Chapter Fifteen I'm Just a Spare Tire

  Tang Lin entered the back mountain alone, all the way being careful and cautious. Xiao Nan had said before that there were ferocious beasts in the back mountain, very dangerous, and also warned Tang Lin not to go deep into the back mountain, lest he encounter danger.

  Tang Lin was also afraid, but there's no way out, as long as he didn't stray too far, nothing would happen!

  He swaggered into the back mountain, and didn't know what he picked up a wooden stick, which was thicker than his arm. In Tang Lin's view, except for a dagger on his body, there was nothing else. Picking up a wooden stick to protect himself wasn't bad either.

  After walking for a while, Tang Lin suddenly stopped, and a fragrance wafted into his nose. Following the source of the fragrance, Tang Lin made a discovery. Not far in front of him, there was a small tree with several yellow fruits hanging from it. The moment he saw these fruits, Tang Lin knew that this was the Tian Ling fruit.

  Although he found the Tianling fruit, Tang Lin did not go to pick it. He discovered that around this fruit tree, there were several inverted beehives, with fist-sized bees flying in and out, busy and joyful.

  "I knew it, luck isn't that good."

  At this time, Tang Lin hid in the weeds, staring at those bees with both eyes, and his brain started to think about it. To get the heavenly spirit fruit, he must avoid those bees, but there were too many bees and they didn't leave. Wanting to avoid them and get the heavenly spirit fruit was impossible, so he could only lure these bees away first.

  After some deliberation, Tang Lin came up with a plan and casually picked up two stones, throwing them at the beehive. This move was equivalent to stirring up a hornet's nest, as hundreds of thousands of bees flew out from the hive, circling around it incessantly. Unbeknownst to Tang Lin, these bees were no ordinary creatures - they were all first-grade demonic beasts, bloodthirsty bees. Although they were only first-grade demonic beasts, their sheer numbers made them absolute rulers among their kind. Even some higher-level demonic beasts would take a detour when encountering them.

  Another stone was thrown, but this time, not at the beehive, but towards the grass thicket behind them. The bloodthirsty bees were extremely aggressive and highly sensitive to changes in their surroundings. When the beehive was attacked, they kept looking for enemies. Now that there was movement in the grass thicket behind them, they thought the enemy must be hiding there.

  "Hmm..."

  A swarm of bloodthirsty bees, like a moving dark cloud, rushed towards the grass thicket. As soon as they left, Tang Lin moved. Now that he was at the Qi Refining stage, his physique had undergone tremendous changes, and his running speed had increased significantly. With the short distance, Tang Lin had already reached the Tian Ling fruit tree, using his hands and feet to climb. His speed was quite impressive. In the blink of an eye, over a dozen Tian Ling fruits were already stored in his bag. Just as he was about to pick the remaining ones, a buzzing sound appeared beside his ear.

  Tang Lin knew that the Bloodthirsty Bees had returned, and he didn't even bother with the remaining Heavenly Spirit Fruits. Tang Lin didn't even look back, and he ran as fast as his legs could carry him. He had originally planned to take the same route back, but now it was impossible. The clump of grass where he had hidden just a moment ago had already been discovered, and several groups of Bloodthirsty Bees were chasing after him from behind. Judging by the commotion, there were at least 8,000 pursuers behind him, if not 10,000.

  "I'm going to your grandfather's, it's just taking a few of your broken apples, do you need to make such a big fuss? Are you trying to take my life?"

  Tang Lin ran while cursing, and at this time he also saw clearly that behind him was a large patch of dark clouds, and he didn't know where they came from.

  Tang Lin is now completely lost and has no idea which direction he's going. He only knows that if he wants to stay alive, he can't stop running. After running for about half an hour, the buzzing sound behind him still hasn't stopped. At this point, Tang Lin had already run deep into the rear mountain, a place where high-level demonic beasts roam. Even bloodthirsty bees don't dare enter here easily. If it weren't for Tang Lin provoking them, they would never have come to this place.

