Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 382 The Difficult Pilgrimage
"Hurry, follow him, we can't let this dangerous little thing get away, meow!!"

The Fire Dragon Detel guard reacted immediately and called on his men to chase after him.

The danger it mentioned was not danger to Luo Yun. No matter what, in their eyes, Luo Yun was a "god" who had never been defeated and had saved ancient trees from fire and water many times. Although the high temperature shown by the insect just now was indeed not bad, it was not enough for Luo Yun.

Therefore, what the cats are worried about is that this insect has shown enough lethality to threaten the dragon egg deep in Luo Yun's nest. In addition, the insect is small in size, so they cannot allow such a dangerous insect that can invade the nest at any time to appear on the top of the ancient tree.

Unfortunately, the insect flew so fast that when the cats rushed out, they only saw the insect's silhouette shuttling through the dense branches, and soon it disappeared from their sight.

"Keep searching. We must find the insect's nest no matter what, meow!"

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Even if the bugs don't show too much hostility, cats during this period don't mind speculating that the bugs have the greatest malicious intent.

I would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go!!

Just as the cats, under the guidance of the ancient dragon youth, arrived at the tree trunk passage where the insects were first discovered.

In the hollow of the tree trunk at a lower level than that position, there are large patches of crystal branches and buds growing. With just a little bit of sunlight leaking in, the entire hollow is illuminated, making it look like a secret realm of crystal plants.

At this moment, the mutated gnawing insect that had returned from Luo Yun's nest was lying on a leaf, rubbing its wings together and making bursts of low-frequency sounds.

Because their mouths changed from their original cylindrical shape to the shape of today's human beaks, their original vocal organs also declined, and they began to communicate like other multi-winged insects by rubbing their wings together to make low-frequency sounds.

At this moment, right in front of this mutated gnawing insect was a large mutated gnawing insect with a wingspan of 15 centimeters and a body length of centimeters.

It is the mother of all the mutated gnawing insects on the ancient tree today, and it was also the gnawing insect larva that almost died at the beginning.

Unlike other mutated gnawing insects, its exoskeleton is darker in color and its body is less transparent. The crystallized areas on its huge wings are not limited to the edges of the wings, but even on the lines of the wings, there are crystals that look like sharp gems.

After this rapid communication, the mutated gnawing insect queen vibrated her wings excitedly. In an instant, one mutated gnawing insect after another flew out from the branches of the Taijing. Following the queen's orders, they began to fly towards the only exit.

Under the sunlight, they look like elves from a fantasy world, and their transparent wings with blue patterns reflect a blue light band.

At this moment, the mutated gnawing worm queen was really happy. It came from the instinct engraved in her genes over endless years. Even though she had mutated to this extent under the influence of unknown energy, the instinct to seek symbiosis could not be erased.

Even though they already have an excellent place for reproduction and development, finding a "master" with whom they can coexist is still what these "demon insects" from the abyss of the earth desire most.

Originally, for the mutated gnawing worm queen, those ancient tree fire dragons that occasionally passed by the nest were already a relatively qualified symbiotic partner. However, the gnawing worms were high-level insects that had been symbiotic with the forbidden ancient dragons for who knows how many years. The life level of ordinary fire dragons in the ancient tree fire dragon group was still looked down upon by the mutated gnawing worm queen. What it wanted most was to find the true owner of the energy flowing in its body.

And today, this mutated gnawing insect that went out to expand its population actually said that it had found it!
How could this not make it exciting?
So, a group of cats who were investigating the location of the mutated gnawing insects' nest saw hundreds of mutated gnawing insects flying over their heads. The path they took looked so beautiful in the ice-blue light!

"Oh no, hurry up and chase them, meow! We can't let them disturb the Fire Dragon Boss!!"

"For Boss Fire Dragon!!"

Amid a burst of noisy meows, the cats attacked the mutated gnawing insects. Even along with the cats' movements, some fire dragons that were patrolling their territory noticed this side. Although they didn't know what was going on, they knew what they should do by looking at the cats' expressions.

Thus, this large group of mutated gnawing insects, led by the queen insect in the center, embarked on a difficult "pilgrimage" just to seek recognition!
One after another, the mutated gnawing insects fell from the sky under the attacks of the cat and the fire dragon. Even though the hunters from the investigation team who came to support noticed the movement, they did not expect that these insects would be so difficult to deal with!

They were clearly just passively defending, allowing the fire dragons and cats to attack them, but these insects showed no sign of fleeing. Coupled with their strong physical defense capabilities and extremely exaggerated attribute resistance, a large group of cats and several fire dragons joined forces to attack them, but were unable to stop their advance.

What was most unbelievable to the hunters was that the fire attacks that were so difficult for them were actually ineffective against these insects!

Even if it is occasionally shot down, it is only the impact of the fireball exploding.

After all, gnawing insects are special insects that collect life energy for the Abyss Dragon. For monsters that are not at the ancient dragon level, they are a disaster!
If other insects want to parasitize large monsters, they have to do so secretly, relying on their small size advantage to do so. However, gnawing insects parasitize monsters openly and forcefully, and then forcibly absorb the monster's essence.

The original gnawing insects all have such abilities, not to mention the mutated gnawing insects that now have maximum fire resistance. Although it is still impossible to determine which one is stronger than the original species because the original abilities have been replaced by unknown energy, the foundation is always here. If it were not for the purpose of rushing to the destination for "pilgrimage" as soon as possible, these fire dragons blocking the way would really be no match for this group of mutated gnawing insects.

It can only be said that the gnawing insects were too fast. When Tonkotsu received the news and organized people to pull up a giant net temporarily woven with the silk thread of the mantis, the mutated gnawing insects had already opened fire at full speed and gathered into a cloud of insects and rushed up.

Outside the insect cloud, the air was slightly distorted due to the high temperature, and from a distance it looked like a large ball of blue flame hanging in the air.

"Get ready to meet the enemy!"

Just as the team led by Tonkotsu took out their weapons, flames ignited in their ears, and prepared to attack the insect cloud head-on.

Luo Yun slowly walked out of the shadow of the nest, raised his head proudly, and looked quietly at the blue fireball in the sky not far away.

(End of this chapter)