"Long Chuan! Long Ren!" Long De shouted their names.
But by now, the two who had been poisoned couldn't even speak.
"It's over there!" The benevolent-looking elder roared.
Although Bai Jie had resolved two enemies in a single move, he had also exposed his own position.
Moreover, when releasing other skills, it was impossible to maintain the "Stealth Camouflage" state.
"Blood Essence Gu Sacrifice!"
The elder's face suddenly flushed red. He uttered the word "Absorb," spat out a mouthful of black blood, which fell upon the Volcanic Ant Queen.
The Volcanic Ant Queen let out a low cry, and immediately, an uncountable mass of Fire-Eating Ants seemed to receive a summoning. They actually forcibly broke free of the Advanced Intimidation's suppression, all surging in unison toward the tree where Bai Jie was.
Buzzzz!
In the next moment, the dense sound of vibrating wings suddenly arose.
Long Ge formed hand seals, and several fist-sized hornets flew out from behind his back, speeding uniformly and swiftly straight toward Bai Jie.
Target: Tiger-Headed Killer Bee (Mutant Form)
Vitality: 3
Body Length: 7cm
Status: Good
Seeing this, Bai Jie let out a cold snort in his heart. Completely unruffled, he simply stopped hiding and leaped down from the tree. The urticating hair poison needles on his body fired once more!
These Fire-Eating Ants could not breathe fire, so they had no way to neutralize the urticating hair poison needles. The closer they got to Bai Jie, the faster they died from the poison.
But the number of urticating hair poison needles was ultimately limited. The Fire-Eating Ant colony trampled over the carpet-like corpses of their own kin, once again completely encircling Bai Jie.
Although the Fire-Eating Ant colony was numerous, given their speed, they would have difficulty actually touching Bai Jie.
Bai Jie inwardly sneered. His eight spider legs abruptly kicked against the ground, leaving inch-deep footprints, and with one bounding leap, he sprang to another tree.
Leaving the ground, Bai Jie collided head-on with the Tiger-Headed Killer Bees once more.
The venomous stingers on the bees' tails flickered with an uncanny, sinister cold light, probably capable of piercing even a steel plate.
"Vitality's too weak. No matter how many come, it's all the same."
Pitch-black blade-light swept horizontally across the void, and several Tiger-Headed Killer Bees' speed bizarrely slowed down, then paused midair. In the next second, they were directly sliced in two at the waist, one after another, dropping to the ground.
Because his own Gu insect had been annihilated, the pale-faced Long Ge spat a mouthful of scarlet from the corner of his lips, his eyes wide with fury.
"Truly not easy to deal with."
Long De stared in fearful uncertainty at that blot of shadow on the treetop. He then formed hand seals, and an obscure, esoteric witch curse spilled from his lips.
"Slay!" he bellowed.
The resounding roar echoed through the woods. In this instant, the fine hairs on Bai Jie's legs stood erect simultaneously.
Spider Sense again!
Danger!
Where will it come from?
Bai Jie looked around. The tree trunk beside him suddenly emitted cracking and splintering sounds. Before he could even turn his head, his peripheral vision caught two extremely slender red shadows crossing toward him, like two blood-drenched executioner's blades coming to reap his life.
Bai Jie simultaneously smelled an intensely pungent bloody stench and murderous intent.
Without thinking, his two bladed forelimbs rose to meet the attack head-on.
Clang! Clang!
Sparks jumped and scattered. Flesh and armor collided, yet the sound that rang out was the clash of metal against metal.
An enormous force pressed down upon his limbs. Bai Jie looked and saw that before him was a jet-black colossal spider, its body size actually barely differing from his own!
It even had two leg-blades as well, currently straining to push against his forelimbs, not yielding an inch.
Target: Bloodthirsty Undying Spider (Awakened Form)
Vitality: 28
Body Length: 80cm
Status: Healthy
"This thing's Vitality is only 28, but its strength is this great?"
Bai Jie was still wondering how this spider, whose Vitality was less than half his own, could not be at a disadvantage, when the Bloodthirsty Undying Spider's mouthparts suddenly opened, and a slender, elongated blood stinger extended out.
Bai Jie instantly felt his scalp go numb, a deeply unsettling, bone-penetrating discomfort crawling up his back.
