Chapter 32: Blood Queen Bee (Part I: Wings of Blood)
A deafening bzzzzzz tore through the canopy as the Earthcore Blood Queen Bee unfurled its grotesque wings. The air trembled with the sound, low, monstrous, and maddening. A strange wind followed, heavy and warm, laced with the coppery stench of blood.
Then came the blood rain.
With a single flap of its wings, the sky turned red as droplets of crimson surged down like falling knives. The rain wasn’t just liquid, it was dense, thick with spiritual force and lethal intent.
In seconds, an entire portion of the forest was annihilated. Massive trees snapped in half like twigs, torn apart by blood spikes the size of spears that plunged from above. The earth cracked and steamed, and beasts wailed in terror as they were impaled or crushed beneath the assault.
The chaos was unrelenting.
A pack of horned shadow wolves was skewered before they could flee. A three-eyed boar beast tried to charge away, only to be swallowed by a burst of crimson thorns erupting from the ground.
All across the forest, panic spread like wildfire.
Beasts that had roamed their territories for years, territorial, proud, unshakable, were now running. Fleeing. Even the hairy baboons, known for their vicious tribal defense and stubborn refusal to abandon their land, had vanished without resistance.
Far from the carnage, Kaal sat in quiet contemplation, examining his newly healed right hand. His fingers flexed with unnatural precision, and his palm crackled faintly with Azure Qi.
"Not bad," he muttered, a grin tugging at his lips.
The regeneration was nearly complete faster than ever before.