The acidic purple liquid volatilizes invisibly, and the slit is thin and grinning lightly.

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A faint purple mist evaporated from the slender leaves of the Thread-leaved Grass, lingering in the air like smoke, and the hazy color rippled with a dead breath.

The eroded leaves had not yet had time to completely die, but there was no trace of emerald green on the surface, and there was already a visible wilt, and a group of woodrats happened to pass by, and the group of small animals seemed to instinctively sense the invisible danger, and carefully walked around this terrifying area.

Here, the shape of the strange animal's footprints can already be easily discerned, with a flattened oval outline in the center of the footprint, but with a small upward bulge in the center. This is unusual, and if it is a sunken area in the middle of the ball, this height difference is a bit exaggerated.

It was clear that a thin line of viscous purple droplets was slowly flowing down the tops of the bulging parts, and as they continued to spread downward, their numbers were rapidly decreasing, rising into patches of faint purple mist.

"What the hell is this......" Shioyu wrinkled his nose in disgust, turned his breathing rate to the minimum, and cautiously walked forward, even the sound of the breeze blowing through the treetops in the quiet woods, "It looks dangerous." ”

"I don't know, but it's obviously something highly volatile secreted by living organisms." Xinglan looked at the blades of grass up close, and they all looked intact except for the pale color, but after zooming in closely, it could be seen that the upper surface of these leaves had been almost completely stripped of a layer, and countless dense tiny perforations were all over the leaves, and when those purple liquid flowed underneath, the structure of the leaves began to ablate at a speed visible to the naked eye, "This is the case...... At the very least, it can be judged that it is a highly volatile acidic liquid, and whatever that guy is, it must be very close to us at the moment. ”

There was a slight undulation echoing in the silent forest, and it wasn't just the wind...... Xinglan suddenly realized this, and there was the slow, low gasping sound of something mixed in.

Whoop Woohoo ......

A distinctive color moves slowly through the forest, it looks out of place in the environment, and its head can barely reach part of the low canopy, and its body is not tall, but it has a daunting and strange feeling.

Xinglan didn't expect this strange creature to give such an ordinary impression at first glance, and from its back, it could be seen that it was a reptilian body structure very similar to that of ordinary herbivorous dinosaurs, with a bright grass green back, and the only surprise was probably the brightly colored navy blue stripes all over the body. This is obviously not a protective color, but a warning color, which in nature usually represents......

"Poisonous, and highly toxic." Xing Lan's tone became solemn, watching that the strange creature would leave behind a large patch of viscous purple liquid with every step he took, and even the skin surface on his body would ooze a trace of purple slime, "Xijie, be careful to keep your distance, don't get too close to it." ”

"Know......" Shioyu stopped in the canopy ten meters away from the creature, condescendingly watching it move through the forest, "It seems to feel ...... Something is wrong? ”

As if sensing a movement beside him, the giant beast suddenly stopped, its low breathing became a little rapid, its slender neck twisted, and then it turned its head back sharply!

"What is this?" Xinglan couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and even Xijie was suddenly frightened, huddled in the canopy, unable to move.

Never seen ...... Such a terrifying countenance.

A pair of huge eyes almost the size of a volleyball stand out, and even the edges of the pupils are constantly overflowing with a strange purple mist, and the most terrifying thing about this creature is ...... It does not have a mouth on its face for eating.

Yes, strictly speaking, it has a mouth, but Xinglan has never seen a creature with a mouth that can grow like this, and that mouth is almost completely degraded and sealed...... That's right, no tongue, no throat, no teeth, and even the mouth is just a recognizable slit on the face, nothing more.

Huge eyes, a twisted nose, a strange mouth with only a thin slit, a hideous twisted smile like a hellish ghost, and a faint purple mist constantly rising, this terrifying monster seemed to come out of a nightmare.

"The Nine Shadows, the twisted dragon that carries death, the forbidden creatures that cannot be touched, the withered vegetation of the land they pass through, and their names are ......" Xinglan said slowly, "The Nine Dragons. ”

That terrifying face stared at this side for a long time, as if it didn't recognize anything unusual from the canopy, the Nine Shadow Dragon turned its head again, and the low gasp was still ringing, but Xing Lan could already clearly see that this gasping sound did not come from the mouth of the Nine Shadow Dragon, but came from its constantly vibrating chest.

"Okay, it's terrifying, but it's impossible...... Shioyu asked softly, "A creature with an almost completely degraded mouth that doesn't even have an esophagus, so how can it eat?" ”

"It's just terrifying in appearance, and it can't really have supernatural powers." Xinglan controlled the signal and began to approach the Nine Phantrous Dragon, which continued to move slowly, watching its every movement, "If it feeds, it must be ......"

