Monster Hunter Gathering

As he filmed, Laos muttered, "The cartilage, skin, and liver of the monster bird are all particularly delicious. According to records, they are extremely delicious after being roasted. But can the meat of the giant monster bird infected with the mad dragon virus be eaten? Otherwise, I'll take a gamble and try it..."

Nie Chiwu didn't notice what Laos was thinking. He was only thinking about hunting down the dragon-like monster in front of him and making new equipment.

"Look In My Eyes!" When Nie Chiwu appeared near the big monster bird, he quickly attracted the attention of the big monster bird.

"Ka--" The huge monster bird that had transformed into a mad dragon opened its purple-red virus-infected eyes and rushed towards Nie Chiwu without hesitation.

The huge mouth began to peck while charging towards Nie Chiwu.

"Let me...test your strength first!"

Nie Chiwu, who has been eating cat food for so long in the gathering, has developed an extremely strong body thanks to the loving cat food provided by Grandma Cat. This also makes Nie Chiwu want to try out how powerful the giant monster bird transformed into a mad dragon is.

So Nie Chi held his sword across his body and faced the monster bird's charge and pecking head-on.

When the giant bird's beak pecked at the huge sword, dazzling sparks shot out from the contact point between the sword and the bird's beak. At the same time, Nie Chiwu's hands went numb, and he was knocked back two steps by this sudden strange force.

"The mad dragon transformed into a giant monster bird...it's really strong." After Nie Chiwu took a few steps away from the giant monster bird, he dodged the giant monster bird's sudden turn and tail swing, and at the same time, he swung the big sword backwards and began to accumulate power.

When the big monster bird swung its tail and turned around to face Nie Chiwu, Nie Chiwu's charged slash had already finished charging and smashed directly on the big monster bird's head.

The heavy sword collided with the monster bird's head, and even produced dazzling sparks again with its hard scales and beak, which made the monster bird's head dizzy, and then it became even more angry and wanted to attack Nie Chiwu.

"Damn it! Do you think I'll ever show up again with that ugly rolling katana during my battle with Kokushibo!" Nie Chiwu roared with confidence. "I'm the perfect hunter now! Thanks to Xin Meier's training, I've successfully combined my past hunting techniques with my current physique!"

"Don't think that a mere teacher like Yang Kuku can make me surrender!" As Nie Chiwu said this, he also dodged the ball of fire spit out by the big monster bird in anger.

The big monster bird didn't understand what Nie Chiwu was mumbling. It just shoveled its iconic big beak on the ground and rushed towards Nie Chiwu with all its strength.

It was easy to judge and determine the timing of its attack - the mad dragon virus had already made the giant bird lose its few remaining combat wits.

General Nie Chi placed his sword behind him and began to gather strength, his eyes fixed on the huge monster bird charging towards him, with a smile on his lips.

"Give me... offset!"

At the moment before the giant bird hit Nie Chiwu, Nie Chiwu suddenly swung the sword in his hand in an upward grabbing posture, and collided with the charging giant bird from bottom to top.

"Clang——" A huge sound like the collision of metal suddenly resounded throughout the field. The huge monster that was several meters long... was directly swung backwards by this accumulated force.

“Killing each other… so cool!!!”

Chapter 304: Wrestling is so cool!

"Hahaha……"

After successfully offsetting the attack from Shang Lao Zhan and fighting with the giant bird, Nie Chiwu also showed an excited expression. Then he used his hook claws to force his way close to the monster, and suddenly swept out a horizontal slash, knocking the giant bird's head crooked.

All the way from Infinite City, through the maze, and then to Night City... Nie Chiwu rarely had the experience of fighting monsters on the same level.

In Infinite City, Nie Chiwu had not yet adapted to the life of a hunter. The winged lions in the maze were difficult to hunt with weapons alone, and the Qilin encountered in Night City was an ancient dragon that exceeded the standard.

Now, the scene of fighting the big monster bird with a big sword made Nie Chiwu feel like he was playing the original Monster Hunter.

The big monster bird that was knocked down by the big sword was stimulated and immediately turned its body and pounced towards Nie Chiwu.

Nie Chiwu dodged the giant bird's beak by rolling, then took a sudden step forward and slammed his shoulder into the giant bird's body, causing the bird to tremble.

