Chapter 22: The Treacherous Jungle
Accompanied by Yuan Modi's exciting words, the Nanming students who were excited for this reason stepped into the dense forest one after another and began their own exploration and experience.
The atmosphere of the jungle of Mingyue Island is very different from that of the Southern Ming Hou Mountain, where the crazy tall trees greedily compete for the sun, depriving the ground of the right to get light, and shrubs, grasses, mosses and fallen leaves also occupy the ground without leaving an inch, so that people can't find a foothold and have to walk helplessly across this dark green carpet. The jungle air was damp and smelled of corruption, a reality that slapped the young man who longed for the island.
From the first moment he walked into the jungle, Ling Qingyun heard more than a dozen sounds such as the chirping of insects and birds, the rustling in the grass, and the wind blowing through the trees.
"The grass and trees are so lush, even if there are bright moon flowers, it is not easy to notice, right?" The environment in front of Ling Qingyun was slightly annoyed, the humid dense forest and the bright beach were simply two extremes, and if you wanted to shuttle through this kind of jungle, you had to show twelve points of caution.
"This place is stuffy and wet, it's really uncomfortable, but I said Qingyun, why don't you go with Miss Jin this time?" Zhou Chi came up with a smile, Nanming University had more respect for the first person in this class than his classmates, and he was so heartless, weak but dared to joke.
"The experience is not a tour, and when forming a team, it is more accustomed to being with the original companions, and she thinks so. Ling Qingyun explained casually, but there was a look of appreciation in his eyes.
"Then she really doesn't know the goods, Brother Qingyun, you can top a team of people!" Zhou Chi pronounced the word 'Brother Qingyun' in an extremely weird and crooked tone, and he grinned on his face, and he was really underbeaten, before Ling Qingyun could make a move, the girl behind couldn't stand it, and greeted Zhou Chi with a burst of chest: "Don't talk about these messes, it's better to see if there are bright moonflowers under your feet!"
"It's really going to grow on this outermost outer, how can it be our turn to have a bright moon flower?" Zhou Chi covered his head and complained, but he also realized that his joke was too much, so he honestly looked down at the road.
It is still Zhou Chi, Xue Xue, and Xu Lingfeng, this team has been formed at the beginning of the school year, and everyone has formed a deep friendship in the past half a year, and the tacit understanding of cooperating with each other is not something that can be compared with just a companion, Ling Qingyun was not annoyed when he listened to Zhou Chi's verbosity, but just smiled slightly, and took a cautious step forward.
The depressed voices of the teenagers not far away came, obviously complaining about the harsh environment of the jungle, and Ling Qingyun discerned the direction of these voices and took steps in the opposite direction, the number of bright moon flowers was scarce, and everyone staggered as much as possible to have a chance to achieve the greatest harvest.
And as they continued to go deeper, Ling Qingyun and his companions also clearly felt that the dark and damp atmosphere of the jungle became more and more intense, and the activities of all kinds of wild beasts became more and more active.
"Squeak!" a little monkey with a red coat grabbed a rattan and jumped down from the tree, and actually stretched its paws to the package behind Ling Qingyun, the punishment of this evil act made it grin in pain, and there was still a palpitation in its eyes after climbing up the treetops.
"It's been nearly an hour, haven't you?" Ling Qingyun looked up, the trees that almost completely blocked the sunlight were really inconvenient to judge the time, but the tiredness reminded him of the fatigue of his body, just as Ling Qingyun was about to take out the kettle and take a sip, there was an unnatural sound on the right side.
"It seems to be a mournful sound?" Zhou Chi's ears were sharp, and he immediately showed a look of vigilance, and Ling Qingyun seemed to recognize something, his pupils shrunk: "Hurry up the tree!" As he spoke, he climbed up to a stout tree beside him, and although the other three were puzzled, they hurriedly complied, and when they climbed up the tree and lowered their heads, they saw a golden leopard rushing out of the bushes, judging from the rare golden hair and faint fluctuations of demon power, Ling Qingyun could tell that this golden leopard was a demon beast, but what was shocking was that this demon beast was scarred at this time, and it was actually in a state of haste to escape!
"What is so fierce?" Zhou Chi's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in a low voice. As if in response to his question, after a strange chirp, the pursuer appeared in everyone's field of vision. This is a giant gray bird running on two legs, this bird is a foot tall, the gray feathers are as shiny as iron, and the wings on the ventral side are like two wide steel knives that shimmer coldly, and the sickle-like beak of more than a foot long and the sharp hook claws on the soles of the feet together create a chilling image of a bird of prey.
As soon as this bird came out, the four teenagers hiding in the tree were silent, but Ling Qingyun was shocked and silently recited the name of this fang: "Cracked Python Crane!"
It is a rare but famous bird of prey, which is unable to fly but runs high on its strong legs to hunt. Split hunting, this bird's favorite prey is the python, the powerful claws can easily nail the python to the ground, without the power to fight back to tear and devour it. With its wings sharper than a sword, a tall cracked python crane can even suppress and tear a three-zhang python alive, and when it gallops through the forest, even fierce beasts such as lions and tigers will retreat in fear.
