"Hehe, although the smell of this Split Shadow Mantis has been diluted by the wind, it can't escape my nose." Yuan Zeqing nodded slightly, with a look of pride that was difficult to control, and hummed: "That smell in the air around here The smell is strong."
"I have a hunch that its age should be close to two thousand years." He tilted his head slightly and said with determination.
No, no, no, you are still cool. Ning Xiaotian looked at his tsundere look and couldn't deny it.
Ah Rou on the side spoke at this time, "It is indeed possible. This place is close to the middle level of the great forest. Thousand-year-old soul beasts are not uncommon. The Split Shadow Mantis that can survive here should have a thousand-year cultivation level."
Otherwise, no one can defeat him. Ning Xiaotian nodded slightly, "Same as before, get closer first and let me take a look with the Pulse-Breaking Pupil."
Everyone slowed down and moved forward slowly.
In order not to make too much noise, they avoided the wind direction, bypassed the large bushes from the flanks, and advanced in a roundabout way.
Not long after, through the bushes, about forty meters apart, Ning Xiaotian looked around and saw a small stream less than 1 meter wide running down the hillside in front of him.
The water flow is extremely fast, long and full of passion, and the bottom is invisible to the white flowers.
There are brown rocks on both sides, which have been washed extremely flat. Only near the top of the slope is a small pool with gentle water and crystal clear bottom.
Perhaps because of the irrigation provided by this small stream, the trees on both sides grew extremely lush. The giant trees hugged by two people were neatly arranged, with lush and intertwined branches and leaves, almost blocking out all the light. Even the bottom was covered with clusters of shrubs. Only in the short section near the gentle water, the shrubs on both sides seemed to have been trampled by creatures, forming two bare paths.
It is covered with dead leaves, and you can vaguely see the footprints left by various soul beasts after walking.
Except for the sound of rushing water and the sound of the wind, the surroundings were silent.
The leaves are rubbed, and the light occasionally shines through the holes, reflecting the dark brown tree trunks covered with moss, the dark green branches and buds, and the black rotten leaves and withered tendrils mixed with mud on the ground. Apart from these dead things, no living thing can be seen with the naked eye. There are traces.
So able to hide... Seeing this situation, Ning Xiaotian subconsciously opened the pulse-breaking pupil.
The sight scene changes instantly. There are green light groups everywhere, with a light blue strip in the middle and wisps of white lines, and brown on both sides. These are the colors of vegetation, water flow and rocks. He glanced upward along the tree trunk. Above the small stream, three meters above the ground, a thigh-thick branch suddenly stood horizontally. The two sides were empty and there were no other trees.
The tree trunk connects the two sides of the stream like a bridge. There are also scattered branches and leaves on it, which seem to have been pruned. They stretch neatly towards both sides, and above it is a flat piece, with a group of about one meter long above it. Rice is a purple light group extending upward like a dead branch. The edge of the light group is light green, and four lavender branches are neatly arranged on both sides.
Further up, there are two dark purple sickle-shaped light groups that are curved like hooks and flat like blades.
After dispelling his pulse-breaking eyes, Ning Xiaotian turned his head and said, "It is more than 1 meter long and is indeed close to two thousand years old."
"Two thousand years! It's more than 200 years beyond the limit. Can Zhuqing absorb it?" Liu Erlong asked worriedly.
"With Zhuqing's current physical body, if it is an animal, it will definitely not work, but the Split Shadow Mantis should be able to." Ning Xiaotian muttered: "The Split Shadow Mantis is an insect-like arthropod soul beast, and its body energy is mainly concentrated in the forelimbs. Secondly, It's the legs, and then the back. As for the other parts, the energy gathered is very weak. I took a look, and the abdominal defense is probably equivalent to that of a century-old soul beast."
"Well, the Shadow Split Mantis has not reached the level of cultivation ten thousand years ago and does not have the ability to fly. Hunting relies on the extremely high jumping ability given by the legs and the sharp forelimbs. Other parts are indeed weak, especially the neck joints. "Arou added.
In the early stage, he was a bouncing squishy assassin with culling skills. He came with a high-attack and high-armor-breaking double sword artifact. Ning Xiaotian nodded slightly and looked back at his teammates, "The small stream ahead is too steep and narrow, and there are too many people to use it." .”
As he said that, he turned to look at Dugu Yan, "Yan'er, you are in charge this time."
Then he looked at Bai Chenxiang and said, "Xiangxiang, although this Shadow Split Mantis has only been cultivated for two thousand years and has not yet developed its spiritual intelligence. According to the habits of their clan, when encountering a strong enemy, out of instinct, they should put up their forelimbs to defend themselves. . But to be on the safe side, you need to take the lead, use hidden weapons or soul skills to harass, and at the same time block its escape path to buy time for Yan'er's soul control skills."
After saying that, he looked at Yang Wuguo again, "Wuguo, your main attack is to hit its neck joint with one blow and subdue it on the spot. Don't worry, most insect-like spirit beasts breathe through the vents in their abdomen, and they can survive even if their heads fall off. It won’t be that easy for a long time.”
