Chapter 2416: Leaf ray cluster

There were still a few scattered leaf ray in the air, all of them were frightened, hovering around the young mage, at a loss.
Qiao An blew his whistle, and the thousands of sparrows under his control finally found a chance for revenge, and furiously chirped up to beat the lone leaf ray.
Ye ray and sparrow are like an adult strong man and a three-year-old child. They are not the same weight class at all.
However, as it is said that ants kill elephants, the huge number is enough to offset the gap in individual strength. What's more, these little sparrows are summoned creatures created by magic, and they completely obey Qiao'an's orders, not afraid of pain or death.
Every single leaf ray was surrounded by thousands of angry birds and bitten frantically, and in a blink of an eye it was ripped to pieces, and the corpse fell on the grass like pieces of green rags.
Qiao An turned into a bee-man form, flew to a nearby corpse of Ye Ray with the spirit net, shook the net bag, and issued a silent warning to the struggling Ye Ray in the net bag:
Just be smarter for me, or this will be your end!
There are a total of 24 Ye Rays in the net pockets. In the cluster form, they have a "brother will" with much higher intelligence than the individual. They can fully understand Qiao An's threat and become honest.
The single leaf ray has been killed by the birds. Qiao An waved his hand to disband the bird group and activated the 8-level spell "Manipulate Plants" that comes with "Branch of Ilminthul", turning all the leaf ray in the net into The servants under their control then released them to take over the mission of the birds, searching for the windmill where Audrey and Hylar were hiding in the air.
Of course, the leaf ray inhabiting in the "Wild Wonderland" is not limited to those captured by Qiao An. The other leaf ray are just trying to monitor the alien creatures that break into the airspace. They are unsuspecting their own kind and do not realize that they are out of their kind. A group of "two-five boys".
The group of leaf rays controlled by Qiao An was wandering in the air. The other leaf rays thought it was a routine patrol, so they did not interfere.
Taking advantage of Ye Mo's clusters to search the mill, Qiao An pulled out a dagger to dissect Ye Mo's body.
The leaves are as flexible as leather, and the symmetrically distributed veins inside are extremely tough, like the skeleton of a kite, which is an important organ that supports the leaf ray flying in the air.
Qiao An cut the leaf ray's tail longitudinally. The hollow tubular structure was filled with viscous and toxic tissue fluid to form a simple hydraulic device. The internal structure of the barb was similar to a pod, inlaid with two grain-like seeds.
Based on the tail structure of the leaf ray, it is not difficult for Qiao An to imagine that they sting their prey with their tail hooks while injecting venom and implanting seeds.
The prey is paralyzed by the poison and loses its ability to move. The leaf ray seeds in the body the host's flesh and blood to sprout and grow until it matures and flies off the host.
This typical parasitic reproduction method is more common in fungi and insects, such as the bees, but green plants are rarely passed on in this way.
Qiao An suspects that Ye Mo does not only need to feed on flesh and blood during its growth phase.
Although the mature leaf ray can perform photosynthesis, considering the poor energy conversion efficiency of photosynthesis, it is not enough to support the leaf ray to fly for a long time. It may also need to hunt live animals regularly to supplement energy.
However, the leaf ray does not have a mouth or mouthparts and other feeding organs, so how to eat?
Qiao An's gaze once again fell on the tail of the leaf ray's corpse, which was cut in half. This hollow tubular organ is both a leaf ray's weapon and an ovipositor...could it still be a mouthpart?
This idea made him feel a chill.
It is not surprising that biological organs have evolved multiple functions, but from a human perspective, the leaf ray integrates many important functions such as eating and drinking, laying eggs, fighting, etc., into a fallopian tube, which is convenient and convenient. Too decent, not for ladies.
After another thought, Qiao Ann thought of many interesting questions.
Will the leaf ray bloom?
Inferring from the location of the seeds, if the leaf ray blooms, wouldn’t the flower buds grow on the tail?
Monoecious or dioecious?
Self-pollination or cross-pollination?
Does the leaf ray, which can fly freely, still need insects as a pollinator?
These issues require further research to draw conclusions.
Qiao An looked up at the leaf ray cluster hovering in the air, feeling deeply that his trip was not in vain.
At this time, Qiao An received the telepathy sent by the will of the mother nest of the Ye Mo cluster, informing him that he had found the windmill mill, which was less than two miles away from the forest pond where he was.
Qiao An instructed the Ye Ray cluster to lower the flight altitude, lead the way in the air against the canopy, and voluntarily inspire the "soul transformation" attached to the Styx robe, transform into an incorporeal ghost form, float through the dense forest, follow the Ye Ray cluster straight Moving forward, within a quarter of an hour, I saw a windmill full of green vines erected on the opposite hillside.
At this time, Qiao An received an alarm from the "Branch of Ilminsur". There were many large supernatural plants growing around the hillside, and the life level was not low!
Qiao An used his psychology to order the Ye Mo cluster to land on the windmill and guard the mill, while maintaining his incorporeal form, he floated towards the hillside.
The supernatural plants detected by the "Branch of Ilminsur" are the "piranhas" mentioned in Hailar's letter not long ago. They are intertwined and rooted in the forest. At first glance, they look similar to ordinary tall shrubs, but they can be used at any time. Pull out the roots and pounce on the prey quickly.
Piranha is actually a terrestrial relative of the "Great Venus flytrap". It also has thick and powerful pod-like leaves with serrated edges. The inside of the leaves is pink and coated with a layer of oily secretions that emit a sweet fragrance. Used as a bait to lure prey to the bait.
These piranhas are in their flowering period, and the fist-large buds have opened five brown petals to form a five-pointed star, and light brown dust is floating in the stamens.
After Qiao An returned to his physical form, he immediately smelled the sour odor from the wind, and his eyes stung from the pollen.
Hailar once mentioned in the letter that the pollen of the pimentosa is strongly corrosive, and Qiao An is still not sure whether this acidic pollen cloud has supernatural properties.
If the pollen is just an ordinary acid substance, it can't cause damage to incorporeal creatures, and Qiao An can transform into a ghost form and float directly past the man-eating grass.
Conversely, if the pollen cloud of the pimentosa is a supernatural weapon similar to the "acid fog technique," then even if Qiao An is in an incorporeal form, it may still be corroded by pollen.
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Reconnaissance target: super large supernatural plants × 35
Life level: 13
Attributes: Strength 29, Agility 10, Constitution 18, Intelligence 3, Wisdom 11, Charisma 6
Special abilities: plant characteristics, tremor perception, jungle camouflage, immunity to acid erosion, acid pollen cloud, other (unproved)
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