Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Perhaps because of its serious injury, the Ice Curse Dragon's flying speed was not too fast.

Although it was impossible to catch up with the interceptors at the speed of the Acid Pterosaur, it was not easy for the Ice Dragon to completely escape them with the scent of dyed fruit in the air.

Taking a deep breath, Feng Ying felt a little nostalgic.

There is a custom of domesticating Fumu rabbits in the Land of Fire, and there is never any need to use dye balls or dye bombs.

This made her "run away from home" without any training in this area.

During that time in Minagard, Master Gordon and the others spent a lot of effort training her to recognize the smell of dyed fruits.

Although I haven't been exposed to it for several years, the slightly pungent smell is still firmly etched in my mind.

In this way, the hunters rode the pterosaurs, starting from the large lava lake in the core area of ​​the lava canyon, and pursued all the way to the edge of the volcanic zone, where it meets the ancient tree forest.

As we gradually move away from the geothermal cracks and lava rivers that can be seen everywhere in the lava canyon, the heat flow rising in the air disappears, the surrounding temperature continues to decrease, and the humidity in the air continues to increase.

The shadows of the trees floating in sight are pleasing to the eye, and the wind blowing on the face is particularly cool.

But the hunters were not happy.

For them, the extremely hot and dry harsh environment of the volcanic zone is naturally a problem, but isn't that a restriction for the ice dragon?

In a harsh environment, fighting an ancient dragon whose abilities are severely weakened, or in a relatively comfortable environment, fighting an ice dragon that can freely use its frost abilities?

They would rather choose the former.

"唳——!"

Facing the relentless pursuit of the hunters, the ice dragon flying high in the sky let out an angry scream, flapped its wings, flipped dexterously, and swooped towards the hunters.

"Spread out! Descend!" Hayata shouted immediately.

Amid the exclamations of the hunters, the acid pterosaurs flew away in panic.

The only good thing is that in order to deal with the emergency situation when the ice dragon suddenly turns around and attacks, they always maintain a height of tens of meters above the ground and fly at low altitude.

It can land quickly without being left hanging in the air, unable to withstand attacks.

"Fengying, be careful! It's heading towards you!" Hayata shouted as a reminder, predicting the Ice Dragon's dive route.

Feng Ying pulled the rope hard and tried to control the acid pterosaur to turn sharply.

However, the Ice Dragon's flying posture is frighteningly flexible. Its body length is almost ten times that of the Acid Pterosaur, and its turning movements are even more dexterous than the latter's.

The sharp claws that resembled those of a raptor were opened wide, and they were about to envelop Feng Ying and the Sour Pterosaur together.

Just when the claws were about to close, Feng Ying decisively released the hook lock, fell off the Acid Pterosaur, and fell downwards.

The acid pterosaur, which couldn't escape, only had time to let out a scream, and then it turned into a bloody and broken corpse under the ice dragon's claws.

This pair of sharp claws may be slightly powerless against the armor of the Explosive Broken Dragon, but they pose a fatal threat to pterosaurs or creatures the size of humans.

The Ice Dragon threw away the body of the Acid Pterosaur, turned over, and continued to pursue Feng Ying, who was in free fall.

It knew very well that the life or death of the Acid Pterosaur was irrelevant. The only ones that could really threaten it were the hunters who couldn't fly.

Facing the attacking ice dragon, Feng Ying was very calm.

She even felt lucky that the Ice Dragon chose her as the target to attack, and not Hayata or Aiden.

Because only she has the confidence to escape from the desperate situation in front of her.

Facing the sharp claws that once again enveloped her, Feng Ying waved her hands at the last moment and released the flying insects. Under the pulling of the insect threads, she changed direction in the air and flew a certain distance.

Once again, he narrowly avoided the Ice Dragon's attack.

The Ice Dragon obviously did not expect that the flightless human being could change direction in the air. When he tried to adjust his posture again to pursue, he found that it was too late.

At this time, the distance between it and the ground was less than ten meters. Based on its weight and size, this height was almost the same as being close to the ground.

If it fails to change from its dive stance in time, it will fall to the ground in a second or two at most.

"Hey——!"

Letting out an unwilling scream, the Ice Dragon waved its wings to slow down.

Feng Ying took this opportunity to continue falling to the ground. When she was the last few meters away from the ground, she released the flying insect again to release its force and landed steadily.

There was no time to relax. After landing, Feng Ying immediately pulled out her sword and shield axe, and looked up into the sky.

Her caution was correct. The Ice Dragon, which failed in two consecutive attacks, quickly adjusted its posture and attacked her again.

This time, it's not a claw strike, but a more threatening tail sting.

Not long ago, Feng Ying heard Hayata and Ted describe the dangers of this move. It might be possible to catch it head-on, but there was a risk of the shield being pierced.

So she turned sideways, inserted the sword into the shield at the same time, supported the transforming shield with both hands, and faced the incoming ice blade tail.

The extremely sharp ice blade tail grazed the shield surface diagonally, sparking a series of sparks. Feng Ying pursed her lips and deflected the shield surface to release the force, causing the ice blade tail to pierce the ground beside her.

Feng Ying, who completed precise defense, was unscathed.

Immediately afterwards, she used the impact from the shield to quickly complete the switch of weapon forms, and struck the Ice Dragon suspended in mid-air with a high-output attribute Liberation Slash.

The heavy ax blade fell on the Ice Dragon's claws. Those glazed scales resisted some of the damage, but a bloody wound was still opened.

The ice dragon screamed angrily, pulled back its tail, twirled its body, and attacked the hunter with its wing claws.

Feng Ying chuckled, her steps staggered, and she spun in sync with the Ice Dragon.

He used a turning slash to dismantle the giant axe, and while turning it back into a sword and shield, he held the shield forward and once again met the attack with precise defense.

Since there was no time to accumulate energy to activate the red shield in the future, and the ice dragon's wing attack brought the power of body rotation, the force was solid, and Feng Ying was shocked and jumped away.

But still no harm was done.

Before the ice armor melted and the ability to release extremely cold frost was restored, the Ice Dragon could not even break through Feng Ying's defense with only physical attacks.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

One after another, flame bombs were fired from a distance, falling on the ice dragon's body, exploding countless flames and sparks.

Aiden, who landed smoothly, launched fire support.

In this transition zone between volcanoes and dense forests, the vegetation is relatively sparse, and the few large trees that exist can serve as bunkers without disturbing the shooting range too much. It is a good battlefield for shooters.

Hayata also held the sword at an angle and rushed from the side. While launching an attack with all his strength, he shouted loudly: "Xianglan! Arrange a stopping insect cage to prevent it from taking off again!

Don't give it a chance to breathe, deal with it right here! "

"Yes, meow!"

Seeing that her companions were all in place, Feng Ying, who was originally biased towards defensive maneuvers, immediately changed her style, brandishing her sword and taking the initiative to bully them.

Before it could chop a few times, the ice dragon diverted its attention from Hayata's continuous attacks. It turned towards the latter and roared angrily, waving its sharp claws and ice blade tail one after another, launching a counterattack.

Hayata had no intention of temporarily avoiding the sharp edge. He slashed with the sharp blade and saw it cut. Iai took turns using it to attack him.

Feng Ying's eyes twitched and she continued to swing her sword.

She knew that Hayata was helping her share the pressure and creating opportunities for her to accumulate energy and activate the Red Shield and Red Sword.

But on the other hand, before completing all preparations and giving the Ice Dragon a serious blow, she was afraid that she would not be able to win back the former's attention.