Chapter 19: A Piece of Dead Wood

The water here was extremely slow, almost static, the muddy swamp emitted a foul smell, and the lush calamus grass was growing wildly one after another, and Duan Mo's feet were completely sunk into the mud, making it quite inconvenient to move.

In the depths of the swamp, there are large mangrove forests, and the thick roots of the mangroves burrow out of the ground, hanging on the ground with teeth and claws, and after being densely intertwined, they form a solid fence that cannot be passed through at all.

Fortunately, Duan Mo didn't want to enter the mangrove area - the light was dim and the terrain was complicated, and if he encountered any wild beasts, Duan Mo would have to wait for death.

He walked around the perimeter of the swamp for a while, and found that there were more creatures than he had imagined. The mud of the swamp has become a playground for all kinds of insects, and there are huge dragonflies everywhere, which hover in swarms and buzz at low altitudes. These dragonflies are not only amazingly large, but also very aggressive, and what is even more perverted is that they actually have some poison, once bitten, they will itch all over their bodies, as if they were bitten by a hundred mosquitoes at the same time.

Duan Mo carefully avoided them, he was glad that he had changed into an animal skin suit before leaving, this suit could effectively reduce the exposure of his skin, so that he would not be annoyed to death by these insects.

The mud poured into Duan Mo's trouser legs, making him feel quite uncomfortable, and he simply searched the area, and after finding that there was no suitable prey, he planned to leave the place as soon as possible. But just as he was about to leave, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a dead log floating in the swamp.

The wood was dark and short, and there were no similar trees nearby, which made Duan Mo a little puzzled, but then he remembered that there was a creature that was known for disguising itself as trees.

He immediately stood still, silently staring at the dead log. The dead wood was only about ten meters away from Duan Mo, and it didn't seem to be anything abnormal when it was soaked in the mud like this.

"Could it be that I'm too careful?" Duan Mo muttered, turned around and continued to walk out of the swamp, after walking a few steps, he vaguely heard something behind him, and suddenly looked back, but the dead wood was still soaked in the water, unchanged.

Duan Mo's heart was a little nervous, he cheered up his spirits, carefully looked at the dead wood, and suddenly found that the distance between the dead wood and himself seemed to have been shortened?

Thinking of this, Duan Mo couldn't ignore his doubts any longer, he slowly took off the bow and arrow on his back, and shot at the dead wood.

In his spare time in the past few days, Duan Mo has been honing his archery skills, and now his accuracy has improved greatly, and he can achieve almost 100 shots within 20 meters. The stone arrow burst out of the string and immediately pierced into the dead wood, and after a few shakes, it stopped moving.

"It seems that it is really a piece of wood......" Duan Mo laughed self-deprecatingly, after living on the island for a long time, he had begun to become suspicious - this is not to blame Duan Mo, it is really that there are too many strange creatures on this island. He put his bow back on his back, and walked over to the deadwood, trying to pull out the stone arrow. Although the production of stone arrows does not require too many materials, Duan Mo adheres to the principle of saving what can be saved, and makes careful use of each arrow.

It's a pity that this arrow is going to lose half of Duan Mo's life.

He slowly trudged through the quagmire, moving to the side of the dead wood little by little, the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and when he saw that Duan Mo could reach the stone arrow as soon as he stretched out his hand, he suddenly found that at the front of the dead wood, there seemed to be a pair of eyes.

"Not good!"

Duan Mo reacted instantly, turned around and ran, but it was too late. Behind him, the dead wood leaped out of the water, revealing its entire body.

As Duan Mo had guessed before, this was a crocodile!

Its size was only five meters, and compared to the emperor crocodile that Duan Mo had encountered before, it was simply a dwarf, but despite this, when facing Duan Mo, a human, its size still occupied an absolute advantage. On its chin, it has two boar-like fangs, which wrap its long snout, making its nostrils extremely prominent, almost like a pig's nose.

Duan Mo recognized it at the first time - this was a pig crocodile!

The creature had a very distinctive feature, its limbs were not as short and thick as those of modern crocodiles, but were long, thin, and flexible, which showed that it was able to move quickly on the ground. Its protruding snout and fangs make it extremely lethal when ramming its prey, which makes up for the small size of the pig crocodile, making it as powerful as the emperor crocodile.

Duan Mo had no idea of fighting this crocodile head-on, his mind was now full of regretful thoughts - he shouldn't have provoked any dead wood, if he turned his head and ran away as soon as he saw dead wood, he wouldn't have lured this beast out at all!

The muddy ground seriously hindered Duan Mo's escape speed, and Duan Mo had not been running for a few steps before he could hear the wheezing of the pig crocodile behind him. The pig crocodile is like a fish in water in this kind of quagmire, and the speed of running away is several times that of Duan Mo!

