Chapter 1520: The Gluttonous Xiong Wang

"Smack!"

"Roar————"

Sniffing the foul stench and seeing humans appear in its territory, the Northern Xiong Wang slapped the stone pillar beside it to pieces and let out a thunderous, intimidating roar.

"Whine————"

Broken-Waist Wolf leapt and landed in front of Xia Qing, its fur bristling all over as it bared a mouthful of fangs at the Xiong Wang.

The two gua? Hugging together squatting on the big tree beside the Xiong Wang — unclear whether they'd climbed up themselves or been swatted up there by the Xiong Wang.

Barely over a meter tall, standing before the Xiong Wang whose height exceeded four meters when upright, Xia Qing — small, innocent, and pitiful — took off her protective mask, and before she could speak she caught a whiff of a familiar stench beyond description. No need to ask — this spot was definitely within fifty meters of where the plucked yellow weasel had knocked out the Fierce Fire Team Two's olfactory Evolver.

Xia Qing ignored the stench and tried her best to greet him calmly. "Xiong Wang, my lord, long time no see. I'm the human Xia Qing."

"Roar!!!"

"Crack—"

The Xiong Wang, just woken up, didn't care whether the one across from it was Xia Qing or Dongqing — it roared regardless, and casually swatted a six-meter-plus sapling in half along the way.

Relying on her keen hearing, Xia Qing confirmed the Xiong Wang had recognized her. She immediately pulled an egg from her backpack, held it in her right palm, slowed her speech, and gestured with her left hand as she communicated with the Xiong Wang. "Bear Brother, I'm really sorry. My enemy ran into Bear Brother's territory and burrowed into the big tree that is Daigua and Ergua's home…"

"Ooo ee yaa…" Daigua on the tree chimed in immediately. The Xiong Wang ignored the monkey in the tree, only staring murderously at the one behind the wolf.

Xia Qing pulled out her phone from her pocket and continued gesturing. "Daugua sent me a message asking me to come protect it. Bear Brother doesn't have a phone, so I could only contact Broken-Waist…"

The Broken-Waist Wolf, which had been roaring at the Xiong Wang, immediately turned its head, swallowed the egg in Xia Qing's palm in one bite, then pulled a phone from its protective suit pocket, tapped it open with its nose, and dialed Xia Qing's number.

"Broken-Waist, you're really too clever — worthy of being the Queen, my lord's favorite Evolved wolf, worthy of being an Evolved wolf standing at the top of the Jin Zita." After praising Broken-Waist Wolf, Xia Qing showed the Xiong Wang the call screen, then hung up and corrected herself. "Because the bad humans were under the tree, Daigua didn't dare call me, so it chose to send a silent message to ask me for help."

Broken-Waist Wolf immediately tapped Xia Qing's head and sent her a sticker.

"Right, exactly this method. Broken-Waist, you're really too clever, worthy of being…"

"Roar—"

The monkey across from her chattered endlessly, and the Xiong Wang impatiently opened its mouth and roared again. Xia Qing immediately got back on topic, turned her phone screen toward the Xiong Wang so it could see the sticker Daigua had sent itself, and continued explaining slowly with gestures. "Daugua sent me a message. Because my territory is too far from Bear Brother's territory, and my helicopter has been sent in for maintenance, I could only ask the wolf pack to come help rescue Daigua…"

Xia Qing patiently explained three times, and the Xiong Wang's killing intent finally subsided. It bounded forward in a great leap, charging toward the area saturated with the intruders' scent.

The strong anesthetic gas near the tree hollow should have mostly dispersed by now. Xia Qing immediately put her protective mask back on and chased after it with Broken-Waist Wolf. Daigua, carrying Ergua on its back, bounded through the trees to keep up.

The Xiong Wang inspected several battle zones inside the basin, finally stopping in front of the tree hollow. With one slap it swatted the fallen treetop flying and let out a great roar to declare sovereignty.

Watching Huo Zhun, lying prone outside the basin, was afraid Yang Jin would get nervous, so he explained to him, "Brother Jin, don't worry. The Xiong Wang likes to roar a few times when it's got nothing to do. With Brother Duan and Daigua around, it won't hurt Sister Qing."

Yang Jin nodded and said calmly, "Brother Duan and Sister Qing are both members of the Northern Wolf Pack. Of course the Xiong Wang wouldn't dare make a move — otherwise the Queen, my lord would come settle the score with it."

