Chapter 287: Retreat

The bees apparently couldn't tolerate the unstoppable ants, and after the failure to expel them, the bees began to get anxious.

They are very inexperienced in dealing with ants, and in the past, ants did not perceive them as a threat to the hive, and the bees did not have a direct confrontation with ants.

So, in a fit of rage, the bees seem to have forgotten that they are not good at ground combat compared to ants.

Led by worker bees with pollen-stained legs on their legs, the bees descend between the scythe ants and the hive tree holes, blocking the ants' path to the hive. Then they huddled together and crawled towards the Scythe Hunter Scout.

The bees huddled together in an undulating line that looked a bit like the ants in formation. It's just that these bees are obviously not long in this kind of ground array, and the movements of the individual bees are not consistent, and the wings are too large to interfere with each other, this "military array" seems to be both loose and a little chaotic.

The scythe ants also gathered together, facing the direction the bees were coming from.

Soon, the two sides were close enough to be able to directly threaten each other.

The bees stopped, the first to wait for the last, and then bared their jaws at the ants.

Not to be outdone, the Scythe Hunters also formed a straight line, which was tighter and straighter than the bees on the other side, reflecting the discipline and organization that the Scythe Hunters had learned in the Divine Envoy King's legion. They also showed their sharp jaws at the bees.

The bees were in a mess and couldn't maintain the array, and some bees briefly rushed forward to bite an ant, but the scythe ant was always able to retreat quickly to avoid the bees' pounce.

But it is difficult for the bees to avoid the counterattack of the scythe hunters. Soon one or two bees that were too protruding were besieged by the scythe ants and were pulled back to their companions.

The nearby scythe ants immediately swarmed up and dragged the hapless worker bee into their own formation.

Seeing that their companions were besieged, the other worker bees finally couldn't bear it anymore, no longer maintained the line, and began to attack at will, and the battlefield was entangled.

This is exactly how the scythe hunters like to fight!

I saw that the scythe ants deftly dodged the sudden enemy attacks of the bees, they are natural warriors and hunters, good at fighting, and good at dealing with opponents larger than themselves.

More than a dozen worker bees were rounded around by dozens of hunting sickle ants. Except for a few worker bees that were dragged by the hunting sickle ants and couldn't get out, the other worker bees could only take off quickly to get rid of these difficult opponents.

The few worker bees that were left behind were quickly killed, and the scythe ants would take the opportunity to go around its back and bite at its neck until its head was cut off.

Witnessing the death of a companion finally brought out the ferocity of this swarm of bees.

The protagonist who watched the battle on a branch in the distance saw a swarm of worker bees returning to the nest, apparently calling the police.

Other worker bees hovered in the air, their abdomen forward, revealing the sharp needles of their abdomen.

Just when the protagonist thinks that the other party has evolved a stunt of long-range bee venom, he sees this group of bees fly down again. Apparently, their stings are not yet capable of attacking from a distance, which is good news for the ants.

Several worker bees try to parachute directly onto the back of the scythe ant and then attack the enemy with their stingers. They also finally realized that they were no match for the ants who were good at this when it came to ground fighting and big jaws.

But in the air, it's the world of bees.

The hunters also realized the threat and began to disperse, no longer running the group. As natural hunters, they are very knowledgeable about all kinds of insects and know the most appropriate tactics to deal with them in time.

Because the size of the hunting sickle ant is larger than that of the big-headed ant, the threat of the bee against them is also greater, and if the bee is really lying on the back and taking a needle, the outcome will not be much better than that of the bees that are climbed on their backs.

I saw the bees repeatedly swooping in the air trying to find an opportunity to sting the ants, while the hunting sickle ants moved left and right to dodge, and it was difficult to launch a counterattack against the bees in the air.

Although some hunting sickle ants also try to hold each other as the bees swoop, so that the bees cannot return. However, bees are excellent at flying, often avoiding the long-standing attacks of the scythe ants in the shortest possible time and at the last minute.

Air and ground superiority on both sides constrained each other, and the skirmish seemed to be at a stalemate.

At this time, I saw that a large number of bees began to gush out of the hole of the hive, and they took off at the branch platform under the tree hole, but they did not rush to join the battle not far away, but hovered in the air, waiting for their follow-up companions to join.

It was very large, and hundreds of bees gathered outside the hive, and these bees gathered together, like a black mist, and the piercing buzzing sound was uncomfortable even if it was several meters away, and it still pierced the protagonist's tentacles uncomfortably, and even the brain felt uncomfortable, as if he was forced to listen to the sound of an iron knife scraping through a porcelain plate.

The swarm finally began to move, heading for the battlefield not far away.

The scythes also have good eyesight and can see the arrival of a large swarm in advance. In fact, even big-headed ants with poor eyesight can recognize from the noisy sound that the enemy is coming.

This was only a tentative attack, and there was no need for the Scythe Hunters to fight to the death with superior enemies, they had already received orders.

After discovering that the enemy was approaching quickly and was no longer able to escape quickly on foot, the commander of the Scythe Hunter Squad quickly emitted a scent message.

Then, I saw that the hunting sickle ants seemed to be juggling, and they kicked all fours, and they broke away from the surface of the bark, and under the action of gravity, they fluttered and fell to the ground.

The height of several meters, the light body, and the resistance of the air determine that the ants will not be harmed even if they fall freely.

It's just that the drop location can't be mastered, but fortunately, there is no wind today, and the hunting sickle ants will not scatter too far, and they can return to the nest of "Dongyang City" on their own.

The bees apparently didn't anticipate the ants' move, and didn't make any moves when the ants were powerless to resist in the air.

The large swarm of bees came in a rage, but they looked blankly at the empty battlefield - the communication between bees was not very convenient, and some of the later bees did not know what was going on.

Just when the bee colony was wandering, the big-headed ant troops at the bottom of the trunk also began to withdraw one after another, and they were much calmer, and climbed all the way along the trunk under the leadership of the mantis tiger, without encountering obstacles.

The bees also returned to the nest after wandering for a while, and today's small conflict, although the loss of a few worker bees, did not attract attention, anyway, the hive was not attacked, it was just another ordinary day for the bees.