hunt and eat

Looking across the pointed ears of the other party and the unique four fingers of the dragon people, the ancient tower was thoughtful.

After all, he is a dragon man, even if he hasn't exercised much, his physical fitness has basically reached the average level of a hunter.

This world is not so fair sometimes~

However, I have no position to say such a thing.

Having concluded their exploration of the palace, the investigation team quickly continued along the path.

For fear of being attacked by monsters, Guta and Yuhu led their respective teams, one behind the other, while the other two teams interspersed in the team to jointly guard the entire investigation team.

However, their preparations did not come in handy.

Until the end, they saw the hundreds of meters of rock walls rising steeply in the distance, but they couldn't encounter any monsters.

On the other hand, there are quite a few blood-red ores stained by Longli Qin, but it may be because of the geographical location that the types of these ores are different.

However, this can also prove from the side that the reason why these ores became like this is entirely because of the blood-red dragon power.

"Let's go here, we have flying ships, there is no need to risk falling off the cliff to climb."

Noticing Guta's eagerness to try, Varan said hastily.

Although the former feels a little regretful, he can only obey the command.

With the harvest of this exploration, everyone quickly returned to the Dragon Consciousness Ship.

"Get ready, let's go to the middle to explore another wave."

"Captain Mork, can the power support continue to rise? There are probably nearly 300 meters."

While writing today's record at his desk, Varan asked the white-bearded captain beside him.

"Before 4000 meters, there is no problem." The captain said, patting his chest.

"Is 4000 meters the limit?"

Looking up, he forgot to look at the huge stone peak that went straight into the cloud peak and was so high that it couldn't see the top. Valan sighed regretfully.

He had a hunch that the peak of that mountain was most likely the lair of Tian Huilong.

However, the height of the peak is conservatively estimated to be 8000 meters upwards, and even the enhanced Dragon Sense Ship is still far from this height.

What a pity.

Probably knowing what the young captain was thinking, the captain bit his cigarette holder and said slowly:

"If the materials used for the hull are better, and if there is no more violent high-altitude turbulence, reaching a height of 5000 meters can still be achieved, but that's all..."

"Unless the entire hull uses natural disasters and ancient dragon materials, puff..."

As he talked, the old captain seemed to be amused by his own thoughts, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"I'm sorry, I'm just making an analogy, but if the entire hull is made of natural disaster-grade monsters, it might not be difficult to reach the top of that 'Sky Pillar'."

"But how is that possible..."

The captain took off the pipe from his mouth and let out a smoke ring.

Even if it is just to build a flying ship that is 1/5 the size of the Dragon Sense Ship, I am afraid that at least 5 or 6 corpses of natural disaster-level monsters of the same size will be used.

With this skill, almost a dozen sets of natural disaster-level suits for hunters have been made.

It's not a giant transport ship to explore the New World, how could the guild be willing to spend such a large amount of money.

"Yeah, but I'm still a bit unwilling after all..."

Varan muttered a few times, then looked at the mountain top hidden in the clouds and mist, and lowered his head a little dejectedly.

However, at this moment, the panicked shouts of observers suddenly came from the bow of the ship.

"Something... is approaching us at high speed!"

"It's about to hit me!"

As soon as the words fell, a burst of air crackling sounded like a fighter jet roaring past, covering the entire deck of the Dragon Consciousness Ship, covering all other sounds from the outside world.

The noise was so shocking and terrifying that the eardrums of most hunters were instantly shattered and bleeding.

Running all the way to the bow of the ship, Guta saw a bright red light.

Its path of advancement almost directly leads to the dragon consciousness ship where everyone is.

At the same time that the ancient tower arrived at the bow of the ship, accompanied by a burst of red flames from the tail of the "red light", its flight speed, which was not slow at all, increased sharply again.

Above the sky, a dazzling corridor that flickers on and off is pulled out in an instant.

Feeling the terrifying blast coming towards his face, Guta clenched his teeth and stared at the front in silence.

His eardrum was not spared either, and it was considered scrapped for the time being.

Finally, amidst the confusion, that beam of red light...

No, Tianhuilong, officially arrived!

Relying on [Zero Hour Response], Guta vaguely saw a huge, silver-gray body that looked like an alloy, and the pair of azure eyes that looked at him quietly.

In the next instant, the reconnaissance airship on the side of the Dragon Sense Ship was completely shattered and exploded into countless flying sawdust.

The violent sound wave was mixed with the air wave, causing Guta's black hair to rise high, and even his cheeks felt a strong tingling sensation.

When the ancient pagoda turned its head and looked behind it, the terrifying red light had turned into a red dot in the distance, and with another acceleration, it was heading straight towards the 8000-meter-high rock peak .

……

Chapter 178 The Investigation Team Forced to Return, the Suspicious Tianhuilong

"How about casualties on board?"

A few minutes later, Guta yelled at the highest volume while supporting the old captain who was still in a daze beside him.

There is no way, even his eardrums have been shattered, and now he can't hear what others are saying, let alone others.

"Fortunately, the Sky Comet Dragon just smashed into the idle scout boat on one side, and the Dragon Consciousness Ship itself was not affected much. The biggest casualty was the big guy's ear..."

The old captain said while wiping the blood spilling from his ears.

"..."

"What did you say!?"

"I said...it's all right!"

