This area is only 5 kilometers from the territory. Lear sent 5 squads of wounded and unwell Wetland Lizardmen back to replace the guards of the City of Dew.
After a rest of about an hour, the entire army was back to peak condition.
Just then, all five squads of wetland lizardman warriors from within the territory arrived.
Without hesitation, he extracted the life essence from all the gathered corpses of swamp poison frogs and bestowed it upon these wetland lizardman warriors.
The potential was immediately enhanced.
In this way, he has two squadrons of potential 2-star warriors, level 7 warriors.
Taking this step will double your combat power!
Lear looked at the fierce warriors in front of him, all standing at about 1.8 meters tall, their muscles bulging high on their armor, and nodded in satisfaction.
This hunt was quite successful.
If you can take control of the swamp and continue to raise the cultivation ceiling, you can expect to reach 3 stars, 4 stars, or even 5 stars in the future.
Then even dragons can be hunted!
After calming himself down, he continued leading the army to search for the location of the stinking giant monster.
After walking for about twenty minutes, the ground turned into a large grassy area with mud and water underneath.
As soon as you step on it, the grass sinks in, and a large amount of mud and water gushes out.
White spider webs were wrapped around the grass.
The further you go, the denser the spider webs become.
In the end, the ground was completely covered with spider webs, looking like a layer of white gauze.
Lear's eyes narrowed slightly.
This should raise the military's vigilance.
This is obviously abnormal.
They traveled about two hundred meters through the spider web.
The wetland lizardmen who were scouting ahead suddenly let out a low growl.
Enemy spotted!
Lear raised an eyebrow slightly.
Immediately order the army to speed up its march.
During this period of searching, he and the army have developed a good understanding of each other.
They were familiar with the warning shouts of the wetland lizardmen when they were attacked, alerted, spotted enemies, or retreated.
They can respond immediately.
When they got within a hundred meters, the wetland lizardmen who were scouting ahead immediately came over to report.
"Sir, a large number of red-spotted spiders have been spotted ahead. Their numbers exceed those of a company!"
Red-spotted spider?
Lear's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately followed the other person forward to investigate.
Stepping across the muddy grass, I approached an area covered by vines.
Looking around, the surrounding area for hundreds of meters was covered with vines of varying sizes.
White, highly adhesive spider webs covered the entire area.
The lush vines were completely entangled in spider webs, from root to tip, leaving no gaps whatsoever.
It looks like we've entered a spider kingdom.
Inside the spider web, one after another, half-human-sized, gray-red spotted spiders hung upside down, their six segmented limbs gripping the silk tightly, silent as statues.
They couldn't even sense the other person's life force fluctuations.
A bright red tumor stood out starkly on the heads of these monsters.
Red-spotted spider
[Level]: 9
[Potential]: 2 stars
[Characteristics]: Spider venom, can secrete a unique spider venom that can paralyze enemies, causing them to lose strength and senses.
[Skill]: Spider Web Trap (2 stars) Creates a trap made of spider webs. Any creature that steps into it will be corroded by the highly poisonous spider silk and lose its senses.
Spider Cocoon (2 stars): Weaves a spider silk cocoon to wrap around the enemy. The spider silk is as tough as steel rope and reduces the opponent's strength by 40%.
Quick Move (2 stars): Increases movement speed on spider webs by 60%.
[Evaluation]: A highly venomous monster that likes to spit out large amounts of spider silk in its territory. These harmless spider silks are just bait, so don't let your guard down and step into their spider web traps.
Level 9 monster?!
Lear's gaze narrowed slightly.
Looking around, their numbers already exceeded one hundred, and they were on the opponent's home turf.
Judging from their appearance, it wouldn't be good to use the same trick as with swamp poison frogs to lure them.
With so many spider webs, why don't we try setting it on fire?
Lear became interested and was preparing to give it a try.
Haggs approached at that moment.
"Sir, I didn't expect there to be so many red-spotted spiders here."
Lear was somewhat curious.
Why do you say that?
"Hags said softly."
"The venom secreted by red-spotted spiders is extremely dangerous; we often hunt them to coat our blades."
"But in the area where we used to live, they were extremely rare; we might not see one for months at a time."
It has this function too?
Lear became interested.
"What weaknesses do these spiders have? How did you hunt them before?"
Haggs spoke in a lighthearted tone.
