Chapter Fifty-Six: Rising from the Ground
Lin looked at the fungus lord who stood up with a little surprise, the assassins had retreated to a position more than ten meters away, it seemed that the duration of the neurological toxin was quite short for it, however, the fungal lord's body was still shaking, and it could be seen that the effect of the toxin on it was still ......
But with every step it took, the underground space vibrated with a 'boom', and Lynn was sure that it wasn't made by the fungal lord, and although the timing was very well coordinated, it was the sound of some other large creature activity.
First of the Plagues......
The Fungal Lord is indeed capable of commanding these creatures.
The huge heads swayed as they swayed, but Lynn noticed, a few of them were immobile, and they weren't lying horizontally on the ground like the others, but ...... Stand up.
The '......' shook and the skulls were surrounded by large cracks, which continued to expand as if they were about to collapse the entire area.
Could it be ...... The bodies of these plague heads are underground?
The tremors grew stronger and stronger, and as the rift expanded, Lynn felt as if the area had been tilted, and the huge heads slowly rose from the ground, and the unfinished items around them rolled around them like balls, and the head of a plague head rolled in the direction of the fungal lord, and before it could fully recover, it was suddenly hit on the left side of the abdomen by this head, which may have weighed more than ten tons, and the powerful impact made it spurt a stream of blood from the air. But it clung to the surface so tightly that it didn't get headbutted off.
But at this time, another head from another. It slammed into the fungus lord's right side of the abdomen. Under the squeeze of two forces. The fungus lord's abdomen was instantly flattened, and fragments of internal organs mixed with blood splattered from its mouth and tail, while it itself was motionless.
Is that how he died? Generally speaking, arthropods can live for a long time if their abdomen is blown out, but the fungal lord may have died so quickly because the nerves were too sensitive and the pain was too intense......
Although the Fungal Lord died fairly quickly, the surrounding tremors did not stop, and the assassins were scattered among the caves. Dodging the heads rolling around because of the bulging ground, the raised heads now exposed their necks, but their bodies are more than fifty meters high, can they fully stand up here? The Plague Head has only two legs, so it shouldn't be possible to stand up on land......
But they do continue to rise now, as if something is pushing them underground......
Acting quickly, there were still twenty assassins left, and Lynn had three of them examine the fungal lord's corpse while the other seventeen attacked one of the plague heads, dodging the rolling heads. They ran to the neck of the Plague Head, and they secreted a dissolved fluid at the tips of their claws. Attempts to cut through the hard shell of its neck.
This shell ...... It seemed to be quite hard, and there was a lot of chitin mixed in, and the assassins tried to use all the dissolved fluids they could secrete, only one of which could cause a corrosive effect, but the effect was not very good, so Lin gathered them together and constantly attacked an area with the dissolved fluid and claws.
The other three assassins quickly injected the Fungal Lord's head into the small class to observe its brains...... Lynn found that the creature's brain didn't seem to be very large, probably at the level of 0.8%, which was much lower than that of a skeletal dragon or an ancient squid, but a little higher than that of a common creature.
It was also found that the fungal lord's back has a lot of organs that release odors, and it can release a strong and thick smell, which is the smell that Lin detected outside, and the tentacles on its head can also release electrical signals, which can transmit a considerable distance, and may be accepted by the head worms...... However, Lynn is not quite sure that it is using this to command the troops.
The '......boom' continued to tremble, the heads of the Plague Heads touching the roof of the cave, its shoulders peeking out of the ground, and the Assassins still trying to dig open the carapace around the neck of one of the Plague Heads, at least to kill one of them before they could come out.
With the assassin's 'digging', the soft structure of the Plague Head's neck was finally revealed in front of Lynn's eyes, and the structure inside was surprisingly similar to what Lin had imagined, it was indeed a large group of infected fungal monsters, which were connected together by fungal hyphae to form this neck......
Is it really made from creatures? And they are arranged in a good position, most of the creatures in it are some reptiles and worms, they are just 'sticky' together, it looks very much like the neck muscle structure of some creatures, these mycelium are somewhat similar to spider silk, there is a strong flexibility, but it is still a lot different from real spider silk, some mycelium are similar to pipe structure, responsible for feeding nutrients to these creatures.
I wonder if other parts of the body are similar to this structure, or is it only the neck?
