There is an opening at each end of the cave leading to different areas of the underground world.
The stone walls on both sides reflected a faint cold light under the fluorescent moss, and water droplets continued to drip from the top of the cave, making a monotonous popping sound on the cold ground.
Although there are constant sounds, silence and dead silence still dominate in this dark and deep underground world!
If you want to survive in this dark world, keeping quiet and avoiding body temperature leakage are the only ways to survive. But this is obviously broken today!
A horned sheep that had never appeared on the surface was fixed to the rock in the center of the cave by an iron chain. The dark and cold environment made it tremble with fear, and the huge wound on its hind leg was still slowly flowing with blood.
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The thick and pungent smell of blood has filled the passage.
What...
The trembling cry of the horned sheep was heard far and wide in this dead world.
The horned sheep screamed irritably and kept pushing its horns against the stone pillar that tied it. It wasn't until it noticed the movement behind it that it looked back in horror.
In the darkness, a terrifying figure crawling on the ground is slowly approaching it!
This is a basilisk.
The huge body with a length of 5 meters from head to tail makes the basilisk the undisputed giant in this area, and the huge mouth of guillotine-like fangs makes it difficult for the creatures they bite to survive. In addition, the petrified lizard has a range of only 3 meters.
Rays, basilisk lizards have become the well-deserved 'underground scavengers' of the underground world!
Seeing a pair of shining khaki eyes approaching in the dark, the horned sheep was so frightened that it couldn't control itself, and jumped and kicked desperately. But this did not help at all, and on the contrary, it made the bloody smell on its body even more exuding.
Faster and more widespread.
As soon as the basilisk approached the rock where the horned sheep was, it was immediately blocked by a strange talisman array emerging from the ground. It took a few bites and pounced hard several times but could not do anything to the talisman array. The basilisk was trying to figure out what to do.
Suddenly, it half straightened its body, raised its nose and sniffed the slowly flowing air in the cave.
With the unique sensitivity of underground creatures, it sniffed out a familiar and terrifying smell from the thick smell of blood.
Without hesitation, the basilisk turned around and crawled towards the darkness in the distance, quickly disappearing.
Not long after the basilisk disappeared, a howling wind suddenly blew in the cave, and then a strong black figure jumped out of the passage and coiled among the hanging stalactites at the top of the cave.
Finally, the black figure landed on a protruding platform on the rock wall, standing tall and silently overlooking everything in the cave below.
Shocked by the weird atmosphere, the horned sheep was so frightened that it collapsed to the ground, and the unpleasant smell of urine came from under its body.
Although there is no light in the cave, the huge black shadow can bring every corner of this space into sight with the help of low-light vision.
The cold floor, the dark stone walls, the gurgling underground rivers... everything is under its control.
The black shadow stood quietly in the darkness, and the green eyes with a hint of earthy yellow were full of strong doubts and uneasiness.
However, as a minor manticore, it is obviously not mature enough.
All the smells emanating from the horned sheep were absorbed into its nostrils. The smell of delicious flesh and blood unique to the creatures on the surface stimulated its blood, and the saliva in its mouth couldn't help dripping down.
Small holes have been etched into the rock platform.
The scene in front of me looks like an ugly trap, but what about the enemy who laid the trap?
The young manticore resisted the urge to swoop down for a feast, and opened its eyes wide to scan for possible enemies. However, even though it scanned every corner of the cave, it could not find any scent or trace of outsiders.
Finally, the little manticore could no longer suppress its natural hunger for the flesh and blood of living things, and swooped down with a soft roar, and pounced viciously on the horned sheep.
After a while, the strange sound of the young manticore frantically biting and devouring the flesh and blood of the horned sheep was heard in the cave.
As a ferocious underground creature, the manticore never cared about table manners. The scene of crazy eating was unbearable to watch. The whole rock was dripping with blood, like a small slaughterhouse.
And just when the little manticore fell into a feeding frenzy, a shallow pool in the corner of the cave was rippling, and three human-shaped black shadows slowly emerged.
"Pour...pour...pour..."
Through the thick darkness, Gargamel couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.
As he murmured, the little manticore that was feasting suddenly swayed, and as soon as its broad bat wings opened and before it could fly up, Nuo Da's body fell down strangely.
"Hurry up..." Greem ordered in a low voice: "There is a little manticore nearby, we don't have that much time!"
"Understood!" Gargamel laughed sinisterly: "It doesn't take much time to extract a little bit of the toxin from its scorpion tail. I guarantee it won't notice anything afterwards!"
After saying that, he took advantage of the darkness and quietly touched the sleeping manticore.
