The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 60 Betrayal from the Wolf's Den
Ling Xiao glanced sideways at Bai Xi, who looked completely bewildered, and shook his head helplessly: "I'm not the Scorpion King, I can't command a swarm of scorpions. What else can I do besides using my powers to control them?"

Bai Xi blinked: "But I haven't seen you use any special abilities."

Ling Xiao rubbed his forehead and said, "I remember you also have fire-type abilities, right? And you're already at level eight. Logically speaking, you should be able to sense fire elements in the environment."

Bai Xi replied hesitantly, "I haven't figured out how to transform supernatural elements yet."

Their Cold Mountain tribe is mostly water-based, and there aren't many beastmen with fire-based abilities like him, let alone high-level ones.

Without anyone to guide him, he had to figure it out on his own.

He only heard about the concept of elementalization from others when he went to the border market in the past two years.

Seeing that he humbly sought advice, Ling Xiao thought about his eldest daughter who had awakened her psychic abilities and his little tiger cub who was still several years away from awakening his superpowers. Suddenly, he felt a sense of desolation, as if there was no one to carry on the legacy.

After scrutinizing Bai Xi for a few seconds, Ling Xiao suddenly said, "I can guide you, but you can't use your special abilities to deal with En En in the future."

Bai Xi suddenly remembered what his younger brother had said on his back that afternoon.

If Shilin decides to expand, a battle with Hanshan is inevitable.

Should he keep this promise?

However, if he misses the guidance of a high-level fire-type ability beastman like Ling Xiao, he will take many detours if he wants to make further progress, and may even never have the opportunity to improve again.

Aside from exceptionally talented orc warriors, most orcs experience a slowdown in speed after their abilities reach level six, and may even be unable to improve further.

Some orcs even remain stuck below level nine their entire lives.

His talent isn't bad, but it's not particularly outstanding either.

in case……

Ling Xiao chuckled and said, "What? What are you hesitating about?"

Bai Xi asked bluntly, "If Shi Lin expands in the future, will it go to war with Han Shan?"

“I won’t,” Ling Xiao answered him firmly. “I only want to protect the Stone Forest tribe and my two children. I have no intention of expanding the tribe further.”

“But Enen… I can’t say for sure.” Ling Xiao looked at the bustling Snow Wolf tribe territory in the distance and smiled. “However, Enen is very good to her own people. If you’re worried about the two tribes going to war in the future, why don’t you just persuade your father or your brother to submit to them?”

Bai Xi frowned and said, "You really can't even hide your little thoughts!"

Ling Xiao chuckled and said, "What's there to hide? Who can predict the future?"

Bai Xi stared at him intently: "It seems that you genuinely believe that after she inherits the position of clan leader, she will definitely target the tribes around her."

Ling Xiao lowered his eyes and remained silent.

But Bai Xi's guess was actually correct.

He also felt that his eldest daughter... was probably unwilling to be confined to such a small territory.

He was bound by the fact that he had a child, so he dared not make enemies everywhere, while also needing to maintain his own power and protect so many people behind him.

But Enen is female.

And she wasn't some weak female.

She can have many partners, and these partners will all become her helpers.

With such great power, how could she possibly be content to be the leader of a small or medium-sized tribe?
Especially after she had seen the large tribes in the south.

She probably harbored a burning desire to return to the orcs who had bullied her and avenge herself.

Ling Xiao pondered for a long time, but did not receive a promise from Bai Xi. However, he still told him why the Red Rock Scorpion was under his control tonight.

"It's actually quite simple. There are no plants or trees to protect the area in the Red Rock Gully, so the ground temperature is very high during the day when the sun is out. These scorpions will hide in the cracks between the rocks or deep in the fissures to rest. After the sun sets, when the ground temperature is not so high, they will come out to forage."

"Controlling temperature with fire-based abilities is a piece of cake. There's no need to burn them with fire. Just mobilize all the fire elements nearby to raise the temperature around the scorpions and create an opening for them to move. These scorpions will then act as if they are following orders."

Bai Xi suddenly realized, and was then shocked by Ling Xiao's ultimate control over his superpowers.

Scorpions are creatures with a strong sense of territory.

Therefore, mobilizing tens of thousands of scorpions at once and sending them all into the Snow Wolf Tribe's territory meant that Ling Xiao had to control the fire element within the territories of several scorpion colonies.

How big would this area be?
Bai Xi couldn't imagine it.

Ling Xiao wouldn't tell him the answer either.

……

Within the Snow Wolf Territory.

The scorpion with its reddish-brown carapace quickly crawled towards a cooler spot.

