Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

After seeing that the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle is now unconscious, Charlotte immediately took out a cage and exclaimed loudly to the others, "Quick, put the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle inside the cage, gather as many Treasure Beetle's eggs as possible, and get out of here!"

Chief Lago and the others immediately nodded their heads in affirmation.

"Hundred Vines!" Elvis quickly casted to trap the remaining 5 Star Treasure Beetles. 

As soon as all the 5 Star Treasure Beetles were trapped, Iasiah and Nightingale nodded at each other as they then went inside the barrier and carried out the unconscious Beast Lord Treasure Beetle out. Afterwards, they quickly put it inside the cage that Charlotte had taken out. 

As soon as they were finished with that, Charlotte, Chief Lago, Elvis, Iasiah, and Nightingale immediately began stealing as many Treasure Beetle's eggs as possible. Then after ten minutes or so, they carried the cage and flew up to the tunnel. 

The moment they got inside the tunnel, Chief Lago quickly prepared himself to cast the Earth Wall spell to block the entrance, but then he stopped mid-action as he saw that the Earth Elementals were now closing the entrance. 

"Go, go, go!" Chief Lago exclaimed loudly after seeing that there is no need for them to worry about closing the tunnel anymore.

.....

Meanwhile, Leo patiently waited for Charlotte and the others outside the tunnel. He had ordered the Earth Elementals to close the tunnel so that they won't have to waste any time to close it. Right now, the faster they get out of this place the better. 

KRINGGGG! KRINGGGG! KRINGGGG!

All of a sudden, numerous loud noises sounded all over the Treasure Beetle Mountain. The sound was like a cry of anger after losing something important.

Observing closely to where the sound had come from, Leo soon noticed numerous Treasure Beetles flying out from the Treasure Beetle Mountain. 

Leo's expression instantly darkened after seeing such sight. He muttered silently, "It seems like we have underestimated these Treasure Beetles,"

A while back then, they had really thought that it would take nearly an hour for the Treasure Beetles to finish gathering together and begin searching for their Leader, especially considering the fact that a lot of them had gone to the battlefield to fight against the Storm Sparrow. However, the situation right now has clearly changed. With the numbers of Treasure Beetles, he's seeing right now, it might just take them less than twenty minutes to finish with all of their preparation. Adding the 500 meters distance that separates both sides, they would be arriving here more or less in just thirty minutes. 

Leo turned his head to looked at the tunnel. Deep inside of him, he's hoping that they will arrive soon. 

Whooooosh!

After ten minutes or so, Leo finally saw the silhouette of Charlotte and the others. They're currently carrying a large cage where the huge unconscious Beast Lord Treasure Beetle is caged inside.

"Grab a hold of the cage, we are quickly leaving this place!" Charlotte exclaimed loudly. 

"Okay!" Leo nodded his head as he waited for them to arrive. 

Whoooooosh! 

As soon as the cage arrived above Leo's head, he then swiftly grabbed hold of one of the bars. In the next moment, he flew up along with the cage.

While they were moving farther and farther away from the tunnel, he slowly and carefully began moving from one bar to another and soon after climbing up to the top of the cage. 

"Can we go any faster?" Leo can't help asking. He had already noticed behind them that the Treasure Beetles are now starting to chase after them.

"It's impossible to go any faster, the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle is just too heavy, even if all of us are carrying it now," Charlotte replied. 

"Okay!" Leo nodded his head in understanding. Since they can't go any faster, then there is no other choice left but to...

Whoooosh! Whoooosh! Whoooosh! 

Leo began summoning Wind Elementals until his limit. Soon, the amount of Wind Elementals flying around them has reached a number of 30 Wind Elementals.

Charlotte and the others could only stare in shock as they watched the Wind Elementals flying around them. They really didn't expect that Leo would actually be able to summon this many Elementals. Back then, the numbers of most Elementals that they have seen Leo had summoned were only 15 Elementals. To be more precise, it was 15 Earth Elementals or Nature Elementals.

"Delay those Treasure Beetles!" Leo sent an order to the Wind Elementals.

The Wind Elementals weren't really that capable in terms of fighting, that's why they could only be used to delay the Treasure Beetles. If they could, then he would have long always used them like the Earth Elementals.

The Wind Elementals nodded their heads before proceeding to charged towards the direction of the Treasure Beetles chasing after them. 

Whoooosh! Whoooosh! Whoooosh!

