Chapter 157 Night Spirit
The cat-owl suddenly spread its wings and flew up, whistling again!
The airflow from the wings caused the snow on the trees to fall down, and the threat from the howl was even stronger than before! And it was accompanied by a strong mental threat!

The branch only pierced a few feathers, and then froze in the air, motionless, as if it had always been like this.

This makes people wonder if it is an illusion. Maybe it is just a branch?

The frightened owl was extremely annoyed and had a strong desire for revenge. After releasing its threat, it angrily pounced on the "branch" and pulled it off with its powerful claws!
Unexpectedly, it became longer and longer, until it was two meters long, and then the two-meter-long "branch" was thrown down by the owl without any hesitation!

Everyone stepped back subconsciously.

The "branch" fell into the snow with a snap and there was no movement for a long time.

After a while, the branch began to move.

It stretched out its six slender legs in front and back, slowly supported its long stick-like body, raised its dead branch-like forelimbs, and tried to climb up the tree again.

Because its movements were extremely slow, comparable to those of a sloth, everyone observed carefully and did not act rashly.

In Feng Ling's opinion, the creature in front of him was like an oversized stick insect. Every part of its body looked like a branch, bringing the mimicry effect to the extreme. As long as it stayed on the tree motionless, it was no different from a real branch.

Feng Ling lowered his head and asked Huangfu Miaomiao: "What is this thing called?"

"It says it's Ye Ling," Huangfu Miaomiao stared at the slowly moving bug and frowned, "The color of the name is orange-red, which means it's an aggressive pollutant."

"Given her looks, her name is quite beautiful." Feng Ling complained.

At this time, the stick insect finally moved under the tree, with its two slender front legs raised high, which looked funny like it was raising two clotheslines, and they were forked clotheslines at that.

Just when everyone thought it would slowly climb up the tree, the stick insect hooked its front limbs onto the tree trunk, lowered its body very, very low, almost touching the ground, and then suddenly jumped upwards -

It jumped to a height of more than ten meters in an instant!
Then the six legs firmly grasped the tree trunk and soon merged with the branches and leaves of the tree, making it impossible to tell which part was the tree and which part was the pollutant.

Everyone was shocked.

Xu Yiming was surprised and said, "It was so slow when it was on the ground, how come it moved so fast when it hit the tree?"

Su Yuqing said: "Its six legs all have small hooks at the front, which makes it easy to climb trees, but difficult to walk on the ground."

Feng Ling also looked up and frowned, saying, "These thin legs don't look very fleshy, but I didn't expect them to have such strong jumping ability... The attack method may also rely on the catapulting ability of this body structure."

Su Yuqing discussed with Feng Ling: "They are up there, and we are down there. This situation is very unfavorable for us. We have to think of a solution."

Soon a hunter suggested: "How about burning it with fire?"

Someone immediately objected: "A forest fire is no joke. If it just burns in the maze, it's fine. But what if the fire spreads outside the maze... A little further north is the national border. Will it cause an international dispute?"

Feng Ling looked at Li Qing.

"That's indeed possible." Li Qing nodded slightly. "A damaged maze is like a missing cover. The pollution inside will overflow, and the fire may also burn out."

"Is the only way to kill them is to climb up the tree?" Xu Yiming looked at the towering tree worriedly. He could no longer find the contaminated object.

If you look straight ahead a dozen meters, it is very easy to identify the target at this distance. However, if you look up at the tree trunks and branches a dozen meters away, you will find it very difficult to identify the target. Su Yuqing knew that there were hunters who were good at climbing. He frowned and said, "It is too dangerous to climb a tree. It is equivalent to actively entering their attack range. Moreover, we can't judge how many such pollutants are on the tree. Maybe when we take action on the tree, we will be surrounded."

Feng Ling agreed with Su Yuqing's point of view. Her cat owl almost got caught just now.

With a glance, I spotted the cat-owl squatting in the snow not far away.

Although his expression was as cold and arrogant as ever, Feng Ling could still sense that Owl was constantly conveying resentful emotions to her.

——Even the owl that likes to squat on the tree the most has come down from the tree, which shows how unwise it is to climb a tree!
Mental pressure can only deter temporarily; continuous release of pressure is too much of a burden for the cat-owl.

What if we let her release the mental pressure?

Feng Ling felt that it was unreliable. Her mental pressure covered a much larger area than that of Cat Owl, but no matter how large it was, could it be as large as this forest? Don't tire her to death.

Moreover, her mental power does not distinguish between friend and foe. Except for the life bred by the mother nest itself, other life forms will be affected by her mental power, and naturally will also affect the hunter.

While Feng Ling was thinking, others were also discussing countermeasures and they all felt embarrassed.

People kept coming up with ideas, but there were always people who raised objections of one kind or another, and in short, none of them were sound enough.

Feng Ling said: "We can't go up, so we can only think of a way to get them down. Think about it, what can we use to lure them down?"

"... Food?" Xu Yiming looked at the owl. "Did it attack your pet because it was hungry?"

Su Yuqing nodded and said in a deep voice: "We didn't find any animal footprints. It's probably because all the animals in this area have been eaten by them. There is not even a bird here."

"All creatures in the maze are in a food chain. They should have their own prey and corresponding natural enemies. After the maze master was killed, the food chain was broken," Feng Ling couldn't help but guess, "Maybe their number was not large at the beginning, and the maze was destroyed and there was an imbalance."

She turned to Xu Yiming and said, "Didn't we just kill a lot of wolves? We can drag a dead wolf over here and see if we can lure these big bugs under the tree."

Xu Yiming said: "This is easy to do, but what should we do after we lure it down? Do you have any ideas?"

Feng Ling answered very readily and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will deal with it after I lure it down."

Xu Yiming's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he felt a little excited for some reason.

I thought: Is she finally going to show off her skills?
The previous contaminated bodies were too unchallenging, so she was too lazy to deal with them. Now is the time to show off her card abilities?
Xu Yiming's smile became more genuine, and he said, "Leave it to me. I'm fast."

He called two fast hunters and left quickly, but came back a few minutes later with several dead wolves.

It’s just that the temperature here is too low. Although the wolf died not long ago, its body has already been frozen and become hard.

Feng Ling picked up a dead wolf and dragged it to the tree alone. In order to prevent it from being dragged away by a stick insect, she tied the dead wolf firmly to the tree trunk.

The next step is to wait.

Everyone looked up at the tree.