Chapter 222: Traps and Attacks Against the Distant Ancestor
All in all, the three monsters that appeared in front of them brought a strong sense of familiarity to the witch doctors, and they quickly remembered where this feeling came from.....
A troll fetus in the middle of the embryonic period seems to have shown signs like this? And the witch doctors' speculation about the front end of their own population evolution route seems to be like this?
"We.... I guess I captured three ancestors..."
"Don't talk nonsense, at most it's just a primitive species whose evolutionary paths diverged, and I don't have such an ancestor."
The discovery of this 'spectacle' gave the witch doctors a strong desire to communicate, but before they could say anything more, a palpable sense of concussion came from under their feet, and the expressions of all the trolls returned to seriousness.
Dark red waves swelled on the magma lake, and under the thick smoke, there were faint signs of eruption....
Nearly ten seconds later, with an unpleasant hiss, an enlarged version of the lava monster more than twenty meters long broke through the lake, revealing its teeth and claws in the sight of the trolls.
It didn't give much time to think, and while revealing its body, its tail flung like a pendulum in the magma behind it, driving its huge body to launch a high-speed impact towards the shore;
In the blink of an eye, it rushed out of the magma lake, and its body length of more than twenty meters was driven by inertia, and it moved forward with great speed and close to the ground, aiming directly at the three small monsters bound in the vine net, the first purpose seemed to be to rescue them.
But the witch doctors reacted just as quickly, and before it could reach it, they controlled the vines to divert the loot they had received, leaving it in the line where the monster charged.
Ben wanted to do more, but the monster continued to move forward without slowing down, and finally stopped when it hit the outer volcanic wall.
Although the impact didn't cause it any damage, the movements before and after made the witch doctors feel a little dazed...
Even if the stupid thing that hit his head on the mountain wall before was not mentioned, the reaction of the light wheel after that seemed somewhat peaceful, and it was obviously far from the attention of the witch doctors.
I saw it swaying its tail and making a 'pop' sound in the air, revealing its strong strength;
The four legs on both sides of the body are extremely thick, and the tips of the claws in front of the webbed membrane also have sharp claws;
The dense scale armor and solid muscles on the top and bottom of the body, as well as the large size rarely seen among land animals, all show its monster attributes of equal emphasis on attack and protection.
But what's the use of slapping the air from side to side with the tail? Sonic boom kills?
the twisting and turning of the limbs when they alternate between the front and back; Forward resistance because the lower abdomen cannot be lifted off the ground; All of them made it very clumsy after losing the momentum of the charge.
This monster seems to have no power, but it can't fully convert it into speed, and almost all body parts become a burden between turning and moving.
He seems to be well aware of this problem of himself;
So, after charging only once, it plunged headlong back into the lava while all the trolls were watching with the mindset of 'watching carefully';
After that, he was only half exposed on the surface of the lake, and let out a roar in the direction of Nesta, but it seemed that he was no longer going to attack easily.
And it's infrequent, but almost every once in a while, it dives into the lake, at least to allow its gills to be completely immersed in liquid magma.
Almost all trolls are keenly aware of its physical flaws..... In other words, it is due to extreme adaptation to a certain environment, and the phenomenon of high specificity is revealed;
Obviously, when in the lake, its movements are as swift as the wind and as violent as thunder;
However, once it leaves the specific environment created by the magma lake, only the initial momentum inherits the previous style.
And the performance after that, although strictly speaking, is not slow, but compared to its agility in the magma lake, it really looks like a fool who shakes his head and tail.
In addition, this creature, which is suspected to be the original species of trolls, seems to be completely incapable.... Or at least not the ability to breathe efficiently in the atmosphere?
At this moment, Nesta's eyes turned to her feet, and she looked at the three trophies, which were half the size smaller, and focused on their gills.
Sure enough, their gills opened and closed weakly like fish caught on the shore.
With this, Nesta motioned for the witch doctors to move around with the loot in tow, hoping to see how the monster in the lake reacted.
I saw that he always turned his body in the direction in which his compatriots were being pulled, and although he let out an unpleasant roar from his mouth, he seemed to be more anxious;
But after the failure of the previous charge away from the lake, there was no rescue operation easily.
