These three huge and terrifying figures are three praying mantises, and they are three large praying mantises. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even if the praying mantis itself is the largest among insects, these three praying mantis are really a bit outrageous.

Like ordinary praying mantises, the body of this giant praying mantis is also elongated, but according to Xie Yu's rough visual observation, their body length has reached at least two zhang, and the leading one is the largest, and the body length looks like it is about three zhang, and the body width is close to one zhang.

However, unlike the green, brown or brown color of ordinary praying mantises, their bodies are black in background, and on top of their slender bodies, they are very regularly covered with white stripes, which looks similar to the zebras in Xie Yu's previous life.

They have a hypertrophied abdomen, like a huge oval disc, four legs under the abdomen, which are used to support the body and walk, and two forelimbs, which are the two "big knives" , straightened like two thick tree trunks, each with a row of sharp serrations, each with a barb at the end, in order to catch food to hook the prey, but because their size is too large, so that the size of the sawtooth and barb, which should be extremely small, looks like the kind of scimitar commonly used by the warriors of the Yale Empire in the north, hard and sharp, under the light and reflection of the sun, and from time to time flashes a faint cold and cold light.

And the triangular head, the size is comparable to a millstone, above the head are two slender tentacles, dancing back and forth from time to time, in the wide mouth, the upper and lower jaws are like two huge guillotines, looking strong and powerful, Xie Yu has no doubt that these upper and lower jaws alone are enough to easily cut off the body of any prey he catches.

In addition, the two protruding eyes at both ends of the head are like two bright lanterns, looking at everyone coldly and condescendingly.

And the cold chill that came out of these two lantern-sized eyes couldn't help but make Xie Yu feel a little awkward, and he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable feeling like a prey.

And under Xie Yu's careful observation, he found that these three huge guys were different from ordinary praying mantises - their backs, which were supposed to cover the front and rear wings, were bare.

In the face of these three huge mantises, all the humans and elves in this team kept quiet in an extremely tacit understanding.

However, there was a slight difference - the faces of the elves were more of an exclamation, and there was no fear or panic.

On the other hand, on the human side, even with the experience of the last time Yawen summoned the bloodthirsty wolf, Robert and Nicole still couldn't hide a trace of panic on their faces when they saw these three big guys.

Out of the fear of snakes, insects, rats and ants in women's nature, the little girl almost exclaimed on the spot, but fortunately, before the scream came out, she was covered by the older female elf next to her in time.

Robert, who was loyal to the Lord, with his usual expressionless wooden face, quietly stepped forward after a short period of nervousness and uneasiness, and quietly moved half of his body in front of Nicole, blocking most of Nicole's body behind him.

And Xie Yu and Shrek's performance is far less unbearable than Nicole's master and servant, Xie Yu is at the back of the team, just looking at these three huge guys curiously from a distance, when they first appeared, Xie Yu's face involuntarily showed a trace of emotion, but soon returned to calm.

After a few days of getting along, he understood that with the cautious and old-fashioned character of a flat-chested woman, he would not do anything stupid to commit suicide until he found the Ice Flame Grass and completed the task assigned by the elders.

Unlike Xie Yu, who seems to have no waves on his face, but secretly admires the magic of the creator of heaven and earth in his heart, Shrek, the "eldest of heaven and his second" Not only was he not afraid of seeing the three big praying mantises, but he also had a very excited feeling, as if he was looking very novel and fun, but he was just about to grin and laugh at the ugliness of these praying mantises, but after glaring at his still frightened goddess Nicole, he obediently quieted down.

"Spotted Blade Mantis, this is Spotted Blade Mantis......" Xie Yu looked at the three big guys in front of him with fierce intent flashing in their eyes, and couldn't stop chattering in his heart.

Thanks to the room full of all kinds of books in the baron's study, as well as Xie Yu's good reading habit of going into the study after eating because he was too autistic when he was a child, and the unscrupulous old mage who seemed to know everything from time to time to tell and teach, Xie Yu had already recognized their identities when the humans and elves were still stunned at the three giant praying mantises.

The brindled sword mantis, according to the records in the book and what the old mage said, is a sixth-level peak magical beast, and even some can reach the seventh level and enter the ranks of high-level magical beasts.

