AMSSO-Chapter 80: Bee-Eating Azure Birds

Xu Chengjun hesitated for a moment but didn’t insist on staying put.

Anyway, the Spirit Tea Tree was right here. Once they shook off the Black-Spotted Bees and came back, it wouldn’t be too late.

Surely, in such a short period of time, the Spirit Tea Tree wouldn’t be dug up, right?

With this thought, the few of them all ran at once.

Zhao Hanxue also ran very fast.

So many Black-Spotted Bees, just looking at them was terrifying!

If she was surrounded, she feared she would die under their poisonous stingers!

As they ran, the Black-Spotted Bees that had been attracted by the Smoke-Orange Flower also followed them in a swarm.

They were originally drawn by those Smoke-Orange Flowers, but since the group ran, what else could they do?

It wasn’t even intentional targeting, Black-Spotted Bees just had that kind of temperament.

So, the people ran in front, while the Black-Spotted Bees chased in a roaring swarm behind, scaring all the small animals along the way into hiding.

Once they were out of sight, Qin Yiwei and the others leapt out from behind.

“Ah Zhuo, you’re amazing!” Qin Yiwei praised as she looked at Chu Jingzhuo. “That move of yours was brilliant!”

“I just happened to see the Smoke-Orange Flower and the Black-Spotted Bees when I came by earlier.” Chu Jingzhuo lowered his head with a humble smile.

“We came together, and we didn’t see anything.” Jiang Yunnuan quickly added her praise. “Your observational ability is really incredible as always!”

Chu Jingzhuo smiled slightly, “It was Eldest Senior Brother who picked the Smoke-Orange Flower…”

“All right, enough praise.” Xin Jinrui cut them off. “We need to hurry and take the Spirit Tea Tree!”

“Yes, yes, quickly!”

Everyone immediately sobered up, their goal today is to take the Spirit Tea Tree away. They absolutely couldn’t let it fall into Xu Chengjun and Zhao Hanxue’s hands!

—After all, anyone who bullied their fellow sect members is their enemy!

Although Black-Spotted Bees swarmed together and had terrifying destructive power, getting rid of them and killing them were two different matters.

Getting rid of them was much easier.

Once Xu Chengjun’s group got rid of the Black-Spotted Bees, they would definitely return.

Therefore, their time is short.

“All right, let’s start digging now!”

They had already quickly discussed a method earlier.

The method was simple—just copy Xu Chengjun’s idea.

Given the special situation, they couldn’t think of a better solution!

The storage bags in their hands were originally taken from Xu Chengjun’s group anyway!

They could only chop off some branches of the Spirit Tea Tree and then put them into the storage bags to take out.

As for any loss along the way, they had no time to care.

Everyone quickly reached a consensus, and Xin Jinrui took out his spirit sword with a solemn face, “I’ll do it!”

The others looked at him with equal seriousness, “All right!”

But just as Xin Jinrui was about to act, Meng Fanzé suddenly changed his expression, “Something’s coming!”

Everyone’s faces changed, “What’s coming?”

Very soon, they heard the flapping of wings.

Looking up, they all gasped sharply.

A flock of birds was flying toward them.

These birds weren’t very large, their feathers were azure, and their beaks were somewhat long.

These were Bee-Eating Azure Birds, second-rank spirit beasts.

As their name implied, they loved to eat all kinds of bees.

The Black-Spotted Bees that had just flown past were also among their food.

Seeing the Bee-Eating Azure Birds, everyone was shocked.

Why were they flying here?!

“They must be drawn by the Black-Spotted Bees just now, right?” Jiang Yunnuan’s voice trembled slightly.

There were ten Bee-Eating Azure Birds in total!

They were all second-rank demon beasts, equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivators in strength!

In other words, they would have to fight two on one!

“That must be it!” Qin Yiwei’s face also turned pale. “They shouldn’t attack us—ah!”

