Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 322 Extreme Danger
Such a massive earthquake and landslide should have been enough to severely injure that Storm Dragon, right?
Maybe……

After a moment's thought, Kevin gradually became less certain.

After all, the earth-shattering power displayed by this Storm Dragon was unparalleled among the monsters he had faced over the years. He wouldn't be worried at all if it were a Tigrex or Armored Dragon that took such a hit.

Under the tense gaze of everyone, the tremors gradually subsided, and the lingering dust dissipated under the rain, revealing rubble that covered almost half of the platform—this place had almost formed a new small hill.

One second, two seconds...

No sound came from the rocky mountain.

Rachel couldn't help but swallow hard. "Did it work?"

Hearing Rachel's words, which sounded like a soliloquy or a question, Lin Lin froze, wanting to stop her but it was too late.

Tonics, you don't talk like that!
Generally speaking, if no such flag is set, the probability of things ending peacefully is 50%, but once such a statement is made, the probability of something unexpected happening will rise to 100%!

Sure enough, as soon as Rachel finished speaking, something strange happened in the desolate, rocky mountain.

At first, small pebbles began to vibrate continuously, followed by the howling winds in the mountains intensifying again, frantically sucking up everything on the ground. The torrential rain in the air intensified once more, and even the platform battlefield, which was already located at a high altitude, accumulated a large amount of rainwater, which had already submerged the ankles protected by greaves, and the water was still rising.

"I knew it wouldn't be that simple! Has this guy really messed up the whole thing?"

Rickles muttered a curse.

"In any case, Lanlong must be injured now. If we can withstand this burst of power, we should still have a chance!"

Kevin took a deep breath, then gave a shout, and everyone quickly retreated again, all the way to the edge of the field, barely managing to avoid the ever-expanding super tornado in the center of the field.

Lin Lin shrank behind a boulder, using the rock to resist the suction of the gale. At the same time, he peered out and looked at the center of the field. When he discovered that Jin Leigong was still staring at the whirlwind and showed no intention of running away, he became anxious.

He quickly grasped the Bond Stone:
"Get away quickly!"

Jin Leigong glanced in his direction, then turned his gaze back to the whirlwind in front of him and let out a domineering roar.

It hid and fled, each time it came to challenge its enemy with a heart full of anger, but each time it was covered in wounds and forced to flee like a stray dog. It had had enough of this humiliation!
It's better to die standing than to live on your knees!
With a resolute look in his eyes, Jin Leigong not only did not retreat, but even took a step towards the center of the storm.

Having fought the Lanlong so many times, today's battle was the one with the greatest success and closest to victory in its history. The guy was hit by the landslide and must have been seriously injured. If it could use its crippled body to fight and kill both Lanlong, it would not be disgraceful to be the king of its race!
Lin Lin watched as the Golden Thunder God stepped into the storm step by step, feeling a mixture of pity and admiration, while also worrying about it. But at this moment, he could only hide behind the boulder and watch, unable to do anything...

No, there are still things he can do!

Lin Lin grasped the Bond Stone, closed his eyes slightly, and focused his mind on the ethereal yet real bond.

Even though it wasn't as deep as the bond he had built with Da Kong, he and Jin Leigong had indeed formed a bond during their brief time fighting side by side. Even though there wasn't much power of that bond he could draw upon, a little bit of support would still bring a boost. All Lin Lin could do was to put all his strength into supporting Jin Leigong with that bond.

……

As the gale intensified, the weight it could pull also increased. Now, the terrifying tornado had been pulling the mountain of rubble into the air, gradually revealing the body of the Storm Dragon buried beneath the rubble. At this moment, the tip of its long, golden right horn was broken off, making the two horns asymmetrical. At the same time, its once magnificent white membrane was covered with a thick layer of dust, making it look somewhat tattered.

But this level of damage was far from enough to seriously injure Lanlong. Both the eerie red patterns on his flying membrane and the great storm he summoned at this moment fully demonstrated the wrath of the God of Calamity, Tianjin.

Those rock fragments that shouldn't be on it are constantly sucked into the storm. The rock fragments swirl and collide with the wind, bursting into even smaller pebbles, which are then lifted into the sky by the gale and finally thrown hundreds of meters away in the clouds.

