Astral Cockroach

Continuous mountains, steep cliffs.

Shuo Cao saw this kind of mountainous terrain for the first time, cautiously approaching the edge of the cliff and looking down.

Below the cliff was a turbulent, roaring river.

"Banbu, is this the Jin River?"

"Yes, the Jin River turns north here. Continuing north is the border dividing the Shuo Lian and Hu Jia kingdoms, and further north divides the Lang Xie and Qian Xie kingdoms, leading directly to the northern Barren Mountains, where there are majestic mountains, the source of the Jin River."

"Uh…" Shuo Cao listened, seemingly understanding, and asked, "Banbu, once we cross the Jin River, will we be out of the Huo Lian kingdom?"

"Yes." Banbu's antennae swayed slightly, pointing to a steel cable bridge spanning the cliff not far away, and said, "The opposite side is the Hu Jia kingdom. The Hu Jia and Bu Jia insect clans are among the strongest in single combat, but their reproductive ability is extremely poor. The land is vast and the insect population is sparse, with many barren mountains and wild ridges. The prairie wolves must be hiding there, let's go over."

Shuo Cao worried, "Banbu, I feel like there's more than one prairie wolf warrior lurking."

Banbu said, "The Beast King of the northern Barrens has to guard the raw stone mine and dare not easily go south. Beast tribes lack raw force food, and growth is difficult. Every lord-level warrior is a valuable combat force and will not easily invade."

Banbu added, "It's good to have a few more lord-level prairie wolves, give them a profound lesson. Shuo Cao, continue tracking."

The bridge was specially built for merchant caravans by the Xingban Hu Jia tribe, connected by steel cables and iron chains, and paved with wooden planks.

Crossing the bridge, they entered the Hu Jia kingdom.

Rising and falling, all that stood majestically were barren mountains.

The development model of the Hu Jia tribe differs greatly from that of the Lian tribes. Due to the sparse insect population, the kingdom is overrun with beasts and unable to control them. They implement a circular settlement model: along a mountain range, all warriors gather around a mountain peak rich in raw force, all raw force plants are planted in a concentrated manner, and sour bees or harvester ants are invited as symbionts to help manage it, building tree seas radiating outwards.

Traveling in the Hu Jia kingdom is very troublesome for merchant caravans. Every year, at a fixed time and location, they are picked up and escorted by dedicated Hu Jia warriors.

Hu Jia have elytra, thick carapaces, and are not good at flying, so simple passage plank roads have also been opened up in the ground jungle.

Shuo Cao led the way, following the scent, walking along the plank road for a distance, then turning sideways and drilling into the jungle.

They traversed mountains and ridges for five days.

Another isolated mountain.

There were mountain caves, with dense scents of beast warriors.

"Banbu, scents of 21 rat warriors, scents of 34 prairie wolf warriors, and 7 scents that I don't recognize."

"The rats have 3 mountain master-level warriors; the prairie wolves have 2 lord-level warriors and 6 mountain master-level warriors. In addition, among the scents I don't recognize, one is lord-level and one is mountain master-level. The other scents are all advanced warriors."

"Understood." Banbu was also swaying his antennae, capturing scents, and said, "What you don't recognize should be snow ferret or snow fox warriors. It could also be beast warriors native to the Hu Jia kingdom."

The scents were already very faint, these beast warriors had already fled at the first sign of trouble.

"They ran pretty fast." Banbu instructed, "Shuo Cao, continue chasing, still that lord-level prairie wolf warrior who was spying on Li Zhufeng."

"Okay…" Shuo Cao wagged his tail, pointed in a direction, and said, "Banbu, they ran in groups of three or five from this direction."

Banbu said, "That's for the best, continue chasing."

Shuo Cao led the way.

… …

Early summer in April.

Chi Jian Lian Wang led the team, transporting the remnants of iron birch trees back, the winding, long team went straight to the mountain warehouse and began unloading the goods.

"Chi Jian Lian Wang!"

"Greetings, Lian Wang!"

Hong Dao and Da Ye Lord descended the mountain.

"What's going on? Did something happen? Where's Banbu?" Approaching Li Zhufeng, Chi Jian Lian Wang felt that the atmosphere on the mountain was not quite right.

Hong Dao explained, "Shuo Cao caught a prairie gray rat warrior. It is said that there is also a lord-level prairie wolf warrior, they are coveting the sacred bamboo fruit of Li Zhufeng! Banbu took Shuo Cao to chase them down."

