Chapter 84 Giant Water Scorpion
Where to escape?
Jiang Xuan stood in front of the Teng tribe, looking at the expectant eyes of more than a hundred people, and was suddenly faced with a difficult decision.
The Mosquito Tribe comes from the south, so the south can be abandoned first.
If you flee to the north, you will most likely encounter the even more terrifying Crow Tribe, which is not a good option either.
There is a rocky mountain behind and a river in front.
River? Jiang Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up. He finally knew where the way out was in his intuition! Some time ago, in order to catch fish, Jiang Xuan made a large number of bamboo rafts and asked the warriors of the Teng tribe to practice driving the bamboo rafts one by one.
Unexpectedly, before the fishing operation officially started, the Teng tribe encountered a crisis.
If we cross the river on a bamboo raft, as the Feiyu River is more than 20 meters wide, the warriors of the Mosquito Tribe will definitely not be able to catch up with us!
Jiang Xuan immediately shouted: "Everyone, take the bamboo raft to the other side of the river!"
More than a hundred people were stunned at first, and then the smarter ones immediately realized that they could avoid pursuit by crossing the river, so they all ran to the river.
At this time, no one cared about the threat in the river.
The bamboo rafts made by the Teng tribe are relatively large. Theoretically, even if there are big fish or water beasts in the water, it is relatively safe as long as people do not go into the water.
Because bamboo rafts are not food for big fish and water beasts. Unless they encounter special circumstances, they will not easily attack bamboo rafts.
Chishao, Uncaria and others gathered around Jiang Xuan. At this time, they subconsciously gathered together so that they could form a stronger fighting force.
As Uncaria ran, he worriedly asked, "What if the bird-billed mosquito chases across the river?"
Jiang Xuan's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If you can't defeat the people of the Mosquito Tribe, how can you defeat the mosquitoes? If they dare to chase you across the river, I'll turn around and kill them!"
The others were also feeling angry. They nodded one after another and then ran towards the river.
The distance from the bamboo house to the river was not far. Soon, the people of the Teng tribe came to the river and pushed five bamboo rafts into the water.
The bamboo rafts made by the Teng tribe are very large, and each one can carry six people. As long as they make a few trips back and forth, they can carry everyone over.
"Quick, send Wu over first!"
Jiang Xuan shouted, and then regardless of whether Chishao was willing or not, he pushed her directly onto the bamboo raft, and Nanxing and others followed her.
"Walk!"
Jiang Xuan pushed the bamboo raft out with force, and then continued to direct others to board the raft and cross the river.
As the leader, others can cross the river first, but he cannot, because if he leaves too, the rest of the people will panic and there will be chaos.
"Xuan, hurry up and cross the river!"
In fact, Chishao really wanted to stay, but she knew that she couldn't afford to delay at this time and hesitation would only waste time.
"Don't worry!"
Jiang Xuan waved at Chishao and smiled.
“Clatter…”
The five bamboo rafts were pushed towards the center of the river one after another. This movement attracted the attention of the fish in the river. The fish of all sizes swam around the bamboo rafts and were not afraid of people.
There were also huge black shadows swimming in the water, which made the people on the bamboo raft terrified. They were afraid that these black shadows would suddenly jump up, overturn the raft, and eat them.
Fortunately, this scene did not happen. The black shadows just swam back and forth but did not actively attack the bamboo raft.
Soon, the first group of thirty people crossed successfully, and then the raft was paddled back by a soldier who was best at operating the raft.
Crossing the river was unexpectedly smooth, the soldiers paddling the bamboo rafts became more and more skilled, and the rafts moved faster and faster on the water.
Before long, only the last group of twenty people were left from the Teng tribe.
Jiang Xuan's heart was finally relieved. As long as this last group of people crossed the Feiyu River, everyone would be safe for the time being.
However, at this moment, a buzzing sound came from far away, and this sound made people feel uncomfortable instinctively.
"Oh no! It's the Bird-Billed Mosquito! People from the Mosquito Tribe are coming!"
Jiang Xuan's face changed, and he urged the soldiers who were pushing the raft back: "Faster, faster!"
The soldiers on the five bamboo rafts also knew the seriousness of the situation. They used their bamboo poles to push the water faster and rowed the rafts towards this side desperately.
“Buzz buzz buzz…”
At this time, a large group of bird-billed mosquitoes from the Mosquito Tribe had flown over the bamboo house of the Vine Tribe. More than eighty Mosquito Tribe warriors followed closely behind, holding various weapons and rushing into the bamboo house.
Before Hua Weng came, he listened to other leaders' introduction to the situation of the Teng tribe and learned that they had a giant eagle and a giant dragonfly, which were very scary.
Because of this, after approaching the Teng Tribe, they spread out cautiously, advancing little by little, and dismantled a large number of traps set by the Teng Tribe.
However, when they arrived at the territory of the Teng tribe, they only saw a dozen bamboo houses, and not even the warriors responsible for patrolling the tribe.
Hua Wen realized that he had been misled, and in anger, he immediately led his men into the bamboo house, intending to kill all the people from the Teng tribe.
However, after entering the bamboo house, the fire in the fire pit was still burning, but all the food, tools, weapons and other things of the Teng tribe were gone.
"Boss, there's no one."
Soon, the Mosquito Tribe warriors gathered together again, and their faces looked very ugly because all the bamboo houses were empty.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
Just then, Hua Wen vaguely heard a collision sound deep in the bamboo forest, so he led his men to rush over again.
