CHAPTER 44: CHAPTER 44: LITTLE DEMON ALLIANCE

This was just a small interlude.

It did not affect Wang Wu from sunbathing and absorbing the golden particles.

However, since he was only staying in the Silver Three Minutes area, combined with Spirit Essence being only Level 1, he ultimately only gained 19 points of Spiritual Qi.

The Little Demons retreated to the bushes like a tidal wave once again, but Wang Wu remained motionless, still lying there. On one hand, this was out of confidence in his Level 6 Passive Concealment Talent, and on the other hand, it was based on the principle that doing more leads to more mistakes, doing nothing leads to none.

Now his physique had grown at least twice as much as before. If he still wanted to burrow freely into the bushes like last year, it would indeed be too conspicuous.

Level 6 Concealment can cover him when static, but not during movement.

So lying dormant here was actually the best choice.

And so such a dull day passed. When night fell, Wang Wu got up, moved his body a little, and turned around to climb the cliff. Perhaps thanks to the blessing brought by the current 7 points of agility, he found it quite easy. His four claws were very nimble, and on this cliff of over eight meters high, he actually had a feeling of flying.

Of course, this movement certainly could not escape the notice of the Flame Scorpion Race. As soon as he climbed the cliff, he was bitten twice by two Scorpion Sentinels that had arrived long ago.

Yet they only bit into loneliness; with a defense of 14 points, they couldn’t even break his defense.

Wang Wu directly chomped twice and swallowed the two Scorpion Sentinels whole. They were very tasty, and very spicy, just like eating two chili peppers, extremely satisfying.

"Boom!"

A small fireball came flying at him, directly hitting Wang Wu on the forehead, causing a burst of firelight. The huge impact made him stagger, almost falling off the cliff, but Wang Wu grasped the rock with one claw, not caring at all about the flames erupting all over his body. With a gentle force, he shot up like a gust of wind, smashing the Fire Scorpion Priest five meters away with one claw, and swallowed it!

Ah, that familiar, tight, elastic texture, with a strange refreshing fragrance, made him involuntarily recall the verdant years of the past.

Wang Wu almost shed tears.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two more small fireballs blasted him from the left and right, followed closely by a bigger fireball that hit him right on the spot, knocking him back five or six meters. It was the newly ascended Scorpion King that had been alarmed.

Wang Wu’s body was burning more intensely, appearing from a distance like a large torch.

What joy! Damn, what joy!

Laughing heartily in his heart, he plummeted from the cliff with a clang, rolled over twice, extinguished the flames on his body, and rushed into the bushes.

When he dashed into a small stream, submerging his whole body in the water, a series of information arrived at last.

"You were attacked by the Fireballs of the Fire Scorpion Priest ×3 and suffered 45 points of damage due to your 14-point defense."

"You were attacked by the Fireball of the Fiery Scorpion King and suffered 150 points of blazing damage. Due to your 14-point defense, you exempted 42 points of damage, and finally suffered 108 points of damage."

"You suffered 45 points of flame burn damage. Due to your 7-point flame resistance, you finally suffered 24 points of damage."

"You ate two Scorpion Sentinels, gaining 10 points of Spiritual Qi, and 100 points of satiety."

"You ate a Fire Scorpion Priest, gaining 30 points of Spiritual Qi, 0.5% growth, and 300 points of satiety."

"Your Level 5 Healing Talent is activated, and within half an hour, you will gain a rapid recovery effect of 100 points of life value."

"Due to your Level 5 Healing Talent, your body is continually increasing resistance to flame, and you gained one point of flame resistance, currently at (8/10)."

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What joy! What joy!

Soaking in the stream, Wang Wu was extremely joyful at heart.

No wonder the Scorpion Race is so fat.

In fact, he could have easily killed another Fire Scorpion Priest just now, or even reached the Fiery Scorpion King’s side, since the distance between them was less than ten meters. He didn’t believe the Ice Spiritual Qi thrown wouldn’t settle it.

But actually, that was not cost-effective.

Because Wang Wu himself did not want to recklessly absorb golden particles; that would make too big of a commotion. But borrowing some Spiritual Qi from the Scorpion Race posed no pressure.

