Chapter 2661 - 2660: The Mine and Bug Beast
Ling Feng recognized the voice and immediately turned his head to say, "Why are you here?"
"I heard from Qian Gong and the others that you taught the Guard Army a lesson on the street, and then pursued clues to East City. So I knew you’d definitely come to the Mineral City."
"The Guard Army neglected their duty, almost causing a shopkeeper to be beaten to death by hooligans. Luckily, I was passing by while chasing clues, so I taught them a lesson. I probably killed them all,"
"As for those soldiers, since they neglected their duties, and I’m a Bingjian King, I definitely have to exercise my power." Ling Feng smiled slyly.
"No matter, I heard about it. Those scum, dead is dead. Otherwise, being captured would be a fate worse than death!"
The laws of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom are quite severe. If you don’t break the law, you’re fine. But once you do, especially such malicious events like injuring others and forcibly seizing women, you’ll face very harsh penalties.
Moreover, Li Xiaonian is the queen of this Vermilion Bird Kingdom and cannot bear to see women being bullied.
"General Tie Ming of the Mineral City Guard Army, pays homage to the Queen!" Tie Ming immediately knelt on one knee and bowed.
"Stand up," Li Xiaonian waved her hand, "Didn’t I say before, Bingjian King, meaning sitting side by side on the throne with me and governing the country together? His status is equal to mine. If I can enter the Mineral City, so can he."
"My subordinates just felt that since you initially ordered no irrelevant personnel to enter..."
"No matter, now that you know, it’s alright. I won’t blame you. You usually do well. Bingjian King generally doesn’t come here, but this time the situation is special, so he has to be given convenience."
"Yes!" Tie Ming no longer argued.
"Did you ever say that my status is equal to yours? How come I don’t remember?" Ling Feng asked, puzzled.
"I certainly did. Even if I didn’t before, now I have. In future, your status is like that of the King of this country. Bingjian King just sounds nice." Li Xiaonian suddenly revealed a coy expression, somewhat coquettishly.
Ling Feng smiled slightly, since Li Xiaonian said so, he didn’t plan to refuse.
The two of them entered the Mineral City side by side, Tie Ming felt a bit awkward hearing the always strong queen say those words. After thinking about it, he decided to follow their pace.
After all, besides guarding the Mineral City, he also had to protect the queen’s safety.
"How’s the investigation going? You’ve come to the Mineral City, so you must have made new progress?"
Ling Feng nodded, "Someone saw the monster late at night on the street healing its wounds. The bug spies I released saw the monster here in the Mineral City. I believe it’s not far from being seen."
Li Xiaonian thoughtfully nodded, and the two came to a dark mine cave.
Little Fei transmitted telepathically, "Master, the aura of the black scales is becoming more intense, and I can smell the scent of blood."
Ling Feng nodded secretly and stared at the dark mine cave.
"You’re not thinking of going in, are you?" Li Xiaonian guessed upon seeing Ling Feng’s demeanor.
Ling Feng hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Inside has the aura of that monster. To capture it, I must go in."
"But..."
"Queen, Bingjian King, I advise you not to enter this mine cave," Tie Ming’s voice transmitted.
"Why?" Li Xiaonian frowned slightly.
"Replying to the Queen, because this mine cave wasn’t developed by our craftsmen and miners, but suddenly appeared!"
"One night, a loud noise spread throughout the Mineral City. I knew something was wrong. When I got here, I found this mine cave had appeared,"
"Our craftsmen found no clues after preliminary investigation. I had no other ideas, so we sent experienced old miners down to explore, but they never returned..."
Li Xiaonian’s frown deepened, "Such a strange situation, with people disappearing, why wasn’t this mentioned earlier?"
"I had submitted the papers, but there’s been no response. Subordinates need to stay here, but already sent people to inquire. I thought Queen, you’d already seen it, but you haven’t yet?"
Li Xiaonian suddenly realized, feeling a bit embarrassed. Ling Feng also chuckled secretly.
Li Xiaonian indeed hadn’t seen it because she hadn’t been around these days. Even if she returned, she was busy chatting and playing with her parents, surely not looking at papers.
And Tie Ming definitely wasn’t aware of these things.
"I... I naturally saw them, which is why I came to inspect personally." Li Xiaonian said hurriedly.
But soon she regained her queenly authority, "So you still plan to head down, right?"
Ling Feng still nodded. No matter how dangerous the mine cave might be, since that Bug Beast is below, and likely related to Demon Child and the Lord of the Three Realms behind it, Ling Feng must go down and take a look.
"I knew I couldn’t stop you, then I’ll go with you!"
"Impossible!" Ling Feng and Tie Ming shouted in unison.
"Queen, your life is invaluable. The situation below is unclear. If something happens to you, what will Vermilion Bird Kingdom do, what of the thousands of citizens? I urgently request that you don’t go!" Tie Ming knelt.
Ling Feng nodded, "Tie Ming makes a good point, you can’t go down. I can go alone. I promised you before that no matter what happens, I’m here, there’s no need for you to risk yourself."
Li Xiaonian saw her subordinate’s plea and Ling Feng’s authoritative and responsible persuasion, she had to comply, "Alright, but if anything happens to you, I won’t let you off, you must be alright!"
Ling Feng nodded, then jumped directly into the mine cave.
Tie Ming stood up, Li Xiaonian sighed, saying nothing.
Ling Feng kept descending, a Shadowless Needle appearing in his hand. He had been falling a while and hadn’t yet seen below. If there were any changes, being ready with a weapon would surely help.
"Thud—"
Ling Feng landed, fortunately nothing happened during the descent.
Little Jin’s voice suddenly sounded, "Master, be careful. There’s a strange aura, and as far as I know, there are no known mineral deposits!"
Knowing that Little Jin, adept at mineral search, said this heightened Ling Feng’s alertness.
He took out a Luminous Pearl from his pocket and walked toward the light shining ahead.
Along the way, Ling Feng saw many animal corpses underground, even bird and beast bones! And some insect mummies.
These must be the handiwork of that monster Bug Beast.
Ling Feng resisted the discomfort in his heart and continued forward. His foot suddenly kicked something, he looked down, it was a human hand bone!
Ling Feng picked it up, then looked ahead, a dark shadow flashed past, blood drip onto the ground in front of Ling Feng.
"This is human blood, but I also smell non-human blood," Little Fei transmitted.
A Chaos Sword phantom appeared in Ling Feng’s hand, he dropped what should’ve belonged to that old miner, preparing for battle.
A gust of wind blew, nearly slicing Ling Feng’s head off, but his perception allowed him to duck at the last moment, avoiding the sneak attack.
"Hoo hoo hoo, rustle—" Beast breathing and scratching noises reached aboveground, distinctly clear.
Ling Feng knew the Bug Beast he had tracked for so long was right before him. He smashed the Luminous Pearl, splinters of light sticking to the cave walls.
At last, Ling Feng saw the full appearance of the Bug Beast:
It crouched in front of Ling Feng, its bulky body almost equal to Little Fei’s, several sharp claws protruding, red eyes staring at Ling Feng. Its body had a central open crack, half of the miner’s corpse exposed, constantly dripping blood, while the Bug Beast kept gnawing the miner’s body.
Looking extraordinarily scary!