Huo Zhun glanced at the wolf pack several dozen meters away and nodded cheerfully.

After declaring sovereignty, the Xiong Wang hooked the foreign object inside the tree hollow with its claws and yanked it outward. A two-meter-tall tin shack came out, becoming a plaything in the Xiong Wang's paw.

The Xiong Wang sniffed it, shook its head, bared its sharp fangs, and roared as it raised its great paw.

"Bear Brother, don't smack it!"

Xia Qing immediately pulled a jar of honey from her backpack, unscrewed it, held it forward, and explained with gestures, "Bear Brother, can I trade this jar of Green Lantern honey for the thing you're holding? Green Lantern honey — Bear Sister and the greedy little bear both like it…"

Seeing the Xiong Wang toss aside the tin shack and extend its huge black paw toward her, Xia Qing immediately shut up and placed the one-jin jar onto the Xiong Wang's black paw.

Seeing the Xiong Wang not withdraw its paw, Xia Qing, very sensibly, screwed the honey lid tight, then nimbly pulled a sturdy grass rope she'd braided herself from her backpack, firmly tied up the honey jar, and hung it on the Xiong Wang's paw.

As the Xiong Wang headed north carrying the rope, it glanced back at Xia Qing standing in place. Broken-Waist Wolf nudged Xia Qing, signaling her to follow.

"Coming!" Xia Qing hoisted the tin shack, taller than herself, onto her shoulder and followed the Xiong Wang toward the lake.

After walking a stretch, the Xiong Wang stopped, set the honey jar down, walked a few meters ahead, stood up, and leaned against an aggressive Qiang-evolved sapling only ten meters tall beside the beast trail to scratch an itch.

The attacked sapling wildly whipped its vines, launching indiscriminate attacks with the whoosh of wind — the sound alone made Xia Qing's scalp tingle. But the Xiong Wang stretched its body, let the vines scratch its itch for a while, then picked up the honey jar and continued on.

Xia Qing carried the box and, following Broken-Waist Wolf, went around the Xiong Wang's dedicated scratch-tree to catch up. Reaching the hot spring lake, the Xiong Wang set the honey on a rock, lazily lay down in the hot spring, and extended its great paw toward Xia Qing.

Xia Qing…

This thing must have gotten beaten up by its parents plenty as a cub!

But it had grown up now, and Xia Qing couldn't afford to offend it. She could only pull out food. "This is the Green Lantern egg I brought. Bear Brother, have a taste?"

The Xiong Wang tossed the tiny egg into its mouth and extended its great paw again. Xia Qing nimbly offered a cabbage. "This is the Green Lantern cabbage I grew. Bear Brother, see if you like it."

The cabbage was a bit bigger, so the Xiong Wang stuffed it in its mouth, chewed a few times before swallowing, and extended its great paw again. Xia Qing placed a white radish on its great paw, and along the way gave Broken-Waist Wolf a bag of freeze-dried treats, and Daigua and Ergua two chestnuts each. When the Xiong Wang extended its great paw once more, Xia Qing opened her backpack and showed it to the Xiong Wang. "Bear Brother, I came out on a rescue this trip and didn't bring much food. There's nothing left in the backpack."

Broken-Waist Wolf, eating the freeze-dried treats, stared at Xia Qing's bulging protective suit pocket, lost in thought.

The Xiong Wang looked at the small backpack with its shiny black eyes, then lifted its nose to sniff, closed its eyes, and continued soaking.

Excellent! Xia Qing quickly pulled out the Yi-snake catching net from her backpack, fixed it to an iron rod, then extended and tightened the rod. She calmly negotiated with the local lord. "Bear Brother, can I scoop up a few small snakes to take back and eat?"

The Xiong Wang, lying in the water, wiggled its toes.

"Great! Many thanks, Bear Brother. You're truly worthy of being an evolved giant bear standing at the top of Blue Star's Jin Zita — so generous, no wonder Bear Sister likes you so much!" Xia Qing took off her protective suit and put on a diving suit, instructing, "Broken-Waist, help me watch the bag and weapons. Bear Brother, keep an eye on the giant python for me. I'm going to scoop up a few small snakes."

Broken-Waist Wolf immediately extended its great paw.

"Don't worry, once I scoop them up I'll definitely share two with you to take back and give to the Queen, my lord." With that, Xia Qing carried the net to where the water was waist-deep, stopped, sprinkled a packet of bait into the water, and waited for the Yi snakes to appear.