"This bird clearly does not have demon power fluctuations, but it can suppress demon beasts, it is really a different species!" Ling Qingyun, who encountered such a strange beast when he first entered the dense forest, was surprised and delighted, but saw that the cracked python crane under the tree was chasing the golden demon leopard, and the demon leopard hurriedly burrowed between the two trees close to each other, trying to throw off the tall cracked python crane, but unexpectedly, the latter just raised its wings and folded both trees, so it opened up a way for it to continue to chase and kill.
A bird of prey with no demonic power chased the demon beast to the point that there was no way into the sky, this scene seemed ridiculous, but it was extremely natural.
The world regards demon beasts as a level beyond ordinary beasts, but in fact, there are too many beasts that are not demon beasts but have demon-level strength, such as elephants and even giant whales in the sea, even if there is no trace of Taoism, just by virtue of the giant figure is stronger than ordinary demon beasts, some poisons can put demon beasts to death with a drop of venom, and there are many strange beasts that are even more unpredictable...... In this case, the beast should not be underestimated because it has no demonic power fluctuations, otherwise it is very likely that it will die without a place to be buried.
When the terrifying and weird chirping of the cracked python crane completely disappeared from his ears, everyone on the tree breathed a sigh of relief, Zhou Chi touched his forehead, sweat soaked his palms, and he couldn't help but say with palpitations: "Fortunately, Qingyun reminded me in time, otherwise I was caught by that strange bird, and I was afraid that I would not be able to eat and walk around." ”
"I'm afraid that the strength of that big bird is only comparable to that of a second-order demon beast. Xue Xue also palpitated: "I didn't expect this kind of bird of prey to appear on the outskirts of the island." ”
"It should be that we are unlucky, otherwise if this island is full of demon beasts, how can the academy let us send us to death?" Ling Qingyun smiled, but he was also secretly shocked by the power of the python's wings before, in his opinion, the sharpness of this wing was no less than the sword in his own hand.
Xu Lingfeng also nodded, and was about to say something but suddenly changed color, and immediately grabbed the leaves in his hand and threw it and shouted at Zhou Chi: "Be careful behind you!"
Zhou Chi hurriedly turned his head and immediately looked horrified: "What is it!?"
"Woo!" The monster with an ape-like body but a hyena-like head roared and pounced on the boy, but was hit on the head by the flying leaf thrown by Xu Lingfeng, and his body froze. Zhou Chi was frightened and subconsciously retreated, although he avoided the attack of the strange ape, he lost his foothold and fell down the tree, at the critical moment, he grabbed the branch and swung it, and fell to the branch five feet lower than the original position, but unexpectedly the strange ape also jumped down in the air, and pursued it relentlessly, and the canine teeth in the big mouth were different from each other, which made people can't help but feel the horror of being torn off the flesh and blood.
"Do you want to work hard, is the master afraid that you won't succeed?" Zhou Chi saw this, but he was ruthless, this strange ape's body was not as tall as himself, but he was only fierce with his teeth and claws, and even the demon beast dared to provoke He was only caught off guard and frightened before, but now he wants to return the color!
In this case, Zhou Chi made a brazen move, holding the wrist of the strange ape with one hand, and pushed it forward with the pain of his forearm being scratched by sharp claws, and the strange ape stumbled, although he did not fall but also lost his balance with his rich experience in living in the tree, and this flaw was fatal in the eyes of the martial artist, like a dagger sent out of Zhou Chi's hand like a poisonous snake spitting letters, which immediately made the throat of the strange ape splash with a red light, and then it shook its body and fell down the tree.
"He looks fierce, but he is a vulnerable guy, at best, he is the peak of the refining realm!" Zhou Chi condescendingly spat at the corpse of the strange ape, and then touched the wound on his arm and exclaimed bitterly: "But this animal is really ruthless!"
Ling Qingyun stared at the ground, and suddenly his face changed: "This is an ape dog!"
"What?" all three were stunned.
"Hurry down, apes and dogs have always lived in groups, and they are very short-guarded!" Ling Qingyun quickly slipped from the tree, Zhou Chi glanced at the thin corpse on the ground and was about to defend himself, but he heard a roar like a dog barking from the depths of the woods, and his complexion immediately changed greatly.
"Come down, it's not our forte to fight in the trees, whether it's fighting or walking, we have to have a foothold first!" Xu Lingfeng also got off the tree and explained loudly, Zhou Chi and Xue Xue no longer hesitated when they heard this, and hurriedly fell to the ground, everyone formed a circle back to back, holding their weapons and looking around vigilantly.
"Qingyun, do you know these creatures, and what is their strength?" Xue Xue asked, frowning.
"The ape dog has an ordinary individual strength, but it is fierce and aggressive, and it knows how to use tools, the number of the group can range from more than ten to nearly a hundred, if it is a small group, it is easy to deal with, but if it is a large group, there may even be demon beasts!" Ling Qingyun's solemn words made the expressions of the other three teenagers become ugly.
Even the fierce tigers are not the opponents of the wolves, they can certainly punish the tigers, but what if the wolves have a more ferocious wolf? I can't imagine that I have just avoided a different species of fierce bird and provoked such a troublesome opponent, this Mingyue Island is really in danger!
"Woo!" "Woo!" As he spoke, the barking of the ape-like dog, which was not a dog, was getting closer and closer, as if he was scratching the center mouth with his sharp claws, making people more and more anxious but unable to do anything.
"There!" At this moment, Xue Xue suddenly let out a coquettish sound, her body passed thirty degrees to the side, the bowstring sounded softly, and a feather arrow flew out immediately!