Chapter 340 (1/2)

Nonsense

This situation was completely out of Shi Shu’s expectations, it was obvious from his expression. Victory was just within reach, everything was in his control but at this moment, he was horrified. This was the first time he’d ever encountered such a thing.

On the other hand, while Shao Xuan was maintaining a very calm face, as if he was a mysterious man, he was actually cursing privately, oh my freaking god!

He did not know practising enslavement on one beetle would escalate into a situation like right now. When he was at Beast Battle City, Shao Xuan had noticed that the beetle recruited many brothers. Now, it was more like a beetle army.

The two gigantic beasts were no longer as majestic and solemn as before. The giant rattlesnake was frantically shaking its tail to shake off the beetles crawling on it. However, more and more beetles crawled out of the ground and as if they knew no fear, they did not care no matter how loud the tail was rattling.

Initially, you could see sand between beetles but within moments, the ground was a sea of black, shiny from the beetle’s backs.

The person in the cloak watched as the beetles surrounded her. Even if she was a courageous one, and thought she was a decent fighter herself, there was no way she could remain calm now. Panic crept into her heart as she tried to kick away the beetles, who were inching closer, slashing wildly at the beetles in front with her knife then leaping onto the back of her beast.

Once she cleared a path for herself and leapt up the beast, the initial narrow walkway she’d cleared turned black with beetles once again in the blink of an eye.

The beast that collapsed an entire underground chamber with the stomp of its hooves was now powerless. The beetles did not know fear, no matter how many beetles the beast squashed, more continued to crawl up its body.

Shi Shu watched the angry ocean of beetles, thought of something, then took a roll of dried meat from his bag. It had been a long journey for him, naturally, he had food with him.

This was different from the rough jerky eaten by Shao Xuan and the rest. Shi Shu’s dried meat was made into thinner pieces as if they were pressed and then rolled up.

Shi Shu unrolled the piece, then tore a section half the size of his palm. He tossed it away.

The piece of meat landed twenty meters away from the snake.

While the sea of beetles was previously relatively calm, there was a sudden ripple of excitement as the beetles swarmed unto the piece of meat. The region around it was visibly raised, like a wave.

These insects, were carnivores.

Shi Shu had no doubt that if a beast met such a huge army of beetles, it would certainly die. Its fate would be the same as that piece of meat.

The thought of it was enough to send chills.

Obviously, such a small piece of meat was not enough to satiate such an army. Instead, it agitated them.

As if waiting for the order to attack, more and more beetles surrounded the two beasts like they smelled food, eyeing them hungrily. If they could talk, they’d probably shout, “Wait for the signal from the boss, my brothers! Then we shall feast together!”

The lady’s hand shook a little. When people trekked across a desert, many people feared the dangerous desert beasts. However, to her, these little organisms were a far larger threat. They were in swarms too. She had seen a lot, but never a swarm of this size.

Could she reason and negotiate herself out of this?

That would be a joke!

Speaking would be useless. These insects did not possess such intelligence.