Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The swarm of Life-Hanging Flies finally got what they wanted. They split into two groups. One group retracted their wings and began to drill into the mud to search for the body that was spurting blood.
The other group flew to the head and danced wildly around the wound, like they were having a bonfire party.
On the soldier's head, his expression was still one of extreme fear, and his eyes were wide open.
He thought he was saved when the Hippopotamus Beast pulled him out of the mud. He did not expect his head to be torn off his neck instead.
The sound of the rain was irritating to the ears, and the buzzing of the flies was even more disturbing.
Mofan, Mubai, and Zhao Manyan quickly came over. Their faces darkened when they saw the scene.
"You can't even save him?" Mason asked in disbelief.
The other soldiers shook their heads.
There were more than a thousand soldiers in the group, and many of them had fallen into the mud. Similar tragedies kept happening.
Some people's ankles sank into the mud, and they couldn't pull their feet out.
When their legs sank into the mud, there was no way they could survive!
More Life-Hanging Flies began to feast. They were able to dig into the mud and crawl out after they were full. They could simply flap their wings and fly into the rainforest to lay their eggs.
The Life-Hanging Flies' omen of death was right!
"Old Zhao, can't you get them out, too?" Mofan asked.
Zhao Manyan shook his head.
He was a Super Earth Mage, yet it was difficult for him to alter the structure of the swamp.
Meanwhile, those who had yet to sink fully into the mud felt like their bodies had grown out of the mud. If they used too much force, their bodies would snap in half.
"If I freeze the whole swamp, it's basically telling the Federation Army that we're here," Mubai said helplessly.
As time passed, the grassland that was originally walkable began to slowly be covered by the silt swamp that rose up from the ground.
The swamps were in patches, like wet paddy fields. The humans could at least walk on the ridges.
However, as the rain continued to pour down, the swamps gradually joined together, encroaching on the ridges that were originally walkable.
It was as if the swamps were in the middle of a swamp.
As such, even if they stood still, something could still happen to them.
If they moved, they might step into the deadly swamps.
If they did not move, they would be swallowed by the swamps.
"Mofan, what are you doing? Do you still want the head to be buried? To be honest, the head would rather be left to dry on a tree than be buried here," Zhao Manyan said.
Mofan lifted the head and inspected it carefully.
"There's still a part of the neck under the head. There's some mud here," Mofan said, pointing at the mud.
"Damn it, one is marked by the company one keeps. Don't be like that crazy Mubai," Zhao Manyan immediately turned his head away.
"The parts of his body that are stuck in the mud can't be pulled out, but look at his neck. It's actually stuck in the mud, but the Hippopotamus Beast's strength was too strong. It broke his neck in half," added Mo Fan.
"Can't you care about my feelings? I'm not interested in the corpse! "Zhao Manyan said impatiently.
Mubai came closer and inspected the head according to Mofan's instructions.
"The mud has a strong suction force, but there's no reason for it to be so strong," Mubai said.
"Look at this."
Mofan turned the head around.
Meanwhile, Zhao Manyan went to the side and vomited.
Mu Bai took a closer look and soon noticed something out of place.
"Finger marks?" Mubai blurted out in surprise.
"Scratch marks," Mofan corrected him.
After washing off the muddy part of the soldier's neck, a very inconspicuous scratch mark was revealed on the soldier's neck.
"Something is grabbing them in the mud!" Mubai blurted out.
Mofan nodded.
The soil was fine. Mofan was an Earth Magician too. He had checked the soil carefully.
The mud was sticky, but it did not seem strong enough to resist the Telekinesis of the Space Element and the strength of a Summoned Beast. Mofan suspected that the mud either had some kind of Curse Spell that he did not understand, or something strange.
"Yeah, but we don't know what it is yet," Mofan said.
"If there's really something down there, the Life-Hanging Flies should be able to draw it out for us," Mubai said.
Mofan did not understand what the man was trying to say.
Mubai opened his hand. There was some dark blue bone powder on his palm, similar to the Beast Seeking Powder. It did not disappear in the rain, but floated toward the Life-Hanging Flies instead.
"When I saw the Life-Hanging Flies burrowing into the mud, I asked them to carry the Blue Bone Powder," Mubai said.
"Smart!" Mofan raised his thumb at Mubai.
"We should have an answer soon," Mubai stared at the black mud.
The Blue Bone Powder was a kind of powder that would stick to the demon creatures. It was not easy to get rid of it. It was a higher-level Beast Seeking Powder. Normally, only Herbalists knew how to make it. Hunters would buy it within minutes if they tried to sell it.
It seemed like Mubai was getting better at his job as a Herbalist.
The Blue Bone Powder was mainly used to deal with phantoms, phantoms, and invisible creatures. It was able to emit a light that could penetrate through the mud.
As such, the light of the Blue Bone Powder could still be seen through the mud, unless the demon creatures were hiding deep under the mud.
"Sir, there's something down there. Ask the soldiers to keep an eye out for the dark blue light," Mofan reminded Lt. Colonel Mason.
"What is it?" Lt. Colonel Mason asked.
"We don't know yet, we're checking it too," Mofan said.
The swamp looked as calm as a black lake. There were no strange bubbles, no strange turbulence, and no whirlpools.
The Blue Bone Powder was attached to the Life-Hanging Flies.
Therefore, one could see faint blue spots of light. They were like colored sand that had fallen into the water.
The Life-Hanging Flies were feeding on the corpses.
Gradually, one by one, blue humanoid figures appeared in the swamp. The people on the ground felt a chill run down their spines when they saw this.
However, in the next moment, the appearance of the blue bone powder caused all the soldiers to jump up in fright!
Those humanoid frames were moving!!
Under the mud, they actually moved under a few soldiers who had just fallen into the mud not long ago.
They were already dead from suffocation, yet they were grabbing the ankles of the soldiers who were still alive.
They were like demons in the furnace of Hell, trying to drag the living into the water!
It was only an outline drawn by the Blue Bone Powder.
However, it was even scarier than witnessing what was going on under the mud!
It was not something that was grabbing the soldiers.
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