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There were still two hours before dawn, and the adult manticores that had dispersed into the nearby mountains and forests also returned to the entrance of the cave one after another.
It can be seen that their bellies are bulging and they have been thoroughly fed.
And their thick hind limbs were still holding on to the bloody prey. They rested on the stone pillars for a while and then whizzed back into the cave. And it wasn't until they completely disappeared into the underground passage that the nocturnal bats dared to pounce and flap.
The wings returned to the nest.
The three of them, Greem, observed the whole process from the side, and when the sky became bright again, they returned to the camp with satisfaction.
The first time they explored the underground lair, they did not kill any creatures at all, nor did they kidnap the little manticore that had fallen into the trap, but only secretly extracted some of the skin, flesh and toxins from its body. After the anesthetic had worn off, the little manticore
The lion woke up from its deep sleep in a daze, and all the abnormalities around it had been completely erased by Grim and others.
After all, the little manticore's intelligence was not that perfect. Under the pressure of the drug, he also forgot about the previous events and could only return to the lair suspiciously.
With the pharmacist Gargamel here, and the toxin extracted from the body of the young manticore, it is still possible to concoct some targeted anti-paralysis potions. Although it is impossible to completely resist the paralysis attack of the adult manticore, it is better than
It's much better to resist with your body.
For several days in a row, Grim and Gargamel stayed day and night, spending almost every night in the twists and turns of the underground passage.
Observed the morphology, behavior and living habits of these manticores at close range, and even sneaked into the manticore's lair to understand the topography there, which laid a solid foundation for the later clean-up tasks.
After Greem's careful planning and careful deliberation, a complete plan for the extermination was finally determined, and the execution time of the plan was set on the seventh day after they arrived at the Diseased Wood Forest.
According to Greem's observations, this day should also be the day when the adult and young manticores of the manticore family go out in large numbers to hunt on a large scale, which is suitable for the launch and progress of the extermination plan.
The executors of the plan are all members of the adventure team!
Under the temptation of Greem's heavy reward of 300 magic crystals, Luo Wei and others finally gave in.
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It’s another beautiful night with bright moonlight and few stars.
As soon as the sky darkened, a large number of bats living in the cave came out again, gathered into clouds in the night sky around the diseased wood forest, circled and flew around for a few times, and then dispersed into the nearby mountain forest.
And the nine-headed manticores also appeared again, but after a brief division of labor, they went their separate ways!
After they were all far away, Greem and his group of eight people showed up nearby, and then headed straight into the depths of the cave.
Letting Sabrina lead the rest of the group behind, Grim and Gargamel rushed into the underground passage first and headed straight for the manticore's lair.
Time is very precious, and we must race against time to set up traps before the manticores notice something is wrong in the nest, otherwise they will easily be blocked in the nest by the manticores returning to the nest.
In order to lure the manticore group into trouble, they must first control the two young manticores who were left in the lair. Therefore, Grim and Gargamel took the first step, using witchcraft to continuously accelerate and quickly advance towards the manticore lair.
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Different from the sneaking last time, this time they rushed into the underground passage simply by beating gongs and drums.
While walking down the passage, Greem kept throwing witchcraft fireballs, blasting small underground creatures hiding in the dark into pieces all over the sky.
The huge fireball roared and spread rapidly in the underground passage. They didn't need to look for it at all. The two little manticores who were hiding in the dark rushed out after chasing the sound of the explosion.
The young manticores only have quasi-witch level strength. Although their combat power is not worth mentioning in Greem's eyes, it still takes a certain amount of effort to capture them completely.
When Grim took the lead and rushed into a small cave, there were four or five underground passages leading to different areas. It could also be regarded as a small hub of this underground maze.
Greem had just rushed in here, and there was an evil wind above his head. Two huge black shadows like hills swooped down from the roof of the cave. Their white fangs opened wide and bit into Greem's head and shoulders viciously.
Greem had already fully understood the ambush of the two manticores through the latest 'Multi-dimensional Scene Construction'. Therefore, Greem only paused slightly before he successfully used the flame jump to jump to another area.
And at his original position, a huge lava fireball that had been left there exploded at the right time!
If Greem wanted to kill two manticore cubs, he would only need a real lava fireball to make them survive and shed their skin. But now, in order to catch them alive, he could only detonate the fireball in advance.
As a result, in an earth-shattering explosion of flames and shock waves, the two young manticores were stunned and scarred by the explosion. They could only rush out of the fire scene screaming miserably.
What greeted them was the Growler's casserole-sized Iron Fist...
With two muffled thuds, the two little manticores were knocked unconscious in a gorgeous way!