Then his body recoiled backward, like a sack tossed aside, flung under the tree.
Only then did we see that something resembling a nine-section whip extended from within the tree's crown. Its pale green color blended with the surrounding leaves, which is why we hadn't noticed it earlier.
The trees in this jungle, many are carnivorous plants, and the deadly part is when they remain still, we can't distinguish them.
The skinny guy's corpse was thrown to the ground, and suddenly the ground split open, swallowing the body whole.
Old Shi's team members furiously fired at the tree, splintering its bark and trunk into flying wood chips.
The leader's shout was drowned out by the intense and frantic gunfire. He was yelling at them to stop shooting, not to move.
But Old Shi and his team couldn't control their emotions, having lost two comrades in one day, and they attacked the tree with a vengeance.
