Chapter 17 Adult Worms
"This is no longer something we can deal with..." Red Beard Delmo shouted: "Go back to report to the union, and you need to mobilize the Mad Dragon-level adventure team to clear it up... Damn, such a dangerous monster appeared so close to Tianqiong City. If it is bred and grown by them, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
Everyone felt it was reasonable. It was already late at night, and the effect of the night vision potion applied by the adventurers when it was dark had begun to decline, but they were busy running for life and had no time to make up for it. They could only identify the direction of Tianqiong City, hoping to go home early.
However, among the people, there were still people who disagree with these monsters.
"I don't think there is any need to make such a fuss!" Shidao snorted coldly: "This time we just lack information and are not prepared enough... When we go back and study the countermeasures, prepare enough props, and it is not difficult to lure these insects out one by one. Why bother to give the credit to those crazy dragon-level? All the limelight is made to them. It's simply..."
Halfway through his words, a strong wind suddenly blew, and Shidao's voice suddenly stopped. When the strong wind passed, Shidao did not speak anymore. Instead, a hissing sound of water spray came from his direction. Everyone felt strange and looked back and screamed in surprise.
I saw Shidao’s legs still riding on the horse, shaking with the horse’s back, but the body above the waist was gone, leaving only the wound cut in half and squirting blood, and the internal organs fell in the wind...
"What's going on?" Everyone felt creepy. At this time, the strong wind blew again. Delmo realized that it was not good. He looked up and noticed that it was not the wind in nature at all, but the airflow brought by a flying insect that was not as big as a dragon, flapping its wings!
"Everyone, do it!" Delmo reminded loudly, but it was too late. Two cold lights flashed by, and two more adventurers died. One of them was cut in half like the stone island, and the other was even more straightforward. Even the people and horses were cut in half and fell to the ground.
Look at the giant insect, flapping its wings and flying high, dragging two long sickle-shaped hind legs behind it, and the remaining limbs of the adventurers who just died...
"It's that monster!" Red Beard shouted, but saw the monster flapping its wings violently, and a large amount of dust spread out, forming a hallucinating thick fog that enveloped everyone.
"So this is the truth about the thick fog!" Les gritted his teeth, and hurriedly used the strong wind to try to dilute it. The spiritual mage in the Red Beard team also raised his staff again, relying on the light to keep everyone awake.
But this light not only awakened the adventurer, but also attracted the gaze of the giant insect. The wings that were as huge as an airplane swung down and rushed straight to the flashing spiritual mage!
"Xuus!" Mandel's eyes were so angry that he threw the axe into the sky with all his strength to attack the giant insect! The female mage Less also used his magic in desperation and tried to attack the giant insect, so that the only spiritual mage could not fall down!
But all this attack was a drop in the bucket. The axe hit the insect and made a sonorous sound and bounced away, only a cluster of sparks were emitted; and Less' magic was like a breeze blew on his face, unable to shake the dive of the giant insect at all.
Seeing that the two hind legs of the Grim Reaper's sickle were about to harvest their lives again. At this moment, a big hand made of rock suddenly came from somewhere and grabbed the giant insect in the air. No matter how the wings fluttered and the sickle were swung, they could not break free. It was like a sparrow caught by someone, without any resistance, being pulled back to the darkness...
"What is that...that?" Everyone was shocked, but no one dared to stop. Everyone was afraid that the insect monster would catch up again, speed up, and escape from this place of failure...
After a night of running wildly, the remaining adventurers finally rushed back to the sky at dawn.
When they set out, there were nearly a hundred people, but only fifty or sixty people came back. The survivors were all tired and threw away their armor. The red-bearded Delmo lost his axe...
However, those who escaped were still scared. In the end, if it weren't for the mysterious hand helping, the giant insect could have wiped out them...
As soon as everyone approached the barrier, guards went to the association to report the news. Nangong Rui was woken up from his sleep and had no time to wear clothes, so he issued an order to direct the association staff to settle the wounded. The leaders of several teams were also handed over to the Adventurers Branch to details the story.
"Dubby... Have you seen that huge moth before?" Nangong Rui asked.
Dolby shook her head: "No... If we had encountered this before, we might not be able to come back alone..."
Nangong Rui nodded: "You are all experienced adventurers. If you want to evaluate them, what are the levels of crusades that shine with yellow light and the huge moths that appear in the end?"
Delmo frowned and said, "On the way back, we also discussed that those flashing worms will always appear with the fog of scales and powder scattered by the moths. Obviously, there is something to do with them... According to the shapes of the two types of worms, we believe that the most likely group of worms is larval form, and the huge moth is adult! And it is very likely that the moth is the mother of those worms!"
"Do you have the habit of raising offspring?" Nangong Rui frowned and said, "This is rare!"
Dolby nodded: "According to our calculations, those larvae should have a level of 10 to 13. If you fight alone, you can usually handle it by masters from level 3 to level 4. And that adult can sprinkle hallucinating fog of scale powder, as well as a terrifying body shape, hard carapace and sharp sickle... It is speculated that the larvae should have a level 18 or above, and at least a master of level 5 or above can cope with it!"
"This is still a conservative estimate..." Delmo frowned and said, "We have a short contact with it, and may not be able to get the whole picture. The actual level of attack may be higher!"
"A champion-level monster..." Nangong Rui narrowed his eyes and said, "It is almost comparable to the flying insects of the dragon. If all the larvae grow into adults, this is a terrifying trouble! It seems that it is indeed necessary to attack and eliminate them!"
"I'm more interested in the origin of the huge stone hand..." The female mage Les swallowed: "If I read it correctly, it should be the Earth-based level 6 magic, the hand of the earth..."
Chapter completed!