A drop of cold sweat slid down Shao Xuan's forehead.
If he hadn't leaned back a little, would he have lost one of his eyes?
It looked like a fluff, but it could pierce through the thick leaves. If the leaves were a little thinner, the fluff would have pierced through them. Even if Shao Xuan leaned back, he would still have been hit.
No wonder Ah-Suo and the others said it was more dangerous here, and that they could lose their lives if they weren't careful.
Thinking back to when they were hunting the jumping fruit tree, if any of them had hesitated for a moment, they would not have been able to find a place to hide and would have been pierced into a white-haired hedgehog. There was no suitable shelter in the area where the jumping fruit tree grew.
Shao Xuan smelled blood. Some of the warriors were injured, but he didn't hear any screams. Their breathing was still the same as before, but two of them were breathing more rapidly.
After a while, Ta said, "Ah-Suo, look outside."
"Okay."
Ah-Suo opened the two closed leaves a crack and looked outside. "We can go out now."
"Open it." Ta signaled the others to open the closed leaves.
Crack! Crack!
Crack! The sound was still like the sound of heavy wooden planks. With the help of the light, their vision became clearer.
It wasn't just Shao Xuan who had a fluff piercing in. There were also fluff piercing in other places, but in some places it went deeper, and in others it was only the tip of the fluff sticking out. The blood that Shao Xuan smelled came from the hands of the two warriors.
Since they had to pull the leaves together with their hands, they naturally had to touch the leaves. If they were lucky, they wouldn't be hurt by the fluff, but if they were unlucky, they would bleed.
Out of the five warriors trying to pull the leaves together, only two were injured. This was already considered good.
However, the fluff was poisonous and had a certain anticoagulant effect. Even if it was just a small wound, with the warriors' healing ability, it still couldn't stop the bleeding. The arms of the two warriors who were stabbed were already numb. The others hurriedly poured the clear green water in their flasks on their wounds. After a while, the wounds would stop bleeding.
"How are the others?" Ta asked.
"Three of us are injured. Who has water? Lend me some!" Someone on another plant said.
"We're doing fine. Only one of us is injured."
Everyone was busy treating their wounds. Shao Xuan also contributed a portion of his gourd.
Looking around, Shao Xuan couldn't help but take a deep breath.
There were white fluffy hairs everywhere in this large area. Some places were denser, while others were thinner. However, the range of these fluffy hairs was too wide. Some insects and birds that couldn't dodge in time were hit. White hairs could be seen everywhere on the trees, on the huge grass leaves, and on the roots of the vines.
This kind of large-scale indiscriminate attack could only be described as a disaster.
There weren't many large animals in the forest. Their huge bodies made them a huge target. In this place dominated by plants, large animals didn't have many advantages. Even ferocious beasts like the Thorn Black Wind might not be able to survive here. Therefore, except for some insects like giant dragonflies and rippers, as well as some birds and small animals, the animals that couldn't adapt to the environment all stayed away from this green area. After all, this type of attack was too powerful. The one Shao Xuan encountered was just one of the many large-scale attacks he had.
On the ground, there was a meter-long bird with two white fluffy hairs stuck in its body. It flapped its wings weakly, but it still couldn't do anything. Its muscles were paralyzed, and its claws couldn't be controlled.
Whoosh!
A blood-red vine stretched out from behind the bushes, which were as tall as a man. It wrapped around the bird and dragged it into the bushes. No matter how hard the bird struggled, it couldn't do anything.
In the end, the vine and the bird both disappeared into the bushes. Only the sound of flapping wings could be heard.
There was a soft sound.
Everything was quiet again.
Since entering the forest, Shao Xuan hadn't seen any animal carcasses. Now it seemed that there were many "cleaners" in the forest, who dragged away the animals that had lost their ability to move or were completely dead to become their nutrients.
"Let's take a rest first. We'll go hunting later." Ta said to everyone.
This white drizzle attack covered a large area, and at the same time, it drove away many threats. At least for a short period of time, there wouldn't be any aggressive groups like rippers in this area. That was why Ta asked everyone to take a rest here.
