To Wang Qi, Mei Gemu appeared calm, but in truth, he was filled with hatred.

For Mei Gemu, time was extremely limited. He no longer had enough time to seek other means to counter the Primordial Spirit. Now, he had no choice but to subdue the Demon Bees.

In his view, each Demon Bee here represented his hope for escape.

And now, because of Wang Qi's unexpected interference, he had to kill at least more than half of the Demon Bees to weaken the Heart Demon Curse Power surrounding Wang Qi to a certain degree, so he could safely approach Wang Qi.

After that, he still had to take the risk to seize control of Wang Qi — not to kill him. Wang Qi had repeatedly exceeded his expectations, and he dared not risk giving Wang Qi any opportunity to turn the tables. However, under these circumstances, he could only risk it — especially the danger of being countered by Wang Qi and getting a fatal blow at a critical moment — to control Wang Qi and indirectly control that dangerous swarm of bees.

If he didn't do this, he couldn't possibly achieve the power in his plan that was capable of facing an entire team of Immortal Alliance Primordial Spirit Masters head-on.

"Damn it." He quietly observed, waiting for the right moment to strike.

Lian Yichen's speed in slaying the Demon Bees was incredibly fast; every breath, hundreds of Demon Bees were slain. In just a moment, half of the Demon Bees were killed on the spot. During this process, Mei Gemu was initially worried, wondering if Wang Qi suddenly controlled the Demon Bees to counterattack or used some bizarre spell he hadn't seen in all his travels across realms, would he and Lian Yichen be able to fend it off. However, Wang Qi seemed completely indifferent, quietly watching the Demon Bees being killed one by one.

— Is it that he really doesn't know how to use the Beast Herd Species' power, or does he have another scheme?

— Has he exhausted all his tricks…

Mei Gemu felt the Heart Demon Curse Power surrounding Wang Qi used for protection becoming thinner, his mind raced, but the Poison Power in his hand was ready to burst. This was a refined essence after absorbing the potency brewed for countless years in the Poison Swamp, lethal to ordinary Nascent Souls upon contact, without even the chance for detoxification. Mei Gemu carefully controlled the dosage of the poison, trying to keep it at a "harmful but not fatal" level.

Just when more than half of the Demon Bees had been lost, Wang Qi stood up: "Not bad, but sorry."

— What is he going to do?

In that instant, the hearts of Mei Gemu and Lian Yichen were suspended.

Wang Qi's entire body emitted a white light. This was the manifestation of Vitality, the Power of Life, the Power of Negative Entropy, a reverse flow of life in the cosmos.

Besides being usable as a Divine Tao System, the Heart Demon Network could also be used to transmit Spirit Sense. By stripping the Spirit Sense from the Mana in a spell, injecting it into the Heart Demon Mysterious Net, and then re-seeking Spiritual Energy at the other end, acting as material, injecting Spirit Sense, the spell could be recreated across the network.

And what Wang Qi was now using was the supreme Absolute Skill of his Tianling Ridge, the Life Flame.

"Slaves from the Dark Cold Winter, followers, soldiers! Heed my call!"

With this incomprehensible shout from Wang Qi, countless Life Flames appeared in the air. They resembled white candle flames, and every point of the Life Flame fell onto pieces of Demon Bee's corpses, even those remnants whose Vitality hadn't been activated. All were imbued with strong life force.

— What is the Dark Cold Winter?

— This seems to be a positive spell, so why is he chanting it so sinisterly?

— Could he be trying to rely on his healing spell to hang on for a while longer?

Mei Gemu and Lian Yichen exchanged confused glances.

Then, Wang Qi raised his sword, softly whispering as if reciting poetry: "Frost's Sorrow, speaking…"

The pale purple light spread throughout via the Heart Demon Network, in an instant. Every still-living cell within the remains received a command simultaneously. Their blood essence produced special Life Source Material that ordinarily they wouldn't produce — digestive enzymes, breaking down the dead cells surrounding them. Then, they received another command — Transformation.

— No need to be exactly the same, just similar in form is enough…

Before the astonished eyes of Mei Gemu and Lian Yichen, the Demon Bees' corpses became semi-fluid, melting, flowing, covering the ground. Then, within those yellow and white mixed fluid 'bodies', small gel-like cones continually sprouted, each only the size of a chicken egg, with countless fine threads connecting between the cones.

That was the Mystical Thought Body.

"Indeed, since there's no instinct interference, using the Transformation Divine Power on corpses is much easier…" Wang Qi had just sighed with this thought when Moonset Glaze interrupted: "Our Dragon Clan invented the Transformation Technique not for combat, but to expand the essence of life, it was always used on oneself — also, I am called Moonset Glaze! Moonset Glaze! What kind of name is Frost's Sorrow?"

Wang Qi intentionally sent those Demon Bees to their deaths.

The Transformation Divine Power developed by the Dragon Clan was originally only deployable on oneself. When Moonset Glaze acted as the Moonset Glaze Sword, she was interconnected with Wang Qi's Mana System, regarded as part of him, so she could assist Wang Qi in using the Transformation Divine Power. But, that was a special case. Ultimately, the Transformation Divine Power was only meant for one's own use, to break free from the shackles of the Innate Bloodline. While the Demon Bees were still alive, their life systems and Demon Energy would strongly interfere with the Transformation Divine Power enacted by Moonset Glaze.

