Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 158 Chase
The Kappa frog looked around in the water, then swayed its bloated body and came to a soft muddy area by the water.

According to experience, its favorite sea cucumbers often live in such sufficiently moist underground places, and the finer and softer the mud and sand on the ground, the more popular these delicious little creatures are. The Kappa Frog scanned the sand in front of it with its eyes, and couldn't help but open its mouth to devour them.

"Whoosh!"

A short spear-like sharp arrow pierced into the frog's mouth, causing it to feel pain and immediately interrupt its eating behavior. Its red eyes stared at the figure that appeared on the slope not far away.

With just one glance, it could see clearly that the guy was the bird dragon that had come out to harass it not long ago.

"Quack!!!"

It's you again! I ignore you and use remote harassment, but I don't dare to fight you when I want to! Do you really think I don't have a temper?
The Kappa Frog roared angrily. Although it was just a frog croak, the sound was quite loud.

The only response to the Kappa frog's angry roar was a sharp arrow flying towards it. Although it was aimed at the wound on its head, it missed the target due to the Kappa frog's movement, and hit the hard disc-shaped bone on the top of its head, and was bounced away at the tilted angle.

The Kappa Frog shook its head in annoyance and took a step forward. Then it saw the opponent making a small jump back, determined not to give it the chance to touch the opponent.

Damn guy, do you really think that staying away from him will help?
The Kappa Frog didn't care about anything else. It just leaned over and swallowed the mud, sand and soil under its feet in big gulps, filling its belly up again.

The next moment, it opened its mouth at Tiao Tiao.

"Get out of the way!"

Tiao Tiao had originally attracted the opponent's attention. Lin Lin was about to get closer to the opponent and open the red shield again, but after running two steps, he found that this guy opened his mouth.

Obviously, this is unethical and requires long-range use.

The next moment, as the Kappa frog tightened its swollen belly with its two front paws, a thick, high-pressure stream of water shot out from its wide-open mouth.

Breath!

Although it was made of a mixture of pond water and mud swallowed on the spot, it was far inferior to the high-temperature ray breath, sonic breath, Genesis, Red Emperor Blue Star and the like, but this was the first time that Lin Lin had seriously witnessed the breath of a monster since he became a hunter.

As for the Umbrella Bird? Although it was true that it could spit fireballs, the last time they fought it, it was practically pinned down by Lin Lin's heavy shield axe, giving it no chance to gain distance and spit out fireballs.

With Lin Lin's reminder, Tiao Tiao jumped sideways in time and avoided the impact of the first wave of water.

However, the Kappa Frog obviously had no intention of giving up. Seeing that it missed the target the first time, it immediately closed its mouth and turned its head to the side.

Then, the two front paws exerted force at the same time, and another stream of water spurted out.

Although this stream of water was not as turbulent as the first one, it continued under the continuous pressure of the Kappa Frog on its abdomen, sweeping across and chasing after Tiao Tiao.

If there is a hunter without a Kinsect here, at this moment, apart from holding up a shield to resist, he may have no choice but to wait for the right moment to fly out close to the ground to minimize the probability of being injured.

However, Tiaotiao is not a hunter. Its amazing jumping ability allows it to jump hard before the water column sweeps over. The whole dragon simply stays in the air for a short time like skipping rope, allowing the powerful water column to sweep past it.

Lin Lin took advantage of the time when the Kappa Frog spit out water twice and kept closing the distance with his feet. At this moment, he had arrived in front of the Kappa Frog's belly.

Glancing at the water column sweeping overhead, Lin Lin's lips curled up, and he drew his sword and began to gather strength. After two streams of water were expelled, the Kappa Frog's bulging belly deflated considerably, and its movements became a little slower, as if it were a little tired.

No wonder I hadn't used this move in previous battles. It seems like using this breath technique consumes quite a bit of energy...

Lin Lin analyzed the opponent's condition in his mind, and his hands kept moving. He swung down two swords. He was originally prepared to dodge or block, but it seemed that the Kappa Frog was exhausted and its reaction was two beats slower.

The battle changed in an instant. Seeing this, Lin Lin sped up his originally slowed movements and slashed several times in succession before he could create some distance before the Kappa Frog raised its feet and stomped its first two steps.

Glancing at the red-hot sword, Lin Lin whistled and began to perform the gymnastics of charging the bottle and opening the red shield on the spot.

After receiving Lin Lin's signal, Yezao commanded Tiaotiao to move a little closer. While Yezao loaded the crossbow and pulled the capstan, Tiaotiao poured a ball of paralyzing venom that had been brewing for a long time on the Kappa Frog's head.

There was a wound on the Kappa frog's head that had not yet healed. The paralyzing venom, which was originally effective just by contact with the skin, entered the blood circulation directly through the wound, and the effect it exerted was beyond expectations. The Kappa frog's body, which was several times larger than Tiao Tiao, began to tremble visibly.

Although it was not paralyzed and unable to move immediately, its movements were indeed greatly affected. Its front paws, which were originally intended to be raised to slap, twitched twice and it almost couldn't be lifted up.

The Kappa Frog felt his body stiffen, and saw Lin Lin with a red light emitting from his shield not far in front of him. He couldn't help but recall the axe that had been smashed from the air before, and shuddered subconsciously.

He was in good fighting condition before and was almost killed by an axe. Now he has no strength left, is extremely hungry, and has many wounds on his body... The Kappa Frog vaguely saw the shadow of death.

Taking a deep breath and letting out a timid roar, the Kappa Frog turned around and ran away.

Holding up the shield to block the most violent sound waves, Lin Lin blew another whistle. After receiving the signal, Date took out a slightly different arrow from his quiver and shot it at the Kappa Frog's back with a "whoosh".

Watching the Kappa Frog run away, Yezao saw that Lin Lin did not rush to chase after it, and could not help but look at Lin Lin curiously:

"Boss meow? Why aren't you chasing meow?"

"No rush, the dye bottles are already marked, aren't they?"

Date nodded.

"Let it relax for a while. It's very hungry and has a lot of injuries on its body. It definitely needs to eat and rest."

"We just need to follow it from a distance. If it goes to eat, we can interrupt it. If it sleeps..."

"Hehe, I haven't tried what it feels like to be slashed by sleep yet!"

Lin Lin had previously explained to Yezao the so-called Sleep Slash, which means that a hunter would sneak up on a sleeping monster, and while the monster's muscles are relaxed while resting, he would use the most powerful moves to attack the most vulnerable part of the monster, which could far exceed the damage caused by the same moves in normal combat.

"Hmph hum~"

"Huh? What's that sound, meow?"

(End of this chapter)