!

Closer still!

The Emperor’s Soul Profound Crystal, shimmering with a captivating halo, was now less than half a meter from his fingertips!

In that instant, time seemed to stretch infinitely, and everything around him became a silent film in slow motion.

Reflected in Qin Wudao’s pupils was the purple-gold crystal, and nothing else!

Ecstasy!

An indescribable ecstasy instantly flooded his entire mind!

Hahahaha!

’I’ve won! The final winner is still me, Qin Wudao!’

’Gu Yuexi, so what if you plotted and schemed?’

’So what if this giant bug goes berserk?’

’Destiny is on my side!’

’It’s mine!’

…

Qin Wudao was overcome with glee. He shaped his right hand into a claw and lunged viciously for the Profound Crystal!

He could even feel the almost-tangible Spiritual Energy surrounding the Profound Crystal brushing against the skin of his fingertips, creating a tingling sensation!

However, in that critical instant, that one-hundredth of a second before his fingers were about to touch the Profound Crystal itself!

Chu Sheng, who had been lying in wait deep within his greasy, messy hair, enduring the foul stench, finally made his move!

’Damn it!’

’Finally! This is the moment I’ve been waiting for!’

’I’ve put up with so much humiliation, sniffing this idiot’s greasy hair all day—wasn’t it all for this one shot?’

Qin Wudao might be as fast as lightning, but compared to Chu Sheng, who had long been poised and ready to strike, he was still too slow!

A long-distance Instant Teleportation might have produced a slight spatial fluctuation as a tell.

But now?

Chu Sheng was right on top of Qin Wudao’s head!

For him, this distance wasn’t even enough to be called an Instant Teleportation. At most, it was a “phase micro-adjustment”!

SWISH!

Chu Sheng’s figure instantly vanished from between the strands of Qin Wudao’s hair!

The next instant!

He had already materialized out of thin air on the surface of the Emperor’s Soul Profound Crystal!

His six legs clung desperately to the Crystal Stone, which was countless times larger than his own body, as he silently chanted in his mind:

’Let’s go!’

HUMMM—!

Space trembled slightly!

Taking Chu Sheng and the enormous Emperor’s Soul Profound Crystal with it, in the split second before Qin Wudao’s fingers were about to close…

They vanished into thin air!

SNAP!

A crisp sound of a hand closing on air rang out.

Qin Wudao’s hand snapped shut forcefully.

But there was none of the hard, cold sensation he’d expected.

Nor was there the impact of boundless Energy surging into his body.

All there was, was air.

Just empty, vacant air.

Qin Wudao was still in his forward-lunging, grasping posture. Inertia carried him forward several more meters before he landed heavily.

He stared blankly at his own tightly clenched fist.

Then, he slowly opened it.

At that moment!

The gazes of both Gu Yuexi and the Queen Bee focused on him…

However, in Qin Wudao’s palm, aside from a few wisps of airflow caught due to his immense speed, there was nothing.

Silence.

A dead silence.

In that instant, Qin Wudao’s brain completely shut down.

’What… what just happened?’

’Where’s the Profound Crystal?’

’Where the hell is my huge Profound Crystal???’

The ecstasy on Qin Wudao’s face froze.

’Even if it fell, even if it shattered, even if it was knocked away… there should have been a sound, a shadow, right?’

’But now, it’s as if it never existed, having just vanished from the face of the earth?!’

“No… impossible…”

Qin Wudao’s voice trembled. His eyes bulged so wide they looked like they would pop out of their sockets as he frantically scanned his surroundings.

“Where did it go? Where did it go?!”

“Who?! Who was it?!”

“Get the hell out here!!!”

A roar filled with furious rage erupted from his throat, echoing throughout the core of the hive!

Meanwhile, the Eighth-Grade Queen Bee was just as bewildered.

Its simple insect brain couldn’t possibly comprehend such a profound spatial mystery.

From its perspective, the human before it had simply rushed over and grabbed, and then its treasure was gone!

This human must have hidden its treasure!

“ROAR!!!”

The Queen Bee went completely berserk!

It was a killing intent far more frenzied and pure than before!

