Swamp Lord with an Intelligence System-Chapter 70 - 66: Overbearing Queen, Ferocious Giant Mosquito
The sky was darkened by a massive swarm of fierce and brutal Mire Wasps.
The sheer number of them, with just a glance, could send chills down one’s spine.
With the Mire Wasps accompanying them, everyone felt their sense of security soar.
The pace was quick, but the twenty-kilometer journey still took several hours, only reaching their destination after noon.
Crossing a patch of grass poking through the water, with mud flowing below, the Two-headed Giant Chief Aite leading the way suddenly perked up.
"Master, just two more kilometers ahead is the habitat of those mosquitoes!!"
Lear’s eyes narrowed.
He turned to look at the Queen Bee beside him.
"Arcania, have all the Mire Wasps lower their altitude and fly close to the ground, don’t expose them."
The Mire Wasps, already flying at a low altitude of three to five meters, immediately descended, flapping their wings just half a meter above the ground.
Insects are far more agile than birds, capable of hovering mid-air for long periods, something most birds can’t achieve.
The pace slowed as they passed through several reed patches and stepped into a tall forest.
Though the trees were sparse, they formed a continuous forest.
At the signal of the Two-headed Giant Chief, Lear looked over.
In his line of sight, a scene appeared that was enough to make anyone shiver.
Two to three hundred meters ahead, giant pitcher plants coiled around tall tree trunks, their lush green leaves glistening with dew droplets.
The red and green pitcher plants were like foot pedal trash bins, with their green lids hanging down.
But unlike palm-sized ordinary pitcher plants,
these pitcher plants were magnified a hundredfold, towering over people by a large margin.
They exceeded two meters in height.
They were like bloodthirsty giant mouths gazing skyward, ready to devour beasts at any moment.
The number of pitcher plants was in the hundreds or thousands, impossible to count.
More astonishingly, enormous black and white speckled mosquitoes fluttered around, moving in and out of the pitcher plants.
Their bodies were roughly a third the size of a fist, with mouths wielding sharp proboscises like cut steel pipes, and wingspans exceeding 20 centimeters.
Pitcher plants originally evolved to prey on mosquitoes and insects... but now, those flesh-eating giant mosquitoes seemed to have made pitcher plants their nests.
Imagining how many mosquitoes were residing within these thousands of giant pitcher plants was overwhelming.
The Two-headed Giant Chief’s eyes showed a flicker of coldness.
"Master, it’s these mosquitoes that killed our Three-tailed Pig!"
Even when fleeing, he had to bring the Three-tailed Pig along, and these mosquitoes dared to snatch his pig right before him!
It’s truly... damn!!
Lear’s gaze sharpened.
"Where is the Mosquito Queen?"
The flesh-eating giant mosquitoes, like those found in the last exploration, were all level 3 creatures.
The threat wasn’t significant.
The level 13 Mosquito Queen was the most challenging point of the hunt!
Past level 10, each level’s increase in strength was tremendous.
The strongest combat force at his disposal was the level 11 Two-headed Giant Chief.
But, in aerial combat, this ogre couldn’t intervene at all.
"Do you see that tree with the light red moss growing on it?"
"The Mosquito Queen is hiding inside it..."
Lear focused his attention.
In the central region, a giant pitcher plant twined around a tree, nearly double the size of its counterparts, came into view.
It stood close to four meters tall!
His perception extended, and he could faintly sense a ferocious life form slumbering within.
Its presence was far stronger than the Mire Queen Bee and the Two-headed Giant Chief beside him.
And dangerously... it seemed to be in the midst of metamorphosis.
He could sense vibrant energy akin to a dragon egg hatching.
A rush of urgency hit him.
There was no time to wait!
The opponent was already level 13, and completing its metamorphosis could lead to unimaginable ferocity.
He turned to the Bubble Beast.
"Ignite the Black Spot Blood Worm Powder... compress the air, and store it in bubbles."
"Then bury the bubbles underground to set up the ambush zone."
"Swamp Boggart, once the Mosquito Queen appears and enters the ambush zone, immediately use your song to disrupt... don’t let it detect the bubbles prematurely!"
"Arcania, lead a portion of the Mire Wasps to attack the flesh-eating giant mosquitoes, attracting the Mosquito Queen to approach."
"Lure it into the trap, then seek an opportunity to withdraw."
"Our only objective on this mission is the Mosquito Queen!"
This area was too far from the center.
The Bubble Beast’s maximum control distance was only 200 meters.
Recreating the earlier attack on the Mire Wasps was impossible.
The level 13 Mosquito Queen’s combat power wasn’t something ordinary life forms could withstand.
But at the moment, he held a significant advantage—knowledge of his enemy’s presence while remaining hidden himself.
He could fully utilize the element of surprise to set up a trap for an ambush kill!
Additionally, there was a sufficient number of Mire Wasps to serve as the final act.
The count of 90,000 wasps was enough to unleash a catastrophic storm.
Even if it meant sacrificing half, no, all of the Mire Wasps, the Mosquito Queen must be captured!
If not in three months, the Mire Wasps would gradually perish one by one.
He certainly didn’t want the Mire Wasps to become a one-month temporary experience card.
Once the command was given, everyone sprang into action.
The Bubble Beast blew out bubbles, placing the ignited Black Spot Blood Worm Powder inside.
Dense smoke quickly accumulated within the bubbles, almost solidifying by the end...
Once it reached a certain density, Lear had the Bubble Beast bury the bubbles.
The Bubble Beast used bubbles to push aside the loose soil, then used other bubbles to pack the soil, silently covering it up after burying the bubbles, tossing the excess back.
