Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 286 The Place of Dragon Crystal

In the sky, after the daily high temperature was completed, Luo Yun drew an arc and did not fly back to the nest, but landed straight on the platform.

At this time, Yaji, Hao Fire Dragon and the first Blue Fire Dragon of the ancient tree fire dragon group had been waiting for a long time.

The Fire Dragon leader Detel, the Fire Dragon wise man and Pig Bone were also waiting here quietly.

These days, Luo Yun doesn't just sit around doing nothing after the sun sets.

Every time after releasing the sunshine, after the feeling of being protected by the world fades away, the feeling of emptiness quickly surges up again, and becomes stronger day by day.

In the past few days, the news that Luo Yun would be leaving for a while and heading to the Dragon Crystal Land spread throughout the ancient trees. Some young fire dragons who joined the ancient tree fire dragon group later might not understand Luo Yun's decision, but those fire dragons who have lived for decades know very well that this is an inevitable process.

It should be said that Luo Yun had only now planned to go to the Dragon Crystal Land, which was somewhat beyond their expectations.

As a flying dragon species with a high ecological niche and with the geographical advantage of the ancient tree, why has the number of fire dragons on the ancient tree always maintained a relatively stable value over countless years?

In addition to the cruel elimination system, when the fire dragons' strength reaches a certain level, they will go to the Dragon Crystal Land in groups to seek more powerful strength, and only a few fire dragons will return in the end.

It should be said that it is not just the fire dragons on the ancient trees. Most of the monsters in the New World that can tolerate lava zones will choose to go to the land of dragon crystals at some point.

Those who can fly are fine, but many of those who cannot fly are lost in the intricate miasma valleys or earth vein corridors, and become nutrients for the new continent.

Therefore, although the fire dragons were a little worried about Luo Yun's decision, they were only worried that the young leader would never come back, not that he would die in the dragon crystal land.

Apart from this, there are no other emotions.

However, when Luo Yun proposed to take some fire dragons to the land of dragon crystals, only this blue fire dragon stood up.

The reason is simple, the battle-hardened fire dragons on the ancient trees now are basically those that have returned from the Dragon Crystal Land, or those that are old and no longer have the desire to go to the Dragon Crystal Land to fight, rather than battle-hardened fire dragons. Luo Yun doesn't want to be a babysitter, so naturally he doesn't want to take them with him.

Among the Azure Fire Dragons, only this Azure Fire Dragon's offspring happened to leave the nest this year, so it was finally confirmed.

On the big platform, accompanied by Luo Yun's low roar, four fire dragons took off in the rising air currents, and after identifying the direction, they spread their wings and flew into the distance.

"Damn it, I'm still too weak, meow?" Looking at the almost invisible figure in the distant sky, Tonkotsu hammered the ground unwillingly.

It is the captain of the Fire Dragon Guard. However, when the Fire Dragon boss chose to go to an unfamiliar place to improve his strength, it didn't even have the qualifications to follow him. This made Tonkotsu very uncomfortable.

"Since you know you are weak, then become stronger." The leader of the Fire Dragon Detel patted his son's increasingly strong body with his dragon scale crutch. After speaking earnestly, he looked at the wise man of the Fire Dragon Clan.

Next, they also need to speed up the construction on the ancient tree and make sure to give a satisfactory answer when the fire dragon boss returns!

The investigation team rode on the thief dragon and climbed the internal passage of the ancient tree. From afar, they saw a golden figure chirping happily while coming down the passage.

The thief dragons all gave way, and the cats seemed to be used to it.

Only a group of scholars exclaimed quietly.

"It's a new monster I've never seen before! That's great! I didn't expect to see a monster unique to the new world just after arriving here! I'm so lucky!"

"Is this also a symbiotic monster unique to ancient trees? It's amazing that it's not hostile to us!"

Scholars discussed the matter and directly defined the mantis as a creature unique to the New World.

The Grand Commander had no objection to this. After all, after the information about Mantis was passed back to the Old World last year, the Hunter's Guild also conducted a review and ultimately determined that there was no relevant information about Mantis within the guild.

In response, the guild named this monster Mantis and defined it as a monster unique to the New World.

When Luo Yun heard the news from Tongut, he didn't know what to say.

There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, according to the time calculation, it was still more than ten years before the mantis on the Old World was discovered.

