Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

Once everything was finished, all Leo needed to do now is to wait for Chief Lago and Iasiah to bring him the first batch of Treasure Beetles.

Fortunately, it didn't take that long for them to arrive. Behind them were approximately around 15 to 20 Treasure Beetles. And all of them were either only in the No Star to 1 Star level.

"Great!" Leo was immediately delighted to see such a sight. Although the number of Treasure Beetles was more than what he had expected, they were at least still something that he could handle.

Leo quickly prepared himself as he waited for Chief Lago and Iasiah to enter his trap.

Unfortunately, though...

"Where is Mister Loki...?" Iasiah asked while feeling a bit nervous after seeing that Mister Loki still didn't appear even though they have already arrived.

"Don't worry, I can still feel his presence nearby. Come," Chief Lago assured Iasiah before taking him towards where he had felt Leo's presence.

"Okay!" Iasiah nodded his head.

Soon, they finally saw where Leo was hiding at. But curiously though, the latter was actually pointing his hands somewhere while saying something.

"Do you know what he's saying?" Chief Lago is really confused about what Leo wanted to tell them.

"Wait, let me check," Iasiah replied before trying his best to read through Mister Loki's lips. After a few seconds, he explained, "He is saying, 'Over there!'. Do you know what he means about 'Over there!'?"

"Oh, it means we should bring the Treasure Beetles over there," Chief Lago finally understood.

"It seems like I was really worried for nothing," Iasiah expressed.

"Of course, he's always been someone who doesn't cause us to worry," Chief Lago agreed. Well, after all, Leo hates troublesome things, that's why he doesn't let others worry about him since that would cause trouble for others.

"Anyways, let's take these Treasure Beetles over there and see for ourselves what he has prepared for them," Chief Lago said before quickly changing his direction to where Leo was pointing at.

"Okay," Iasiah quickly followed after.

As soon as they both arrived, they immediately noticed that the place is actually covered by vines thin enough for majority of people to have trouble noticing. If only they don't have a high cultivation level right now, then it would have been really difficult for them to notice that something is wrong in this place.

"Follow me," Chief Lago said as he pulled Iasiah and took him towards a place where he had noticed a dense amount of thin vines.

Iasiah was also able to quickly noticed this, so he easily understood what Chief Lago wanted to do.

Obviously, they would be luring the Treasure Beetles to where Leo's trap is more effective.

Immediately, the two quickly lured the Treasure Beetles towards the dense cover of thin vines while at the same time also trying their best to not get entangled themselves.

Without noticing anything, the Treasure Beetles continued following after Chief Lago and Iasiah.

However, in the next moment, the thin vines surrounding them suddenly began enlarging, trapping the unfortunate Treasure Beetles who had unknowingly entangled themselves with the thin vines.

Seeing this, Chief Lago and Iasiah finally realized what the thin vines were for. They really didn't expect that it would actually enlarge all of a sudden.

One by one, the Treasure Beetles were being entangled by vines.

And soon, it was followed after by the vines dragging the Treasure Beetles towards the direction of cages, Magic Ropes, and Magic Nets, and right after putting them inside so that they won't be able to escape anymore.

Although there were indeed some Treasure Beetles that we're able to escape from the vine traps. But unfortunately, they were soon attacked by the 2 Water Elementals who were currently running from one place to another so that their location wouldn't be discovered by the Treasure Beetles easily.

The Water Elementals lashed out some water whip, causing the Treasure Beetles to be thrown right back to the vine trap. If the situation becomes difficult, they would instead drag the Treasure Beetles themselves towards the vine trap.

Seeing such sight, Chief Lago and Iasiah thought of helping. Unexpectedly though, before they could even move a finger, a vine trap suddenly activated on them.

They were really surprised to see themselves getting trapped, but it didn't take that long for them to understand the reason why.

In their peripheral vision, they soon saw Leo charging towards the direction of the Treasure Beetles.

From this sight alone, it is easy to understand that Leo doesn't want them to help.

Suddenly, Leo stopped as he quickly put his hand forward and casted, "Vine trap!"

Whooooosh! Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Dozens of vines appeared from the ground as it went straight to entangle, a Treasure Beetle who is currently being ignored by both the Nature Elementals and Water Elementals. He had obviously done such a thing on purpose so that he can have a chance to fight the Treasure Beetle himself. Of course, he didn't forget to only use Magic spells that will not leave them any trouble, which in his case right now are the Vine spell and Water Jet spell.

After trapping the Treasure Beetle, Leo then transferred another batch of Pure Mana from his Star to his hand as he casted, "Water Jet spell!"

Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Unlike the body of trees, the body of Treasure Beetles is obviously much tougher and stronger. That's why the moment the water jet hit the Treasure Beetle's body, it only exploded and created a small dent on its skin.

