Chapter 12: The Lion-Faced Butterfly
After searching for three days in a row, Xuan Chen and his party did not encounter a suitable second-order water-attribute demon beast, but during this period, they encountered four or five first-order demon beasts. Probably out of the protection of the territory, the first time those demon beasts saw the group, they killed them without saying a word. So even though I didn't want to entangle with those demon beasts too much, I was forced to spend some energy to kill them. One of the members of the group was accidentally attacked by a demon beast, and his back was torn open by the claws of the demon beast four times, and the bones were deeply visible, and the backbone was almost shattered.
The environment of the Demon Beast Mountain Range is harsh, and the miasma and poisonous insects in the air will cause the wound to worsen. If he does not receive timely and effective treatment, the member of the regiment is likely to be disabled for life, and his martial arts will be destroyed.
Therefore, the injured member had to withdraw from the mission ahead of schedule, and Lei Xing arranged for three slightly stronger members to escort him out of the mountain.
However, two demon cores were found in the bodies of the first-order demon beasts that were killed, and the quality was not very good, but it was also an additional income. After some discussion and negotiation, Lei Xing advocated that the rest of the people agreed and decided to give all the income of one of the demon cores to the unfortunate injured companion.
In fact, all the people present were from poor backgrounds, and their families were not well-off, otherwise they would not be engaged in the work of employing such a knife to make a living. It's all up to every adventure into the mountains to supplement your family. Today's righteousness is awe-inspiring, not simply patting your chest and shouting, you can be happy and proud, and it is undoubtedly a great determination to involve the families behind them.
Today was still nothing, and it was getting late, so I had to return to the camp for the time being.
"Tomorrow we will go to the mountainous area to the east, which is close to the upper reaches of the stream, the water source is open, and the water system is full of spiritual energy, and we may meet a suitable target there. Lei Xing said, he didn't want to include that area in the search range, because the closer he got to the upper reaches of the stream, the closer he was to the inner layer of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, and as a last resort, Lei Xing didn't want to get close to the dangerous area that was called the desperate place of human warriors. For the king is in the depths of the inner layers of the mountains.
But now, because one person was injured, the team lost four people at once, and nearly a quarter of its strength was lost. If another accident happens, the employment will be aborted and forced to return without success.
So now I can only take a few risks and try my luck.
"Okay, let's adjust our state today, and tomorrow will be a vicious battle. Lin Luhu, it's your detachment's turn to keep vigil tonight......"
Lei Xing said, but as soon as the words fell, with a "whoosh", a huge black shadow suddenly appeared behind him, and it slammed towards him with lightning speed.
Thunder was horrified and immediately soared forward, trying to dodge the sudden killing machine behind him.
But that black shadow was like a maggot that eats away at bones, and it will not give up until it reaches its goal, and it will not give up.
"Brute, Hugh hurt my eldest brother. ”
The thunderbolt on the side shouted angrily, and his figure suddenly rose from the ground, and he kicked the black shadow in the air.
The black shadow was quite wise, and when he saw that he failed to succeed, he did not drag the mud and water, so he stopped his body and leaned back, dodging the thunderous kick.
Everyone "sonorously" drew their sidearms and entered a state of alert.
Behind the black shadow, the place swept by, leaving more than a dozen ravines like a plow, the earth tumbling, a mess, all chopped out by a pair of sickle-like pincers in front of the black shadow.
The perception of being able to dodge the thunder line quietly approached and then launched the thunder shadow attack, although the thunder line was in a state of exhaustion and slackness, but to be able to do this, it was already the best proof of the strength of the demon beast in front of him, but I was afraid that compared to the thunder line, it was only strong and not weak.
The frightened thunderbolt quickly turned around after landing on the ground, and finally saw what the monster that attacked him was.
"Lion-faced butterfly!"
Second-order water monster, lion-faced butterfly.
The body is like a butterfly, but it has the face of a lion. The two huge sickle-shaped pincers in front of him are the main killing weapons of the lion-faced butterfly, and the sharpness is better than the blades of the world. The huge black wings on its back can not only take off, but also assist in balance in battle, greatly enhancing the agility of the lion-faced butterfly. Not only that, but the fine dust falling between the fluff on the wings can even be mixed into the air, paralyzing the opponent's nerves unconsciously.
"Brothers, put away your tiredness for the time being, prey, and send yourself to the door. Lei Xing stared at the lion-faced butterfly tightly, and the thunder spiritual power rolled between the palms, faintly thundering.