The big monster bird also flapped its wings, trying to knock Nie Chiwu away, but the wings of the big monster bird hit the big sword that Nie Chiwu was holding horizontally.

With a loud clang, the attack of the big monster bird failed to cause any damage to Nie Chiwu. After Nie Chiwu made a precise defense, he immediately continued to accumulate strength to offset the upper slash.

Perhaps the monster bird's wing attack failed to work. When it suddenly swung its body and prepared to use its tail to throw Nie Chiwu away, this attack once again hit Nie Chiwu's counterattack. Although he was not thrown over again, he was still directly knocked back by this attack.

The hook in Nie Chiwu's hand once again grabbed the body of the giant bird. The force of the hook pulled Nie Chiwu's body quickly towards the giant bird. The touch caused by the sword and the giant bird fighting each other, the trembling feeling was still stuck in Nie Chiwu's palm, but Nie Chiwu had already stepped forward suddenly with the pull of the hook, and stepped on the field under his feet a little more firmly.

The moment Nie Chiwu approached the giant monster bird, he suddenly burst out with strength in his hands, pulled the heavy sword out from the pull of gravity, and swept it across with great force, directly slashing the shell and scales on the side of the giant monster bird.

The dark red scales shattered, and even the shell was left with a clearly visible mark in the powerful attack. The strange bird roared in pain, and the fire bag in its throat squeezed madly, and directly threw out the scorching hot fire liquid like fire from its huge beak on the spot.

Nie Chiwu instinctively took a step back with his sword, but the flame liquid still rubbed against his equipment. The pain brought by the scalding flame liquid made Nie Chiwu feel...

More excited.

"Eh? Has Nie Chiwu ever been this aggressive in battle?" He Zhen, who was watching from a distance, nudged Qiao Shuu beside him and asked, "Although he's always been aggressive and not afraid of cat cars, I feel like he's like a berserker today..."

"That seems to be the case." Er Qiao stroked his gray beard after his disguise. "Maybe it's because he's too excited about hunting real monsters and making equipment? Come to think of it, Granny Cat seemed to have told us what happened to the Grand Commander before?"

"Oh, the commander-in-chief has been infected with the Mad Dragon virus." Laos said casually while taking pictures excitedly.

“Huh?” Kazuma glared. “When did he get infected?”

"That's... when the new hunter came here." Laos thought for a moment and replied, "He's been eating the Elimination Fruit to alleviate the effects of the Crazy Dragon Virus. Didn't you know?"

"I don't know!" Kazuma glared, "What will the Crazy Dragon Virus do to people?"

"It seems... probably..." Laos flipped through his notebook. "Probably, my recovery ability is suppressed, and I lose some stamina and vitality. Another point is that my desire to fight will become a little stronger..."

"Then, if we continue to fight, we may be able to overcome the effects of the Mad Dragon Virus. By then, our strength and explosive power will seem to become stronger..." Laos glanced at the records in his notebook, and suddenly an idea popped up in his mind.

"Eh! This doesn't seem like a big deal!" Laos glared. "Then I can just eat the liver of the giant bird! Anyway, I can use the Dispelling Fruit to alleviate it! If I continue fighting, I can also overcome the effects of the Crazy Dragon Virus..."

"OI! Don't eat infected meat on purpose!" Kazuma loudly complained to Laos: "You are the king now! At least pay attention to the safety of the food you eat!"

"Let's not talk about it for now. The commander is still fighting." Er Qiao was observing Nie Chiwu's battle very seriously.

After all, Nie Chiwu is quite proficient in all weapons, and Er Qiao also wants to learn how to fight with a greatsword... Maybe in the future he can also use ripples and substitutes to develop some new fighting methods with the greatsword.

For example, using a stand to perform some wireworm techniques would be nice...

At this moment, Nie Chiwu was still fighting a desperate battle with the giant monster bird.

The collision between the big sword and the big monster bird made Nie Chiwu's palm numb, but Nie Chiwu could also notice that the big monster bird seemed to have consumed a lot of its vitality because of the mad dragon transformation and the battle.

If it were a normal big monster bird, it should have fled back to its nest by now.

But monsters infected with the Mad Dragon virus will fight to the death, which is why Mad Dragon monsters must be defeated.

When the big monster bird rushed towards Nie Chiwu madly, Nie Chiwu once again held the big sword in front of him and made all preparations to meet the attack of the big monster bird.

