Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 409 Reunion

"careful!"

Ye Zi was the first to notice the strange phenomenon in the sky. When she saw the dark figure flying towards her, her expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly shouted to warn Lin Lin.

While anything can happen during a hunt, this situation is a bit too outrageous. Given the Black Eclipse Dragon's ability to spread the Mad Dragon Virus, even if it's not an Elder Dragon, its threat to the ecosystem is no less than that of an Elder Dragon. Whether it's Yoru, the members of the top team, or the guild's higher-ups, they all subconsciously believe that there is only one target.

After all, apart from male and female individuals living together to reproduce, there has never been a phenomenon of ancient dragons gathering in groups in this world, and no one has ever thought that an ancient dragon-level disaster would appear in multiple forms.

At this moment, even though Ye Zi was determined to kill the Black Corrosive Dragon, she couldn't help but feel a slight urge to retreat.

As everyone knows, the difference in difficulty between hunting one target and two targets at the same time is enough to span a whole star level. Even with all their methods, she and Lin Lin could barely hold their own against this Black Devouring Dragon. To reverse the situation, they would need to set up traps.

Even though this newly arrived Black Eclipse Dragon was much smaller and covered in wounds, and seemed unable to fly when it landed, making a forced landing, it looked to be in very poor condition and seemed easy to bully. However, the increase in numbers brought about a qualitative change in the difficulty and danger. Facing two Black Eclipse Dragons at the same time, they had no chance of winning.

Taking advantage of the new Black Devouring Dragon landing on the ground, temporarily separating them from the large Black Devouring Dragon, Ye Zi flipped over and landed beside Lin Lin, urgently saying:
"Brother Lin Lin, the situation has changed, let's retreat!"

"No, wait a minute, I feel like something's not right."

"Something is very wrong. There's more than one Black Devouring Dragon. We must report this immediately!"

Ye Zi was extremely anxious and wanted to reach out and pull Lin Lin away, but Lin Lin grabbed Ye Zi's wrist instead and shook his head slightly.

His gaze was fixed on the newly arrived little black dragon, and a complex mix of emotions welled up inside him.

From the moment he saw the other party, he felt a strong sense of familiarity and closeness, as if he had known the other party for a long time. This was very strange, because he clearly remembered that this was the first time he had seen this little black dragon.

Ye Zi was initially very anxious, but just two seconds later, her almond-shaped eyes widened.

"This is really strange! Aren't they the same species?"

In the center of the battlefield, the Black Devouring Dragon that had been forced to land did not turn its spear towards them. Instead, after catching its breath for a moment, it suddenly turned its head towards the direction of the large Black Devouring Dragon, letting out a suppressed growl from its throat, looking ready to fight at any moment.

The Black Eclipse Dragon, currently in its berserk state, sensed the presence of the Little Black Eclipse Dragon the moment it entered the arena. It immediately abandoned Lin Lin and Ye Zi, turned its head towards the Little Black Eclipse Dragon, and after carefully sensing for a moment, suddenly let out a fierce roar and charged forward, swinging its wing claws to smash the Little Black Eclipse Dragon's head—it looked just like a cultivator seeing an enemy blocking their path, showing a determination to fight to the death.

Although it wasn't quite clear why two creatures of the same species would fight whenever they met, Yoko knew very well that it was a good thing for them. They might even be able to use this opportunity to deplete each other's strength before entering the fray to finish them off.

Just as she was about to pull Lin Lin back to a secluded spot, she heard Lin Lin say decisively:
"Let's go help Jump!"

"Jump?"

Ye Zi felt she couldn't keep up with Lin Lin's pace. "Aren't these just two Black Devouring Dragons? Where is Jump Jump?"
Lin Lin strode forward, explaining without turning his head:
"The one that came later is Jumpy!"

Yoko: Huh?

Although her mind was a complete mess and she couldn't understand why Lin Lin would say that, seeing that Lin Lin had already rushed out and was about to squeeze into the battle, Ye Zi didn't bother to think about the logic and quickly followed after him with her insect trebuchet.

The Great Black Devouring Dragon had activated its Berserk Transformation state, unleashing its full power to the limit. The newly arrived Little Black Devouring Dragon, however, was covered in wounds and in extremely poor condition. Despite its best efforts, the gap in strength was too great, and it was quickly subdued and pinned to the ground.

