Xiang Kun lay in the grass at the bottom of the hillside, hugging his knees and wailing twice from time to time, and after more than three hours, he still didn't notice the signs of the mutated creature.

There was a "branch" that exuded a special smell not far from Xiang Kun, so he wasn't worried that the mutated creature wouldn't find him.

It seems that the mutated creature either has a good IQ, or it is particularly cowardly and cautious.

However, judging from what happened to the three Xue anchors before, if they were killed by that mutant creature, then this guy was actually very murderous - it is unlikely that it killed the three people just to drink blood.

Xiang Kun no longer pretended to be miserable, got up and patted the weeds and dirt on his body, and gestured his middle finger at the "branch" that looked like an ordinary weed, regardless of whether the mutated creature could see the scene through this "branch", even if he could understand what it meant.

After picking up the compound bow, bow bag, and shoes, Xiang Kun ripped off the "branch" and threw it on the ground and twisted it with his feet.

If the mutant creature had made up its mind to avoid him, then Xiang Kun would probably have to return empty-handed this time. It was impossible for him to stay in this no-man's land for too long, and if he was sure that there were other mutated creatures, there was no difference between drinking blood and sleeping here and looking for death.

Obviously, this mutant creature is different from the giant owl and Guo Tianxiang, the latter two were already in a state of extreme thirst for the blood of other mutant creatures before encountering Xiang Kun, so Xiang Kun was looking for an opportunity to counter-kill, instead of being in the position of a hunter.

But now, this mutant creature should be in the same state as Xiang Kun, so it can be more geographical and cautious.

Xiang Kun originally thought that the mutated creature might have been mutated from plants, and it would follow more primitive instincts than have too high IQ. But for now, its IQ is not estimated to be too low, and it may even be much stronger than the giant owl.

Xiang Kun was going to search here for another day, and if he still couldn't find the mutated creature or its lair, he was ready to leave.

But what he didn't expect was that before nightfall, he followed the smell of blood to find the leopard that had been affected by the red fruit and wanted to attack him.

The leopard was lying in the grass, dead, with a small wound on its body, just like the wound of the wild boar in Anchor Xue's video.

Xiang Kun touched the leopard's fur and sighed softly: "This is a national protected animal......

Obviously, it was also hunted by the mutant creature - this Xiang Kun also confirmed from the "special smell" left behind by the leopard's corpse and the surrounding area, which was much stronger than the "branches" that were "grafted" on other plants, and it was obviously the mutant creature itself.

Did it drink blood?

In other words, the red fruit that appeared before and lured this leopard was not necessarily aimed at Xiang Kun, but it was already the time for it to drink blood, and it was "hunting" the blood-drinking target?

Isn't it lawfully going to sleep?

After all, they feel sleepy after drinking blood, which should be a characteristic of mutated creatures like them, at least in the case of Xiang Kun, Owl, and Guo Tianxiang.

After drinking blood, the giant owl swallows a stone into its belly to suppress its sleepiness and then flies back to its nest on the cliff wall.

Although this mutant creature has shown the ability to fly before, Xiang Kun speculates that there should be some restrictions on how much it can fly, unlike birds that can fly if they want to, so the nest may not be too far away, and you can try to track it.

Of course, if it's very careful to block out the smell through a cliff or other fault, it can't do anything.

Following the scent left on the leopard's corpse, Xiang Kun didn't take long to find the possible "lair" of the mutated creature.

It was a towering tree, looking up, if it weren't for Xiang Kun's excellent eyesight, it would be difficult for ordinary people to find that there was a "big ball" that seemed to be wrapped in various branches and leaves among the branches and leaves of the tree.

The "special smell" on it is very strong, which is obviously different from the "branches" of other "grafted", and it is very likely that the body of the mutant creature is sleeping in it.

But Xiang Kun was a little suspicious in his heart, because he had just examined the body of the leopard, and there was still blood oozing from the wound, and there were also stalls of blood nearby, compared to the situation of the wild boar in Anchor Xue's video, there was too much blood left in this leopard.

And if that mutant creature had to drink a wild boar weighing more than 100 kilograms before drinking blood, then there is no reason why a leopard weighing about 30 kilograms can't drink up the blood now.

