It was something the size of a tennis ball, rising out of the muddy water, like an ancient giant turtle struggling to escape the shackles of the mud.
To the ants, this scene is no different than a hill suddenly rising up, and it is very shocking to see it up close.
The location of the bulge is less than a decimeter away from the protagonist and the trapped guard. After the mud mountain bulged, it immediately moved slowly in this direction. It was obviously a living thing.
The protagonist took a closer look and understood that this was not a supernatural phenomenon or a fantasy monster like an earth element, but a bug.
Under the camouflage of a layer of silt, the insect's true identity cannot be seen clearly, but its identity is exposed by a pair of cylindrical eyes that cannot be hidden and protrude from the silt, and a pair of tentacles that also pop out.
Although this kind of columnar eyes and antennae are also covered with a thin layer of mud, it can be seen that its shape is very similar to that of a snail. Furthermore, it seems that this mud monster does not have a snail-shaped carapace on its back. In this way, the identity of this creature is readily apparent - it is a slug.
Slug is the general name for the slugs of the class Gastropod, order Stalk, also known as centipedes (not centipedes) or slugs. It is a mollusc that forms the order Pulmonary with some snails. It looks like a snail without a shell, and its body surface is moist with mucus, like a pool of sticky snot.
The protagonist is under the impression that slugs are vegetarian. In fact, slugs are indeed gentle and mainly eat various plants, fungi and fruits. Only some agricultural operators will have a headache with these little bugs.
But the huge slug in front of them obviously had bad intentions. It crawled straight towards the trapped and struggling guards. If it was said that it was just here to watch the fun, no one would believe it.
As its body emerges from the mire onto dry ground, it leaves a trail of mud and mucus in its crawling path—the same mucus that appears to have trapped the ants.
The protagonist's heart stirred. Isn't this kind of slug just relying on mucus to trap its prey, hiding aside and waiting for an opportunity to kill it?
In this world, there are also unnatural ants like destroyers, so it is not surprising that slugs have evolved this ability.
For the sake of caution, the protagonist immediately issued orders with friction sounds and smells. The warriors of the God's Envoy King abandoned their trapped companions, became alert, and issued warnings with physical gestures.
After confirming that the mud slugs still ignored the ants' warnings, the guardsmen were ordered to launch an attack.
Now I can only fight away this strange slug first, and then think about saving my companions.
The slug paid no attention to the twenty Divine Envoy King warriors who were flanking him in a battle formation on both sides, and continued to move towards the trapped ant unhurriedly.
Anyway, in its simple mind, the more the prey struggles, the harder it will be to escape, and it will stick its entire body so that it cannot move, just in time for it to swallow it.
The imperial guards on both sides quickly arrived in place. They were all the most elite warriors in the army and were well-equipped.
The sharp copper jaw knife that perfectly fits the jaws snaps together quickly under the pull of muscles and stabs the slug, which is still moving forward without paying any attention to it.
These jaw knives are so sharp that the carapace of almost all insects will be pierced, except for some beetles that can resist with their shells. Even facing Beetles and Destroyers, the Warrior King of Gods can still cause damage by attacking weak points such as gaps in the carapace.
But this attack by many guardsmen was ineffective... The protagonist discovered that no matter how the guardsmen crawling on the slugs attacked, the slugs acted as if they did not exist and continued to move slowly.
The protagonist doesn't understand, but the ant on the slug knows that it didn't bite the target at all.
The slug had been hiding in the mire for a long time, and its body was covered with a layer of thick and sticky mud, which protected its soft body like armor.
The bite attacks of the guardsmen hit the mud every time, and the weapons were not long enough to attack the main body.
Seeing that the guards' attacks were ineffective, the protagonist decided to do it himself. He looked around, looking for a branch or stone that he could use as a weapon. Bibi e-book
But there are no stones here, and the branches are far away. The protagonist is speechless for a while and picks up a "long stick".
It is said to be a long stick, but it is actually the petiole part of a fallen leaf. It has signs of corrosion, but it still maintains its shape. It is just that it is light and flimsy and not as useful as a strong tree stick.
The mud slug has already come very close, and the protagonist doesn't have much time to worry about it, and he doesn't have time to quickly enter the "God descends to earth" state. Anyway, he is not weak in his normal state.
The protagonist picks up the stick and swings it towards the slug monster.
Under the protagonist's blow, the slug's body covered in mud deformed like jelly under force.
But the protagonist held it too much, and the stick was completely unable to transmit all the power to the target. The light weight and soft and easy-to-deform characteristics made the hit half effective.
The slug's thick mud protective layer and soft flesh further buffered the damage, and the slug was not seriously injured.
Even so, the slug's simple nervous system is aware of pain, which is rare among its prey that can cause it pain.
The mud slugs fought back based on instinct.
Under a ball of mud, a hole suddenly opened, revealing the tender color inside.
That was the slug's mouth, and suddenly a stream of transparent liquid spurted out in a fan shape.
The protagonist's heart tightened as he saw a transparent liquid spraying towards him. He thought it would not be anything good.
He pushed hard with his back limbs and flew two decimeters in the air. He accidentally landed in a pool of sewage and got himself dirty.
The protagonist wiped his compound eyes and blowholes, not caring about the dirt.
He looked back at where he was just now. Tianxian and the other two ants couldn't avoid it. They were poured with transparent liquid and their bodies were stuck to the ground.
It was mucus, but fortunately it didn't seem to be poisonous or corrosive. Tianxian and the others were just trapped and were not in danger for the time being.
It was just that there was no danger for the time being. The mud slugs were approaching them. Their wide-open mouths were not closed, and they seemed to be able to continue spraying mucus at any time. Some liquid was already dripping down their mouths. It was not clear whether it was mucus or saliva. .
The protagonist has never seen such a strange slug. It eats meat, can hunt, has sticky mucus, and has strong defense.
He needed weapons to do harm to the slug.
But at this moment, he only had an obsidian knife in his hand, which was also modified from the jaw knife. Its length was limited and it could not break through the mud layer on the slug's body.
There are no suitable stones or branches nearby, and the protagonist cannot find a suitable weapon.
The protagonist looked around and suddenly saw something. A memory from his childhood in his previous life came to mind, and he immediately had an idea!
——I am the dividing line——
Guess how the protagonist defeated the mud slugs
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