Therefore, if it was first discovered in the New World and there is no related record in the Old World, there is no problem in classifying it as a species endemic to the New World.

As for the possibility that traces of the Mantis may be discovered again in the Old World in the future, and the current conclusion may be overturned after investigation, that is no big deal. Speculating on problems is also part of the daily operations of the Scribe Team.

The investigation team and the mantis passed by each other, and the excited scholars, with the expectation of catching a glimpse of the ancient dragon, moved towards the canopy again.

After one hour.

"What!! Fire Dragon Boss just left? Went deep into the New World? And we don't know how long he will be gone?" The Grand Commander looked at Tonkotsu in disbelief. When he thought about explaining to the scholars who would arrive at the Ancient Tree Research Base, he began to get a headache.

“Why today?”

The Grand Commander began to fall into self-doubt.

Northeast of the Coral Plateau.

Time flies by.

Following his perception of life energy, Luo Yun flew across the desolate canyon, crossed the Coral Plateau, passed through the territory of the Wind Drifting Dragon, and finally arrived at the northeast of the Coral Plateau.

Without stopping at all, it moved forward and climbed upwards.

The volcanic zone of the New World is the highest point in the entire New World. Even a flying dragon would need to expend a lot of effort to successfully cross this chasm.

Flying dragons like the Explosive Scale Dragon that are not good at climbing and flying often cannot return once they leave the Dragon Crystal Land.

Flying dragons have it so hard, and monsters that can't fly can only enter the Earth Vein Corridor from the Valley of Miasma, and then follow the Earth Vein Corridor from the inside to reach the Dragon Crystal Land. If they are unlucky, they will easily be swallowed by the magma in the Earth Vein Corridor.

As the flight continued to rise, the temperature in the air gradually increased, and a pungent smell of sulfur filled the air. Black soil appeared, and a half-collapsed volcano that was still flowing with magma came into view. That should be the gap that collapsed for no reason mentioned by the battle-hardened Azure Fire Dragon.

As Luo Yun moved forward, the sky began to become turbid and dark. These were not dark clouds, but volcanic ash brought by the magma eruption.

As we go down in altitude, we see one volcano after another. Red magma flows out from the top of the mountain, flowing along the ravines between the mountains towards the low-lying areas, and finally reunites with the earth veins in some hidden corner.

Rich life energy flowed along with the magma, and the scorching heat caused the air to slightly distort.

Luo Yun’s destination, the Dragon Crystal Land, is located somewhere in this volcanic area.

"Gah!!"

The group of acid pterosaurs avoided in panic, and Luo Yun and his fire dragons rushed down quickly, each grabbed one, and started biting it in the sky.

Living in volcanic areas all year round, these acid pterosaurs naturally have a bad taste, but here, acid pterosaurs can be considered high-quality food. Except for assault dragons and monsters that can feed on ore, the main food source of monsters in the barren volcanic areas is the corpses of other monsters.

After searching for most of the day, a dreamlike crystal land finally appeared in front of Luo Yun.

A huge amount of life energy was overwhelming him. Luo Yun seemed to be in a sea of ​​life energy. Every cell in his body was cheering, greedily absorbing the invisible life energy in the air.

Before completely entering it, the concentration of life energy has already exceeded that of the branch of the earth vein corridor under the Great Ant Mound Wasteland.

Excited, Luo Yun couldn't wait to open his Wings of Gale, creating whirlwinds and flying rapidly towards the world of black and white.

This area filled with life energy is centered on a huge crystal called the 'Dragon Crystal'. It is surrounded by a special zone formed by the continuous flow of magma and the basalt formed by the cooling of the magma.

The ancient dragons sleep in the miasma valley, and their life energy is integrated into the earth veins. Excess life energy will overflow to form dragon crystals. Some dragon crystals will condense in the dragon crystal land, while the other part will be ejected along with the magma during the volcanic eruption.

In other words, these dragon crystals are crystals formed by high-concentration life energy solidified in an unknown way. It can even be said that these dragon crystals are the new continent itself and are an indispensable element of the entire new continent.

Unlike the black clouds in the sky, after entering the land of dragon crystals, the sky seemed to turn red, and broken crystals were scattered all over the earth.

