How could it possibly send a fully grown male lion flying when it pounced on it head-on?!
The lion's body tumbled in mid-air, landed, rolled quickly to its feet, but dared not advance. It let out a low, menacing roar, then moved sideways, slowly searching for its opponent's weakness.
And the mantis... with two sharp cracks, had already raised both of its long blades.
The friction of the bone knife produced a clanging sound similar to that of metal.
Then, the giant praying mantis suddenly assumed a lunge stance...
It's about to sprint!
The thought immediately flashed through Chen Xiao's mind. And the next instant, his guess was indeed confirmed!
Suddenly, the mantis took a leap, its body no longer clumsy as it had been before, and charged forward with incredible speed! In that instant, its movements were as swift as a whirlwind!
Although the lion tried its best to dodge, Chen Xiao watched as the giant mantis swiftly swept past the lion's body and then brought down its blade!
*Snap!*
Pfft!
Then a mouthful of foul-smelling blood gushed out! A lion's head shot skyward!!
What fast movements!
What incredible power!
How could a praying mantis possess such powerful forelimb strength?!
Chen Xiao's eyes widened!
"This bio-beast has a large proportion of metallic elements in its skeletal structure, making its bones extremely hard and strong. And its strength is naturally considerable as well." White Glove saw the scarlet blood. Although he couldn't smell the blood at all while sitting in the car, he still subconsciously took out a handkerchief to cover his nose.
After the mantis killed a male lion with a single strike, it immediately turned to face the druid driver in front of it.
The druid's creature-controlling spells seemed to have little effect on the giant mantis. The driver, who had been leisurely before, also changed his attitude and carefully retreated step by step, rapidly repeating the same spell over and over again.
Soon, something unusual happened!
The green glow emanating from the slain lion seemed contagious; after the mantis severed its head, green dust quickly coated the mantis's blade. Soon, it spread like wildfire!
After the mantis was completely enveloped in green light, the druid driver seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief. His tone suddenly changed; his previously rapid incantation became a low, slow murmur, a tone that seemed to be...
Hypnosis?
Sure enough, the mantis swayed, as if it were about to collapse, and struggled to take two steps forward. The driver druid quickly retreated, his chanting a few more audible words.
The praying mantis seemed to be struggling, raising and lowering its claws. After struggling for a while, it suddenly leaped up and pounced in mid-air!
This final struggle seemed to have caught the driver off guard. When the blade of the bone knife was right in front of him, it was too late for him to dodge. He could only quickly turn his body to the side to avoid his vitals!
Snap!
An arm shot into the sky! The driver screamed and rolled away, rolling several times in quick succession. He managed to stand up despite the pain, his head covered in sweat and half his body stained with blood, yet he continued chanting the incantation in a trembling voice!
"What a pity..." The white-gloved man sitting in the car, seemingly unconcerned about his seriously injured subordinate, sighed, "What a pity... While the Druid ability is useful, I don't have any higher-level Druids among my subordinates. Alas, recruiting high-level Druids isn't an easy task..."
“Druid…could it be…” Chen Xiao frowned.
“Druids are an ancient group. There is an ancient supernatural organization in Europe with a history of thousands of years. That is one of the oldest supernatural organizations in the world... the Druid Association.” White Glove smiled slightly: “Hmph, those high-level druids in the association are the real powerhouses. I went to great lengths to recruit such a low-level druid. His supernatural ability is indeed very useful, but the level is too low.”
Finally, after its desperate attack, the mantis seemed to have exhausted all its ferocity. Its massive body collapsed and quickly curled up into a ball—just like a pill bug, which curled up into an oval-shaped, dark rock.
White Gloves then pushed open the car door and snapped his fingers into the darkness. Immediately, several men in black suits ran out from the darkness and quickly spread out something like a fishing net, wrapping the giant mantis in layers.
The druid with the missing arm struggled, enduring the pain, and came to the mantis. He then grabbed a handful of strange powder from his pocket and sprinkled it on the mantis.
"Alright...it will sleep for at least forty-eight hours." The driver's face was ashen.
The man in white gloves walked up to the mantis himself and took out a collar that Chen Xiao had seen before from a box held by one of his men. He stretched it in his hand, and the collar automatically adjusted its width.
Click.
After his men pried open the curled-up mantis's body, the man in white gloves personally placed the collar around the mantis's neck. The metal mesh on the collar quickly developed into a ring of fine, sharp barbs, like wheat awns, which pierced deeply into the mantis's body…
At the same time, the lights indicating the metallic glow above flickered.
"That's enough." The man in white gloves looked at the injured driver, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You did a great job. We'll fix your arm when we get back. Can you still manage?"
"Thank you." The driver nodded, almost fainting from the pain, but gritted his teeth and said, "I can still manage."
Several men in black suits quickly carried away the net containing the giant praying mantis and loaded it into an SUV that had arrived.
Chen Xiao looked at the dead lion on the ground in the distance... and then at the driver who was supposedly a druid.
"Druids are supposed to be people who can manipulate nature. Although I've never had any dealings with druids, I've heard that they love all living things in nature the most, right?" Chen Xiao said with a stern face.
The driver glanced at Chen Xiao, his face pale: "I... am a druid who has fallen into darkness!"
snort.
Chen Xiao was somewhat disdainful.
Depravity is depravity! Why make excuses for yourself?
Darkness? It's nothing more than abandoning faith to satisfy selfish desires. Why make it sound so appealing!
"Then... let's just leave it at that."