Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 187 The Giant Insect Breeder's Ecstasy

This mantis was two meters tall, its entire body was emerald green, and its two front legs were like sickles, gleaming with a cold light.

It saw Yu Nu Zhicheng, paused for a moment, and then pounced on him.

Aburame Shisei was prepared and dodged the attack by sidestepping.

The mantis's forelegs struck the spot where he had just stood, instantly carving two deep trenches into the ground.

"That's pretty fast!" Aburame Shisei's face showed a hint of surprise, but he ultimately said with some regret, "It's a pity that it only has instinct, not chakra."

The mantis, having missed its first attack, turned and pounced again. This time, Aburame Shicheng did not dodge, but instead summoned a swarm of corrosive insects to meet it.

The carrion insects instantly swarmed all over the mantis's body, frantically gnawing at it. The mantis struggled violently, but was quickly riddled with holes and collapsed to the ground.

Aburame Shisei stepped forward and examined the mantis's corpse. "It's an ordinary insect, with no resistance to the corrosive insects. But given its size, it must have had a lot of meat."

He took out the sealing scroll and sealed the mantis's corpse inside. Although he didn't want to eat insects anymore, using them as experimental material wasn't bad.

"Perhaps I could breed one someday; mantises are supposed to belong to the wind element, right?"

Continuing onward, he encountered even more giant insects. A beetle half the height of a person blocked his path, but because it was too ordinary, he easily dealt with it using a corrosive insect; a swarm of ants the size of a fist attacked him, keeping the mother as a sample and feeding the rest to the insects; and a spider dangled from a tree, its venom quite good, which could be used as material.

"There are so many bugs here." He made notes as he walked, his eyes shining brighter.

In a short period of time, he has collected hundreds of kinds of insects. From the initial excitement, he can now calmly face each giant insect.

However, the vast majority of them have no chakra, and a few have only a slight fluctuation, not even reaching the level of a genin.

After walking for about two more hours, he suddenly heard the sound of water.

Following the sound, he soon came to a stream. The water was crystal clear and flowed gently. On the bank was a meadow with several kinds of plants that he couldn't name.

He walked to the stream and squatted down. He first released a few sensory insects into the water to confirm that it was non-toxic. Then he let the insects filter out the parasites in the water before scooping up the stream water and drinking it.

The water tastes sweet, much better than ionized fresh water, and is full of minerals.

As for the parasites that were filtered out, he didn't let them go either, picking out a portion of them and directly putting them into a petri dish for recording.

He began searching for food in the surrounding area and found some red wild berries, about the size of apples, hanging on low bushes.

After confirming it was non-toxic, I took a small bite. It was sweet and sour, somewhat like a tomato and somewhat like a persimmon. The taste was quite good.

"Finally, I can change things up."

Just then, the monitoring insect that had flown out sensed that a giant insect was approaching.

He also felt the ground shaking, and the shaking became stronger and stronger. Looking up, he saw a huge black shadow slowly approaching.

It was a beetle, ten times larger than Xiaoqing. Its body was the size of a small mountain, covered in a black carapace that gleamed with a metallic sheen in the sunlight.

It has a huge horn on its head, which resembles a rhinoceros horn but is much thicker; its six legs are like thick pillars, and the ground trembles with every step it takes.

What caught Aburame Shisei's attention the most was that the beetle was emitting a strong chakra fluctuation.

The giant beetle had clearly spotted him as well. It stopped, locked onto him with its compound eyes, and let out a low, warning cry.

Aburame Shisei stood still and observed quietly: "A Jonin-level chakra is perfectly capable of being used to create summoning jutsu and summon beasts."

He watched calmly, his intuition telling him there must be even better insects on the island, but he couldn't help feeling excited.

Seeing that he made no further move, the giant beetle let out another cry, slowly turned around and walked into the forest, disappearing among the giant trees.

Yu Nu Zhicheng gazed in the direction it had gone, lost in thought: "It seems that wisdom is key; one must know how to seek advantage and avoid harm."

"Then I can't let you leave like this." He smiled, unable to hide his amusement. The next second, he unfurled his wind wings and landed directly on the giant insect's back.

The giant insect trembled violently, trying to release its pressure to drive him away, but how could Aburame Shicheng let go so easily?

He bit his finger and inscribed a spell for communicating with spirits on the insect's back.

Sensing the invasion of unfamiliar energy, the giant worm panicked completely and began frantically ramming into the surrounding trees.

Even crashing through groves of trees couldn't shake Aburame Shisei's determination to subdue it.

"Become my partner! Summoning Jutsu!"

Black lines spread across the insect's back, and no matter how much the giant insect struggled, it was to no avail.

If the giant insect could speak, it would surely shout: "No! You filthy scoundrel!"

Unfortunately, it had never seen any humans in the ninja world, and even if it had intelligence, it didn't understand human language at all.

The psychic ritual is complete!

When it was placed in a petri dish and then released, the giant insect was able to communicate mentally with Yu Nu Zhicheng.

"My lord, are you a god? What is that golden liquid?!"

"Huh? What did you say? You're willing to come with me? You said you still have a husband and children..." Aburame Shisei covered his ear with one hand, pretending not to hear.

Giant beetle: "..."

Before long, Aburame Zhicheng had six more giant beetles, plus a centipede over a hundred meters long, a giant millipede over a hundred meters long, and a centipede several tens of meters long.

In addition, there were many other miscellaneous giant insects.

Unfortunately, while the later beasts were enormous, their chakra was extremely weak. However, what Shisei Aburame valued was not their strength, but their potential.

"This island is like something that was abandoned in ancient times. There should be a more complete ecosystem here. Giant insects are the main species, but there must be something else."

He had a fruitful day, but since most of the other areas were still infested with insects and he hadn't found any new or unusual species, he decided to return for the time being.

Returning to the beach with hundreds of giant insects, Xiao Qing was still anxiously waiting in the same spot. Upon seeing this scene, it thought to itself, "Just as I expected."

The wings that had just fluttered drooped again, and it climbed back to the treehouse, turning its head away, preferring to stay out of sight.

After all, as the most favored celestial insect in the insect nest, it must have the capacity to accommodate other insects.

"Xiaoqing, what's wrong?"

"Master, insects don't have tears," Xiaoqing replied inexplicably.

Aburame Shisei raised an eyebrow slightly, never expecting that insects would one day have feelings for each other.

Xiaoqing seemed to sense something, but without turning around, she simply said, "It's nothing, I'm not jealous."

"My master is human, so naturally he has human quirks and a fondness for novelty. I'd be happy if these giant insects could bring him some novelty."

It paused, its tone carrying a hint of meaning, "But one day, they will all become experimental subjects, won't they, Master?"