'That's a good thing, we can go down lava, but monsters can't come up'
Almost all witch doctors thought so at this time.
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Most of the vines laid out in advance were wrapped around the bodies of the loot;
But as the Witch Doctors became accustomed to the strength of the three trumpet lava monsters, there was no longer a need to bind them with so many vines.
As a result, vines began to loosen their ties and flutter again in the sky, winding towards the monsters in the lake.
The monster in the lake showed far greater agility than the three 'little ones' before him;
It moved from side to side at high speed, and every time it could drill through the cracks of the vines, the scale armor flowing with magma on its body seemed to be extremely slippery, like a mirror with nowhere to focus, and no vine could stay on it for too long.
At the same time, a counterattack from it began to appear, and the monster opened its mouth and spat out a large mouthful of molten pulp and scattered it on the trolls, and more than a dozen sharp black spear-like bodies flew out of it, shooting straight through the vines and shooting in the direction of the witch doctors.
The black spears were generally nearly 3 meters long, and they flew at an unusually fast speed, and it didn't take even a single breath to come to the witch doctors.
But the size of the troll, which is more than three meters, shows a small convenience at this time; They keenly dodged sideways, dodging most of the black spears.
Only Fangs turned sideways and grabbed at the black spear that was running towards him, as if trying to test its attack power.
But with a bang, the black spear exploded the fang-outstretched hand, and then pierced through the fragments of flesh that exploded in the sky, and continued to fly diagonally towards the volcanic wall;
'Boom! ’
After a short, continuous roar, most of the spear sank into the rock wall behind it, leaving only a matte tail of meters, which vibrated outside the wall and shook off the powder produced by the rock explosion.
The same is true of the rest of the unstopped black spears, all of which have sunk deep into the mountain wall, and most of them have disappeared completely, leaving only black holes, vaguely proving that this place has been attacked.
The contempt on his face was invisible, and the fangs looked sadly at his half-missing, but already regenerating palm, and concluded,
"The force is very strong, the speed is very fast, and there is a very high frequency of vibration that increases the destructiveness, so that the original penetrating wound becomes a burst wound... Hurting the epidermis and muscles may not be too much of a problem, but the viscera tissue will definitely not be able to withstand it, and even cause a blow and shatter it all, so everyone should be careful. ”
As the fangs spoke of their feelings, the molten slurry that seemed to be a covering substance that erupted with the black spear had already solidified itself at an unusual speed, and had succeeded in holding the large group of vines that had enveloped it firmly.
The big monster swam nimly in the magma, easily avoiding the attack of the rest of the vines.
"Well, are you going to try to go in and catch it?" Fangs asked Nesta.
"It's too dangerous.... To be able to move at high speed in magma, its muscle strength should be very strong, and the solidification speed of that molten magma can be seen? ”
“wu... Indeed, the ability to quickly solidify even in magma is a bit dangerous for us on land, if combined with the black spear just now.... Shooting at our head or viscera with limited mobility can kill even the troll's physique. ”
"Let's test the strength of the solids first..."
"Understood."
The battle wasn't actually very intense, and the trolls hadn't even started to really exert their strength, so under Nesta's instructions, several witch doctors who were manipulating the vines began to test the strength of the coagulated splatter.
The immobilized vines continued to exert force inside it, causing it to crack in the tunnel, and then 'banging' it burst open, restoring the freedom of the vines inside.
"It's not too strong, it seems to be just a means to aid capture?"
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The magma lake is about seventy meters in diameter, which is not a small number, and it will take a lot of effort for the witch doctors to capture the agile creature in front of them.
As a result, some of the vines began to dive beneath the surface of the lake, silently surrounding the monsters;
Some of them are still entangled with it in the open, trying to attract its attention.
But this monster, which lives in the lava every day, is extremely sensitive to the perception of the vines that swim, and can always dodge calmly, so that the witch doctors' means of concealment are ineffective.
On the other side, the suppression group in the Demon Beast Witch Doctor had already begun to shake before casting, and the spells such as sluggishness and weakness were slowly taking shape under their joint preparation.
Just as this was all going on in an orderly manner, and Nesta was about to give the order to capture, the monitoring spell that had been turned on was several kilometers away from the bottom of the magma lake, and three biological signals that had suddenly appeared and had begun to rise at high speed;
The signals travel very fast, almost 100 meters per second, which means that it will not take long for them to reach the surface of the lake.
