At the beginning, I traveled through the wilderness, and I controlled the beasts to survive.

This mantis is only about 30 centimeters long. In this insect continent where insects are generally huge, this kind of body is considered small.

For safety reasons, Han Ning and Lu Xiuning still did not get too close. The former said to Yinyi: "Heal its wounds first."

As they said that, the two of them took out the Insek tribe soul beast illustrations they carried with them and looked through what species the mantis in front of them was.

"Ling~"

Upon hearing this, Yin Yi gently stretched out a few vines and attached them to the mantis' dirty body like tentacles. As the green light flashed, its damaged insect body began to slowly heal.

Under Yinyi's treatment, the mantis became a little more energetic. It seemed to know that Yinyi was helping it, and it did not continue to move around. Instead, it lay down on the grass and accepted the treatment obediently.

"There are so many dirty things on my body that I can't tell what kind they are..."

Han Ning flipped through a few pages of an illustration about mantis insects. Looking at the dirty mantis in front of him, he took out a water bottle and a piece of clean gauze from his waist bag, handed it to the egg cake, and said, "Pancake, go and give it." Wash it."

"Jiji!"

When Egg Pancake was little, Han Ning often bathed it. The smart Egg Pancake knew how to take a bath.

It enthusiastically took the kettle and gauze handed over by Han Ning, held the kettle, and carefully poured the water in the kettle onto the mantis' body to rinse away some of the gastric juice.

Then he used his sharp claws to tear the cloth in half and grab the relatively good parts of the mantis's body to prevent it from struggling to escape.

Then use your right hand to carefully rinse away the remaining food residue and gastric juice on it.

Finally, wet the cloth with clean water and wipe it bit by bit to remove the stains that are stuck on the mantis and are difficult to rinse away.

The mantis was initially caught by the egg pancake and was still trying to break away from it with weak strength.

But as the egg cake was washed over and over again, it seemed to understand what he was doing, and it lay quietly on the grass, motionless, and allowed it to be washed.

Originally, it was covered with yellow, white, black, and a bunch of messy dirty things.

Now, as the stains and gastric juices were cleaned bit by bit by the egg cake, the full picture of the mantis was revealed in front of him bit by bit.

It is different from the silver mantis we have seen before. Its body color is interlaced with silvery white and lavender, its head is roughly triangular, and a pair of upward-slanting wings grow on its back.

The two iconic "big knives" on the forelimbs are full of small holes.

The middle limbs and hind limbs...are gone. Fortunately, thanks to Yin Yi's crazy growth and nourishment, the scar at the fracture has been repaired, and a small new limb is slowly growing out.

"This is……"

Han Ning looked at the mantis and looked through the illustrated book. Almost at the same time, he and Lu Xiuning called out its race name:

"Shadow Mantis?!"

He compared the relevant descriptions in the illustrated book and carefully observed the mantis in front of him.

"The edges of the forelimbs are covered with tiny metal-like particles, and the wings on the back are like two sharp swords..."

"Yes, it is indeed Shadow Mantis. It is actually such a rare insect-type soul beast..."

The Shadow Mantis is an E-qualified insect that lives in grasslands and forests. They have an elegant and agile figure and the ability to manipulate metal elements.

Its second-level evolutionary form, the Blade Mantis, has a well-known name among the insect master tribes-"The Reaper".

Reaper, as its name suggests, any enemy who dares to attack it will fall like wheat cut by a scythe.

Although it is not considered rare, it is indeed rare compared to other insects. Moreover, this kind of mantis is an immortal species. In its first form alone, it has a lifespan of at least 55 years, which has reached the standards for cultivation by insect masters.

"Take it back first. Even if you can't sign a contract, it's not bad to keep it as a thug in the academy."

According to Taman's insect master's notes, a first-level spiritual beast master (insect master) can sign a contract with three soul beasts.

Han Ning considered that the number of his contracts was full, so he planned to change the method and use the insect master's method of cultivating insects to try to see if he could cultivate this immortal mantis and turn it into the second "mountain guardian beast".

"By the way, Shadow Mantis seems to be a carnivorous creature. I wonder if giving it the flesh and blood of the Blue Sky Wolf will help it speed up the growth of its limbs."

Han Ning thought for a while, but quickly shook his head.

"The flesh and blood of extraordinary soul beasts has too much energy for it. The flesh and blood of Mo Lang can be tried."

"Egg cake, get a piece of Mo Lang's flesh and blood." He pointed to Mo Lang lying next to him.

grumble!

Egg Pancake had been watching Shadow Mantis attentively from the side. Now that he heard Han Ning's greeting, he pulled Mo Lang's corpse over with full force and swiped with his claws.

A piece of flesh stained with hair and blood was shaved off and handed to him.

"Chop it a little more finely, almost this finely."

Han Ning made a gesture with the nail of his little finger.

Chi Chi! !

The egg cake popped out its sharp claws and cut a few thin strips of meat like Zhang Fei's embroidery.

"Yes, I have the potential to be a chef."

Ji~

Omelette screamed happily and gently placed the Shadow Mantis in front of some thin strips of flesh.