Duan Mo immediately made a judgment, if he only cared about escaping, he would not be able to get out of this quagmire alive, so as he ran, he took off the bow and arrow on his back again, and every few steps he ran, he turned around and shot an arrow.

Although Duan Mo didn't have time to aim at all, the pig crocodile was too close to Duan Mo, and Duan Mo shot an arrow behind him with his eyes closed, and he could accurately shoot the pig crocodile's head. This move completely annoyed the pig crocodile, and it did not understand why the prey in front of it could pierce its armor with a small wooden stick, but its instinct as a hunter made it make a surprising move.

It suddenly stopped pursuing, bent on all fours, and fell low to the ground.

Duan Mo's understanding of the pig crocodile was very limited, he didn't know the meaning of the pig crocodile's action at all, he seized the opportunity of the pig crocodile to stop, turned around and shot another arrow, this arrow was shot in the pig crocodile's face again, and the pig crocodile's entire head was already bleeding at this time.

It's a pity that this arrow is Duan Mo's last chance.

After the pig crocodile bent down for a second, it suddenly bounced off the ground and crashed into Duan Mo at an unimaginable speed.

Although the pig crocodile is small, it weighs nearly a ton, and Duan Mo never dreamed that its bouncing ability would be so strong!

Where's this crocodile? It's a kangaroo!

But regardless of whether Duan Mo believed it or not, the fact just happened, and after being pierced several times by Duan Mo's stone arrows, the pig crocodile finally used his housekeeping skills. Duan Mo stood stupidly in place, with no way to dodge, and was instantly knocked headlong by the pig crocodile.

Duan Mo felt as if he had been hit head-on by a car, and the internal organs in his body were displaced, and even the air in his lungs was knocked out.

Not only that, the pig crocodile's fangs also played a huge role, and when the pig crocodile collided with Duan Mo, the pair of fangs also stabbed Duan Mo's body. Duan Mo's animal skin cloak played a huge role at the moment of crisis, and the Titan python skin was not pierced by fangs!

If it weren't for this dress, Duan Mo would definitely have been disemboweled, killed on the spot.

After Duan Mo was knocked headlong into the air, he was heavily planted in the muddy water, his eyes were black for a while, and he couldn't even breathe, but the pig crocodile was in hot pursuit, and before Duan Mo could get up, he had already pounced on Duan Mo and bit Duan Mo.

"It's over! this time it's dead!" Duan Mo's heart was cold, he remembered the beard that had been bitten in two by the Titan Python before, and the bloody scene was still vivid.

However, a second later, Duan Mo's imaginary "Penetrating Coolness" did not come, and he found that although this pig crocodile bit himself, its teeth could not pierce the animal skin clothing for a while!

The teeth of the pig crocodile are not as sharp and jagged as the other creatures on the island, but similar to the teeth of a dog, and they are not very sharp, so although Duan Mo was about to faint in pain, the pig crocodile actually had no way to take him in a short period of time.

The pig crocodile's IQ is not high, and it will not attack Duan Mo's vulnerable position that is not covered by animal skins, and after it found that the guy in its mouth was as resilient as kraft candy, its ferocity flare up again, and began to shake its head vigorously, throwing Duan Mo around like a rag doll.

This throw almost threw Duan Mo's ** into a pulp, he felt that the world was spinning, and the things in his stomach were surging, or it wouldn't be long before Duan Mo would be thrown to death even if he wasn't bitten to death.

In the face of death, Duan Mo was also aroused by his ruthlessness, he focused all his attention on his eyes, and in the rapid shaking, he could barely see the pig crocodile's head, and then he used all his strength to insert his hands into the pig crocodile's eyes.

The pig crocodile's eye sockets were about the same size as Duan Mo's fist, and because the pig crocodile was hidden in the water all year round, its eyes gradually evolved to the top of the head, without any protection at all, Duan Mo easily inserted his finger into it.

This time, Duan Mo didn't leave any mercy, he slashed it fiercely, the green tendons on his arms burst out, and he simply took out the eyeballs of the pig crocodile!

The two eyeballs of the pig crocodile were pulled out alive by Duan Mo in this way, and there were countless nerves and blood vessels adhered to the eyeballs, which looked extremely disgusting. The pig crocodile was in pain, and tossed like crazy, and at the same time shook off Duan Mo in his mouth.

Duan Mo was once again slammed to the ground, but then got up again. After the pig crocodile lost its eyes, he didn't care about Duan Mo, frantically fluttering in the mud, looking a little pitiful. Duan Mo ran away and sat on the ground, panting and looking at the crazy pig crocodile.

"Bastard, you still want to eat Lao Tzu?!"