The lion-faced butterfly seemed to understand Lei Xing's words, and the mane on the lion's face exploded, and the sound of "whoosh" came from its open hideous mouth, which was extremely harsh.
"Protect your mouth and nose with your spiritual powers, and don't inhale the black dust from the wings of the lion-faced butterfly. Lei Xing finally instructed, immediately took off the big knife behind his back, and his body rushed out quickly, "Brothers, go on!"
"Chen'er, you hide aside first, and act when you see the opportunity, if the situation is not good, don't worry about us, just remember the agreement you promised me when you came. Xiao Zhen said to Xuan Chen.
Although Xuan Chen was eager to improve himself through fighting, he was more aware of the huge gap between his strength and that of second-order demon beasts. It's just that if he rashly joins the battle in the Qi Spirit Realm, not only will he not be able to help in the slightest, but it will backfire and become a burden to everyone.
Xuanchen jumped onto the trunk of a tree and watched the fight below from a distance.
The strongest Lei Xing bore the brunt of the attack, and the broadsword in his hand was raised high above his head, slashing at the head of the lion-faced butterfly. The lion-faced butterfly raised a pincer, "Bang!", and the attack of the broadsword was resisted without any effort.
Immediately after, Lei Li had already dodged behind the lion-faced butterfly, and his fists with fists on the gloves slammed into the lion-faced butterfly's waist.
Cloud opening mid-grade martial arts, thunderstorm fist!
There was a slight thunderstorm sound when the thunderous fists burst out, and the power of this punch was far stronger than the "Iron Mountain Fist" used by Xuan Chen against Shang Muhai.
But just when the thunderous fists were about to fall on the waist of the lion-faced butterfly, at the last moment, the wings of the lion-faced butterfly suddenly opened, covering the entire back and withstanding the thunderstorm punch.
The Thunderstorm Fist's offensive was instantly disintegrated, but because of the Thunderstorm Fist, the black dust on the wings of the Lion-faced Butterfly was scattered all over the sky, and the thunder and thunder closest to the Lion-faced Butterfly were almost shrouded in black dust like a mist in the sky.
Lei Xing and Lei Li hurriedly withdrew from the fog of black dust, and they couldn't stay for a long time.
"Be careful, this beast is not simple. Lei Xing reminded.
......The fog of black dust dissipated, and the lion-faced butterfly held its head high and let out a piercing cry, as if it was proud and provocative.
Suddenly, the lion-faced butterfly's wings trembled and sped towards one of the members of the group next to her. Everyone was caught up in the air.
The group member who was locked was even more stunned on the spot, and the giant pincers of the lion-faced butterfly were cut down, and he was only frightened and instinctively placed his weapon in front of him as a defense.
And the result is self-explanatory, and it will be crushed with one blow. The whole member of the regiment was knocked upside down like a cannonball, spurting out a large mouthful of blood, crashing to the ground, rolling out more than ten meters away, crushing patches of grass, and fainting. The weapon that bounced off had been broken in two.
Seeing this, everyone gasped. The strength of the fourth stage of the martial artist is so vulnerable in front of this lion-faced butterfly!
"Beast!" Lei Xing shouted angrily, the big knife was horizontal, and the spiritual power was suddenly increased to the extreme, and above his head, there was a phantom of an eagle covered with thunder and lightning, and his wings were spread, and he was a foot wide, and the sound of thunder and thunder was endless
This is the primordial god of thunder, a thunderous eagle.
When a martial artist's realm reaches the level of a martial artist, a wonderful change will occur in the divine soul. According to the cultivated mental method, a possessed primordial god is derived from the divine soul.
The existence of the Yuan Shen can not only enhance the perception of the warrior during the battle, but also assist the warrior to fight together, and even, many martial arts must be through the Yuan Shen, and the two complement each other in order to exert the strongest power.
For example, Lei Xing, the cultivation is a cloud opening chapter of the upper grade of the heart method, called "Thunder Eagle Xiaoyu".
The condensed primordial spirit is the thunder eagle. The specific presentation of the primordial spirit is often closely related to the cultivation of the mind.
Of course, there are no absolutes in everything, and there have been people who have been happy with the supreme mind, so they have to go to the old and welcome the new and rebuild the mind. But he is also attached to the original god and the heart is connected, the fit is very high, and he is reluctant to cut his love. He retains the original spirit and only re-cultivates the mind. It's just that in the long years to come, the Yuan Shen needs to fuse new mental methods, which will consume a large number of Shen Souls, so the Yuan Shen will fall into a weak and scattered state, unable to exert his full strength.