Xiang Kun even speculated from the amount of blood on the leopard's corpse that maybe the mutant creature didn't drink blood, but simply killed the leopard.

So he was able to find this place in less than twenty minutes, following the smell, maybe it wasn't luck, but the mutant creature deliberately lured it?

Can it think that Xiang Kun will think that when he sees it hunting prey, he will think that he may be looking for a place to sleep, so he follows the smell to find the "big ball" on the tree?

If it can really set a trap through this logic, then Xiang Kun will have to adjust his IQ up a little bit.

But judging from the smell, the mutant creature body should be in the "big ball" of branches and vines on the tree that looks like a nest, is it waiting for Xiang Kun to climb up and make a sudden blow? Or is there some trap in the tree itself?

Since he knew that this was most likely a trap deliberately lured by the mutant creature, Xiang Kun naturally would not be careless, he did not climb directly along the trunk of the tree, but found a tree next to him with a bow on his back and climbed up.

Halfway up to the tree, Xiang Kun turned on the infrared imaging vision mode, wanting to see if the "blue dot" was in the "big ball", but the outer layer of branches and vines was wrapped layer by layer, and there may be too many layers, isolating the heat source and not being able to see through the inside.

Xiang Kun found a posture on the tree, clamped the branches between his legs, fixed his body, and then took off the compound bow, took out two arrows, one in his mouth and the other in his hand, slowly put it on the bow, and then pushed the bow, pulled the bow, and aimed.

The arrow left the string, and in an instant, it plunged into the green "big ball".

Xiang Kun, who has a keen sense of hearing, can even hear a crisp "poof", and the entire arrow is directly submerged into three-quarters.

Then, Xiang Kun's unexpected situation happened, after being shot by an arrow, the branches around the "big ball" "exploded" a piece of green liquid, and then in Xiang Kun's infrared imaging vision mode, a large area of red appeared out of thin air, just like a sun was suddenly born.

The white smoke rose, and the liquid in the layers of wrapped branches seemed to be mixed with another liquid, and the temperature quickly reached the boiling point, spraying and bursting, like a balloon full of water bursting on a tree, and the "water" inside was all extremely corrosive liquid.

Seeing the rapid corrosion and smoke of the place where the tree was stained with liquid, Xiang Kun couldn't help but curse a few times.

That mutant creature, is it so yin?

If Xiang Kun was careless, he climbed up the tree by himself, and then used some tool to try to break through the layers of wrapped branches, and then the liquid exploded, and the corrosive liquid covering his head and face poured down, he estimated that he would fall directly from the tree, even if he didn't fall to death, he might be seriously injured if he was drenched.

This is so damn ruthless!

It's so treacherous!

But this guy's ability is really powerful in this mountain forest full of plants! Obviously, those "branches" are not just used to probe or lure other creatures to eat.

If other creatures can't distinguish which are the "branches" of mutated organisms through "special smells" like Xiang Kun, then it will be easier to get hit, and it will be completely impossible to prevent.

And how did you get this highly corrosive liquid? Did it already have this plant? Or did it "pinch it out" on its own?

In the animal kingdom, Xiang Kun remembered that he had seen the "bomb beetle" have similar abilities before, but the plant had not seen it.

At the same time as he was surprised, Xiang Kun had already begun to rely on his sense of smell, hearing, and sight to search around, because after the "big ball" burst open, there was no shadow of the mutated creature, and it was not in it.

The strong smell that made him mistake it for the mutant creature before he thought it was some body tissue it left inside, and it was possible that those body tissues were also directly related to this strong corrosive liquid.

Since it has set such a trap, when the trap is triggered, it should come over and prepare to "fall into the well", "harvest the spoils", and "take advantage of the illness".

Sure enough, a few minutes later, Xiang Kun saw a "blue dot" on a tree in the distance through the infrared imaging visual mode.

However, as soon as the "blue dot" appeared in Xiang Kun's sight, it quickly disappeared - this thing obviously found that Xiang Kun was not hit, and ran away immediately!

Holy!

Xiang Kun scolded secretly, a little regretful that he didn't get off the tree just now, lying on the ground and pretending to be injured.

That wouldn't have completely fooled the mutated creature, but it might have been able to trick it a little closer, at least giving him a chance to shoot with a bow and arrow.

