Chapter 803: The Crater (Medium)
Chapter 803: The Crater (Medium)
Magma slimes like to live in magma, but when the goblin plays a horn made of the horns of a special underground beast, the magma slime will be paralyzed and unable to move, and the magma slime will not cool and stiffen like a lava worm when it leaves the magma, that is, "freeze to death", but will enter a state similar to hibernation, although the body is cold, it will only appear in a slimy state like a slime at room temperature.
Stoneskin Goblin takes advantage of this by catching magma slimes, regularly taking them to the crater magma pool to eat lava worms, and after eating enough, a certain amount of iron ore is thrown into the mouth of the magma slime to melt it, and then it is scooped up, brought back to the tribe to cool slowly, and then "dig" the "refined" metal iron for further polishing to make suitable weapons.
To be honest, this is a seemingly ingenious iron-making method, but in fact, it is a bit of a detouring iron-making method, however, the goblins themselves are intellectually inferior, and they do not have an iron-smelting process like the gray dwarves, let alone directly absorb metal to strengthen themselves like mine goblins, of course, they can only use this method to smelt metal little by little and make weapons, so that they can gain a foothold in this plane.
Speaking of which, it's really a bit of a curiosity.
In Leo's words: "If the posture is up, this is called the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds......"
I still think there is a Chinese saying that is more appropriate: "The world is so big that there are no surprises." β
However, if we can't get anything out of the stoneskin goblin, we should leave.
Before leaving, we watched the goblins at work.
The Tyrannosaurus rex was full and no longer occupied the magma pool, so the Stoneskin Goblin pushed the Magma Slime into the pool and waited until it was almost finished eating before dropping the iron ore.
The Magma Slime eats the iron ore and starts not moving.
The leader blew the horn, and the Magma Slime stiffened for a moment, and then tamely "climbed" back into the large tank that had been tilted again. When the temperature of the slime dropped, the goblins slowly picked up the jar and walked back and forth......
"Let's go," Leo said, "the next ......"
The other volcano is extremely steep and somewhat difficult to climb, and of course, this is for ordinary races whose unawakened magic powers.
Instead of going up the cliff and reaching the top of the crater, we saw the bottom of the smoky crater.
The pit was overgrown with plants.
At first glance, these plants are not gentle varieties, they are all strange-shaped, hideous branches, and sharp leaves. And there wasn't even a living thing in itβno wild animals, no birds, no snakes, insects, rats, ants, and it didn't look like a naturally formed forest.
"See?" Leo asked.
"It's all meat-aggressive plants." Ricardo said.
"Analyze," said Leo, "supposedly even if it is a carnivorous plant, it must be a little deceptive, otherwise there would have been no animal approaching, and wouldn't it have starved to death?" β
Ricardo walked over and looked at the outermost thorny bushes, and said, "It's a little hard to determine, I guess, it's venom with hallucinogenic effects......"
As he spoke, he put his hand in.
The thorns moved on their own, like spiked vipers, wrapping around his wrists and dragging his body inside.
The power of a single thorn tree obviously had no chance of dragging him, but soon, all the thorny bushes joined in this "tug-of-war" tug-of-war.
More vines wrapped around Ricardo's wrists, forearms, elbows, and even shoulders.
"There was a lot of strength," Ricardo said calmly, "but I'm not sure if they were a collective effort or if they were originally a whole." β
As he spoke, he began to pull back.
Many thorny bushes were uprooted, but it is clear that the roots of these shrubs are connected.
Ricardo began to glow with fire.
The flames ignited a part of the thorns. Even though this is a crater, the air is a bit wetter than the previous one, so the plants grow lush and resilient.
However, instead of blue-black smoke coming out of the lit thorn branches, it was a pale red, almost pink smoke.
Needless to say, this thing is poisonous.
Ricardo immediately replaced the flames with ice, freezing a large area of thorny bushes, including several nearby trees more than two meters tall.
Unexpectedly, this move had an unexpected effect - the plants that looked a little toothy and clawed really moved.
Not only that, but more trees joined the ranks, giving birth to a large vine that swept towards Ricardo!
"Guess wrong, the plants here are actually all one." Ricardo said unhurriedly, increasing the output of the ice element.
A forest that was not very large in size turned into a whole at this moment, forming a huge net that opened and attacked those who entered it.
