Without sufficient stamina, it would be difficult to follow the footsteps of the Ogres.
The Ogre warriors did not stop as they sprinted towards the forest in the distance.
After half a year of continuous raids, there were no longer any large creatures that could fill their stomachs within twenty to thirty miles of Sledgehammer Mountain. Hence, to bring back enough prey, the Ogres could only advance further.
Bliss, who knew nothing about the habits of the Ogres, did not expect such a situation. He led the seven young scorpions and sprinted for more than forty miles before he finally found the messy battlefield left behind by the Ogres.
This time, it was a litter of Razor Boars.
They were one of the most commonly seen wild beasts in the Dark Forest.
The Razor Boars did not possess any elemental powers, only a heavy and sturdy body and a pair of razor-like tusks. Adult Razor Boars could weigh up to 100 kilograms. With the amber-like resin and gravel mixture on their bodies, it was as though they were wearing a thick layer of armor.
In the Dark Forest, a berserk Razor Boar could break a tree so thick that it would take two men to wrap their arms around it.
It was a pity that they encountered the Ogre hunting team that was stronger and more skilled in hunting. Hence, this litter of two adult Razor Boars and three piglets became the prey of the three Ogres.
While the Ogres liked cooked food, they did not know how to start a fire in the wild, so they could only make do with eating and drinking.
As warriors who were out hunting, they naturally had the right to fill their stomachs first.
Hence, after the hunt was successful, the three Ogres tied up the two unconscious Razor Boars with tree vines and sat on the ground. Each of them carried a piglet and cut open its abdomen. They dug out its intestines and threw them away, then dug out its heart and started munching on it.
In the simple and crude minds of the Ogres, they believed that the source of power for all creatures came from the heart. Hence, to make themselves stronger and more powerful, it became their tradition to chew on the heart first!
However, while they were chewing and tearing at each other until blood flowed everywhere, a pair of dark green insect-like compound eyes already locked onto them from the nearby forest.
Under Bliss's remote control, the seven scorpions crawled underground in their own unique way. They bit off the roots of the ancient trees and dug through the solid soil, quietly hiding under the Three-headed Ogre.
The Ogres lived up to their reputation as magical creatures. Although they didn't hear anything, they could sense that something was amiss from the slight tremors.
Just as they stopped eating and drinking suspiciously, the ground beneath them suddenly split apart. Pillars of dust rolled up and quickly engulfed their bodies.
Enemy attack!
The Ogres instantly understood the situation and threw away the food in their hands. They jumped up and bent down to reach for their weapons.
Eh …
What surprised them was that all of them had touched empty air.
The first wave of scorpions that crawled out of the ground and launched a surprise attack wasn't the Ogres, but the crude weapons that the Ogres leaned against the tree beside them. The three scorpions used their large pincers to clamp down on the thick wooden and stone rods before burrowing into the ground.
While the Ogres were frantically searching for weapons, the second batch of three young Centurion Scorpions scuttled out of the ground, their razor-sharp pincers piercing into the Ogres' thick calves.
The Ogre that was suddenly ambushed lost his weapon, and could only use his fist, which was as thick as a clay pot, to desperately smash against the young Thorn Scorpion's carapace. The Ogre's 7-point Strength crushed the thick earth element surrounding the scorpion's body and pummeled it until its blood splattered everywhere. However, the thorns on the scorpion's carapace also stabbed the Ogre's fists until they bled profusely. The pincers that bit into the Ogre's calves continuously injected earth element energy into the scorpion's body.
Under the control of the scorpions, the thorns pierced into the Ogre's body one after another. Although most of the thorns were blocked by the Ogre's tough skin, some still pierced into the Ogre's body, inflicting horrifying injuries.
In terms of individual strength, the Ogre Warrior was far stronger than the scorpions. In a one-on-one fight, the scorpions were definitely not a match for the Ogre Warrior. However, the Ogre Warrior was just an ordinary magical creature, while the scorpions were a true magical creature.
Two young scorpions simultaneously tangled with an Ogre Warrior. Even though the battle was intense and chaotic, when both sides were riddled with injuries, the seventh young scorpion that suddenly pounced out from underground was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Half an hour later, the battlefield regained its peace.
The three Ogres were injected with excessive earth element by the scorpions and finally lost control of their bodies. They flipped over and fell, no longer able to resist.
At that moment, a series of rustling noises suddenly sounded.
The three Ogres, who had lost their limbs and had lost the ability to resist, were horrified to find a terrifying black swarm of insects swarming over the ground. When the Ogres wanted to scream in fear, the scorpions pierced their necks with their venomous stingers.