If the wind continued to intensify, perhaps in another four or five seconds, even a creature as heavy as Jin Leigong would be easily pulled into the air before plummeting back down, smashing into a bloody pulp. But at this moment, it wasn't enough to lift such a colossal creature as Jin Leigong into the sky; it merely shook its body, making its steps into the gale appear somewhat unsteady.

The moment Lin Lin gripped the Bond Stone, Jin Leigong's movements suddenly paused slightly. After glancing in Lin Lin's direction, it roared again, its movements suddenly becoming powerful. The dense wounds on its body no longer hindered its actions at this moment.

The shattered rocks, carried by the gale, crashed down on Jin Leigong's body, leaving behind broken scales, cracked shells, and rotten flesh. But Jin Leigong seemed completely oblivious to all of this, resolutely charging towards Lanlong's direction.

Step by step, from slow strides to rapid galloping, Jin Leigong seemed to transform into a golden bolt of lightning, bursting forth with dazzling light in an instant. The thick wind barrier, which seemed like an insurmountable chasm, could no longer pose any obstacle.

"Roar!"

A flash of golden lightning disappeared in an instant. The Storm Dragon, which was furiously unleashing its ultimate attack, had no idea that a creature would dare to brave the howling wind and rush in, and at such a speed that it didn't even have time to react.

In a state of extreme electrification, with its entire body powered to the limit, a force akin to a landslide converged in its claws as it slammed down heavily towards Lanlong's head.

You scoundrel, die!

"boom!"

Even with the storm blocking its way, the sudden burst of brilliant lightning was still dazzling, and the gray tornado connecting heaven and earth seemed to have transformed into a raging wind formed by condensed electricity.

The next moment, lightning pierced through the gale, the sky-covering tornado vanished, and bright lightning illuminated everything as if it were daytime.

"Whoosh-"

"boom!"

A dim golden figure was thrown out of the eye of the storm, rolled two or three times on the platform, and finally, unable to dissipate the momentum of the fall, fell off the edge of the platform.

Lin Lin instinctively wanted to chase after them to see what was going on. Although the life-giving dust was gone, he still had recovery medicine to feed them. However, after the storm dissipated, the broken rocks that had been swept up into the sky began to fall continuously, forming a meteor shower.

After high-speed friction with the air, each pebble emitted a scorching heat, creating craters of varying sizes as it fell to the ground. Rainwater poured onto the hot rocks, instantly evaporating into a large amount of white mist that obscured visibility. "Stand next to me!"

Kevin shouted and raised his shield, swinging it repeatedly to accurately deflect the rocks falling towards him. Rachel set up her heavy crossbow and stood back-to-back with him, firing one shot at a time, quickly clearing away the falling debris from areas where Kevin couldn't easily get a grip.

As a flute player, Rickres had no better way to deal with this situation than to keep dodging, so he could only scramble and roll to avoid the falling rocks while moving closer to Kevin.

Lin Lin glanced back at his master Kevin's response and drew his own Shark Guardian, but confident that he didn't have his master's eyesight and control, he simply put the shield over his head and ran towards the direction where the Golden Thunder God had fallen.

"Don't go there!"

Kevin's shout made Lin Lin freeze in his tracks, a strong sense of unease rising in his heart.

Oh no! I was too eager to check on Jin Leigong's condition! I momentarily forgot to pay attention to Lanlong!
Almost at the same time as hearing Kevin's shout, Lin Lin pushed off with all his might, his forward momentum instantly halting. He then began to roll backward, returning to the cover of the giant rock.

It was during this brief moment that he glanced in the direction where Lanlong had originally been.

But now, three deep claw marks appeared on Lanlong's jaw and face. The deepest part even revealed the white bone. Blood gushed from the wounds, and golden lightning crackled and danced on them, scorching the flesh and blood in the wounds into a slightly charred color.

At this moment, Lanlong, whose anger had been completely ignited, had opened his mouth wide and was pointing it in his direction, with boundless steam gathering from his mouth.