The caves that have been dug out on the rocky mountain are the coolest places.

A scorpion nearly fifty centimeters long swiftly crawled along the winding crevices of the rock with its four pairs of legs, and soon entered the cave of a snow wolf.

The cave entrance was illuminated by moonlight, and the blue moonlight fell on the red scorpion's carapace, turning it into an eerie color.

Soon, a snow wolf cub, smelling the unfamiliar scent, ran up to the scorpion. It saw the large scorpion raise its black and red serrated tail and raise its two huge pincers in front of it, assuming a defensive posture.

The snow wolf cub twitched its nose, just as it was about to paw at the scorpion's head, when a large hand suddenly picked it up from behind, and a man's cursing voice followed: "You brat, are you out of your mind! That scorpion is poisonous. If its stinger pricks you, you'll be lying in the ground with your grandfather tomorrow."

The man tapped the cub's head a few times, and was about to pick up the sharp fork in the corner to spear away the red rock scorpion that had somehow gotten in, when he looked up and saw a strange, eerie light shining from the cave entrance facing the blue moon.

Dozens of venomous scorpions, each over fifty centimeters long, scrambled in.

As for the tiny scorpions, no bigger than the palm of your hand, there were countless of them.

I was only stunned for a short while when there were so many scorpions in the room that there was nowhere to step.

The man quickly carried the cub on his back, transformed into his beast form, stepped on a few tall objects in the corner of the room, and leaped down into the cave.

As a result... there were even more scorpions below.

The man frantically searched for a foothold while dodging poisonous stingers that could prick him at any moment, panting heavily from exhaustion.

Similar scenes were playing out in every cave of the entire Snow Wolf tribe.

Some orcs even fled in panic and were accidentally stung in the legs by scorpions.

Before long, the skin on my legs and feet became dark and swollen, and I started to feel dizzy.

Bai Xi landed silently in the shadows high above, casually using her beak to pry aside several poisonous scorpions that crawled up to her and toss them into the pile of scorpions below.

Compared to the snow wolf orcs who were desperately trying to escape, Bai Xi was like a fish in water among the scorpions.

Scorpions are also on the menu of these avian beastmen, but they are poisonous, and the venom glands usually have to be removed before they can be eaten.

So when there is plenty of food, he never touches this stuff.

With its long beak, fearlessness against the scorpion's serrated tail and pincers, and overwhelming size, it is truly a bird of prey.

Therefore, he could easily flip over a scorpion king that was nearly a meter long, and he could also easily step on its carapace, grab its tail, and tear off its entire stinger.

Therefore, any slightly intelligent adult scorpion will not run near him. In fact, as soon as they sense his presence, they will frantically drive away the scorpions around them and flee in another direction.

He stood alone at the highest point of the Snow Wolf tribe, looking down at the chaotic scene below, searching for the Saide family by the moonlight.

However, his night vision was indeed too poor. With only moonlight, he could only see the tops of the orcs' heads, not their faces. But soon, the warriors of the Snow Wolf tribe erected a wall of fire to isolate the scorpion swarm.

Scorpions are afraid of fire.

There were quite a few fire-type beastmen in the Snow Wolf tribe, so after realizing that the fire wall could repel the scorpions, the fire-type warriors took the lead, protecting the elderly, women and children behind them, and using fire to drive away the scorpions around them.

Saide and his family hid behind two fire-type beastmen. His partner was also a forest wolf beastman, and the two had twin cubs who were now just three years old.

After returning home, Saide told his partner about his plans.

But his partner, Felicia, disagreed with his decision, believing his plan was too dangerous.

The tribal chief was too harsh on the defectors, and given that they were also forest wolf orcs, the methods used to deal with them were only more ruthless and cruel.

She doesn't care about being punished if she gets caught.

As long as she can escape the Snow Wolf tribe, she can definitely withstand any minor injuries.

But the problem is that the two cubs are only three years old.

She didn't think the people in the tribe would be kind to her child.

It would be better to wait until the children are older and stronger before taking risks.

With one arm around a cub and the other protecting his partner Feli from behind, Saed looked at the flickering firelight and the dense swarms of scorpions ahead, then suddenly turned his head to glance at Feli, who looked flustered.

He gently touched Felicity's arm, a dark glint flashing in his emerald eyes, and whispered, "I have a feeling they did this."

"Who?" Feli paused for a few seconds, then realized before Saide could answer.

She frowned as she looked at the snow wolves behind her, stung by scorpion stings. Her expression was grave, and her voice was barely audible: "Wasn't this a bit too much of a commotion?"

