Chapter 310: Slick Operation

Chapter 310: Chapter 310: Slick Operation

Jin Yi shook his head. "Even without the Xiong Zong incident, something else would have happened. The grudge between our clan and the Bear Clan has spanned a century. It has nothing to do with you."

In the time it took to say those few words, the remaining High Rank black bears were already upon them.

Jin Yi didn’t want Bai Wanwan to be heartbroken, so when he saw the black bears attack, he charged forward to buy Zhu Xiu time. "Go, quickly! Staying here is a death sentence."

The Bear Clan had hidden their true strength; they had at least dozens more Yellow Rank Males.

No matter how they fought, they would lose.

But Zhu Xiu’s arrival eased most of the pressure.

Astonished, Jin Yi glanced back at him, only to see him fending off attacks from seven or eight Yellow Rank Males, completely unscathed.

But he didn’t have time to watch for long before he was surrounded again.

THUMP...

Two black bears ambushed Jin Yi, and the impact nearly fractured his sternum.

He was a mangled, bloody mess.

But Jin Yi merely gritted his teeth, rolled away, and scrambled back to his feet to keep fighting.

Zhu Xiu glanced back to see his ghastly wounds, blood pooling on the ground beneath him.

He immediately said to the Golden Lion behind him, "Wounded males, fall back! Take your Young Clan Leader and get him treated."

"But... if we retreat, you’ll be in great danger."

This Foreign Beastman was risking his life to help them; they were incredibly grateful. How could they let him face the Black Bear Tribe’s assault all by himself?

Zhu Xiu had no time to argue. He spun around, his Snake Tail lashing out at the approaching black bears.

Then, he commanded coldly, "Take him away!"

The Golden Lion gritted his teeth, his heart filled with gratitude. He and another Golden Lion helped their Young Clan Leader up and quickly retreated from the battlefield.

Meanwhile, the remaining Golden Lions nearby closed ranks, joining Zhu Xiu to fend off the Bear Clan’s attack.

Sensing Zhu Xiu’s prowess, more and more black bears swarmed to surround him.

Zhu Xiu charged alone into the horde of black bears. Facing the swarming Bear Clan beastmen, a chilling smile touched his lips.

In the next instant, a dense, poisonous mist billowed from him, sweeping across the battlefield like a tide of death!

"AHH!"

Screams of agony rang out. The Low Rank Bear Clan beastmen died instantly, while the faces of the High Rank ones turned ashen, their movements growing sluggish.

Zhu Xiu moved like a phantom, using both venomous fangs and sharp claws. Each strike was a precise, lethal blow, reaping lives with every move.

In the distance, a Bear Clan Beastman’s expression twisted in horror. "This is bad! The Golden Lion Tribe has a male with an Orange Rank Talent! He’s slaughtering our Yellow Rank Males."

"What? An Orange Rank male?"

The Bear Clan Leader’s expression changed drastically as he looked toward the center of the fight.

Zhu Xiu stood amidst the corpses, wreathed in poisonous mist, looking like the grim reaper incarnate.

In the blink of an eye, numerous Bear Clan beastmen had perished.

The Bear Clan Leader took a few steps back.

He had prepared for everything before launching this attack, aiming to swallow the Golden Lion Tribe in one fell swoop.

That was why... they knew perfectly well how many Yellow Rank Males the Golden Lion Tribe had.

There had been no word at all that they possessed an Orange Rank male.

If he had known this beforehand, he wouldn’t have dared attack the Golden Lion Tribe now, not even if you gave him the courage of ten men.

The blizzard continued to rage, and the din of battle was incessant.

Bai Wanwan watched from afar as the figure was gradually swallowed by the surrounding black bears, her heart pounding in her chest.

Xin Feng gripped her hand tightly. "Don’t be afraid. I’ll go help him."

Even for an Orange Rank male like Zhu Xiu, facing a siege by so many High Rank Bear Clan members using their Superpowers was still incredibly dangerous.

