54: 28cm long (thanks to Big Brother Cat Head for support)

“Your strength isn't weak, but unfortunately, your combat experience is too poor; you're far worse than that kid.”

The middle-aged man seemed to have finally found his confidence.

He was an Eight-Star Fighter after all; how could he be forced into such a sorry state by a Five-Star Fighter?

It wasn't that his own strength had regressed, but that kid was just too abnormal!

“Let go of Xiao Yu! Don't you fear being hunted by Canaan Academy if you dare to kidnap its students?”

With blood at the corner of his mouth, Ke Lin stood up, his angry eyes fixed on the opponent.

“Hmph, if I weren't worried about that kid, I would have killed all of you today. If the news doesn't get out, who would know it was us?”

The middle-aged man sneered. The Black-Corner Region was known for its chaos, and it wasn't Canaan Academy's turn to dominate.

Glancing at Ke Lin, who was charging again, the middle-aged man once more unleashed his Blood Poison Palm.

Bang!

Gathering all the Qi in his body, Ke Lin clashed palms with him.

The middle-aged man retreated three steps, while Ke Lin retreated a full ten steps.

After stabilizing his body, Ke Lin didn't give up. Just as he was about to mobilize his Qi, he suddenly saw a dark red color spreading under his skin, along his arm towards his shoulder.

“Blood Poison? Are you from the Blood Sect?” Ke Lin's pupils constricted, and he felt a desire to retreat.

“Come at me if you're not afraid of death.”

Being recognized didn't surprise the middle-aged man at all. Watching Ke Lin's grim expression, he slowly retreated, his figure gradually disappearing among the winter sun flowers.

Buzz buzz!

Just then, the sound of Red Bees flapping their wings suddenly grew louder.

“Not good, that kid actually got rid of them.” Hearing the commotion, the middle-aged man immediately understood what was happening, and his expression changed drastically... Just a few minutes earlier.

Seeing Lin Xiu attack the Red Bee King, the middle-aged man burst out.

He didn't target Lin Xiu but aimed at the few pillars supporting the Red Bee hive.

With Qi surging, the middle-aged man kicked all the pillars down, then turned and ran.

Without the pillars, the hive fell, and the commotion woke the Red Bee King, who had been startled by the thunder.

It dodged Lin Xiu's incoming sword and let out a sharp cry.

The Red Bees, originally scattered at the edge of Dongyang Valley collecting nectar, all stopped their movements, looked in unison towards the hive, and then flew back with all their might.

“Damn it! It's him again!” When the middle-aged man appeared, Lin Xiu recognized him at a glance.

Now seeing his strike miss, Lin Xiu's anger surged, but he didn't give up.

Tapping his toes lightly on the ground, Lin Xiu's speed increased dramatically, constantly closing the distance between himself and the Red Bee King.

Red Bees around Lin Xiu attacked him. He used his right hand to block with his sword, and for Red Bees he couldn't block, he directly used his left hand.

Sword light flashed among the winter sun flowers, and large numbers of Red Bees were decapitated, falling to the ground.

The Red Bee King shrieked incessantly, its body like a red lightning bolt, disappearing into the Red Bee swarm, looking for an opportunity to attack.

Its tail, the stinger, gradually turned red, like a shining ruby needle.

After circling a few times, it saw Lin Xiu's long sword slip from his hand and quickly rushed over.

“Finally decided to come over? Haha, you fell for it!”

Facing the Red Bee King's stinger, Lin Xiu showed no panic.

“Physique, add points!”

At this moment, Lin Xiu directly added his Physique to 30 points, leaving him with only 8 attribute points.

His body's fatigue vanished, his heart pounded violently in his chest, and terrifying power gradually erupted.

Bang bang bang!

The deep sound even drowned out the buzzing of the surrounding Red Bees.

With each heartbeat, Lin Xiu clearly felt his strength increase by a fraction.

Raising his left hand, he allowed the Red Bee King's stinger to pierce it. Lin Xiu could feel a hot, burning power surging into his arm, but he ignored it.

“Ben Lei Palm!”