It is also like the snake python and the like, after swallowing the prey, supporting the intestines and stomach, you need to find a safe and hidden place, lie still, and slowly digest, the snake python at this time is often the weakest time.
Since the primordial spirit is one with the warrior's soul, with the warrior's own strength gradually becoming fuller, the primordial spirit will also become stronger and stronger, and gradually condense like substance. And at some major passes, when the warrior breaks through to a new realm after crossing it, the Yuan Shen will even produce earth-shaking changes.
It is recorded in ancient books that when martial arts reach the peak, the original god can derive spiritual wisdom, become ten thousand zhang to cover the sky, and steam the sky and boil the sea.
After combing and summarizing, if a martial artist wants to exert the strongest killing power, the martial arts realm, mental method, martial arts, and primordial spirit are all indispensable.
Lei Xing never expected this lion-faced butterfly to be so cunning, and he had both anger and fear in his heart.
Cloud opening in the middle grade martial arts, gathering thunder and slashing!
On the big knife in Lei Xing's hand, wisps of thunder light rolled, and the condensed thunder spiritual power seemed to temper the blades to a sharper edge. Lei Xing's hands that clenched the handle of the knife were caused by the strong force, and the muscles on his arms bulged high, ready to attack.
"Brute, take your life!"
The broadsword slashed into the void, and a blue blade of light broke away from the blade, slicing through the air, and slashing towards the lion-faced butterfly.
The lion-faced butterfly flapped its wings frantically, and in an instant the grass clippings flew sideways, and then, it flew directly towards the blue blade of light. It's going to be tough!
I saw that the lion-faced butterfly used its double pincers to draw a cross slash trajectory in the air, colliding with the blue lightning blade.
"Boom. ”
This time, the dirt flew sideways, and the aftermath of the energy tore a circular open area about two meters in diameter directly on the ground, exposing the moist dirt and sapy grass roots.
The blue blade of light dissipated, and the lion-faced butterfly's wings drooped slightly, and the light in her eyes dimmed a little.
"This brute is really tough. Lei Xing took a breath, and immediately said to Lei Li, "Second brother, use that trick." ”
Lei Li comprehended and flashed to Lei Xing's side.
Lei Xing stretched out his right hand, and Lei Li stretched out his left hand, all five fingers bent into a ball-like shape, palms facing each other. Immediately, the two of them exerted their spiritual power at the same time, and a magical scene happened, the spiritual power of the two was actually intertwined, and the wisps of thunder and lightning were like snakes, writhing wildly between the palms of the two palms.
Combo skills, cloud opening middle grade, thousands of thunder flashes!
"It's actually a combined attack martial art!" Xuan Chen exclaimed in surprise.
Combo Martial Arts is a special kind of existence in martial arts, which is usually cultivated by two or more people together. Cultivators must have a strong tacit understanding with each other, so that they can barely reach the entry conditions for learning combo martial arts. After that, it will also involve the matching of spiritual power attributes and other thresholds.
The cultivation conditions of the combined attack martial arts can be described as extremely harsh, and the difficulty level is by no means one plus one equals two, but it also means that its power is also much stronger than ordinary martial arts.
A thunderbolt ball of light condensed between the palms of the two of them, and with the crazy infusion of the spiritual power of the two of them, the thunderbolt ball of light became bigger and bigger, and the light became more and more brilliant. By the end of the day, it was close to the size of a human head. Even the vegetation on the ground was instantly burned to ashes by the light around the lightning ball.
"Up!"
The energy in the thunderbolt ball has reached its extreme, Lei Xing drank lightly, and the two of them took steps at the same time, carrying the thunderbolt ball towards the lion-faced butterfly.
"Phew!" the lion-faced butterfly let out a high-pitched cry, as if it had finally sniffed danger in the ball of lightning.
The lion-faced butterfly's wings shook, showing a tendency to retreat, setting off a strong wind and retreating backwards.
But it's too late.
Lei Xing and Lei Li's palms that controlled the thunder and lightning ball suddenly pushed forward, and the thunder and lightning ball dragged a long tail of lightning, just like thunder, and shot at the lion-faced butterfly that was crazy and backward.
"A thousand thunderbolts, explosion!"
In the blink of an eye, the lightning ball had caught up with the lion-faced butterfly and smashed heavily into the lion-faced butterfly's abdomen. The next moment, the ball of lightning suddenly exploded.
"Boom!"
Like thunder exploding on the belly of the lion-faced butterfly.
