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"Huh?!" A pair of seemingly blank but sly eyes stared at Su Yi.

Su Yi immediately snapped to attention: "Scratching a bird?!"

But upon closer inspection, it turned out that this was not his scratching bird at all; his scratching bird clearly showed the cleverness in its eyes.

Don't ask Su Yi how he figured it out; the answer is simply that they are bound by a bond.

"Gah!" The owl, having failed to steal and been discovered, cried out in alarm and ran out of the cave.

"Gah?"

Outside the cave, a scratching bird, clutching an egg it had somehow acquired and carrying some hard-shelled fruit in its beak, was walking into the cave when it happened to pass another scratching bird that was hurriedly fleeing...

Su Yi ran outside the cave and saw his own bird. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You scared me! Where did you go?"

"Caw!" The scratching bird presented its harvest.

"A very fruitful harvest, thank you." Su Yi took the fruit, peeled off the skin, and put it in his mouth. The sweet taste swept away his sleepiness.

"It seems that other gnats have discovered this treasure trove after you left," Su Yi said.

"Gah." The scratching bird said indifferently, let whoever wants to be neighbors with those guys go ahead.

After the minor incident, Su Yi and Lu Cao quickly washed up, had a quick breakfast, and then Su Yi packed his things and opened the map.

Although Su Yi lost his way in the heavy rain last night, the Hunting Guide faithfully recorded the places he had been.

Although Su Yi felt like he had been in the rain for a long time last night, he realized when he looked at the map that he hadn't actually gone very far.

They are now located slightly east of the site where the traces of the tempered ceratopsian were discovered.

"Let's go back there and let the guide worms lead us again. Hopefully, the heavy rain won't erase all traces of life," Su Yi said, but deep down he had already given up hope.

……

Today, the Big Ant Mound Wasteland is sunny and bright. If it weren't for the slightly muddy ground, you would never have guessed that it had rained heavily last night.

"Caw..." The scratching bird, which was running on the rocky ground, suddenly paused, and an uneasy look appeared on its face.

"What's wrong?" Su Yi noticed the bird's unusual behavior.

"Gah!" The scratching bird's voice lowered instinctively.

"Could it be... an ancient dragon?!" Su Yi's expression turned serious as he opened the "Hunting Guide".

Fortunately, it didn't display a message saying "You are already in ××'s territory and cannot leave."

"So, the ancient dragon may have come and left its presence, but it's no longer nearby?" Su Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

The scratching bird continued running forward, and after a while, the guide insect suddenly turned into blue light and flew away, guiding Su Yi to see a bloody scene.

A Barroth lies on the ground, its body riddled with thorns and its belly ripped open by sharp claws; even a piece of its hard skull has been smashed.

"Judging from the rain marks on the Earth Dragon's body and the degree of decomposition, it was probably killed around the time of last night's rain," Su Yi said, observing the marks.

Monsters are much more sensitive to the aura of Elder Dragons than humans are. The Korok must have sensed the aura of the Nergigante's thorns, which is why it became cautious.

Not far from here is the location of the scratches on the horns of the Diablos.

"Good grief, the Sand Dragon is doomed." Su Yi couldn't help but complain.

In the original timeline, when Nergigante tracked Zorah Magdaros to Wildspire Wasteland, it killed a Barroth.

Later, when the player went to hunt Diablos, it was Barroth again that became a victim of Diablos's fighting power, being instantly killed by Diablos as it broke out of the sand.

It can't be summed up in just one word: tragic.

"However, it seems that since Nergigante has been here and left its scent, there shouldn't be any large monsters around for the time being," Su Yi murmured.

Just as Su Yi was pondering how to find traces of the investigation team again, Dewgrass and Scratcher were trying to pull out the thorns from the corpse of the Barroth.

A thumping sound echoed from outside the rocky corridors surrounding them.

The sound grew louder and closer; clearly, a large creature had approached.

"You jinx!" Su Yi wanted to slap himself.

"Watch out!" Su Yi immediately alerted his surroundings.

The owl became alert, its crest standing on end. Dewgrass gripped its weapon tightly, its cat-like head darting left and right.

Su Yi was surrounded by steep, undulating rock formations; they were in a maze-like rocky hill.

The sound traveled through the rocks and the earth, making it impossible for Su Yi to pinpoint its exact location.

This complex terrain meant that Su Yi not only had to be careful of the passageways around him, but also of the rocky platforms above him.

As the sound grew louder, it gave the impression of being ambushed from all sides.

However, just as Su Yi's heart was in his throat, the sound suddenly stopped.

"How about we fly up into the sky and take a look?" Su Yi took out Corviknight's Poké Ball.

As soon as Su Yi finished speaking, a swarm of blue light guide insects flew out and drifted towards the corpse of the Earth Sand Dragon.

Su Yi's eyes widened, and he shouted, "Get away from there!"

The scratching bird and the dew grass realized something and quickly flew away from the corpse of the earth dragon, rushing towards Su Yi.

At the same time, a rumbling sound suddenly came from the ground, and the nearby land began to shake violently. Startled, the guide insects turned into warning red lights and flew back to the guide insect canister.

"Judging from this, the horned dragon is coming!"

boom!

