But these bugs were not giving him the opportunity now, and they were forcing him to his death, pushing Ning Beichen’s temper to its limit.
He held his wooden sword and danced among the swarm of insects.
No, it should be said that Ning Beichen was dancing the dance of death among the swarm.
Wherever his wooden sword passed, the insects turned into black smoke and ascended, and none of the insects could even touch the hem of Ning Beichen’s clothes.
After all, Ning Yanwang was someone who had come through a hail of bullets. The attacks of these insects, although numerous and frequent, could not be more formidable than a hail of bullets.
Not long after, only a few insects remained around Ning Beichen.
Ning Beichen then struck while the iron was hot, turning all the remaining insects into black smoke.
As the last insect disappeared, Ning Beichen hadn’t even had time to rest when the surrounding environment suddenly changed.
He had previously appeared on a barren yellow land, where calling to heaven and earth was useless.
This time, the environment had transformed into a vast primeval jungle.
Towering trees stood densely packed, lush and verdant. Some trees reached a hundred meters in height, while others would require two or three Ning Beichens holding hands to encircle.
Based on Ning Beichen’s experience traveling far and wide, this was not a place he had ever been.
Furthermore, to his knowledge, there was no place in the world like this currently. Even the Amazon rainforest did not have trees of such colossal size.
Ning Beichen glanced around, finding no trace of Li Haitang, and saw no point in shouting.
Although he didn’t know why this was happening, Ning Beichen guessed it was related to Li Haitang’s Miao witch inheritance.
If not, Ning Beichen could not explain his current predicament.
No wonder Li Haitang had told him earlier that there would be some danger and that he should not panic regardless of what strange or bizarre things he saw or encountered.
Ning Beichen surmised that since he hadn’t left this peculiar environment, Li Haitang’s inheritance was likely not yet complete. Only when her inheritance concluded could he leave.
Or perhaps, her success in inheritance was also somehow related to him.
What made Ning Beichen feel uneasy was the thought that if he died here, would he truly be dead?
Or would his death here, or failure, also lead to the failure of Haitang’s inheritance?
Due to the limited intelligence Ning Beichen possessed, he could not accurately ascertain these matters.
He suspected that even Li Haitang herself might not know, otherwise, she would have surely told him.
Now, Ning Beichen could only hope that she would be all right and successfully inherit the Miao witch legacy.
With the experience from the yellow land before, Ning Beichen was not as worried this time.
After all, his situation was already dire; how much worse could it get? It was simply a matter of facing challenges as they came. With Ning Beichen’s abilities, he truly had nothing to fear.
“Last time it was insects, I wonder what kind of ghostly things will appear this time?”
Ning Beichen held his wooden sword and observed the surrounding primeval forest.
But for some reason?
Although Ning Beichen couldn’t see Li Haitang’s trace, he had a very strange feeling. He felt that Li Haitang was here, right beside him, all around him.
“Haitang, with Ning Beichen here, you will definitely succeed.”
Ning Beichen opened his mouth and shouted loudly, hoping Li Haitang could hear him. Then, he resolutely walked into the jungle with his wooden sword.
Ning Beichen was cautious, but so far, he hadn’t encountered any danger, which somewhat eased his tension.
He felt tired and sat down under a large tree to rest for a while.
However, before he could even sit down, several vines suddenly descended from above, instantly binding his feet and hanging him upside down.
Ning Beichen had been on guard against everything, yet he never expected his attacker to be a tree! This was utterly bizarre.
Ning Beichen swung upside down in the air, feeling the thorns on the vines pierce his body and drain his blood.
“My banana-pineapple-orange!”
Ning Beichen cursed loudly. He had been so careful, yet he couldn’t guard against a tree.
This was, in fact, a normal reaction. Anyone with a brain wouldn’t expect a tree to eat people!
This was not a world from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio!
Fortunately, Ning Beichen had weathered many storms. The tree’s sudden attack only startled him initially, but he quickly calmed down.
Ning Beichen tried to pull at the vines, only to discover that not only did they have thorns that injured his hands, but they were also tougher than hemp ropes, making them difficult to break by hand.
Moreover, Ning Beichen’s body was bound by these vines, making it hard for him to exert force to pull them.
After a few attempts at pulling, finding them unbreakable, Ning Beichen decisively abandoned that method and used the strength of his waist to spin himself in the air!
“Thousand Jin Drop!”
Ning Beichen roared, using the centrifugal force of his spin to execute the Thousand Jin Drop.
*Crack! Crack!*
The vines snapped under Ning Beichen’s forceful pull, and he fell headfirst from a height of over ten meters.
Just as his head was about to hit the ground, Ning Beichen punched the empty space below with both hands.
*Bang!*
Using the rebound force from his punch hitting the ground, Ning Beichen performed a nimble pigeon flip and landed softly.
However, his clothes were tattered with holes from the thorns of the vines.
“Despicable, and poisonous too!”
After landing, Ning Beichen felt a dizziness, immediately realizing the thorns were venomous.
But all he had was the wooden sword given to him by Li Haitang. All his other belongings were gone, and naturally, he had no antidote.
Furthermore, with the tree still present, it wouldn’t give him time to detoxify. Even if he wanted to detoxify, he would have to deal with the tree first.
Ning Beichen thrust his wooden sword at the tree!
*Phut!*
Just as Ning Beichen expected, the tree immediately turned into black smoke and ascended.
This wooden sword Li Haitang had given him was likely specifically for dealing with such things.
Ning Beichen had already verified this with the large, ox-sized insects before.
After the tree vanished into black smoke, Ning Beichen could barely hold on. He slumped to the ground, panting heavily. The poison in his body continued to act, his head buzzed, and everything he saw seemed to spin.