This interrupted Nesta's previous plans, and made him decide to delay the attack, preparing to wait for the three big guys below to come up and then catch them all, even if it was better to capture them after being seriously injured than to be turned around and escaped.
Therefore, he secretly sent corresponding instructions to all parties, many witch doctors and warriors with different divisions of labor. They all began their own preparations.
The remaining few plant-based witch doctors are still using a small number of vines to maintain this side's attack posture, and the intention is only to paralyze the misjudgment of their own abilities at the upper and lower ends.
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Only half of the warriors entered the crater, and half of the warriors were preparing to attack around the top of the cave.
In the past, and even now, they have always been wrapped in a certain teammate's breathing spell, and because they have never made a move, they have a very low sense of presence in the perception of volcanic monsters without visual ability.
At this time, as Nesta's order was issued, most of the warriors inside and outside the mountain pass silently stretched out their hands.....
In front of them were the standard re-throwing spears that had been lined up in advance;
With a length of 2.5 meters, a diameter of 20 centimeters, and a density of 5.53 grams per cubic centimeter, each spear is 2.5 meters long, with the blessing of trolls and totemic power, all of them burst out with terrifying penetrating and lethal effects.
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The warriors gently pulled one out of it, then stretched their bodies sideways, raised their arms and pulled back, held the middle of the spear, tilted their sharp heads slightly upward, and prepared for diagonal horizontal fire;
Their faces, on the other hand, were always in the direction in which the target would appear, and their eyes were squinted and their muscles warmed up, waiting for the time to attack.
There are also some fighters who do not prepare for this traditional means of attack;
They had been sitting in the battle-ready position of the ballista, and now they were adjusting the direction of the heavy ballista according to Nesta's instructions, and were ready to use these big guys, who only had one chance to fire in a short period of time, but whose effectiveness was definitely not to be underestimated, at the most appropriate time.
The Warcraft blessing group, which had not moved for a long time, also started to act at this time;
According to the attack pattern of the monster before, they created and reinforced a large number of chest-high sturdy bunkers in a short period of time, and arranged them in front of the sides of the trolls on all sides, directly in front of the strange giant trees, and directly in front of the ballista;
It's just that the walls facing the latter two are uniformly retained with holes the thickness of the forearm, which seem to be reserved for things like crossbows.
The witch doctors' spell casting actions are in the monster's perception from beginning to end, so their attacks on them are also extremely ferocious, and the witch doctors, who have no way to fight back, are actually driven like a pack of exhausted wind wolves for a while......
At the same time, the vibration of the fiery magma lake was heard again, and for the first time, the movement caused by the behemoths below was perceived by the witch doctors in the form of non-audible signals.
Thousands of meters below the magma lake were three behemoths over forty meters long, swimming upwards at a rapid pace.
Their long, powerful tails swayed behind them, their bodies swaying from side to side to their rhythm, their thick limbs sometimes cutting diagonally upwards and sometimes horizontally pressing their hems, helping to speed up their own travel;
In addition, the difference in density between the lower and upper magma was also exploited to the extreme, and together with the strong body that was extremely adapted to the molten liquid environment, it increased its speed to the extreme.
Even when they are in a high density of magma, they are like charging through the waves, and the speed is unimaginable.
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"Vine formation, descending along the lake wall, ready to block the escape route!"
"Understood!"
With Nesta's order, the number of vines that were harassing the monsters on the lake suddenly plummeted;
The vast majority of them are beginning to prepare for the ban thereafter.... Even if it can't, it must at least interfere with the speed of the monsters' escape.
And the monster on the surface of the lake seemed to be aware of the support from below, and its performance was obviously more arrogant.
Nesta has almost no empathy for this extremely ugly species, so in order to increase his 'hatred value', he has issued an order that he will never use it against civilized races.
"Hang these three guys up for me!"
The three trophies were vigorous, and it hadn't been too long since they were caught, so they struggled as hard as they could, despite the difficulty of breathing.
At this point, the covered vines wrapped around their tails and pulled them upside down towards the crater.
