Chapter 265: Murphy's Law
The toads are large and small, the largest is more than three meters tall and resembles a dumpling bear, and the smallest is the size of a calf. They were fat, covered in pimples on their backs, and covered in wet swamp mud.
In the dark night, they just squatted in the reeds, motionless, like a squatting stone lion.
Whenever a bug passes by them, the oddly long tongue springs out of the mouth, curling the bug into the mouth with great precision. The movement was so rapid that the naked eye could not catch the full movement, only the phantom of the tongue could be seen, and not a single insect could escape their attack.
"Quack! quack—"
These giant toads, squatting motionless in the reeds, occasionally screamed loudly.
The four of Ye Xi continued to lurk. Now there are too many toads, and it is dangerous to act rashly, so they have to wait for the toad group to disperse before acting.
Originally, they would use their hands to drive away the insects that came around, but now they basically don't move. Because these toads mainly hunt creatures that are moving, if they do, it is difficult to guarantee that they will be attacked.
At this time, Ye Xi found that the soil under his feet was loosening for a while, and after a while, many coin-sized insects with a green glow came out of the ground.
As soon as the insects came out, they flapped their wings and flew into the air.
Rising point fluorescence in the reeds.
These bugs are fast and agile, flying through the air.
But even then they couldn't escape the toads' attacks, and the tongues that could only be seen as phantoms continued to eject out, and the glowing flying insects were rapidly decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Ye Xi saw a flying insect fly over the swamp, and at this time, a long tongue immediately ejected from the calm swamp.
The flying insect couldn't even make a struggle and was swept into the swamp.
"Quack!!"
Around them, the large toads with full bellies occasionally let out a contented high-pitched frog call.
The giant toad of the Endless Swamp is one of the most adapted species here, it hunts at an incredible speed, secretes venom, and the other creatures here are no match for it, so it reproduces more and more, and almost dominates the entire Endless Swamp.
The four of them were very patient, and as time passed, there were fewer and fewer insects in the reed fields, and some of the big toads jumped up and down to hunt in the distance.
The most experienced Shi Ying aimed at a lone toad not far away, he beckoned to Ye Xi and them, and the four of them quietly crawled towards it slowly among the reeds.
The toad was not small, more than a man tall, and its back was covered with horrible pimples the size of a bowl, which were not decorations to scare enemies, they spewed venom. The skin of the prey sprayed by the venom will be extremely itchy, and then immediately grow blisters, and those with poor physique may die of allergies on the spot.
It also has a pair of largest bumps, located above the eardrum on the side of the head, and the venom can be sprayed more than ten meters away, so it can't get too close to it.
Shi Ying made a gesture when he was twenty meters away from it, signaling everyone to stop.
In the tall reeds, four people crouched there, vigilantly watching the movements around them.
Stone Eagle lightly took out the bait that had been prepared in advance.
He tied the ten thunder stones tightly together with thin rattans, and after two days, the electric light in the thunder stones had dimmed a lot, but the effect of the ten thunder stones tied together should still be enough.
In fact, it would be safer to add some insect poison and the like, but they still want to eat toad meat, and they may not end up poisoning themselves with poisonous bait.
Shi Ying picked up the thunder stone ball, and then threw it at the big toad at a lightning speed!
The glittering thunderstone ball flew in mid-air, and at first glance it looked like an enlarged version of the glowing bug. The bulging eyes of the big toad crouching there rolled a little.
Shout!
A ten-meter-long tongue suddenly ejected out, slammed into the thunder stone ball at a speed that the naked eye could not catch, and then carried it into its mouth like a spring.
The entire action may not add up to a tenth of a second.
Ye Xi thought to himself, such a terrifying predator, fortunately, only lives in the endless swamp, if other predators are put outside, which is their opponent, they will be wiped out in minutes.
"Quack !!"
The big toad that swallowed the thunder stone ball into its stomach screamed loudly, and its voice was extremely high-pitched and a little harsh.
Several people looked at each other excitedly.
Thunderstone worked!
The big toad, which was originally as motionless as a mountain, suddenly jumped up, and the jump was five meters away, startling a large number of flying insects.
The four of them were startled, for fear that the big toad would jump into the swamp, and that effort would be in vain.
Fortunately, Lei Shi was quite powerful, and the big toad jumped like this, and fell to the ground with his legs and belly, and his limbs twitched violently.
The four of them didn't dare to go over immediately, and after waiting for about ten minutes, Shi Ying said cautiously, "I'll go over and take a look, you guys stay here first." ”
The Endless Swamp Stone Eagle came the most often, and he was also the most experienced in catching toads, so the three of them, including Ye Xi, did not have the recklessness to go with them.
In the thick reeds, Shi Ying bent down and quietly walked to the big toad.
At this moment, the big toad's twitching movements were also much slighter, lying on the ground with bulging eyes, and Shi Ying didn't attack him when he came over.
Shi Ying breathed a sigh of relief, and simply pulled out the bone knife neatly, killing it completely with one sword.
The four of them succeeded in one blow, and they were more confident in their hearts, and after hiding the dead big toad, they slaughtered two of them with the same Fang ** flow.
In the end, it was Ye Xi's turn to throw the thunder stone ball.
Ye Xi picked a lone toad more than two meters high, rounded his arm and threw the thunder stone ball at it.
The big toad really couldn't resist the glittering temptation, and its tongue shot straight towards the thunder stone ball.
However, at this time, a sudden change occurred, and I saw a thicker and longer tongue suddenly eject from the swamp, snatching the thunder stone ball before the big toad could touch it!
It all happened between the lightning and flint, and by the time they could react, the thunder stone ball had been swept into the black swamp.
Everyone looked at each other.
Among these people, only Ye Xi saw the tongue that popped out of the swamp, and the tongue was a full circle thicker than his target, and he silently gestured to the other three, and all three of them gasped.
With such a thick tongue, how big should the toad under the swamp be?
At this moment, everyone hoped that the thunderstone would be ineffective against it, otherwise it would be terrible if it crawled out. However, Murphy's Law says that the more you worry about something happening, the more likely it is to happen.
The calm swamp suddenly boiled, and a giant toad as big as a mammoth, which was more than five meters tall, suddenly jumped up!
"Quack ——!!!"
The giant toad let out a raspy frog cry that was extremely loud.
This frog cry was earth-shattering, and the other toads around were so frightened that they fled out, and the eardrums of Ye Xi and the four of them were numb.
Bang!
The giant toad that had swallowed the thunder stone ball looked painful, its huge body jumping around in the reeds, and its jumping power was amazing, it could jump ten meters in one jump.
And Ye Xi and the others were also shocked to find that the reed ground under their feet was not solid, and the ground was floating and sinking with the jumping of the toad.
"What should I do?" Tong Yu asked Shi Ying silently.
Shi Ying lip-synched to the three of them: "Don't move, wait." ”