Chapter 444 - Chapter 444: Chapter 436 Clever Breakthrough_1 (2/2)

Eventually, this leads to the trees becoming hollow and dying.

The death of trees in the forest is a far greater threat from longhorn beetles than other pests. Even the caterpillars, known for their strong reproductive abilities, can hardly rival them.

Caterpillars are the larvae of various butterflies or moths, and if the climate is suitable and food is abundant, their reproductive speed is remarkably fast.

But there has never been a report of caterpillars causing the mass death of trees in a forest.

At most, they nibble leaves to shreds, leaving bare branches exposed, and are dubbed the “barbers” of trees.

While caterpillars can hinder the growth of trees, from another perspective, they also contribute to the entire vegetation system of the forest. If trees are too dense, small saplings and low vegetation beneath them struggle to get sunlight. They will die or have a hard time thriving.

Yet, after caterpillars strip the leaves from the trees, sunlight and dew are able to reach the saplings below.

This effectively supports the rapid growth of saplings, giving them a chance to stand out.

There are many large trees in the forest, and the system is relatively fixed; it’s difficult for small trees to grow into large ones without special opportunities to compete with old trees.

Only when the old trees fall or die do they get a chance to mature.

This is quite similar to the saying “when a whale falls, teeming life arises” in the ocean.

To some extent, caterpillars promote the diversity of vegetation in forests.

Longhorn beetles are different from caterpillars; they might look pretty, but they’re called the demons of the forest.

According to incomplete statistics, longhorn beetles cause many times more tree deaths annually than forest fires do.

Did this Insect Master rear a large group of longhorn beetles specifically to destroy forest vegetation?

The two brothers simultaneously took control of their respective insect swarms and attacked.

There were over a thousand longhorn beetles and four to five hundred Bear Bees, all attacking the bee colony at the same time.

The brothers quickly suffered a major setback, their expressions no different from Master He Shan. Their Insect Pets had just made contact with the bee swarm and it was like they were automatically fed into a meat grinder.

Elder Wu Shanle’s Insect Formation was too formidable.

It could enhance the combat power of Insect Pets by ten times.

Qin Niu had recognized the potential of Insect Formations early on from Old Master Huang’s combat methods. Later, he allowed his Termite swarm to evolve in this aspect, developing mental attacks and charges for the ant swarm.

Subsequently, he also developed Insect Armor.

But compared to Wu Shanle’s bee formation, the ones he studied himself were practically garbage.

“Brother, let’s quickly retreat our insects, or they’re all going to die.”

After suffering a great loss, the thinner Insect Master called out to his brother in panic to withdraw their insects.

Even though the two brothers reacted swiftly, their insects suffered over fifty percent casualties in a very short time. Only now did they realize how formidable Elder Wu Shanle’s insects were.

That Qin Niu had been able to withstand Wu Shanle’s bee formation for so long was already impressive to the brothers.

“Master Qin Niu, if we really can’t hold on, let’s retreat first! Wu Shanle’s bee swarm is very tricky; we are no match for him.”

The brothers were forthright people, with courage even smaller than a mouse’s.

After taking a big loss, they immediately thought about fleeing.

When the sky falls, there will naturally be tall ones holding it up.

They had no intention of playing the part of the hero.

“Let me try again!”

Qin Niu still had plenty of tricks up his sleeve.

If it weren’t for Wu Shanle’s cultivation at the Spirit Qi Realm, Qin Niu might have already attacked Wu Shanle himself.

“Green-Head Summoning Bee, let’s see what you can do.”

Qin Niu was the grandmaster of bee play, and he had thought of a brilliant way to break the bee formation.

His Green-Head Summoning Bee had the ability to summon wild bees to fight, as long as their grade was no more than three levels below its own.

Wu Shanle’s bee swarm surely wasn’t comprised of wild bees.

But it was worth a try.

Qin Niu didn’t believe that Wu Shanle had signed a soul contract with every single bee. That was unrealistic.

If so, then he had a chance to break the enemy’s bee formation.

Once the Green-Head Summoning Bee came out, it didn’t dawdle.

It immediately launched its specialty skills—summoning and luring.

As it danced in the air, what had been an impregnable bee formation began to agitate. One by one, Poison Bees, drawn by the summoning and luring, flew towards the Green-Head Summoning Bee.

Naturally, the bee formation broke.

“Come back, come back to me!”

Elder Wu Shanle panicked and immediately took out a whistle and blew it.