CHAPTER 543: CHAPTER 336: RUINS, SHADOW OF THE BEE KING

Upon hearing what Malvite had said, both Gu Qiye and You Ruirui displayed a slight surprise on their faces.

Of course, they could see that the Queen Bee had been severely injured for some unknown reason, which was why she was placed inside that massive cocoon, quietly recovering in slumber. But they had never imagined that the Queen Bee would be injured this way by a Bee Prince.

And the culprit was none other than Malvite, who stood before them at this moment.

Malvite’s head was only half intact, half a head, half a face, with a savage and horrid expression on his features, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets, black lightning arcs lingering in the cracked flesh.

He spread out the pair of transparent thin wings high behind him and roared word by word:

"Do you know... I have hidden from the other Bee Princes the conditions for the birth of the Bee King, one reason being that I don’t want to die, the other being that I don’t want to see them kill each other, so you should be grateful to me, humans!"

"What do you want us to thank you for?" Gu Qiye asked casually, unable to recklessly approach Malvite given the tightly fitted mirror barriers around him, so he could only stay with You Ruirui, waiting together for a chance to attack.

"Thank me for what? Do I even need to ask? If the Bee King is born, you stand no chance. Before the Bee King, you’re less than even swine and dogs, and at that moment, you’ll understand the true meaning of despair."

Suddenly, Malvite laughed hoarsely, "Among the Bee Princes, only Qiao knew something... because he could sense fragments of others’ memories and emotions through scent, so he knows I’m hiding secrets, he also knows that the Queen Bee’s injury is connected to me."

"In the eyes of the Bee Race, my actions are equivalent to a death sentence, potentially impacting the entire race’s future. But instead of exposing me, Qiao merely played cards with me, silent, sometimes probing with a vague sentence or two."

"Qiao is really an interesting friend, huh? If he knew one must consume kin to become a king, it would break his heart, and he would certainly give up, wouldn’t he?"

"Qiao isn’t fit to be the Bee King. His fate is different from ours. I want him to leave here. With his wisdom and amiability, he could live well even in the human world."

You Ruirui, expressionless, stared directly at the approaching Malvite, interrupting his speech, "I’m not interested in hearing your deranged ramblings."

She paused, "But I must state one thing, if you think someone would be naïve enough to let you off this island, you’re thinking too much."

"She’s right," Gu Qiye said as well, "Including you, the Four Great Bee Lords will all die on this island, your queen too; if you think your words can earn sympathy, then you’re mistaken."

In fact, both were stalling for time. They couldn’t discern any flaws in Malvite at this moment, and the stacked mirror barriers were simply hopeless to penetrate.

This was absolutely thorough three-dimensional defense; no matter the angle of attack, it would be instantly blocked—They had tried earlier, both close-range and long-range attacks would be absorbed and deflected by the mirrors.

However, just then, they suddenly realized a blind spot, yes... there was one place outside the mirror’s coverage range.

In the next moment, You Ruirui and Gu Qiye exchanged a glance, seemingly understanding each other’s thoughts.

Immediately, You Ruirui lunged forward with a stabbing step, creating a massive ice wall on the ground that was ten meters long and wide, shielding the front of Malvite.

Meanwhile, Gu Qiye crouched down, pressing his palms to the ground, from his fingertips surged black lightning, accumulating on the floor.

At this moment, Malvite’s eyeballs had already regenerated, allowing him to see the scene before him, that infuriating ice wall blocking his view.

"Useless! Useless—!" Malvite roared, raising his fist to smash the ice wall, the shattered ice scattered forward like a storm, but the white-haired girl was no longer behind the ice wall.

Just then, a swathe of pitch-black lightning suddenly traversed the floor, weaving into a massive net, layer upon layer climbing from the ground towards Malvite’s feet.

Malvite was stunned. The mirrors surrounding him could block attacks from all angles, but attacks from beneath were the blind spot in his defense because he couldn’t create mirrors on his own feet, or else he would be swallowed by the mirrors himself.

In an instant, the frenzy of dark lightning incinerated his feet entirely, and he dropped to his knees in the electric net, surging lightning ravaging every corner of his body, causing the mirrors around him to shatter layer by layer.

Seeing the hexagonal mirrors around Malvite disappear, You Ruirui naturally wouldn’t let this chance slip by.

A chilling torrent blasted face-on, Malvite looked up, over a dozen ice spears tore through the air towards him, hitting his body in succession, blasting him dozens of meters away, crashing into the gigantic cocoon.

The exoskeleton covering his body shattered layer by layer, putting him in an unprecedented vulnerable state, while Gu Qiye transformed into a streak of black lightning, surging upward from the ground, in the blink of an eye arriving right in front of Malvite.

He raised his arm, wielding a punch with leverage, a raised hand formed into a blade, sharp black lightning like a sword, instantly pierced Malvite’s chest, and then went through his heart!