Armed Bee Swarm

"Choose a side to join?"

Wang Wu pondered, but what he had just seen told him that even if he joined, he would only be cannon fodder.

It would have been one thing if those two Giant Eagles were Great Demons themselves. What he feared was that they were merely the vanguard of Great Demons.

Of course, he also had to consider the nature of this war. Was it a life-and-death struggle between two Great Demons, an everyday clash, or merely a contest over divided territory?

Or perhaps this was a true slaughter competition held by both Great Demons to select Sprites with greater potential for growth?

"I can't join. With this little body of mine, I can't withstand any torment. No matter who wins or loses this war, nothing good will come of it for me."

"But is this really something I can choose not to join?"

"I need an excellent hiding place."

"I'll hide for a while first. Once this war is over, I'll worry about everything else."

At that thought, Wang Wu first thought of that rock crevice. What a wonderful hiding place that was—as long as he dug a little deeper...

What a pity.

He rejected the idea in his heart, then wondered whether he could dig a hole in the ground instead.

But he immediately rejected that as well.

Things would not be so simple.

Those two Giant Eagles had dropped banners and recruited countless Sprites. Was it for amusement, or to bolster their ranks?

Would they do something with no benefit involved just because they had eaten their fill and had nothing better to do?

Then what exactly were these Sprites for?

They certainly could not be used for direct combat. One stomp would wipe them all out.

But what if they were used for searching, scouting, or standing watch?

Wang Wu could picture thousands, even tens of thousands, of Sprites searching over every hill and plain, not even sparing an ant hole.

Hide?

Where could he hide?

Did he think he was the only one who could dig?

So what if he could set up formations? Before these Sprites, who were born masters at digging holes, did he really think he could leave behind no trace at all?

His Level 5 Stealth could deceive a Giant Eagle's sweeping gaze, but if an ant army passed by him, he would have nowhere to hide.

"This is a three-dimensional, comprehensive, systematic mode of warfare. They leave no way out for themselves, and no way out for their enemies either!"

At this thought, Wang Wu was almost despairing. He could forget about digging a hole to hide in.

"Do I only have one choice left—joining them?"

Just as he was thinking this, Wang Wu suddenly heard a buzzing sound. It was a squad of Armed Wild Bees flying over from several dozen meters away.

"Damn it!"

Wang Wu inwardly cried out in alarm. The patch of grass he had chosen to lurk in this time was excellent in every respect. Its only flaw was that it had more than a dozen tiny wildflowers. Their fragrance was faint and barely noticeable, nothing special to other Sprites.

But he had not expected to encounter this Armed Wild Bee squad here. There were twenty of them in total, and they were now swaying straight toward this patch of grass.

Wang Wu had no time to leave. He could only hope that his Level 5 Stealth talent would be strong enough.

In the blink of an eye, the Armed Wild Bee squad flew into the grass. They flew quickly and possessed great strength, as could be heard from the vibrations of their wings, which were comparable to engines.

At that moment, six Armed Wild Bees landed and began systematically gathering from the petals. Worth mentioning was that one pair of their wings still trembled slightly, providing considerable lift. Otherwise, those delicate little flowers could never have borne their heavy bodies.

It had to be said, these flower thieves really knew how to cherish the fairer sex!

Just as Wang Wu thought this, a flicker of Danger Sense flashed through his heart. The next second, with a buzz, he was stung seven or eight times in the back.

He had been discovered?

How had he been discovered?

Wang Wu was utterly dumbfounded, but he could only bolt from the grass with his head in his hands. His back burned with piercing pain, as though it had drilled straight into his heart.

Only then did the relevant information arrive belatedly.

"You have encountered an Armed Bee Swarm!"

"Due to your own bloodline and the Armed Bee Swarm's innate hostility toward bear-type lifeforms, your Level 5 Stealth talent has been suppressed. Once the distance between you falls below twenty meters, the chance of you being discovered by the bee swarm increases by 50%!"

"You have been attacked by an Armed Poison Bee. You suffered 20 points of sting damage. Due to your Defense of 9, you have negated this sting damage."

