Lin had never seen this group of creatures climbing down from the tree before. They were a kind of skinny reptile about two meters long. Although Lin had never seen this kind of creature before, their body shape was very similar to the reptile skeletons Lin had seen outside the rift that built piles of bones to resist fungus...
Although their body length was not right, Lin felt that these reptiles were most likely the descendants of the creatures outside. Some of them might have successfully crossed the rift and come here.
Therefore, Lin named them... 'Skeleton Dragons'. In fact, the color of their bodies was similar to that of skeletons. They were gray and had patterns that resembled skeletons.
The Skeleton Dragons' heads were relatively large compared to their bodies. They seemed to be relatively intelligent creatures. After the disappearance of the large arthropods, Lin noticed that many creatures began to evolve their brains, which seemed to be helpful for their survival.
Lin was more interested in finding out when they began to evolve.
There were a total of fifteen Skeleton Dragons coming down from the tree. Some of them were holding sharp branches with their forelimbs. Their forelimbs were almost the same length as their hind limbs, which were suitable for grabbing things.
After the Skeleton Dragons came down from the tree, the first thing they did was not to care about Leviathan. Instead, they tried to surround the Tyrant Lizard that was rolling in the forest. One of the larger ones, which seemed to be the leader, let out a sharp cry. The Skeleton Dragons around it immediately spread out and surrounded the Tyrant Lizard.
Some of the Skeleton Dragons raised the sharp branches in their hands as if they were ready to attack.
The way they attacked with the branches was quite similar to the ancient squid. The tips of the branches had venom, but they did not apply it themselves. The tree itself secreted the venom. Lin guessed that they were deliberately stimulating the tree to make it secrete the venom. Then, they would break the branches.
When she thought of this... Lin thought of a possibility. Perhaps the tree that sprayed the needles had something to do with them. They deliberately used the needles to make the giant creatures fight each other so that they could reap the benefits...
What was a fisherman? Lin felt that she now knew a lot of things, but there were still a lot of words that she did not understand.
Now, the Skeleton Dragon leader was hissing. All the Skeleton Dragons immediately threw their branches at the Tyrant Lizard. The sharp branches bounced off the Tyrant Lizard's skin. They could not penetrate the Tyrant Lizard's skin at all. Although it did not have arthropod armor, it was quite tough.
Currently, creatures with higher intelligence preferred to use other objects as their means of attack, such as tree branches, rocks, and so on. However, Lin preferred to grow her own sharp blades instead of holding onto them, as she would be able to control them better if she grew them herself.
Seeing that they could not penetrate the skin, the Skeleton Dragon leader made another sound. The Skeleton Dragons heard it and retreated to a certain distance. Then it stayed there, motionless.
They seemed to be waiting for the Tyrant Lizard. Perhaps they thought that the Tyrant Lizard was poisoned or something. It would probably die sooner or later. It did not know that it was caused by the pain of being pierced by the Leviathan. If it wanted to die, it would not die so quickly. The stomach itself was not a vital organ. As long as it did not cause internal bleeding, it would not be a problem even if it was removed. However, if it was injured, it would seem to be very painful. The excessive pain made it difficult for the creature's brain to function normally.
...
. Lin made the explosive bomb in the Tyrant Lizard's stomach retract the spikes. At the same time, she secreted a liquid at the end of the spikes. This liquid could be quickly absorbed by the cells in the Tyrant Lizard's tail to repair the punctured stomach.
Soon, after the spikes disappeared, the Tyrant Lizard slowly stopped feeling pain. It stopped rolling and struggling on the ground and glared at the Skeleton Dragons around it.
The Skeleton Dragons seemed to have sensed that the situation was not good. They were about to retreat, but they were one step too slow. The Tyrant Lizard rolled on the ground, stood up abruptly, and rushed towards the Skeleton Dragons!
The Skeleton Dragons immediately scattered and fled. Each of them fled in a different direction, using the tactic of not letting the opponent know who to chase. But the Tyrant Lizard immediately chose a target: the Skeleton Dragon leader.
Perhaps because of its larger size, the Tyrant Lizard took a fancy to the Skeleton Dragon leader. The giant beast let out an angry roar, broke trees, kicked rocks, and chased after the Skeleton Dragon leader step by step.
The Skeleton Dragon leader ran wildly. It did not even have time to climb up a tree. Seeing that their leader was about to be caught, the scattered Skeleton Dragons immediately surrounded it. They picked up stones and other things on the ground and threw them at the Tyrant Lizard.
So that was it. Would they save their leader? If it were an ancient squid, they would have run away long ago. The main reason was that ancient squids were more prone to fear, not that they did not know how to save their leader.
Unfortunately, the Tyrant Lizard might not even feel the stones when they hit it. The Tyrant Lizard finally caught up with the Skeleton Dragon leader. Its big mouth full of sharp teeth bit the Skeleton Dragon's head.
The bite force that was strong enough to crush a Leviathan's shell allowed it to easily bite off the Skeleton Dragon leader's head. After swallowing the head, Lin felt that the Tyrant Lizard's anger seemed to have calmed down.
But when they saw the headless corpse of their leader on the ground, all the Skeleton Dragons in the surroundings immediately rushed up in anger. They did not even use stones and branches, and directly pounced on the Tyrant Lizard with their claws and fangs.
That seemed a little unwise. Their leader was already dead. If they did that, it would lead to …
The calm Tyrant Lizard seemed to be even stronger than when it was angry. It opened its mouth and bit an oncoming Skeleton Dragon, instantly crushing its flesh and bones with its powerful bite force.
Another Skeleton Dragon jumped onto the Tyrant Lizard's body and bit it. The Tyrant Lizard slammed its body against a nearby tree. Under the strong pressure, the Skeleton Dragon's blood burst out from the air …
Then, the Tyrant Lizard suddenly turned around and swept its long tail across the remaining Skeleton Dragons, sending them flying. Lin could clearly hear the sound of bones cracking, as if their bones were broken.
The Tyrant Lizard easily killed all the Skeleton Dragons. Now, there was only one left. Its fear finally surpassed its anger. It ran in the direction of the Leviathan in panic …
Of course, the Tyrant Lizard would not let go of this target. It rushed in its direction, staring at the last Skeleton Dragon that was smaller in size …
The Leviathan reached out with its tentacles and pulled out the branch that was stuck in its head. Lin felt that there was no need to play dead now, but … should she save this Skeleton Dragon?
There was only one left, maybe she should …
Just as Lin was thinking this, a whistling sound suddenly came from the sky. A huge creature with wing membranes on its forelimbs suddenly descended from the sky and landed between the Tyrant Lizard and the Skeleton Dragon. Floating astronomy.
PS: Thanks to ~ Baili Fengshen ~ for the tip ~