Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 397 This young man is incredibly strong!
The strange ape-fox stared blankly at Lin Lin for two seconds, as if it were thinking about something. After a moment, it flicked its nose and threw another ball of slime at Lin Lin.

This time, Lin Lin didn't release any more flying insects to dodge; he simply rolled to the side and easily avoided the snot.

Seeing this, the strange ape-fox let out a short roar, seemingly quite dissatisfied with the outcome.

It originally wanted to force Lin Lin to use that amazing movement technique again so that it could see it clearly. Unfortunately, despite its good intentions, Lin Lin did not cooperate, which annoyed it quite a bit.

After letting out a howl, the strange ape-fox finally couldn't hold back any longer. It hooked its two forearms around the vines above its head and swung them around twice, like Tarzan, and in the blink of an eye, it caught up to Lin Lin's head.

Mount Tai is overwhelming!

This time, Lin Lin did not dodge. Instead, he directly held the shield in front of him, preparing to take the hit head-on.

The reason Lin Lin avoided those two clumps of slime was simply because they were disgusting and he didn't want them to get on him.

"squeak"

The sharp claws scraped across the shield's surface, making a piercing noise. Despite the weight of the strange ape-fox, Lin Lin's defensive stance remained as steady as ever. If he hadn't been pushed back two steps by this creature, the attack would have had virtually no effect on him.

'This guy, he's good at cooking...'

Lin Lin suddenly swung the shield in his hand upwards, directly knocking away the claws that the Strange Ape Fox was pressing down on, causing the creature to stagger.

Pressing his entire weight down was less powerful than a single slap from Xiong Er. Lin Lin felt he didn't even need to use his shield anymore, since with Xiong Er's strength, he basically couldn't break through his armor anyway.

After knocking away the Strange Ape Fox's claws, Lin Lin immediately retracted his shield behind his back. Then, he charged towards the Strange Ape Fox, who hadn't even reacted yet. He grabbed one of the Strange Ape Fox's front paws with both hands, let out a loud shout, twisted his waist and body, exerted his core strength, and at the same time, the "qi" circulating within his body suddenly erupted.

Having trained with the Charge Blade for so long, alternating between Great Release and Super Release every day, Lin Lin's core explosive power was the strongest. At this moment, he suddenly exerted his strength, directly swinging the Qi Yuan Fox up, drawing an arc above its head, and slamming it heavily onto the ground behind it.

A little further away, behind a stone pillar of an ancient building ruin, two heads peeked out, one above the other. They were Niaru, whom Lin Lin had driven out of the fighting range, and the dragonman merchant.

Nia looked astonished. Although she had been greatly impressed when she saw Lin Lin fight a giant dragon that was nearly 20 meters long with his mere two meters (after putting on armor), he had mostly been dodging. It seemed that anyone could have achieved a similar effect.

But at this moment, the intense visual impact of Lin Lin grabbing the creature's forepaw and swinging it away made it truly and directly experience just how terrifying a hunter's power could be.

"That thing must weigh at least ten tons, meow..."

"He's practically a superman..."

The dragon-human merchant nodded vigorously:
"This young man is incredibly strong!"

Originally, the fox was full of confidence when it landed its attack, but instead, the opponent directly flipped its paw away. Before it could figure out what was going on, it felt one of its front paws being grabbed by something. Then, it was dizzy and spun around. Its body crashed heavily onto the hard surface covered with brick fragments. It was immediately thrown around and saw stars.

Lin Lin loosened his grip, exhaling a heavy breath that was faintly tinged with blackish-purple. Looking at the strange ape-fox lying in the large pit in front of him, its eyes blankly staring at the sky, he couldn't help but grin.

That was just a subconscious, instinctive reaction. Unexpectedly, it triggered another burst of life energy. That extremely brief burst directly dispelled most of the Mad Dragon virus that had just re-proliferated in my body, which was an unexpected bonus.

Although this kind of instantaneous burst of power consumes a lot of physical strength, compared with the frenzied attack when he overcame the Mad Dragon Disease, this level of consumption seems acceptable. If he can use it skillfully, he won't have to rely on the Cancel Fruit so much.

