Chapter 242: Terrible Giant Frog
Qingye used a stone knife to cut the rotten wood, separating the strange creature from the rotten wood, and then quickly returned to the crocodile's back.
The whole process took only about ten seconds, and the crocodile did not crawl very far.
Qingye sat on the crocodile's back again, and then showed Jiang Xuan the strange creature with lush hair: "This is called a hairball. It looks like a beast, but it is actually a plant. It can be used as a medicine. Burn its hair into ashes and apply it to the wound to stop the bleeding."
Jiang Xuan looked at this strange ball of fur and could only sigh that there were too many strange things in this forest.
They continued to move forward, and not long after, Jiang Xuan discovered another big tree that could make various sounds.
Aoba said that this big tree is called the Wind Hole Tree because there are many winding holes on its trunk.
Whenever the wind blows through the forest, these holes can make all kinds of strange noises...
As the hunting team moved forward, Jiang Xuan, with Qingye's introduction, got to know many strange creatures in the Black Water Marsh, which broadened his horizons.
About an hour later, they finally arrived at the hunting area and started hunting.
The leader of the hunting team, Linjia, first asked several warriors who were good at finding traces of prey to search for prey nearby. After finding the prey, they would drive the prey in one direction, and the other warriors would be responsible for cooperation.
More than a hundred fighters need to work together to block the escape route of the prey and eventually capture enough prey.
This is a hunting method commonly used by tribal people, called hunting in a circle.
As for solo hunting, one must either be very strong, like Jiang Xuan, or have special skills, such as some warriors who are particularly good at setting traps.
Otherwise, it would be very difficult to catch prey alone in the forest, especially in an extremely dangerous place like Black Water Marsh. If you are too aggressive, it is easy to fail to catch the prey and end up losing yourself.
What they are going to hunt today is a group of large, flightless birds.
This large bird is called the White Cloud Bird because it is round in shape and covered with dense white feathers, making it look like a cloud.
The white-clouded bird has a duck-like beak, a pair of smaller wings, relatively sturdy legs, webbed feet, and is good at swimming.
White-billed birds like to go to wetland forests to look for insects, snails, and various small creatures to eat.
They are clumsy on land, but can swim very fast in water.
“Wuwuwu…”
After the warriors of the Crocodile Tribe surrounded the group of white cloud birds, they waved their weapons and whistled to drive away the prey, driving these big birds towards the drier ground.
These white-clouded birds are easy to catch as long as you don't let them get near water.
However, the idea was good, but something unexpected happened during the hunting.
When these white cloud birds were half driven away, a large number of collapsed rotten trees appeared on the ground. These rotten trees were very huge and there were many gaps underneath.
Those big birds actually drilled under the rotten wood, drilled out of the encirclement like they were drilling a tunnel, and then ran quickly towards a small river not far away.
Seeing that his prey was about to escape, Scale Armor shouted angrily: "Stop them, don't let them get close to the river!"
The warriors of the Crocodile Tribe rode their crocodiles over there, trying to keep as many white cloud birds as possible.
Although the group of white cloud birds were not good at running, they tried their best to save their lives and their speed was not slow.
Several white cloud birds were tripped by branches or vines while running and were immediately caught by the crocodile tribe warriors who caught up with them.
However, most of the white cloud birds quickly ran to the river, and the warriors of the crocodile tribe had no time to stop them.
“Boom!”
“Clatter…”
One after another, the white cloud birds dived into the water. They dived into the water like fish, swam very fast, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Damn it, let them run away!"
Linjia watched helplessly as a large group of white cloud birds fled, and was so angry that he almost vomited blood, because if they had driven them forward a little further, these white cloud birds would not have been able to escape.
But now, after working for most of the day, they only caught a few white cloud birds that were tripped and stabbed by spears. The harvest was quite dismal.
Jiang Xuan also felt it was a bit of a pity because he almost caught those white cloud birds just now.
But since those white cloud birds have already run away, there is no point in regretting it.
Linjia tried to calm down and said through gritted teeth: "Let's let these white cloud birds go this time. Let's go and find other prey!"
Everyone turned around and wanted to leave this place.
However, just as they turned around, Jiang Xuan suddenly felt his hair stand on end, his scalp tingling, and an indescribable sense of crisis enveloped his whole body.
He didn't have time to think, so he just grabbed the bronze spear and turned around to fight the unknown terrifying existence.
