Six-Armed Demon Bear

Woma was very lucky.

When Ling Yi led the three of them, following behind more than ten "Golden-Patterned Bee," they tracked them all the way to the bottom of a cliff about a hundred meters high. In the distance, they saw a strange scene.

Below the nearly 90-degree vertical cliff, a bear-like beast with jet-black fur was protecting its head and face with its two paws, waving them around in the air to drive away waves of golden bees that were swarming towards it. Its other two paws gripped the protruding rocks on the cliff face, and with its two paws, it climbed up the cliff like a nimble ape.

The target was a huge Beehive located about fifty or sixty meters high on the cliff face.

"The Six-Armed Demon Bear!"

Seeing the iconic six arms, Woma in the group almost screamed, but at the last moment he realized what was happening and managed to suppress his voice, preventing Zhang Ji, who was about to raise his large hand to press on his face, from making any further moves.

Ling Yi moved closer to Zhang Ji and his nephew, and whispered, "Senior, judging from the shape and aura of that ' Six-Armed Demon Bear,' it's probably between 15,000 and 18,000 years old."

After a pause, Ling Yi turned his gaze to the enormous Beehive on the cliff face that resembled a small house, and continued, "The Beehive is the size of an ordinary village house, and the queen bee inside is at least five thousand years old."

"In this way, according to the normal situation of the ' Golden-Patterned Bee ' colony, there will definitely be three to five queen bees of the same age. It is not impossible that the number of thousand-year-old bee soldier commanders below them will be dozens or even hundreds of times that of the queen bees. Further down the line, the number of hundred-year-old worker bees and those under a hundred years old will increase by a thousand times!"

At this point, Ling Yi's tone became unusually serious as he asked, "Senior, if I may ask, do you possess any area-of-effect attack Soul Skill?"

Turning to Woma, Ling Yi asked again, "Brother Woma, what about you?"

Zhang Ji: "..."

Woma: "..."

The uncle and nephew opened their mouths, looked at each other, but ultimately did not answer Ling Yi.

But clearly, the lack of a response is the answer itself.

At this moment, Zhang Ji couldn't help but think of Jiang Mo, who was still in ' Spirit City '. If Jiang Mo were here, with his Eighth Soul Skill, Jiang Mo Coiling Dragon Ring, he could probably wipe out the entire "Golden-Patterned Bee" swarm in one move.

Even if he were to use his Eighth Soul Skill, "Staff Shatters the Heavens," there was no guarantee that no one would escape.

Unless all the "Golden-Patterned Bee" gather in the same direction, Zhang Ji can use his Soul Skill to lock down the space within a 150-degree radius in front of him and wipe them out with a single blow.

This is actually similar to Qian Jun's Eighth Soul Skill, Qian Jun's Throw. In essence, both are single-target attack Soul Skill, but due to the strength of the Soul Skill and the Soul Master, they can bring out the effect of group attack from a single target.

Ling Yi was unaware of Zhang Ji's thoughts at this moment. After learning that neither the uncle nor the nephew possessed any area-of-effect Soul Skill, he pondered for a moment and then said again:

"In that case, we'll remain inactive for now and observe the battle between the Six-Armed Demon Bear and the Golden-Patterned Bee clan. We absolutely will not intervene unless the Six-Armed Demon Bear is in Life danger."

"Judging by the ' Six-Armed Demon Bear's ' practiced movements, this probably isn't its first time trying to steal the ' Golden-Patterned Bee ' from the Beehive."

"Whether he succeeds or fails, after he leaves this place, we'll follow him and then seize the opportunity to strike. We'll try our best to capture him as quickly as possible without attracting the attention of other Soul Beast, so that Brother Woma can absorb the Soul Ring..."

Faced with Ling Yi's suggestion, Zhang Ji and Woma had no objections and nodded silently in unison, their eyes both turning towards the battle below the cliff.

Despite the fact that the "Six-Armed Demon Bear" seems to have the upper hand in terms of cultivation, possessing a cultivation of over 15,000 years, it should theoretically be able to overwhelm the waves of "Golden-Patterned Bee" surrounding it, which are no more than 900 years old at most.

