Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1279 Slip away
Although it was a hot volcanic area, the diffuse cold air caused a large area of ​​frost to appear around the Ice Dragon.

The hot light of the lava shining through the cracks in the rocks was extinguished one after another, and as the temperature dropped rapidly, the "cracking" sound of the ground cracking was heard continuously.

The appearance and even the aura of the Ice Curse Dragon have undergone earth-shaking changes.

That layer of exquisite and gorgeous ice armor obviously does more than just add an extra layer of defense.

That also means that the Ice Curse Dragon is "firing at full power".

In contrast, the Explosive Dragon was seriously injured by the continuous explosions of the ancient slime mold.

Most of the slime molds that covered its entire body and entered a critical state were also consumed, leaving only a few that still remained in the pores of the honeycomb shell on its head and arms.

Moreover, I don’t know if it was the low temperature caused by the extremely cold breath, or too much energy was consumed in the continuous explosions.

These ancient slime molds have also exited their critical state and returned to their original bright yellow color.

The fighting spirit of the Explosive Crusher Dragon remains strong. This creature has no concept of "retreat" at all. As long as it can still move, it will continue to challenge the powerful enemy.

Perhaps this is one of the main reasons why monsters like Broken Dragon are so rare.

"Roar--!"

The Explosive Dragon roared muffledly and took a step towards the Ice Curse Dragon.

Even though the former was seriously injured, the Ice Curse Dragon still did not dare to let down its guard. It flapped its wings and rose into the air dozens of meters high.

This time, the Explosive Dragon, which had not yet recovered from the continuous explosions, was completely unable to stop it.

The Ice Curse Dragon came into the air, looking down from above.

It took a deep breath, a heavier breath than before, and exhaled a violent and extremely cold breath, blasting towards the Exploding Dragon.

"A little off?" Oshula, who was a shooter with precise angle control, muttered.

Just as she predicted, the extremely cold breath landed on the ground several meters in front of the Explosive Dragon.

But the next second, the hunters knew that this was definitely not a case of "missing the target".

Irregular shaped ice spikes rose from the ground like glaciers, which were completely different from the frost and broken ice left on the ground by the previous breath.

The Explosive Dragon, with unsteady steps, was unable to dodge and was pierced in the chest by the uprooted ice spike. With blood gushing out, it was knocked to the ground again.

At this time, the Exploding Dragonite could no longer pose a threat to the Ice Curse Dragon.

Perhaps, it still has the strength to fight back, but the Ice Curse Dragon that has risen high enough is beyond its reach.

Circling in the air, looking down at the Exploding Dragon that was struggling and roaring on the ground, the Ice Curse Dragon took a deep breath, preparing to continue releasing extremely cold breath to completely freeze the evil beast and freeze it to death.

However, it seemed to cough, spitting out a cloud of shapeless frozen mist, and then there was no follow-up.

Behind a distant shelter, Alva, whose eyes had never left the Ice Curse Dragon, shouted, "The freezing liquid is gone! I knew it! It's not just cold air, but some kind of supercooled liquid!"

The Ice Curse Dragon stopped exhaling, and hovered in the air, staring at the Explosive Crusher Dragon that was struggling to stand up again.

As Alva had analyzed, the supercooled water stored in its body had been exhausted.

It can still spit out extremely cold air, but it can no longer create solid ice and ice spikes at a long distance like before.

It might be possible to completely freeze the Explosive Dragon with low-temperature freezing air, but that requires getting close enough and taking a relatively long time.

That would put himself in danger and would be tantamount to giving the chance of counterattack to the Explosive Dragon.

The Ice Curse Dragon stared at the Explosive Crusher that was roaring towards the sky for a few seconds, then turned its head and looked deeply at the hunters hiding nearby.

Apparently, it also guessed who the "culprit" of the conflict was.

But its condition was also very bad, and there was no point in continuing to fight.

After a brief hesitation, the Ice Curse Dragon hovering in the air stretched its neck and let out a long cry, then flew towards the ancient tree forest in the south.

"Aiden!" Hayata reminded.

Aiden was already prepared. After locking onto the target, he immediately pulled the trigger and fired a dye bullet.

The crossbow bullet landed on the hind legs of the Ice Curse Dragon, and a pungent liquid splashed everywhere, marking it.

——When the guide insects have not absorbed enough energy and cannot start guiding, this technology from the Old World is still useful.

Hayata narrowed his eyes, staring at the Ice Curse Dragon's receding back, and said, "It went south, not to the northwest where the Everfrost Land is, which means it has no intention of 'going home' yet.

Let’s catch up!”

As he spoke, Hayata whistled to call the Acid Pterosaur, and took Fengying and Aiden, who had folded up his heavy crossbow, into the air to pursue.

"I'll leave this side to you!"

"understand!"

Ted pulled off his lion-head visor and laughed, "Guys, use whatever tricks you have! If you still can't beat this guy even though he's in such a miserable state, I'll never drink again in my life!"

Maka Oshura and Babaka rolled their eyes together, took out their weapons, and followed Ted out of the bunker.

Ted raised his large shield and charged at full speed, roaring.

The Explosive Dragon that was still roaring towards the sky had not yet reacted when Ted, holding a shield and a gun, rushed in front of it, howling.

With the force of the charge, the thick gunpowder stabbed out violently, and the spear head penetrated deeply into the chest and abdomen of the Explosive Dragon, leaving a wound pierced by the Ice Curse Dragon's tail.

The Explosive Dragon felt pain and looked down.

Ted bared his teeth, as if he wanted to break the handle of the gun, and pulled the trigger hard.

"Fire all bombs!"

All the musket bullets in the magazine, along with the alloy spikes as thick as arms propelled by the gunpowder, were driven into the wound between the Exploding Dragon's chest and abdomen.

Without the obstruction of the carapace, the Longhang cannon could penetrate very deeply.

Then, the gunpowder hidden in it exploded. Under the stimulation of severe pain, the Explosive Dragon took a step back and howled in pain.

"Aha! Perfect location!"

Ted raised the muzzle of the gun slightly and aimed at the chin of the Explosive Crusher, which was exposed under the muzzle of his gun as it leaned back.

"Dragon Cannon!"

Maka circled around and approached from the side and rear.

The dragon soul worm flew out and absorbed the monster's essence for her.

In order to train this "hunting insect" from another world to absorb the essence of monsters, she spent a lot of effort.

The insect stick that absorbed the essence increased its movement speed to a higher level. After running a few steps to speed up, it took off with a pole and leaped into the air, attacking the wound on the back of the Explosive Dragon.

A little further away, Oshura was moving while holding a light crossbow and pulling the trigger continuously.

Amid the continued roar of the Ice Fish Dragon Launcher, ice bombs bombarded the Explosive Dragon in succession, and ice crystals flew everywhere.

This little bit of frost is naturally not comparable to the extremely cold breath of the Ice Curse Dragon, but a little bit adds up to a lot.

The Explosive Dragon was seriously injured, but what awaited them was still a protracted battle.

the other side.

Alva and Aibo also rode on pterosaurs and caught up with the hunters.

He shouted at the top of his voice: "The Ice Curse Dragon came to the Great Lava Lake to rebuild its scales, but its scales were destroyed by the Explosive Crusher, so it should come back.

But it is now in a hurry to replenish water, otherwise it will not be able to build a thick enough ice armor and enter the magma.

Therefore, it won't go too far, it's best to catch it before it replenishes water, this is its weakest period! "

(End of this chapter)