On the western beach of the new southern continent.
Behind a patch of rocks, Nong Greed made a shushing gesture, his eyes looking firmly ahead.
The seawater shoved up a large area of white foam, pushing an egg onto the beach. Each of these eggs was the size of a grown man’s fist, snow-white and smooth.
Nong Greedy had a dough cupped in his hand, adding some of the powder from his backpack into it, dividing it into small balls, and wrapping the outside with a thin layer of meat.
For his part, Ironseeker was sketching quickly on the paper on the board, his charcoal pencil fast and steady.
In addition to drawing these eggs, he also drew the guardians that lined the eggs.
They were similar in appearance to man-eating crabs, quadrupedal, eyeless, and covered in black, like large spiders.
The most striking sign of this monster is a mouth full of sharp teeth. They are always hungry, hunting everything they see alive, fish, turtles, birds, trees …… and even the gravel on the ground to eat.
Tiese was impressed by such monsters.
They had little intelligence and could not be compared to man-eating crabs at all. But destructively, they far surpassed any of the known transcendent creatures.
Before the quadrupedal monsters, all living things were food.
There are two ways of attacking, one is to jump and embrace the prey, stabbing into the other party with their sharp limbs, and then frantically gnawing.
The second is to open their mouths and spit out their tongues like arrows – their tongues are like thin chains with spikes at the end, which can easily penetrate through the flesh and bones, and mash the prey’s internal organs.
Most troubling of all, they were also very difficult to kill and had a high breeding rate, with their numbers surging.
At this time, the eggs on the beach began to break their shells.
A small four-legged monster crawled out from inside, and they all started gnawing on the eggshells, swallowing them all. They then ate some more gravel to replenish, before moving towards the forest ahead.
A large part of the forest on the west coast had already been gnawed by them, even the grass and tree stumps were not spared, causing the ground to become a greyish brown.
And further away, the adventurers and elves were working together to resist the invasion of the four-legged monsters.
Nong Greed captured two eggs, sealed them into a wax-infused wooden box, and opened his mouth to make a gag, “Go.”
The two quietly retreated backwards.
But as soon as they turned back, they suddenly realised that a small four-legged monster was right behind them. It opened its mouth, its tongue slowly protruding from its mouth, and the forked spikes at the end that looked like scissors slowly intertwined.
This little monster seemed to be unsure if it could hunt the two huge prey in front of it, and acted a little hesitant.
Nong Greedy threw it a small noodle ball.
The four-legged monster hugged the food at once and frantically gnawed on it.
The two took the opportunity to quickly retreat.
But more quadrupedal monsters ran behind them, and they came like a tidal wave.
The two could only run while relying on the copper leather shield on their backs to resist. With the rapid crashing sound of muttering, the iron tongues of the four-legged monsters punched holes in the shield, and the wooden boards under the shield were also broken into pieces.
Just as Nong Greedy and the others were despairing, two white lights suddenly lit up in the air, charging straight at Nong Greedy and Tie Se.
In an instant, the two felt full of power, as if they could kill a fire bison with a single punch!
Isabel sat on her wand and looked down at the four-legged monsters on the ground.
A large number of white tits swooped down from the clouds, and these fantastically fast hunters began to hunt down their prey.
The quadrupedal monsters kept spitting out their tongues, but were completely unable to keep up with the white tits’ low flight, and after being pecked to death by a large number of their kind, they dispersed like a tidal wave.
“Go to Jodie’s, it’s safer over there, I’ll clean up the surroundings.”
Isabel barked, riding her wand in the direction of the quadrupedal monster’s base camp.
Nong Greedy and Tiese looked at each other with hijacked smiles.
“Saved, Yao God bless.”
But this adventure was worth every penny.
Nong Greedy got the precious ingredient, the fresh egg of the Black Water Strider. Whether the ingredients were fresh or not had a huge impact on the cooking results!
Tiese made a live sketch of the Black Water Strider’s hatching process, clarifying their physiology and characteristics even more, and was able to present this horrifying monster in the form of a painting to a wider audience.
……
East Continent, Valley of the Gods.
“No good, no good, Lord Apostle!”
The little fish man, Fish Goo, jumped off the back of a sandworm and ran all the way here in a panic: “Those black water striders that are crawling around, they’re fighting with the Fighting Shovel Armour!”
Pinkman was holding a ceramic watering can and was slowly watering the wild roses.
He said absently, “And?”
“The fighting spade beetles lost, they weren’t numerous enough and they were stupid.”
“But the Weird Grasses stepped in, and they simply strangled and smothered the Black Water Striders one by one into the ground, turning them into fertiliser ……”
The little fishman scratched his head, “The pine striders in Canopy City are pretty stable, though. The red poisonous pine trees they planted are a natural barrier, and some of the four-legged monsters rushed in and quickly fainted and died there.”
“It’s just that there are a lot of them, and in the long run, they could be a threat to the valley.”
Pinkman just nodded, his fingers stroking the rose leaves, a smile even on his face, “Don’t worry. Nature will give its answer, and the forest will let them know their place.”
