The marching speed of the aphids wasn't fast, covering a journey of about 10 kilometers took nearly two hours.

The Wolf Corridor was finally close at hand.

Li Pu had wandered around once at the entrance before, but didn't dare to enter.

The terrain here formed a canyon that sunk downward.

It was nearly a hundred meters wide, and just standing at the mouth of the valley, you couldn't see the end inside.

First, because the corridor was very long, and second, because it was winding and not straight.

On the rock walls on both sides of the corridor, there were many stones clinging to the walls.

The stones varied in height, some large and some small, the small ones formed routes that could be traveled, while the large ones could serve as platforms.

Usually, cloud wolves of various sizes from different tribes would rest on their respective platforms.

[Roar! Roar!] xN

The tiger-headed golden aphids at the forefront stopped in their tracks, looked up, and roared.

At their signal, the aphid army immediately halted.

Then, the originally chaotic formation began to adjust.

Shield aphids and hammer aphids, which were relatively resilient, moved to the front of the formation.

Sickle aphids and blade aphids, adept at close combat, occupied the center of the formation.

Finally, bow aphids and pipe aphids, specializing in long-range attacks, stayed at the tail of the formation.

There was also a type of aphid at the back of the formation with mouthparts resembling a light bulb, which Li Pu found intriguing, not knowing what the bulb was used for.

Unfortunately, in his excitement just now, he broke the scarecrow's wristwatch, so he couldn't query information about this aphid.

[Ugh, howl~~!!] xN

With such a grand formation at their doorstep, the cloud wolves couldn't possibly ignore it.

With dense howling, wolf shadows began to appear under the moonlight.

"It's about to start."

Li Pu murmured as he pulled out one of the jade leaves and stuffed it into the scarecrow's body.

[Grass!]

Scarecrow: Summoner, where are you touching!

Though discontent with this sudden action, the scarecrow did not resist.

"You hold onto a leaf, just in case we get separated."

Li Pu could roughly anticipate what a war between magical creatures would look like.

Especially between cloud wolves and aphids, who had low intelligence.

There would be no ceremony like taunting before battle. Once the enemy was spotted, they'd commence fighting.

[Roar! Roar!] xN

Sure enough, with the golden aphid's roar, the aphid army began rustling as they advanced towards the corridor.

[Ugh~~~!] xN

From the corridor, howls echoed repeatedly, with more and more wolf shadows appearing on the rocks.

Usually, these cloud wolves might be divided into various large and small tribes.

But when enemies dared to invade their territory, they were united against the threat.

As the incessant wolf cries continued, swift shadows like dark clouds began to charge out.

[Owo!]

[Caw Caw!]

The cloud wolf at the front directly collided with a shield aphid.

However, the shield aphid's seemingly sturdy emerald green-bodied shield proved no match before the cloud wolf's claws and fangs.

Just two or three bites turned a shield aphid into pulp.

"Your little brothers don't seem up to the task."

Li Pu commented, regardless of whether the golden aphid beside him understood.

[Howl!]

The golden aphid that didn't follow the main force but stayed behind to guard responded with a bug cry, which similarly Li Pu didn't understand.

[Howl!] xN

[Caw Caw!] xN

More and more cloud wolves clashed with aphids, engaging in fierce combat.

On average, each aphid could only withstand for about four to five seconds in front of a cloud wolf.

However, faced with attacks from all directions with hammers, sickles, swords, blades, etc., the cloud wolves were similarly struggling.

Li Pu carefully observed a combat spot, finding a discrepancy with his expectations.

Earlier, he estimated that three or four aphids could deal with a cloud wolf.

But now it seemed he overestimated the aphid's strength; roughly ten aphids were needed to take down a cloud wolf.

This was mainly because the aphid's body was too fragile against the cloud wolf's claws and fangs.

[Gah~] xN

Nevertheless, with the lights glowing from the back of the aphid army, the battle began to shift.

The bulb aphids he had previously paid attention to were now emitting dim green light.

Though faint, it was striking in the night.

[Caw Caw!] xN

Bathed in that dim green light, the aphid army's combat capability seemed to suddenly improve.

All aphids' speed appeared to boost up a notch.

Especially those severely injured but not fatal injuries, lying immobile on the ground, gradually recovered and rejoined the fray.

Though their combat strength was much weaker after recovery, they could bite a bit more, and any attack was gain.

"Healing-type magical creature?"

Upon witnessing this scene, Li Pu's eyes lit up.

Thanks to the healing glow from the bulb aphids, the aphid army gradually gained the upper hand.

The cloud wolves were being driven back step by step as the battle line approached the Wolf Corridor.

However, to the cloud wolves, the corridor mouth was their first line of defense, not permitting any enemy encroachment.

[Ugh~~~]

Hence, from within the corridor, came a penetrating, far-reaching wolf's howl.

"What's happening now."

Hearing this howl, Li Pu couldn't help but frown.

Through his hunting experience over this period, he felt he could distinguish between the calls of regular cloud wolves and large wolves.

But now, this wolf's howl was unique, unlike anything he'd heard before.

[Ugh!!!!] xN

Soon after, several exceptionally bright wolf howls reverberated, like responses to the previous sound.

"It's large wolves."

This time, Li Pu identified the source.

Sure enough, shortly after, dozens of large wolves appeared at the corridor mouth.

"So many?!"

Even Li Pu was taken aback this time.

Each time he hunted five waves of wolf packs, he would encounter a single large wolf.

Now, inexplicably, dozens showed up?

Before the large wolves, the aphid army seemed even more vulnerable.

Just a single paw swipe from a large wolf could instantly kill even the toughest shield aphid.

No matter how many aphids launched attacks, it seemed like presenting food.

Apart from exhausting a little bit of the large wolves' strength, they achieved nothing.

Soon, the large wolves broke through the aphid army's ranks.

"Could there be a wolf king in the corridor, and all its tribe members are large wolves?"

Reflecting on the penetrating wolf howl earlier, Li Pu imagined a possible scenario.

[Howl!]

As he pondered, the golden aphid beside him roared.

It suddenly shook its back, revealing golden wings that sprung out.

With a flap of its wings, the golden aphid flew into the air.

Hovering at low altitude, it landed in front of those large wolves.

"Quick, follow it."

Li Pu patted the scarecrow and then raced forward himself.

Against this number of large wolves, even a level 1 full golden aphid might not gain the upper hand.

What a chance, the golden aphid's card couldn't be missed.

Splat!

During his chase, he very "accidentally" crushed a bulb aphid underfoot.

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