Just as the large Black Devouring Dragon was about to bite down on the small Black Devouring Dragon's neck, Lin Lin immediately pulled the Flying Insect into the air and leaped into the air. His shield and axe merged into a giant axe, which he swung behind him. His body was taut like a crescent-shaped bow, and he let out a loud shout:
"Get out of my way!"

The Great Black Devouring Dragon had already witnessed the overwhelming destructive power of this move and knew that if it insisted on delivering the final blow, it would inevitably be severely injured by it as well. Therefore, it decisively gave up on continuing to suppress this newly born member of its kind and used all six limbs to leap backward, trying to widen the distance between itself and Lin Lin.

However, while it wanted to let go of this newborn kin, the little black erosion dragon did not think so. Taking advantage of the moment when it loosened its wing claws, it suddenly stretched out its own wing claws and grabbed the other's wing claws.

Even though it was only a brief delay, and the Great Black Devouring Dragon quickly broke free, this brief delay successfully slowed down the Great Black Devouring Dragon's movements, preventing it from completely widening the distance between itself and Lin Lin as it had hoped.

The giant axe fell with immense force, and the great black dragon desperately tried to dodge by leaning back, but it failed to create distance. How much room could its massive body have to evade? In the end, the sharp axe blade left a long, narrow, diagonal bloodstain on its forehead.

However, its efforts to dodge did indeed reduce most of the damage. Feeling the slippery sensation as it grazed the other's head, Lin Lin knew that most of the force of the attack had not landed on the creature, and it was just a minor superficial wound.

Lin Lin was quite certain that if this axe blow had landed squarely, it might have even cracked open the head of the giant black dragon on the spot. Unfortunately, there were no "ifs".

However, you were able to dodge that last one, let's see how you dodge this one?
The axe blade embedded itself in the ground, and Lin Lin's feet landed back on the ground. However, he did not immediately pull out the shield axe and disassemble it. Instead, he looked up and stared intently at the front of the axe blade. The straight, gushing golden fountains almost completely engulfed the body of the Black Devouring Dragon, emitting a muffled explosion mixed with the Black Devouring Dragon's mournful howl. Only then did he grin with satisfaction.

The scales could not adhere to the energy impact that had no physical form, so the Great Black Devouring Dragon did not know that this move would be accompanied by such a powerful bottle explosion. It thought that Lin Lin's move was over and it would be a good time to attack, but it was caught off guard by the five consecutive bottle explosions. Large pieces of its black scales were shattered, blood gushed out, and it fell backward, rolling twice before stopping.

The pair of soft tentacles on its forehead retracted, and its pair of wing claws folded back around its shoulders. The Black Devouring Dragon was directly "blasted" by Lin Lin and forced to retreat from its berserk dragon state.

While the Berserker Transformation greatly enhances the Black Eclipse Dragon's combat power, it also places a tremendous burden on their bodies. Once the Berserker Transformation is lifted, they need to rest and recover to regain their full strength. At this moment, the Great Black Eclipse Dragon is clearly in its weakest state.

Struggling to his feet, the Great Black Devourer saw Lin Lin had already disassembled his sword and shield, panting and trying to recover his strength in the pitch-black darkness. Meanwhile, Ye Zi, wielding her Insect Glaive, flew over him and charged towards him, completely ignoring the kin who had appeared later. Ironically, that kin seemed to have no intention of attacking them either, and even tried to charge towards him again despite its weakened state…

We have to run. Staying to fight would be mortally dangerous.

"Roar!!!"

The Great Black Devouring Dragon roared suddenly, then spread its wings, flapped them powerfully, and soared into the sky, flying straight towards the southeast. "Just you wait," it seemed to say, "though I escaped this time, you didn't win either. On the path of evolution, I'm still far ahead!"

Once I've completed my transformation, I'll kill you all!
……

Deep within the unknown forest, on a devastated battlefield, Lin Lin watched the massive black dragon flee swiftly and decisively, showing no intention of lingering in battle. He wanted to stop it, but his dwindling strength prevented him from doing so.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that when the Black Corruption Dragon spread its wings and soared into the sky, the sunlight seemed to shimmer on its wing claws, whose scales were mostly broken.

If I'm not mistaken, this guy is probably not far from transforming into a Celestial Returning Dragon...

Ye Zi looked up as the figure of the large black erosion dragon rapidly shrank in her field of vision. After noticing where it went, she turned her head to look at the small black erosion dragon that appeared later.

The other side was clearly unwilling to let the Great Black Devouring Dragon escape so easily. It flapped its wings, which were like jet-black feathers, and tried to fly up and chase after it. However, it was too weak and powerless at the moment. In addition, its wings were covered with wounds. It could not rise any further after only five or six meters off the ground and had to glide back down to the ground.