This time, Nie Chiwu felt that the feel was right, and he successfully used his shoulder to block the big sword and the dragon chariot of the big monster bird.

Not only that, Nie Chiwu also entered into a wrestling match with the giant bird.

This confrontation of pure strength made Nie Chiwu roar with excitement. He slammed his shoulders and body into the big sword, directly knocking the big monster bird away.

Nie Chiwu did not pay attention to his physical condition. He had already gotten rid of the influence of the Mad Dragon Virus during the battle. The overcome Mad Dragon Virus became a part of Nie Chiwu's strength, which made Nie Chiwu's explosive power increase significantly.

Nie Chiwu also didn't notice his actions. They were all recorded by two people hiding in the distance with their mobile phones, including the entire battle between him and the giant bird.

The two men saw that Nie Chiwu, whose figure was smaller than that of the giant bird, used a terrifying big sword to collide with the giant bird again and again, causing a terrifying vibration sound. In the end... he even knocked the giant bird away in a head-on wrestling.

This made it difficult for them to tell which monster they should photograph.

After Nie Chiwu knocked the giant bird to the ground in the wrestling match, the sword in his hand began to accumulate power behind him, and a dazzling red light began to gather on the sword.

When the greatsword was swung on the ground and twisted and chopped out again, all the accumulated power burst out. The shattering sound was like a stretched lightning strike, and a blood mist was stirred up when the sword edge broke through the scales.

The heavy sword hit the giant bird's head squarely, piercing through its skull and dealing the most fatal blow to the dragon-like monster.

"Teacher Yang Ku Ku... the subjugation is complete—!"

Nie Chiwu suddenly kicked up his sword, put it on his back, and carefully took out the skinning knife from his waist: "Now is the time to harvest!"

Chapter 305: Yang Ku Ku...delicious

With a grateful look on his face, Nie Chiwu started skinning Teacher Yang Kuku while his body was still warm.

He had to take away all the materials he could as soon as possible before leaving, and deal with those that were difficult to take away at the moment to prevent secondary infection of the Crazy Dragon Virus.

After a refreshing battle, Nie Chiwu felt much more relaxed. He happily called out to Kazuma and others to come over and help him peel the materials.

then……

Nie Chiwu discovered that he had overcome the Mad Dragon Virus.

"As expected, the Mad Dragon Virus should be overcome through an all-out battle!" Nie Chiwu stood on Teacher Yang Kuku's corpse, his hands on his waist, gazing at the endless starry sky above him with a look of great satisfaction on his face. "Now I am my complete self, the ultimate leader..."

"Take your feet away!!! Don't stop me from peeling the materials!" He Zhen slapped Nie Chiwu's feet hard, asking Nie Chiwu to move his feet.

On the other side, Laos... was lost in thought over the liver full of the Mad Dragon virus that he had just taken out of the giant bird's stomach.

Laos looked up at Nie Chiwu, who had just overcome the Mad Dragon Virus, then at the liver in his hand. He suddenly spoke to the people around him, "The liver, cartilage, and skin of the giant monster bird are a rare delicacy for barbecue, right? Is the giant monster bird in this state...still edible?"

"Shouldn't... be possible?" Er Qiao said after peeling off a lot of scales. "After all, there's the Mad Dragon Virus..."

"But the Grand Commander has already overcome the Crazy Dragon Virus... and the Crazy Dragon Virus doesn't seem to be as effective on humans as it is on monsters, right?" Laos's gaze was still focused on the huge "Sand Liver" in his hand.

"Now that you mention it... this is my first time hunting a wild monster." Nie Chiwu's eyes also fell on the gizzard liver in Laos's hand: "Come to think of it, the grill I just used to eat cat food is still usable..."

"Hmm? Can barbecue get rid of the Crazy Dragon Virus?"

"That shouldn't be possible. After all, even monsters living in volcanoes can be infected with the Crazy Dragon Virus."

Laos and Nie Chiwu started chatting like this.

"Hey! Why are you all looking at this?! It's full of viruses! No matter how delicious it is, you can't eat it!" Kazuma complained vigorously, "Who would voluntarily eat food with viruses!!!"

"How about you come with me, Kazuma?"

"I will never eat such dangerous food!!!"

An hour later, in the gathering place, in the open space in the central area, Nie Chiwu, Er Qiao, Laos and Kazuma were lying there obediently, and were being taught a lesson by the cat lady.

