Chapter 1043: Chapter 1043: Ambush on All Sides (Part 1)

According to Xiang Ming, the Grand Elder tore two long strips of cloth from his clothes. Then he asked, "Kid, are you ready?"

"Ready for what?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Xiang Ming instinctively asked, as he had no idea what his master was referring to.

Swoosh~

The Grand Elder gave a tug, and Xiang Ming’s pants were pulled down, revealing two sections of his fair thighs and his undeveloped little bird.

The Grand Elder placed the two strips of cloth in front of Xiang Ming’s little bird, urging, "Hurry up!"

Xiang Ming had a mournful expression: "Master! I...I can’t pee..."

Thud!

Another flick to the head.

"If you can’t pee, we’re all going to die!"

"Then why don’t you do it?!"

"Why all the nonsense? How embarrassing is it to pee like this? Don’t I need my dignity?"

"..."

Perhaps because his little bird was not yet mature, Xiang Ming’s urine volume was not much, but it was enough.

The Grand Elder tied the urine-soaked cloth around his face, frowning and muttering, "Your piss stinks to high heaven!"

"Then use your own!"

"Stop the nonsense, stand back, and hold your breath. The poison bees are coming!"

Xiang Ming looked up, and indeed, a yellow mist was spreading over and covering the sky, and he could even hear the buzzing sound of the poison bees.

"These poison bees must be controlled by someone using some method, do you know what it is?" the Grand Elder asked, although he knew this kid was unreliable, who else could he ask at this time?

"I...I don’t know either..."

"If you don’t know, just hide well. If you get stung, I don’t have an antidote on me."

"What’s there to be afraid of? Don’t you know the Wind-Pushing Palm?" Xiang Ming said.

The Grand Elder replied irritably, "Are you stupid, kid? The Wind-Pushing Palm consumes a lot of Inner Strength. If I use it three times, your Master’s Inner Strength will be gone. If these poison bees aren’t dead, we’ll be the ones who die! Just hide well!"

Xiang Ming nodded repeatedly, trying to find a place to hide, but where could he hide in this bamboo forest?

Before the poison bees arrived, the Grand Elder shattered two thick bamboo stalks with his palms and embraced the bamboo trunks with his arms.

At this time, the yellow-brown bees had already enveloped them. With boy’s urine covering their mouths and noses and their breaths concealed, they were not afraid.

However, accompanying them were the swarms of poison bees.

"Yah~"

With a long whistle, the Grand Elder hugged the two bamboo stalks and began swinging!

The two lush bamboo stalks together looked like a giant palm fan.

With a swing from the Grand Elder, a loud noise ensued, slaying an unknown number of poison bees, but it was unclear how many more were yet to come.

Xiang Ming stood behind the Grand Elder, indeed unscathed. Suddenly, he saw the Grand Elder’s shirt bulging, as if it was filled with air.

Soon, the shirt on the Grand Elder’s upper body was reduced to fabric scraps, fluttering to the ground. Revealing his bronze muscular physique and bulging veins.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Each sweep of the bamboo in the Grand Elder’s hand scattered some leaves, and soon there were only bare bamboo branches left.

However, the ferocity of these branches did not diminish, and each swing produced clouds of bloody mist, with the ground littered with both leaves and the bodies of the poison bees.

But there were countless poison bees still hovering over their heads, with some impatiently diving down, seeking a lethal strike from behind the Grand Elder. Yet they did not anticipate the old man’s defense was so watertight that not a single bee could get close.

Unfortunately, the Grand Elder’s condition was not good. Having expended so much physical and Inner Strength, he had inhaled quite a bit of bee mist, and continuing like this would only lead to a dead end.

Suddenly, Xiang Ming behind the Grand Elder shouted, "Master, Master, I see the Queen Bee! It’s golden!"

"Where?"

"On the left, hiding behind those poison bees."

The Grand Elder looked towards where Xiang Ming pointed, and sure enough, behind the swarm of bees.

In the dim environment, this Queen Bee stood out from the other poison bees, notably distinct with its golden stripes shining clearly.

Ordinary poison bees were only as big as a finger joint, while the Queen Bee was as big as a swallow, surrounded by the most bees—if not the Queen Bee, what else?

With a target, matters became much simpler.

The Grand Elder discarded one bamboo stalk and stepped lightly, using the Chasing Star and Cloud Step, floating upwards gracefully like a swallow.

Facing the approaching Grand Elder, the poison bees suddenly swarmed to assault him but never found an opportunity.

They seemed to realize the Grand Elder’s target was the Queen Bee and all swarmed towards that direction.

"Die!"

With a muffled grunt, the Grand Elder wielded the nearly-leafless bamboo, swinging it down heavily.

Crash~

This strike slew an unknown number of poison bees, most importantly, the Queen Bee was struck by the bamboo trunk, its head exploded, becoming a corpse that fell to the ground.

Buzzing~

With the Queen Bee dead, the once relentless poison bees became aimless, flying erratically in the sky, and a few occasionally attacked the Grand Elder, only to be easily dealt with.

"Let’s go!" The Grand Elder scooped Xiang Ming into his arms and quickly fled, wanting to leave this troublesome place. With the Queen Bee dead, the poison bees lost their target and naturally did not pursue.

With the poison bees not pursuing, the Grand Elder wouldn’t offer himself up, so he couldn’t use Lightweight Skill to travel above the bamboo forest and had to find a way out from within the forest.

But round and round, the two got lost again.

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded.

"I never expected the Grand Elder of the prestigious Alliance Family to get lost in a Five Elements and Eight Trigrams maze. I really wonder how you managed to cultivate to the Golden Core!"

This voice suddenly came from behind the Grand Elder, startling him into a cold sweat.

The Grand Elder quickly turned around, but behind him was still a sea of bamboo, with no trace of a figure.

"Xu Dongxu!" the Grand Elder said in a low voice.

"It’s me!" Xu Dongxu’s voice rang out again, seemingly right in front yet invisible.

Xiang Ming also wore a bitter expression, having previously felt no particular presence from his third uncle, considering him a non-entity. But upon seeing Xu Dongxu’s divination, it was clear that he truly possessed skill.

"Third Uncle! This place is no fun. Let’s go back. I’ll roast a pigeon for you!" Xiang Ming shouted towards Xu Dongxu through the air.

"Go back?" Xu Dongxu coldly replied, "I went through all this trouble to lure you here, and you think I’d let you go back so easily? Nanhai was hurt by you—you’ll have to pay a price."

The Grand Elder pulled Xiang Ming behind him, cold eyes fixed on the bamboo sea ahead, saying, "Before we start fighting, I have one question."

"Speak!"

"You’re merely a high-level Martial Artist; the Charming Skill couldn’t possibly work on me. How did you lure me here?"