A Sudden Collision (Two Chapters Combined)

Heat rolled over the pond, and countless charred mantises lay scattered across the ground.

Under Lin Li's all-around assault just now, all of the more than two hundred giant mantises that had gathered by the pond had been wiped out.

"Done. Time to call it a day." Lin Li spoke in a relaxed tone.

Although he had arrived to find that there were far more giant mantises than expected, exterminating these ordinary creatures had been just as easy as he had anticipated—in fact, it had been effortless.

Just as Lin Li was preparing to leave, he turned around and walked two or three meters forward. Suddenly, a churning sound came from behind him.

"Splash, splash, splash..."

The sudden noise made Lin Li stop. He turned and looked toward the source, only to see waves surging from the pond, which had been calm moments ago.

"Hmm?" Lin Li stared at the abnormal pond in puzzlement.

Before he could test the waters, a turbulent wave suddenly surged up.

Then a completely emerald-green mantis, over two and a half meters long, leaped out of the water.

"Now that's big." Lin Li spoke in surprise.

This emerald-green mantis that had leaped from the water was far larger than the mantises Lin Li had just exterminated.

The giant emerald mantis beat its wings and hovered in the sky. Looking down, it saw the bodies of its companions covering the area around the pond, and fury boiled in its heart.

Lin Li thought the giant emerald mantis would attack him, but unexpectedly, it did no such thing. Instead, it flew rapidly into the distance.

"Huh? Why did it fly away? That's the wrong direction. No... This thing is going to attack those villagers."

The explosions by the pond had drawn quite a few villagers over to