However, what he saw was still an empty bamboo house and a hydraulic medicine pounding device.
"ah!"
"Bang!"
Hua Wen roared, then kicked over the medicine-pounding device in the water, and the water in the bamboo tube flowed onto the ground.
“Buzz buzz buzz…”
Just then, a bird-billed mosquito flew down from the sky above the bamboo forest, circled around the flower mosquito, and then flew eastward.
"They're over there, chase them!"
Feeling that he had been fooled, Hua Wen grabbed the bone knife and led his men to chase after him.
Those bird-billed mosquitoes are really powerful. They can accurately distinguish the remaining human scent in the air and then follow this scent.
When Hua Wen and his crew chased all the way to the river, the last group of people from the Teng tribe were almost reaching the other side of the river.
While Hua Wen was running, he watched Jiang Xuan and others cross the river on a bamboo raft.
When he ran to the water's edge, Jiang Xuan had already reached the shore and pulled the bamboo raft up.
"Ah! I'm so mad!"
Hua Wen was almost furious.
He already understood that the Teng tribe was not strong, and could even be said to be very weak, otherwise they would not have to run away.
Moreover, they did not see any of the giant eagles or giant dragonflies that the Mosquito Tribe warriors had mentioned before, and they didn't know whether they were deceived or something else had happened.
If he had known that the Teng Tribe was so weak, he would not have approached the Teng Tribe step by step with great caution. Instead, he would have led his men directly to charge over. The people of the Teng Tribe would definitely not be able to escape!
However, the people of the Teng tribe have already crossed the river using a tool made of bamboo, and they cannot catch up with them. Hua Weng was so depressed that he almost vomited blood.
But he really couldn't bear to let the people from the Teng tribe go like this.
“Beep…beep…”
Hua Wen took out a bone whistle and blew it frantically.
This seemed to be a signal. A large group of bird-billed mosquitoes flying over the heads of the mosquito tribe warriors heard the whistle and immediately swarmed to the other side of the river.
These bird-billed mosquitoes are numerous, extremely ferocious, and can fly across the river. Once they catch up with the people of the Teng tribe, they will cause them considerable trouble.
However, just as the bird-billed mosquito flew to the surface of the river, suddenly, many strange large creatures swam quickly in the river, and suddenly jumped out from the bottom of the water like an arrow.
“Clatter…”
The first giant creature rushed out of the water, creating a large splash of water. The small wings on its back helped it fly for a distance. Then it opened its strange big mouth, bit a mosquito and fell into the water.
It's like a signal.
Soon, the surface of the river was almost boiling. Countless strange giant creatures rushed out of the water and began to frantically prey on the bird-billed mosquitoes.
Bird-billed mosquitoes are not real birds, they do not fly very high, and the same is true when crossing rivers.
Because of this, this large group of bird-billed mosquitoes became the prey of that strange giant creature.
"What?"
Huawen was confused again. All the people from the Teng tribe passed through smoothly, so why did so many terrifying giant creatures suddenly appear when the Bird-billed Mosquito flew over?
When the Mosquito Tribe warriors saw the ferocious giant creatures on the river, they subconsciously took two steps back, fearing that these giant creatures would come ashore and attack them.
On the other side of the river, the people of the Teng Tribe were equally confused, because they had no idea what these giant creatures were.
Jiang Xuan observed it carefully and found that the surface of this creature was dark green with black stripes on its body.
They have a pair of very short wings on their backs, a pair of huge eyes on their heads, terrible fangs on their mouths, six legs, a ring-shaped abdomen, and three long needle-shaped tails.
This giant creature doesn't look like a fish or any other insect at all. It is extremely large, with each one being more than one meter long.
When hunting bird-billed mosquitoes, their movements are swift and brutal. A large group of bird-billed mosquitoes are quickly scattered by them, and many bird-billed mosquitoes are dragged into the water and become their food.
Jiang Xuan looked at it for a while and felt that it looked familiar. He asked in surprise, "Is this... a water scorpion?"
Water scorpion (chài), which is the larval form of dragonfly, lives in water, is carnivorous and very ferocious.
Common water scorpions are very small and have no wings on their backs. They usually prey on various aquatic larvae and even some small fish.
At this moment, these water scorpions in the river are not only huge in size, but also have wings on their backs. After jumping out of the water, they can fly a short distance like flying fish with the help of their wings.
If they didn't look a bit like giant dragonflies, Jiang Xuan wouldn't have been able to recognize what they were.
Jiang Xuan glanced in the direction of the stone mountain. The giant dragonfly had died last winter. Could it be that these giant water scorpions were the descendants of it or its kind?
For some reason, Jiang Xuan suddenly became happy.
It is not known whether it was because the mosquito could no longer chase them, or because it saw the continuation of the giant dragonfly's life.
“Beep…”
On the other side, when the flower mosquito saw that the bird-billed mosquitoes suffered heavy losses, it blew the bone whistle again to call the bird-billed mosquitoes back to avoid being eaten.
When the surviving mosquitoes heard the whistle, they immediately turned around and flew back frantically. They were all terrified.
When the bird-billed mosquito flew back to the mosquito tribe warriors, the giant water scorpions on the river lost their target and gradually sank back to the bottom of the water, waiting for their next prey.
And Huawen not only failed to catch up with the Teng tribe, but also lost so many bird-billed mosquitoes. He felt his blood boiling, his veins throbbing, and he almost vomited blood.
(End of this chapter)
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