Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Taking advantage of the ice dragon's attention being attracted by Feng Ying, Hayata quickly circled towards the side and rear of the ice dragon.

Noticing her movements, Aiden, who was sniping from a distance, also changed his position and came to a frontal position to minimize the Ice Dragon's attention to the rear.

Hayata's goal is very clear, which is to cut off the ice dragon's tail.

Inexperienced hunters often overlook the importance of tails and think tail docking is irrelevant.

Only when facing monsters with special organs in their tails, such as female fire dragons, will they attack the tail in a targeted manner.

In fact, the tail plays a vital role in maintaining balance and adjusting the center of gravity, especially for monsters with agile movements or heavy heads.

The Ice Dragon in front of me has a little bit of both.

Its claws are not strong enough and its teeth are not sharp enough. In close combat, the ice spear-like blade tail is its sharpest weapon.

At the same time, the Ice Dragon is good at flying. Its slender tail, which is almost longer than its entire body, plays a vital role in adjusting its flying attitude.

If it can be cut off, the threat level of the Ice Dragon, which is already seriously injured and is limited by the environment and cannot use its best ability of extreme cold breathing, will be further reduced.

That might be the final straw.

Arriving at the long tail of the ice dragon, Hayata's eyes flashed with blue light, he activated his courage state, and then threw a strange power pill into his mouth.

Xianglan also ran over and sprinkled a handful of ghost dust on her body.

Hayatana Sword Iai has completed a series of preparations. As the accumulated sword energy continues to be injected into the blade in the sheath, her aura is constantly increasing.

The preparations for Kamui Iai were about to be completed, but the harsh sword energy that could not be hidden finally attracted the attention of the Ice Dragon.

It turned its head sideways and glanced behind it.

Seeing this, Feng Ying immediately took the risk and launched a strong attack. She swung the heavy ax at the Ice Dragon's bloody chest with all her strength, trying to force it to fight back and cover Hayata to complete the attack.

However, the Ice Dragon is not one of those ordinary savage beasts that cares about its head but not its tail. It waved its wings and claws to resist Feng Ying's attack while swinging its long tail.

The spear-like ice blade tail swept across and slashed towards Hayata who was gaining momentum.

Facing this blow that broke through the wind, Hayata's expression remained normal, and he slid back the moment the ice blade tail was about to approach, letting the ice blade that was sharper and tougher than steel sweep past his eyes.

But the Ice Dragon's attack is not over yet.

The slender tail is like a ferocious snake. After the sweep misses, it immediately rises and stabs the hunter from top to bottom again.

This time, Hayata did not dodge.

The Ice Dragon's long tail is flexible and powerful, and keeping dodging will only cause her to miss the best opportunity to condense her sword energy to the limit.

"call--"

Breathing softly, Hayata raised his eyes. The flying dragon sword that should not have been unsheathed at this time popped out and was placed in front of him.

Aiden and Feng Ying, who were paying some attention to this place, couldn't help but feel it was a pity.

It's like the moment when the charged sword is about to be completed, a monster attack comes. It is a pity to interrupt the charged strike and switch to defense or dodge, but it is also a helpless move in order to save one's life.

However, what happened next shocked them.

After using the rigid energy blade to defend accurately and cut off the deadly ice blade tail, the red sword energy wrapped around Hayata's sword blade did not dissipate.

Hayata turned his wrist and the sword was sheathed again.

Under her extremely sophisticated control of "ki", the counterattack of Gang Qi Blade Slash actually did not interrupt Kamui Iai's preparations.

Before the Ice Dragon retracted its long tail, she slid again and adjusted her position and angle.

His eyes were fixed on the point where the ice blade formed of unbreakable ice meets the long tail, which is also the most slender part of the ice dragon's long tail.

The Flying Dragon Sword [Black Glory] was unsheathed again.

The sword energy and the blazing fire light intertwined with each other. In the flash of sword light, three consecutive swords landed at the same carapace gap almost at the same time.

Break the scales, cut the flesh, chop the bones.

