Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 526 Combat Power Gathering
Perhaps sensing its impending fate, the dragon egg trembled slightly, and waves of malevolent life energy subtly emanated from its shell.

However, not all red dragon eggs are like the 'Elder Dragon King' such as the Xeno'jiiva, and not all eggs can easily accumulate enough energy to hatch.

Or rather, like the egg placed before Nergigante at this moment, the fate of the vast majority of Safi'jiiva eggs is to become various monsters before they even hatch, because their exact location is known to the world for some reason.

Although this instinctive malice has a strong deterrent effect, at this moment, Nergigante is dominated by greed that has already been mentally prepared. Even if the egg, which is just emitting malice, were to suddenly hatch, it would not stop it from preying on it!
He forcefully smashed open the eggshell, tore through the silken mesh, and swallowed the liquefied life energy mixed with a tiny embryo-like thing inside the eggshell.

With a sufficient replenishment of life energy, this time Meimeizi suppressed her instinct to reproduce again, and instead allowed her muscles, regeneration shell and other parts of her body to fully absorb this energy, making up for what she had been lacking all along.

Over the years, through countless battles with ordinary Elder Dragons and numerous battles as a main force in the fight against dangerous Elder Dragons, its physique has been honed to a very high level.

After being beaten by the Floating Mountain Dragon, severely injured by the Radiant Dragon, and nearly killed by Luo Yun, its regenerative ability was pushed to the limit, and its thorns had long since become capable of further transformation.

This time, the replenishment of these abundant and pure energies has made up for what He had always lacked.

On the regenerated shell, thorns protrude and rapidly turn black and harden under the stimulation of life energy.

But this was not the end. As life energy was continuously injected into the black thorns, they gradually began to gleam with a metallic luster, as if a light silver-gray layer had been plated on the black thorns.

His regenerated shell became thicker and darker, contrasting with the metallic-colored diamond spines, making the entire dragon appear even more dangerous.

Even though it's just a red dragon egg that hasn't reached the hatching stage yet, it's not something that can be digested so quickly. What's more, this time the energy is being used on itself rather than for reproduction. Even a sheep needs enough time to process its own energy in order to strengthen itself in all aspects.

At this moment, every bit of preparation increases the chances of survival in the battles to come.

In the Guiding Lands, in the lava zone.

The tempered Teostra, who was in charge of regulating the ecology of the lava zone, snorted unhappily, its eyes fixed on a lava cave next to it from which a cold wind was constantly blowing, its eyes full of helplessness and grievance.

Soon, accompanied by a surge of earth veins, a large amount of magma began to erupt. The next second, it solidified instantly into obsidian pillars in the extreme cold at a speed visible to the naked eye. The entire cave was like an obsidian chrysanthemum in bloom, creating a unique scene in this dull and monotonous environment.

In response, the tempered Teostra could only roll its eyes in exasperation and silently move further away.

A series of crisp sounds of glass colliding and shattering echoed from inside the cave. Soon, accompanied by thick, cold white mist surging out and sizzling as it collided with the sweltering air outside, a magnificent figure, blue-purple in color, gracefully strolled out of the cave.

With a slight tremor, pieces of purple volcanic glass fell to the ground.

The noble witch glanced at the 'little guy' guarding not far from the cave, and without turning back under its wary gaze, she flapped her wings and flew into the sky amidst the snowflakes.

Arch-Tempered Velkhana! Luo Yun had a brief encounter with it in the Elder's Recess, where he killed the Black Flame King, a pillar of the Ancient Fire Dragon, and left behind a tail blade of ice that remained unmelted even in the scorching heat of the Elder's Recess—a creature that had broken through the limits of life.

As an existence whose age is unknown, it may not be as old as the Earth-Crying Dragon, but it has witnessed the growth of the New World to its current state, experienced the civilization period of the New World, and even met the Earth-Crying Dragon.

He was well aware of his mission and knew why it was He who successfully broke through the limits of life, gained a longer lifespan, and obtained power that transcended the limits of his race.

Everything comes at a price, and some debts are due for repayment!
Without pausing, He flew once again toward the icy, snowy land He hadn't set foot on for many years.

Clearly, this time the boss of Nature did not attach as much importance to the Earth Crying Dragon as he did to the Xeno'jiiva Dragon, and did not summon multiple unlocked Elder Dragons to the final island in advance.

But the intention was very clear; it was aimed directly at the opponent's weaknesses.

However, whether it's Velkhana or Nergigante, there's currently no dragon that can break through the rock armor that forms on its body due to the high pressure and accumulation of soil and rocks while it's underground for many years, breaking through what's known as the Rock-Wrapped state.

On the ancient tree, one fire dragon after another began to return.

As expected, this time the missions were all simple tasks.

Without the intervention of the Elder Dragon, the combination of the Rathalos and the hunter team is enough to easily handle most complex situations.

The hunters of the Fifth Fleet also experienced for the first time the convenience of cooperating with the high-niche Rathalos.

Perhaps in order to feel more at ease about receiving the rewards later, during the investigation, any large monsters that might interfere with the hunter team's progress would be driven away by the fire dragon in the sky first.

If they have similar ecological niches, the fire dragons will also actively recruit hunters to take turns beating each other up and driving the other out of that location.

For hunters, the most frightening thing in the wild is suddenly encountering various large monsters. Monsters with camouflage and familiarity with their surroundings often appear suddenly and launch an attack.

This means that hunters must be on high alert at all times while investigating, and sometimes they even have to multitask, observing their surroundings while conducting their investigations.

This puts immense pressure on the hunter's physical and mental strength.

With the help of the Fire Dragon, there's absolutely no need to worry. It's a powerful ally that can provide support from high altitudes anytime, anywhere, and an aerial reconnaissance aircraft that can detect enemies from a great distance in advance. This allows hunters to immediately switch to easy mode for investigation.

People with masochistic tendencies are always a minority, and this easy way of completing tasks is really addictive.

(End of this chapter)