Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

The counterattacking giant ax landed squarely on the nose of the dragon.

Although its body is covered with carrion and spores of mold, making the entire dragon look like a highly decomposed corpse, this is actually just an appearance. The corpse dragon is different from the monsters that are affected by its miasma and turn into living corpses. .

It is a living creature in the full sense of the word, so naturally it does not have the characteristics of a living corpse that ignores pain and injury.

The hot ax blade cut through its dry scalp, and the strange feeling along the ax handle made Feng Ying feel hairy all over.

Under the scales of most monsters, there is relatively soft flesh, followed by harder bones.

But the corpse dragon is different. The first thing the ax blade smashes is the carrion wrapped around the body of the corpse dragon, as well as the mold and sporangia that grow on the carrion.

The sticky feeling with the sound of adhesion is disgusting, and under the attachment is the cortex that is close to the skull.

There is almost no flesh and blood on the head of the corpse dragon, just like a dry skeleton wrapped in rotten skin.

However, the monster in front of me was disgusting, but the meat quality was still very good.

Feng Ying felt that she had chopped off the heads of many ancient dragons, and this guy was definitely among the most fragile.

"Giuyaa——!" the Corpse Dragon screamed in pain.

The severe pain and impact that it rarely had the opportunity to taste made it unable to stop leaning back.

When Feng Ying saw this, she didn't take advantage of the sword. Instead, she immediately dismantled her sword and shield and set up a large shield to guard all the gods.

That's just ordinary monsters. Those powerful and dangerous monsters, as well as various ancient dragons, often have extremely strong toughness.

Especially in the early stages of the battle when you have sufficient energy and are in good physical condition.

Take the Nergigante that we fought against not long ago as an example. Even if we force a strong attack to expose its flaws, we must not be careless.

The so-called "flaw" may not be considered an opportunity at all. If you attack rashly, there is a high probability of encountering a violent counterattack.

Do you think I, Feng Ying, am a newbie? I won't be fooled!

Feng Ying was ready to release Worm Silk and perform fully charged defense.

I'll catch your counterattack, charge the energy and release the super solution to strike back again!

She had a good plan, but she watched the corpse dragon stumble back two steps, shook its head to catch its breath, and then regained its footing, staring warily at herself who was maintaining a defensive posture.

Feng Ying: "."

You've exceeded my expectations.

Feng Ying released her defensive posture and rushed forward, preparing to approach again, but just when she was about to reach the corpse dragon.

The Corpse Dragon suddenly spread its wings and took advantage of the situation to retreat about ten meters. From a conventional perspective, this was a very common retreating action.

But in the next moment, the low-lying corpse dragon burst forward at a high speed that was inconsistent with its usual behavior like a snake preying on prey.

Even in the process of charging, Feng Ying, who had never completely put down her shield, immediately stopped and released Worm Silk to enter a fully charged defense.

With such a fast short-distance dragon car, it is too late to slide and roll to avoid it. Carrying it hard is the only way to deal with it.

"boom!"

A huge force struck, and the roots of the worm threads that had penetrated the ground were broken.

With this collision, Feng Ying's defensive posture was almost broken, and she was almost thrown away by the Corpse Dragon.

Thanks to the thick and heavy defense armor that stabilized the center, the dragon car was barely blocked, but it still slid back several meters, unable to launch an immediate counterattack.

"What the hell kind of power is this?!"

Feng Ying, whose arms were numb and numb, and whose chest was tight, cursed secretly.

To be honest, it is not surprising that the ancient dragon has this level of attack power, but the problem is that the zombie dragon has always felt slow and weak before. Its physical strength is not worth mentioning, and its entire strength is in controlling miasma.

This is indeed what Master Gordon said.

But the sudden burst of power almost caused him to overturn the car. This feeling was like seeing an old man suffering from arthritis who can't walk steadily. He came up and knocked you to the ground with a heavy punch.

"Sure enough, the ancient dragon species is the ancient dragon species." Feng Ying slowly exhaled and put away the contempt that had appeared in her heart for only a few seconds.

She decided to change tactics.

This corpse dragon has a bit of a "nervous knife" feel. One moment, it was hit by an ax and retreated continuously, almost falling down. The next moment, it rushed into the dragon carriage at a fast pace, almost killing itself.

It would be very difficult to confront such an opponent head-on, and a lot of experience in dealing with ordinary monsters would not apply to it at all.

A guerrilla approach may be more appropriate.

Feng Ying inserted the sword into the shield again, and the energy accumulated in the bottle when fully charged for defense was completely introduced into the shield, completely opening the red shield, and then activated the mechanism to turn on the high-voltage backfill device (chainsaw).

The corpse dragon bites again.

Feng Ying, who had turned on the high-pressure back-fill slash, couldn't dismantle the weapon anymore, so she used a shield to block the attack. She threw out the flying insect at the moment when the fangs were about to touch her, pulled the thread to use the force, and jumped into a three or four-meter-high tree. Mid-air.

Before the empty corpse dragon could react, Feng Ying had already slashed down with the giant ax that rotated at high speed.

"Zi——!"

Amidst the sharp sound of high-speed friction of machinery, the shield ax struck the largest spore sac on the head of the corpse dragon.

Different from the powerful power in one go when liberating various attributes, the shield ax in the high-pressure backfill state focuses on continuous destruction.

The high-speed rotating ax blade is like a hacksaw pulling back and forth, repeatedly cutting through the sporangia and hyphae that are not even strong in the first place.

The miasmatic spore mist and fragments of mycelium scattered in all directions, and in the blink of an eye, a large piece of the vesicle-like substance covering the entire head of the Corpse Dragon was torn apart.

The Corpse Dragon roared and shook its head. Feng Ying, who had jumped to the ground, strode forward and struck with another blow and a vertical slash.

The destructive power of the shield ax in the high-pressure backfill state is amazing. She does not need to exert much force at all. As long as the high-speed rotating ax blade touches the monster, it can continue to cause damage.

At the same time, she maintained a high degree of concentration and carefully observed every movement and change of the corpse dragon's limbs.

Seeing the corpse dragon's body pressing down slightly, she immediately threw out the flying insect and flew several meters to the side.

The corpse dragon that tried to bite its opponent failed.

"Drink!"

Feng Ying, who successfully dodged, staggered her steps, turned around, and swung the round ax with a powerful horizontal slash, hitting the side of the corpse dragon's face.

"Zizzi——!"

Another large piece of vesicle was torn into pieces and flew away, revealing the terrifying pupil of the corpse dragon covered under the spore sac.

Its eye sockets were dark and deep, like a rotten and empty black hole. Only the faint yellow light shining in it proved that its eyes still existed.

Adjusting her position according to the inertia of swinging the giant ax, Feng Ying struck again with a diagonal slash.

Perhaps because the obstruction of the sporangium was removed and part of its vision restored, the sarcopterygium's reaction was slightly faster than before.

It retracted its snake-like head and neck, moved its limbs, and moved back.

At the same time, the huge spore sac located on its chest expanded and contracted violently, and the next second, blue-gray smoke composed of thick spore mist and miasma spewed out from its mouth.

It shook its head from side to side and breathed out, while constantly retreating.

The rapidly spreading spores and miasma completely enveloped the hunter.

Ps. That’s it for today orz. I’ll celebrate my dad’s birthday tonight.

I've seen it happen more than once before jumping back onto a dragon carriage. It's inconspicuous but its power is a bit scary. This move is okay in the Miasma Valley, but it's really annoying in the Ancient Tree Forest. There's no place to hide in the narrow terrain.