AWB Chapter 144 The Monster Hidden Underground
Chapter 144 The Monster Hidden Underground
After finishing his sentence, the old man strode aggressively toward the ditch outside the village.
Some villagers who had come to join the fun came over to inquire, and when they learned that the old man was taking Zhang Xiaoyuan to find the magical beast, a strange smile appeared on their faces.
"No way? You guys really believe what Old Ding said?"
The villagers who came to inquire about the matter suddenly burst into laughter, clutching their stomachs.
"If we really encounter a magical beast, do you think Old Ding, with his physique, can escape its pursuit? Even a little chick could probably run faster than him!"
"Hmph, ignorant brat, how could you possibly fathom my abilities? Get out of here!"
As the old man spoke, he swung his cane at the man, but the villager who had been watching chuckled, easily dodged it, and ran to the side, closely following the old man, wanting to see him make a fool of himself.
"Hmph, all of you laugh now. You'll be crying and thanking me when I discover Warcraft!"
With a cold expression, Grandpa Niu quickened his pace and headed towards a blocked ditch around the village.
Ten minutes later, Grandpa Niu stopped, squinted, and looked in one direction.
"The monster I saw that day... it's over there!"
Grandpa Niu slowly raised his cane and pointed to the ditch in front of him, which had long been buried in mud.
However, his gaze was fixed on something else, giving off a very strange feeling.
"Sir, are your eyes alright? You don't have presbyopia or strabismus, so you're seeing things wrong, do you?"
He Qing, the bespectacled young man who drove Zhang Xiaoyuan there, said somewhat speechlessly, "This old man seems more and more unreliable the more I look at him."
"Humph!"
Grandpa Niu twisted his wrist, and his cane struck He Qing's buttocks with a "smack," making He Qing wince in pain.
"Look closely, what's that?!"
Grandpa Niu's cane pointed back in the direction his eyes had initially been looking.
Upon closer inspection, a shallow ditch was discovered beneath the ground, running from where Grandpa Niu's eyes initially pointed to the spot indicated by his cane.
"Grandpa, you mean... this was caused by a magical beast? But to me, it looks more like the marks made by a mole cricket or some other insect."
He Qing pushed up his glasses, opened his eyes wide to observe carefully, and said.
Although he rarely works in the fields now, he still recognizes these insects that he often encountered and played with when he was a child.
"Have you ever seen such a big mole cricket?!"
Grandpa Niu glared at He Qing, walked over, and forcefully poked at the marks left by the mole crickets crawling in the soil with his cane.
puff!
With just a gentle touch, the ditch the mole cricket had crawled through collapsed instantly, revealing an underground passage large enough for an adult cat to pass through.
Have you ever seen a mole cricket the size of a house cat?
"Uncle Niu asked bluntly, his gaze sharpening as he scanned the surrounding villagers who were watching the commotion," he said.
The villagers, who were used to working with crops, naturally knew what the soil looked like when mole crickets burrowed through it, and their expressions changed.
"There really are monsters!"
"Don't forget that mole crickets are pests; they eat the roots and stems of crops. Quickly check our crops!"
Someone immediately rushed to the land not far ahead, and upon seeing the rice that wasn't growing well, their face darkened, and they dug up the roots and stems with their bare hands.
They hadn't dug very deep when they saw that the rice roots and stems were already broken and rotten, which worried them.
Furthermore, the soil underground is softer than the soil above ground.
This means that the mole cricket monster had already visited this rice field!
"I was wondering why this year's harvest was so bad. I thought it was because of the seeds I bought, but it turns out it was Warcraft that was behind it. Damn it!"
Some villagers roared in anger and clenched their fists, pounding them hard on the ground.
"Let's think about how to find the mole cricket monster. As long as it lives, all the crops we plant will be for nothing, they'll just become its food!"
"By the way, Uncle Niu, he can see the traces left by the mole cricket monster, so he will definitely be able to help everyone find the mole cricket monster!"
In no time, a crowd gathered around Grandpa Niu, looking at him with eager eyes.
"Hmph, now you know I was telling the truth, right?!"
Upon seeing this, Grandpa Niu's lips curled into a wide smile.
These kids, they know how powerful he is now.
Rumble!
The sudden shaking of the ground startled everyone, and they couldn't help but wonder if an earthquake had struck.
However, this area is not on a seismic plate, and there hasn't been an earthquake here for many years.
Just as they looked down in confusion, the ground shook even more violently.
A child looked in one direction and noticed a small bump on the ground. Curious, he walked over and reached out to try and pry it off.
shhhhhh!
Suddenly, mole cricket monsters the size of adult cats burst out of the ground.
A pair of plump, fleshy wings vibrated incessantly, a sharp carapace ran down the middle of its back, and its ferocious mouthparts emitted strange cries that inspired fear.
"what--"
The child was terrified when a mole cricket monster suddenly appeared in front of him and opened its mouth to bite.
"be careful!"
Grandpa Niu shouted anxiously, and his body, which hadn't been used for many years, suddenly burst forth with great strength, propelling him forward to shield the child in his arms, while he himself was bitten by the mole cricket monster.
With a "rip," blood gushed out from Grandpa Niu's back as a large chunk of flesh was bitten off by the mole cricket monster.
"TuTu! My child!"
A woman cried out in despair as she watched her child being bitten by the mole cricket monster.
But when she saw Grandpa Niu disregard his own safety to protect her child, tears welled up in her eyes.
"court death!"
Just as Zhang Xiaoyuan had finished killing the two mole cricket monsters that had sprung out from around her, she saw Grandpa Ding covered in blood, his eyes filled with rage. She immediately activated the [Berserk] skill, increasing her speed to its maximum.
He desperately wanted to unleash a [Stone Shattering Strike] to shatter all the surrounding magical beasts.
Unfortunately, there are still many villagers who cannot withstand his skills and will suffer a worse fate than the mole cricket monster.
"Get out of here right now!"
Zhang Xiaoyuan shouted, and at the same time, two explosions rang out in the air. The two mole cricket monsters that flew up to try to escape were blown apart by Zhang Xiaoyuan.
The remaining eight or nine mole cricket monsters sensed the powerful aura emanating from Zhang Xiaoyuan and ceased their attack on humans. After letting out a shriek, they scattered in all directions.
Bang bang!
Two more explosions rang out, and Zhang Xiaoyuan blasted all the mole cricket monsters that had fled into the air to pieces.
"Yulia, take good care of that old man."
After giving Yulia a word of instruction, Zhang Xiaoyuan emitted an earthy yellow light from her body and used the [Earth Guardian] skill to sink into the ground.
Seeing the new marks, Zhang Xiaoyuan exerted her strength and immediately gave chase.
However, these mole cricket monsters fled in different directions, and Zhang Xiaoyuan was unable to catch them all at once.
"Unfortunately, two of them jumped off the cliff."
After crushing the mole cricket monster in her hand and taking its core, Zhang Xiaoyuan returned to the spot where she had first entered, intending to chase after the remaining two mole cricket monsters. However, she found that they had disappeared without a trace after running around in the soil for a while.
This means that the mole cricket monster has fled to the ground, and even more so if it flees in the air, it will be even more impossible to find.
"Hey, I found one."