You can't get rid of it!
From the moment he caught a glimpse of the direction Lanlong's mouth was facing to the moment he made his judgment, only a millisecond had passed. He had been momentarily distracted by Kevin's warning and had avoided the situation too early, failing to seize the opportunity. This gave Lanlong the chance to adjust his direction.

Although there was no way to give the bug the correct signal during the roll to avoid it, at this moment, he could only gamble on whether the bug father could unite with his will and save his life!

Under the pressure of life and death, Lin Lin's brain worked at lightning speed, and he made a decision almost instantly. There was no time to wait for his position to return to normal; he had to release the Flying Insects now!

"Hold it!"

With another familiar roar, before Lin Lin could even throw his Floating Insect, he felt a heavy figure appear between him and the Storm Dragon. A quick glance revealed Kevin rushing out and placing his dark Black Horned Dragon Shield Axe in the path of the Storm Dragon's water cannon.

Master!

With a startled cry, the next moment, accompanied by a loud bang like a heavy hammer blow, Lin Lin's body exploded with a cloud of water mist, mixed with a few specks of crimson.

"boom!"

Lin Lin finished his roll and was back behind the giant rock.

He stared blankly at the burly figure in front of him. A huge crack had appeared on the bulky heavy armor, almost splitting the man in two. Through the crack, he could see the bright red blood slowly seeping out.

The top-tier shield axe, crafted from black horned dragon materials and bearing the name "Fate's Might," lay quietly to the side. The structure on the shield, which originally resembled the curved horns of a horned dragon, was now broken.

With a loud bang, boiling blood surged into his brain, and Lin Lin felt his whole body instantly become unbearably hot. The violent impact turned his mind into a complete mess.

Without time to think about anything, Lin Lin hurriedly dragged Kevin back behind cover, his hands trembling as he reached for his item bag, only to suddenly remember that he had used up all his life dust in the previous battle.

"Cough cough... Don't worry about me, run!"

Blood kept spilling from the corner of Kevin's mouth. He shoved Lin Lin with all his might, but at this moment, he couldn't muster any strength at all. His shoving couldn't even budge Lin Lin's body.

The next moment, Rachel and Rickles surrounded him. One of them quickly pulled out a handful of life dust and sprinkled it on him, while the other took out a secret medicine and tried to lift his visor to feed it to him.

"careful……"

Everyone present knew what he meant by being careful, but before he could finish speaking, Lin Lin had already rushed out again.

"I'll distract Lanlong! Master's wife, you all take Master and retreat!"

The two high-ranking hunters were currently giving Kevin first aid, so they had no time to stop Lin Lin.

Only the lingering echo of his words remained in the air as Lin Lin's figure vanished from their sight.

……

At this moment, Lin Lin's blood was boiling. He knew perfectly well how irrational his actions were, which was practically tantamount to courting death, and was certainly not what his master Kevin, who had just risked his life to save him, would want to see.

But he didn't care. Since encountering the Deviljho, the fear, tension, anger, and all sorts of pressure he had accumulated along the way had already stretched his emotions to the limit, like a slingshot being pulled so hard that it was about to break.

Just now, seeing Kevin fall covered in blood was the last straw that broke the camel's back, the last bit of force that snapped the bowstring, an explosion of boundless anger, his blood boiling, and his black eyes unknowingly turning blood red.

He burst out of the giant rock's cover, charging straight towards Lanlong while gripping the Bond Stone once more. In a state of intense emotion, he poured his heartfelt thoughts directly into the other's mind.

"Lanlong! You son of a bitch! If I survive today, I'll kill you!"

Lanlong was just about to fire another water cannon at the boulder where they were hiding when he suddenly saw the figure he was about to attack rush out, and he instinctively turned his gaze in that direction.

When he met those pure, bright red pupils, Lanlong suddenly shivered involuntarily, instinctively feeling an extremely strong sense of danger. He had felt this way before when the red fireworks exploded, but that feeling was fleeting and far less intense than it was now.

Danger! Extreme danger!
It didn't know what that aura was, but the mere appearance of that aura made it feel a terrifying threat that could be fatal. That feeling was almost no different from the reaction of ordinary monsters when they saw it!
(End of this chapter)