Monster life starting from picking up materials

"what happened?"

"I was wondering why I couldn't see any lightning bugs. There were clearly bite marks from lightning bugs on the trees."

"The fog is getting thicker ahead."

"Let's bypass this hazy forest and head for a wider area. With all the activity in the ruined city making so much noise, there shouldn't be any monsters around."

At Hubble's suggestion, the group began to walk quickly towards the outer area where the fog was thinner.

"boom!"

"oops!"

"What's wrong?!"

Everyone turned around and saw Julius, who was at the end of the team, falling to the ground. His long snow-white hair fell to the ground, becoming a little gray.

Hubble helped Julius up, while the remaining hunters and compilers stood on both sides, alert to changes in the surroundings.

"Did you fall over a rock? Pay attention to the road."

Having said this, Hubble looked at the young hunter's feet and did not see any stones or tree roots.

"How is that possible? It's like something has tangled up my feet and is dragging me back!"

Julius retorted angrily, shaking his head to shake the dust out of his hair.

"Don't worry about it, just walk ahead of me."

After confirming that nothing could be seen clearly due to the fog, Hubble signaled the team to move forward, while he himself fell behind. Everyone quickly ran out of the foggy forest.

"what?!"

Hubble suddenly shouted loudly while running, and rolled over with his hands supporting the ground. He stretched out his palms to the peeling knife behind him and cut towards his feet.

The peeling knife passed over something soft, but before it could cut it open, it left behind a blocked feeling like a blunt knife cutting flesh, and the thing was pulled away at a rapid speed.

Without time to think, Hubble quickly let go of the stripping knife and grabbed the detached long rope-like object with his palm. He felt a strong pulling force that dragged him out.

Julius, who reacted immediately, leaped forward and hugged Hubble who was about to be dragged out, but the dragging force disappeared, only the speed slowed down a lot.

The remaining two people also reacted at this time and quickly pulled Julius, and the four of them together resisted the pulling force.

The dragging speed gradually slowed down until it stopped, and Hubble looked up and saw the young Xialong with his mouth open and the tip of his head facing him.

And the thing he was pulling in his hand was Xialong's long tongue.

In the young man Xialong's eyes, one circle was filled with astonishment, one circle was filled with embarrassment, and one circle was filled with panic.

"So it's you, this guy!"

Seeing that he had found the real culprit, Hubble let go of Xialong's long tongue, quickly drew out his sword, and slapped it across Xialong's forehead.

563

Chapter 563 What are you wearing? What are you wearing? ! !

"boom!"

The sword collided with Xia Bao's helmet. The impact of the collision was mitigated by the helmet, but the sound made it startled Xia Bao.

He looked at the terrifying upright apes surrounding him, and deeply understood that these guys, which were not as big as the Blue Speed Dragon, were much more powerful than the Blue Speed Dragon.

The long tongue was swung with venom, and the purple streak forced back the hunters in front of him. Xia Bao turned around and ran without hesitation.

"Hey! You're running away already? You didn't do that last time!"

Seeing Xialong's figure blurring and disappearing in the mist, Hubble was stunned for a moment. He put away his weapon, took out a rag, and wiped off the venom that splashed in front of him.

"Aren't we going to chase?"

Julius swung the two swords in his hands, crouched down and took a backhanded ghost stance, as if he was quite regretful about being dragged to the ground.

"Don't chase after it, kid. This young Xia Dragon has been following the Yan Fei Dragon. Maybe the Yang Yan Dragon and his wife are nearby. That would be interesting. We should just observe and not get involved."

Hubble narrowed his eyes as he looked in the direction where Xialong fled, trying to determine whether he had really left.

"Another point worth noting is the helmet-like steel plate on his head. I remember the mission report from Qianjian Mountain mentioned that he took a horned dragon shell from a hunter and used it as his... uh, helmet?"

The compiler's tone was a little strange, and he gestured with his hands above his head, which was a little funny.

"Yes, the helmet. I can go back and have a good laugh at the hunters who were robbed by the Xialong, and the hunters who couldn't drive him away for a long time during the subsequent missions."

Hubble laughed heartily and without hesitation.

"No, I mean his new helmet. It's not the horned dragon armor described, but two curved pieces of steel with monster hide added on top."

The compiler did not laugh along, but just spread his hands and began to analyze seriously.

"The description is very close to the armor we are wearing?"

Hubble stopped laughing, his expression became a little serious, he stopped interrupting and seriously recalled what was on Xialong's head.

"The description is quite fitting, monster material plus metal, but the shape doesn't look like it at all."

"It's a very rough creation, it doesn't look like it was made by humans."

"I even saw rust marks on the steel."

Julius and another hunter added to their observations.

"Then who did it to him?"

Although it was a question, Hubble looked in the direction of the investigation target - the ruins city.

"Let's continue our mission and find out who is manipulating the ruins city."

Everyone quickened their pace again and headed towards the direction of the ruined city.

"Let's not talk about those complicated things. I'm actually curious about the logic behind that Xialong attacking us twice. Was it simply trying to entangle our legs and drag us down?"

Monsters' behavioral logic is often primitive and simple, and their reasons for fighting are inseparable from expelling threats, competing for mates and territory, hunting, or instinctive rage.

But upon closer inspection, the behavior of the young man Xialong does not quite match any of the above scenarios.

"I think it's just for fun. This young Xialong is like a very curious child. If I had the chance, I would really like to have some fun with him."

Hubble said, giving a perfect uncle smile.

"After all, an ancient dragon with a long lifespan would rarely experience such a curious phase. Our lives are so insignificant compared to theirs. If we can leave a deep impression on an ancient dragon and be remembered by it, perhaps it will be more difficult to forget than a legend, right?"