This seems to have caused some kind of misunderstanding on the monster on the lake;
Perhaps, thinking that the enemy was preparing to evacuate with its compatriots, or some other reason, it was rather angry;
Moreover, as the number of vines restraining it gradually decreased, the frequency of using the previous attack method was significantly higher in a short period of time.
As a result, black spears were fired at the witch doctors, who had been aware of it, and the latter either dodged or were covered by cover, and also continued to prepare their spells.
Beneath the surface of the lake, the movements of the three large monsters deviated, one of them continued to move upward, while the two on the side launched an attack from this position.
They opened their mouths and swallowed a large mouthful of lava, their gills on either side of their bodies shaking violently, and throwing out what seemed to be being treated as waste;
They appear to be magma as well, and they blend into the environment again without hindrance.
After that, the monster opened its mouth again, and the heavy gas instantly burst through the magma in front of its mouth, creating a large hollow area;
Immediately afterward, I saw more than a dozen black pointed pyramids with the thickness of a troll's arm disappear in a flash, breaking through the barriers of layers of magma, flying towards an unknown direction at high speed, and when it was still a few hundred meters away from the lake, the latter caught up with the monster in front of it that kept going.
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Above the lake, the three small monsters that were suspended were struggling desperately in mid-air, but they were still pulled away by the vines above with limited speed in the direction of the crater.
Above them were the troll warriors who stood in groups along the crater, ready for battle.
When it was, Nesta sensed the movement of the monsters below and sensed the sudden attack of two of them.
This attack distance and action mode were something he didn't expect, and he had to make a loud warning at this time.
"Dodge the hole! Protect the vital points! ”
'Whoosh!
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Before the words could be fully spoken, something that could not be detected by the naked eye broke through the surface of the lake and exploded in the direction of the crater.
Fortunately, the warriors were well-trained, and the moment Nesta's reminder sounded, they subconsciously chose to listen;
Curled up, using the mountain wall and shield as an obstacle, and after this double protection, he further blocked the heart and brain with his arms and thighs.
And the attacks from below, almost at the same time as their self-defense.....
Two groups, totaling more than 30 black metallic pointed pyramids of more than 7 meters and 30 centimeters in diameter, concentrated on blasting the crater rock wall in one direction, creating a terrifying gap more than 30 meters wide;
A large amount of earth and rock, along with several teams of warriors on that side, immediately fell towards the magma lake with a rumbling sound.
At this time, the trolls in the mountain pass really saw what was flying out of the magma lake;
But before they could sigh or make adjustments to the aftermath or rescue, new situations followed.....
After just two breaths, a behemoth with a body length far exceeding the surface of the lake rushed out along the surface of the lake pierced by the black pointed pyramids before, and bit straight at the three small monsters in mid-air.
It carried a large tide of magma several meters high behind it, and at this moment squeezed in all directions;
Fortunately, the trolls are not afraid of burning, otherwise the warriors and witch doctors on the surrounding shore will not be able to fall well, and if they change races, they may all be wiped out.
At this time, the many vines were no longer entangled with the monster from before, and they quickly changed direction and began to rescue the warriors who had just fallen from the mountain pass and were still in mid-air.
And Nesta also decided not to wait for the other two below, and directly gave the order for a general attack in the stage.
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The new big guy has successfully swallowed the three little monsters in mid-air into his mouth, but it itself is still leaping upwards because of the influence of inertia.
In the next breath, the troll warriors, who had not been affected by the collapse of the mountain and had been preparing for a while, attacked from both directions.
The explosion of the heavy spear in the air, and the short, sharp whistling sound that followed, instantly drowned out all movement in the area within a radius of 100 meters, and seemed to be the only sound effect that could be allowed to be expressed in heaven and earth.
Above the crater, watching the huge and ugly monster approach, the warriors who had escaped before felt angry;
Even with the reminder of the council president, there are still two comrades-in-arms who were shot through the head at the first time, and it is impossible to survive.
In this regard, how can the trolls, who care about the friendship of their comrades, be indifferent? This is true even for the enemy they provoke first.
It was under this kind of power, under the constraints of military tasks, and with the blessing of their own totems, that they completed three salvos in just a dozen seconds, creating hideous and terrifying wounds on the monster's body.