Chapter 372 The Dust Settles

The body of the ferocious mantis is emerald green. Its compound eyes and mouth look very disgusting, but what the warriors are most concerned about is its forelimbs.

Its forelimbs are broad and heavy, with saw teeth in the bends. The sharpness of the saw teeth can be seen with just the eyes, and its figure of more than ten feet tall makes the warriors have to look up.

In addition to these, the most eye-catching thing is the power radiating from its body. The emerald green power is attached to it like the totem power of the warriors.

Everyone knows that this is what makes the ferocious beasts different.

If it were just an ordinary beast, even if there was a mutation, the totem power would be enough to deal with it, but these ferocious beasts are different. They have a power similar to the totem power, which makes it difficult for the totem warriors to defeat them easily.

"Hiss..."

With a piercing cry, the fierce mantis began to stride forward, its compound eyes scanning left and right, as if staring at every warrior's action.

"Ah."

A warrior couldn't stand the pressure and suddenly took out a short spear and threw it over.

The short spear made a sound of breaking through the air and moved forward at a rapid speed, but the fierce mantis didn't dodge at all. It stretched out its right claw and hooked the short spear in the air, breaking it into two pieces.

"Shoot."

The short spear shot by the warrior seemed to remind the leader of the guard team, and he immediately shouted loudly.

The short spears flew towards the fierce mantis like a forest. The eighth generation wizard glanced at the leader of the guard team and his evaluation of him was a little lower.

If Shi was here, or any of the captains of the team, such as Zhuo and Ran, were here, there would be no situation where the warriors attacked before the order was given.

This is a manifestation of the leader's lack of ruling power, and also a manifestation of the warriors' distrust of the leader.

In a trance, the eighth-generation witch thought of the sixth-generation leader. Although the sixth-generation leader was a little cruel in his later years, his ruling power in the Fire Tribe was still quite strong throughout his life. At least he was very afraid of him.

Not only was he afraid, but if the sixth-generation leader praised him at that time, he would be very happy.

The chaotic thoughts in his mind made him relax a lot.

On the battlefield, short spears rushed towards the fierce mantis like a forest. Its forelimbs swung quickly, and it pushed away many short spears in the air, but there were still short spears that pierced its forelimbs and stabbed its body.

"Pah, pah, pah..."

The sound of the short spears hitting the fierce mantis was incessant. It can be clearly seen that there were some damages on the body of the fierce mantis, which made it extremely angry.

"Hiss..."

Its roar became more and more shrill, and then it suddenly spread its wings behind it, bent its hind legs and suddenly bounced up, its whole body bounced up, and its wings began to flutter.

It flew over quickly, still making sharp noises.

"Shoot the wings."

The eighth generation wizard immediately commanded the archers to shoot at the wings of the ferocious mantis, for he was afraid that the ferocious mantis would use its wings to fly out when it fell into the big pit.

The archers had already received the instructions from the eighth generation wizard, and their arrows had been drawn but not fired, just waiting for it to fly up.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Compared to the power of the short spear, the arrow may be inferior, but in terms of speed and accuracy, the arrow is a step higher.

The arrows suddenly flew up, and indeed frightened the mantis. He flapped his wings violently to slow down, but this not only failed to avoid the rain of arrows, but also exposed more flaws.

In fact, it was not a wise decision for a single beast to appear and attack the neat Fire Tribe team in flight.

When a flying beast is in the air, no matter how flexible its movements are, it is not as safe as coming from the ground, because the beast will become a moving target in the vast sky, and arrows are not so easy to use on the ground.

After all, only the front row is convenient for shooting, but as a front row, you have to pick up a shield. These two equipments can hardly appear on a warrior at the same time, so ground attack can effectively avoid arrows.

However, the fierce mantis didn't know all this. It had brought itself a lot of trouble by flying up and attacking recklessly.

Not only were there arrows stuck in its wings, but when it fell back, warriors also used short spears to attack the soft flesh on its belly.

"Puff, puff..."

At least three short spears pierced its abdomen, which made it struggle and retreat directly to the edge of the jungle.

The contemptuous posture it had when it first appeared disappeared. It looked at the short spears stuck in its abdomen. If it hadn't had the power attached to its body to help resist it for a while, it is estimated that these stone spears would have taken its life.

"Throw the short spears, don't stop."

Seeing that the fierce mantis was about to pull out the short spears in its abdomen on the spot, the eighth generation wizard naturally couldn't let him do as he wished, and immediately gave the order.

The short spearmen immediately threw their short spears, and some archers also moved to the front of the team and shot at the compound eyes of the fierce mantis.

Such an attack made the fierce mantis exhausted, and the pain in its abdomen dragged it down.

Amid the roar, the fierce mantis was defeated step by step, and finally disappeared in the dark jungle.

"Woo woo woo..."

After making sure that the enemy had completely left the battlefield, the warriors celebrated wildly under the leadership of their leader.

Many warriors ran to the eighth generation wizard to praise his wisdom. It was he who reminded the warriors that they could shoot the wings of the fierce mantis when it took off.

The turning point of this battle started from that time.

The eighth generation wizard was also a little surprised. He asked the warriors to shoot its wings to try to prevent it from flying out after entering the pit, but he didn't expect it to have such a miraculous effect.

"Will it come again, eighth generation wizard?"

The warriors who had calmed down asked doubts, and everyone's eyes were focused on the face of the eighth generation wizard.

The eighth generation wizard was not sure whether it would come again. He turned his head and looked at the jungle. The fighting of the beasts there seemed to be more frantic, which might be caused by the return of the injured mantis.

"Beasts generally have a strong desire for revenge. If its injuries are not fatal or disabling, it may come back."

