Chapter 143: Giant Polygonal Worm
Whether it was a rumor or a coincidence, the various theories he had heard pointed out that the giant polygonal insects were mainly infested in the northern part of Mengzhong, roughly between Shabak City and the Exile Village.
In other words, as long as he could find and kill a giant polygonal insect, He Ming would be able to earn enough money to learn Dao for more than a month, so he didn't have to think about it and tidy up his outfit, so he walked in that direction.
However, it had already taken enough time, and the sky was getting darker, and it was too late to rush to the location of the giant polygonal insect that day, and it was difficult to maintain the physical strength to rush over so desperately.
So in this valley of poisonous snakes that He Ming is very familiar with, He Ming easily hunted a wild wolf, found a place by the river, burned a bonfire to roast it, and fell asleep after eating desperately in the river.
There was still some time before dawn, He Ming got up and wrapped the remaining wolf meat, found a shortcut and walked quickly towards the destination, in order not to make any extraneous branches, he also deliberately bypassed the position where the guards were stationed, climbed over a mountain, and crossed the border between the two places.
By this time it was already dawn, and while drinking the water from the water bag, he drew out a wolf's leg and ran while gnawing, and finally arrived in the area between Shabak and the exile village in the scorching sun.
However, He Ming, who had a clear purpose, didn't care about these people at all, he continued to explore the place where the giant polygonal insects had appeared in the rumor, and unexpectedly found that the place was so desolate that it was terrifying, full of loess, and from time to time with a gust of wind brought up a piece of dust, but there was no trace of life at any time.
How can the yellow earth, which has not even the slightest weed or moss, support such a giant insect? He Ming thought with a frown.
But it's all here, and it's not worth it to leave without exploring this circle, but he set off in the middle of the night, how can he be willing to leave like this?
Slowly the wind in the air gradually became stronger, the loess was drifting thicker and thicker, the visibility decreased, and even his breathing was affected, He Ming could only tear a piece of cloth to wrap his mouth and nose first, lift the sword, and explore carefully step by step.
As the dust cleared, some disgusting sandworms that usually burrowed into the ground came out of the ground, and these blood-red sandworms were startling from all angles.
The goal of his trip had nothing to do with these animals, not to mention that they were extremely embarrassing, so He Ming did not approach them, but tried to bypass these things and continue to search for them in the north.
It was this idea that helped him avoid a surprise attack, and just as he was going around in a circle to avoid these sandworms, suddenly there was a bang, and an amazingly large multi-horned ladybug suddenly came out of the yellow earth at some point, and with a cluck, it gnawed off half of a sandworm in one bite!
The other sandworms immediately panicked and fled, while others dug up the ground and prepared to burrow into it, but this was obviously not wise, because the giant polygonal worm itself came out of the ground, and it was impossible to hide from it by digging into the ground.
Sure enough, after swallowing a sandworm in a few bites, the giant polygonal worm began to attack these sandworms who were about to burrow into the ground and escape, and as soon as they rushed, the horns on the top of their heads tore apart a sandworm, and now it is not in a hurry to eat, just one bite at a time, killing several sandworms on the ground, and then turning around to pick one and eat it slowly.
Just as it turned around, it stared at He Ming, which was a completely different target from its usual food, I don't know if it felt the murderous aura, or if it wanted to try it, the giant polygonal insect made a gurgling sound while moving towards He Ming.
It is not an exaggeration to say that this monster is huge, with the posture of a ladybug lying on the ground, the height is above a person, not to mention the wings flapping, the six-legged stroke, it is even faster, although it is not as big as a house as rumored, but in front of a person, it is really a behemoth.
Its head, back, and legs have long spikes that don't please it if you touch it, and the exposed carapace looks so hard that it can be used to make armor.
I don't know if this monster is poisonous or not, but looking at its food, those sandworms are afraid that they will not be clean, and the teeth and horns it uses to kill the sandworms cannot avoid being highly poisonous, so He Ming immediately made a judgment that he couldn't fight head-on!
He quickly made a backward gesture, causing the giant polygonal insect to speed up after him, disrupting its rhythm and taking the opportunity to find out the speed limit of the large insect.
Sure enough, as soon as he began to retreat, he rushed at full speed, and the six giant feet with thorns rowed like the wooden oars of a big ship, swift and rhythmic, and with the wings that flapped from time to time, it was not only powerful, but also extremely fast.
Very strong! But he can't suppress the current He Ming in terms of speed, and he still has quite the means and routines to deal with this kind of animal with a certain ability to think.
I saw that He Ming was not in a hurry to show his fastest speed, and while pretending to be embarrassed to escape, he blocked his eyes as if his vision was seriously affected by the smoke and dust, and slowly increased his speed as if he wanted to escape with all his might.
