"Here we come," Li Jian said, looking in one direction in the valley, "It's coming from that way."
In the valley, there seemed to be a small commotion going on in the direction Li Jian looked at, and then the commotion spread towards the cave where Qian Chao and the others were hiding.
At first, the "croaking" sounds of the big toads that were glowing red after eating seemed no longer so peaceful, but more panic and fear. Then, the five people saw the commotion on the other side from the entrance of the cave. Those big toads kept jumping here clumsily one by one, and a big red spot kept jumping over.
Then there was such commotion in the three directions of the three-way intersection in the valley. It sounded like something was driving these big, fat and round toads from the three directions of the valley towards the middle.
It seemed that fear spread much faster than the speed of these big toads jumping around. Soon, it seemed that the big toads in the entire valley who were feasting on food knew that the danger was approaching, and they all began to panic. When I got up, I no longer thought about shooting the long tongue out of my mouth to eat the countless nocturnal larvae in the red light.
These guys, those who eat more, the red light on their bodies becomes much brighter, the more bulky they become, while those who eat less, the red light on their bodies dims a lot, become much more flexible. After these big toads discovered that they could not escape in three directions in the valley, the toads who had eaten less found the right direction. After squatting for a while, they suddenly exerted their hind legs and jumped to the end of the valley when they saw a dim red light. above, and then fled in a hurry.
Only the big toads who had eaten a lot wanted to jump up and escape, but they jumped up and fell down less than two feet high. There was a "pop" and their bodies fell to the ground. It has to roll over, or knock down the other big toads as well.
However, jumping to the top of the valley is the only way for these guys to escape now. Therefore, even if they cannot jump up, these guys gathered in the valley are still trying. From time to time, there are some guys who are not full. They jumped up dragging a red light, but more of them were jumping and screaming anxiously below.
Finally, Li Jian saw a big toad with bright red light jumping up clumsily. When it was less than one foot tall, it bit the toad with a big mouth at a slant, covering half of its body. Bite it in your mouth!
That's a big snake!
The big snake was actually as thick as Lu Pingchuan's thigh. Its body was covered with complex mottled patterns, and its abdomen was covered with jade-white scales. The front half of its body stood upright and was actually as tall as a person. The back half of its body dragged on the ground and swam forward. , making a slight rustling sound, the big snake raised its head, opened its mouth with great effort, and swallowed the big toad whole, and then saw a slight bulge on the big snake's body sliding down. .
Big snake!
The hearts of the five people suddenly tightened.
Under the red light in the valley, the figures of the big snakes gradually increased, and they were vaguely crowded together. At first glance, they looked like a dense array. Each one stood as tall as a person, facing the middle one from three directions. The direction of the water pool is slowly coming over. There are the most large toads here. From time to time, large toads jump up, and then are bitten by those big snakes and then eat them. The dense toads finally become chaotic. Except for the ones jumping up and down, they are After desperately jumping behind the big snakes, the five people discovered that no matter where they jumped, the big toads with bright red lights would be stared at by the big snakes and then bite them. Even if the big toad with dim red light didn't jump to the top of the valley, the big snakes were not interested in them. They crossed it and continued forward. Then it jumped away desperately, even if it saved its life.
Among them, there were several large toads with bright red light that jumped into the spirit locking formation arranged by Qian Chao in a panic. As a result, it was obvious that as soon as they jumped in and landed on the ground, they became as motionless as if they were dead.
"What kind of snake is that?" Yanxuan asked nervously.
"Wu Xinzi, that big snake is called Wu Xinzi. Most of them are middle grade. High grade snakes are commonly seen. Middle grade... can also be seen."
When Tang Ping answered, she saw a thick big snake swimming past the entrance of the cave, which made her expression change. The big snake was an intermediate Wu Xinzi!
Generally speaking, low-level and high-level monsters cannot be dealt with by Qi Refining disciples, but the one he just saw was actually a middle-level and low-level beast, which of course shocked Tang Ping.
It must be dealt with by foundation-building monks, unless Qian Xiaozi's Soul Locking Formation can also trap it. However, for mid-level monsters, although Tang Ping hopes it will be useful, she has not tried it and does not know whether it can be used. They are trapped.
"Don't worry," Qian Chao said, "We are in the formation and the outside world cannot detect us. Don't worry."
These words made a few people feel at ease. Indeed, Qian Chao had arranged the Hidden Spirit Array in the cave, and several people in the Hidden Spirit Array had already tried its effectiveness. On the previous island of giant trees, the middle-level wooden Neither Kui Beast nor Maguqiao could find the five people hiding in the formation, so they thought it would be okay to come here.
Sure enough, countless big snakes swam past the entrance of the cave where they were hiding, and none of them noticed that there were five monks hiding in the cave.