Xiang Kun didn't chase the mutant creature anymore, with the distance between them, plus the comparison of their speed last time, he knew that he was chasing in vain.

From this direction, it will not be far away, and this cargo will be able to "fly" away by the terrain. Because the speed couldn't keep up, Xiang Kun couldn't pull the distance within the range before it "flew" away, and relied on the bow and arrow to take it down.

Moreover, after watching the scene just now, Xiang Kun also once again raised the IQ assessment of the mutant creature by one level, and it needs to be more cautious in dealing with it, its direct combat effectiveness may not be very strong, but this mountain forest can be said to be its carefully arranged "home field". A strong corrosive liquid like that just now is really not something that Xiang Kun can ignore.

After coming down from the tree, Xiang Kun immediately found that a large number of insects of different sizes had died around him, most of these insects did not directly come into contact with those strong corrosive liquids, which showed that these liquids were not only corrosive, but also very toxic, no wonder there was such a big smell.

Xiang Kun subconsciously lowered the rate of breathing, the toxicity of these liquids after volatilization, the dose should not be enough for him, so there is no effect and feeling, but be careful.

Xiang Kun carefully dipped his little finger in some liquid that had not yet fully reacted, and felt the stinging pain on his skin, it was obvious that his flesh and blood could not bear this corrosive liquid, if it was really drenched in such a large amount, it would definitely be very uncomfortable and have a great impact. In particular, if the eyes, nose and other important organs are injured if they are caught off guard, their combat effectiveness will inevitably be seriously affected in a short period of time.

However, judging from the performance of that mutant creature, it shouldn't be easy to get so much corrosive liquid at one time, otherwise why didn't it be used when it was chased before?

The tree was miserable, and judging by the extent of its corrosion, it was estimated that it would not be long before it was GG.

Xiang Kun carefully examined the places on the trees that were stained with corrosive liquid, and the spilled liquid on the ground, and soon discovered that a small part of the liquid was in the process of turning into gray powder.

Those liquids were mixed with other corrosive liquids, and it would be difficult to spot them if Xiang Kun wasn't careful enough.

From this, it can be seen that some of the ingredients in the liquid that burst out just now came from the body tissue of the mutated creature.

Xiang Kun picked up his arrow from the ground, but the body of the arrow was not corroded by the liquid. Although I fell from a height, I was cushioned by the branches and leaves in the middle, and the ground was soft and there was no damage.

Xiang Kun raised his head, observed the original position of the "big ball", and speculated in his heart that the mutant creature should have begun to prepare here in advance, and then go to kill the leopard, causing the illusion of drinking blood, and then return here, after making arrangements, and then it should be directly "flying" away from the tree, quickly leaving and hiding through other trees, waiting for Xiang Kun to be attacked.

However, judging from its later "appearance", the surrounding "branches" should not be able to directly transmit image information to it, and it is impossible for it to actually know the situation on the spot.

The sky was getting dark, Xiang Kun went to the place where he had just found the "blue dot" to check, followed the smell for a while, and sure enough, he found that it was going to a higher place again.

Xiang Kun didn't continue to follow the past, thinking that he knew its operation, there must not be any clues that could be retracted, and the past was just in vain.

He'd made his mind, and the main goal for the rest of the day was to find the mutated creature's "lair".

If you can't find it, leave immediately and return to your city before the blood season.

Xiang Kun knew that the key to whether or not he could catch the mutant creature was in its blood-drinking period.

If it had to drink blood for the next 24 hours and then fall into a deep sleep, then Xiang Kun's chance would come. Otherwise, if it deliberately wanted to hide, in this mountain forest, Xiang Kun was really not sure that he would be able to catch it.

As for its blood-drinking period, Xiang Kun was active in this area during this time, except for the leopard today, he didn't find any animals that had been killed recently and were drunk by the mutated creatures - if he wanted to determine whether it was an animal corpse that was drunk by the mutated creatures, he only needed to sniff if there was a "special smell".

From the various "branches" scattered in this area, it can be known that this is the territory of the mutant creature, and its hunting area and sleeping and resting nest should also be in this area, and it should not abandon its territory until it is absolutely necessary.

Maybe it was also because it was in a hurry to drink blood, so after escaping yesterday, it took so much effort today to set up such a trap to deal with Xiang Kun.