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

Chapter 194 Demon Spider
Ling Chengen grabbed the feathers on Bai Qingyu's back, lowered his body, and looked back.

"Wu Zhuo, hurry up—"

Other orcs also transformed into their beast forms. Some of them, not fast enough, simply turned into human form and jumped onto their companions' backs. The group moved swiftly through the dense forest like the wind.

Wu Zhuo quickly caught up, saying cheerfully, "You guys are fast! Those sixth-tier golden-winged bees are really smart; they turned around almost immediately after realizing something was wrong."

Ling Chengen used his mental power to check behind him. There weren't many Golden Winged Bees chasing after him. There were only five sixth-tier Golden Winged Bees and dozens of fourth and fifth-tier ones. The remaining Golden Winged Bees were guarding the queen bee.

Ling Chengen tilted his head to avoid the branches extending above and said to Su Weihua beside him, "We are heading towards the western route of the Luolu Mountains. Are you sure this route is okay?"

Su Weihua nodded and calmly asked in return, "Didn't you want to hunt rabbits?"

"There are a few good hunting spots over there."

Ling Chengen let out a soft sigh and said, "Hopefully we can get rid of these annoying golden-winged bees before we reach the hunting grounds."

Su Weihua smiled and said confidently, "Don't worry, they won't chase us too far."

Each bee colony has a fixed range of activity and will not easily enter unfamiliar territory.

Su Weihua spoke up to remind Wu Zhuo, who had flown to the front: "Be vigilant. The area ahead is the territory of the Bull Demon Poison Spider. They like to spin webs at low altitudes to hunt. The webs are very sticky and difficult to remove once you get stuck."

"Golden-winged wasps are on the diet of the bull-headed spider, so they don't easily enter their territory."

"So... Wu Zhuo, you'd better not fly anymore."

“Dia, give him a ride.”

The giant leopard following Su Weihua nodded, then suddenly accelerated to catch up with Wu Zhuo in front. It leaped and knocked the somewhat smug Wu Zhuo down from mid-air. Before he hit the ground, it caught Wu Zhuo's wing in its mouth and tossed him onto its back.

Wu Zhuo was hit hard and felt dizzy, but he was physically strong. When he was thrown onto the leopard's back, he quickly transformed back into human form, hooked his arm around the leopard's neck, and jumped onto its back.

He lowered his upper body, grimacing as he rubbed his sore back, and said through gritted teeth, "Dia, you really didn't hold back at all. If I really broke a bone, I can rely on you for the next two weeks and have you serve me."

Diya chuckled, "It's because Su Weihua called you just now, and you didn't react at all."

"Besides, this is nothing. I wasn't going very fast. If I had hit you at top speed, you would be lying there unable to move by now."

Su Weihua: "Bai Qingyu, you come down too."

Ling Chengen had already spotted the dense spiderweb ahead. She jumped off Bai Qingyu's back and transformed into her beast form. Bai Qingyu landed on her back and dodged a purple spider about two finger-lengths long. She frowned and said, "We've already entered the territory of the Bull Demon Poison Spider, haven't we?"

Su Weihua slowed down, and the others noticed that there were white spider webs everywhere.

Meanwhile, the relentless golden-winged bees slowed down at some point, lingering about five or six hundred meters behind them for a while before finally giving up on going any further and turning back.

Once they were sure the golden-winged bees were no longer following them, the group slowed down to avoid accidentally getting caught in the spider webs in the forest and attracting an attack from the venomous bull-headed spiders.

The size of the Bull Demon Poison Spider is not large. Most of the spiders are no more than five centimeters long. Only a few high-ranking Bull Demon Poison Spiders will grow to a huge size depending on their rank.

Moreover, the bull-demon tarantula hunts alone, unlike the golden-winged bee, and they generally do not launch group attacks.

Each venomous spider guards its own hunting territory, catching prey that gets caught in its web.

Ling Chengen stopped, lifted his left foot, and looked down at a small venomous spider busy weaving a web on a blade of grass. It was furry and looked rather cute, except that it had a pair of hard, short horns on its head that looked like bull horns.

Su Wei entered the forest as if returning to his happy hometown, and he knew the more dangerous things in the forest like the back of his hand.

"Try not to step on this kind of spider, as being bitten is very troublesome."

Su Weihua: "We didn't have much antidote when we set off, so it's not worth using it on the Bull Demon Spider."

Ling Chengen twisted his body, avoiding the industrious little spider on the ground, and asked Zhi Lü curiously, "Can this kind of venomous spider hurt you?"

Zhilu shook her head and said, "Not in beast form."

