hunt and eat

Chapter 46 The Swordsman Who Breaks the Waves
On the coastline, one after another the tide hit the high or low reefs, breaking into countless pale waves.

The shoal full of holes, accompanied by the impact and receding of the sea water, exposed countless caves of different sizes, deep or shallow.

In addition to the sea breeze blowing, you can occasionally hear the rustling sound coming from everywhere.

"According to the previous group of hunters, the target is in a cave near the B14 area. The characteristic is that there are two spiral stone pillars outside the entrance of the cave." Nia glanced at the mission book and slowly observed the surrounding terrain.

There seem to be too many eligible caves.

"It's there!"

Suddenly, Guta pointed in a direction.

The tone is very certain.

Nia followed his instructions and saw that at the entrance of a cave that was sunken downwards, two stone pillars that looked like big teeth stood tall, and there were still several large iron arrows left on the outer rock wall. .

As a long-range hunter using a heavy crossbow, Nia recognized at first glance that those were the regular arrows used on the heavy crossbow.

Seems to be left over from cover shots from the previous hunters fleeing.

"Let's go, I hope to give us some surprises." Guta shrugged and walked out first.

Nia took off the heavy crossbow that had been wound in advance from her back, and held a dagger upside down on her left wrist.

After the battle with the Thunder Dog Dragon King, Nia has learned from her experience, and now she will prevent monsters from getting close at any time, so as not to be caught off guard at that time.

There was a constant whistling sound of wind in the cave, wrapped in a thick stench.

Guta and Nia frowned unconsciously.

Ordinary caves will only have a strong smell of the sea at most, but not a bad smell.

It seems that there is something rotten in it that makes it smell so bad.

Looking at each other, the two held the torches and started to go deeper.

……

After walking about ten meters inward, Guta and the others could only rely on the light source brought by the torch to see their surroundings clearly.

Although algae with dark blue light were faintly attached to the stone wall at the side, it was still not enough for them to distinguish the path under their feet.

The ground is not flat, the only thing to be thankful for is that there has never been any monster attack.

About thirty meters further in, the ancient pagoda suddenly slipped and rolled down a smooth rocky track.

"Guta!" Nia rushed to pull it, but it seemed that it was too late.

But soon, the voice of the ancient tower came from below.

"It's okay! Nia, jump off, there is a platform below."

Without hesitation, Nia held the frosty rose in her hand, and slid all the way down the ancient tower in the same posture as before.

The process of falling was not as long as expected, and Nia soon slid to the bottom of the cave.

Guta supported the girl with one hand, but his eyes kept looking at the surrounding environment.

This is a semi-open-air grotto connected to the sea, accompanied by the sound of thick and crisp tides, the sea breeze with a fishy smell directly hit the faces of the two of them.

"We probably went astray. It is impossible for normal monsters to pass through such a small hole."

Guta frowned and said.

"Then what to do? It's unlikely we'll make it back the way we came."

Nia turned around and looked at the steep and smooth rock tunnel behind her, feeling a little helpless.

"The eyewitness report said that the monster that attacked was a mutated sickle crab..." Guta's ears moved slightly, and his whole body suddenly turned to the sea level. "It seems that we hit the right target."

In the next second, the sea surface in front of them exploded instantly, and a huge limb reflecting blue-purple light cut through the sea surface, wrapped in the howling sea wind, and slashed heavily at Guta's body.

Almost at the same time, the black and red Taotie Taidao was unsheathed from behind the ancient pagoda, and headed up from the opposite direction.

The two sharp blades intersected in an instant, sputtering out dazzling sparks.

Even though there wasn't a big disadvantage in strength, he suffered a big loss in weight after all. Guta was almost knocked back by the opponent for more than ten meters.

Fortunately, before being knocked into the air, Guta, who didn't like to suffer, took advantage of the situation and gave the opponent a slash in the face.

Cut off one of the monster's horns directly.

Standing up slowly, Guta inadvertently glanced at the long and narrow trace in front of him.

It was the imprint he had slid on the beach.

"Like to use a knife?"

Gu Ta didn't retract the saber back into its sheath as usual, this time, he was uncharacteristically, and directly resisted the Taidao on his shoulder.

the reason is simple

The system gave a notification just now, telling him that [Bounce] has been upgraded to LV2.

Yes, just for the collision just now, his [Bounce] skill, which had not moved for several months, was upgraded.

"Bump?" Guta laughed.

In the next second, a violent jet of water shot straight at it.

Guta dodged sideways, and there was an explosion-like roar behind him.

Looking at the huge gap made by the water column behind him, he scratched his earlobe with some fear.

"This power is scary enough."

The other party has no plans to launch a second attack for the time being, and taking this opportunity, Guta finally saw the monster's whole picture clearly.

It was a huge blue scythe crab with hideous spikes all over its body.

Except for its body shape, it is different from ordinary scythe crabs. From the head to the front abdomen, it is covered by a huge dragon skull.

No, judging from the sickle crab's habits, this is more like the opponent's protective shell, or the source of strength.

He hadn't forgotten that monsters like scythe crabs could obtain special abilities from the corpses of other monsters.

"Nia!" Guta shouted, and then began to charge forward with the knife.

Continuous arrows began to shoot at the mutated sickle crabs that landed a little at a time.

This is the continuous shooting skill that Nia has recently mastered. By stirring and twisting the bowstring, she can shoot five crossbow arrows in sequence.

The price is that after a period of time, the bowstring will enter a soft fatigue state and cannot be shot again.

It can be said that it is a special skill specially designed to catch monsters by surprise.

The arrow with the special freezing effect of the frost rose penetrated deeply into the carapace of the mutated sickle crab, forming a continuous pattern of snow patterns.

This sickle crab's carapace doesn't seem to be as hard as it looks.

Because the weapon temporarily misfired, Nia had time to study the monster carefully.

Three seconds later, she recognized the source of the sickle crab's power.

"Guta, be careful! It has the skull of Zhanlong!"

Kill the dragon?

Guta rolled sideways, avoiding the hugging and grabbing of the mutated sickle crab's limbs, and quickly flipped through the relevant information in his mind.

Zhanlong, a powerful animal dragon species in the upper ecological position, its wide and long tail like a blade is so powerful that it can easily smash the ground, making countless hunters who specialize in slashing daunting.

The scythe crab that has acquired part of the power and traits of Zhanlong, its ability is no surprise, it should be——

In the next second, the mutated scythe crab's long, sickle-like claws slashed straight out with a roundabout slash.

The ancient tower, which was unable to dodge, was directly chopped off by the powerful impact!
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(End of this chapter)