Unfortunately, these "Golden-Patterned Bee" completely ignored the aura emanating from the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and launched suicidal charges. Even if they couldn't inflict any damage on the "Six-Armed Demon Bear," they still managed to splatter their own bodily fluids, which would burst forth after death, onto the Six-Armed Demon Bear's fur.

Visibly, the "Six-Armed Demon Bear's" dark fur was stained with patches of ginger-yellow slime.

As time passed, the ginger-yellow slime increased, and the "Six-Armed Demon Bear" became increasingly sluggish, with noticeable pauses in its movements.

Just then, accompanied by a clearer buzzing sound, dozens of dark shadows flew out from the Beehive on the cliff face, turning into streaks of light and shooting towards the "Six-Armed Demon Bear" that had climbed to a height of more than forty meters.

Nearly a kilometer away in the forest, Ling Yi and the others hid in the canopy of a large tree.

Looking at the newly appeared "Flowing Light", Ling Yi and Zhang Ji both became serious.

"Third Uncle, what's wrong?" Woma asked in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ji, still focused on the battle, solemnly replied, "Among those ' Golden-Patterned Bee ' that just flew out, there are four queen bees. The weakest of them has an aura of cultivation of about seven thousand years, while the strongest has already reached the threshold of ten thousand years!"

"So strong?!" Woma was shocked upon hearing this and subconsciously looked towards the cliff face.

"Brother Woma," Ling Yi added from the side, "That nearly ten-thousand-year-old queen bee isn't the key. The key is the ' Golden-Patterned Bee Queen ' in the Beehive. It's most likely that it has already broken through to the ten-thousand-year level, making it a true ten- Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"

At this point, Ling Yi looked at the "Six-Armed Demon Bear," which had one hand gripping the rock, suspending itself in mid-air on the cliff face, while its other five arms swung like the wind, desperately defending against the new wave of powerful attacks led by the Queen Bee. He sighed and said:

"No wonder this ' Six-Armed Demon Bear ' is so determined to go up there. It's not just trying to steal the ' Golden-Patterned Bee,' it's also eyeing the ' Golden-Patterned Bee'— "

"Awooo—!!!"

Before Ling Yi could finish speaking, a violent roar suddenly erupted from the direction of the cliff.

A terrifying sonic boom exploded halfway up the cliff, sweeping outwards and reaching the forest nearly a kilometer away, where the giant trees, some tens of meters tall and requiring several people to encircle, continued to sway.

Having made prior preparations, Ling Yi and the other three managed to maintain their balance and were not injured by the swaying of the giant tree they were on.

The four people who had been watching the cliff face saw that a sudden "rain" was falling from there.

That was a "rain curtain" made up of the corpses of "Golden-Patterned Bee".

However, those killed by the roar of the "Six-Armed Demon Bear" were mostly worker bees under 100 years old, with a few "Golden-Patterned Bee" of 100 years old mixed in, but not a single soldier bee of 1000 years old.

On the contrary, with this counterattack failing, a gap finally appeared in the defensive line of the "Six-Armed Demon Bear's" five arms. A thousand-year-old "Golden-Patterned Bee," with a body full of brilliant gold, like a work of art made of pure gold, broke through the arm blockade and pierced the furry ear with its sharp tail stinger, which carried a strong paralyzing toxin.

Once one thing leads to another, and with one thing going unattended, the "Six-Armed Demon Bear's " defense line is thrown into disarray. One after another, the hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old "Golden-Patterned Bee" pierce the thick bear hide with their stingers. Some are stopped by the fur, while others break through the sturdy fur and pierce into the flesh.

From the giant tree canopy nearly a kilometer away, Ling Yi and the others watched helplessly as the "Six-Armed Demon Bear," its head covered in stings, lost its grip on a protruding rock and plummeted from mid-air like a cannonball, crashing into the cliff face and creating a huge crater.

Just as Woma was about to ask if the "Six-Armed Demon Bear" had been killed by the fall, a mottled yellow-black figure limped out of the pit and tumbled towards the woods where the four were.

To be continued tomorrow, goodnight everyone~