There were even some underground roots that had been drilled out of the ground in bundles and flanked from both sides, and even I was targeted.
Ricardo stepped back to me and asked, "Next, destroy this place?" β
"Tsk!" The Tyrannosaurus rex was furious, "Mom, I'm going to do it!" β
I said, "Don't kill completely. β
As soon as the flames of the Tyrannosaurus rex appeared, things were completely simple.
No matter what thorn trunks and vine roots he had, they were all burned to ashes, and the poisonous smoke produced by the burning was directly decomposed by the high temperature and scattered without a trace.
The entire forest suddenly looked like a wounded beast, and let out an indiscretable "scream", which was extremely low, but there was a feeling of energy shock.
"Infrasonic attack?" Leo said strangely.
A transparent protective cover appeared, and I realized the seriousness of the problem, but I still felt that Leo was making a fuss: "Isn't it infrasound?" We are not ordinary people, and our bodies are resistant. β
Leo said, "I can't test the shield?" β
I laughed: "That's fine......"
As he spoke, most of the plants on the ground had been burned, and billowing smoke rushed into the sky, thicker than the original black smoke of the crater.
At this time, the infrasound waves of the plants stopped, the protective cover was intact, and the ground began to shake.
"Earthquakes? Volcanic eruptions? "I was a little surprised.
"No, it's this plant that decided to fight to the death." Leo said.
At this time, the last few big trees suddenly secreted a large amount of green mist.
These green mist, whose effect is comparable to the venom of the high-level Demonic Beast Poison Water Spider King, actually blocked the flames of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
At the same time, the shaking of the ground became more and more intense, and on the ground, dozens of tree roots with a diameter of fifty or sixty centimeters and a length of at least one or two hundred meters broke through the ground.
Suddenly, several large trees were like huge octopuses emerging from the dirt, occupying the space of this crater with their "tentacles"!
"The old tree spirit has appeared? It's a bit like A Chinese Ghost Story......" Leo said, "Ricardo, go and ask." β
The Ricardian worm went out, split a few "tentacles", and when he reached the vicinity of the tree, he shouted: "Can you speak human language?" Kill you if you don't speak! β
Dozens of "tentacles" are menacing, but in fact, there are only a few that can attack Ricardo, and the flames of the Tyrannosaurus rex are not vegetarian, and the green mist secreted by the big tree can only cover the part near the trunk, so Ricardo can easily ask questions in order to deal with the attack of the root tentacles.
"Damn, intruder!" The big tree spoke.
"If you can talk, let's talk about it." Ricardo swung his axe and hammer and cut off the two "tentacles" again.
"Don't talk about it!" Big Tree said.
The three big trees are tightly pressed together, spelling out a human face, the two eyes are divided on the trunks on both sides, the nose and a big mouth are on the tree in the middle, the proportions are a little strange, it looks hideous and funny, in the miserable green poisonous mist, it is really a little terrifying.
"I'll kill you if I don't talk about it." Ricardo continued to swing his axe.
This time, however, the severed root "tentacles" began to recover.
According to the plot of the movie played by Leo in "University", this kind of tentacle-like thing often has a regenerative function, whether it is tree roots, vines, real octopus tentacles, eye demon tentacles or the hair of some magical beasts.
So, the rebirth of the roots of this strange tree was not at all surprising to me.
Ricardo didn't actually have this kind of education, but I can see that his coping strategy is very simple - according to the conservation of energy, the regenerative roots also need to consume energy, and the power of this big tree cannot be infinite. And he himself, with the magic core of a high-level demonic beast as a support, doesn't have to worry about these at all. Coupled with the Tyrannosaurus Rex's flame containment, it is even easier to drain the energy of the tree.
Besides, being able to speak means that this has a certain amount of wisdom, and it will not be stupid to die of exhaustion, and in the end most of them will choose to give in, with Leo's character, subduing such a strange species must also have other uses.
Not to mention him, I can understand that subduing this great tree of wisdom can bring great benefits to my farm.
Now, while Ricardo was still fighting, Leo confessed two sentences, and Ricardo immediately shouted in full: "Surrender, or destroy!" β
"Nope! Can! Yes! The tree replied firmly.
The battle seems to be going on for a while, and all I have to think about is how to transplant this big tree to our plane.
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