Luo Yun stopped on a piece of basalt, spread his wings comfortably, and let the huge life energy wash over him.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound was heard, and several dragons that were shocked by the scene turned around and saw the Fire Dragon with flames burning all over its body. It bit off a piece of dragon crystal and was chewing it with a crunching sound.

After a long while, he finally opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of dragon crystal fragments.

Obviously, the fire dragon cannot eat this thing directly.

Facing the gazes from Luo Yun and the others that seemed to be looking at fools, Hao Huo Long folded its wings slightly and pretended to look around.

Not wanting to pay any attention to this increasingly stupid guy, Luo Yun spread his wings and flew again.

Next it's time to find a nest.

As for how to find it, it’s very simple. Just find a nest that has an owner and drive away the owner.

Among the four fire dragons present, only the Cang Fire Dragon was slightly weaker. Therefore, Luo Yun did not choose the basalt area which seemed to have higher terrain and was more suitable for fire dragons, but flew directly towards the depths where dragon crystals and lava were intertwined.

Boom, boom!
A dull rolling sound was heard in the dragon crystal passage. A monster with a thick metal shell on its back and bumps on the shell that looked like tire treads was curling up into a "tire" and was rolling and charging unscrupulously in this narrow passage.

Suddenly, a fireball fell on its path. The Explosive Hammer Dragon, which was unaware of the explosion for a moment, was blown sideways to the side of the road. The gunpowder on its body scattered all over the ground and turned red in the high temperature, as if it would explode at any time.

After climbing up with some difficulty, the Explosive Hammer Dragon quickly locked onto the golden-yellow female fire dragon with green hues above it, and roared threateningly.

Yaji didn't give it any slack and dived down directly at an accelerated speed. When the Explosive Hammer Dragon was about to curl up and turn into a tire again, another burst of fire exploded on its side, causing the roller that had not yet formed to be overturned by the explosion again.

Fortunately, the golden shell covered with various rare metals gave the Blast Hammer Dragon enough defensive capabilities. Although Yaji's fireball was very powerful, as a member of the bottom of the Dragon Crystal Land, the Blast Hammer Dragon was able to survive and was still confident enough in its defensive capabilities.

However, this confidence disappeared completely as Yaji sprinted and drifted, and applied the deadly poison.

Unlike its back, the defensive capabilities of the abdomen of the Hammer Dragon are much weaker.

Without any hesitation, it endured the pain and shook off a large amount of gunpowder rocks. The Explosive Hammer Dragon's jaw, which was formed by the fusion and solidification of a large amount of minerals and was much harder than steel, suddenly smashed down and detonated the gunpowder rocks.

A large amount of smoke and explosions stopped Yaji's second return charge, creating a good opportunity for the Explosive Hammer Dragon to escape.

Amidst the sparks formed by the friction between metal and the ground, the Explosive Hammer Dragon was like a racing car ready to launch itself. It accumulated speed continuously in the smoke, and when the speed reached its highest point, it launched itself directly and quickly escaped from here.

Just as it was about to break out of the dragon crystal channel, a huge flaming meteor fell and collided with the Explosive Hammer Dragon.

Accompanied by painful howls and a large amount of gunpowder rock was forcibly ignited and exploded, the fat tail separated from the body, and the Explosive Hammer Dragon flew out of the smoke and fell heavily to the ground. When Yaji trotted over, it was already dead.

The blue-purple flames gathered, and Luo Yun, who was filled with a violent aura, gathered his outstretched wings, picked up the body of the Explosive Hammer Dragon and flew towards the depths of the dragon crystal passage.

Yaji also grabbed the broken tail of the Explosive Hammer Dragon and followed Luo Yun into the depths of the dragon crystal.

This is already the fifth day since they arrived at the Dragon Crystal Land.

Finding the nest was unexpectedly easy. I thought there would be a battle, but I didn’t expect that there were not many monsters building nests at the intersection of the dragon crystal and the lava zone.

After checking the surrounding environment later, I found that those ordinary monsters were basically gathered in the basalt and lava cave areas. For ordinary monsters that cannot directly utilize life energy, there is a lack of food and water in the depths of the dragon crystal. It is not very convenient for hunting or entering and exiting, and it is very easy to run into the ancient dragon inside.

So over time, in the vast land of dragon crystals, only two-thirds of it is the activity area of ​​ordinary monsters.

(End of this chapter)