Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 468 The old gods are dead, new gods shall rise!
Forced to flee in panic under the onslaught of Jump Jump, the Insect-Manipulating Stick stuck in the joint at the base of its right wing greatly restricted the range of motion and power of its wing claws. In order to maintain flight stability, the Sky Returning Dragon also dared not swing its left wing too much.

Therefore, when it discovered that the strange-looking brown whale in the air was rushing straight towards it, even though it sensed something was wrong and tried its best to flap its wings and turn its body, it still couldn't completely avoid it. The whale's round head slammed into its chest and abdomen, and the sharp spear in the fish's mouth also cut through the protective scales on the Tianhui Dragon's abdomen, tearing a bloody gash on its skin.

The impact caused the Tianhuilong to lose its balance for a moment. It instinctively swung its left wing claw, which gripped the head of the giant whale tightly. The sharp claw easily left three large holes in the whale's head.

Just as Tianhuilong was about to use the momentum to readjust his posture, his gaze fell upon a small black figure behind the round fish-wooden head, its claws gripping a wooden pole wrapped with cloth for anti-slip purposes.

"Hey meow!"

Before it could react, the pressure steam, which had been accumulating in the cabin for a long time, finally found an outlet as the wooden rod was pulled, propelling the steel spear to spin at high speed and strike out in an instant.

The power of steel and steam easily tore through the ancient dragon's scales and skin, piercing through the belly of the Heavenly Dragon, penetrating flesh and organs, and then slamming violently against the spine inside.

The Heavenly Dragon let out a shrill scream. The intense pain almost overwhelmed all its senses, causing all its strength to dissipate. Its talons could no longer grip the bow of the Isana, and its body was pulled from the Dragonslayer Spear by gravity, falling helplessly downwards.

This powerful strike was not without its cost. The collision of the spearhead with the ancient dragon bone caused the Isana, which was high in the sky, to shake violently. The members of the guild had prepared for the impact, and although they were shaken around and felt dizzy, they were ultimately unharmed. However, Rial, who was standing at the bow of the ship, had nothing to hold onto for stability except for the activation mechanism of the Dragonslayer Spear that she had just pulled. Her petite body was thrown into the air.

"Got you, meow!"

Just as Niaru watched her body grow further and further away from the bow of the ship, and could only close her eyes in despair, awaiting the end of her descent into the abyss, a furry paw grabbed her arm, causing her to open her eyes in astonishment.

"Date Senior?!"

Nia was initially delighted, but then she was startled when she realized that their bodies were still falling at high speed.

Oh no! The date palm sacrificed itself to save itself!
"Don't panic, meow! Grab me, or you'll get swept away by the gusts of wind, meow!"

Compared to Nia's helplessness, Date appeared quite calm. Its gaze was fixed on the falling Sky Returning Dragon, and its hands moved swiftly as it pulled a cloak-like garment from its backpack and draped it over its shoulders.

After donning this garment, it did not continue to fall like the falling rocks. Instead, it seemed as if a pair of wing membranes had grown on its body. The invisible and intangible chaotic air currents in the high sky only became an aid for it to soar through the sky.

—This is a gliding suit that it and Lin Lin researched together when they were teaching Da Kong to fly. It has been updated and replaced several times since then, and now it has finally come in handy in battle.

Nia hugged Date tightly, while Date focused on controlling her hands, adjusting to the feeling of soaring in the air.

Thanks to her previous experience riding the Sky and Jumping Flight, Date quickly adjusted her senses, her body swaying with the wind as she chased after the direction where the Heavenly Dragon had fallen.

"call--"

The terrain of Sky Mountain has an extremely terrifying elevation difference. From the time the dragon was shot down to the time the dragon actually landed, more than ten seconds had passed. The impact of the terrifying gravitational potential energy conversion was something that even an ancient dragon's body could not easily withstand.

However, the long fall time also gave the Tenkai Dragon a chance to adjust its body. Although it was no longer able to flap its wings, it managed to adjust back to a gliding posture two seconds before landing, thus mitigating some of the impact of the fall.

"Boom!"

As the Heavenly Returning Dragon glided and plummeted, its weakened state rendered it powerless to slow down. It tumbled and rolled across the ground, carving a furrow dozens of meters long. Ancient dragon blood splattered everywhere, staining the entire rocky platform a shocking dark red.

