Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1450 Self-softening
"Be careful! It seems to be in some kind of energy storage state!" The professor warned the hunters sharply, "Its ability to control energy may become even stronger!"

The hunters were on edge.

There are many monsters with similar abilities, such as the super-charged state of Thunder Wolf Dragon and the critical state of Explosive Crusher.

Although the mechanisms are different, the effects are essentially the enhancement of their respective special abilities. If the Red Dragon is the same, it will become more difficult to deal with in the next period of time.

Gordon ran at full speed, approaching from the front.

The red dragon seemed to remember him as well. It growled, raised one of its dragon claws, and slapped him hard.

Gordon slowed down his pace, sensing something was wrong.

Even if he didn't change direction or slow down at all, the red dragon's claw would have hit him too early and would almost certainly miss.

Is it the kind of attack that triggers an explosion of earth energy?

It should be, but the charging action of this claw is quite obvious, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary burst of energy.

"boom!"

The red dragon's sharp claws smashed onto the ground more than ten meters away from him.

On the ground around the claws, energy flashed, and after a brief delay, it turned into a silver-white high-energy flame and erupted.

No one was hit this time, but the impact did not end there.

The ground, which has become brighter due to the surge of earth energy, is constantly spreading in all directions, and a larger-scale explosion is brewing.

At times like this, most people's first reaction is to keep their distance.

However, the speed of energy burst is extremely fast, and it may not be possible to outrun it by just running on two legs.

Gordon gritted his teeth and decided to use another more risky strategy.

"Get in!" he yelled, quickening his pace.

The ground energy that just exploded has been exhausted, and it should not explode again in a short period of time.

If you can seize the opportunity of the explosion and rush into the inner circle, you won't have to worry about the energy explosion that continues to spread outward.

Of course, this is just his guess.

If he guesses wrong, his companions who continue to rush in with him might suffer serious injuries.

But now is not the time to look back and forth. If you hesitate, things will only get worse!

The aftermath of the explosion in front of him had not yet dissipated, the ground beneath his feet gradually became brighter, and at the moment of the explosion, Gordon suddenly pounced forward.

Before he could even land on the ground, the energy gathered on the ground behind him suddenly erupted.

The impact of the explosion caused him to roll forward several times, looking a little embarrassed, but at least he was not injured.

He guessed correctly.

The ground that had just exploded became dim and silent.

The explosion that was spreading in all directions was still continuing, but it would no longer affect them.

He glanced around.

The companions who charged with him were in good condition.

Julius and Aiden were flexible enough and their timing of breaking in was very precise. Feng Ying had the help of the Kinsect, so it was very easy for her to dodge such attacks.

The only one who looked embarrassed was Ted. This guy was wearing super heavy armor and was even heavier than himself.

However, thanks to the protection of the heavy armor, even though he was hit by the impact of the energy eruption, he stood up immediately as if nothing had happened.

As for Ansir, he would not charge forward with the swordsmen.
The [Don't Starve] heavy crossbow is loaded with the most common normal bullets.

He was sniping at various parts of the red dragon's body with one shot after another.

For various reasons, the texture of many monsters' flesh will change when they enter special states.

He wanted to test it again.

The results are gratifying.

The red dragon is huge and has thick scales. Before, ordinary crossbow bullets were unable to break through its defense and cause effective damage.

But now, the red dragon with energy glowing all over its body looks majestic, and its ability to control the earth energy has greatly improved.

However, the high concentration of energy flowing between the scales also destroyed the integrity of the red dragon's scale defense.

In some areas where energy veins are concentrated, such as the chest, even ordinary bullets can barely penetrate the protection.

"Breast! Head! Wings! The meat is soft!" Ansel reminded his companions loudly, "Especially the chest!"

The cutting damage of sword weapons and the penetrating damage of ranged weapons are different in nature, but they are generally proportional.

When a long-range attack is used to confirm that a certain part of the defense is weak, the attack effect of a melee weapon will generally not be too bad.

"Roger that!"

Gordon broke into the explosion circle and approached the red dragon, dragging his greatsword and continuing to rush forward.

The Red Dragon did not save any energy this time.

It also knew that its defense was weak at the moment, and it would be troublesome if the hunters got close to it, so it opened its mouth and exhaled energy with a diameter of more than one meter, sweeping towards the hunters who continued to approach.

Faced with the incoming energy beam, Gordon increased his charge speed even further. He leaped up at the moment the attack was about to hit him, and dodged the breath that was sweeping past him by jumping on his back.

At this time, he had already arrived in front of the red dragon.

The greatsword dragged behind him was suddenly raised in the direction of the charge, slashing at the red dragon's jaw near the throat.

Under the powerful force, the red dragon's head couldn't help but lift up to the ground.

The silver-gleaming scales were cut open, dragon blood dyed the blade red, and the dragon-attribute energy that followed continued to burn the wound.

The breathing stopped, and the energy glowing all over the red dragon's body became disordered for a few seconds.

Gordon's eyes flickered.

It was difficult to notice anything unusual from the outside before, so I wasn’t very aware of it.

Regarding this [Immovable] greatsword, what exactly is the function of the "extremely powerful dragon-sealing power" mentioned by the leader of the second phase group?

Now, through the fluctuations of energy light on the red dragon's body, he clearly realized that this sword could indeed effectively disrupt the red dragon's ability to manipulate the energy of the earth veins.

If I had attacked more aggressively before, maybe I could have avoided the explosion.
Suppressing the regret that flashed through his heart, Gordon roared and launched an all-out attack.

We must never let it use that move again!
Taking advantage of the disordered energy in the red dragon's body and the cessation of its breathing, the other people also approached it.

Julius clashed his two blades and transformed into a demon. With his fighting spirit surging, he turned into a shadow and rushed towards Aiden.

Aiden understood and raised his shield. Julius used it as a stepping stone to leap up, and then borrowed strength from the side of the red dragon. Without even using the grappling hook, he jumped onto the back of the red dragon.

The body twisted in the air, and the two swords spun into a storm of sharp blades, cutting through the wings of the red dragon.

Feng Ying had already arrived in front of the red dragon's chest, the sword in her hand danced rapidly, charging up two consecutive slashes, turning around and slashing, and three consecutive slashes burst out instantly.

Just as Ansir said, when the energy is concentrated, the flesh on the red dragon's chest becomes quite soft, and even a sword can easily cut through the defense.

Then we won’t be polite!
The energy stored in the sword was less than one third, but it was barely enough.

Insert the sword into the shield, charge the energy into the bottle, and then open the red shield as quickly as possible.

Then he combined the sword and shield again, activated the mechanism on the hilt, and the shield turned into an axe blade, rotating at high speed driven by the mechanical structure.

High pressure backfill mode activated! (Electric saw)

"Try this!"

Feng Ying swung the buzzing giant axe, aimed it at the red dragon's chest, and began to cut continuously.

This method is particularly effective against monsters that are huge in size and have weak defense.

The red dragon at this time just met these two points.

As the axe blade danced wildly, the red dragon's chest was sawed open with bloody wounds one after another.

Stimulated by the severe pain, the red dragon swung its sharp claws, trying to knock her away.

Feng Ying released the Kinsect in advance, and when the sharp claws attacked, she jumped up with her axe, and then chopped down hard, cutting a new wound two or three meters long on the red dragon's chest.

After drinking a bottle of medicine to adjust his condition, Ted, who arrived late, rudely stabbed his rifle into the wounds caused by Feng Ying.

"You bastard! Have a taste of my cannon!"

(End of this chapter)