"These white hairs are poisonous. Only a little bit on the tip is poisonous." Tuo was treating the wound of a warrior whose hand was almost pierced through. He pulled out the white hairs that had pierced deeply into the flesh and showed it to Shao Xuan.
"As long as you don't touch the poisonous parts, they're not that dangerous now." Tuo said.
Shao Xuan pinched the palm-long white hair that was a little thicker than a hair and looked at it carefully. It was very light, and the poisonous part was at the tip of the tip. There was a slightly hard, small sac in the shape of an arrow, which contained the poison.
The white hairs looked very soft, and in fact they were very soft. However, they could pierce through thick objects like needles in an instant, which showed how fast these white hairs were when they were shot out. Before hiding in the leaves, Shao Xuan saw that the pom-poms that looked like dandelions were made of these white hairs.
Feeling the toughness of the white hairs, Shao Xuan took out his knife and wanted to cut off the poison sac at the tip of the white hairs. However, he found that he couldn't cut off the white hairs with just a few simple cuts. He had to cut back and forth, and finally cut off the poison sac at the tip of the white hairs.
He didn't expect that such a thin hair would be so difficult to cut off.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"I'm dying of laughter. This kid is so funny!"
"Xuan, you don't understand. Not everything can be played with. If you want to play with a rope, can I find you a grass vine? "
"It's easy for a new warrior to think things too simply."
"You're still young. There are many things you don't understand."
The other warriors who were resting on the side couldn't help but laugh. When they saw Shao Xuan cutting the white hairs seriously with a knife, they were just watching a show. Now, they were teaching Shao Xuan in the tone of a senior.
"Xuan, although these white hairs are thin and soft, they are very difficult to cut off. However, after ten days, they will disappear by themselves." Tuo said.
"I see." Shao Xuan didn't feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he became more interested in the white hairs.
Anyway, the team leader asked them to take a break. Shao Xuan had nothing to do. He simply pulled out several white hairs from the ground and put the poison sac at one end.
"What do you want to do? Still playing? "Keke couldn't help but walk over.
Shao Xuan didn't answer directly. Instead, he asked, "Can I light a fire here?"
"No, you can't." Keke shook his head hard. "The trees and grass around here don't like fire. When we spend the night in the woods, we don't light a fire. Those trees will attack us."
"What about a torch?" Shao Xuan asked again.
"A small torch will do." Keke was relieved when he knew that Shao Xuan was only going to light a small fire.
Ta was standing on the side, holding the animal skin roll with the target drawn on it. Hearing that, he moved his eyes away from the animal skin roll and looked at Shao Xuan. He suddenly frowned. He didn't expect that Shao Xuan would still want to play these little tricks after joining his team.
Yes, in Ta's eyes, setting traps and lassos were all little tricks, which were played by junior totem warriors or wounded warriors. He didn't care about them at all. The real warriors who admired the strong had to hunt with their own strength. The right way to hunt was to bring back the prey with a knife and a spear. Besides, those who played these little tricks would never become real warriors.
The more Ta thought about it, the more dissatisfied he became. When he saw that Keke was still helping him find the branches, Ta snorted heavily.
Seeing the team leader's attitude, the others who wanted to go closer to have a look gave up. Whether they could stay in the advance group was only a word from the team leader. Why should they make the team leader unhappy? It was rare that the team leader made an exception and recruited them, but Xuan still wanted to play. Why should he do that?
Keke helped Shao Xuan find a dead tree nearby. He broke off a branch and lit a fire.
Shao Xuan used the fire to burn the end of the white hair with the poison sac.
The white hair quickly turned black after being burned by the fire. It rolled into a ball and shrank back. Just in case, Shao Xuan burned more of the end with the poison sac.
"Please hold it for me."
Shao Xuan handed the lit branch to Keke, and then took out a small stone knife. He pressed the burned white hair on the trunk next to him and stroked it with the knife.
After being stroked by the knife, the end of the white hair that had condensed into a small black ball directly fell off. What was left in Shao Xuan's hand was a section of white hair without the poison sac.
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