It didn’t care where the item had gone. All it knew was that it had to tear this despicable human to shreds and dig the Profound Crystal out of his stomach!

Only Gu Yuexi, in the distance, reacted differently.

The instant she saw the Profound Crystal vanish, her previously tense body relaxed.

A flash of understanding, as if she had already seen through everything, flickered in her cool eyes, and the corners of her mouth even curved into an almost imperceptible, faint smile.

’That bizarre way of disappearing…’

’That technique, where even the spatial fluctuations were nearly undetectable…’

’Who else could it be but that elusive, insatiably greedy, damn mosquito?’

’Heh… damn mosquito, you sure move fast.’

She cursed inwardly, but for some reason, her mood had greatly improved.

…

“Aaargh! Gu Yuexi! Was it you?! Was this your doing?!”

Unable to find a target, Qin Wudao turned and fixed his bloodshot eyes on Gu Yuexi, roaring like a mad dog:

“What kind of Demon Technique did you use?! Hand it over! Hand it over to me now!”

Gu Yuexi didn’t even bother to glance at him, merely spitting out a single cold word:

“Idiot.”

Just as Qin Wudao was about to lose his mind completely,

RUMBLE—!!!

A tremor far more violent than any during the battle just now suddenly came from all directions!

This vibration didn’t originate from a single point; the entire massive hive was trembling!

Immediately after,

FZZT… FZZT…

The soft, bright fluorescent light emanating from the crystal walls suddenly became extremely unstable!

It flickered on and off, like a lightbulb with a bad connection, flashing erratically!

“What… what’s happening now?!”

Qin Wudao’s heart leaped, and a deeply ominous premonition instantly washed over him.

Before he could even react,

POOF!

The first “lamp” went out.

POOF! POOF! POOF!

Immediately after, as if a line of dominoes had been toppled, the fluorescent lights throughout the hive began to go out in large swathes!

Darkness, like a tidal wave, rapidly engulfed everything.

The next second!

CRACK! CRUMBLE!

The hard crystal walls all around began to lose their original form.

They started to rapidly soften and dissolve, turning into a sticky, foul-smelling, semi-liquid substance that peeled off in large chunks from the ceiling and walls!

“It’s collapsing… The hive is collapsing?!”

Qin Wudao’s expression changed slightly!

Gu Yuexi also frowned.

They were already countless meters underground, and the melting substance from the crystal walls was extremely viscous. If they were buried in it, escaping would be incredibly difficult!

’What in the world is going on?’

’Why is the hive suddenly collapsing?!’

As the last trace of fluorescence died out, the entire core chamber plunged into a pitch-black darkness where you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face!

In the pitch-black chaos, only two crimson “lanterns” glowed in mid-air.

They were the Queen Bee’s enraged eyes!

“ROAR—!!!”

Having lost its Profound Crystal and now its hive, the Eighth-Grade Queen Bee had gone completely mad, totally out of control!

It had devolved into a beast that knew only slaughter!

In the darkness, relying on its keen Perception, it once again locked onto Qin Wudao, on whom a faint trace of the Profound Crystal’s aura still lingered!

BOOM!

The wind howled!

In the darkness, an unknown number of sharp appendages, carrying the terrifying power to shatter mountains and split stone, scythed toward Qin Wudao!

“Damn it! Get away! Get away from me!”

Qin Wudao could only rely on sound to pinpoint his opponent’s location, miserably dodging and parrying in the darkness.

But in this narrow and constantly collapsing space, every one of his evasions became exceptionally difficult!

Meanwhile, Gu Yuexi was also plunged into darkness.

The sticky, dissolving substance kept falling from above. If not for her Spiritual Shield holding it back, she would have been drenched like a drowned rat long ago.

’I really can’t stay in this damn place any longer!’

She was just about to try and break out, relying on her memory of the route.

Just then,

“Bzzz—”

An extremely faint, yet incredibly familiar, buzzing of wings sounded by her ear.

Then, a mosquito appeared on her delicate earlobe:

“Bzz bzz (Things are getting dicey, let’s scram!)”

The next instant,

A strange spatial fluctuation instantly enveloped her entire body.

SWISH!

In the darkness, Gu Yuexi’s figure vanished into thin air.

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