The hardest part of strangling a scorpion lion is how to get them under control.

Nine adult and young manticores, 2 of them have the strength of elite-level wizards, 3 are equal to the strength of veteran wizards, and the remaining 4 are basically new wizards.

With such strength, it can definitely crush the team on Grim's side. After all, they only have one explosive elite wizard, Grimm, and two veteran wizards, Gargamel and Wood Demon!

As for the other adventurers and apothecaries, they were barely used as shields. If you want to rely on them to support a solid line of defense, it is no less than a mantis arm blocking the car, and the end must be miserable.

So the only way to defeat the strong with the weak is to set a trap and introduce these manticores into a narrow area to reduce their numerical advantage. And the reason why Grim dared to do this was because of his knowledge of the manticore.

Although the manticore is also a fierce monster, after all, they don't have long-range attack skills, which is the main reason why they can't get on the stage! If it weren't for the special environmental advantages of the underground passage, their combat power would not even be as good as those two-legged wyverns.

Near dawn, the scorpion lion group that went out to hunt began to return to the nest on a large scale.

As soon as they stepped into the underground passage, the two elite-level manticores led by them became restless.

In the past, when Grim and Gargamel broke in, they would try to hide their scent and erase the traces left behind. But this time, in addition to them, even the adventurous mercenaries broke in with torches in their hands.

The strong human breath left behind in the passage and the burnt smell of the torches burned in the passage were like a lighthouse in the dark night, and it couldn't be more obvious!

Your lair was broken into by a group of humans?

The leader of the manticore lion was furious, but he couldn't help but feel worried about the two little manticores who stayed behind in the lair!

At its urging, the manticores abandoned their prey, flapped their wings, and surged deep underground following the scent of humans. The more they fly, the more worried they become, because the path of the human race is directed at their hidden nests!

This can't help but make the manticore lions anxious!

Finally, at a key junction on the periphery of the lair, they sniffed the scent of a baby manticore.

Mixed with the little manticore's breath was the scorched aura and ...... after the elemental flame burst A faint smell of blood!

The former foreshadows the involvement of human wizards, while the latter ...... But it especially made the manticores angry.

It barely took them half an hour to search the lair, but they found no trace of the enemy. With their keen sense of smell, they sensed that the enemy had not fled, but had instead rolled around the manticore and headed straight deeper underground.

Carried away by the rage, the group of manticores, led by two elite manticores, a male and a female, followed the smell all the way, and finally found two tightly bound baby manticores and a large pile of clothes left by human mercenaries in an underground Jedi.

As they frantically tore at the ropes on the little manticore, Grim led Gargamel and the others to cover from behind, firmly occupying the entrance and exit of this underground Jedi.

The so-called underground Jedi actually refers to a small area with only one entrance and exit, and no other passages inside. Such caves and caverns abound almost everywhere in the Underworld, and are a region that Underground Expeditions both love and hate.

If you're part of an expedition, it's a great place to camp when you're resting with your team. As long as the only entrance and exit are blocked and a special person is sent to guard it, there is no risk that the team will be attacked by someone.

But if you encounter a large number of underground creatures, this kind of underground Jedi with no way to escape can easily wipe out an expedition team. That's why they exist so much that people love and hate, and it's hard to choose!

The underground Jedi that Grim had chosen for the manticore lions was a funnel-shaped cavern that had been trampled on many times, and there was no other way through it except for this only entrance. The only entrance is 4 meters wide and 3 meters high, and can only be used by one adult manticore lion to spread its wings and pass through, or two manticores to squeeze through.

When Grim spotted the manticore in the urn, he immediately cut off their retreat from behind. Upon reaching the hole, Grim unleashed the Growler and the Rotten, leaving the Growler, covered in rock lumps, to block the way, and he and the Rotten to attack from the side.

As for the rest of the team, they spread around the perimeter to prevent other underground creatures from causing trouble.

Gargamel, on the other hand, cast spells in a burst of spells, detonating many traps that were secretly lying in ambush in the cave.

Large quantities of absinthe and small amounts of ghost mushrooms were ignited by the flames, which began to create a pungent and choking smoke and a terrifying stench of fungus flying around the cavern.

They quickly consume the air inside the cavern.

Since all the tunnels and cracks had been blocked in advance, the smoke and poisonous gas could not escape, and the cave and the manticore lion group inside were completely submerged almost instantly.

Immediately, from the choking smoke came the sound of a huge tsunami of coughing and the sound of manticore lions flapping their wings, mixed with the terrifying roar of the manticore leader.