"Quack!"
A frog croak like thunder sounded by the river, and then a scarlet tongue rolled towards the big crocodile that Jiang Xuan and Qingye were riding at lightning speed.
The tongue was so big and so fast that Jiang Xuan just turned around and saw a scarlet tongue wrapped around the big crocodile. He and Qingye were also stuck by the extremely sticky mucus on the big tongue and could not get free for a while.
“Whoosh!”
The big tongue pulled the big crocodile, Jiang Xuan and Qingye back into a real bloody mouth.
In a hurry, Jiang Xuan only had time to raise the bronze spear, but had no time to make any other reactions.
"Qingye!"
On the shore, a soldier screamed in fear.
In an instant, all the crocodile tribe warriors panicked.
"Aoba... Aoba and her crocodile were swallowed by the giant frog."
"The leader of the Vine Tribe was also devoured."
"what to do?"
The warriors of the Crocodile Tribe were in panic, and even with weapons in their hands, their bodies were shaking uncontrollably.
Because they saw a giant frog on the river.
This giant frog is green all over, and its head that is above the water is as big as a small mountain.
If it wasn't so huge, the crocodile, more than ten meters long, plus Qingye and Jiang Xuan, would not have been swallowed up in an instant.
"Back off, everyone back off!"
Scale Armor held his weapon and stared at the giant frog, ordering all the crocodile tribe warriors and big crocodiles to retreat.
He was a five-color warrior and the best among the ten hunting team leaders of the Crocodile Tribe, but when he faced the giant frog, he felt only fear and could not even think of resisting.
This shows that the giant frog is far stronger than him and he cannot handle it at all.
The warriors of the crocodile tribe retreated one after another. It was not because they were timid, but because the giant frog was too terrifying. It would be useless even if they rushed forward. It would only provide the giant frog with more food.
"Eer..."
Above the sky, Tangyuan saw Jiang Xuan being swallowed by the giant frog. It swooped down angrily, opened its huge claws, and grabbed the giant frog.
The giant frog is a huge monster, and Tangyuan is also a huge monster. Although it is not as strong as the giant frog, it has enough courage.
“Bang!”
On the surface of the river, the giant frog stretched out a huge webbed foot, and when the glutinous rice ball flew down, it slapped the glutinous rice ball away with lightning speed.
"Bang!"
The glutinous rice ball fell heavily on the river bank, hitting a large area of water plants and bushes, and blood even flowed from the bird's beak.
Although Tangyuan was brave, the gap in strength between the two sides was too big, and it could not defeat the giant frog at all.
Just when the warriors of the Crocodile Tribe thought that Tangyuan would not go up again, Tangyuan stood up shakily.
"Eer..."
Tangyuan spread its wings and let out a sharp cry towards the sky.
Then it flew into the sky again and rushed towards the giant frog.
“Bang!”
"Bang!"
Tangyuan was undoubtedly blown away by the giant frog again, and this time it was even worse. Many of its purple feathers were broken and blood oozed out from the feathers.
However, Tangyuan did not give up. It stood up again, swaying. Even though its whole body was shaking, its eyes remained firm.
It has been following Jiang Xuan since it was a fledgling. After so many years, their relationship has become extremely deep.
It knew that the giant frog had swallowed Jiang Xuan, so it must try to rescue Jiang Xuan!
The leader of the hunting team saw this and shouted anxiously: "Don't go there again, you will be beaten to death!"
The other warriors also shouted because they didn't want to see this ferocious purple bird die.
Tang Yuan glanced in the direction of the Crocodile Tribe warriors, and then decisively flew up again! A warrior asked Scale Armor: "Leader, what should we do?"
Scaled Armor's eyes were full of struggle, because rationally speaking, since Qingye and a big crocodile were easily swallowed by the giant frog, it meant that they could not defeat the giant frog with such a small number of people, and the best option was to retreat immediately.
However, Tangyuan's fearless behavior aroused the bloodiness of Linjia as a tribal warrior.
Since even a bird is not afraid of death, how can these warriors be like a bird? Linjia gritted his teeth, risking his position as leader to be removed after returning, and clenched the spear in his hand.
"Get ready to throw your spear and kill it!"
"yes!"
The warriors of the Crocodile Tribe roared, then drew out the spears on their backs, their bodies tensed like bows, ready to throw at any time.