Lin Lin shook his head, temporarily memorizing this little trick for dealing with the Mad Dragon Virus. He then turned to look at the Strange Ape Fox lying motionless on the ground. If it weren't for the fact that the creature was still breathing, Lin Lin would have almost thought that he had killed it by the fall.

Is this guy dazed from the fall? He's lying here without even struggling. He probably has a lot in common with Loki, who just had a good time playing with Hulk...

Lin Lin took two steps forward and gently kicked the strange ape-fox's big ears twice.

"Hey! Are you dead?"

After lying on the ground for a while, the strange ape-fox finally calmed down. At this moment, it felt a touch on its ear again, as if it had finally realized that it was still alive. With a startled cry, it jumped up.

However, this time, its gaze toward Lin Lin was filled with fear. It screamed in panic and flailed its limbs wildly. It finally managed to grab a vine above its head and swung away in a frantic manner.

This guy... just ran away...

Lin Lin looked at him strangely. He thought this strange ape-fox would be a little tougher, but he didn't expect it to run away without looking back as soon as it got up.

"Well, that's fine too. At least this way it shouldn't dare to come back, right? After that, the caravans coming and going shouldn't have to worry about safety issues."

"Wow, that's awesome! The boss directly took over the territory, and the Strange Ape Fox didn't dare to turn back!"

Lin Lin: ...

What nonsense! How can this be called a territorial dispute? What do you take your boss for?

"Alright, enough of that nonsense. Give me two pieces of food; I used up some energy just now."

"Perfect timing, meow, I'm hungry too!"

Yezao took out two pieces of food from the large backpack on her back and handed them to Lin Lin. She then took out two small dried fish and began to nibble on them with relish.

Seeing that the crisis was over, Nia Lu and the dragonman merchant, who had just hidden away, came out again. However, the way they looked at Lin Lin had changed subtly.

To put it bluntly, his gaze was as if he were looking at a monster.

Nia quietly walked up to Date and lowered her voice:

"Senior Date, meow! How did Lord Lin Lin... do that, meow? He lifted such a huge monster just like that, meow!"

Compared to Nia Lu and the dragonman merchant's shock, Yezao, while equally excited by Lin Lin's feat, didn't seem too surprised. It was precisely because Nia Lu noticed this that she wanted to quietly inquire about it.

"Well... it's actually not that complicated, meow. If you could wrestle with Xiong Er every day, you could do it too, meow." "Xiong Er... who is that?"

"It's a blue bear beast, and also the boss's good friend, meow."

Although Niaru didn't know what a Blue Bear Beast was, at least she understood that it was the name of a monster.

So hunters and monsters aren't entirely hostile? You can actually make friends with monsters?
Nia was amazed. It was a pity she didn't know the Blue Bear Beasts, otherwise she could imagine their wrestling training. Maybe she could secretly practice and become a hunting cat as skilled as Lord Lin Lin...

After driving away the Strange Ape Fox, things proceeded smoothly. The dragon-human merchant caravan arrived as scheduled, and Lin Lin successfully obtained enough Delight Fruit at a discounted price. He also escorted the caravan back to Barbare.

After packing his backpack, Lin Lin looked up at the sky. Although he had been busy for half a day and had even fought with a strange ape-fox, the journey had not taken up much time. The sun had just risen above the horizon.

It's alright, we should be able to reach the Unknown Forest smoothly today.

Lin Lin nodded and led the two cats into the ship-shaped meeting place in Barbare, where they smoothly received the mission to explore the Unknown Tree Sea.

It's worth mentioning that the uniform of the Barbareba meeting hall sign girl seems to be the same as Sofia's, except that Sofia's is green, while the one who handles his paperwork is yellow.

With everything ready, Lin Lin, carrying a bulging prop bag, embarked on his journey to the unknown forest.

……

As night fell and the stars twinkled, the ruins of ancient buildings and towering trees in the depths of the unknown forest blocked out the sky, making the forest quite dark. The moonlight filtering through the leaves and the faint glow emitted by the surrounding lightning insects were barely enough to make out the outstretched hand.

"breathe--"

In the silence, the rapid breathing, even when suppressed, was particularly noticeable.

