The defeat of the big wolves dealt a significant blow to the morale of the Wuyun Wolves.

Although the other Golden Aphids did not take action, the Wuyun Wolves had already started a retreat.

As the Aphid army's formation advanced, they finally officially stepped into the Wolves' Corridor.

Unlike the previous flat ground battle, once inside the corridor, the terrain completely changed.

Due to the presence of vertical rock faces, the points of contact for skirmishes on both sides greatly increased.

Changing from a line-to-line to a more dimensional face-to-face engagement.

This made the battle scene even more chaotic.

Wherever Li Pu could see any landing spot, it was almost certain there were Wuyun Wolves and Aphids fighting.

Insect mouthparts and wolf parts littered the ground, almost to the point where they couldn't all be picked up.

[Caw! Caw!] xN

[Awoo!] xN

Many roars and cries intertwined together.

Having lived here long-term, the Wuyun Wolves were more accustomed to the corridor terrain.

Seizing the terrain advantage, they swept away their earlier decline and began to gradually turn the tide.

However, relying on their numerical advantage, the Aphid army continued to advance.

After all, the number of Aphids the Wuyun Wolves could block was extremely limited, so the remaining unblocked Aphids swarmed deeper into the corridor.

Li Pu saw this trend, thinking the Climbing Wall Vine senior was indeed not exaggerating; they really intended to wipe out these Wuyun Wolves completely.

With a momentum that wouldn't stop until they cleared the entire corridor.

He felt that if things continued at this pace, it would take about half a night to clean out the entire corridor.

As for how many Aphids would survive by then, he didn't know, only that if the Wuyun Wolves didn't abandon their home and flee, they would surely be exterminated.

The Aphid army's front line stretched out, dispersing several of the rearguard Golden Aphids to various places.

Initially, Li Pu's team was closely together, collecting several batches of new species' aphid materia along the way, which he also used for Caocao.

This allowed the recently reincarnated Caocao to leap from LV1 to LV10.

The reason for strengthening Caocao this round was mainly that Li Pu knew as the front line continued to stretch, he and Caocao would soon have to act separately, so enhancing its strength first would facilitate independent action.

Due to the short shelf life of aphid mouthparts as materia.

Precious materia like Golden Aphids must be used the moment they are gathered.

Thus, he and Caocao each kept an eye on a Golden Aphid, and whoever acquired the materia first would immediately meet with the other to greatly enhance efficiency.

As for Popo, it was better to follow Li Pu.

The aphid materia collected during the tracking could be Sacrificed to it without worrying about expiry wastage.

[Awooo~~~~]

As Li Pu had anticipated, deep inside the corridor, that special wolf howl sounded again soon.

After the howling ended, a new batch of big wolves appeared in sight.

[Roar! Roar!]

The nearest Golden Aphid immediately flapped its wings to confront them.

"We stay, you continue following the other Golden Aphids."

[Grass! Caocao!]

Caocao saluted, using the [Sprint] bestowed by Popo to swiftly weave through the Aphid army, soon catching up with the other Golden Aphids' footsteps, then gradually disappearing into the winding corridor.

[Chichi!]

Seeing Caocao leave, Popo wanted to run after it.

But Li Pu held its head down, preventing it from moving an inch.

Every jump was pressed down, again and again until it gave up.

"Stay close to me, don't wander too far."

Li Pu said as he took out a crystal carrot and handed it over.

[Chichi!]

Popo's eyes lit up immediately upon seeing the crystal carrot.

Taking the crystal carrot, it nodded vigorously, indicating it would be obedient.

Just like controlling Caocao with cola, Li Pu used carrots to control Popo, which made sense.

"Just wait."

Taking Popo to a protruding rock wall, Li Pu jumped onto it.

This protruding stone was about 2 meters above the ground, with an area of less than 1 square meter.

It was originally occupied by a spearhead aphid, but he kicked it off.

There was no need to scramble to kill Golden Aphids for cards this time, so he wasn't in a hurry.

All he needed to do was wait for the Golden Aphids to die on their own before collecting the materia.

In this process, he just needed to avoid getting attacked by the eye-less Wuyun Wolves.

[Awoooo!!!]

[Roar! Roar!]

Almost the same result as last time, when the pack of big wolves realized they couldn't defeat the Golden Aphids, one big wolf quietly withdrew from the combat circle to perform its strange skill.

However, this skill-casting big wolf seemed less skilled than the previous one; its eyes were intently fixed on the Golden Aphid, but it was continually ineffective.

Li Pu observed from the side, quickly spotting the anomaly.

The big wolf's eyes alternated between red, blue, green, yellow.

But the speed of these color transitions was quite slow.

Changing only every ten seconds or so.

It seemed that the flash of color in the previous big wolf's eyes was not an illusion after all.

The special among these big wolves seemed to use some sort of Illusion Technique.

Meanwhile, the Golden Aphid, relying on its strength, had already taken down most of the big wolves.

[Awoo!!]

When it was immobilized by the Illusion, the remaining big wolves collectively swarmed to bite it.

However, their energy was too depleted, and they were too few in number, so they failed to kill it before the Golden Aphid reawakened.

Though the Golden Aphid stayed in place under attack for so long, it had already suffered severe injuries, to a degree that even the lightbulb aphid couldn't quickly heal.

The final result was a narrow victory for the big wolves.

However, the utterly exhausted big wolves had no combat strength left and were soon overwhelmed by the surrounding green aphids.

This battle could be called mutually assured destruction.

For Li Pu, it was also the least effortful outcome.

He swiftly collected the Golden Aphid's tiger head and wolf teeth, bringing the materia weight to 68/100.

As for the virtually shredded body of the Golden Aphid, he didn't waste storage space to collect it; after a while, it dissolved into gold dust and dispersed.

Now he just needed one more Golden Aphid tooth to complete the quantity.

As for the big wolves, he collected teeth and claws.

Looking around the corridor, it was now all a green expanse.

Nearby, there was no trace of the Wuyun Wolves; the green extended outwards, seeming endless.

So Li Pu had Popo give him a [Sprint], then he picked it up and moved quickly, trying to catch up with the Aphid army's vanguard.

After refueling a few times along the way, after running for 3 minutes, a fork in the road appeared ahead.

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