After they entered several caves in succession and returned without success, Gu Yuan called off the operation.
It wasn't that they were impatient with their search, but they just felt that searching like this was a fool's errand. Otherwise, if they didn't find something by then, they would never be able to find their way out again.
The other three people didn't have any objections to this, so the four of them started to turn back.
Back to the glacier again.
But just as they were about to walk down the glacier again, they seemed to hear something coming from the cave.
It is said that although the light in this cave is very dim, the stalactites and unknown crystals on the walls of the cave can emit colorful brilliance, which can be regarded as providing some light sources in this dark underground.
Therefore, although the entire cave is full of jagged rocks and cannot be seen clearly, it is still possible to check at a glance what is there and what is not there.
Everyone was a little confused, but they didn't see anything in this hole.
Gu Yuan and the four of them looked at each other, and Gu Yuan and Li Cheng slashed the flames in two directions at the same time.
The little eagle slashed the flames in the direction behind everyone.
The three firelights in this small space basically illuminated everything around them. Combined with the light refracted by the luminous stalactites, it can be said that the cave was as bright as day in an instant.
The three of them still didn't see anything wrong, but Yun Duoduo suddenly pointed in a direction and shouted, which startled the three of them.
"Look, there's something moving there. It's a big thing!"
The three of them took a closer look in the direction of Yun Duoduo's fingers, but saw nothing. They were just normal stone pillars and stalagmites shining brightly.
"Duoduo..." The little eagle was about to say, did you see Yun Duoduo wrong?
But she immediately thought that Yun Duoduo had already established a foundation, and she couldn't be wrong about it.
Gu Yuansan looked at each other, took the weapon and wanted to move towards the stone pillar to check it out.
But before everyone got close, the thing lost its composure.
Maybe they were alerted by Yun Duoduo, thinking that the four of them had seen themselves, so they saw the thing that was completely integrated with the cave suddenly start to move.
Gu Yuan first raised his sleeve arrow and shot out an arrow.
But this thing was extremely nimble. It turned sideways, and the sleeve arrows grazed its body and flew towards the stalactites in the distance.
When this big guy rushed in front of everyone, everyone saw clearly that it turned out to be a ferocious insect-like beast!
It is a huge mantis that is more than three meters tall and more than ten meters long.
Just when everyone was stunned, the big mantis hissed at the pair of sword arms stretched out by everyone, jumped up suddenly, and slashed at everyone.
Suddenly attacked, and everything was unclear, the little eagle could only raise his hands and shout, "Golden Light Shield, rise!"
Then the big mantis hit the golden light shield with a crackling sound.
The pattern on this mantis was indistinguishable from that of the cave. A pair of big knives slashed at them at extremely fast speeds. If the little eagle hadn't thrown out another defensive talisman, the four of them would have had to eat it this time.
A small loss is unacceptable.
However, everyone soon discovered that although the mantis looked very violent, its attack power was not as scary as it looked, and it did not even deform the protective shield.
Seeing this situation, the four of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The little eagle curled his lips and said, "Another inedible thing!"
After Mantis discovered that all his attacks were blocked by the protective shield, he immediately slashed his arms more than a dozen times.
After Gu Yuan knew it in his mind, he took the initiative to go around from behind the protective shield, took three steps and two steps at a time, and rushed towards the huge mantis.
"This is a cave giant mantis. It can fly when it becomes an adult. It seems that this is not an adult because it has no elytra. Gu Yuan, be careful of its pair of blade arms. That is its main means of attack. It has two unique points.
The vital point is where the neck connects with the chest and abdomen!"
Listening to the reminder from Yun Duoduo, Gu Yuan, Li Cheng, and Little Eagle split into three groups and rushed out of the protective shield, targeting those two vital points.
Gu Yuan took the initiative to jump up and attract the target with a Flame Slash move. Li Cheng and Little Eagle were waiting for the opportunity.
However, the three of them tried several times by rushing left and right, but the results were very bad.
This cave giant mantis moves very fast and attacks extremely swiftly. Its pair of huge blade arms can easily cut off stalagmites and stone pillars in the cave, and the armor on its body is enough to withstand ordinary slashes.
As for the three people who wanted to attack its vital points, they failed even once because the mantis's pair of huge compound eyes had a very large field of vision.
"This thing's eyesight is so good. It has no blind spots in all directions. No matter where we are, it can find us."
"This absolutely won't work. We have to find a way to blind it or slow it down!"
Gu Yuanyuan couldn't open the situation no matter what, so he proposed his plan to the other two people: "I will attack mainly, and even if I am injured, I will also pull its double swords here. Li Cheng is responsible for using Silent Illusion to slow down its speed.
The little eagle is preparing for a last strike, and then I'm waiting for an opportunity to give it a fatal blow!"
After saying that, Gu Yuan rushed forward again. He turned a blind eye to the giant mantis's two swords and slashed at the mantis' head with a flaming sword.
The mantis wanted to avoid the flames again by turning aside, but Li Cheng and the little eagle attacked, and the little eagle also used the flame slash to seal the space where it could hide.
At the same time, Li Cheng also hit the hanging ice on the big mantis, forming a burst of frost on the surface of its body. Although it had no lethality, it succeeded in making its speed less sensitive than before.
Finally, the mantis couldn't bear the burning of the flames and turned back to resist the flames. Seeing this, Gu Yuan and the others immediately jumped up, stepped on its jointed limbs, and got on its back.
The mantis was very sensitive and scratched the back of its head with its two knives, trying to protect its vitals from being attacked, but it only hooked Gu Yuan, who refused to dodge.
Although its pair of broadswords were sharp, they were blocked by the flame protection released by Gu Yuan and did not cause any real damage.
At this moment, Li Cheng and Little Eagle finally seized the opportunity, one cut off the waist and the other broke the neck.
Kaka slashed twice, splitting the huge mantis into three parts.
Gu Yuan also used a knife to separate the knife arm holding him, and quickly avoided the attack of the huge mantis that continued even after its death.
Everyone withdrew from the area of constant tossing and began to look at the cave again. Indeed, no elixir was found. At that time, they killed a few small large mantises. Then they returned all the way in the direction they came from, preparing to fight with them.