"Report, a large number of Iron Poison Giant Ants have appeared outside. We estimate there are at least tens of thousands of them!"
Upon hearing the spy's report, the hearts of the living creatures present sank.
"Duan Gujin, how many Killing Arrays can you arrange now?"
Yue Na asked.
"I can only arrange over a dozen! I'm out of materials for setting up the Killing Arrays!"
After hearing Duan Gujin's response, Bear Boss and his clan mbers' faces darkened, realizing that soon they would have to personally face those Iron Poison Giant Ants in battle.
Previously, they had only been leisurely dealing with so stragglers, but soon they would face tens of thousands of Iron Poison Giant Ants.
Imagining the scene, they were sowhat chilled to the bone.
"Everyone, prepare for battle imdiately, why are you still standing there!"
Bear Boss was the first to speak.
He knew this was a battle for the Secret Forest Black Bears, a battle they had to fight.
Bear Boss then dispatched several Orderlies to summon the eight elders of the clan.
Soon, the eight elders arrived.
Bear Boss had them et Lady Jiao, to see firsthand the fate of Lady Jiao.
When the eight elders saw Lady Jiao and her clan, they finally realized that after being attacked by those Iron Poison Giant Ants, Lady Jiao's tribe had suffered heavy losses and could only abandon their territory and flee in disgrace.
"Eight elders, I'm calling you now to ask for your advice on what we should do. I know so of the Elder Council feel we should fight those Iron Poison Giant Ants to the death and never leave here! But I think, as you can see, if we don't leave, we will be completely annihilated by those Iron Poison Giant Ants! My stance is that the situation is urgent, so please give orders for part of our clan to escort the elderly and children to escape into the Feather Transformation Clan's Snow Mountain!"
Bear Boss said gravely.
The eight elders looked at each other and finally nodded.
"Clan Leader, we will all follow your lead!"
The eight elders responded in unison.
"Very well, now prepare to retreat imdiately. Take everything you can with you! Bring as much food as possible! We don't know when we will be able to return, or maybe we never will!"
Bear Boss said with emotion.
"We will definitely return, Clan Leader!"
An elder quickly said.
"We'll talk about the future later. Prepare for the retreat now! Send so of the elderly and weak clan mbers to the Snow Mountain first!"
Bear Boss ordered.
"Yes!"
The eight elders bowed in unison.
After the elders left, Bear Boss discussed with Yue Na about their next move.
Yue Na said, "Let's see the outco of this battle first! Bear Boss, this may be your last battle, you must order your clan mbers to retreat imdiately!"
"Understood!"
Bear Boss nodded vigorously and imdiately ordered his clan to retreat towards the Snow Mountain.
Soon, a spy reported that the attack of the Iron Poison Giant Ants had begun outside.
"Let's go have a look!"
"Alright!"
Duan Gujin and others imdiately went to the front line to observe the surroundings and soon saw a large group of Iron Poison Giant Ants appearing hundreds of ters away.
Seeing the tens of thousands of Iron Poison Giant Ants, Duan Gujin's heart sank.
When so of the Iron Poison Giant Ants at the front entered his Killing Array, Duan Gujin activated the array instantly.
After Yue Na and others saw a flash of light in front, hundreds of Iron Poison Giant Ants were annihilated, filling their hearts with imnse joy.
But the next mont, they saw a continuous onslaught of Iron Poison Giant Ants from the rear quickly covering the area where the previous ants had been eliminated.
Seeing this, they could only sigh at the overwhelming number of Iron Poison Giant Ants.
"Even if I activate all the Killing Arrays, I can only eliminate a few thousand Iron Poison Giant Ants, which is too few compared to the tens of thousands of ants in front! There's no chance of victory in this battle!"
Upon a brief calculation, Duan Gujin realized that Bear Boss and his clan could only retreat toward the Snow Mountain after today's battle.
Subsequently, many Iron Poison Giant Ants entered his second Killing Array, and he imdiately activated it.
A brilliant white light flashed again, instantly eliminating hundreds more Iron Poison Giant Ants.
In the past, the living creatures present would have been delighted to see Duan Gujin easily annihilate hundreds of Iron Poison Giant Ants.
But in a matter of seconds, they watched as more ants rushed in to completely overrun the previous location where hundreds of ants had been killed.
They could only lant the sheer overwhelming numbers of Iron Poison Giant Ants.
Duan Gujin then proceeded to activate all the Killing Arrays he had set up previously.
He estimated that the Killing Arrays had eliminated several thousand Iron Poison Giant Ants, but with tens of thousands in front, their numbers seed barely reduced.
"Fire!"
When the Iron Poison Giant Ants encroached upon their territory, Bear Boss imdiately ordered his subordinates to use crossbows to shoot at the ants.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Instantly, a barrage of sharpened tree branches was shot toward the Iron Poison Giant Ants.
So ants were pierced, but most remained uninjured.
Seeing this scene, Duan Gujin and the others realized that the Secret Forest Black Bear's crossbow arrows were ineffective against the Iron Poison Giant Ants.
He estimated that the crossbow arrows fired by Bear Boss had probably only killed a few dozen Iron Poison Giant Ants.
"Pretty but useless!"
Duan Gujin sighed inwardly, knowing that the slow-moving yet quick dodging Iron Poison Giant Ants rendered the crossbow arrows ineffective.
Next, he watched as the Iron Poison Giant Ants moved straight through the simple chanisms set up by the Secret Forest Black Bears.
Bear Boss originally thought that the ants would be unable to climb over the spiked pits dug into the ground.
But the harsh truth was that the ants scaled nearly vertical stone walls with their legs.
"To deal with these Iron Poison Giant Ants, only the chanical Trap Array with powerful array strength will work!"
Duan Gujin observed for a while, shaking his head in resignation.
However, after a mont's thought, he understood Bear Boss's predicant.
Even the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice!
Even if Bear Boss knew how to arrange so chanical Arrays, they seemingly lacked any Array Materials.
Duan Gujin had previously inquired from Yue Na and discovered that the Feather Formation Clan strictly prohibited the provision of any Array Materials to the Secret Forest Black Bears and Grassland Poison Snakes.
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