Surdak discovered that these plants with huge leaves actually blended in well with the surrounding trees. The huge red fruits were hidden under the canopy of the trees. Magicians rode magic harpoons to patrol the sky.
I couldn't notice anything strange here at all.
Samira, who is the guide of Wozhimara City, and Andrew, a native of the Nanai tribe in the Maca plane, both said that they did not recognize these plants. Surdak thought to himself: This kind of plant with huge red fruits
The plant is very recognizable, and it grows in such a large area in this valley. How could it be an unknown new species?
Although the main trunks of these plants are up to two meters in diameter, their skin is green and does not look as old as trees. Moreover, there are some more than a foot long, almost transparent thorns growing on the branches, and the leaves at the top are
Like a huge parasol, it tightly covers the space below. Huge red fruits hang in the air, and some of them are still squirming.
The ogre looked up at the huge red fruit hanging in the air and swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva.
He grabbed a handful of sand on the ground, rubbed it on his hands, and used a big wooden stick to break off the thorns. Regardless of how prickly the remaining thorns were, he climbed up the green branches to the top of the tree, and the green plant
It actually seems to be resisting the ogre, constantly shaking the green branches.
The ogre moved very quickly. When Surdak wanted to make a sound, his big hand had already grabbed the red fruit. In his eyes, the huge red fruit seemed to be an unparalleled delicious food.
In Surdak's impression, ogres usually like to eat meat, so he didn't think these giant red fruits would be attractive to ogres, but the scene before him completely overturned his view of ogres.
Cognition, Greetem also likes to eat brightly colored fruits...
But when Gulitem just touched the giant fruit, the delicate red fruit suddenly fell from the calyx and fell to the ground, exploding into a large pool of red juice.
The thing wrapped in the giant fruit was also exposed. It was clearly the body of a huge beast, but it had been corroded by the red juice until only a skeleton with carrion was left. It was hard to tell what kind of beast it was. The skeleton was inside
The red juice crumbled all over the place, and the thin layer of peel quickly gathered into a ball.
The red pulp on the ground exuded a rotten smell, which made Surdak want to vomit.
But at this time, he had no time to care about this, because after the red fruit fell, the calyx of the giant plant hanging in mid-air turned into a big mouth full of sharp teeth, and the branches and vines behind it extended rapidly, like an adult
The giant python, as thick as its waist, bit the ogre.
The ogre Gulitem was startled. He wanted to grab the huge calyx covered with sharp teeth with both hands, but he forgot that he was hugging the main trunk of the giant plant. When his hands were released, his body fell from a height of ten meters.
He fell down, but his body was still strong. He adjusted his posture in the air and landed steadily on the open ground.
The huge calyx's bite was in vain, and it immediately chased after the ogre. Gulitem was also extremely brave. He reached out and picked up the big wooden stick and smashed it towards the calyx that was as flexible as a python. The calyx was eaten by the ogre.
The demon's full force hit it so hard that it was dripping with juice, leaving only a section of the vine that quickly retracted.
Before the ogre Gulitem could celebrate his victory to everyone in the team, almost at the same time, more than a dozen vines full of sharp teeth stretched out from the surrounding tree crowns and wrapped around the members of the battle team.
The ogre was still thinking about fighting back, but he tripped over a tree vine that came out from behind. The moment he fell, the tree vine had already wrapped around the ogre's thigh.
The ogre stretched out his hand and grabbed the calyx of the vine, trying to tear the vine off, but in an instant, several more vines wrapped around him. The ogre was so frightened that he rolled and crawled away from the entanglement of the vines and followed.
The fighting team ran towards the outside of the woodland behind them.
All the flower trees seemed to have come alive at this moment, turning into demons and demons with teeth and claws. The vines hung from the top of the flower trees with calyxes full of sharp teeth. Andrew and Samira were frightened.
Run outside, trying to escape from this area where flowers and trees grow.
Surdak finally remembered what these plants were. When he bought insect repellent powder and cannibal pollen at the magic apothecary, the box of cannibal pollen clearly had this kind of plant painted on it, with just a few strokes.
