I draw skills in Monster Hunter World

Chapter 118 Night Bird
The moonlight projected onto the ground from the gaps in the treetops, forming a series of foggy white vertical light curtains.

In the quiet and dark forest, the team started to search for traces.

Li Ming filled the sensory fog balls and guided the way forward.

After traveling for about two hours, relying on the poisonous bird's [Color Discrimination], Li Ming found a flash of blue in the dense jungle, so he got closer and searched carefully.

It didn't take long to collect traces of the night bird, a dark blue feather.

The guide insects cultivated in the original continent may be due to the lack of life energy in the ecology. They are not active and cannot be hunted and tracked.

Otherwise, just by relying on this feather, you can guide the next remaining trace or the general location of the monster's body.

Of course, trace exploration is not meaningless.

At least it was confirmed that the night birds did not migrate and had a general range of activities, even though the local ecological information was incomplete.

The team explored the surrounding area.

Claw marks were found on the bark of the giant tree, followed by an elf deer carcass full of bite marks in the trees.

The fleshy parts of the body have been eaten to every possible extent.

Judging from the degree of decay, Ni Shuang speculated that he had just died.

Chuying took off the green bear barrel and loaded the gun's bore with dye bombs.

As we walked, we looked up and observed carefully. There were rows of towering trees all around.

The purpose of such careful investigation is to detect the opponent first and launch dye bombs to locate them.

But surrounded by giant trees, all directions look almost the same.

Chuying didn't look at it for a while, but she felt a little dizzy.

"Leave the observation to me. I'll alert you if you spot a night bird."

Li Ming informed.

"Okay, won't you faint after observing for a long time?"

Chuying asked curiously.

"No, it's okay. I can overcome it with my will."

[Color Discrimination] coupled with Giant Bee's [Injection Point Detection], what Li Ming sees is presented to his eyes with extreme color feedback and external heating imaging.

With just a casual glance, you can easily spot the target in the forest.

"Well, if you can't hold it anymore, take my place."

Chuying lowered her head and rubbed her sore neck.

Puff tu tu~
Not long after, a slight flapping of wings sounded from above.

The three people and two cats immediately raised their heads to watch, and a few leaves fell from high places.

The branches extend out from the height of the giant tree, and a pair of round red pupils peek out from the darkness to watch.

He saw a human being below him, looking up at him.

His red eyes widened, and he shrank back behind the tree.

Puff tu tu~
The black shadow flashed out of thin air and disappeared quickly.

A pair of red pupils peeked out to watch again.

The hunter still cast a firm gaze.

Whoosh!Puff tu tu~
The black shadow flashed and changed its hiding place again.

"Chu Ying, behind the tree."

Li Ming raised his hand and gave guidance.

"Uh ok."

"The aiming angle needs to be raised a little higher."

"The adjustment is complete. Ah!"

Bang!The trigger of the ballista clicked.

This time, before the red pupil could clearly see whether the hunter was looking at her, a dye bomb hit her face.

Goo~ Goo~
A rapid chirping sound sounded.

In the darkness, the black shadow raised one wing and moved its head quickly, as if to erase the remaining dye bombs.

After a moment, the black shadow spread its wings and jumped down from the tree branch, gliding and landing.

A monster with dark blue fur and an owl-like appearance appeared in front of the team.

The two sharp wing blades extending from the wing claws are slightly bent forward as the wings unfold.

Hey!
A sharp roar sounded.

Before the roar could dissipate, Yanyu's horn struck.

Bang!The horn smashed into the earth.

The night bird jumped up to avoid it, and at its highest point spread its wings slightly to adjust its balance.

The claws retracted and the body launched a downward strike.

Ni Shuang rolled to avoid it.

Boom!puff~
The golden fluff on the night bird's chest and neck was hit by the ground impact, and the scale powder attached to the surface spread outwards greatly.

swoosh~
His head was strangely turned behind him to look around and confirm the direction in which Ni Shuang was running.

The bodies of the night birds turned together.

Hu~hu~
With the wings flapping, the golden scale powder flying in the mid-air in the shape of a ball turned into a golden airflow and rushed towards Ni Shuang.

puff!

Blood splattered from the abdomen.

Looking at Li Ming who rushed in front of him, Night Bird's red eyes widened, he stopped flapping his wings, and slashed horizontally with his sharp wing blades.

When~!

The stacked wing blades hit the shield and made a buzzing sound.

The swing of the wing blade is blocked, and the body cannot complete the swing with the force.

The night bird can only retract and fold its wings first.

Taking advantage of this gap, the sickle-shaped energy-charged sword slashed horizontally into the abdominal wound again.

Li Ming tilted his elbow slightly and jerked it back outward.

Pooh!

The originally opened wound expanded again, and blood spurted and overflowed.

Nightbird jumped back and distanced itself.

Under the cover of the general's helmet, Nightbird could still only see the pair of eyes staring at him.

