Chapter 338: Wilderness × Fierce Beasts × Scales
Joey had thought the giant beasts in the first half of the night and the herds in the second half were the dangers of this wilderness. He had never expected a sudden whistling overhead as the sky began to pale.
At first, Joey thought a huge flock of birds was flying overhead, but when a splat accompanied the whistling, that idea instantly shattered.
Fish began falling from the sky in great numbers with splattering sounds, crashing onto the enormous, pitch-black rocks of the Black Rock Belt.
The smell of blood soon filled the entire area, but amid that bloody smell and the constant splattering, something even more unnerving appeared.
Monster Insects suddenly burst out of the earth beneath the rock where the group was sheltering. They quickly seized the fallen fish in their jaws and dragged them underground.
These Monster Insects generally stood over a meter tall, with scythe-like limbs at the front of their bodies, much like mantises.
Their protruding mouths held incredibly sharp teeth, and the many eyeballs on their heads made them look hideous and terrifying.
Their senses seemed extremely keen. After biting down on fish, quite a few of the Monster Insects emerging from underground suddenly turned to look up at the rock.
Hidden inside the rock, Joey and the others felt their hearts jolt and instinctively drew themselves in, concealing themselves more thoroughly.
But the Monster Insects below were somewhat persistent. Several suddenly dropped the fish in their mouths, hauled their entire bodies out of the earth, and began climbing toward the giant rock.
Just then, however, a bird resembling a vulture, but many times larger, suddenly swooped down from the sky and snatched an insect that had fully emerged from the earth in its talons.
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