At this time, Tangyuan had flown above the giant frog again, and its purple figure was reflected in the giant frog's huge eyes.
However, just as Tangyuan pounced, the giant frog suddenly sank into the water and disappeared.
“Boom!”
Tangyuan's claws grabbed nothing and his belly sank into the river.
“Puff, puff, puff…”
Tangyuan had not expected this sudden change to happen. It flapped its wings vigorously and flew into the sky again, close to the water surface, with water dripping from the feathers on its abdomen.
The crocodile tribe warriors who were about to throw their spears were also stunned. They held their spears in their hands, not knowing what to do.
Scales also frowned. Once the giant frog sank into the water, they would have no way to stop it.
Although the warriors of the Crocodile Tribe can swim, entering the water to look for giant frogs is simply seeking death.
"Eer...Eer..."
Tangyuan kept circling around the river and screaming miserably, as if trying to call out the giant frog.
However, there was no movement on the water surface. All the other animals had fled, and the giant frog was nowhere to be seen.
Could it be that Jiang Xuan, Qingye, and the big crocodile were buried in the frog's belly?
The crocodile tribe warriors on the shore were very confused, not knowing whether to continue waiting or leave here rationally.
On the surface of the river, the dumplings were still circling tenaciously, and the sound was very sad.
At this time, under the river, in the giant frog's stomach, there was a completely different scene.
Jiang Xuan and Qingye were dragged into the giant frog's stomach along with the big crocodile by the giant frog's tongue, but they were not killed as the crocodile tribe warriors had expected.
When they were dragged into the giant frog's mouth, the totem pattern on Jiang Xuan's arm lit up, and the green light became brighter.
Then, a crystal clear divine vine that was flashing green light appeared.
“Buzz!”
The divine vine quickly condensed into a spherical protective shield, covering Jiang Xuan, Qingye, and even the big crocodile.
The giant frog was equivalent to swallowing a ball of light. The digestive juice in its stomach could not cause any harm to Jiang Xuan and the others.
Not only that, after the giant frog slapped Tangyuan away twice in a row, it finally felt something was wrong, and out of instinct, it immediately dived into the water.
Therefore, when Tangyuan rushed towards the giant frog for the third time, and when more than a hundred crocodile tribe warriors were ready to attack the giant frog, the giant frog disappeared.
At this time, in the giant frog's belly, Qingye, who was still frightened, looked at the translucent green light shield around him and the internal organs constantly wriggling in the giant frog's abdomen, and his face turned very pale.
The crocodile named Xiaoqing also opened its mouth, showing its fangs, and swung its tail back and forth, looking very anxious.
"Xuan... Leader Xuan, what... what's going on?"
"We are now in the giant frog's belly, but don't worry, with the Fuji God here, we will not be in danger. It is this giant frog that we should be worried about."
Qingye looked at the green vine and asked in surprise: "This...is this the guardian deity of your tribe?"
Jiang Xuan said: "Strictly speaking, this is a part of the Vine God. It is a life-saving method that I specifically asked the Vine God for before leaving."
When Qingye heard that it was part of the totem god, his eyes became full of awe.
However, Qingye soon became worried again: "Chief Xuan, how are we going to get out?"
"Don't worry, Fujin will find a way, don't worry."
Qingye nodded helplessly, and had to suppress his inner anxiety and wait patiently.
As soon as Jiang Xuan finished speaking, the emerald-like vine began to move.
I saw a large number of roots growing rapidly from the broken end and extending towards the giant frog's internal organs.
These roots quickly wrapped and entangled the giant frog's internal organs, and then began to directly extract the essence of blood and flesh and divine power, which was very domineering.
The giant frog that had just sunk to the bottom of the water felt a piercing pain in its body. Its already big eyes suddenly opened even wider, with a look of fear in its eyes.
“Whoosh!”
The giant frog kicked its legs and swam upwards like an arrow.
“Crash!”
The giant frog broke out of the water and jumped directly to the shore, rolling over and over in pain.
Tangyuan, who was circling in the sky, finally saw the giant frog again, but the giant frog's behavior was not right. It didn't dare to pounce on it directly for a while and could only observe it from the air first.
“Quack…”
The giant frog cried out in pain, and as it continued to roll, large areas of water plants along the river fell down, and even the bushes were crushed.
(End of this chapter)
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