The strange creature, resembling a beetle, ignored the buzzing of thousands of bees.
After emerging from the beehive, it turned back and began to devour the remnants of the hive.
"Crack, crack..."
In no time, the entire beehive was swallowed by the beetle, causing its size to increase by nearly half.
"Hiss hiss~"
After consuming the hive, the beetle made a hissing sound, its compound eyes rotating as it gazed at the trees on the edge of the clearing.
The next moment, the six short legs beneath its abdomen exerted force simultaneously, propelling it towards the trees at a speed of barely one meter per second.
A few seconds later, after a difficult journey to the tree's base, it leaned in, opened its mouth, and bit fiercely into the trunk.
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, the bark broke, wood chips flew, the beetle's teeth like sharp blades easily cutting into the trunk, swallowing and ingesting chunks of wood.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