The Eighth-generation wizard thought about what the Fire Totem had told him about the characteristics of the beast, and slowly spoke

. After hearing what the Eighth-generation wizard said, the warriors' enthusiasm for celebration decreased a lot.

Although those short spears shot into the belly of the ferocious mantis, only the sharp part of the stone spear entered, and the spear body did not enter too much. Such pain is not enough to be fatal, not to mention that the pain was on the beast known for its strong body.

"But its wings must be broken."

Seeing that everyone was a little depressed, the Eighth-generation wizard pointed to a section of the wings that fell from the ferocious mantis not far away.

"It can't fly, so we can completely reduce casualties and use a big pit to deal with it."

The Eighth-generation wizard imitated the Sixth-generation leader and put on a confident look.

The battle just now was won because of the advance guidance of the Eighth Generation Wizard. Although everyone was still unclear about the final purpose of the big pit, they still chose to believe it for the time being.

Seeing that morale had improved, the Eighth Generation Wizard hurriedly asked the warriors to take a break, and he went back to the back to confirm the layout of the big pit with Chief Yin.

Although the battle just now was completed in a flash, the Eighth Generation Wizard had learned the most important point: advance preparation.

If it weren't for the advance preparation of the flying mantis, the effect would definitely not be so good.

After discussing with Chief Yin for a while and confirming the details several times, the Eighth Generation Wizard returned to the front line again and arranged the tactics for encountering the mantis again.

Everything was arranged properly, and then they had to wait for the mantis to return, and this wait was three days.

Just when everyone thought that the fierce mantis was seriously injured and might not come back for revenge, it appeared on the night of the third day.

Unlike the last time, this time the fierce mantis looked a little bit wolfish, with many injuries on its body. Those were not caused by the fire tribe warriors. Obviously, after it was injured, many beasts wanted to attack it.

"Stand up the shield, and prepare the short spears."

The warrior leader immediately issued an alert order, and the fierce mantis did not waste time this time. It rushed over when the leader gave the order.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

The short spears flew out from the gaps in the shields, but the fierce mantis was prepared, and this time it ran at full speed, causing many short spears to miss.

"Boom..."

The fierce mantis did not give the Fire Tribe time to shoot its short spears a second time. Its huge body crashed directly into the team. The impact of its crazy speed directly knocked the team apart.

"Lure him to the back, don't gather together."

Looking at the fierce mantis chopping off two warriors with its sharp forelimbs, the eighth generation wizard immediately shouted to the warriors to disperse, and at the same time raised his staff in his right hand and fired a fireball.

"Bang."

The fireball hit the fierce mantis, causing its body to suddenly stagger backwards.

"Hiss hiss hiss..."

It screamed and looked at the eighth generation wizard, and quickly walked towards him.

The eighth generation wizard ran back without looking back, only the staff in his hand was emitting light, like a beacon to guide the direction of hatred for the fierce mantis.

The mantis was very fast, but the eighth generation wizard was much slower. His frantic running could not get him out of the fight quickly, and his weak fighting ability was not enough to resist the mantis' attack.

But the eighth generation wizard had already made arrangements for all this. Warriors on the road used short spears to distract the mantis from time to time, and shieldmen risked their lives to protect the eighth generation wizard.

Even so, the mantis was getting closer and closer to the eighth generation wizard.

After several dangerous escapes, the eighth generation wizard finally ran to the slope. From a distance, he saw the leader of the sound standing on the slope, throwing down a long vine.

He ran towards the vine with all his strength. Only when he got there would he have hope of survival.

"Hiss..."

The sound behind him was getting louder and louder. He didn't dare to look back, but just swung his right hand holding the staff backwards, and several fireballs exploded backwards.

This slowed down the speed of the ferocious mantis again. The eighth generation wizard took the opportunity to take a few steps forward again, and then jumped in the air to grab the second vine thrown by the leader of the sound.

"Witch, be careful."

A warning came from a distance. The wizard looked back in the air and saw the ferocious mantis with only half of its wings jumping up and flapping its wings at the same time, speeding up to pounce on him.

"Get down from me."

The rope in his hand was being pulled by the person above, which gave his body more power to move forward, but he didn't care about these at this time. Instead, he swung the staff in his right hand and sent out a huge fireball to hit the ferocious mantis.

The fireball hit the ferocious mantis's head, causing its body to pause for a moment, and then fell down.

"Bang."

With a light sound, the mantis smashed the fishing net covered with a thin layer of leaves and fell into the pit.

The fishing net naturally retracted after receiving the force, and directly wrapped the mantis in it, causing it to shrink into a ball.

"Bang."

The body of the eighth generation wizard finally fell down and also landed in the pit, but he was holding a vine in his hand, and someone was pulling on it, so he was quickly pulled out.

"Throw the fishing net, quickly, throw the fishing net."

In the chaos, the eighth generation wizard heard the voice of the sound leader, and then saw the fishing nets covering the sky and the ground being thrown into the pit.

He turned around and saw the mantis struggling, but more fishing nets made it seem like it was tied up by the struggling mantis.

"Throw short spears, throw stones."

It was the voice of the Yin leader again. Countless short spears and stones were smashed into the big pit. The fierce mantis that resisted desperately finally couldn't hold on and fell from the small hole into the separate pit below.

"Pull the eighth generation witch to the side, and the big stone will roll down. Quickly."

Yin Wu urged. Then the eighth generation witch felt that the vine he was pulling was pulled and his body shifted a little. Then a big stone rolled down from the slope and fell into the pit with a rumble, and finally got stuck on the small hole.

When all the operations were completed, everything seemed to have settled. Everyone looked at the pit, still feeling a little unbelievable.

How could such a beast be manipulated by so many people and put under this big hole?

However, no matter how unbelievable they thought it was, facts speak louder than words. Under the leadership of the eighth generation witch, they did it.

They captured a beast named: Fierce Mantis.