They occupied the best cliff, and even the most ordinary Fire Scorpion Sentinel could provide 5 points of Spiritual Qi, any random Fire Scorpion Priest could provide 30+ points of Spiritual Qi.

Where to find such rich landlords?

Especially since the Scorpion Race is an old established Demon Family from last year, extremely well-resourced. The entire family has a dozen Fire Scorpion Priests, dozens of Fire Scorpion Sentinels, and over a hundred ordinary scorpions. All of these can continue to upgrade to Scorpion Sentinels, then upgrade to Fire Scorpion Priests.

Wang Wu is very willing to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with them.

Next, he soaked comfortably in the stream for two hours, besides sending a wave of warmth to the fish and shrimp downstream, he also drank his fill upstream. Once his life value was nearly restored, he came ashore, shook off the water droplets on his body, and caught three squeaking Gray Mouse Knights, directly throwing them up the cliff.

This was compensation for the Flame Scorpion Clan.

He, being the neighbor Old Wang, still speaks of civilization and courtesy.

To be kind to neighbors has always been his bottom line.

No one should think of slandering him maliciously.

After doing all these things, he quietly continued to lurk in his previous position while the chaos occupied the top of the cliff.

Ah, what a beautiful night.

When dawn rose the next day, the Little Demons in the valley gathered once again, but this time, very few Little Demons came to occupy a spot below the cliff. They learned from experience and were growing too.

But the neighbors on the cliff were a bit anxious; several Fire Scorpion Priests led over ten Fire Scorpion Sentinels in constant patrols atop the cliff. If they saw anyone displeasing, they’d directly fling a small fireball over.

The white fireballs were just wasted like that.

Wang Wu looked on with distress, but what made him feel worse was yet to come. When the Zijin, Golden, and Silver Nine Minutes ended, out of nowhere, a Golden Saint Mantis leading over a hundred Mantis Blade Masters came from another low hill, gathering under this cliff.

Afterward, more than twenty Quasi-White Rats leading two teams of Gray Mouse Knights came pitter-pattering along.

Finally, this year’s newly ascended Black Centipede King brought a horde of black centipedes alongside.

At first, Wang Wu thought they were gathering to mimic the Eighteen Allied Armies in a campaign against Dong Zhuo, to attack the Scorpion Clan, but the Scorpion King unexpectedly led ten Fire Scorpion Priests and thirty Fire Scorpion Sentinels down the cliff.

The four groups allied, not only without mutual aggression but rather quite in sync; this was just too suspicious.

Even though Wang Wu had been living in this valley for nearly a year, he had never seen such a scene.

Too fantastical, isn’t it?

What are you all planning?

Until Wang Wu saw the three bruised and swollen, utterly wronged, squeaking non-stop Gray Mouse Knights—weren’t these the ones he caught and threw onto the cliff yesterday?

At this moment, Wang Wu was struck with a chill down his back.

It can’t be, it can’t be, you all don’t eat the food delivered to your mouths? Can you restrain yourselves from mutual fights? Could you have formed an alliance since last year?

Wang Wu felt deeply uneasy.

Because during this time, he had secretly knocked off quite a few Gray Mouse Knights, combined with last night’s incident, could it be that these several Little Elf Clans were triggered as a result?

"Chirp chirp, chirp chirp!"

A group of Little Red Birds flew over, hovering continuously in mid-air, seemingly also condemning some behind-the-scenes manipulator’s evil deeds.

Then quickly following, the Black Spider Clan and Blood Spider Race continually strengthened the alliance, seeing the situation almost reach a critical point. Just when a lively ’cluck cluck cluck’ burst from the mountain chicken’s calls elicited joy.

Five large, fat wild mountain chickens fluttered over from the opposite low hill and pecked ferociously at the alliance.

The alliance instantly collapsed.

The Flame Scorpion King still wanted to resist, but a few fireballs flung over, directly dodged smartly by those wild mountain chickens. In the next second, those wild mountain chickens’ wings ignited into roaring flames, resembling a phoenix.

Really, what amazing fellows!

It became a farce.