"You have been afflicted with Bee Venom. Venom has been injected into you, and you have suffered 5 points of Bee Venom damage."

"You have been attacked by Armed Poison Bees ×19. You have negated all sting damage!"

"You have been afflicted with Bee Venom. You have been injected with venom ×19 times, suffering a total of 95 points of Bee Venom damage!"

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"Fuck! This Bee Venom can stack damage without limit?"

Wang Wu was dumbfounded, but he stopped running. Why the hell would he keep running? In just those few seconds, his body had begun to go numb and swell. The pain was so intense that his soul practically left his body.

Meanwhile, the twenty Armed Wild Bees continued crazily darting around and stabbing him.

These wild bees were unlike honeybees. They did not die after stinging once; they could sting repeatedly.

Fortunately, the Bee Venom in their bodies really was one-use only. Once it was spent, there was no more.

Wang Wu was already paralyzed on the spot. He could not even kill an Armed Wild Bee to take down with him. He could only watch helplessly as the Armed Bee Swarm swaggered away in triumph.

Damn it, they were too vicious.

Wang Wu was still conscious, but he had truly lost control of his body.

Now, a few Mantis Swordsmen could easily... well, it seemed they could not kill him either.

But if he encountered his mortal enemies, the White-Haired Rats, then he would definitely be dead.

In his daze, he had no idea how much time passed before he suddenly felt himself moving. Some little creatures were dragging and transporting him. Could it be that he had triggered another life-saving sequence?

But he quickly realized that there were not so many good things waiting for him. He was being carried away as a corpse—but what kind of Sprite was doing it?

Wang Wu soon found out, because his body left the ground and began rising into the air. Spiders.

More than a dozen Black Spiders as large as washbasins bustled about. At some unknown time, they had tied him into a rice dumpling and were carrying him up a tree.

Hey, are you blind or what? I'm not dead yet!

No, whether he was dead or not did not seem to matter to these Black Widow spiders. What mattered was that he was food, and his flesh and blood had to be delicious—just as delicious as the Scorpion Priests he had once eaten. Eating him would probably grant at least a hundred points of Spiritual Qi.

As Wang Wu thought this, his vision began to be blocked. The last thing he could see was that he had been taken into the crown of a tree more than thirty meters high. On a rather sturdy branch, he was hung up with Spider Silk like a slab of air-dried cured meat.

And on this tree, there were already dozens of slabs of air-dried cured meat like him.

This was bad!

Wang Wu remembered. This was a large tree about a hundred meters from where he had been lurking. It stood more than thirty meters tall, with an enormous crown and a trunk so thick that at least five people would be needed to encircle it.

A tree like this was undoubtedly an excellent ecological habitat. The fact that this Black Spider colony could occupy it showed just how powerful their Lineage was.

Very soon, Wang Wu could no longer see anything. However, his Level 5 Danger Sense allowed him to clearly distinguish the movement paths of those Black Widow spiders.

Of course, only within a range of twenty-some meters.

Within that perception, an especially enormous Black Spider—at least as large as a round dining table for five—scuttled over with a swish. Its powerful jointed limbs examined Wang Wu as though handling a child's toy, then it let out an incomprehensible rustling sound, apparently very satisfied with the quality of this piece of meat.

Then, in the next second, the huge Black Widow spider bit directly into Wang Wu's body. No—it was a needle-like puncture, injecting some indescribable liquid.

Wang Wu felt as though he had downed three jin of erguotou in one go, and he immediately passed out.

Before completely losing consciousness, he vaguely saw several lines of information.

"You have been attacked by a Widow Spider. Due to your Defense of 9, you are immune to this attack's damage."

"You have been injected with Spider Toxin. Within 72 hours, your flesh, blood, and internal organs will turn into a pool of delicious liquid. You will be made into premium Spider Daughter Red."

"Because you possess perfect resistance to ordinary snake venom, and because a large amount of Bee Venom currently exists in your body, the three toxins are neutralizing one another. Unknown changes may occur..."