Thus, the three Ogres completely fainted.
The swarm of insects swarmed over and lifted the three Ogres and two wild boars. Under the escort of the seven scorpions, they quickly disappeared into the forest.
… …
Giant Hammer Mountain.
The Ogres that had gone out to hunt returned to camp after the sky darkened.
They brought back a large amount of prey.
The big ones were bison lizards, the small ones were wild boars and hares, and so on and so forth.
All the Ogres gathered excitedly and started bonfires in the camp, using large stone pots to cook delicious meat.
This was probably the only cooking skill that all the Ogres in the world possessed.
As the Ogres were muscular and simple-minded, they did not realize that six of their companions had gone missing on the first night.
Thus, on the second day, they went out for the same hunt.
This time, they lost nine of their companions.
No matter how stupid the Ogres were, they knew that something was amiss.
There had been Ogres who had gone out to hunt, but because they had gone too far, it took them two to three days before they could return. But that was a rare exception.
And now …
In one breath, there were … nine Ogre warriors that did not return to camp. No matter how one looked at it, this was a sneak attack on them.
Unfortunately, as the number of missing Ogre warriors far exceeded the number of fingers and toes of the Ogre leaders, the Ogre leader could not keep track of the number. Thus, when he reported to the Twin-headed Ogre Wizard Zach, he used the word 'many' to describe it.
Regarding the frequent disappearance of the warriors under his command, Zach was also infuriated and exceptionally furious.
As he roared in anger, a few Ogre leaders came up with a plan, all of them targeting the Abebe Beepeople.
As the Abebe Beepeople expanded wildly, their hunting territories overlapped with the Ogres' hunting areas. Both sides had many conflicts in the overlapping areas, and they had fought several times. Thus, when the Ogres encountered this unknown attack, their first thought was that the Abebe Beepeople were behind it.
With the encouragement of the leaders, the Twin-headed Ogre Wizard Zach went berserk.
When the sun rose on the second day, a large group of Ogres led by Zach rushed down the Giant Hammer Mountain, killing their way into the Abebe Beepeople's territory.
…
In a dark and damp underground cave.
More than a dozen bug nests made of a mixture of blood, wood chips, and mud stood tall in the middle of the cave, covered in fist-sized holes. Through the holes, one could clearly see that the insect nests were filled with squirming scorpion larvae and piles of bloody corpses.
Blitz, who had regained his human form, stood in the middle of the insect nests, sizing up the larvae that were about to become his subordinates.
As the blood in the cave expanded, Blitz's body, which was hidden under his black robe, underwent subtle changes.
His human skin had been replaced by a layer of pitch-black carapace, and his hands had become a pair of large chelicerae that flickered with a metallic luster. On his chest and abdomen, three pairs of sickle-shaped appendages curled together.
What was even more shocking was Blitz's head.
The incessant swelling of his head tore apart the skin on his face. His mouth, nose, and eyes were slanted to one side, revealing a dark, sinister, and terrifying face.
Dark green compound eyes, sinister and horrifying lotus-shaped mouthparts, and two strange antennae that stood tall …
It could be seen that Blitz was very determined and thorough in the evolution of the bugmen.
There wasn't much of a human left on his body!
With the deepening of his insecticide transformation, Blitz had already silently crossed the threshold of a high-ranking acolyte, using a month or two to catch up to the height that Demonic Worm Entek had spent six to seven years to reach.
Even high-ranking acolyte wasn't the end of his evolution. As the larvae in the insect nests devoured large amounts of blood and food, Blitz's aura rose along with it.
When the larvae in the twelve insect nests had successfully matured into young Scorpions, they didn't choose to break out of their nests. Instead, they fought each other in close proximity.
To Blitz, the young Scorpions were still too weak, and weren't suitable to be part of the insect army that followed him into battle. Hence, after completely sweeping through the surrounding magic creature nests, Blitz set the end point of the insect swarm's evolution as mature Scorpions!
Under his crazed and excited gaze, the twelve nests started a bloody and cruel process of devouring and evolving.
Every young Scorpion had their own consciousness and instincts. Of course they didn't want their budding consciousness to become the cornerstone of someone else's evolution. Hence, the slaughter in every nest was extremely cruel and bloody, even to the point of insanity.
Under Blitz's strict orders, only the strongest surviving larva in each nest had the chance to grow and evolve. Hence, they crazily used every weapon on their bodies to attack every living being around them.
This evolutionary battle that took place in a remote corner took a full two hours before it slowly ended.
As the insect nests collapsed, twelve bloodied adult Scorpions with incomplete carapaces crawled out of the mounds and gathered around Blitz.
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