Under the weight of the powerful body, all the leaves were like deflated rubber balls, or like kelp floating on the shore, paralyzed directly on the ground, revealing a golden ball in the center of the haystack.

This is... something similar to a pineapple, which should be the fruit of this vegetation.

Normally, in order to spread the fruits of plants, they tend to grow in locations where they are easier to find, but this thing seems to have no consideration for that aspect at all, it is just so stubborn and unique.

Wu Neng stepped away from the haystack. In the process, the strip-shaped leaves spread on the ground returned to their original shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Okay, is this a plant pretending to be dead?

During this period, the leaves of the surrounding haystacks also shrank into a ball and then expanded rapidly, giving people the illusion that sea anemones were preying on plankton.

Let’s not talk about the reasons and reasons for doing this with haystacks. At least they can hardly be used as a cover to hide one’s body shape.

Just imagine, an assassin wants to hide in a haystack, and as soon as he puts his feet in, the fluffy haystack instantly collapses to the ground, or you want to hide among the grass, and suddenly, all the surrounding plants shrink into a ball, isn't it special?

Awkward.

Since there are no strange dangers hidden in the haystacks all over the mountain, there is nothing to worry about.

The three raccoons ran quickly along the steep hillside to the top of the mountain.

Strangely enough, apart from this weird haystack, there are almost no other grass plants on the hillside, except for some cave entrances.

Chou Feng once mentioned that there were a lot of elemental materials and herbs on Zi Cui Mountain. Liu Xiao thought they would be in these mines, so he asked Wu Neng to open the way and rush directly into the Zi Cui Crystal mine.

As a result, it didn't matter that I entered it, I almost didn't get out. The inside of the mine is extending in all directions and is extremely deep. The most important thing is that except for the alexandrite crystal, no vegetation was found.

Instead, they encountered a huge soft-bodied creature. Its purple-black body filled the entire tunnel, causing Liu Xiao and his party to be blocked halfway.

Because the thing was moving too slowly, Liu Xiao swung a wind blade and slashed it on its body.

What surprised Liu Xiao was that the wind blade did cut through the flesh of the giant creature, but it was only an incision. After a while, the wound healed on its own.

Then, a hole suddenly opened in the round skin.

Immediately realizing something, Liu Xiao built a wall of wind in front of him.

Sure enough, extremely dense purple-black mist spewed out from this opening.

Fortunately, the wind wall where the air condenses is naturally the nemesis of fog, and does not allow the breath to penetrate at all.

Just when Liu Xiao was curious about the effect of the gas emitted by the worm, dense holes appeared on the surface of the surrounding crystals shrouded in mist. After a while, these holes gradually became larger, and the disappearing alexandrite crystals turned into liquid.

, dripping down.

Good guy!

Why did this worm use its big moves from the beginning! If you guessed correctly, the one facing you should be the butt of this giant beast, right!?

Was it a fart just now?

A strong wind blew by, but the weapon was not blown away. The body of the worm blocked the entire mine tightly.

Liu Xiao frowned, and at the same time, the surging fire of rebirth lit up the dark mine.

The flames dissipated and the fog disappeared.

What you can see are the festering alexandrite stones all around and the worm butts emitting gray smoke.

There is a helplessness of being humiliated.

Wu Neng and Wu Jing rushed forward at the same time.

Finally, the wind blade kept slashing and the worm, which could not be burnt by flames, was shattered into pieces under the sharp claws of the beast master-level raccoon.

The black blood was like a flood, instantly covering Li Xuan's limbs and making Liu Xiao extremely sick.

When the blood flowed to the lower part of the mine, the creature was finally seen in its entirety.

How to put it, based on Liu Xiao's limited biological knowledge, this soft-bodied creature is like the product of the mating of sandworms and earthworms. The length of the entire body is about thirty meters, and the cross-section is exactly the size of a mine.

Without eyes, the entire head is just a big mouth that can be opened and closed. There are two rows of hard teeth on the surface, and the shape of the teeth is similar to the tip of a pickaxe.

Understand, this giant worm is the originator of the mine.