The lion-faced butterfly spat out a mouthful of green blood.
Lei Xing and Lei Li took advantage of the victory to pursue, swept forward, the two of them clenched their fists, and each punched at the place where the thunderbolt light ball fell.
A larger mouthful of green blood burst out, and the breath of the lion-faced butterfly suddenly withered, and he watched the two people in front of him retreat after punching the ground, but there was nothing to be done.
The wisps of light from the remnants of the lightning ball slowly dissipated, leaving only a scorched black belly of the lion-faced butterfly, and the flesh and blood were blurred.
The lion-faced butterfly seemed to be at the end of its power, and its sharp pincers were falling and dim.
"Boom, siege, don't give it a chance to breathe. Lei Xing shouted loudly.
Immediately, Lei Xing and Lei Li, plus Xiao Zhen, Yue Feng, and another team leader, Lin Luhu, who was a martial artist with the strength of the fifth stage, the five of them went together to encircle and suppress the lion-faced butterfly.
Faced with the five people who rushed towards him, the lion-faced butterfly tried to flap her wings in response, even if she fled in a hurry. But no matter how much it struggled, its breath did not come back to light, but became weaker and weaker, and almost fell to the bottom.
In the end, it had no choice but to spread its wings and wrap its body tightly under it like a silkworm chrysalis.
But what no one noticed was that under the appearance of stubborn resistance, there was a trace of cyan liquid on the black wings of the lion-faced butterfly, which silently seeped out from under the fluff and attached to the surface of the wings.
Knives, fists, guns......
The five attacks all landed on the black wings wrapped in a ball shape, and the black wings were torn like cloth, and they became tattered in an instant.
But at the same time as the black wings were torn apart, the shattered wings fluttered and trembled, splattering the cyan liquid secreted on them onto the five people. After the cyan liquid touched the five people, it penetrated the protective spiritual power diaphragm without even noticing, seeped into the clothes, and finally melted into the surface of the skin easily, as if the snow water was melting.
The five of them stood around the lion-faced butterfly and withdrew their spiritual power, because the lion-faced butterfly's breath had completely disappeared, and this battle seemed to have been settled.
Are you sure?
When Lei Xing was just about to step forward to do the final treatment of the lion-faced butterfly, he was about to lift his feet, but his body was like being filled with lead, and he couldn't move in place. What followed was a paralyzing sensation that spread throughout the body.
Immediately, the other four people, including Xiao Zhen, also developed the same symptoms one after another.
The next moment, the lifeless lion-faced butterfly suddenly revived, suddenly opened its black wings, and its pincers emitted a gray death light in the sunlight.
The five of them were shocked, and the breath of the lion-faced butterfly was not at all sluggish, and it was clear that the edge was in full bloom.
The five people who were close to the lion-faced butterfly, their eyes were wide open, and they only heard the strange cry of the beast in front of them, which was very sarcastic and mocking, like the double pincers of a sickle flying, a total of five times, and the blood arrows soared, and then, all five of them vomited blood and flew upside down.
"Father!"
Seeing the rapid turn of events, looking at the five Xiao Zhen who fell to the ground with blood flowing like a thread, and Xuan Chen, who was standing on the branch of a tall tree in the distance, was suddenly anxious.
The remaining members of the regiment were already frightened in the face of this scene, and they stood in place with their faces like ashes, trembling uncontrollably, as if the next moment even the blades in their hands would fall to the ground because of the weakness of their palms.
Since they joined the mercenary group for so long, they have faced the situation of life and death, and they should not be so embarrassed. The reason for this is because every time in the past, they were always able to turn danger into a disaster with their wisdom far superior to that of demon beasts, because the difference between humans and demon beasts is that people know how to work together, know how to stratagem, and how to trap.
But this time, they were almost toyed with by the lion-faced butterfly.
In their cognition, only demon beasts that have reached the realm of human martial emperor can have spiritual wisdom comparable to that of humans, so they have always been full of confidence in the competition of wisdom and strategy, and they have always regarded their minds as the greatest reliance on entering and exiting the demon beast mountain range.
But now in front of them was that although the lion-faced butterflies' intelligence had not yet been cultivated to the level of humans, they already possessed a cunning that was not inferior to theirs, and they couldn't believe the facts in front of them.
They don't even have the bloody nature of burning jade, just like a group of dragons and leaderless soldiers, all thoughts are lost.
I can't care so much, how can he watch his father see death and not save him?
It's important to keep your promises, but when people are gone, you have to agree on what to do!