Her beast form has a strong defense, with her whole body covered in fine short hair and covered in carapace. These small poisonous spiders cannot break through her defenses and therefore cannot hurt her.

“The venomous spider is on my menu.”

Zhilu smiled at Ling Chengen, raised a spider's web, poked the motionless venomous spider off the web, caught it in her mouth, and ate it.

Ling Chengen's eyes widened slightly: "Won't swallowing it raw cause direct poisoning?"

“I don’t know how, but I don’t recommend you try.” Zhilu’s voice carried a hint of amusement.

Bai Qingyu looked at the curious Ling Chengen and whispered a reminder: "The orc race determines their characteristics and resistances in certain aspects. For example, your sense of smell, eyesight, and physical reactions are all top-notch. Most spider-like orcs are quite strong in terms of resistance to poison."

After figuring it out, Ling Chengen instantly lost interest in the Bull Demon Poison Spider and turned to ask their guide, Su Weihua, "Besides using the Bull Demon Poison Spider to get rid of the Golden Winged Bees, do you have any other purpose in leading us on this route?"

Su Weihua smiled and said, "The territory of the Bull Demon Poison Spider is quite large. Although it is somewhat dangerous here, it is precisely because of this that many good things are hidden here."

"There should be quite a few rare medicinal herbs here, and there are many low shrubs scattered around. It should be the season when berries are ripe in large quantities."

"However, you should cover your skin before picking them to avoid being bitten by poisonous spiders hiding in the bushes. Also, do not pick any green or purplish-black berries."

"why?"

"Poisonous, right?" Zhilu seemed quite familiar with this, explaining, "Some shrubs bear poisonous berries, mostly purple and black. Since many orcs can't tell the difference, it's safest not to pick these colored berries."

"As for why green berries cannot be picked, it's because green berries are all unripe. Poisonous berries are also green when they are unripe, so it's impossible to tell them apart."

Zhi Lü plunged directly into a clump of dark green bushes in his beast form, hooked a plant with his legs, and slowly walked out. He casually shook off the little bull demon spiders on his body and tossed the berry plant he was hanging on his legs in front of the group.

“This one is poisonous,” Zhilu said with certainty.

Ling Chengen confirmed that there were no small spiders on the plant before reaching out and pinching the stem. She looked at it for a while and felt that the plant's shape and the shape of its berries were somewhat like black nightshade and also somewhat like climbing pokeweed.

Black nightshade is edible. Although it contains toxins, the toxicity is very low, and it is also a very useful medicinal herb, with all parts of it being used in medicine.

The plants in the Beast World are bound to be somewhat different from those she had seen before, so Ling Chengen wasn't 100% certain, and thus used the system's scanning function to identify them.

It was finally confirmed that the thing in my hand was not black nightshade, but a variant of Phytolacca americana.

The entire plant is highly poisonous. The berries, in particular, are extremely poisonous; if you eat just three, even a miracle won't save you, and you'll be on your way to see your great-grandmother.

Ling Chengen handed the hanging pokeweed to Bai Qingyu, told him its name, and emphasized the danger it posed.

To ensure that everyone in the hunting team would admit their mistake later, he even showed it to each of them before throwing it back into the bushes.

As the weather in the north gradually turned cold, they had plenty of clothes in their luggage, so everyone wrapped themselves up as Su Weihua had suggested to avoid being bitten and poisoned.

Although the venom of the Bull Demon Spider is highly toxic, orcs bitten by it will not die instantly. They will experience nausea, dizziness, vomiting, palpitations, and even hallucinations for half an hour. However, as long as they take the antidote within half an hour and rest for a while, they will recover.

The antidote doesn't need to be formulated specifically for the venom of the bull-demon spider. Currently, most tribal shamans prepare commonly used antidotes, which are effective against most poisonous bites, although the effectiveness varies.

The berry grove was deep within the territory of the Bull Demon Spider, so they proceeded cautiously from beginning to end, and soon came to a grove full of various berries.

The berry-bearing shrubs were not clustered together, but scattered among the giant trees, where the berries grew particularly well, especially in places where sunlight could penetrate.

Each person carried a large basket on their back, had strips of cloth wrapped around their hands, and held a long stick.

A stick can be used to stir up bushes, which can scare away small spiders hiding under the bushes and also clear away obstructing leaves to prevent you from sticking your hand under the bushes and getting bitten by other things.

After all, there are more than just demons and venomous spiders here.

The harvesting process is tedious, but the abundant harvest brings joy.

The berry grove was larger than Ling Chengen had anticipated, so the picking took quite a while, and it wasn't until the afternoon that the berries in the vicinity were basically all picked.

There were other places further away, of course, but she gave up on them.