The presence of a large number of alexandrite crystals inside the corpse also confirms this.

They actually eat the crystals directly.

This mouth is really not that good.

Eh!

Speaking of teeth, this worm seems to have pretty good teeth! It’s definitely a natural mining pick!

I pulled out one and tried it on the alexandrite crystal on the side. It was indeed very easy to use. If a handle could be added to this fang with a certain curvature, it would be very ergonomic.

Not bad, not bad, cracking crystal stones is like chopping melons and vegetables.

Since it’s so easy to use, why not take them all away...

After disposing of dozens of fangs, Liu Xiao began to rummage through the abdomen of the corpse to see if there were any other good things.

The mist that the bug just sprayed can even dissolve crystals, which at least shows that the organs in its body can produce an extremely overbearing body fluid. The alexandrite crystals it swallows may also be decomposed and digested by this body fluid.

It is said that what you eat is what you eat, but when it comes to this worm, it doesn't come true at all, except for the color.

Inside the huge stomach gland, there was nothing but large lumps of undissolved crystals. However, Liu Xiao did find another bulging organ, which was three times his size. He kicked it, and all the organs inside were found.

It's liquid.

Use the canine teeth to cut open the skin of the organ, and a thick purple liquid immediately oozes out, which should be the dissolved alexandrite.

The value of the crystal itself is not great, but what about the material in this state?

No matter what, take it back first. Others have packed it for you. If you don't take it away, wouldn't you be betraying the worm's kindness?

Tie the breach tightly and stuff the defective items bit by bit.

After cleaning up, Liu Xiao focused on the skin and flesh of the worm again. It was a bit hard to eat the flesh of this thing, but the toughness of this layer of skin seemed to be very good, and the people in the cutting room would probably like it.

There is no need to take them all away, just cut off a big piece.

After processing it, I don't plan to continue wandering around in it. I'm afraid because of the existence of worms, it will be difficult for other living things to exist in the mine.

Having the intention to leave and having the ability to go out are two different things.

If Liu Xiao hadn't been able to sense the flow of air, he might have been trapped inside.

This can explain why the mercenaries never mentioned this huge worm. They really don't want to enter the mine. One of them is that they are easily lost. There is nothing inside except rough-skinned and fleshy worms. If you are not careful,

You may also be wiped out by fog in a narrow and closed mine tunnel, which is really not worth the gain.

After finally seeing the light again at the end of a dark tunnel, Liu Xiao left the mine and headed straight for the top of the mountain.

In China, Liu Xiao had seen mountains with various landforms. In comparison, his favorite was the mountains in Yun Province.

As for the reason, it is because the vertical drop of the mountains there is greater, rather than the data flow based on altitude. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up at the top, your heart will always be shocked.

The same is true for Zicui Mountain, with a vertical height of at least 10,000 meters.

The slope is also constantly increasing, from about 40 degrees at the foot of the mountain to nearly 60 degrees at the mountainside. Going up further, there is a nearly vertical cliff.

The raccoon dog's front paws were clasped on the spat out, and it jumped easily on the cliff.

Turning my head and looking down, the ground seemed to be covered with a layer of purple lichen, and occasionally I could see the flickering light between the shadows of the trees.

Liu Xiao was surprised to find that the huge windboat appeared over the jungle again and was heading here quickly.

He raised his head suddenly, and saw wisps of golden shadows passing from the top of the mountain, swooping towards the windboat.

........

Landing lightly

One person and three beasts finally set foot on the top of Zicui Mountain

The top of the mountain has gentle terrain and lush vegetation. There is a small patch of flowers not far from him.

A thin layer of mist lingers over the flowers, and the light blue peony-shaped petals are dotted with frost.

Liu Xiao has never seen this kind of vegetation, but he is sure that these are all frost flowers, an elemental material that can be purchased by traveling merchants at high prices.

However, he is not the only creature here who has the idea of ​​​​frostfall flowers.

Among the flowers, a griffon slowly raised its head, a pair of sharp eagle eyes already staring at him.

Liu Xiao smiled and stretched out his hand, curling his fingers towards it.
Chapter completed!