Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 728 - 311: Old Acquaintance from the Profound Lady Sect (Part 4)

Besides that, Ning Qi picked up on additional details emanating from the beehive.

A subtle yet potent life energy pulsed from within the beehive, hinting at a horrifying creature hidden inside.

Ning Qi's eyes scanned the hordes of bees clashing with the Vast Realm cultivators, along with the sporadic groups of demon bees bursting out from the hive.

All at once, Ning Qi realized there had to be a queen bee dwelling within the hive.

This queen bee kept spawning demon bees nonstop to throw into the fray against the Vast Realm cultivators.

Witnessing this, a grin crept across Ning Qi's face.

It's no surprise the Vast Realm cultivators struggled so long to claim this node; they were up against a truly daunting swarm.

He sent his spiritual sense probing toward the Vast Realm cultivators.

The Vast Realm cultivators' forces remained outnumbered by the Profound Truth Realm's army, making up just one-third of their rivals' numbers.

This matched precisely what Ning Qi had gathered from the White Crane Immortal Sect before.

The Vast Realm cultivators probably viewed the foes from the Mountain and Sea Realm in this war domain as mere trivial Spirit Domain practitioners, nothing to fret over.

As a result, they split their sects to assault each node on its own.

Ning Qi's gaze roamed over the vibrant, ornate robes worn by the Vast Realm cultivators, cross-referencing them with the intel from the White Crane Immortal Sect to swiftly pinpoint their origins.

These cultivators came from the Spirit Bird Domain as well, hailing specifically from the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect.

The Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect outpowered the White Crane Immortal Sect and dominated the entire Spirit Bird Domain.

The Spirit Bird Domain Master himself belonged to the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect.

Ning Qi quietly watched the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect members, observing that their group lacked the Spirit Bird Domain Master.

For someone as distinctive as a Domain Master, Ning Qi could sense them without fail, thanks to that innate awareness all domain masters shared.

Furthermore, as the True Martial Realm Master, Ning Qi possessed an unusually sharp intuition for detecting other domain masters.

Missing the Spirit Bird Domain Master proved a bit of a letdown, yet persistent searching would surely bring an encounter in time.

Ning Qi turned his attention to the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect cultivators in front.

With a quick extension of his spiritual sense, he evaluated their power levels in an instant.

These cultivators were genuinely formidable, boasting thirty at the Integration Realm, three Extreme Venerables, five peak Venerables, ten standard Venerables, and a host of skilled elites below them.

Against the demon bees of the Sea of Realms, which excelled in swarm tactics and were enhanced by formations, they held the upper hand over the bee assaults.

At first glance, their might seemed a touch greater than that of the Profound Truth Realm's forces.

After all, the Profound Truth Realm's army lacked even one Integration Venerable.

Having sized up the battlefield, Ning Qi mulled over his options briefly.

Neither side was feeble; this clash might drag on for an indeterminate stretch until one emerged fully victorious.

Stepping in now would demand some exertion; maybe it was wiser to scout the next node's position and circle back once both armies had worn each other down further?

Ning Qi eyed the Soul-Searching Plate clutched in his grip, prompting it to pinpoint the subsequent node.

Soon enough, the Soul-Searching Plate reacted.

Its indicator flickered toward the northeast, signaling the node lay extremely far off, to the point where the pointer hesitated on the exact spot.

Ning Qi channeled his inner power into the Soul-Searching Plate, drawing spiritual qi to its indicator, which surprisingly displayed a figure.

"Ten thousand three hundred twenty-four."

This represented a fresh upgrade Ning Qi had implemented in the Soul-Searching Plate, enabling it to gauge a rough distance to the closest node, counted in li.

The following node sat ten thousand three hundred twenty-four li from his spot, undeniably a long haul.

The Soul-Searching Plate's capabilities remained incomplete for now, unable to gauge the next node's scale or spot several at once.

Only by claiming more nodes could Ning Qi refine the tool progressively using the accumulated information.

At present, Ning Qi faced just two paths: take this node or travel to the one over ten thousand li distant.

Yet, might others already occupy that far-off node?

Thus, Ning Qi peered forward and ultimately resolved to claim the node right here first.