In the Secret Forest, Lin Huang’s body had shrunk to a size of fewer than two millimeters tall. Everything seemed so massive to him.


    Lin Huang felt that even an ordinary palm-sized leaf could bepared to a huge dome. Trees in the Secret Forest were like towering cliffs that nobody could pass through.


    Fortunately, hisbat strength and telekic power were not affected. The region detected by his Territory skill and his Divine Telekinesis were not restricted as well. He could still detect what was within a 4,000-meter radius and take great advantage of it. Under such circumstances in which all the creatures were shrunken, the coverage of his detection was expanded to 1,000 timesrger. This allowed him to travel without obstacles and avoid danger.


    Of course, Lin Huang did not bypass all the obstacles. Most of the time, he would choose to fight through it, going through all the obstacles in the shortest possible time. Only when he encountered monsters like the Witch Petals or obstacles that were rather troublesome or regions that he could hardly get through in a short period of time, he would ask the Mighty Ape for help to make it through these areas.


    Standing on the Mighty Ape’s shoulder, Lin Huang suddenly warned, "There’s a ho nest not far away from us. Let’s prepare for a fight."


    Roar!


    The Mighty Ape let out a low growl, slowing down its crawling speed, and was on alert.


    After a short while, Lin Huang then detected the ho nest with his Divine Telekinesis.


    The ck ho nest was not veryrge. It was approximately the size of two human fists and was hanging on one of the tree branches.


    However, the ho nest was extremely huge to Lin Huang in his condition. Each of the hos that were flying around the nest was a few timesrger than him. Some of them were even ten timesrger than Lin Huang.


    "The Combat Hodemon is on the 56th checkpoint for real. Perhaps it’s the remaining Combat Hodemons on the 55th checkpoint that built these hives after the monster horde. Fortunately, the ho nest became much smaller since the Combat Hodemons shrank. There should be less than 20,000 Combat Hodemons in the hive."


    Combat Hodemons were monsters on the 56th checkpoint. Their nests were everywhere on the 56th checkpoint of the Stairway Tree.


    Combat Hodemons were demons that liked confrontation. They had powerful territorial awareness, killing any creatures that attempted to invade their territory.


    Theirbat strength normally ranged from immortal-level rank-7 to rank-9. Their personal abilities were not that strong, but they were not afraid of death, and they liked to gather in a swarm and were venomous.


    Contact with their venom resulted in pain and itching. The poison would spread quickly throughout a person’s body. ck pustules would grow non-stop, and the fluid inside was contagious, and the infection could spread to others. The venom would only work on the surface of the skin in the beginning. However, after more than 24 hours, it would prate through the flesh and burrow deep into the organs after 36 hours. Even the brain would be infected. Eventually, the infected person would then die.


    There was a slight difference in theposition of the venom in each of the Combat Hodemons’ body. However, the venom could work in multiple doses.


    If an immortal-level rank-9 was injected with a Combat Hodemon’s venom, the person could only survive for, at most, 40 hours. If a second shot were given to this person by a second Combat Hodemon, the destructive effect would be multiplied and the time for it to take effect would be reduced by half. This meant that this person could only live for a maximum of 20 hours. If this person were stung by a third Combat Hodemon, the venomous effect would be even worse. Of course, the person’s physique had to be able to support the multiplier effect of the poison. Most immortal-levels would die as they could not take it after getting poisoned by more than three Combat Hodemons.


    Most imperial-levels would avoid ces with arge swarm of Combat Hodemons. This was also the reason why they did not want to offend monsters like this. The venom of a Combat Hodemon seemed to have no effect on an imperial-level. However, if seven or eight Combat Hodemons attacked one, the imperial-level would be poisoned due to the multiplier effect of the venom. Since the number of poison multiplier was high, they would still die.


    Seeing the ho nest from afar, even the Mighty Ape, who was usually not afraid of anything, stopped moving forward. Although it could not recognize the Combat Hodemons, it could still sense that the monster was threatening.


    "Since we’ve encountered the Combat Hodemons here, it’s time to try a few of the hunting skills that I’ve previously thought of," Lin Huang mumbled, "Charcoal’s dragon mes can restrict the Combat Hodemon’s venom; Bai’s Vampire Particles can be an excellent defense against the Combat Hodemon’s attack. Because of Tyrant’s defenses and its physique, it has no fear of the Combat Hodemon’s poison. Lancelot’s Dark Mirror can perfectly guard against the Combat Hodemon’s attack. Its Saber Dao Territory and Sword Maniption are good skills to attack with. Kylie’s Lightning Control can be a counter to the negative effects and should be effective for the demonized poison while the Ghastly Clown’s telekic power and illusion skill are good for fighting in a group. The Eclipse Boa’s engulfment ability has no fear of the poison as well. There are also two fiends with advanced-level bloodlines (The witch is now with Lin Xin)."


    Although the Mighty Ape that had gone through its third mutation was not weak, its ability was still weaker than Bai and the rest. It was not suitable to fight a venomous monster like the Combat Hodemon.


    "This fight is not yours to take up. Get some rest first. We’ll continue our journeyter."


    After recalling the Mighty Ape, Lin Huang then crushed the monster cards. Charcoal, Bai, Tyrant and the rest were summoned, and they appeared in front of Lin Huang.


    "The nts..." Bai frowned. Charcoal and the rest noticed that the nts over there were strange as well.


    "There are some special rules imposed in this forest. All creatures that enter, including local creatures, will be 1,000 times smaller," Lin Huang exined briefly and immediately got back to his main point. "The reason why I summoned all of you today is to kill the Combat Hodemons. Bloody will be in charge of the battle."


    After briefly describing his n, Bloody then projected the Combat Hodemon’s information.


    Bloody did not directly join the fight. He was in charge of strategizing the entire battle to maximize everyone’s efficiency to kill. Parasitism would not work on creatures with abat strength higher than Bloody’s. It was currently on immortal-level rank-4 while the weakest Combat Hodemon was on immortal-level rank-7. If itsbat strength were not restricted, Bloody could fight all the Combat Hodemons alone regardless of how many of them there were.


    "This is just a warm-up battle. There’s only a small number of Combat Hodemons. I hope that all of you can try your best to follow Bloody’s n, killing the monsters at the highest efficiency. The number of enemies will be hundreds of timesrger during the fight on the 56th checkpoint. It’ll be much more difficult. Not all of you are immune to the Combat Hodemon’s poison, but I hope not to see any injuries," Lin Huang nced at the Supreme Overlord as he said. He was not worried about the rest, but the Clown was quite a character.


    Seeing Lin Huang looking at it, the Supreme Overlord stuck its tongue out, shing a funny face.


    Lin Huang then let Bloody take over the conversation. Bloody began distributing the work to each of them.


    After a short while, Bloody was done assigning tasks to them.


    "Alright, let the ughter begin!"


    Lin Huang raised his hand up, pointing towards the ho’s nest from afar. Before he could finish his words, Bai and the rest had already headed towards the hive.