  The domain consciousness of the monster is extremely strong, and it generally has spirituality. It knows what can be provoked and what cannot be touched. The blood bee also knows this.

  At this time, Tang Lin's intestines were all regretful. He didn't expect that these bloodthirsty bees would be so persistent and chase him for so long. It seemed that they wouldn't leave until they killed him.

  Tang Lin was still desperately running, in terms of speed he was not inferior to the Blood Wasps, but Tang Lin was human, he would eventually become exhausted. The Blood Wasps were different, they were demonic beasts with endurance far superior to Tang Lin's. At this rate, Tang Lin would sooner or later fall under the poisonous stingers of the Blood Wasps.

  Tang Lin also knew this, and at this time, he who was usually full of tricks was also a little flustered.

  As the saying goes, heaven will not cut off a man's path, and God will not starve a blind bird to death. A sky-blue pool appeared in Tang Lin's line of sight, and upon seeing this pool, Tang Lin was overjoyed. His running speed increased by a large margin, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the edge of the pool. Without hesitation, Tang Lin took a leap and jumped into the water.

  As Tang Lin entered the water, the bloodthirsty bees also arrived, looking at Tang Lin hiding in the water. These bloodthirsty bees showed extreme reluctance and circled around the pool without stopping, seemingly unwilling to let Tang Lin go.

  "You think you can take my life? You don't have that chance! I'm right here, come on!"

  Looking at the bloodthirsty bees on the edge of the pond, Tang Lin's mind was completely let go. These bees seemed to be extremely afraid of water, they just flew around the edge of the pond and didn't dare to fly into the air above the pond.

  Knowing that he was temporarily safe, Tang Lin observed the surroundings of the water pool. The pool was not large, only about a dozen or so meters wide, circular in shape, and the water was not very deep. There were many protruding rocks exposed on the surface of the water. Behind Tang Lin was a small waterfall, and faintly visible behind the waterfall was a cave. The surroundings were overgrown with weeds, and some vines hung crookedly above. If Tang Lin had not been close by, he would not have discovered it.

  Just as Tang Lin was about to swim over to investigate, a hissing sound came from the cave, and then a large red snake crawled out of the cave. As soon as the snake appeared, Tang Lin discovered it and knew that snakes are afraid of water, so he quickly shrunk his neck and sank into the water, hiding behind a rock with only his head exposed above the surface.

  This fiery red giant snake was seven or eight zhang long, as thick as a water bucket, and its scales shone brightly. As soon as it emerged from the cave, it spotted the bloodthirsty bees, and the bloodthirsty bees also spotted it.

  As soon as the big snake appeared, all the bloodthirsty bees gathered together, flapping their wings fiercely, but they didn't go to provoke it, instead they stared at it vigilantly.

  The scarlet snake also did so, constantly spitting out the snake letter, shaking its head and occasionally making a "hiss" warning sound towards the bloodthirsty bee.

  This snake, named "Hu Lin", is a third-tier demon beast. Although it's only a third-tier demon beast, its combat strength is extremely high. Ordinary fourth-tier demon beasts are no match for it. Hu Lin is born with a cruel nature and has a bloodthirsty personality, similar to the Blood Bee.

  Seeing its warning ineffective, the giant snake became furious and a large fireball flew out of its mouth at an extremely fast speed. The bloodthirsty bees didn't have time to dodge and more than ten of them were burned into ashes.

  The bloodthirsty bee swarm was thoroughly enraged, the crazy agitator's wings were like a tidal wave rushing towards the fire-scaled snake. In an instant, the sky changed color, and everywhere was filled with bloodthirsty bees. Their tails, shining with cold light, desperately stabbed at the body of the fire-red snake. For a time, the surroundings of the small pond were in chaos. Fireballs covered the sky, and the swarm of bloodthirsty bees blocked out the sun. The scene of the battle was too horrible to behold.

  "You fight among yourselves, it's best if you all die, it has nothing to do with me, I'm just a bystander!" Tang Lin thought to himself.