"Next time, don't eat food that carries the mad dragon virus. Even if you really want to eat it, you have to bring it back and process it properly before eating it." Grandma Cat knocked on the foreheads of Nie Chiwu and others with a clean big wooden spoon.

"Okay--" Nie Chiwu, who was infected with the Raging Dragon Virus again within an hour after overcoming it, lay obediently on the ground, while the Felynx beside him were helping to take out the materials for the Giant Monster from the backpacks of the four people.

"Although I ate the wrong things again and caused something bad to happen to my body..." Laos stared blankly at the clear sky of the stronghold, his face full of the aftertaste of the grilled liver, roasted cartilage, and grilled giant bird skin.

Laos's sigh rarely resonated with the other people present.

The four most stupid hunters just lay together, looking at the sky and sighing together.

"Grilled giant monster bird skewers... they're really delicious."

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About two hours after the battle, the area that had experienced the battle was cordoned off by guards with barrier tape.

The female leader, Aki Kikuchihara, also rushed here with Meteora and Sereja, and witnessed the large amount of debris left in the center of the field...

The body of the giant monster bird has been properly disposed of.

Even Kikuchihara Aki was a little confused by the scene before her.

Although she had heard that an abnormal non-human monster had appeared here, when she brought her two creations and the troops here to deal with it, she found that the monster had not only been dealt with, but had even been...classified.

The skeletons in front of him and the neatly arranged discarded useless body tissues of the giant monster bird were even steaming, proving that this monster was alive not long ago.

Moreover, a small wooden board was inserted in front of each classified skeleton and giant bird organization, on which was written the classification type and an introduction to the giant bird, as well as a warning sign warning of the presence of viruses... There was also a large bag of blue fruit next to it, which was said to be used to alleviate the onset of the virus.

What made Kikuchihara Aki speechless the most was...

Next to the giant bird's corpse, she smelled the aroma of barbecue and a bonfire on the ground that had been extinguished...

"What do you think, Meteora? Do you think this was done by a creature?" Aki Kikuchihara rubbed his temple and asked Meteora, who was inspecting the wreckage of the giant bird.

"...This isn't a creature that should exist in the Creator's world. You should know this better than I do." Meteora shook his head. "Didn't someone nearby film it?"

"About that..." Kikuchihara Aki sighed, "See for yourself."

When the video shot with a mobile phone was released, Meteora and Sereja came over to see what was going on, and then they saw a hunter in heavy armor engaging in a wild hand-to-hand fight with a huge monster bird with a big sword.

After watching the video, Meteora was silent for a moment. Then, after examining the ground, he said, "It must have been created... I originally thought many of the traces here were left by this monster, but after comparing them, I realized they were caused by the hunter in the video."

Based on the traces, Meteora deduced the power Nie Chiwu, who had caused them, might have possessed. "And... did you notice the other people captured in the video..."

"Yes." Aki Kikuchihara said with a serious expression, "It has been confirmed. They are all characters from those stories released online."

"[Joseph Joestar], [Sato Kazuma], [Laos Tudin]... they should be thankful for their own combat prowess; it wasn't particularly strong in their own stories." Kikuchihara Aki pushed up her glasses. "But they and the [Hunter] who hunted this monster actually acted together."

"Perhaps... the rules of recognition have undergone some changes that we are unaware of."

Chapter 306 The Princess and the Dragon

While Meteora and others were worried about Nie Chiwu and others, in a ruin that had been abandoned for many years, a dragon with black scales and wings covered with cloak-like scaly hair was lying quietly in the center of the ruins.

Although the moonlight is bright now and there are no clouds blocking the view, one can even clearly see the stars in the sky, but... the Black Eclipse Dragon raised his head and could not see anything.

The Black Dragon cannot see the moonlight in the sky. From the moment it was born, it has lacked the luxuries of sight, smell, and hearing. {PS: In the new wilderness ecosystem, the Black Dragon does not eat flashes, stink jade, or sonic boom bombs, but it did eat stink jade in the previous game.}

Hearing, smell, vision... these things that ordinary creatures are born with have nothing to do with the Black Eclipse Dragon after it is born. Only when the Black Eclipse Dragon has completely completed its growth can its senses break out of the cocoon, allowing it to see and hear the world in front of it clearly.