The ancient return was exposed by his sister's live stream.

A three-meter-high wall of fire rose from the ground, stretching thirty meters across. It was no ordinary fire; the flames were pure white, and the temperature was so high that even the surrounding air was distorted.

The swarm's vanguard crashed headlong into the wall of fire.

There was no struggle. The wings curled into ashes the instant they touched the white flames, and the charred carcass fell from mid-air, landing on the ground with a soft crackling sound.

Row after row. One after another.

The fire wall burned for ten seconds, and most of the bees died. But a few dozen bees circled around from both sides of the fire wall—they weren't stupid enough to all run into the fire.

"Here it comes!" Yang Wanqing swung the Heavenly Thunder Halberd in a wide arc.

The halberd's tip unleashed a golden arc of lightning, sweeping across the area. Five killer bees, their wings charred and twisted by the electric shock, plummeted from the sky.

Chen Siyao drew her sword. The ice-blue patterns on the blade lit up.

A bee swooped down from her right, its stinger aimed straight at her shoulder. She dodged the sting and, with a backhand stroke, sliced ​​off half of its wing with her sword. The severed body spun and crashed into the flowerbed.

Xiaoyue unleashed a furious barrage of attacks from behind the two. It opened its mouth to the sky and let out a short howl, no ordinary howl; the sound waves visibly spread through the air.

She hit three killer bees flying low. The bees' wings faltered for a moment, then they lost control and crashed to the ground. Xiaoyue ran over, stomped on them one by one, crushing them to pieces.

Fuzhu was driven to the rear by Chen Siyao. The five white deer huddled together, the light pulses on their seven-colored antlers pulsating rapidly, pacing restlessly in place.

Then...

The adorable little pet at Chen Siyao's feet moved.

Its golden eyes turned bright red in an instant.

It wasn't a gradual change. It was a sudden, sharp red turn, with the entire iris turning completely red. Crimson red, spreading from the center of the pupil outwards to the whites of the eyes.

It fixed its gaze on six bees ahead.

Two beams of red light shot out from its eyes.

It wasn't scattering. It was two precise, straight beams of light. The beams swept across the flight paths of the six bees...

Six charred remains fell to the ground simultaneously.

Yang Wanqing swung his halberd and chopped down a bee, then turned around and saw this scene.

"My adorable little pet! I never knew you were so amazing!"

The little creature's red eyes scanned in another direction. Two more beams of light. Another pile of dead bees.

When it fires a beam of light, its body slides back a little... The recoil isn't great, but it's not light for its size. Each time it fires, its four little paws paw at the ground to steady itself.

Two girls, a wolf, and a tiny golden creature the size of a fist fight side by side in a sea of ​​flowers.

The number of bee colonies is decreasing sharply.

Chen Siyao had just slain the twelfth one and was about to turn around to deal with the others on her right...

"Buzz!"

A bee.

It was two full sizes larger than the others. The frequency of its wingbeats was an octave lower.

The bee stinger on the abdomen was no ordinary stinger... It was forearm-length, with a barb at the end, and its surface was covered with a viscous, dark brown liquid.

It didn't come from the front.

It circled around to Yang Wanqing's back.

Yang Wanqing was wielding his halberd in front, completely unaware of what was behind him.

Chen Siyao saw it first.

"Qingqing! Watch out!!"

Yang Wanqing turned around. The bee sting was already less than a meter away from her back.

That's too late.

A small golden figure sprang up from the ground.

The adorable little pet pounced on Yang Wanqing.

The bee stinger pierced its body.

The bee stinger, about the length of a forearm, pierced through the little pet's abdomen.

The impact of the bee sting sent it flying half a meter before it crashed into the flowerbed, tumbling twice before coming to a stop.

"Little Cutie!!"

Yang Wanqing screamed.

She swung her halberd and slashed upwards. The Heavenly Thunder Halberd, crackling with golden lightning, struck the giant bee's neck... With a "crack," the bee's head separated from its body.

Its dark red wings were still twitching, and half of its body had plunged into the pile of flowers.

Yang Wanqing threw down his halberd and rushed over.

The adorable little creature lay among a clump of trampled blue flowers. There was a hole about the size of a thumb in its abdomen. Blood gushed from the hole, red blood, the same red as the animals on Earth.

Its four legs were still moving, but they were no longer able to exert any force. Its large tail lay sprawled on the ground, its fluffy curve gone.

The golden eyes...turned back to golden...half-open, looking at Yang Wanqing who was squatting down.

"Little Mengmeng, how could you be so silly..." Yang Wanqing's hands trembled. "This killer bee can't hurt me... Do you know I'm a body-refining cultivator..."

She opened her storage bag, her fingers trembling so much she almost couldn't unscrew the cap of the medicine bottle. She sprinkled the hemostatic powder onto the wound, and blood gushed out, washing away most of the powder. She poured another layer and pressed it against the wound with her hand.

Chen Siyao ran over.

The remaining killer bees had been completely burned away by Chen Hao's wall of fire, not a single one was left.

"Let me see." Chen Siyao squatted down and pushed Yang Wanqing's hand aside to examine the wound.

The bee sting pierced the abdominal cavity. The opening wasn't large, but it was deep. The amount of blood flowing out... for such a small body... was far too much. A small puddle had already formed on the ground.

"The internal organs are damaged." Chen Siyao's face darkened.

Yang Wanqing's eyes reddened. "Will applying the medicine stop it?"

Chen Siyao didn't answer. She looked up at Chen Hao, who was walking towards her.

"Brother, do you have a way to cure him?"

Yang Wanqing chimed in, "Yes, yes, Master, your medical skills are so amazing, you must have a way, right?"

Chen Hao walked closer and glanced at the little pet's wound.

He squatted down, placed two fingers of his right hand next to the little thing's abdomen, and paused for two seconds.

Then he stood up.

"The injuries are too severe. The internal organs are ruptured; there's no way to treat them."

Yang Wanqing's tears fell.

The live stream chat messages all changed color.

"No...!"

"It was injured while saving someone."

"We just named it Xiao Mengmeng..."

"I really can't stand stories about animals saving people."

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"Waaaaaah"

Chen Siyao's nose also stung with tears. This little thing... a tiny creature she had only met two days ago, whose species she couldn't even identify... had taken a needle for Yang Wanqing.

It doesn't need to be blocked. Yang Wanqing is in the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm, so that bee sting won't cause him much harm.

But it doesn't know these things.

All it knew was that something was attacking the person who fed it jerky, made its bed, patted its head, and called it "cutie."

Then it pounced on it.

Yang Wanqing held the little pet, tears streaming down her face. The little creature breathed weakly in her arms, its golden fur stained with blood and no longer fluffy.

It struggled to lift one of its front paws.

Not the late Qing Dynasty.

It's facing southeast.

The claw stretched out shakily, pointing to a hill in the distance.

"What do you mean?" Yang Wanqing rubbed her eyes.

The adorable little pet lowered its paw, took a couple of breaths, then raised it again, still pointing in that direction.

Chen Siyao stared at it for three seconds.

"Could that be its lair, where something might save us?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Wanqing stood up abruptly. The adorable little pet was held firmly in her arms.

"Definitely! This little cutie is so smart, it might have something that could save its life!"

She looked at Chen Hao. "Master, are we leaving or not?"

Chen Hao didn't speak. He glanced at the direction the little pet was pointing, then glanced at the little pet again.

"Walk."