“By the way, didn’t you say earlier that outside of the valley, man-eating crabs were preying on black water striders?”
“Yes! My lord.”
The little fishman said excitedly, “There’s a lot of activity out there. The cannibal crabs have blockaded the sea, and the Mad Inferno Birds and Flaming Chickens are hunting these monsters everywhere, don’t look at them as vicious, they are said to be quite tasty. Especially after being fried in oil, dipped in some salt, and sour raspberry sauce ……”
It couldn’t help but gulp.
“And who told you this?”Pinkman couldn’t help himself.
“Mr Gourmet Nong Greedy, he was the first one to try cooking the fried Blackwater Strider, which is a particularly high-class dish in Sanilo, enjoyed by humans and quite a few transcendent beings!”
The Rose King was dumbfounded.
This world could have quite a few transcendent beings nowadays, and the Black Water Strider would have to have a period of adaptation before it could gain a foothold.
The little fishman suddenly said, “Oops, I almost forgot the most important thing! Your newly opened rose garden in the south was destroyed by the Black Water Strider, and I’m here to tell you about it ……”
The kettle crushed in Pinkman’s hand by his fingers, and the smile faded from his face.
“Squire.”
“Present, my lord!”The White Rose Envoy next to him stood up straight.
“Come with me on my journey to exterminate the incoming enemy.”Pinkman raised his hand and a thin pink sword coalesced in his hand.
At this moment, there was no more gentleness in his eyes, only cold killing intent.
The small fishman next to him couldn’t help but shiver.
……
In the north, in the world of ice and snow.
The black dragon hovered high in the sky, it opened its mouth and sprayed out black dragon flames.
The dragon’s breath drew a long black area on the ground, burning a field of black water striders to ashes. The surviving black water striders, however, began to fight each other as if they had gone mad.
Soon, the Elder Trolls led the Ice Trolls over and began to collect the loot on the ground.
The elder picked up a long, thin strip and gently pulled it. Even after being burnt by the dragon flames, this long strip still remained flexible and sharp.
It instructed, “The tongue of the Black Water Strider is a high-quality material, these are the property of the Dragon’s Nest, not one of them should be left behind.”
The gargoyles held long clamps made of wooden strips and picked up the iron tongues left on the ground, dropping them into the wooden crates on their backs with skilful and nimble movements.
“And the feet, especially the toes, will make the finest arrows and awls.”
Elder reminded.
On the beach, the Yeti carried a woven rattan basket on his back, picking up one of the monster eggs.
“Delicious eggs!”
“Delicious eggs!”
“Eggs that can hatch!”
“Can’t waste nature’s gift!”
The Dragon’s Nest party led by the Yeti and the fledgling dragon Pasha swept the beach in great numbers before slowly returning.
When this line left, the humans who were secretly observing then darted in one by one, and they began to search for the remaining materials in the ice and sand.
Although they didn’t have the guts to go head to head with the Black Water Strider, they still had the guts to report to the Dragon Nest.
When the Dragon’s Nest party cleared out the monsters and ate the meat, the nearby adventurers would also be able to have a mouthful of soup.
This was also the consensus of the people after dealing with the Dragon’s Nest.
Co-operation is just a different division of labour.
……
At the same time, under a cliff in the north of the western continent.
Three humans were in a desperate situation.
On all sides were swarms of adult Black Water Striders, hundreds of them, locking up all the ways of retreat for the three people.
Among the three, there were two Martial Cultivators and one Bitter Cultivator. However, in the face of a huge number of enemies, this amount of their manpower wouldn’t last long at all.
“The anaesthetic juice is gone.”
One of the martial cultivators smiled bitterly, “The magic potion is used up, can’t stop them anymore.”
Another person gripped the iron sword tightly, with a resigned face, “The echidna rabbits and carrier pigeons were all eaten by this group of beasts, and the last transmission was cut off …… I didn’t think that this place was actually a nest.”
The ascetic monk did not say a word, just silently saying his last prayer.
Just as the four-legged monsters surged in, a ball of fire flew in from a distance, wrapping the many monsters in fire.
The fireball dispersed, revealing an old man in tattered clothes.
He looked towards the group of Black Water Striders that were surging in, and a blazing fire rose from his body as the temperature in all directions suddenly rose.
The old man made the black water striders hesitate just by standing here. They seemed to sense the unusual aura and power of the person in front of them, but after a moment, they still instinctively charged.
Flames flooded the surroundings.
……
After the gruelling fight, there were charred and blackened insect corpses all over the place.
The old man said with a tired face, “Let’s go, if we don’t leave, the next batch will come again.”
“Your hands.”One of them was a bit intolerant.
The old man’s right hand was lost in the life and death fight, and his left hand was also covered in wounds and dripping with blood.
The ascetic who hadn’t said anything suddenly thought of something and his eyes widened, “You are …… Grand Elder Salt Long?”
The old man said softly, “I am just a servant of Yao Shen, an ordinary cultivator.”