The earth cracked open, and a gigantic black shadow burst forth from the ground, sending the dozen-meter-long corpse of the Sand Dragon flying far away like a piece of trash.

"I haven't even had a chance to gather any material yet!" Su Yi said, feeling distressed.

rustling.

Yellowish-brown sand grains slid off the jet-black armor, and the black demon turned its head, looking at Su Yi and his group with scarlet eyes.

Su Yi immediately noticed the unusual appearance of the two horns on the top of the black-horned dragon's head.

One of the horns of this black horn was clearly severed by something, but the smooth, slanted break was polished to be as sharp as an awl.

"That broken horn! Is it that Black Horned Dragon?!" Su Yi saw the clean cut and immediately recalled his trip to the Wild Ant Hill Wasteland two months ago.

As he passed the edge of the canyon and prepared to head to the Wildspire Wasteland, he encountered a chaotic battle between Blackhorn Dragon, Glavenus, and Bazelgeuse.

In the midst of the chaotic battle, Zhanlong severed off one of the Black Horned Dragon's horns, and that severed horn is still lying in his backpack.

However, for some unknown reason, the Black Horned Dragon's pair of large horns have clearly grown abnormally.

The broken horn grew to two-thirds the length of the original large horn, while the other normal horn grew to one-third longer than its original length.

A horn that was severed but honed into a sharp weapon, a large horn that grew abnormally.

Two names immediately flashed through Su Yi's mind: the Demon King in a Glimmer of Light, and the Tyrant in a Fierce Battle.

These are two names that give even veteran Monster Hunter players a headache: the tyrant of carnage, the Demon, and two individuals of the Diablos, whose combat power rivals that of an Elder Dragon, in the Monster Hunter universe.

However, this special tempered black horned dragon in front of us should not have reached the level of the Demon Lord.

However, such a monster is not something that any of Su Yi's companion beasts can face alone.

At the same time, a question flashed through Su Yi's mind: Does it take a horned dinosaur that long to get pregnant?

Before Su Yi could think further, the Black Horned Dragon suddenly roared to the sky, emitting a deafening sound.

"Ugh!" Su Yi covered his ears tightly, feeling as if someone was shouting into his ears through a megaphone.

At the same time, the Black Horned Dragon took off, charging forward with terrifying force.

Su Yi quickly threw out a Poké Ball, and Corviknight soared into the air. At the same time, he launched a grappling hook and shouted, "Ascent!"

"Maga!" The Steel Crow grabbed the grappling hook with its claws and then pulled Su Yi into the air at high speed.

boom!

The pitch-black demon rushed past Su Yi's feet, stirring up a sandstorm of earthy yellow.

On the other side, the Scratcher cleverly picked up the Dewgrass and jumped onto the nearby rocky platform, dodging the Black Diablos's charging attack.

"The passage is too narrow; I can't fight the Black Horned Dragon there," Su Yi murmured, while surveying his surroundings from his elevated position.

"Woo-hoo." The black horned dragon raised its head and saw Su Yi in mid-air. It pawed at the ground restlessly and then swung its tail hammer violently.

"What is it going to do?" Su Yi asked, puzzled, until the tail hammer smashed a huge rock with a loud bang, and flying rock fragments shot towards Su Yi in mid-air.

"Mah!" The Steel-Armored Raven's eyes sharpened, its wings gleaming with a metallic sheen as it smashed the incoming pebbles with a series of thuds.

"This guy." Su Yi looked down in alarm, meeting the Black Horned Dragon's eyes, which were filled with rage and murderous intent.

Su Yi sensed that it wasn't just expressing murderous intent and anger towards him, but rather hating all creatures that entered its field of vision equally.

"What exactly happened?" Su Yi suddenly felt that something was amiss.

Although the Diablos is a flying dragon species, it has actually adapted to life on the ground. While its wings can help it fly for a certain height and time, it cannot fly as flexibly and freely at high altitudes as the Rathalos.

Seeing that it could do nothing against Su Yi, the Black Horned Dragon let out a deafening roar.

"Saving lives is the priority." Su Yi didn't want to deal with the Black Horned Dragon.

He commanded the Armored Raven to swoop down quickly, retrieved the Scratcher and Dewgrass, and immediately climbed up, intending to get away from the area as quickly as possible and look for clues in the surroundings again.

The black-horned dragon stared intently at Su Yi in the sky, then suddenly froze, its limbs twitching restlessly, and it growled irritably.

Whoohoo!

A strong wind howled, and a chilling murderous aura suddenly spread through the hearts of every living being.

"What's coming?!" Su Yi, hanging on the grappling hook, struggled to look around.

call!

A huge black shadow flashed past in sight. The strong wind it created as it swooped down made the Steel-Armored Raven's flight bumpy, and Su Yi hurriedly steadied himself.

Roar!

A terrifying monster exuding murderous intent rammed into the Black Horned Dragon, then seized its large horn with its sharp claws, letting out a ferocious roar.

With those demonic horns, black carapace, and thorns like bone spikes, this was a monster born for slaughter.

"Exterminate the Dragon!" Su Yi's expression changed.

"Was it attracted by the ancient dragon energy within the tempered black horn dragon?" Su Yi immediately thought of this possibility.