Before she finished, the Bee-Eating Azure Birds, as if discovering a new continent, immediately flew straight toward them.

Their sharp beaks looked as though they were forged from metal, glinting with a chillingly sharp light!

“Run!”

Chu Jingzhuo reacted extremely fast, immediately pulling everyone to run together.

No one knew why these Bee-Eating Azure Birds were attacking them, but if not now, then when?!

They came at them fiercely, there was no way they would just disperse.

At this moment, no one could spare a thought for the Spirit Tea Tree!

None of them wanted to fight the Bee-Eating Azure Birds head-on. They didn’t want to take on a two-to-one fight, nor did they want to seek death!

So, just like Xu Chengjun’s group, they all ran.

The Bee-Eating Azure Birds followed closely, eyes ferocious and furious, as if they had run into mortal enemies.

The group cried bitterly in their hearts, they hadn’t offended them!

Even if the birds wanted to eat Black-Spotted Bees, there wasn’t a trace of Black-Spotted Bee aura on them!

This was simply bullying!

They weren’t even demon beasts! How could they be so savage?!

While their hearts cursed furiously, their feet didn’t slow for an instant.

Racing birds through the forest was truly a life-risking task.

At this moment, they finally realized their earlier thought had come true—they really were experiencing a life-and-death trial!

They frantically circulated spiritual power, clutching spirit stones in their hands, ready to absorb spiritual energy the instant their spiritual power neared depletion.

At first, they thought the Bee-Eating Azure Birds would soon leave. They had no thought of fighting them.

After all, killing them would mean making a mortal enemy.

So, like Xu Chengjun and the others, their plan was to shake them off!

If things ended peacefully, that would be the best result.

But who could’ve thought that these Bee-Eating Azure Birds had some screw loose, and actually kept chasing them relentlessly?!

“No, we can’t keep running!”

No one knew how long they had been running before Chu Jingzhuo was the first to stop.

He pulled out a black feather from his storage bag and threw it toward the Bee-Eating Azure Birds.

The moment they noticed the feather, the birds froze in fright, their flight formation breaking apart.

“It works!” Chu Jingzhuo’s eyes lit up. He quickly pulled out another feather of the Black Abyss Falcon, wrapped it with a talisman, and threw it at them.

Boom!

The talisman exploded in front of them, and the aura of the Black Abyss Falcon burst forth.

“Chirp—!”

The Bee-Eating Azure Birds were instantly thrown into panic, flapping their wings madly, nearly falling to the ground.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Jiang Yunnuan immediately pulled out a shield and quickly infused it with spiritual power.

The shield enlarged and immediately covered them all.

“Bring out Senior Hu Niu’s tiger fur!” Chu Jingzhuo shouted.

“All right!”

Xin Jinrui quickly pulled out a tuft of tiger fur and threw it together with the Black Abyss Falcon’s feathers.

The aura of the Soul-Devouring Tiger burst out, and the Bee-Eating Azure Birds couldn’t withstand it, they quickly fled.

Only after they left did Jiang Yunnuan put away the shield, still shaken.

“If only we had taken out the tiger fur and feathers earlier!”

They had almost run themselves to death!

Chu Jingzhuo’s face was somewhat pale, and he gave a bitter smile, “Who could’ve thought they would chase so relentlessly?!”

This made no sense at all!

“Could it be that their nest was destroyed?” Meng Fanzé joked. “So they were venting their anger on us.”

“Maybe.” Xin Jinrui put away the tiger fur and the Black Abyss Falcon’s feathers.

They had collected the Black Abyss Falcon’s feathers earlier, never expecting to actually use them.

“Come here and look!” Qin Yiwei suddenly shouted.

The others were startled, thinking danger had come again, and hurried over.

Then, their eyes widened, “Xiangying Bamboo?”

“Look here!” Qin Yiwei was ecstatic.

The group looked over, and all gasped sharply, “Isn’t this Bamboo Heart Marrow?!”