Looking at the Red Bee King right in front of him, Lin Xiu's mouth curved into a cold sneer. His most lethal Move was never his sword, but his palm!

His palm carried thunder, electric light flashing, and the surrounding Red Bees seemed to be scared, becoming silent.

His palm covered the Red Bee King's body.

Bang!

Although the Red Bee King was a Second-Tier Demonic Beast, its body was still too fragile compared to the thick-skinned Water Tiger Beast.

With the eruption of thunder power, the Red Bee King's head was directly blown open, and blood splattered.

Lin Xiu directly reached his right hand into the Red Bee King's half-severed abdomen, grasped a hard object inside, and pulled it out.

It was a twenty-eight-centimeter long, thumb-thick stinger.

“What grade is this? It's as long as mine, but less than a third of my thickness.”

With the item in hand, Lin Xiu stored it in his naring and picked up the sword that had fallen to the ground.

At this point, Lin Xiu was surprised to find that the surrounding Red Bees no longer attacked him; they seemed to have mistaken him for the Red Bee King, all circling around him.

“Interesting.” Lin Xiu glanced at his left arm. On his swollen arm, there was a thumb-sized hole, left by the Red Bee King's stinger piercing through earlier.

At this moment, black liquid continuously flowed out from it, emitting an unpleasant stench.

“Everyone says fire poison is terrifying and that being stung will be very uncomfortable, but why don't I feel anything?”

Lin Xiu was a bit surprised. After being struck by the middle-aged man's palm earlier, his arm had remained cold. After being stung by the Bee King, the coldness disappeared, and it became warm instead.

“Could it be that the fire poison helped me resolve the blood poison?”

A bold idea flashed through Lin Xiu's mind. He felt that his situation fit perfectly. “If I remember correctly, alien flames are very effective against the Blood Sect's Cultivation Technique Qi, and Red Bees are fire-attributed Demonic Beasts, so it seems normal that its fire poison could counteract blood poison.”

After all, the middle-aged man's blood poison was not pure; it seemed to have been introduced into his body by someone else.

As a Second-Tier Demonic Beast, the Red Bee King's fire poison was definitely significant; at least, compared to the middle-aged man, who was still a Fighter, its fire poison seemed more potent.

“Forget it, I won't think about these things for now. It's rude not to return a favor, and a gentleman's revenge is never too late, even a minute is a loss. Time to settle the score with him!”

Ignoring the Red Bees, Lin Xiu chased in the direction the middle-aged man had left.

The winter sun flowers were very lush, and walking through them, the buzzing of Red Bees in his ears was incessant.

Lin Xiu's advantage in finding people was greatly reduced. His normally advantageous five senses now seemed somewhat useless.

Listening to the buzzing, Lin Xiu felt like his head was going to explode; it was more annoying than hearing his alarm clock in the morning.

Yet, Lin Xiu couldn't turn it off. The number of Red Bees was too great for him to kill them all in a short time.

Just then, Lin Xiu suddenly stopped. “It sounds like someone is talking? How did I hear Xiao Yu's name? Why would that woman be here?”

Hesitating for a second, Lin Xiu rushed towards that direction.

Qi echoed within his body, and Lin Xiu's feet seemed to take on the shape of wind, making him float over the winter sun flowers.

Large numbers of Red Bees followed behind Lin Xiu, like a dark red cloud.

Soon, Lin Xiu saw a familiar figure.

The middle-aged man also saw Lin Xiu, who was charging over the winter sun flowers, bringing a large swarm of Red Bees. He had no intention of fighting, turning to run immediately.

With so many Red Bees, if he were surrounded, he would definitely be in deep trouble. He couldn't get entangled with him!

Unable to understand how Lin Xiu could bring so many Red Bees, the middle-aged man now had no fighting spirit whatsoever.

“Trying to run? Did I give you permission, old man!”

Lin Xiu casually grabbed a Red Bee next to him, squeezed it with his five fingers, and the Red Bee exploded. He held a stinger and threw it towards the middle-aged man's back.

Whoosh!

The air was torn, emitting a sharp whistle.

The middle-aged man had no choice but to dodge to the side, and the distance between the two was immediately closed.