Bai Wanwan instinctively grabbed him. ’If Xin Feng doesn’t go, Zhu Xiu will be in danger. But if Xin Feng goes, they’ll *both* be in danger.’

Just then, Yan Lie’s voice came from the side, "Wanwan, do you have any more of that itching powder you used before?"

At Yan Lie’s suggestion, Bai Wanwan’s eyes lit up like the stars. "That’s right! We can use the itching powder."

Bai Wanwan immediately opened her System Space.

The itching powder was cheap, so she bought dozens of packets all at once.

As Xin Feng reached for the itching powder in Bai Wanwan’s hands, Yan Lie snatched it first.

"Xin Feng, you stay and look after Wanwan. I’ll go."

Wanwan had gotten into trouble twice while in his care; he no longer had confidence in his ability to protect her.

But he was fast. He wouldn’t need to fight head-on. As long as he scattered the itching powder, he could guarantee his own safety.

With that, Yan Lie turned to go.

"Wait," Bai Wanwan called out to him. She then took two steps forward, hugged his waist, and kissed him on the cheek. "You have to promise you’ll stay safe. If you run into danger, come back immediately. And... don’t get any of this itching powder on yourself, or you’ll be miserable too."

"Okay, I’ll be careful."

Yan Lie hugged her back tightly, then turned. Under his Wife’s watchful gaze, he straightened his spine and strode heroically toward the battlefield.

Dashing out of the tribe’s gate, the Snow Leopard’s figure zipped through the war zone like a bolt of lightning, heading straight for the thickest cluster of black bears.

The wounded black bears, panting for breath in the rear, never imagined a Beastman would dare cross the no-man’s-land and charge right at them.

After they stared at each other blankly for a moment, a black bear roared, "Kill him!"

Dozens of black bears closed in on Yan Lie.

Yan Lie had no intention of fighting them. ’What if I get hurt and can’t complete the mission?’

So he immediately dodged, tearing open a packet of itching powder and tossing its contents at them.

The pursuing black bears were caught completely off guard, getting a faceful of the powder in their open mouths.

Ptooey... ptooey...

"What is this—"

Before he could finish his sentence, the tongue of the black bear who had inhaled the itching powder began to swell, and an excruciating itch started spreading from it...

In the blink of an eye, black bears started dropping to the ground, writhing and rubbing against the earth to try and relieve the itch...

’This stuff really works,’ Yan Lie thought with a chuckle. As the other, unaffected males closed in, he quickly tore open another packet and scattered it...

"Come on, come on! Everyone gets a taste!"

Yan Lie never stopped. Whenever an encirclement started to form, he would toss out a couple packets of itching powder and dash off to the next area.

After running a wide loop around the outer edge of the battlefield, he was down to his last two or three packets of itching powder.

The black bears on the front lines noticed the sudden lack of support from their rear. They glanced back to see their kinsmen all rolling on the ground, and they immediately lost their nerve, retreating in terror.

The remaining Golden Lions looked at each other in confusion.

The Bear Clan Leader had, of course, seen Yan Lie’s outrageous display.

He was about to explode with rage. A cobra and a Snow Leopard... Why did they have to interfere in the feud between his clan and the Golden Lion Tribe?

The crucial point was that these two alone had inflicted devastating losses on his clan.

Just where in the world did these Beastmen pop out from?

"Go, kill that Snow Leopard!"

A dozen or so Yellow Rank Males charged toward Yan Lie.

Yan Lie had just taken down another batch of black bears and was thinking about heading back to get some praise from Wanwan. But when he turned, he found himself surrounded by more than a dozen of them.

Yan Lie clutched the single remaining packet of itching powder in his hand.

’The black bears are too spread out. One packet of itching powder won’t be nearly enough.’

’If it were two or three beastmen of the same rank, I could handle all of them, no problem. But there are over a dozen of them now... Better run...’

"Hey, uh... I was just passing through. You guys... carry on..."

With that, he spotted an opening and tried to charge out.

But the moment he moved, several blasts of Talent Power shot toward him...