Only a big snake stayed at the entrance of their cave for a while, which made the five people in the cave panic. They saw that the big snake was passing by, but it stopped when it passed the entrance of the cave, and turned its head and used one eye. He looked around, then pointed his head in the direction of the hole and kept spitting out the snake message in his mouth, as if he was looking for something, but in the end he couldn't find anything.
The five people were extremely nervous at the time, thinking they had been discovered, but later they realized that the large toads still glowing red in the spirit locking array at the entrance of the cave attracted its attention, but those few The big red toad's motionlessness made the big snake alert again, as if it was aware of some danger. After much hesitation, it finally did not dare to move forward to devour those big toads, and swam away very vigilantly. .
"It's so dangerous, I thought we were discovered!" Yanxuan said softly with some fear.
"Alas, these guys are causing chaos for us when they are trapped in the formation." Lu Pingchuan said.
"I hope that guy just now can get into Boy Qian's formation," Tang Ping said. "Boy Qian, is your Soul Locking Formation useful against mid-level monsters?"
"It will definitely be useful, don't worry about that."
In this way, Tang Ping really hopes to use Qian Chao's formation to catch a few big snakes like that. After all, they are either high-grade or mid-level. The demon pills of every big snake are good things. This little guy will definitely make those little guys' bodies stronger.
Qian Chao looked at the miserable state of the big toads outside and couldn't help but said:
"At first they were eating very happily. They just wanted to fill their stomachs without thinking about anything else. But now, they have become the prey of others. The more they eat, the more they are targeted. They can't run away even if they want to. Is it possible? Didn’t they think something like this would happen?”
Tang Ping heard this and said:
"Don't worry, Mr. Qian, even the big snakes outside will probably end up like these big toads. When the good food is in front of you, you just want to eat it. When you eat it and your body becomes bulky, the more powerful ones will come. , I can’t even run away even if I want to. Just focus on what’s in front of you and not what’s behind you, and the ending will be the same.”
"When they eat like this, they seem to be grabbing the red light above. It seems that the red light in the valley is very good for them. You see, the big toad with the brighter red light will definitely not be able to escape. .”
"That's right, only nocturnal larvae can really absorb that kind of red light into the body. Those big toads and these black worms can't do it. That's why the big toads come to eat these nocturnal larvae, and the big snakes wait for them to eat Come over and eat them again when they are almost done."
Lu Pingchuan nodded after hearing this, remembering what his elders said:
"Well, the big fish eats the small fish, and the small fish eats the shrimp. Is that what you mean?"
Before anyone answered him, there was a "pop" at the entrance of the cave, and a big snake collapsed in Qian Chao's spirit locking formation.
Tang Ping immediately became excited when she saw it, and cheered softly:
"Okay! I finally caught one, a top-grade, top-grade Wu Xinzi!"
After all, the big red toads at the entrance of the cave were full of temptation. Although the alert snakes did not come over, there were always reckless ones among the Wuxinzi snakes behind the group of snakes who did not swallow a few big toads. The big toad came over to devour them, and then was trapped by the formation.
"Hey, Mr. Qian, how many big snakes can you trap with this formation?" Tang Ping asked.
"This... the spirit-locking formation used by others in the past was probably used against one monster or monk at a time. I really don't know how many things this formation can trap at a time."
It’s not that Qian Chao hasn’t thought about this issue, it’s just that he hasn’t had the chance to test it.
Tang Ping was helpless after hearing this. She looked at the big snake in the formation and said with some dissatisfaction:
"It's a pity. It's a top-grade one. It would be nice if it was an intermediate-level one. The mid-level Wu Xinzi's demon pill is a good thing!"
Yanxuan laughed after hearing this and said: "Don't be dissatisfied. At that time, you were scared to death, but now you think that the demon snake is of low rank. How can you be like this!"
Tang Ping laughed when she heard this, and then said:
"Hey, Mr. Qian, when you go back, you can refine a few more sets of those soul-locking stakes. If we encounter something like this again in the future, if you set up more formations, we can gain more." !”
Qian Chao listened to this suggestion and said, "This is indeed the way it should be. I will start refining it when I get back."
Li Jian kept staring outside the cave. At this time, he said: "Have you noticed that no matter how panicked those big toads are when they are running for their lives, they will never approach the pool. The same goes for these big snakes. They seem to be deliberately He is quite some distance away from the pool, and he never approaches it, as if the pool is dangerous. Maybe after a while, something will really come out of the pool."
Hearing what Li Jian said, several people looked outside carefully for a while. Sure enough, the big snakes swimming back and forth and the big toads jumping around to escape were all avoiding this and that pool.
It was almost midnight.
