27. Five-colored magic sandalwood
The subworms of the five-colored demon sandalwood have no perception, the only thing that can be perceived is the energy and their respective themselves, Zhao Yuan, who is stained with the slime of the five-colored demon sandalwood, can naturally be perceived by them, even if Zhao Yuan can really see their origin, it is useless to restrain the breath. This is also Wu Lao's life-saving trick, all people or beasts who come in from the direction of the big pit will be contaminated with the slime of the five-colored magic sandalwood, and thus be eaten and devoured by the five-colored magic sandalwood little by little.
At this time, Zhao Yuan also found that the shield he had held up was already crawling with colorful worms, and these worms were rapidly eating away at his shield. And the magic or martial power that he fought out could only make these worms fall to the ground, but there was no injury on his body at all, but he took the opportunity to absorb the energy brought by the attack he hit and became more energetic.
He wanted to break through the cave and fly out, but he found that his shield was already densely crawled with a thick layer of worms, and any attack was immediately devoured by these worms. Moreover, the speed at which these worms devoured the energy shield was very fast, and Zhao Yuan had to devour the crystal nuclei one by one, maintaining the shield continuously.
Although Wu Lao couldn't see Zhao Yuan's situation, he was also a little surprised: "You kid, your magic power is really rare and abundant, if you didn't fall into the hands of my Wu Lao today, I'm afraid you will have to make a big difference in the future." ”
Zhao Yuan didn't pay attention to him, this time he was really careless, these dense insects, they couldn't be killed, they couldn't run away, they really made his scalp numb, and he thought that this time he was planted.
Gradually, the crystal nuclei that Zhao Yuan had originally saved up were more than half empty, but these worms still went forward and became more and more energetic.
Zhao Yuan was completely helpless at this time, he thought to himself, he didn't know if he could wear it back when he died, and if he could wear it home, he would still make money.
Just when Zhao Yuan had already begun to let go of himself and imagined the world after death, he suddenly heard a majestic bird's call.
"Chirp ——!" I don't know when the little skin that came out of Zhao Yuan's pocket shook the tender yellow fluff, and the bird's beak made a high-pitched call, which was different from the soft and crisp of Zhao Yuan's coquettishness in the past, this time its cry was high-pitched and sharp, and Zhao Yuan even heard a hint of deterrence from it.
With this bird call, the worms that had originally laid layers after layers on Zhao Yuan's shield seemed to have encountered something terrible, and they rushed to escape from Zhao Yuan's side, and some worms couldn't even wait to climb down, and fell off Zhao Yuan's shield with a bow.
At the same time, Wu Lao also suddenly felt that the insect mother of the five-colored demon sandalwood in his body began to be extremely restless, and the insect mother who had been staying in his body was suddenly out of his control and began to rampage through his body. Caught off guard, Wu Lao spurted out a mouthful of blood, but he didn't care about anything else, and concentrated on appeasing the insect mother. I don't know why, the insect mother who has been raised for thirty years seems to be afraid of some natural predator, and she is bent on escaping from Wu Lao's body.
But Wu Lao has signed a master-servant contract with it, so he still desperately uses the power of the contract to suppress the rebellion of the worm mother. Zhao Yuan saw the old monster's distorted and painful face, probably guessing that he was being counterattacked, he walked towards the old monster with Xiaopi, and was about to say something, but only heard a "bang", the old monster's shriveled body suddenly exploded, and several pieces of limb flesh directly hit Zhao Yuan's magic passport, which scared Zhao Yuan.
It turned out that the worm mother itself was a fifth-order demonic beast, and the previous eighth-order Wu Lao could naturally suppress it, but now, Wu Lao didn't even have a first-order, and he forcibly used a contract to suppress the fifth-order insect mother. The insect mother exploded directly under the fear of the unknown, and poor Wu Lao's current physical condition couldn't bear it at all, and he was directly affected by the insect mother's self-explosion.
"Chirp~" Xiaopi, who has made a great contribution, didn't know where to take out a five-colored magic sandalwood, and ate it in two bites of three bites with great enjoyment, and then fluttered his little wings, picked up the meat and white insect mother that was fried into several pieces from the ground, and ate it all carefully.
Although it is normal for birds to eat insects, Zhao Yuan, who had just been dominated by the overwhelming worms, still couldn't help but feel a numb scalp. After recovering his strength, he quickly scooped up the little skin on the ground, wiped its beak clean with his sleeve, and put it in his pocket, ready to go out.
"Chirp, tweet" But at this time, Xiaopi let out an anxious cry again, Zhao Yuan was stunned, but saw Xiaopi fluttering out of his pocket and staggering to the wreckage of an old monster.
"Chirp, tweet" Xiaopi was still shouting at Zhao Yuan, looking like he was calling him.
Zhao Yuan couldn't, so he had to go over and take a look, only to see a white worm that was white and fat, but only a little fingernail long, was still alive in the wreckage of the old monster's heart, probing his brain like a maggot.
But Zhao Yuan also knew that there could be a maggot in the heart of the old monster inexplicably, besides, seeing Xiaopi looking at the white and fat worm with very hungry eyes, Zhao Yuan could basically conclude that this "maggot" was a juvenile five-colored demon sandalwood worm mother.