Even so, the Heavenly Dragon did not die. It struggled to support its body with its wing claws, trying to get up again.

"They're still alive, cat?"

Date was greatly surprised. As expected of the Elder Dragon Cat, it could still be so tenacious after taking a Dragon Piercer shot and having such a big bloody hole pierced through its entire abdomen.

But Nialu, who was clinging tightly to its leg, vaguely sensed that something was amiss:
"Senior Date, don't you feel like the sky has gotten a little gloomy, meow?"

"No, it's not a cloudy day, it's scales."

Before Nia Lu could even turn around after hearing the sound, she and Date were grabbed by a winged claw and placed on her shoulder—it was Jump, which had successfully caught up with Lin Lin under his guidance.

On Tiaotiao's back, Lin Lin's expression was very solemn:

"We must fight quickly!"

While the intense dragon-attribute energy can affect the abilities of the ancient dragon, it can only last for a very short time. After the battle with Jumpy, the power of the Heavenly Returning Dragon has begun to recover. The longer the time drags on, the more fully its power will recover.

As the saying goes, time is of the essence, and delay may lead to unforeseen changes. Lin Lin did not want to try and see how much the dying Tianhui Dragon could still unleash the power of the Mad Dragon. He just wanted to kill this guy immediately.

Sensing Lin Lin's thoughts, Tiao Tiao's wings flapped violently again, and its flight speed soared once more. Like a meteor, it descended from the sky and, before Tian Huilong could struggle to get up from the ground, a Taishan meteorite crashed down on its left wing claw that was supporting its body.

Having suffered another heavy blow, the Heavenly Returning Dragon was extremely weak. It didn't even have the strength to swing its wings and claws to throw Jump Jump away. It could only barely control the power of the mad dragon within its body, condensing and compressing it in its mouth—it was beginning its final struggle.

Even though it was destined to be killed, it was unwilling to let the enemy win the final victory. It would concentrate and compress all its power, and at the cost of its own body, use the Mad Dragon Dust to trigger a huge explosion that could destroy everything.

Jumping onto Tiaotiao's back, Lin Lin leaped down, enduring the pain in his body, and stabbed Tianhuilong's eye with a knife. Ye Zi, on the other hand, jumped up and landed on Tianhuilong's back, reaching out to grab her Shadow Spider Staff and stirring the festering wound with all her might.

"laugh!"

The blade pierced his eye socket, and blood gushed out, but Tianhuilong seemed oblivious, continuing to gather all his energy, with dark purple flames spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Jumping down, it suppressed the Sky Dragon's wing claws, not giving it a chance to get up. At the same time, one of its own wing claws viciously dug into the wound on the Sky Dragon's abdomen that had been torn open by the Dragon Piercer, tearing at its flesh and internal organs. However, this only slightly slowed down the mad dragon virus condensing in the Sky Dragon's mouth.

"Drink!" Ye Zi also became ruthless, directly pulling out the Shadow Spider Staff. Without even looking at the rotten flesh covered with a layer of bluish-white powder, she rushed to the head of the Heavenly Return Dragon and fiercely stabbed it into the eye socket that Lin Lin had just blinded.

The Shadow Spider Staff, because its material uses the Shadow Spider's Sleeping Bag, continuously releases hypnotic dust when attacking. During the long time it was stuck in the back of the Elder Dragon, it continuously injected hypnotic dust into the Elder Dragon's body. However, due to the Elder Dragon's powerful body, it did not have any significant effect.

However, at this moment, with Tianhuilong on the verge of death and extremely weak, the long-standing hypnotic dust finally took effect along with the knife that pierced Tianhuilong's eye socket.

At this moment, Tianhuilong could no longer feel any pain. Its body felt light and airy, as if it were lying in a cloud. It was as if the powerful enemy that had been chasing it never existed, and as if it had been living a carefree life in the mountains and fields ever since it completed its transformation.

Tianhuilong's consciousness continued to sink into a daze. The raging dragon power within his body, which was close to boiling, gradually calmed down due to the loss of his conscious control. Even the highly condensed and compressed dust in his mouth continued to dissipate from his mouth as Tianhuilong's control continued to decline, darkening the entire surrounding world.

"call--"

In its final moments, it fell asleep.

Yoko released the insect stick and took two steps back, thinking that she was finally dead.