He abruptly retreated, dodging this blood stinger. At the same time, anger surged within his heart. He found it extremely difficult to endure the discomfort and threat that the Bloodthirsty Undying Spider brought.
Clearly just an inferior creature with a mere 28 Vitality.
Fury transformed into surging poison arrows. In an instant, dozens of poison arrows crammed the air, forming a rain of arrows that blotted the sky and pummeled the Bloodthirsty Undying Spider's body.
This was the first time Bai Jie had used the max-level Poison Arrow Shot at full strength.
"Hisssss..."
The Bloodthirsty Undying Spider prostrated itself, hissing low. Its body rapidly festered and rotted under the corrosion of the poison arrows, black bodily fluids flowing horizontally across the branches, its Vitality dropping at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Elder! My Gu insect is almost done for!"
"Are you not ready yet?!"
Long De watched the Bloodthirsty Undying Spider's miserable state with terror, roaring.
Bai Jie landed on yet another different tree, continuously pouring his full firepower onto the Bloodthirsty Undying Spider.
But at a certain moment, his offensive suddenly stalled. That extremely dangerous sense of unease in his heart had, in this instant, reached its peak.
He even felt that a threat sufficient to be fatal had emerged.
"Sorry for the wait."
An incomparably ancient voice rang out, as if traversing the ages of several centuries, carrying an archaic charm.
"You killed that girl. No big deal. You did very well! Because she had already threatened the authority of our Inner Hall. Even if you hadn't slain your master, this old man would have personally administered punishment upon her."
"But I never expected that seeing you today would greatly exceed this old man's expectations, more than worthy of being called a pleasant surprise! Even discounting the loss of two disciples of our Wu Gu Clan is of no consequence."
Bai Jie followed the voice and looked at the speaker, discovering that it was none other than the Wu Gu Elder.
The latter's body seemed to have undergone some kind of mutation. His skin was gray and dull, a layer of scales had emerged on his face, and his pupils had also transformed into sharp snake pupils, brimming with the killing intent of sights locked on prey as he stared fixedly at Bai Jie.
"It's all worth it..."
"A demon insect like you - only by belonging to our Wu Gu Clan can you bring the maximum value into play, so your talents are not left buried."
"And I will most certainly be your master! I can already hardly wait to see how you look submitting to me." The Wu Gu Elder raised an eerie, sinister smile, saying grimly.
Tch... who do you think you are?
Bai Jie inwardly curled his lip in contempt, but the panel that appeared before his eyes caused him to freeze momentarily.
Target: Calamity Python (High-Tier Awakened Form)
Vitality: 49
Body Length: 1.7m-15m
Status: Unstable
This was the first time Bai Jie had seen a high-tier awakened form besides himself!
And what the heck was with this "Body Length"?! Was the system bugging out?
With a slap, the Bloodthirsty Undying Spider dropped to the ground, barely clinging to life, during the lull when Bai Jie stopped firing poison arrows.
But this spider seemed still capable of moving. The slender blood stinger from its mouth suddenly stabbed into a nearby Fire-Eating Ant's body, and then the Fire-Eating Ant's body could be seen rapidly shriveling up, its vitality completely extinguished.
The Bloodthirsty Undying Spider followed the same method, continuously absorbing the vitality of the surrounding Fire-Eating Ants, while the Fire-Eating Ants offered not the slightest resistance.
A mere short two seconds later, within Bai Jie's detection, the Bloodthirsty Undying Spider's Vitality had already been restored to full. Even its festering wounds had mostly healed.
Only then did Bai Jie know why it dared to be called by that name.
"This kind of opponent that can continuously self-heal must be eliminated as quickly as possible!"
Driven by the unease in his heart, Bai Jie's silhouette instantly vanished from the spot.
"Razor Spider Silk."
In the next instant, over a dozen razor spider silks coated with venom surrounded the Undying Spider from all directions.
"Roar!"
The Wu Gu Elder's aged facial skin trembled violently, and he abruptly let out a long howl, erupting with a speed far exceeding human limits. His silhouette flickered as he, in his human body, charged alone into the fray.
He actually dared, in a mortal body, to directly meddle in the battle of sinister Gu creatures!