Li Ming stepped forward and Chu Ying shot from the side to support.

The night bird shook its body and stretched its wings as far as possible.

The wing blades extending from the wing claws on both sides are completely separated and protruded.

Not far away, Ni Shuang carefully took out the bitter insect from his backpack with his left hand, but raised his right hand to reach his mouth.

One bite and it was empty.

Apparently affected by the inhalation of golden scale powder, his cognition has become confused.

Don't worry, I have already asked the old hunter for advice.

It doesn't matter if you are left or right hand, as long as you move slowly enough, you won't make any mistakes.

While trembling, Ni Shuang successfully raised his right hand, stuffed the bitter insect into the air, chewed it and swallowed it.

Bang!
In order to prevent Li Ming from probing in again, Night Bird jumped up and smashed down, causing the golden scales to fall and scatter.

Li Ming immediately put away his sword and shield, took out the bitter insect and chewed it hard.

The current golden dust that causes cognitive confusion in nightbirds can only be effectively alleviated by bitter insects.

However, if the bitter insect is taken alone, its lasting effect is very short, so the guild will certainly not recommend taking it in advance.

Li Ming's strategy is very simple, which is to eat as much as possible to prolong the effects, as long as his digestive system can bear it.

crunch ~ crunch ~
One, two, three.
The crisp chewing sound echoed in the forest.

Night Bird watched for a moment and felt something was wrong.

Just as he was about to slap Linfen to take the initiative, Li Ming took the initiative and rushed over.

Affected by the scale powder, the body movements became extremely uncoordinated, and then began to hunt.

A series of scenes are rehearsed in Night Bird's consciousness.

Hu~hu~
As the wings flapped, the scale powder followed the airflow and flew towards Li Ming.

In the blurred golden powder mist, a fishy and sweet smell pours into the breath.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual about the other party, Night Bird spread one of its wings sideways and flapped it away.

He used the shield to resist, slashed towards the abdomen, and pulled it back to tear it apart.

Li Ming's movements are smooth and flowing.

Although due to the direction of the attack, the previous wound could not be expanded again.

But there was only a new laceration, but it was still deep enough.

I felt my abdomen becoming increasingly moist, and the severe pain did not ease over time.

Night Bird also noticed something was wrong, but he was currently in a battle and couldn't pay attention at all.

Hey!
A sharp roar forced Li Ming back.

The night bird's feathers are slightly raised.

The wings on both sides swing back alternately, blocking the body in front of the body, and at the same time, they rub against the golden fluff on the chest.

When it swings back to its side, the edges of the dark blue wings have been dyed bright gold by dust.

Want to spread scale dust with wing flapping?
Li Ming felt that this trick was a bit difficult.

Because the strong reverberation caused by the wings flapping the shield surface will inevitably scatter the dust attached to the feathers.

And the person with whom I have had the closest contact and absorbed the most is undoubtedly myself.No matter how many bitter insects you eat in advance, you will not be able to form long-term immunity.

At this time, the hunting whistle sound wave came.

Ni Shuang rushed towards him from the side.

"Ni Shuang, come back later."

"it is good."

After hearing the reminder, Ni Shuang stood still.

"If you don't succeed, remember to save me."

"Uh good!"

Although he didn't understand what Li Ming wanted to do, Ni Shuang still agreed firmly.

Li Ming leaned in with his shield, and the night bird flapped its wings.

As expected, the moment it hit the shield, the golden scale powder attached to the feathers spread out.

Li Ming didn't pay attention and took a big breath to gather strength.

Fit the sword and shield together and turn it into a long axe.

Cognitive confusion appeared immediately, but at this time, the action of slashing with the ax had already been completed.

The sharp blade on the other side of Night Bird's wings has been revealed.

The ax fell and the wing blade passed by.

The two trajectories pass one after another, crossing each other.

The breastplate of the Daimyo Shield Crab was split horizontally, and the diagonal cracks that were repaired last time were connected and sunken inward.

Li Ming flew out upside down.

Seeing an opportunity to attack, Night Bird leaped forward and pounced.

The hands that were still grasping the handle of the ax pulled back hard.

puff~
A large amount of blood sprayed outward from Night Bird's chest.

The night bird still did not give up. It spread its wings to slightly adjust its body balance, and pecked at it from mid-air with its short and sharp beak.

At this time, it was extremely convinced that the hunter had been affected by the scale powder, and his perception was in deep confusion.

However, after Li Ming's feet touched the ground, he squatted and stood still.

With one kick, he stepped back and slashed with the attribute-liberating slash.

Pooh!

The feathers were scattered, the beak was cracked, and an ax hit the face.

The night bird that was flying at an angle turned into a vertical fall and hit the ground.

Goo~ Goo~
Lying on its side, the night bird flaps vigorously and makes a mournful cry.