Since setting off this morning, the entire team has barely rested. When they got hungry at noon, they simply ate some dry rations.

"Let's go catch rabbits and have rabbit meat for dinner," Ling Chengen suggested.

Bai Qingyu was already starving. He had only eaten two steamed buns and a fruit for lunch, which barely filled his stomach. The others were also ravenous. When they heard that they were going to catch rabbits for dinner, they immediately broke their previous gloom and quiet and started discussing excitedly.

Ling Chengen glanced at it twice and asked, "Is the hunting spot you mentioned far away?"

Su Weihua tilted her head back, squinted slightly, and observed the angle of the sunlight through the gaps in the branches and leaves above.

"The hunting grounds aren't far from here, but I'm not the only one who knows about that place. I've taken people from the Snow Wolf Tribe there before, so we might run into them."

"So what if we run into them? We in Shilin aren't afraid of them," Wu Zhuo said, beaming.

Zhilu smiled and said, "The Luolu Mountains are not far from the Stone Forest. They only lost to us this spring, so they shouldn't have the guts to start another fight between the two tribes."

Su Weihua did not respond. After recovering, he often went out with the hunting team in Shilin. The hunting team went north more often, so he was able to find out some information about the Snow Wolf Tribe along the way.

Su Kang is no longer the chieftain of the Snow Wolf Tribe. He has left the tribe with his partner and youngest son, and their whereabouts are currently unknown.

Su Weihua tried to find out about them, but to no avail.

It's not that I want to help them, but I need to find out where they went, in case Su Kang finds another opportunity to make a comeback.

Some people are safer to keep an eye on than to be left unchecked and allowed to develop unchecked.

Without Su Kang, the Snow Wolf Tribe had nothing to do with him anymore, as he was a former young chieftain who had been sent away.

Therefore, he was not worried about any awkward situations that might arise when he led the hunting team from the Stone Forest and encountered his former tribesmen.

After all, he is not the one who should feel ashamed.

"Go this way, it won't take more than half a beast hour to get there."

Su Weihua raised his hand and waved. The members of the hunting team, who had been getting used to each other along the way, gradually developed a tacit understanding and soon followed his pace in an orderly manner.

On the way to the hunting grounds, you have to pass through a woodland swamp.

The swamp was not large and looked no different from normal ground.

Su Weihua kept walking and looking around until she saw a marked tree. She quickly stopped and raised her hand to signal the people behind her to stop.

He climbed directly up the giant tree marked with a knife, then untied the vines wrapped around the branches and said to Ling Chengen below, "The woodland swamp is just ahead. We can't go any further. You guys climb up in a bit and swing across using these vines. Watch my footing and don't stray off course, or it will be very difficult to climb back up."

"There are small forest crocodiles in the woodland swamp; be careful to avoid their attacks."

Ling Chengen immediately climbed the tree, stood a little behind him, nodded and said, "Okay, you lead the way, I'll go second."

"Ayu, you cover the rear."

Bai Qingyu nodded, having no objection to this.

There were only two flying orcs, plus a bag, but the bag was a glutton and started complaining of hunger early on. It ran away around noon. Ling Chengen only told it not to go too far and to come back when it heard the whistle, and then let it go out for a stroll.

The three flying creatures could carry the team over in trips, but it would be too slow and would waste Bai Qingyu and Wu Zhuo's energy. Ling Chengen didn't plan to do that, since they had other options.

After untangling the thick vines that were wrapped around the tree branch, Su Weihua pulled on them a few times to make sure they were secure before swinging forward and jumping onto another, even larger tree.

The spot he chose was quite good; it had more horizontal branches and thicker trunks.

After Su Weihua went over, she immediately swung the rope back in her hand. Ling Chengen reached out and caught it, then looked at Zhilu, who had already climbed up and was standing behind her, and said, "Watch your footing. I'm going over first."

Zhilu nodded, then watched her jump over before grabbing the vine that had been flung back.

Before she could even swing to the other side, a sound suddenly came from the swamp, which looked no different from an ordinary woodland.

The swamp, piled high with fallen leaves, withered branches, and broken wood, suddenly surged. A dozen or so forest crocodiles, which had approached without her noticing, all surfaced, right in the path she had taken.

Although Su Weihua had said before that the forest crocodiles in this swamp were only small crocodiles, she felt that these crocodiles didn't seem to be much smaller than the crocodiles in the river!

Zhi Lu narrowed her eyes slightly, gripped the vine in her hand tightly, and shouted towards the opposite side, "Su Weihua, these forest crocodiles shouldn't be able to jump, right?"

If these creatures could actually jump up and hunt, she'd probably be done for today.