Bang, bang, bang......

Foot after foot, the Nine Shadow Dragon walked in the line-leaf grass, each step was very slow, but once it stepped on the line-leaf grass, all of them disappeared from the green without exception.

"It's as if these grasses have withered prematurely like an overdose of gibberellin...... signal's perspective gradually shifted over the discolored thread-leaved grasses, watching them bend at a speed visible to the naked eye in the erosion of purple slime. Speeding up to catch up with the Nine Phantom Dragons, watching its footsteps below it, "This...... That's exactly ......."

"The reason why its mouth is almost completely degraded is because its feeding organs have shifted to the soles of its feet." Xinglan slowly said this astonishing fact, this kind of large-scale mutation of evolution is almost unimaginable, "When it walks in the thread-leaf grass, it actually uses the mouth on the soles of its feet to put these thread-leaf grasses in its mouth and suck them, and the purple acidic liquid left on the thread-leaf grass is actually its ...... to put it bluntly."

“…… It's saliva. Xijie completely hid his body in the canopy, looking at the Nine Ghost Dragons through the gaps in the leaves and branches, "Is this guy just drooling after a long time?" ”

"Yes." Xinglan controlled the signal to infiltrate into the feet of the Nine Dragons, carefully observing how it faded the color of these thread-leaved grasses step by step, "The soles of the feet are hollow, and all of them are densely packed with tiny hooks and glands, which can directly pierce the leaf surface cells of that part of the line-leaved grass, and corrode the hard cell walls through acid, that thing definitely has ingredients in it that promote the premature aging of plants!" This hormone is attacking incredibly fast, and this guy is pulling it out of his cells...... Extract chloroplasts! ”

Xing Lan was stunned for a moment, and only after repeatedly confirming with the signal sub did she really believe it, the Nine Ghost Dragon would extract chloroplasts from the leaf cells of the Thread Leaf Grass and take them into the body, she looked up at the Green back of the Nine Shadow Dragon, and felt more and more weird: "This guy won't be able to do some photosynthesis by himself, right?" Is it really a creature of Lanxing? It always feels more bizarre than extraterrestrial creatures......"

The Nine Dragons gasped in a low breath and took a big step forward slowly, some of the purple slime it left behind still resided on the grass, but it didn't stay long, but soon it would completely evaporate and disappear cleanly, leaving no one to find any evidence of what had happened here except for the already decaying meadow.

"Its saliva, sweat and even blood show a strong acidic reaction, and this guy estimates that even the meat is sour." Xinglan made a rare joke, and quietly watched the strange beast move away from the ...... with Xijie Even if it took a long time, the other party only walked a hundred meters, "It's a blessing that the toxin can volatilize quickly, and if it can be retained for a long time, it will definitely be a disaster." This thing doesn't just work on Thread Leaf Grass, do you remember those dead striated leaf trees? ”

"Sister, do you mean that those trees die because of prolonged exposure to this acid?" As the distance between him and the Nine Phantom Dragons widened, Xiyue gradually relaxed his body, "That kind of thing is dangerous for plants, but what about animals?" ”

"Unless it is soaked for a long time, the lethality cannot be lethal, at most the epidermis is corroded." Xinglan replied matter-of-factly, but she wasn't at all worried about whether the Nine Dragons would be preyed upon by other animals, "But even if you're not afraid of being killed by this purple liquid, no predator will usually prey on this creature, right?" That acid-filled flesh and blood tissue has changed you, can you swallow it? If you eat it directly, you may really be killed. ”

"Are we going to keep following?" Xijie showed a lovely smile, and jumped to the crown of a tree not far away with a light kick on the branch, and there were few green-crowned and colored-robe leaf trees among the trees here, replaced by another huge tree with wide green leaves, and the diameter of the trunk was even several meters thick, completely presenting a subtropical scene, "If you don't chase it again, the Nine Shadow Dragons will gradually leave." ”

"Haven't you already made your decision?" Xinglan chuckled and watched as Shiokie jumped over a few trees before coming to the shore of the creek again...... In fact, they never went far from the river's banks on the way, "Let's go, it's not worth much to keep tracking it." ”

"Yes, but I guess I'll have to spend the night in the woods." Xijie looked at the sinking sun, "There are still dozens of minutes before the sky is going to be completely dark, let's find a place to rest along the coast." ”

(Hmm, I'm sorry for the slow update these days...... ）