The relief did not leave much impression on Surdak's mind. The scene in front of him was almost exactly the same as the relief on the cannibal pollen box. Surdak pulled out the blood-red crescent scimitar and shouted to the team:
“Get out quickly! These are the piranha flowers of hell.”
As the four of them ran back and forth desperately, Surdak felt that the fruits on the piranha trees were constantly bursting, and more and more vines with calyxes gathered around them. The whole forest was filled with the smell of corpses. Surdak
Dark poured the power of holy light into the blood-red crescent moon in his hand. The edge of the blood-red crescent moon changed from red to dazzling white flames, and he cut off a tree vine. A large section of the tree vine withered instantly.
The ogre can take seven or eight meters in one step, and runs much faster than other people. However, he is huge and cannot avoid the vines extending from both sides and above his head. These vines drag him down.
It stopped him in his tracks, leaving him exhausted among the piranha trees.
Samira's body was light and agile, and she spread her long legs to dodge left and right under the attack of the piranha vines. She quickly rushed to the front, but when she saw the piranha vines laying a thick layer of vines on the way of everyone,
He immediately turned around and ran back as hard as he could.
Andrew, who was following Samira, cut off a tree vine, and the four members of the team could only escape toward the hillside along the edge of the piranha tree.
The way we came was already covered with snarling tree vines, trying to find an outlet to break through. The entire forest was filled with a rotten and sweet smell. It is said that the piranha tree can secrete a hallucinogenic substance.
Toxin, Surdak quickly reminded the team members to cover their mouths and noses. Even the ogre's head was covered with a rag.
Andrew wielded a big ax to open the way in front, and Suldak was responsible for cutting off the rear. Seeing that the road ahead was about to be blocked by layers of trees and vines, Andrew strode forward and a pair of phantoms with staring eyes appeared behind him.
He took a step forward, jumped high, and struck down hard with the giant ax he held tightly in both hands. The ax blade brought out a flash of white light, splitting the tree vines in front of him into two pieces.
The four members of the team hurriedly ran to a rock wall and saw a cave between the mountain walls. Everyone in the combat team ran towards the cave and quickly got into the cave before the tree vines caught up.
As soon as Surdak stepped into the cave, crazy piranha vines had already blocked the entrance of the cave. There were still some flower vines extending along the cave, but after all, the length of these flower vines was limited. The team retreated and pursued them.
Andrew chopped the remaining flower vines into several sections, and the remaining flower vines shrank back in embarrassment.
A large piranha tree grew outside the entrance of the cave, and all kinds of birds and animals were seen in this area. Obviously, once those animals approached this place, they became food for the piranha flowers. Only Surdak's combat team was affected by the battle.
Because of his strong strength, he was not caught by the piranha, but he was trapped in this cave. A large number of piranha tree vines almost blocked the entrance of the cave. Now it seems that the only thing to do is to wait and see how long it will take for these piranha vines to disperse.
go.
Andrew walked to the entrance of the cave with a big ax in hand and tried to clean up these piranha vines. After the Nanai indigenous warrior cut off seven or eight piranha vines in succession, the piranha vines were obviously not attracted by the indigenous warriors. No,
It will easily extend its calyx with sharp teeth into the cave, and these piranha vines begin to secrete a pale pink poisonous mist. The poisonous mist spreads into the cave, and the cave is filled with a strange smell of rottenness and sweetness.
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In order to avoid being poisoned by inhaling too much poisonous mist, Surdak immediately led the combat team to explore the depths of the cave.
When he first entered the cave, the ogre climbed in almost half-kneeling. However, he did not expect that the cave was much wider than the entrance outside. After walking more than 20 meters inside, the ogre could already stand in the cave.
Inside.
Although there are no towering mountains in this area, the caves look very deep.
Waiting at the entrance of the cave will only cause those piranha vines to continue to guard the outside of the cave. Surdak looked deep into the cave and said to several members of the team: "Will the other end of this cave lead to the other side of the mountain?"
On the other hand, since we are already trapped here, we might as well go in and take a look..."
Andrew sat on a stone, polishing the ax blade with a whetstone, raised his head and said to Suldak: "I have no objection!"
The half-elf archer walked into the cave first. At this time, Suldak hurriedly took out the Holy Light Torch from his magic belt bag, poured a trace of holy breath into it, and let the Holy Light Torch ignite a white flame. This flame will
The surrounding area of the cave is illuminated with every detail visible, as if it has dispelled the coldness in the cave.