However, Jump Jump extended its bright red claws and grabbed the insect club still stuck in the eye socket of the Heavenly Returning Dragon. It paused for a moment, and then suddenly slammed down.

"Click"

Under the immense force of the attack, the Insect Glaive, which Yoko had only crafted two days prior, emitted an ominous cracking sound. The entire Insect Glaive was completely embedded in Tenkai Ryu's head, with the tail almost completely piercing Tenkai Ryu's left eye. The blade emerged from Tenkai Ryu's right eye, along with the brain in the center, utterly shredded into pieces.

With this, Tianhuilong's already weak and fluctuating breathing completely stopped.

The Heavenly Dragon has been successfully defeated!

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!"

Leaping wing claws tread on the corpse of the Heavenly Returning Dragon, it raised its head and let out a high-pitched roar towards the sky, proclaiming its heroic feat of defying the gods.

The jet-black, feather-like wing membranes fluttered wildly around Jumpy in the gale, as if embracing the birth of a new god.

"Click"

"Click"

The Black Eclipse Dragon, head held high and roaring, stretched its body to the fullest extent, its black scales constantly cracking with a crisp sound. In the darkness, a golden light shone out, as dazzling as a newborn sun.

"Click-clack"

Finally, with a sudden jolt, the black scales that bound Jumpy shattered and scattered on the ground. An ancient dragon, with a body shape extremely similar to before but a completely different color and possessing unparalleled divinity, was reborn on the remains of the old god.

"hold head high--"

Jump once again raised its head and let out a loud roar. Compared to before, this voice was less muddy and more majestic, and it seemed to have great penetrating power.

After a roar, the entire Sky Mountain fell silent.

Even the relentless winds that howl through the mountains year after year seemed to fear the divine power and paused briefly.

Nia's eyes widened as she involuntarily held her breath in the face of the overwhelming pressure emanating from Jumpy—an instinct stemming from her genes to avoid a powerful threat to her life.

"Jump it... and it turns golden, meow..."

Date was also shocked. Jump's change was completely unexpected. They had just finished a hard battle and were all exhausted and ready to pack up and rest, but Jump suddenly changed without warning.

"but……"

Date's gaze lingered between Jump Jump's body and the corpse of the Heavenly Returning Dragon beneath its feet. Why did it seem that the Heavenly Returning Dragon that Jump Jump had transformed into was much brighter in color than the one they had just fought so hard against?
The body of the dead Tianhui Dragon has a cold, white-gold color, while the scales on Tiaotiao's body are more of a dazzling golden color, shining brightly in the sunlight.

Ye Zi was also slightly startled by Tiao Tiao's change. She subconsciously took a closer look at Tiao Tiao before turning her gaze back to the insect rod that was inserted into the head of the Tianhui Dragon's corpse. Her voice sounded somewhat aggrieved:
"My new stick..."

Judging from the small portions showing at both ends, this newly acquired insectarium was 100% broken. This was devastating damage, just like Lin Lin's horned dragon weapon, which was completely ruined...

In comparison, Lin Lin was probably the most unperturbed.

After all, he had anticipated this. After defeating the Heavenly Returning Dragon, Jump, having lost the suppression of its active scale powder and received ample nutrition, rapidly grew to the limit of the Black Erosion Dragon and was definitely the first to complete its transformation.

Perhaps the only thing he hadn't expected was how quickly this transformation happened; it was almost as if Tianhuilong had just breathed his last, and the next moment Tiaotiao began his transformation.

Perhaps, at the moment Tenmai Dragon died, all the scales it scattered instantly lost their activity.
As Lin Lin was pondering, he noticed that Tiao Tiao, who had just roared loudly, lowered its head and stared intently at him. Those eyes were different from the orange-red eyes of the previous Tianhui Dragon; its eyes were a brighter amber color with a hint of gold.

Locked in by Tiaotiao's gaze, Lin Lin felt no sense of being targeted by the powerful ancient dragon, because he believed that given his relationship with Tiaotiao, it would be impossible for it to harm him.

The next moment, he was caught by Jumpy's outstretched wing claws.

Jumping used its two wing claws to grab Lin Lin, who looked like a little chick, and placed it in front of itself. It kept rubbing its head against Lin Lin, and when it was happy, it couldn't help but stick out its tongue and smear Lin Lin with saliva.

I absolutely love it!
(End of this chapter)