Chapter 451 - 450, Caught_1
Ji Nuan frowned, looking towards the elder Clan Leader: "It seems that the medicine powder has irritated the worms."
The elder Clan Leader nodded, squatting down to rip open the clothing on the upper body of the middle-aged Tree-Man, a horrifying scene instantly seared into Ji Nuan’s eyes: "What is this?"
Under the skin of the Orc, black things resembling veins were writhing, and occasionally, sharp heads could be seen rising. Ji Nuan quickly turned around to take out a porcelain jar and a blade from her backpack.
"I need to extract some worms from his body to conduct an experiment." She looked at the elder Clan Leader squatting beside them.
Having heard about her treatment of the Winged Orc’s wings, the elder Clan Leader nodded in acceptance: "I’ll hold him down, you do what you need to."
The middle-aged Tree-Man also heard Ji Nuan’s words, his teeth gritted as he struggled to breathe through the pain: "Shaman, go ahead and take it, I can endure."
Ji Nuan nodded: "I’ll be as quick as possible."
With that, she ceased any further talk, turned to Xiu Yan and called out: "Brother Xiu Yan, once you have located a worm, grab hold of it along with the surrounding flesh, I will extract the worm."
Xiu Yan gazed at the black worms squirming beneath the Tree-Man’s skin and indicated his consent, swiftly grasping one of the protruding worms on the Tree-Man’s stomach, tightly restraining it. The bound worm began to writhe under the skin.
Ji Nuan hurriedly made a small incision on the skin near the head of the worm, then used a pair of forceps to grip and pull the worm out.
The sight of the black worm that had been tormenting the Tree-Man with unbearable pain finally revealed its true face. Outside of its color, it was identical to the worms inside the bodies of the Orcs, but noticeably thicker.
Ji Nuan gave one final tug and pulled the entire worm out, promptly placing it into the porcelain jar. At this moment, a feeling of unease welled up within her heart - the sight of the worm writhing and curling was truly disgusting.
Working together with Xiu Yan, Ji Nuan managed to extract all the black worms that were squirming on the surface of the middle-aged Tree-Man’s body.
It turned out that almost half the jar had been filled.
Looking at the black worms in the jar, still probing and squirming even after leaving the body of the Tree-Man, Ji Nuan fought back her revulsion, secured the lid of the jar, and quickly handed it to Xiu Yan.
The Orc seemed unfazed, calmly placing the jar into his backpack.
After the worms were extracted, the middle-aged Tree-Man finally managed to steady his breathing, staring excitedly at the small wounds on his body: "Are there no more worms inside my body?"
Ji Nuan shook her head: "What we extracted today is only a fraction of the worms in your body. There must be eggs of these worms still inside you. If we don’t completely kill them, they will still hatch countless larvae inside your body."
The middle-aged Tree-Man’s expression of excitement instantly froze, he murmured: "There’s still more?"
Ji Nuan stood up and looked towards the surrounding Tree-Men: "You all saw what happened. Like today, when the worms have accumulated to a certain extent inside the body, we can extract them out. But this doesn’t completely eradicate them and it’s very painful. Not everyone can endure such pain."
She pointed to her backpack: "I will take these worms back to study them first, experiment with the herbs we brought, and see if they can kill them."
The elder Clan Leader nodded gratefully: "Thank you very much, Shaman Ji Nuan."
He took three snow-white fruits from his inner pocket and presented them to Ji Nuan: "This is our Divine Wood Tribe’s gift of gratitude. Thank you for your help."