"It's those beasts from the northern Barrens again! It seems that the lesson from last time wasn't deep enough!" Chi Jian Lian Wang cursed fiercely, then reacted and roared, "That bastard Banbu is taking risks alone again, running off to chase them down?"

"Chi Jian Lian Wang, please calm down." Da Ye Lord reminded, "Chi Jian Lian Wang, have you forgotten? When Banbu was an advanced warrior, he once chased down the Black Wolf pack alone and killed two mountain master-level Black Wolf warriors."

"Those were Black Wolves, not prairie wolves." Chi Jian Lian Wang's heart stirred, suddenly feeling relieved again, muttering, "This is the southern mountain forest, not the northern prairie."

Chi Jian Lian Wang asked, "Da Ye, has the message been delivered to all the mountain ranges?"

Da Ye Lord replied, "It has spread throughout the Chi Lian tribe's mountain ranges. Xiao Ye Lord went to Changsheng County to inform You Tao Lian Wang, and news should be returned soon."

"The Changsheng County without Changsheng Lian Wang certainly can't be counted on." Chi Jian Lian Wang pondered, after a long time, raised his antennae and ordered, "Da Ye, go to Chui Rong County and take a trip with Chui Rong Lord to deliver the message to Chi Wu Mountain, and invite a Butterfly King to help sit in Li Zhufeng. As for the price… Chi Wu Mountain shouldn't haggle over such a small matter that can be done with a wave of the hand…"

Chi Jian Lian Wang glanced at the bamboo sea at the foot of the mountain, lowered his divine sense, and analyzed, "The gray rat warriors have a sensitive sense of smell, don't rule out the possibility that they discovered the Dragon Bamboo God-given seed at the foot of the mountain. In addition, don't rule out the possibility of a Cloud Piercing Eagle cooperating with the prairie wolves to plunder southwards. The Dragon Bamboo fruit is related not only to the interests of Li Zhufeng… understand? Narrow Butterfly warriors are best at dealing with aerial raptors like Cloud Piercing Eagles that are known for their speed."

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Da Ye Lord agreed, "Understood! I'll go now."

Chi Jian Lian Wang waved his wing veins and said, "Go and do it now."

Da Ye Lord quickly flapped his wings and took off, disappearing into the sky.

Chi Jian Lian Wang asked Hong Dao again, "How is the defense of Jin Ping Mountain Range?"

Hong Dao replied, "We asked the Huo Lian Bee King for help at the first time, and the Huo Lian Bee King dispatched 100 warriors to help…"

… …

It wasn't just Chi Jian Lian Wang who was very confident in Banbu's combat power, the entire Chi Lian tribe and even foreign warriors had heard of it.

The most widely spread story was about the Black Wolf pack attacking the merchant caravan. Banbu chased them for half a year, and alone solved the wolf pack, hanging their corpses at the mountain gate.

This news was spread through the merchant caravans of Chonglou and Yuzhu, and it was quite widespread in the eastern region of the continent, and it was spread with great exaggeration. As insect warriors, they couldn't figure out how Banbu managed to overcome the strong with the weak, and defeat the many with the few, and finally attributed it to the favor of the God of Nature, the unique color of the carapace, and the body structure that was different from ordinary Lian warriors.

This time, Banbu went out and hadn't returned for more than a month.

Chi Jian Lian Wang was quite calm at first, and stayed at Li Zhufeng for half a month. When Banbu still hadn't returned, he couldn't stay still, and changed to staying beside the mountain's Bloodthorn God-given seed, paying attention at all times.

In case Banbu was in mortal danger, the God-given seed associated with him would react at the first time.

Noon.

Suddenly, the Bloodthorn Tree Spirit, which had been quiet all along, suddenly sent out intense emotions.

Chi Jian Lian Wang keenly sensed it, and his antennae suddenly stood up.

Without a soul connection, there was no way to communicate with the tree spirit, and it was not very certain what was going on.

The Bloodthorn Tree Spirit was only excited for a moment, then returned to calm.

Chi Jian Lian Wang hurriedly checked the state of the tree spirit.

Fortunately, it was intact, which meant that Banbu was fine.

Sensing carefully, the Bloodthorn Tree Spirit scurried back and forth along the branching thorns, looking very excited.

He's back? Chi Jian Lian Wang flapped his wings and ascended into the sky, overlooking from the high altitude. Sure enough, on the bamboo sea business road, two figures, one large and one small, were moving slowly. It was Banbu and Shuo Cao.