"Many people might die before they can be cured. Is it really worth it just for our family?"

Can't you?
Said was just an ordinary Quenyam forest wolf-orc with no special abilities. The Stone Forest tribe must have gone mad to go to such lengths for their family.

Said whispered, "No matter what, this is an opportunity."

"Because of the influx of scorpions, the tribe is in chaos. The guards in the dense forest heard the commotion and will definitely rush back immediately... This scorpion chaos will not subside anytime soon. Most of the orcs will probably have to spend the night in an open area and will likely move towards the forest."

He gave Felicity a subtle wink: "Felicity, it's up to you whether we go or not. I'll listen to you."

Felicity bit her lip and hesitated for a long time, but soon heard the voice of the warrior leading the way: "Everyone, take the children and the wounded orcs and move towards the woods."

"Hurry up, everyone! Stop dawdling!"

Felicity lowered her eyebrows and gritted her teeth, saying, "Then let's go."

This is a golden opportunity; if we miss it, no one knows when the next one will come.

"But our supplies and belongings are still in the cave? Are we just going to leave them all here?"

Saide led the child and Feli quickly toward the forest, intentionally keeping his distance from the orcs around him, and falling to the far side of the group.

After they stopped, he chose a shady spot and sat down with Felicity to rest. He said softly, "Let's go find her first, and then we'll make a decision after we meet up."

Running back to get your luggage at this time would be too conspicuous and too dangerous.

However, the young chieftain of the Stone Forest tribe should have flying orcs by his side. They could take advantage of the tribe's current vulnerability due to the scorpion invasion to pack up and take away their supplies.

Once all the orcs in the tribe had moved into the forest, a group of orcs had already cut down all the vegetation around the forest, clearing out a safe and open area.

A large number of wounded orcs were placed here, while other orcs chose clean and safe places nearby as their resting places for the night.

"Philip, you watch the child, I'll go help."

Felicity reached out and grabbed his wrist: "When are you coming back?"

“About a beast time, I’m not sure.” Said looked at the two cubs nestled under the giant tree roots, then lowered his head and kissed his partner’s forehead. “Don’t be afraid, things aren’t that bad.”

Felicity watched him go to help with concern, knowing there was no way to stop him at a time like this.

It was an hour and a half before Saide returned.

He dragged his still-healing leg back to Felicity's side, sat down beside her, and gently rested his head on her shoulder.

Felicity immediately woke up from her light sleep, looked at Said whose animal skin skirt was still stained with poisonous blood, and reached out to tidy his messy short hair: "Rest for a while."

Said shook his head and leaned on her shoulder, but suddenly opened his eyes and turned to look at the orcs patrolling around him.

Most of the powerful orcs were transferred to the tribe to deal with the troublesome scorpions.

Only about ten people remained to guard the wounded orcs.

The remaining orcs mostly gathered in scattered groups nearby to rest.

"I'm going to take a walk to the south to relieve myself."

Saide licked his chapped lips, got up, and headed south.

After walking into the woods for a few minutes, about a hundred meters from their resting place, Said stopped. Only after confirming that no orcs were watching them did he transform into his beast form and run forward at incredible speed.

But after running only a few hundred meters, a dark shadow descended from the sky and landed directly in front of him.

Saide immediately stopped, his eerie green wolf eyes fixed on the dark figure ahead.

is her.

He quietly breathed a sigh of relief: "You really came?"

Ling Chengen stretched his stiff shoulders and neck: "I've been waiting for you for a long time. You're really slow."

"The tribal warriors are defending very well; it would be too conspicuous for them to suddenly run away."

Ling Chengen said speechlessly, "You should have run south immediately when things were in chaos, instead of waiting until they had readjusted and organized themselves before thinking about escaping."

"You can't even run away, how stupid."

The scolded Said retorted indignantly, "...You make it sound so simple."

Ling Chengen stared at him: "So, why are you alone? Where are your family?"

"I'll come out and check first. If you don't come, and I run out with my family, it'll be troublesome if they catch up."

Ling Chengen was so angry that his head was throbbing.

"Then why don't you go back now, and bring your whole family out to pee later? That way, it won't be a problem?"

Saide: "..."

“Go back and bring your family out,” Ling Chengen said coldly.

"I'm going to create a riot, and then I'll run away in the chaos, you hear me?"

"You only get one chance!"

"If you hesitate again this time, you and your family will rot in the Snow Wolf Tribe!"

Ling Chengen ground his back teeth, turned around, and with a light leap, quickly disappeared from Saide's sight.

(End of this chapter)