Chapter 19: Earthworms
When the smoke dissipated slightly, Du Jiujiu saw the appearance of the monster clearly. The snake-like body is pink all over and covered with ring-shaped knots, which looks more like an earthworm that has been magnified countless times.
"This ...... This must be an earthworm! Before Du Jiujiu's words fell, the monster swayed its body and smashed its head towards Xiaowen and Guoguo, who were closest to each other.
"Get out of here!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Du Jiujiu rushed over in a few steps, lifted the long knife and jumped up, slashing at the upright head of the earthworm.
The blade of the long knife was very sharp, and with the blessing of Du Jiujiu's strength, it effortlessly split the earthworm into two, and the fracture was as smooth as a mirror, and after a while, blood burst out of the wound violently, and the severed head fell straight down towards the position where Xiaowen and Guoguo were standing.
The two of them couldn't dodge, Du Jiujiu saw this, kicked his calf hard, jumped up a full five meters high, turned around and kicked it a roundabout kick, kicked it out of the position of the two, and smashed it heavily to the ground, hitting a cloud of dust.
Just as Du Jiujiu breathed a sigh of relief, the only half of the earthworm's body behind him squirmed violently, and the blood at the broken point no longer flowed, and another head grew from it at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Jiujiu, watch out for its mouth!" Xiaowen felt the fluctuation of energy, and was the first to react and shouted to Du Jiujiu.
Hearing this, Du Jiujiu rushed to the side with an arrow step, and in the blink of an eye, the position where it had just stood was corroded by the slime spewed out by the earthworm.
Du Jiujiu was about to turn around and attack, but saw a fireball the size of a basin shooting towards the earthworm's newly grown head. The earthworm was struck by the fireball, and its massive body had a charred black mark, and the scorching pain caused it to roll on the ground.
"Jiujiu, I'll help you!" Hu Xiaoyun stood not far behind the earthworm, and another fireball was still gathering in his hand.
At this time, the tumbling earthworm seemed to understand that its pain was brought by the human holding the fireball in his hand, and he twisted his thick body and slapped it towards Hu Xiaoyun.
"Sister Xiaoyun!" Du Jiujiu rushed towards Hu Xiaoyun in panic, but the distance between them was much farther than between Earthworm and Hu Xiaoyun.
In a hurry, Du Jiujiu threw out the long knife in his hand, and the long knife was like a bullet, and it was fiercely inserted into the earthworm's body. Unfortunately, the attack did not succeed in stopping its progress, and after a moment's pause, the pain caused the earthworm to writhe more violently.
Just when the tail of the huge earthworm, that is, Neeyzj, was about to shoot Hu Xiaoyun, a long iron whip flew from the air, firmly locking the earthworm, and then, with a flash of silver light, the iron chain turned into a thin iron blade again, and under the force of contraction, the tail raised by the earthworm was twisted into pieces.
Hu Xiaoyun also recovered from his panic at this time, and threw the fireball in his hand that had been charged towards the earthworm's body. The fireball exploded instantaneously upon contact with the target, and the massive force of the impact blew it into a bloody blur.
This moment was enough time for Du Jiujiu to come, she jumped up, pulled out the long knife inserted in the flesh and blood of the earthworm, and swung it hard, the sharp blade broke it through the middle, and blood splashed all over her body.
Just when Du Jiujiu fell to the ground and thought the battle was over, Xiaowen's exclamation sounded again.
"That earthworm isn't dead yet!"
"What?!" Du Jiujiu was taken aback, turned around to look, but it was the earthworm body that she had cut off at the beginning, and with the squirming of the powder flesh at the fracture, it actually grew its head again and attacked her.
It was her own carelessness, Du Jiujiu's mind quickly flashed a few pictures, she was naughty when she was a child, and used a knife to cut the earthworm into two sections, but each one survived.
Dad told her that earthworms have a strong ability to grow, and after being cut in two, the muscles on the incision contract to form new cells, and the wound heals. The tissue cells of organs and systems in the body will multiply and grow rapidly, thus becoming two earthworms.
And the obviously evolved earthworm in front of him has not only changed its size, but also increased its regeneration ability many times. While dodging the attack, Du Jiujiu rushed in front of the earthworm and jumped up, brandishing a long knife to break it through the middle.
Seeing that the earthworm was not moving, Du Jiujiu was still not at ease, and went up to make up for it a few more times, until Xiaowen confirmed that it had no signs of life at all, and then stopped.
"It's really a disadvantage." Du Jiujiu wiped the blood on his forehead and said with a wry smile.
"Alas...... It looks like I won't be able to eat meat today. Guoguo drooped her head in disappointment, but she didn't insist anymore.
"Who said you can't eat it." An Cheng raised the corners of his mouth and pointed to a large pile of broken earthworms in front of him.
"You...... You're not going to let us eat earthworms! Hu Xiaoyun looked at the pieces of meat in this place, and couldn't help but turn a little pale.
"Sister An Cheng, our food is enough for the time being!" Guoguo also looked frightened.
"Earthworms are indeed high-protein, high-quality meat, but I'm not going to let you eat them." An Cheng was amused by their reactions.
"Have you ever seen a bird? The kind that uses traps has to have bait. ”
"You mean, use this earthworm as bait to attract sparrows? But we don't have cages either. Guoguo was still a little confused.
"We have An Cheng's ability, what kind of cage do we need!" Du Jiujiu understood An Cheng's thoughts at this time, and felt that it was worth a try.
With the concerted efforts of several people, of course, the main labor force was Du Jiujiu, who gathered the fragments of earthworms together. An Cheng used his ability to turn his weapon into a slender wire, holding one end in his hand and wrapping the other end around a piece of meat.
They then pluck a few huge leaves and hide their bodies inside, while Xiaowen observes her surroundings through her abilities.
When Du Jiujiu was fighting, he felt that there were many pairs of eyes in the woods staring greedily at this place, but probably because of their intuition in the face of danger, they did not dare to approach.
And now that they were hiding, the mutant earthworms were also cut into pieces, and the predators in the woods gradually couldn't resist the temptation brought to them by the flesh and blood of the mutant earthworms, and they ran out one after another.
These simple-minded and inferior creatures, even if they evolved, are still inferior to the humans who once dominated the world with their intelligence, and they are all driven by immediate interests, all of them have exposed their true nature.
The first to be attracted were some unknown insects, which tore each other after failing to divide the territory. The flies that followed flew away after tearing off a few pieces of flesh. The last one to arrive was an ant the size of a palm, and instead of coming forward immediately after discovering the food, he turned around and returned to the woods, probably to call his companions.
Just as they were waiting impatiently, a birdsong sounded in the sky. Everyone was overjoyed, and secretly looked at the sky, but it was not an imaginary sparrow, but a big bird covered in pitch black.