Regardless, the Assassins began to attack the soft structures exposed by the Plague Head, tearing the hyphae and creatures apart, while injecting tiny units into it to observe the deeper structures of the Plague Head.
Under the attack of the assassins, the soft structure of the neck was cut little by little, and the hyphae used to connect were also corroded by the dissolved liquid, and the combination of neck creatures similar to the muscular structure was completely destroyed by the assassins, and it could not support the weight of the skull above and broke in the middle, and the head also fell crookedly, and fell to the ground with a 'boom'.
The plague head that had been attacked by Lynn had come to a standstill, but the others were still rising, their heads smashing into massive cracks in the roof of the cave, and still squeezing upwards, the cave ...... It's about to collapse!
When Lin thought so, the crack in the roof of the cave instantly spread to the entire cave, and under a loud noise, countless dirt and stones began to collapse, and countless mud and stones completely buried Lin's assassin and the place in a matter of seconds.
Lynn's vision was now in darkness...... But the shaking did not stop, and Lin observed the situation on the ground with some of the assassins who were still outside, and now even the island began to shake continuously, even spreading to the entire island......
The structure of the underground cavern was fragile, and Lynn suspected that it might have been designed specifically for the Plague Leader to come out.
'Boom! Suddenly, the ground jerked, and a large number of cracks began to spread from the clearing, and with more and more violent tremors, the head of a plague head protruded from the cracked ground!
"Woo......" It let out a low sound that resounded throughout the island, and the surrounding ground crumbled with its appearance, the rift had extended beyond the clearing, and the tall mushroom trees shook and then collapsed three times in a row.
The assassins were also affected on the ground, but they had a special trick - spread two pairs of wings from their backs and flew high into the air to continue their observation.
After the head of the plague sticks out, then the neck, the body, it gets higher and higher above the ground, and it feels like something is pushing it up...... Finally it lifted its body completely, but it was only the upper body, its legs were still in the dirt, and the head of the plague did not stop, it pulled its left leg out with all its might, stepped on the ground, and then forcefully pulled its right leg out of the ground.
As the giant monster stretched out its legs, it stood tall enough to look down on the entire island! The head of the plague was a full sixty meters tall, larger than Lynn had seen before.
However, it was not a good thing to stand up on land, and the Plague Head only lasted a few seconds before its entire body leaned forward, and with only two legs, it could not control this tilt at all, and it could only watch itself get closer and closer to the ground......
With a loud bang, the Head of Plague fell to the ground with a thud, its massive body crushing countless mushroom trees, smashing a huge crater into the island, and smashing itself to pieces, all sorts of splinters flowing out of its body with blood-like liquid......
Lynn had known for a long time that this size was simply not suitable for standing up on land......
But the shaking did not stop, and with the bursting of the surface, the heads of two other plague heads rose from the ground.
Wouldn't they be like this one who fell to his death? Lin looked at the two plague heads, and saw that they didn't move when they rose to the top half of their bodies almost completely out, and then they slowly bent down to make their bodies lie on the ground, and then slowly squirmed to pull their legs out.
I see, it seems that they know how to 'learn a lesson'.
After the Plague Heads moved their legs out of the ground, they began to lie on their stomachs with their entire bodies, slowly pushing behind them with their legs, which seemed clumsy but was an effective way for them to move.
But it didn't make a difference to Lynn, as the assassins in the air rushed towards the nearest head of the plague, and Lynn didn't think they had a chance to climb out of the island.
As the assassins approached, suddenly a large number of small holes appeared on the head of the plague head, and these small holes suddenly splashed out with a bang countless liquids, and the body of the assassin who was stained by these liquids began to grow hyphae wildly, and these mycelium wrapped the wings and body of the assassin.
The head structure of this plague head seems to be different from the previous one, and it is actually prepared for this attack?
The Assassins themselves did not have any special immunity, and they were unable to resist the explosion of fungus on their bodies and fell to the ground.
It seems that the assassins alone can't stop them, but there are more troops that Lin has come to sneak up on...... And the head of the plague has already killed one of them in Lin, and one has also fallen to death, and now there are only these two left, so it's still easy to ......
Just as Lynn thought so, the ground shook again, and as the ground cracked, the heads of several plague heads rose from the dirt again. (To be continued......)
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