How could the giant polygonal worm that thought he had an absolute advantage run away from him? Suddenly, the hidden wings fanned with all their strength, and at the same time, they kicked with six legs, and flew in the air with their strength, which was enough for Mount Tai to overwhelm the top, and pounced on He Ming, and finally the abdomen that was not completely covered by the armor was exposed.
And this is the opportunity He Ming has been waiting for, the bulky insect is half flying in the air, where is there any flexible movement? As soon as the thunderbolt danced, He Ming's speed was immediately as fast as a ghost, not retreating, but advancing, and the sword light went straight to the enemy with the sound of wind and thunder.
"Click~Bang!" With a sound, although the abdomen of this giant polygonal insect still had a certain carapace defense, but it was far from being able to resist thunderbolts, when He Ming raised his sword and rushed past its abdomen, it was slightly blocked by its abdominal shell, and still relied on his own forward momentum and the acceleration of the insect's own propulsion, cutting its abdominal armor.
With a successful blow, He Ming suddenly rolled on the ground when the sword went down, and when he stabilized his body and got up, he saw that the giant polygonal insect was lying on the ground again, and a puddle of disgusting mucus flowed from the place where it had been cut just now.
In this dry season, water is life, and if this guy can't find something else to hydrate quickly, he won't need to fight anymore. Sure enough, the giant polygonal worm began to dig into the ground, ready to burrow.
Once it succeeds, not to mention that it may devour sandworms underground to replenish water, it will die below, and He Ming will be tantamount to wasting this effort, so it must not be allowed to run away like this!
With the thunderbolt in both hands, He Ming rushed towards it head-on.
The giant polygonal insect also reflected the speed, although it dug the ground into dust, the loess was all over the sky, and a small pit came out in an instant, but He Ming just rushed to its side, but a steady and accurate front foot smashed straight up.
It was also He Ming who had already made preparations, and when he saw this claw tearing up, he slid a step to the left, avoiding the attack that made a small ditch on the ground, and the thunderbolt slashed with sword energy, and slashed on its foot joint with a click, and basically had no ability to dig into the ground and escape when it was broken.
But I didn't expect that the carapace of this joint part was also hard and scary, He Ming's sword was an ordinary sword test stone, and it was only cut a little bit, and only a small amount of juice oozed out, which seemed to have no big impact on its actions.
He Ming himself was shocked back a few steps by this blow, and the other leg had already stretched out and swept towards him, He Ming raised his sword to block slightly, and took advantage of the momentum to roll backwards, and landed firmly on the ground.
That's enough, one blow has at least told the giant polygonal insect a message: He Ming can hurt it, and he can't ignore He Ming and continue digging the ground.
Sure enough, although this insect is so powerful that it is a little contrary to the laws of nature, its mind is still a worm, and after this pain, it no longer cares that it has been injured and needs to burrow into the ground to escape, but drags the body that is still bleeding, strokes with six legs, and continues to pounce on He Ming.
Maybe it was because after eating that trick, it no longer flapped its wings to borrow power, but because of this, its speed could not be increased so fast, and its movements lacked flexibility, so it could not keep up with He Ming's speed at all.
He Ming didn't intend to let it relax, and kept maintaining a speed that gave it hope to catch up with him, sometimes left and right, fast and slow, and circled around it from time to time, so that this big insect couldn't catch up and couldn't escape, and was tired of running.
As time passed, the speed of the giant polygonal insect finally began to slow down, and there were many traces left on the map where they were fighting, which were the traces of the condensation of its bodily fluids after they landed, and the sunlight reflected a strange light on the loess smoke and dust.
After another violent pounce on He Ming, the insect stopped all movements, its limbs tightened, and shrunk into a ball.
It's not the first time to deal with wild things, the giant polygonal insect that was extremely fierce just now, it seems to be completely dead, no matter how you look at this situation, it looks like pretending to be dead, but whether it is really dead or pretending to be dead, He Ming must also get close to it to make sure.
So He Ming also pretended to be defenseless, and walked towards the giant polygonal insect that was shrunk into a ball, and made a gesture of stretching out a hand to lift it.
Just when He Ming was three to five steps closer to him, sure enough, this insect burst out, and the six-legged and hidden wings worked together, and with a clatter, it pounced desperately at an unprecedented speed.
However, all of this has long been in He Ming's plan, because the full force of this insect is to use its wings to exert force together, causing it to jump up and expose its abdomen in this way, and at the same time, the direction of its attack is also the empty space deliberately left by He Ming's outstretched hand.
So this blow He Ming rolled to the right step by step, and the thunderbolt carried through, leaving a horizontal wound in its abdomen again.
This time the bug is basically finished, and there is no need to pretend to be dead anymore.