If these guys were to die, Yue Luo would instead be able to manipulate the corpse blocks inside their bodies. This is much simpler than directly manipulating a complete body.

The reason Wang Qi needed the Mystical Thought Body was quite simple.

For him, computation power, especially real-time calculation ability, is combat strength.

"Anyway, don't get tangled up in these trivial matters, Liu Li." Wang Qi leaped off the Insect Queen's head and shouted, "Let's go!"

The immense Heart Demon Curse Power, like a mighty river, surrounded Wang Qi. He seemed to have become a monster imbued with "deadly poison." As long as it was a sentient being, as soon as it came into slight contact with him, it would be invaded by the Divine Plague Curse Technique, losing combat capability.

Mei Gemu vaguely recognized the power of this move and dared not confront it head-on. He was about to employ a means to leap out of the river, taking Lian Yichen and the other two with him to escape. However, this time, Wang Qi gave him no opportunity. Xiangyu Travel activated, and his figure followed a high-dimensional trajectory, crossing in one step to Mei Gemu's side.

"High-speed computation, input, correction..."

With the help of the newly added Mystical Thought Body, Wang Qi once again obtained incredible computational power. Within him, the virtual infinite Hilbert Space operated, with infinite vectors running and computing. The long sword in Wang Qi's hand immediately evolved into various exquisite sword moves unimaginable in ordinary times.

Mei Gemu dared not take it lightly, unleashing a surge of Poison Origin. Although Wang Qi wasn't afraid of the toxins in the swamp, he didn't know if the Poison Power had changed after being refined by this Banished Immortal, what the changes were, and dared not recklessly confront it. He retracted Moonset Glaze and quickly retreated, while simultaneously issuing a command, causing numerous Demon Bees to swarm over, seemingly deploying an array to fatally encircle this battlefield.

Mei Gemu secretly thought it bad and was about to disengage. At this moment, Wang Qi from afar slashes several strands of Sword Qi. Mei Gemu casually extinguished the two strands of Sword Qi that Wang Qi sent forth. Wang Qi's Sword Qi was the authentic tradition of the Wanfa Sect, with Mana operation reaching perfection. Combined with Wang Qi's ability to see through the discord in the enemy's moves, he even attacked Mei Gemu's weak points. Yet Mei Gemu, relying on his countless years of Combat Experience, counteracted each move, occasionally using his characteristic of leaping out of the River of Time to dissolve the attacks. The situation between the two remained balanced.

At this time, he continuously maintained a state of Mana outward release, using Gang Qi as a body shield and letting it dissipate and shatter. Mei Gemu, in doing so, undoubtedly increased his Mana consumption by tenfold. However, this was a necessary measure; in such an environment, even inhaling a trace of Heart Demon Curse Power would be fatal.

However, this situation could not last long.

With the encirclement of the Bee Demons, he would then face a tragic situation where he could not escape even if he wanted to!

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Why did it end up like this..."

Lian Yichen maneuvered his sword, and also wanted to join the ongoing battle. But how could this Combat be something he could meddle in? He circulated his long sword several times yet couldn't even grasp the trajectory of Wang Qi's Xiangyu Travel.

"It seems, relying on this Lian Yichen is unreliable... From here on, I'll have to rely on myself," Mei Gemu was not one to wallow in indecision. He promptly decided to abandon Lian Yichen.

After making the decision, he immediately chose the method of leaping out of the river and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Mei Gemu took one last look at Wang Qi and thought to himself, "The future is long... Mortal, we'll see!"

— This was quite a battle. Although it was a mess, the Combat Skill of this heterodox cultivator is truly interesting. Just what Law Gate is he using? It's really interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting, interesting...

At this moment, he suddenly felt a headache, as endless miscellaneous thoughts poured in.

These miscellaneous thoughts could be broadly divided into two types. One was "why," an intent determined to get to the root of the matter. The other was "truly interesting."

"What is... happening..."

— This is essentially... not my will... truly interesting... no, no, no! It's truly not interesting! I don't find it interesting at all! This sense of contradiction... is truly interesting... damn it, ahhh! What is really going on? What is the principle? Is this principle interesting? I really want to know... enough...

Mei Gemu didn't know, in fact, that Wang Qi's last confrontation was still a cover, a smokescreen for his real purpose.

When the Heart Demon Curse Power is in a Divine Power-Spirit Power Quanta Radiation state, it also propagates at light speed. Therefore, Wang Qi was initially able to almost synchronize and borrow the powerful force far off in Divine Capital.

Because it propagates at light speed, it represents the limit of causality, able to traverse the River of Time and pierce through the defenses of the Cave Heaven Ruler.

Then, a hand was placed on Mei Gemu's shoulder.

In the situation of leaping out of the river.

In this nearly frozen space-time.

A hand was placed on Mei Gemu's shoulder.