Chapter 156: reunion
The wilderness was as desolate as ever. No one knew where the scorching wind came from, but it would sweep past this dry and cracked land and disappear into the corner of the wilderness at some point.
A mutated cactus was trying hard to display its green horned body to attract some creatures. An Ant Eating Lizard didn’t seem to be very smart. After a week of not being able to find any food to eat, cactus represented water in its eyes and plant fibers that could temporarily quench the hunger.
Therefore, it crawled towards the cactus. When it came under the plant, the Ant Eating Lizard discovered that the thorns on the cactus were very soft. This was good, otherwise, if it couldn’t eat the cactus, it would be stabbed half to death.
The Ant Eating Lizard boldly opened its mouth and bit down on the base of the cactus. Stretching it out with its prickly tongue into the cactus to suck water, it found that instead of drinking water, it felt like something had pierced through its tongue and mouth. The Ant Eating Lizard jumped in pain, its eyes turned to the cactus, only to see its smooth roots burst forth with countless sharp thorns like sea urchins.
After the eye was pierced, it became the last image the Ant Eating Lizard could see. In the darkness that followed, it felt more spikes burrow into its body, and then its blood and organs were sucked violently by the little things in its belly.
In the end, the Ant Eating Lizard died. As a result, it did not notice that the green cactus had now turned into a dark red color.
This was due to the Ant Eating Lizard’s help. Its blood and flesh would be able to nourish this mutated cactus for a few days.
The mutated plant didn’t have time to rejoice after it had eaten its fill. Suddenly, a military knife came down and cut a part of its body open before it fell to the ground.
A part of the ground cactus twisted and turned like a living creature, and the spikes on its body shot outward. However, the plant ceased to move due to the absence of its main body.