Then, Ye Zi saw its head turn towards Lin Lin and herself, just like the previous large black erosion dragon, waving its wings and scattering scales at them.

"Brother Lin Lin, you're saying... this is Jump Jump?"

Ye Zi covered her mouth and nose to reduce the inhalation of the mad dragon virus, her brows slightly furrowed.

Lin Lin sighed and nodded:
"Yes."

If the familiar feeling of intimacy at first sight was not enough to make a judgment, the complex emotions that erupted the moment it sensed the presence of the Great Black Devouring Dragon convinced Lin Lin that he could not possibly be mistaken.

He didn't try to stop the scales from sticking to his body. He simply took out a Dispelling Fruit and swallowed it. Then he slowly walked towards the little black dragon that was sitting there quietly, not doing anything except releasing scales.

"Jump?"

Lin Lin called out softly.

The black dragon in front of her let out a low whimper and collapsed to the ground. Yoko saw that it seemed to be breathing heavily.

Lin Lin quickly approached, took out a handful of life powder from his prop bag, and sprinkled it directly at the Black Corrosion Dragon in front of him.

Then, without stopping, he took out bottles of recovery potions and walked up to the head of the Black Devouring Dragon:

"Open your mouth and drink the medicine."

So the Black Dragon obediently opened its mouth, allowing Lin Lin to pour bottle after bottle of bitter medicine into it.

After doing all this, Lin Lin casually tossed the empty bottle aside, reached out and touched its head. The cool, smooth scales seemed to carry endless darkness, swallowing all the light that fell upon them, leaving only endless darkness.

Looking at Tiaotiao, whose appearance had changed drastically, Lin Lin opened and closed his mouth repeatedly, wanting to say so much, but in the end, he could only let out a sigh.

Ye Zi walked to Lin Lin's side, looked at the familiar scene of humans and dragons living in harmony, and remained silent for a moment:

"So...this really is Jumpy? But how did it turn out like this?"

How did a yellow Velocidrome transform into a completely unrelated Black Eclipse Dragon?

"It's probably because of the mad dragon virus infection..."

Lin Lin said this, but his tone was not certain, because in his impression, only the scales scattered by the Heavenly Returning Dragon contained reproductive cells, and new Black Erosion Dragons would be born from the remains of monsters that died from infection with the Mad Dragon Virus. However, this was quite different from the situation of Jump Jump in front of him.

The guild has only recently discovered the Black Eclipse Dragon, and the Heavenly Return Dragon should not have been born yet. The condition of reproductive cells is not met. The new Black Eclipse Dragon and the original monster infected with the virus should not theoretically have the same consciousness. However, the invisible yet real and solid bond clearly tells him that the Black Eclipse Dragon in front of him is Jumpy.

"I'm sorry, I didn't protect you well. You must have suffered a lot..."

Looking at the numerous wounds covering Tiaotiao's body, Lin Lin couldn't help but sigh again.

Jump quietly lay on the ground, having just woken up from his sleep, when he was brutally beaten by Thousand Blade Dragon. He tried his best to quickly familiarize himself with his somewhat unfamiliar body after the changes under the high pressure, but the price was that he was beaten black and blue.

Having finally found a chance to escape, it crashed halfway due to exhaustion, wing injury, and the stumbling of its first flight, only to encounter the same Black Devouring Dragon that had easily defeated it before.

Fortunately, the leader happened to be there as well. Although the change in vision made him appear as a small, red figure that seemed somewhat unfamiliar, Jumpy recognized him immediately because of their long-standing familiarity. This allowed Jumpy to cooperate with him and find an opportunity to defeat the Black Devouring Dragon.

Now that she was back by her leader's side, she felt a sense of relief. Coupled with her physical exhaustion and pain, all she wanted to do was sleep soundly. Hearing Lin Lin's murmur, she couldn't help but doze off, letting out two soft whimpers as a response.

I was a bit tired after fighting these two matches right after waking up, but thankfully that energy transformed and strengthened my body, otherwise these two matches would have been very dangerous...

Yes, while this scale-sensing ability is 360 degrees without any blind spots, the changes in vision are still a bit hard to get used to. It would be great if we could regain our sight while also retaining this scale-sensing ability...

With a jumble of random thoughts running through her mind, Tiaotiao finally drifted off to sleep.

(End of this chapter)