After doing that, Leo and the others didn't bother with the Wind Elementals anymore as they continued escaping from this place. 

They started to lower themselves to the ground in order to hide using the tall trees around them. At the same time, both Charlotte and Nightingale also used their Dark Element to mask their presence and the scent of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle. 

No matter what they do, as long as their presence and the scent of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle keeps on spreading wherever they go, the Treasure Beetles chasing after them would undoubtedly still be able to find them.

If they indeed allowed such a thing to happen, then even if they could bring the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle to their temporary base, it would just cause them a lot of trouble. In fact, with such kind of situation, it might even just be impossible for them to successfully bring the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle back to the Emerald Tree Kingdom, thus rendering all of their efforts useless. 

Whooooooosh! 

Seemingly out of nowhere, the mist started spreading around Leo and the other's surroundings. The mist continued spreading until it eventually covered an entire 2 square kilometers of land. And this mist was shockingly following after wherever Leo and the others go as if to hide them or something similar.

"What is happening?" Elvis asked nervously. 

"Is this a hidden ability of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle?" Iasiah turned to look at the unconscious Beast Lord Treasure Beetle inside the cage, though he's a bit doubtful of his question. 

Contrary to both Elvis and Iasiah's thoughts, Nightingale was able to easily find out the reason for the sudden appearance of the mist.

"I think this is actually Mister Loki's doing," Nightingale said while looking at Mister Loki who was still remaining calm despite the current situation. 

Elvis and Iasiah also turned to look at Mister Loki as they soon understood what Nightingale meant. 

Even they, a 6 Star and 7 Star Mages were feeling nervous about this sudden appearance of the mist. Yet, on the other hand, Leo, a mere 1 Star Mage, was actually simply showing an expression that this situation is nothing abnormal or the likes. 

Leo smiled mischievously after noticing that Elvis, Iasiah, and Nightingale are now looking at him before saying, "This is the doing of my Wind Elementals,"

Honestly, even he was a bit surprised when the Wind Elementals started turning into a mist. This was something that he hadn't really experience until now.

In the past, the only thing he thought that the Wind Elementals could do was that they are best to be used as a scout and sentry and that their ability to fight could only start being put into use once they reached 5 Star level or a higher cultivation level.

It was only just now that he discovered that the Wind Elementals could actually also transform themselves into a mist, thus hindering the vision of everyone, excluding himself since he can surprisingly still see everything around him as if there was no mist at all. Well, after all, he's the person that summoned these Wind Elementals, and not to mention he could also see whatever his Elementals could see. 

That was the main reason why he was able to lend a hand to Charlotte and the others inside the nest of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle a while back then. He noticed that they were unable to find the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle inside the nest and that it was also taking them a lot of time just to find it. That's why he used the ability of the Earth Elementals to detect the surrounding places. No matter where the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle was hiding at, as long as there's anything Earth-related object around them, then the Earth Elementals would eventually be able to discover it. 

Anyways, as long as this mist continued to cover the surrounding 2 square kilometers area around them, then it would be extremely difficult for the Treasure Beetles to chase after them no matter how much they chased. Not to mention, Leo could also control the mist, so he could make the mist stop following after him or go somewhere else, thus further delaying or confusing the Treasure Beetles inside.

"This is good!" Charlotte said with a smile. She quickly turned to look at Chief Lago as she said, "Quick, hand me the Doombringer!"

Chief Lago quickly took out the Doombringer from his Storage Ring without asking any question and handed it to Charlotte. 

After accepting the Doombringer, Charlotte began gathering Mana from the surrounding, and soon, she waved the Doombringer in her hand as she casted, "Shadow Illusion!"

Whoooooosh!

All of a sudden, the white-colored mist a while ago suddenly became black and the surrounding places turned dark as if it was already nighttime. 

Leo and the others can't help smiling in delight after seeing this scene. If the white-colored mist a while ago would make locating them extremely difficult, then this black-colored mist right now would undoubtedly make it impossible for the Treasure Beetles to find them. 

And what's even best is, what Charlotte had just done doesn't affect Leo in any way. He was still able to detect everything like before and control the mist like normal, thus he's able to continue guiding Charlotte and the others where to go and cause some trouble to the Treasure Beetles.

"Let's use this situation to our advantage," Leo informed everyone. 

"Yes!" Charlotte and the others nodded in understanding.