The markings naturally refer to the evenly wound white stripes on their bodies, and the knife refers to the two extremely thick forelimbs.

The brindle mantis has many attack methods, such as their two strong and powerful jaws, which can easily bite off weapons made of stainless steel, for example, they can release a poisonous mist, which is colorless and odorless, making it difficult for the enemy to notice, but after inhaling this poisonous mist, the enemy will immediately become weaker several times.

It's actually a bit like the weakness of human magic.

The old mage once said that this attack method of the brindled sword mantis is not so much a poisonous mist attack, but a weakened magic that has increased several times.

Once the brindled mantis faces the enemy, especially when the enemy's strength is stronger than their own or far superior to their own in numbers, they will spew out a poisonous mist, making the enemy instantly weakened several times, and whether the enemy is a human or a demonic beast, and whether it is using magic or martial arts, after being hit by this poisonous mist, it will be instantly weakened a lot without exception.

Moreover, this colorless and odorless poisonous mist also has a strong penetrating force, penetrating everywhere, and drilling into the cracks when it sees it...... Even if you hold your breath, it doesn't matter, this poisonous mist will invade your body directly from your skin or sweat pores.

Of course, if the brindled mantis encounters an enemy that is much stronger than itself, this poisonous mist will not play a big role, and whether it can invade the enemy's body is another matter, and even if the enemy is hit without checking for a while, but the strength after weakening is still higher than that of the brindled mantis, the brindled mantis will have to helplessly turn around and escape.

Among all the attack methods of the brindled sword mantis, the most notorious and the most terrifying to the enemy are the two thick, hard and sharp forelimbs, that is, the two "knives".

These two knives can easily tear through the body surface defenses of most demonic beasts, and the sophisticated armor and weapons of humans are simply like paper paste in front of it.

Moreover, according to the old mage, although this kind of brindle sword mantis is only an intermediate peak or a first-level warcraft, but just with those two big knives, it can even cause damage to the body of the dragon clan, and when the dragon clan fights with them, they are generally careful not to let the brindled sword mantis get close, but they begin to breathe from afar, and destroy them before they rush to the front, after all, if one is not careful, and is hit by their two big knives, with the dragon's kind of strong and incomparable physical defense ability, although it is not fatal, but a few scales and unbearable pain are inevitable。

But fortunately, the defense of this brindled sword mantis can only be regarded as above average among the demonic beasts, which can be regarded as one of their weaknesses and weaknesses.

After all, the Creator is fair, and all kinds of creatures between heaven and earth follow the various laws that have been formulated for a long time, since you have been given a variety of sharp attack methods, then in terms of defense methods, it is naturally a little worse.

Just like the weaker the beast or monster, the more terrifying the number, and the stronger the race, the fertility rate is often extremely low, resulting in a small number of racial populations or ethnic groups.

The dragons, a race believed to be favored by the gods, are extremely rare in number due to their top-notch magical abilities and excellent physical abilities.

And the king of the dragon clan, the golden dragon, is difficult to see for many thousands of years, as if it only exists in legends.

Equilibrium is the most basic rule that has long been set between heaven and earth.

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But the defense of the brindled sword mantis is a weakness, and it is only relative, compared to the dragon clan with the strongest physical defense, and the defensive monster of the earth system, their body surface defense is indeed fragile, but if compared with humans or elves, dwarves and other races, their defense has to be regarded as a strong pervert.

The thick crust that covers their bodies, if you could describe it intuitively, uh...... In a book in the study in the backyard of the house, there is a memoir of a mercenary who survived after decades of mercenary career, and when it comes to the brindle blade mantis, it clearly records that more than a dozen mercenaries whose strength has reached level five are holding weapons and slashing at their hard shells for a while, even if they cut straight to the sparks, it is difficult to hurt it in the slightest.

For the mercenary group, they are nightmarish existences, whether it is the two sharp and sharp broadswords, or the equally sharp barbs on the broadswords, they will easily tear apart or cut off the mercenaries' bodies and weapons, and some mercenaries even if they are lucky enough to avoid two big knives like the scythe of death, but they are pierced through the body by the barbs that follow, and when they drag backwards, most of them are actually already dead.

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