The three of them walked more than ten meters inside before the ogre behind them strode up and said to them: "I have no objection to exploring the cave, but should we consider lunch? I mean there is nothing to be found in this cave."
If you find something to eat, or I will rush out from the entrance of the cave to see if I can get some food back, hey, hey, hey... wait for me!"
The ground in the cave was full of large rocks that blocked the road at any time. It was very difficult to walk. In some impassable places, Andrew had to use a big ax to break the rocks. After stopping and walking like this, the team spent most of the day.
People followed the cave and came to the heart of a mountain. In the cave, hundreds of stalactites hung down from the top of the cave. These stone pillars were still dripping water.
The ogre ran to a pool of stalactite execution ground, knelt on the rocky ground and tried to drink the water inside, but was stopped by Surdak.
Suldak said: "Don't drink it to your stomach."
After saying that, he took out a water-gathering rune board from his magic backpack, stuck it on the stone wall, and embedded a magic crystal fragment into the gem base of the rune board. Soon, a funnel-shaped water collector appeared in front of the rune board.
A lot of water gathered in the middle. Andrew helped Surdak set up the water collector next to the rune board, and then asked Surdak: "Captain, do we still want to go in?"
Suldak rested on a stalactite and said: "These hell piranha flowers will not appear at the entrance of the cave for no reason, so I wanted to take a look inside the cave."
Andrew looked at the broken ax in his hand with some distress, and said honestly: "Oh!"
“The marching rations we carry are enough for us to last in the cave for five days, so we don’t have to worry about your stomach.” Surdak said to the ogre next to him.
“I feel relieved when you say that. It’s really uncomfortable to be hungry!” A relieved smile appeared on the ogre’s face.
“Samira, were there many caves in this area before?” Surdak asked Samira, who had been a guide for a while.
The half-elf archer took the map and used the Holy Light Torch in Surdak's hand to find the team's current location. He also drew a deep mark on the map where there was a mountainous area, and said: "
I have heard before that there is an underground cave network in the northern suburbs of the city, but it is usually occupied by ghost monkeys, and the cave paths here are complicated. Few adventure groups are willing to enter. Those ghost monkeys like to hide in dark caves and blow poison.
Arrows themselves are of little value, and this cave is almost their range of activity."
“But now I can’t even see a ghost monkey in the cave.” Andrew looked around the cave and found no living creatures.
Suldak thought for a moment before saying: "The piranha trees outside the cave can grow so luxuriantly, probably because they have absorbed a large number of ghost monkeys as nutrients."
“Captain, is it possible that there is something specifically hunting those ghost monkeys in the cave, and only some of the ghost monkeys escaped from this underground cave?” Andrew seemed to have thought of something terrible and couldn’t help but ask.
“So we have to continue to explore inside to see what is in this cave.” The more Suldak thought about it, the more he felt that the combat team might have gone on the right path due to an accidental collision.
A ball of blue flame came out from the fire-gathering scroll. Andrew put the cooking pot on the fire, waited for the water in the pot to boil, and then added the batter-like marching rations so that the cooked porridge would not stick to the bottom.
The team ate something before continuing deeper into the cave.
Along the way, no trace of the Hell Dog was found, and Surdak couldn't help but feel that he might have thought too much.
I don’t know how deep this cave is, and the team also encountered some intricate forks. In order to avoid getting lost in the cave, Samira made clear road signs at the most inconspicuous locations at each fork. Here
Going deep underground, once you lose your way in the cave, it is not easy to get out of the cave network.
This road continues downward. Although the slope is relatively gentle, Surdak can still feel that the team has gone deep into the ground.
It was very quiet in the cave. There was not even any living creatures. There was not even moss growing on the stone walls. You could hear the echo clearly when you spoke. The silence was like boundless terror slowly growing in the hearts of everyone. Even Andrew, who had a simple and honest personality.
I also became a little irritable.
The team rested in the cave for one night and walked inside for half a day.
Just when Surdak felt that there might really be nothing in the cave, the low roar of hell dogs could be faintly heard from deep in the cave...