The old captain had no choice but to stick to Guta's ear and shout with all his strength.

"Oh... By the way, I can hear what you are doing so loudly."

The old captain was tired for a while, and he didn't bother to care about this funny comparison in front of him anymore.

If he couldn't beat this guy, he really wanted to punch that face up and down now.

Fishing out Jojo, whose head was dangling and thrown into the bucket beside him, Guta looked at the mess on the deck with a calm expression on his face.

Of course, what his true thoughts are at this time, maybe only he himself knows clearly.

"Are you going to continue to follow up?"

Facing the lowered head and pale face of the dragon-human youth, Guta said softly.

Although the other party was about the same age as him, the pressure on his shoulders was much heavier than his own.

Perhaps saying this at this time may be a bit aggressive.

But there are questions that should be asked or must be asked.

After all, there are so many lives on board.

Varan didn't speak immediately, and Guta was not in a hurry, just stood there quietly, waiting for his answer.

No matter what the answer was, Guta actually didn't care too much.

He just wanted to see if the leader of the investigation team in front of him had the courage and determination to make a decision.

If it was the vacillating and hesitant attitude of the previous Yunxiao Village Chief, he would immediately choose to end this disaster investigation mission.

As the captain, he is unwilling and should not put the safety of the whole team under such an untrustworthy manager.

However, the close contact with Tianhuilong just now should have caused him a lot of psychological shadow.

Guta glanced at Varan's ear that was also bleeding, and thought silently.

Above this cloudy sky nearly 4000 meters away, the Sky Comet Dragon is the owner of the home court, and they who have worked so hard to come here on the Dragon Sense Boat, I am afraid they can only be regarded as uninvited guests.

Unless they can find a way to limit Tianhuilong to the ground, even if they have so many G hunters on board, it is impossible to be Tianhuilong's opponent.

"I'll think about it again. Before that, let's go back."

Varan sighed and said softly.

"What did he say?" Guta, whose eardrums were still unrepaired, looked at Mieji walking aside.

He was not sure about the others, but judging from Mieji's super regenerative ability, it is estimated that the eardrum had already completed self-repair the moment it was broken.

"He said...turn back first!" Mie Jin jumped vigorously, grabbed Guta's shoulders with two small hands, pulled himself up vigorously, and shouted at the latter who didn't realize it.

"Oh... so, what are you doing so loudly?!" Guta shouted loudly.

Rolling his eyes vigorously, Mie Jin let go and jumped down, not bothering to pay attention to this teaser anymore, he turned his head to talk to Wei Wei next to him.

……

When they returned to Beiruna Village, it was already completely dark.

The old village head, who noticed the obvious damage on the Longshi ship, hurried over with the support of his granddaughter.

"What happened?" The old man looked angrily at the old captain who disembarked first.

This is also his old acquaintance.

"I met Tianhuilong, and the whole ship was almost knocked apart." The old captain snorted with a pipe in his mouth.

Even he, who is used to seeing strong winds and waves, felt an indescribable fear and shock the moment Tian Huilong struck.

It's not a fear of death. In fact, for old sailors like them who have been at sea for many years, and their death rate even exceeds that of hunters, death is no longer something to be surprised about.

What he was really afraid of was the unprecedented speed that almost surpassed the limits of human imagination.

The terrifying speed of climbing more than 5000 meters in an instant has still made him feel like a dream.

Is that really the speed a living body can achieve?

"This..." The old village chief looked at the members of the investigation team who disembarked one after another, and hesitated to speak.

Although he had a lot of questions to ask, after all, he didn't live in vain for decades, so he quickly reacted, and greeted him instead:

"Dinner has been prepared in the village, everyone has worked hard, let's go to the public cafeteria to eat first."

When the hunters left one after another, the village chief finally learned what happened today from Dr. Cat.

He is used to wind and rain, and after learning about the super-standard speed of Tianhuilong from Dr. Mao, he also took a deep breath.

"Then... do you want to continue tracking?"

The village chief glanced at him and looked like a different person in the morning. Varan, who bowed his head and said nothing, actually already vaguely had an answer in his heart.

That's right, let alone the risk of being attacked by Tianhuilong again at any time, and the whole ship will fall to death. The mountain top that is more than 8000 or even [-] meters away is not within the reach of the current Dragon Sense Ship.

Moreover, there is one thing that the village head has never told Valan.

That is, with the tracking of the investigation team in the recent period, the frequency of red comets in the sky, that is, comet dragons, has become more and more frequent. There have been more than 30 disasters caused by the newly added meteorite fall, almost is the sum of the past year.

To be honest, it is hard to say that this has nothing to do with the investigation team's actions.

Many disaster-stricken places have protested to the guild and the Longli Academy, requesting to terminate the exploration activities of the investigation team and the Longzhi Ship, but they were forcibly suppressed by the elders of the guild and the four heads of the Longli Academy. That's all.

In the end, Varan did not give an answer.

He was just silently alone, disappearing at the end of the night.

Even Dr. Cat, who has always been inseparable from Varan, did not choose to follow at this time.

He knew very well that what Varan needed most at the moment was a space to be alone.

There are some things that he needs to figure out by himself.

At the same time, Guta, who was walking towards the village cafeteria, looked at the snow-white moon above his head, and suddenly said a word.