Ye Zi leaned against a broken wall, gritted her teeth, and tore off a tattered cloth that was simply wrapped around her thigh. She looked down at the reddish-brown stains spreading on the cloth, and her facial muscles trembled slightly.

Damn it, I was too careless!

That guy's attack methods were very peculiar. Not only were the wounds healed very slowly, but they also caused a lot of bleeding with vigorous exercise. They also seemed to carry some kind of unknown toxin, which, once it touched her, was like a bone-deep infection, constantly burning her nerves.

She hadn't noticed this at first, thinking that the tiny scratch was nothing serious. Instead of treating the wound, she tried to get as far away from the guy as possible. As a result, the small wound was torn apart into its current state during the running. The massive blood loss led to rapid weakness. If it weren't for Jump Jump being there to help her escape, she would have paid a heavy price, even if she hadn't died there.

A wave of dizziness washed over her, and at the same time, the intense burning pain in her body intensified. Ye Zi raised her hand to wipe away the large beads of cold sweat on her forehead and cursed under her breath.

Damn it, what kind of toxin is this? I've tried antidotes and traditional Chinese medicine, but nothing has worked at all...

Yoko recalled the appearance of the flying dragon covered in reverse scales, but couldn't find any related information in her mind. Considering that she encountered the monster after entering the deepest part of the unknown forest, perhaps it was a new monster that only lived here and had never been observed or recorded before.

Discovering an unknown monster and reporting the information back to the guild would normally yield considerable results, which should be a good thing. However, the unknown means there is no corresponding information, which has become a major problem for Yoko, who is currently injured and poisoned.

Unable to resolve the effects of the toxins, Yoko could only force down a bottle of recovery potion G and sprinkle some life-giving dust on her wounds, hoping to enhance her self-healing abilities through the medicine and thus withstand the toxins' corrosive effects.

After drinking the medicine, Yoko felt her condition improve somewhat. The wounds on her legs from the flying scale fragments finally showed signs of healing, but the burning pain all over her body still hadn't improved at all.

She popped two food pellets into her mouth, took out her water pouch and drank a couple of mouthfuls, barely regaining some strength. She then raised her arm and whispered:
"Xiao Jia, go scout out the situation outside and see if that guy is still nearby."

The crimson rhinoceros beetle gently flapped its wings, indicating that it understood its master's intentions. It fluttered out from the corner gap, circled around for a long time, and finally returned to the hiding place where Yoko was curled up.

"Buzz..."

The rhinoceros beetle landed on Yoko's lap, its elytra fluttering twice.

"Really? They've finally left..."

Ye Zi breathed a slight sigh of relief. That guy had already put a lot of pressure on her. His attack desire was strong and his movements were swift. He was incomparable to the Thunder Wolf Dragon she had fought before. What's more, his attacks would also inflict abnormal statuses such as laceration and poison. Judging from her feeling, if that guy were to be commissioned for a hunting event, he would probably be at least a seven-star. He was really not an opponent that she could handle at her current level.

Ye Zi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the burning pain all over her body, stood up, and gently patted Tiao Tiao, who was lying quietly beside her:

"Jump Jump, let's go. This place isn't suitable for us to stay any longer."

"This time we've run into big trouble. We'll at least have to retreat to Barbare to recuperate for a while."

But as they were talking, Yoko suddenly realized that something was not quite right.

Why does Tiaotiao's body seem to be trembling slightly?

"Jump?"

Ye Zi called out softly. Normally, Tiao Tiao would respond when its name was called, but Tiao Tiao's condition was clearly very wrong.

It glanced at Yoko, then lay back down, even turning its head to the side.

Ye Zi quickly bent down and squatted down next to Tiao Tiao, carefully examining its physical condition by the faint moonlight filtering through the leaves.

It was only after this inspection that she discovered the problem.

On the inside of Jump Jump's thigh, which was not protected by the Thunder Wolf Dragon Armor, a bloody wound had appeared out of nowhere. Yoko was very familiar with the shape of the wound, as it was almost exactly the same as the one on her body.

Jump Jump was also injured while carrying her away!

(End of this chapter)