Li Ming wanted to give chase, but the pain in his chest was too much to bear, so he opened a bottle of G-level recovery medicine and poured it into his mouth.

Chuying and Ni Shuang cooperated and completed a round of knockdowns.

The night bird stood up on the ground, dragging its wounds with blood that was constantly overflowing, and kept beating the ground with its wings.

Under the cover of a large amount of golden scales, the figure spread its wings erratically and took off, quickly disappearing into the jungle.

"Hurry up and eat the bitter insect, meow!"

Mido Duo came running quickly and handed over a bitter insect.

"No need, Li Ming was able to finish it easily after drinking the recovery potion just now. He should have got rid of the influence of the dust."

Ni Shuang informed.

"Really? Meow, but there's a lot of dust on my body. Ah!"

Midodo sneezed as he spoke.

A small amount of dust flew up, and Dang even felt that his body movements became less coordinated.

Kacha~
Li Ming took the bitter insect and skillfully broke off its head.

"Mido, please open your mouth."

"Ah meow~~"

puff~
Li Ming stuffed the bitter insect into Midoduo's mouth and lifted his chin to help him chew.

"Feeling better?"

"Much better, meow. My body just seemed out of control. Thank you."

"Everyone, please stay away from me. This dust must be cleaned up first."

"I'm going to get the tools, meow."

After Midoduo finished speaking, he ran to the waiting area of ​​the combat cat truck and got a small broom.

Li Ming cleaned himself up while eating bitter insects.

"Your last attribute liberation slash was not affected by the scale powder. Is it because of the severe pain when you were injured?"

Ni Shuang analyzed for a moment and asked tentatively.

"Yes."

"Wouldn't it be safer with my assistance?"

"Well, I'm afraid it may not work. I don't know where the slash used due to confusion in perception will hit."

Li Ming gave the reason.

Ni Shuang suddenly realized that Li Ming was worried about his own safety, so he didn't let him get close to the rescue.

"The receptionist is right, night birds are indeed monsters that are difficult to deal with."

Chuying felt a little uncomfortable. After all, she had chosen such a difficult hunting target.

"It's actually pretty good overall. It's just this scale powder that's really difficult to resist."

Li Ming expressed his feelings.

In recent years, the guild has also developed a way to eat bitter insects.

As for the pain awakening method, although it cannot be said to be completely useless, at least the guild will not promote it to ordinary hunter teams.

"Then just follow the blood stains and the smell of the stained balls."

As Ni Shuang spoke, he raised his head and looked at the jungle surrounded by towering trees, and his words suddenly stopped.

"Well, it wasn't as easy as I thought."

"I'm here to track it. There's no way it can be escaped."

Li Ming said with confidence.

"Does your breastplate still hold up?"

Ni Shuang asked with concern.

"Probably can."

In the dark jungle, the team launched a pursuit.

[Color Discrimination] combined with [Injection Point Detection], the scattered blood turns into shiny orange-red spots.

After chasing for a while, the team returned to the battle site.

"Are night birds so smart?"

Li Ming couldn't help but admire. It was obvious that the other party was aware of the possibility of being tracked, so he left traces in a circle in order to prevent being tracked.

If you want to track it, you have to search repeatedly to find the location of the escaped node.

The monster's self-healing ability is very strong, so all bleeding should gradually decrease, and the density of splashed spots will also decrease accordingly.

With the identification and calibration in place, Li Ming continued to lead the search.

Not long after, a blood flow extending out of the circular trace path was noticed by him.

The team moved quickly in this direction.

Sensing the trembling of the trees below, the body of the night bird standing on the branch of the tree trembled.

His back pressed against the bark of the tree and he began to hide quietly.

Li Ming raised his head and noticed that there was heat escaping from behind the giant tree.

Immediately give guidance with hand gestures.

Chuying didn't have any doubts and raised the green bear tube.

Li Ming and Ni Shuang lurk towards the roots of the tree.

The breeze blew through the forest, and the scene was surprisingly quiet.

tick tock~tick tock~
The severe pain from the cut wound made the night bird couldn't help but lower its head and use its beak to trim the blood-stained feathers.

Suddenly, it became aware of a faint sound approaching.

Two eye-catching yellow spots drew arcs in the air and flew over.

Nightbird has seen this kind of thing and knows that it can emit strong light stimulation.

So he raised one wing high and covered his eyes.

Whoosh!Whoosh!
After two bright lights flashed one after another.

The paws stepped on the fork of the tree, and there was a slight tremor.

The night bird looked down and saw three spiders carrying velvet balls crawling under the branch of the tree.

The spider threads extending downward from their bodies are continuously straightening and tightening, as if something is being dragged upward.

An ominous premonition emerged in my heart.

The night bird didn't care to continue hiding, and flapped its wings vigorously to escape.

Swish!

"Got you!"

The leaves fluttered, and Li Ming, who was dragged upward by the spider silk, jumped out with an axe.

(End of this chapter)