"There's only so much I can do, little one, and the rest is all up to you."

Seeing that the Shadow Mantis was no longer alert, Han Ning carefully touched its head with the pad of his thumb.

Rusty~

When the Shadow Mantis' mouthparts rubbed together, it made a small sound like the scraping of leaves, as if in response to Han Ning's words.

Then, it brought its head close to the flesh and blood of the Black Wolf, opened its mouth, bit the flesh and blood, and then tore it back.

A small piece of flesh and blood was bitten into its mouth and chewed gently.

"I really ate it. It seems that the method of feeding flesh and blood is feasible..."

"Eat more, your injuries will heal faster if you eat too much."

Han Ning said something to it, then turned to Lu Xiuning and said, "Teacher Lu, it's time for us to start working."

"Well, hurry up." Lu Xiuning nodded.

Allowing the Shadow Mantis to eat, Han Ning and Lu Xiuning walked towards the small lake with their respective soul beasts.

The process of picking soul-nurturing grass was relatively smooth. This plant emits a hallucinogenic substance, but they are surrounded by wood demons who can purify the air, so the hallucinogenic factor is not a problem at all.

In the lake, no treasure-protecting soul beast suddenly appeared. It seemed that the Blue Sky Wolf was already the temporary occupier of this area.

Ten minutes later, the waist bag filled with hundreds of soul-nurturing grasses was neatly fixed on the back of the egg cake with vines.

In addition, there are several cleaned bodies of Blue Sky Wolf and Black Ink Wolf.

"The Black Wolf can evolve into the Blue Sky Wolf. It feels like a good spirit beast. Unfortunately... there is no one left alive. Finding their lair is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so let's forget it."

Han Ning looked at the Blue Sky Wolf that had turned into pieces of flesh, feeling a little regretful.

"Currently, our college has no shortage of soul beasts with E qualifications. What we lack is the cultivation and inheritance of soul beasts. Unfortunately, most of Insek's inheritance is the method of cultivating insects." Lu Xiuning sighed.

Although insects will be suppressed by the ancestor family, there are specific breeding methods, and it is not impossible to sign a contract with them.

However, it is difficult to find suitable immortal insects, and some even require the blood of insect masters. Time is tight, so it is better to sign a contract with other types of soul beasts.

These are the food of Egg Pancake and Shadow Mantis

Han Ning's food could only be wrapped in a small cloth bag containing soul beast food and put aside.

"Okay, I've been delayed here long enough, it's time to go!"

Fortunately, the mimicry of the egg cake hid the smell of blood, otherwise there would have been waves of soul beasts coming after smelling the smell during this period.

The Shadow Mantis lay on the egg cake's head, eyes closed, quietly and without making any sound.

After everything was tidied up, Han Ning took out the map to confirm the direction, pointed in the direction of the college, and whispered:

"Very well, let's go."

Chi Chi!

After eating and drinking enough, the egg pancake was full of strength, screamed with vitality, and headed in the direction indicated by the master.

…

Just when Han Ning and his party left the Gray Stone Valley and returned along the road.

About ten minutes later, several blurry figures flashed past from another direction.

Whoosh whoosh~

Quiet lakeside.

Three large ladybugs hovered down from mid-air, and three ugly-looking human figures jumped out from their backs.

"There's something going on." From the shore, a male voice with a strange tone, resembling the chirping of insects, came out.

Then several more shadows fell.

The light fell, illuminating several cheeks with light blue skin.

After a while.

Some scattered bones and flesh of Blue Sky Wolf and Black Ink Wolf were piled up between a few people.

"Lord Sethia's soul-raising grass was stolen by insect masters from other groups." One of the taller green-skinned insect men rummaged through the bloody stumps with his own hands and concluded.

He lay on the ground, pressed his head tightly to the turf, kept twitching his nose, then looked towards the direction Han Ning and others left, and continued, "This direction."

After hearing this, another green-skinned bug man turned his head to the figures behind him and said in a cold voice: "That's the territory of the Sosma bug master. Release the bug swarm and be sure to stop these thieves when they enter the opponent's territory." ”

"Susu!"

Hearing this, the insect men behind him took out objects that looked like xuns and played them in unison.

"Woo~"

Weird music echoed along the lakeside.

In an instant, endless swarms of green insects flew out from the sky and surrounded a few people.

The tall green-skinned insect man didn't say much, he just waved his hand and said one word from his mouth with a solemn face: "Chase!"

Huhuhu~

The whistling sound echoed through the sky, moving in the direction where Han Ning and others left.

…

In mid-air surrounded by white mist.

Two bloody bees broke through the white fog.

Han Ning blinked, then suddenly stretched out his hand, and shot out a blood-streaked spike from his fingertips, piercing a small green insect that flew beside him.

He placed the flying insects in front of his eyes, observed them carefully for a while, frowned, and took out his walkie-talkie: "Teacher Lu, have you noticed that there are some blue flying insects suddenly appearing in the air?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his mental energy moved, and he felt that a large swarm of insects was approaching.