The tail of the nearly two-meter-long ice blade broke off and flew to the ground, with its tip nearly halfway into the ground.

"Aaaaaa-!!!"

The tailbone is an extension of the spine and contains complex nerves.

The pain of having its long tail cut off with a sword caused the Ice Dragon to tremble violently. With the muscles all over its body twitching, its body tilted back uncontrollably and its ear-piercing screams pierced the sky.

Chance!

Feng Ying's eyes shone brightly, and she rushed forward quickly relying on the flying insects. In the blink of an eye, she arrived near the ice dragon's hind legs. She turned around and swung the giant ax horizontally, slashing hard at the ice dragon's hind legs.

Hayata made the same judgment as her, and her figure flashed forward, while turning around and swinging her blade.

Sakura air blade slash.

Kamui Iai exhausted her accumulated sword energy, and this sword failed to exert the power that Sakura Air Blade Slash should have, but she didn't care. In many cases, the timing of the attack was more important than the power.

The giant ax and the sword landed on one of the Ice Dragon's ankles at the same time, and the Ice Dragon fell to the ground before it had time to regain its balance.

The hunters were refreshed and launched an all-out attack.

Feng Ying quickly rushed back to the relatively fragile head and neck of the Ice Dragon, as if she wanted to cut off the Ice Dragon's head directly, using various high-power attribute liberating chops one after another.

Hayata, whose sword energy was exhausted and whose explosive power was limited, did not fight for the attack position with Fengying. She came to the dragon's wing and continuously slashed at the wing membrane, hoping to weaken the ice dragon's flying ability.

Aiden also flew to the side of the ice dragon, less than ten meters away.

This is the most suitable distance for firing shotguns, but shotguns can easily injure teammates. Therefore, this time, he used another special ammunition that Ancil rarely used, but was welcomed by many heavy crossbowmen of the Investigation Corps.

——Mechanical Dragon Bomb.

The extremely huge and extremely heavy machine dragon bullet drum was pressed into the crossbow chamber by him.

All that needs to be done next is to point the muzzle at the enemy and then squeeze the trigger.

"Chug tug tug tug"

The muzzle flame continued to spurt out, and countless cone-shaped projectiles turned into a steel storm, sweeping towards the Ice Dragon's abdomen.

Scales, fragments of warheads, blood and sparks were scattered everywhere.

The ammunition loaded into the Machine Dragon Bullet is actually the most common ordinary bullet. The destructive power of a single shot may not be impressive, but the accuracy and effective range are average.

But what comes at this price is an eye-popping rate of fire.

The full capacity of a mechanism dragon bullet drum is fifty bullets. As long as the trigger is pressed, all fifty crossbow bullets can be fired in just ten seconds.

It can almost be said that the evaluation of the heavy crossbow's insufficient burst has been reversed in one fell swoop.

Ancier doesn't use this, just because the harsh usage conditions of the Machine Dragon Bullet are not in line with his habits. When he needs to provide explosive firepower, there is a more suitable "Supernova" to choose from.

But not every heavy crossbowman can carry a few extremely expensive supernovas with him.

The large-capacity, well-managed and powerful Mechanical Dragon Bomb is the daily first choice for the heavy crossbowmen of most investigation teams.

Giant axes, tachis, fast-firing crossbows, and even the chains and cat swords of their hunting companions.

When the Ice Dragon tried its best to stand up again, most of its scales had been shattered, and its head, chest and abdomen, and wings were all scarred.

It panted heavily, and frosty white air spread out.

Logically speaking, the ice dragon, which was seriously injured, exhausted, and had exhausted its body's water reserves, was no longer a threat to the upper-level hunters.

But at this time, they all felt a certain sense of threat.

"Back off!" Feng Ying yelled.

The hunters immediately stopped attacking, put away their weapons, and flew back into the distance.

"唳——!"

The ice dragon spread its wings and let out bursts of angry roars.

The freezing air dispersed, and countless sharp ice flakes and boulders flew around like flying knives.

The gorgeous ice armor once again appeared on its body.