After hearing the arrangement, the three of them nodded in unison, "Yes!"
Ning Xiaotian nodded slightly and pointed out the location of the Shadow Split Mantis to the three of them, "Then let's start taking action."
The three of them nodded, Bai Chenxiang stayed where he was, while Dugu Yan and Yang Wuguo spread out to both sides.
When the two of them approached the small water pool, which was nearly 20 meters away, the Split Shadow Mantis' body became obviously alert. It suddenly straightened up, its neck stood upright at 90 degrees, its head looked down, its two handles were like big knives, its forelimbs were spread out to both sides, and its limbs were bent. Bow and make a bouncing gesture.
At this moment, Bai Chenxiang took action.
"The first soul skill, Feiyu."
A pair of lavender wings spread out quickly from her back, the feathers were neatly arranged and glowed like steel.
It seemed that it was not a feather, but a steel knife.
"Brother Xiaotian, I'm going."
While speaking, Bai Chenxiang spread her hands back slightly, waving her wings lightly in the air. Two feather-like feather blades suddenly appeared between the three fingers of her hands. The top was as sharp as the tip of a sword, glowing with cold light, and looked extremely sharp.
Ning Xiaotian nodded, and Bai Chenxiang's petite figure immediately flew over the bushes.
Immediately, "咻咻.咻咻"
The four feather blades were like four streams of light, shooting towards the Split Shadow Mantis one after another.
"The second soul skill, Black Ice Dragon Soaring." On the other side, Dugu Yan also launched his soul skill, and a long white dragon as thick as a forearm immediately circled and flew towards the Split Shadow Mantis, "Papa." At this time, Bai Chenxiang flew. The feather had arrived and hit the long neck of the Shadow Split Mantis, but the force was not very strong. The Split Shadow Mantis' limbs firmly grasped the branch, its body only swayed slightly, and its forelimbs responded quickly.
There was almost no sound as the two front pincers waved like phantoms. The three feather blades that followed were cut into two pieces and fell down.
However, before it could stop its movements, several more feather blades followed. It's just that this time the distance was closer. The faint sound of breaking through the air made the Shadow Splitter Mantis instantly alert. The two turtles were spread out horizontally, and there was a flow of deep purple light on them. From a distance, it looked like two blades set up. Breathing cold light.
"Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
At this moment, below it, a meandering white dragon had arrived. Controlled by Dugu Yan, it suddenly accelerated in the air and rushed upwards, "swishing." It spread over the branches, leaves and limbs, directly. Hit it on the body.
Then it snaked around like a python.
The Shadow Split Mantis, which was welcoming Feather Blade, had just reacted when it was tightly tied up. The cold white frost instantly spread over its body. The waving of its claws also stopped abruptly, and its body soon turned into a pile of ice. Blocks, together with branches.
"Following like a shadow!" At this moment, a dark figure suddenly flashed among the tree trunks.
Until he was three meters away from the mantis, "The second soul skill, Toru!"
A stream of black light shot out, "bang puff." It penetrated the ice and the soft tissue at the neck joints of the Shadow Split Mantis, and dark purple juice sprayed out.
The dark brown color of the Shadow Split Mantis that was originally integrated with the tree trunk also changed instantly, turning into a black purple color with an evil aura. "Whoosh", the slender body was lifted up by the black spear and cut through the air.
"Bang!" It hit the tree trunk on the other side hard.
"The third soul skill, freezing."
Without any hesitation, Dugu Yan, who got closer, fired another shot of ice, freezing the lower body of the Shadow Mantis firmly to the tree trunk, especially the pair of double eagles, which had completely turned into two big lumps of ice.
The juice splashed on the neck has completely solidified, and the head and beards on the top of the head are trembling.
"Zhuqing, go over." Seeing this, Ning Xiaotian quickly turned around, "After you pass over, use a dagger to attack its abdomen from a distance, and you can kill it easily."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded and rushed out immediately.
Ning Xiaotian and others followed closely behind.
"Phew!" Sword Douluo, who had arrived, saw that there was not even enough room to stand, so he waved his hand directly and used a sword energy to cut out a small piece of open space.
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing arriving, under Ning Xiaotian's instructions, Dugu Yan controlled his soul power to dissolve the ice under the Shadow Split Mantis' belly.
Without any hesitation, Zhu Zhuqing took out his dagger and stabbed him directly.
The juice flowed horizontally, and the Shadow Split Mantis' head stiffened suddenly, and soon became silent.
A purple soul ring floated immediately.
The position where the Split Shadow Mantis was pinned was less than two meters from the trunk of the tree, which was not very high. Zhu Zhuqing took out a carpet from the soul guide and spread it on the ground, covering the wet dead branches and leaves, and quickly sat down. Close your eyes and run the Reincarnation Technique, starting to pull the soul ring.
PS: Get out in the sun and it will feel better.
(End of chapter)