Later, Zhao Yuan learned that when the insect mother knew that she was going to die, she would often give birth to a new insect mother very quickly. And the old monster's body defeated by Zhao Yuan has reached an unprecedented level of exhaustion, so he will force the insect mother to quietly give birth to a new insect mother. Moreover, it was nothing for the insect mother and the old monster to live and die together, after all, they signed a master-servant contract, but the insect mother wanted to keep the name of the young insect mother, and finally had to choose to self-destruct and die together.
If it weren't for Xiaopi, if it weren't for any other person, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to find this new worm mother. And the escaped five-colored demon sandalwood worm will also do their best to raise the new insect mother to grow up.
Zhao Yuan was overjoyed in his heart, this was a treasure.
The new insect mother has just been born, and it is almost a good time to forcibly sign a master-servant contract, and just now Zhao Yuan also saw the terrifying power of the five-color demon sandalwood, and he was very interested in the insect mother.
He followed the process he had learned before, and used his spiritual power to invade the body of the new insect mother, and sure enough, the new insect mother was born not long ago, and there was no child worm protection around him, so he didn't understand anything. Very fragile, Zhao Yuanshun smoothly laid the spiritual imprint of the master-servant contract in the tiny sea of knowledge of the insect mother. In an instant, he had a very clear sense of connection with this insect mother.
The insect mother called him with a weak mental power like a baby, telling Zhao Yuan that he was now fragile and needed protection. Feeling the insect mother's deep dependence and trust on him, Zhao Yuan immediately felt that this insect mother who looked like a "maggot" was ugly, and even saw a little cuteness from it with a loving father's eyes.
But in the next second, Zhao Yuan was shocked to see Xiaopi swallow the weak little insect mother in one bite.
"Xiaopi!" Zhao Yuan exclaimed, and was about to break Xiaopi's mouth to let it spit out the worm mother, but he felt an extra spiritual power in his mind.
This is Xiaopi's cry, and at the same time, Zhao Yuan also felt that the little insect mother was safe and sound at this time, and even sent him a signal of safety and comfort.
[......] Zhao Yuan was a little speechless, I don't know if the little insect mother was stupid and felt that the bird's stomach acid was soaked very comfortably, or if the little skin did have a special function and could hide the little insect mother in the body.
But now it is true that the two can live in peace, and Xiao Pi somehow, it is not a demonic beast, and it has also established a spiritual connection with Zhao Yuan through the little worm mother in its belly. It's a good result.
This time, without Zhao Yuan reaching out to catch it, Xiaopi flew into Zhao Yuan's pocket with his little wings very consciously. Then he skillfully peeked out with a small yellow bird's head and looked outside.
Zhao Yuan smiled helplessly, and was about to leave, when suddenly, a familiar sparse voice came from his ears, and he instantly reacted that it was those five-colored demon sandalwoods, and suddenly his scalp tightened, and he wanted to escape. But then he remembered that he had a little insect mother and a little skin, what were he afraid of this worm! So he stood calmly in place, looking at what those five-colored demon sandalwood were going to do.
After a while, those five-colored demon sandalwoods once again densely covered the entire cave, but this time they all consciously bypassed Zhao Yuan and gathered in the cave honestly.
Gradually, Zhao Yuan was surprised to see that those tiny worms had gathered in the hole to form the shape of a tree. It's just that this "tree" is bare and has no leaves, but every branch is made up of countless five-colored demon sandalwood.
[Take it away] came the call of the little worm mother in his mind. Although Zhao Yuan didn't have any worries about his own five-colored demon sandalwood at this time, how could he take away such a big tree? The things in the storage ring couldn't be living things! Even if they were alive, they would become dead if they were put in.
But these complicated things, Zhao Yuan explained to the little insect mother, and she didn't understand. It's just a signal of "take it away, take it away".
Helpless, Zhao Yuan began to think about the possibility of carrying a tree on the road, he tried to touch the tree composed of five-colored magic sandalwood, but was surprised to find that the touch under his hand was not the soft insect touch he imagined, but really like a tree, rough and hard.
Zhao Yuan was shocked, this insect is so hard, how did Xiaopi eat so energetically just now. And looking at the flexibility of these worms just now, it is impossible to have such a hard body.
So Zhao Yuan used his spiritual power to scan the "tree" in front of him more carefully, but he was even more surprised to find that the "tree" in front of him seemed to be really a tree, if it weren't for Zhao Yuan just seeing the countless five-colored demon sandalwood form this tree, he really couldn't tell the difference. Moreover, this whole tree is lifeless. It seems to be a big wooden stake, hard and dead.
Zhao Yuan tentatively put this "tree" into the Seven Star Ring, and watched its reaction in the ring for a while. No response. So Zhao Yuan took it out again and found that it was still a tree. The mother worm did not emit any other signals.
Could it be Cordyceps? Zhao Yuan scratched his head, puzzled, but there was a way to take it away. So in the end, Zhao Yuan put this "tree" into the Seven Star Ring and took it away.