Xia Bao did not leave completely, but hid in the foggy forest and secretly observed the hunters' activities.

The Xialong armor skin on the helmet actually did not serve any auxiliary camouflage function, but the clever Xiabao had other ways.

That is walking backwards and sideways.

Xialong's invisibility is never some unrealistic transparency, and the vision of creatures is only one side. He can hide his head with a helmet that cannot be camouflaged behind the camouflaged body and wings, so creatures in a single direction cannot see his helmet.

As the group got closer to the location of the ruined city, the ground began to tremble slightly.

They found a high ground and climbed up the trees, where they could clearly see the huge ruined city wandering not far away.

"Wow……"

"what happened?"

"I just want to express my feelings. It's quite different from what I remembered. But it is indeed the same one. At least a lot of the materials are the same."

Hubble replied.

"What's different? Those shells? They look like the limbs of a scorpion crab?"

The compiler held up a telescope and carefully observed the moving ruins.

"It's the shells. They weren't like this before. So, those debris in the distance and this old mountain dragon skull all came from the same crab?"

The one who answered the compiler was Julius, who had been here with his master two years ago and whose memory was even clearer than Hubble's.

"Apparently, a slug crab died here."

The fortress crab is a very dangerous monster. Although it is not an ancient dragon, its threat is far greater than the floating dragon that appeared some time ago.

Most of the fortresses built by Dongdoruma in the mountains are located on the fixed activity routes of the fortress crabs, and some are even built just to prevent the fortress crabs.

When facing the claws of fortress crabs and strong acid, the fortress was also just a consumable. It was not until the advancement of technology and the improvement of hunting skills in recent years that this situation improved.

"Was it done by the Yangyan Dragon couple, or the Dark Lantern Dragon? But what connection does that have with Ge Mantis?"

Hubble let out a long sigh. He was only investigating the situation in the abandoned city, but the situation suddenly became complicated.

The situation is so complicated that if they have any sense of responsibility, they cannot just take a look at the situation in the ruins and go back home. They must at least compile a detailed investigation report.

"Let's start with the operator of the abandoned city. We'll spread out and gather clues. Gather here at sunset. If there's any danger, use smoke bombs to evacuate. In an emergency, use signal flares. The compiler's words—"

Camp here or join us?

Before Hubble finished speaking, the compiler spoke:

"I can act on my own. Although I'm not as good as you hunters, don't underestimate the quality of the top talents in the industry."

"Okay, and everyone, please pay attention to your props. Don't let that guy steal them."

Although no one said who it was, everyone knew that there was a guy nearby who would steal people's props.

The crowd dispersed and went in various directions to collect clues.

……

As time went by, when Ji Jie was about to leave the ruins city to find his wife and children, he sensed and searched the surroundings and finally discovered the activities of the hunters.

Through the golden cocoon, Ji Jie caught a glimpse of the figure peeping out of the forest with his naked eyes. Looking at the hunter's protective gear, the entire ruined city suddenly froze in place, unable to move.

What are you wearing?

That's my dead skin!!!

564

Chapter 564 The Pharaoh’s Empty Coffin.

Ji Jie then remembered that the cocoon he left at the bottom of the abyss had fluff on the outside and a large amount of relatively intact dead skin on the inside.

He also did not take his tail away from the Snake Emperor Dragon's esophagus, which he had taken out of the cocoon.

Now it seems that they have all been collected by hunters.

He was able to unlock the form by collecting materials, but he didn't expect that his materials would be collected by hunters and made into equipment.

Look... quite ethereal?

The veil wrapped around the original armor, and the ends were deliberately cut into flowing lines, reflecting the light with a layered sense of blue and pale.

More importantly, the person wearing it is an acquaintance, and I should be a familiar figure to him at this point.

Ji Jie stopped controlling Xu Cheng, and the silk thread passed over Xu Cheng's neck and came to Xu Cheng's back, staring at the bald man hiding in the woods.

The bright sunshine on the seashore shines on the body of the mantis, reflecting the glittering golden light. Its two pairs of mantis arms are intertwined, matching the gorgeous crown, making it look like an ancient ruler called Pharaoh from another world.

"That is."

Hubble's pupils shrank slightly and his eyes widened involuntarily.

Because he knew Ge Mantis who was standing on the top of the ruins city.

With this size and this ruined city, it is so dazzling, there is no way it can be wrong.

Back then, the ruined city was buried in the mountain and had not been active for a long time. The four of them all agreed that the Mantis King had died of old age, but they did not investigate. The fact that the ruined city was no longer active and was completely abandoned also verified this point.

Until the golden cocoon deep in the ruins of the city was peeled off by explorers later, they did not find the remains of Ge Mantis and brought the news back to Dongdoruma.

The abandoned city and the empty golden cocoon inside are like an empty coffin. The whereabouts of its owner are unknown, which makes people speculate endlessly.

Now, there is no need for speculation and rumors anymore, because the owner of the coffin has returned and is taking control of his ruined city again.

But if you think about it carefully, more speculations arise.

For example, the two appearances of the Mantis King were both near the node of the ancient dragon's crossing.

Does the appearance of the young Kasumi Dragon nearby mean that the Yangyan Dragon couple and the Dark Lantern Dragon are also here?

Looking at the golden Mantis King, the Dark Lantern Dragon really looks like a dark lantern guiding the souls of the dead to return home.

The man and the insect looked at each other. Ji Jie could feel Hubble's horror. He even forgot to hide. He stood up from the woods involuntarily, stunned.