"Red-spotted spiders have a very fiery temper because the highly venomous growth on their heads constantly irritates their bodies, and they usually rely on secreting silk to disperse the venom."
"The places they like to live in must have a unique wild grass that can suppress their toxicity. Once the wild grass is burned and turns into smoke, it can directly detonate the tumors on their bodies."
"Once the tumor ruptures, it will be in a state of severe injury and near death. At this point, capturing them is very easy."
Spiders need to suppress the venom in their bodies, so they live near wild plants that can control it.
Lear was amazed.
The metaphysical law of cause and effect: There will be an antidote within seven steps.
"Go and find those wild grasses."
"yes!"
Haggs immediately led his men down to collect wild grass, and soon they found a large bundle.
The leaves are dark green, and the roots are thin and long.
It looks just like the roadside weeds.
Lear opened the attribute panel and took a look; the attributes were quite simple.
Curly-leaved fig
Level: None
Characteristics: It can inhibit the venom secreted by red-spotted spiders.
It really is a natural predator of red-spotted spiders.
"Let's use this one!"
It's a bit of a shame though, since the fire can't be set off now.
While pondering, I looked around.
After a brief observation, it was determined that the current upwind direction was to the east. A hand gesture was made to direct Hagus to move to the east.
Then he took out a flint, poked it a few times and sparks flew, igniting the freshly collected reed fluff.
The fluff burst into flames instantly, causing the unremarkable wild grasses to emit puffs of smoke.
The smoke wasn't thick; instead, it carried a pleasant fragrance and flowed directly with the wind, covering the entire area of vines.
The red-spotted spiders, hanging like statues in their webs, suddenly twitched and then let out a series of piercing hissing sounds like knives scraping glass.
It plummeted downwards.
Lear saw it clearly: after the smoke rose, the fleshy growth on the red-spotted spider's head seemed to be squeezed by something, and with a snap, it burst open.
A cloud of green venom splattered everywhere.
It was like a biohazard version of fireworks; the scene was disgusting and bizarre.
After a series of firecracker explosions, the red-spotted spider's aura weakened at a visible rate.
The red-spotted spider at the center of the smoke was lying on the mud, convulsing and foaming at the mouth.
The results were even better than Haggs had predicted.
Lear marveled.
Once the situation was under control, he didn't hesitate and waved for the wetland lizardmen to come forward.
With its webbed feet, it strode into the spider web, skillfully avoiding areas with many spider webs.
Experienced.
Looking at the weak, wailing red-spotted spider on the ground, he swung his steel knife.
Pfft~
One by one, their heads were severed.
A highly efficient killing machine!
The red-spotted spider lying on the ground tried to resist, but struggled and couldn't get up.
In a short while, all of the hundreds of level 9 red-spotted spiders were killed.
The battle ended swiftly.
Haggs looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground, feeling a pang of emotion.
"Sir, this swamp is truly teeming with life. Before we wandered into the swamp, we had a hard time even finding a red-spotted spider."
He got excited again as he spoke.
"Inside the mouths of these monsters is a mouthpart that stores venom, containing the most deadly poison. When applied to weapons, it will still have tremendous destructive power even after two or three years."
Li Er smiled happily.
He waved for the somewhat impatient hero to go down and collect the poison sacs.
These swamp creatures skillfully extracted fist-sized white venom sacs from the spider's mouth.
Each one was bulging with venom.
The venom bag is as tough as cowhide, and it will automatically close up if you pinch the opening.
It's quite peculiar.
Some of the wetland reptiles opened their venom sacs, carefully moistened wild grass with the venom, and smeared it onto their steel knives.
Some even smeared the venom on the claws of their little fingers.
The venom dried quickly, leaving a pale blue residue.
Seeing this, Lear looked at the poison sac with some curiosity.
The next second, its attributes quietly surfaced in my mind.
Red-spotted spider venom sac
[Rank]: 1 star
[Characteristics]: Can be fed to highly toxic organisms to increase their toxicity.
Good heavens, these poison sacs are actually 1-star treasures!!
Moreover, its properties are quite interesting; it can enhance the toxicity of highly poisonous creatures.
Unfortunately, the City of Slight Dew doesn't have this kind of life. Maybe I can catch a beautiful snake to raise in the future?
Lear thought about it for a moment and felt it was pretty good.
After all, it's an extra bonus, and we didn't pay any price for it, so why not take it?