The Growler is a giant stone figure that is 4 meters tall and weighs 35 tons, and is wrapped in a thick layer of rock armor. As the only meat shield today, it gave up all opportunities to attack, and only condensed a huge rock as a shield between the big hands of the rock, and defended it with all its might.

As soon as its defensive stance was ready, the smoke in the cavern was divided, and a raging manticore lion slammed into the 'shield' in its hand with a swift hurricane.

There was a pop.

The rocks more than a meter thick were shattered in an instant!

The Growler's heavy body staggered backwards, and the rocky feet and hard floor even rubbed against dazzling sparks. The adult manticore lion also hit his head and bled bleeding, shaking his body and falling into a state of vertigo at the entrance of the cave.

Taking advantage of the fact that neither side reacted, Grim stood behind the growler's side, and an enhanced version of the lava fireball was thrown under the injured manticore's feet. At the same time, the rotten man's ball of strong putrid acid also fell on the manticore.

It was like a large basin of strong sulfuric acid splashed on his body, and the injured manticore lion was still in a dizziness and was corroded by strong acid, and his majestic sideburns quickly disappeared, and the hard leather-like brown skin made a sizzling corrosive sound.

And in the next second, the lava fireball exploded, and the violent and ferocious shockwave blasted the manticore lion in the air, and the entire chest and abdomen were blurred with flesh and blood. As for the subsequent sputtering of lava fragments and magma splashing, the inner side of the cave entrance turned into a terrible sea of lava and fire that ordinary people could not stand on.

As soon as the manticore lion got out of the way, the wind howled, and a new manticore pounced on him with the momentum of wind and thunder.

This time, the Growler didn't have a rock 'shield' to protect himself, so he could only use a pair of thick rock hands to withstand the manticore's assault.

Boom......

There was another loud bang like the sky cracking and the earth cracking.

The Growler's two stone hands, which were half a meter thick, were smashed into the sky, and if it hadn't sank the two stone legs into the rock floor, I am afraid that it would have been knocked away just now.

What a terrible power!

According to the monitoring of the chip, the impact intensity of the two manticores just now has reached an astonishing 135 degrees. This...... This is already an attack strength that ordinary wizards can't hope for!

And this manticore's physique and strength are also far better than the first one, after the violent impact, except for the blood flow of the head and the collapse of the fangs, it did not fall into vertigo. Not only did it not faint, but at the moment when the growler's hands disappeared and the empty door leaked, the scorpion tail behind it stabbed out like lightning and viciously pierced the rock armor of the growler.

The four-finger-thick rock armor was pierced alive, and the terrifying poison needle as sharp as a hook quickly injected paralyzing venom into the growler's body. At the same time, the growler's right foot lifted and stomped down sharply.

The terrifying invisible shockwave immediately centered on it and began to spread in all directions!

All individuals exposed to the shock wave could not help but jump on the spot, and the entire body musculoskeletal tremor was uncontrollable, and they lost their ability to adapt further.

This raiding manticore is clearly an elite-level guy, no weaker than the Growler in terms of physique and strength. But unfortunately, when the paralyzing venom was ineffective, it also had to eat the other party's 'great tremor'!

If it is replaced by another manticore, it may take three or five fingers to get rid of this runaway effect, but for an elite-level manticore, its loss of control is only a short time.

It's a pity that this is enough for Grim to launch an attack!

Never daring to cherish himself, Grim did not hesitate to use his strongest single fire-like sorcery in the voodoo secret scroll - fire core melting!

With the blessing of the Flame of Destruction Witch Staff, the fire core melt blast cast by Grim at this time has been able to reach an ultra-high attack strength of 125 degrees, which is 10 degrees higher than before.

Don't underestimate the difference of 10 degrees, this is a 10 degree based on deep breaking!

In general wizard battles, each guy will find ways to bless himself with various elemental shields and sorcery protection. Under the layers of reduction, ordinary witchcraft attacks can't break through this defense, so they can only use the method of consumption to slowly consume.

And the higher the strength of a single attack, the more likely it is to break through the opponent's defensive sorcery with one hit, so the spillover part of the elemental damage, the opponent can only completely absorb it in full amount!

And the elite-level manticore lion in front of him, the maximum witchcraft damage it can withstand is only 90 degrees.

Although a sorcery attack below 90 degrees can also bring some damage to the surface of its body, it is never able to break through the protective force field formed by the powerful life energy, so it cannot damage the important organs and key parts of its body.

And this is the foundation to ensure that it continues to fight!

But Grim's 125-degree fire core melting, even if it is cut by half, the remaining 35-degree fire damage can really be applied to its flesh and blood torso.