But as soon as he activated his aura, he wanted to jump down, but a murderous aura took the lead and enveloped him.
It's a lion-faced butterfly!
Xuanchen's body froze, and he raised his head with a click, looking ahead, only to see the lion-faced butterfly facing him, revealing the two rows of uneven, but sharp and hideous teeth, salivating, as if he was smiling at him, a terrifying sneer. Its dark gaze firmly locked Xuanchen, to be precise, the position of Xuanchen's waist.
"This ......" Xuan Chen was confused at first, and then suddenly realized, this guy, is it the idea of gathering spirit grass seeds?
The seeds of the Gathering Spirit Grass planted in the silkworm jade altar were lying quietly in Xuanchen's arms at the moment. Xuanchen has always carried it with him, and he usually keeps it in the ring, and when he returns to the camp in the evening, Xuanchen will take it out and let it absorb the aura of heaven and earth. After returning to the camp just now, Xuan Chen took it out as usual, but when the lion-faced butterfly broke in, he carried it into his arms.
But why did the lion-faced butterfly suddenly become interested in the spirit gathering grass seeds, Xuan Chen was very puzzled, but there was one thing he knew very well at the moment: run, run with milk, since the lion-faced butterfly's goal is now himself, why not plan it, attract the attention of the lion-faced butterfly and take it away from here, leaving everyone a chance to breathe.
After paying attention, Xuan Chen jumped off the tree trunk, turned over and ran as fast as he could in the direction of the dense forest behind him.
However, Xuan Chen calculated the lion-faced butterfly's scheming, but when he was thinking about how to help Xiao Zhen and the others get out of trouble, he ignored a crucial issue that was vital to his life.
With his strength, he was able to run a few steps under the pursuit of the lion-faced butterfly? How long could he live, and how long could he delay? Is the time he lost his life and won out a drop in the bucket at all, and it is useless?
In other words, the lion-faced butterfly was fighting the idea of gathering spirit grass seeds from the beginning. At first, it was ready to sneak attack the strongest Lei Xing, but unfortunately one move failed, and was defused by the two Lei Xing brothers in time. Later, one of the members of the regiment was seriously wounded, intending to anger the crowd, and then pretending to be killed. In fact, it had already quietly secreted a cyan liquid that was more paralyzing than black powder on the surface of its wings, and as long as Lei Xing and the others attacked its wings, those ordinary armors could not stop it from eroding into the cyan liquid that had eroded into its body, and it would splash on them.
Ordinary people only know that the black powder on the wings of the lion-faced butterfly is paralyzing and toxic, but few people know that the cyan venom hidden in the lion-faced butterfly's body is several times more toxic than the powder. Even if it is a martial artist-level powerhouse, as long as the cyan venom invades the body, within an hour, the spiritual power will be lost, and the limbs will be incapacitated.
Finally, there is the lion-faced butterfly's hobby, which is vegetarian and does not eat meat, and specializes in eating natural treasures. In order to absorb the spiritual power contained in the treasures of heaven and earth, to achieve the purpose of rapid growth and cultivation.
In the reddish-brown eyes of the lion-faced butterfly, the figure of the white-haired little man became smaller and smaller, it gathered its wings without hurry, the charred black of its abdomen began to peel off, and the golden cicada rolled off its shell, rolling down a black hemispherical shell, revealing the true abdomen body under the shell.
It turned out that the "Thousand Thunder Flash" only broke the carapace outside the lion-faced butterfly's abdomen.
No, if you turn over the shell that the lion-faced butterfly abandoned on the ground and take a closer look, you can find that in fact, the distance between the thousand thunderbolts and the complete penetration of this layer of carapace is still a little distance, not much, about the thickness of a fingernail.
On the real body of the lion-faced butterfly's abdomen exposed after the carapace was peeled off, there were actually six short limbs curled up. The six short limbs stretched out, dug into the dirt, and then scurried. It is like the worst dog, with its sharpest claws, cutting the softest sand.
Dirt mixed with the rocks underground, splashing all over the sky.
In the sight of those stunned members, a black shadow flashed, and the speed was so fast that they could only barely catch a blurry afterimage.
The lion-faced butterfly is moving faster at the moment than when using its wings.
In just a few blinks, the lion-faced butterfly stepped out of a distance of dozens of meters, and in a few blinks, the lion-faced butterfly had already appeared two feet behind Xuanchen.
The lion-faced butterfly once again stretched out the two sickle-shaped huge pincers, pointed at the top of Xuanchen's head, and slashed down on the head.