As the protagonist once again issued the "attack" signal, a series of friction sounds could be heard from under a circle of dead branches and leaves surrounding the drying yard. That was the soldier ants who had received the order responding and continuing to transmit the signal. This time there was no need to be as weak as the first time to avoid being detected.
The mantis that was eating was stunned for a moment and then raised its head. The sudden and intensive friction sound was followed by countless rustling sounds, which were the sounds of ants crawling across the ground and falling leaves.
The protagonist has already taken the lead and jumped onto the big stone slab in the drying yard, activated the "God of Death" possession mode, and rushed straight towards the mantis violently.
Other ants also climbed up one after another, and a hundred soldier ants formed a tight circle and slowly approached. The order given by the protagonist is to assist in the siege, and the assist is himself.
Mantis's dynamic vision is very good, and he immediately saw the protagonist who was coming to kill him first. It immediately dropped the food and stabbed the protagonist vertically with a large knife.
Under the stimulation of adrenaline, in the protagonist's eyes, the extremely fast sword of Mantis becomes slow and clear next time.
"Now!" The protagonist swooped to one side, dodging the blow that Mantis was determined to win.
This mantis also reacted very quickly. If it missed a hit, another sword had already struck at an angle. The connection between the two moves was extremely smooth. No wonder there is Mantis Boxing in ancient martial arts, which imitates the mantis.
The protagonist's original plan to close the melee at a close distance failed. If the mantis can be dragged into a close-range fight, the protagonist's huge strength will play a decisive role in determining the outcome. However, this mantis cunningly used the extremely long attack range of its broadsword to force the protagonist to the point where he could not move forward and could only dodge.
The other soldier ants also came closer and were already approaching the mantis. Mantis was forced to be distracted and used the back of his knife to knock away a soldier ant on the side that was planning a sneak attack.
The protagonist noticed the moment when Mantis was distracted, moved to the side of Mantis, and pounced forward. This is the back of the mantis' head and the blind spot for its vision.
The protagonist miscalculated again. The mantis seemed to sense something. The triangular head instantly rotated 180 degrees, and a pair of compound eyes stared at the advancing protagonist.
"Damn!" the protagonist cursed in his heart. These insects cannot be judged by human experience at all. They can turn their heads at such a large angle in an instant. As long as they are not distracted, there is no blind spot in their field of vision.
The protagonist rolled to avoid Mantis's sweep. Although he failed in the sneak attack, he successfully used this roll to get into Mantis's side, so that the threat of the sword was much smaller.
The mantis raised its middle pair of jointed limbs and stepped towards the protagonist. There are no sharp knives on these jointed limbs, so the protagonist is not afraid. I saw the protagonist raising his hands and effortlessly receiving the "mountain crushing blow" from Mantis.
The protagonist shouted loudly and threw the mantis, which was countless times bigger than him, to the ground with a throw. The mouthparts, antennae and wings of the mantis all opened in pain, obviously it was hit hard. If the carapace on the mantis's limbs hadn't been too smooth, causing the protagonist to slide away without using all his strength, this mantis would have been even worse.
At this time, three soldier ants took the opportunity to jump onto the belly of the mantis and stung it hard.
The mantis was in pain and finally woke up a little. It jumped suddenly, came over, shook the soldier ants away, then spread its wings and wanted to take off.
As long as he is allowed to fly, Mantis will take the absolute initiative whether it is escaping or fighting guerrillas.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the protagonist swooped down and tried to pounce on the praying mantis's back. This praying mantis is now facing away from him, and the protagonist doesn't believe that he also has eyes in the back of his head.
But this mantis is still staring at the protagonist. The one who can pose the greatest threat to it is the protagonist, so even though its back is almost turned, this mantis is still paying full attention to the protagonist.
I saw that the mantis didn't turn around at all. It turned back and flapped its wings violently in the direction where the protagonist was coming. It staggered the protagonist. The protagonist rolled twice until he hit a soft yellow pink body. The insect corpse just stopped.
The mantis's triangular head actually showed a mocking expression. It flapped its wings vigorously, flew into the air, and landed on the leaves of a foxtail grass not far away.
The protagonist glared at it, not expecting that the ambush ended in failure.
Before he had time to sigh, the protagonist's eyes suddenly tightened and he hurriedly issued a "defense" command because he saw that the mantis did not leave, but licked the injured part before preparing to pounce on the ants.
Although the soldier ants gathered into a group in time and put up a defensive formation, the huge momentum of the mantis's attack carried the airflow and easily knocked the ants into pieces.
The mantis obviously avoided the protagonist's position, cut into the ant's defense formation from the other side, picked up an unfortunate soldier ant with a big knife and flew away.
The mantis flew over the protagonist's head provocatively, and the body of the soldier ant, broken in two, fell from the air and landed next to the protagonist. The soldier ants that were not yet dead were still moving, which made the protagonist half angry to death.
The mantis swooped down again, still avoiding the protagonist's position. The protagonist ran desperately towards the position where the mantis was flying, but it was still a step too late. The mantis killed another soldier ant, and then flew into the sky before the ants could gather around it.
This fight is impossible. The protagonist is angry, angry and frustrated. A good ambush turned into a bad fight. Mantis can do whatever he wants with its high maneuverability in the air, but the protagonist, who has no strength, can only stare. This is a typical agility type restraining strength type.
So what restrains the agile type? Maybe he is the lucky type who can conquer anything!
Just when the protagonist is at a loss what to do, the mantis pounces down again. After killing a soldier ant again, the mantis may be tired of this kind of fighting, and maybe it needs to go back to recuperate from the internal injuries caused by the hard throw just now.
I saw the mantis grabbing the half-eaten mealworm corpse and flying into the sky again.
But it’s not just mealworm carcasses it’s grabbing. The protagonist sees that Mulan is somehow hiding behind the corpse of the mealworm, just out of sight of the praying mantis.
The mantis flies into the air and hovers above the protagonist's head, seemingly showing off and warning. Its triangular head just keeps staring at the protagonist.
Hua Mulan took action at this time. She followed the mantis's big knife that grabbed the mealworm corpse and crawled directly behind the mantis.
Mantis's gaze happened to be staring at the protagonist in another direction, and he didn't see Mulan's actions at all. The outer carapace of insects has very few nerves and provides no effective early warning.
So Hua Mulan climbed up behind the mantis without any hindrance, then opened the pincers of her upper jaw and bit hard at the base of the mantis's wings.
The mantis suddenly felt pain, whirled and fell from the air, landing not far in front of the protagonist.