And obviously, the Treasure Beetle wouldn't just sit there and wait for Leo to defeat it.

After Leo finished with his attack, dozens of stone spikes immediately appeared around the Treasure Beetle.

In the next moment, the stone spikes began shooting towards the direction of Leo.

Whoooosh Whoooosh Whoooosh!

Seeing this, Leo immediately dodged towards a nearby tree to use it as a cover.

Booom!

With the Magic Power of the stone spike, it was able to easily destroy the tree where Leo was hiding at.

Although at this moment Leo was actually no longer behind the tree, causing the stone spikes to only hit the trees behind.

The Treasure Beetle immediately became a bit surprised seeing that Leo has disappeared. But it didn't naively think that he is already gone. That Human is definitely hiding somewhere.

As it didn't saw Leo, the Treasure Beetle quickly escaped away from the vines tangling it before creating dozens of stone spikes again. Once it was done with that, it finally began to look around its surroundings, searching for where Leo is hiding at.

Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Out of the Treasure Beetle's expectations, a pair of water jets suddenly came shooting out from above the trees straight to its back.

Booom! Booom!

The Treasure Beetle quickly turned its head to where the water jets had come from while preparing its stone spikes to shoot towards Leo. But to its surprised, it didn't see anyone.

Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Booom! Booom!

Another pair of water jets shoot out from behind the Treasure Beetle, catching it off guard again. And just like the last time, the moment it turned its head to looked towards that direction, it didn't see anyone.

Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Booom! Booom!

Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Booom! Booom!

Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Booom! Booom!

Leo was like a ghost that will appear and disappear every time he launches an attack on the Treasure Beetle. While on the other hand, the Treasure Beetle was like a lion in a circus who is being lashed out using a whip by his master to make it put up a show for the audience to enjoy.

Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Booom! Booom!

Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Booom! Booom!

Whooooosh! Whooooosh!

Booom! Booom!

Such a pattern of attack was repeated over and over again. All of the time, the Treasure Beetle wasn't able to defend itself, nor was it able to see Leo. It could only helplessly stand on its ground while trying its best to locate Leo and finally be able to make him pay for what he had done to it.

Unfortunately, no matter what the Treasure Beetle does, it was still unable to find Leo.

Eventually, the Treasure Beetle realized that it is practically impossible to find Leo with its current unfavorable situation. The only way that it could think of in order to reverse the current situation is to go up into the skies. Hence, it didn't hesitate to spread its wings and began flapping it to fly up into the skies.

Unbeknownst to the Treasure Beetle, though, Leo had actually already prepared a way to not allow it to escape from this place.

The moment the Treasure Beetle flew up the dense cover of leaves, it immediately got stuck on a Magic Net.

Whooooosh!

Bang!

The Treasure Beetle fell to the ground while being trapped inside a Magic Net, which also prevented it to escape away or fight back.

Leo finally jumped down to the ground after successfully defeating the Treasure Beetle all by himself. And what's even more surprising is, he just realized now that the Treasure Beetle he had defeated is actually a 2 Star Magical Beast.

"Didn't expect that I could defeat a 2 Star Treasure Beetle all by myself," Leo said while admiring his great capability.

Well, this was clearly because he already knew the weaknesses of the Treasure Beetles. That's why it wasn't able to catch him because every time he finished launching his attack, he always observes where its head and legs were moving towards in order to easily determine where he should hide so that it won't find him.

In the next moment, Leo noticed that the surrounding has finally become quiet, making him smile in triumph before saying, "It seems like I have successfully defeated all the Treasure Beetles,"

What Leo had said was indeed correct, though only about the part that the Treasure Beetles have been defeated...

The moment Leo turned his head, what he soon found out immediately stunned him.

In front of him, Chief Lago and Iasiah have just defeated the last remaining Treasure Beetle. Of course, that wasn't surprising. What surprised him instead is a scene around them.

All the Treasure Beetles that he had thought that he had successfully defeated through the help of the Nature Elementals and Water Elementals are now lying unconscious while surrounding Chief Lago and Iasiah, implying that it wasn't him that defeated the Treasure Beetles but rather the both of them.

"Why?" Leo asked curiously. He really wants to know the exact reason why Chief Lago and Iasiah decided to help him, despite declaring to them a while back then that he doesn't need any of their help.

"I hate to break it to you, Leo, but you really underestimated your opponents just now," Chief Lago replied.

Leo furrowed his brows together as he asked, "What do you mean?"

"Remember, the Treasure Beetles could use Element Power. Meaning to say, even if you lock them up in cages or trap them, as long as they are still conscious, they would still be able to fight back," Chief Lago explained.

Hearing Chief Lago's words, Leo immediately began to look around the surroundings. What he soon discovered finally made him understand what his fatal mistake was.