Reborn as a Mosquito The School Belle I Drained is the Reincarnated Empress - Chapter 113

Chapter 113: New Insect Nest Function—Direct Evolution for Minions! (Second Update)
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Translation by: Weebsread👹
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“Not only that…”
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Gu Yuexi swallowed hard, her gaze fixed on the little mosquito, suspicion and disbelief mingling in her eyes as she sensed the lingering aura it had left behind.
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Within that aura… there was something faint, yet dense and tangible—a special Intent.
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Earth Intent!
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And it wasn’t just a fledgling trace—it was genuine Earth Intent!
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What’s more… this aura had already reached the entry-level Realm!
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And all of this… had been extracted through blood feeding?
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Was it transformed from the Earth Origin within the Mountain-shaking Demon Ape’s Essence Blood?
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But isn’t something like this usually reserved for array formation?
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Origin and Intent—these are matters of spirit and will! One must comprehend the essence of the Martial Path or the forces of heaven and earth to grasp them!
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They’re fundamentally intangible! How could they possibly be absorbed and refined?!
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How did it do this???
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Gu Yuexi was utterly stunned. She felt as though the cultivation knowledge she’d accumulated over two lifetimes had been crushed to dust by this mosquito.
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The very existence of this creature was simply too absurd!
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Seeing the Empress’s dumbfounded expression, as if her entire worldview had just collapsed, Chu Sheng felt a wave of satisfaction.
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Maintaining his harmless little bug façade, he turned his attention back to his Status Panel, focusing on the “New Mechanism” tag that had appeared after [Netherflame Insect Nest lv9].
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What sort of good fortune is this?
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Chu Sheng immediately willed his mind to select and examine it.
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A moment later, a flood of new information appeared clearly in his consciousness!
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[New Function: Insect Swarm Evolution!]
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[The Host can command their Insect Swarm to recycle and decompose any biological corpse containing energy, using “Soul-devouring Netherflame” as the refining fire to distill it into the purest “Life Essence,” which will be numerically stored within the Insect Nest!]
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[The Host may access the “Insect Swarm Evolution” list from the ‘Netherflame Insect Nest’ interface, consuming “Life Essence” to level up, modify, or even direct the mutation and evolution of insects within the nest!]
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What the—?!
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Chu Sheng was overjoyed—this was incredible!
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This was exactly what he’d been worrying about!
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That army of sixteen thousand Peak Second Rank Devouring Spirit Insect minions—sure, they were formidable now, an obedient swarm at his command.
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But once he advanced a few more stages, these minions would inevitably lag behind and become little more than cannon fodder.
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Would he have to painstakingly hunt down a whole new batch of higher-level minions? That would be far too much trouble!
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But now!
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With this [Insect Swarm Evolution] function, every problem was solved!
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He could nurture these loyal Peak Second Rank minions all the way up!
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From Peak Second Rank, to Third Rank, Fourth Rank—even King-level!
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And… they could even evolve through directed mutations?
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Didn’t that mean, from now on, whatever type of unit Grandpa Mosquito wanted, he could simply create?
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It was like bringing a real-time strategy game’s “unit tech tree” into the real world!
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Want overwhelming destructive power? Use Life Essence to mutate some minions into “Enhanced Suicide Troops”!
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Need to launch ambushes or assassinations? Mutate a batch into “Raid Troops” adept in stealth and poison!
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Want to play it safe? Just create a squad of “Heavy Armored Tanks” with maxed-out defenses to hold the front lines!
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Just picturing the future—a terrifying insect army of every imaginable type, sweeping across the battlefield in endless waves—Chu Sheng’s heart surged with excitement.
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“With this new mechanism to recycle corpses and refine them into Life Essence…”
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“All those trash Spirit Beasts I couldn’t be bothered to feed on—they’re not trash anymore! I’ll convert them into Life Essence and use it to level up my minions!”
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“Resource utilization—maxed out! Truly maxed out!”
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Chu Sheng was ecstatic, thoroughly satisfied.
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This evolution had granted him a new active Skill, a new passive Skill, and an entirely new core mechanism!
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And all three Abilities were perfectly tailored for his “Insect Swarm Domination” path!
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Perfect synergy!
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In future battles, he could disguise himself as an ordinary White-striped Mosquito, blending seamlessly into a swarm of tens of thousands—who could possibly pick out Grandpa Mosquito?
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Even if someone managed to spot him amidst the sea of insects, and tried to “capture the king to catch the bandits” by unleashing their strongest attack—
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He could simply share the damage with the swarm—how infuriating would that be for his enemies?
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His survivability was now off the charts!
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After tallying up his gains, Chu Sheng brimmed with heroic spirit, feeling as though his strength now knew no bounds.
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He glanced at the requirements for his next full Evolution.
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[Prompt: The next full Evolution requires 10,000 Vitality (Early Fourth Rank), 2,000 Spirit Power, and will consume 2,000 Evolution Points!]
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As expected, each Evolution’s Vitality requirement aligned with the threshold for the next Rank.
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But this Early Fourth Rank Vitality requirement was truly immense…
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And now there was a new requirement—two thousand Spirit Power?
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Yikes…
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It was only getting harder!
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Chu Sheng let out a small sigh; his swelling pride was quickly tempered.
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This hurdle was indeed a formidable one.
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Two thousand Evolution Points and two thousand Spirit Power were manageable.
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He still had an entire portion of King-level Essence Blood unused, and had barely touched the hundred Third Rank Spirit Herbs Xiao Ran had given him. After absorbing all of those, he wouldn’t just have two thousand Evolution Points—he might even surpass three thousand!
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As for Spirit Power… he currently had 1,050 points, just over halfway to the 2,000 required.
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Though the gap was still considerable, if he followed the Empress’s wishes and traveled to Hong Kong Island to seek out some Heavenly Treasures that boosted Spirit Power, a few sips could well bridge the difference.
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The real challenge was the 10,000 Vitality!
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From his previous Evolutions, he knew that each full Evolution required the Vitality threshold of the next major Rank.
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But the gap between Third Rank and Fourth Rank was simply enormous!
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Peak Third Rank Vitality hovered around 5,000—10,000 was double that!
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By now, though, Chu Sheng wasn’t surprised.
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From eavesdropping on Gu Yuexi’s thoughts these days, he’d learned the reason for this massive gap.
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Between Peak Third Rank and Early Fourth Rank, it might seem like just a sub-realm, but in reality, it was a chasm that blocked 99.9% of Cultivators!
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Between these two stages lay an exceptionally special transitional Realm—the Vitality Furnace Realm!
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This Realm was the crucial bridge for Cultivators advancing from the Lower Realms to the Realm of True Intelligence!
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Cultivators entering this Realm had to refine and purify their vast reserves of internal Vitality to the utmost, ultimately triggering a qualitative transformation!
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During this process, the quality of their Vitality would soar, and its quantity would skyrocket at a terrifying rate!
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The resulting boost in combat power would be nothing short of exponential!