I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

The chef inexplicably seemed to be filled with fighting spirit, which startled Xier.

(Is this the world of chefs? I don’t understand. I don’t understand.)

As this routine repeats itself, the time for the Molten Mountain Dragon to arrive at the Grand Canyon is getting closer and closer...

Chapter 22: Molten Mountain Dragon Blocking Battle (First Line of Defense)

After the final few days of preparation, the complete defense line has been formed, and all that is left is to wait for the arrival of the Molten Dragon.

On the following night, intelligence finally arrived.

"Report, we have found traces of the Molten Mountain Dragon, and it is expected to reach the first line of defense at dawn." The hunter in charge of observation reported to the commander-in-chief.

"Oh? Before dawn? I see. Thank you for your hard work!" The commander-in-chief stroked his beard and thought slowly.

"Yo"

A hearty voice sounded. The person who came was the leader of the second group, and he came to say something important.

"A total of 60 Fire Seals have been installed, and the single-shot restraining crossbows are also ready. If nothing goes wrong, the Molten Dragon can be controlled for a long time." The second-term leader said while counting the list.

"Well, please."

The commander-in-chief looked at the bright moon in the sky, wondering what he was thinking.

On the platform, the hunters who had finished all their work were gathering their strength for the next battle.

Just before dawn, unusual movements in the distant land caught everyone's attention.

"That is!"

The baby Tyrannosaurus Rex looked into the distance with his special telescope.

Suddenly, a large piece of land rose up on the barren ground in the distance, and then a small hill rose up quickly. It was a volcano formed by the back armor of the Molten Dragon.

"Boom!" As the ground was broken, the Molten Mountain Dragon slowly rose from the ground. "Boom!" With a heavy landing sound, the Molten Mountain Dragon officially landed.

"Quick, quick, quick! Take action!"

The action order, which had been rehearsed countless times, was issued, and everyone arrived at the designated location accurately.

"Boom~"

As the cannons were loaded, the commander-in-chief waved his hand and shouted, "First round of artillery fire!!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

As five roars sounded, an extremely unscientific continuous firing of shells fired at the Molten Dragon at an extremely high speed.

"Boom!"

As the first shell exploded, many explosions rang out one after another, and the smoke and dust caused covered half of the Molten Dragon.

"Boom!" However, another sound of footsteps was heard, and the Molten Dragon actually stepped through the smoke and dust without any damage and continued to walk towards the first line of defense.

"what!"

To everyone's surprise, with so many cannons firing at the same time, even a Steel Dragon would not be able to escape unscathed, but the Molten Dragon did not even seem to be stiffened at all, as if only pebbles had hit it.

"As expected of you, you are the dragon that carries the Hell of Fire..."

The commander-in-chief murmured that he had never encountered such a strong, powerful, and terrifying dragon in all his years of hunting. For a moment, the commander-in-chief even thought of giving up.

However, his good qualities allowed him to quickly regain his composure and give orders again.

"Landing team, board the Pterosaur! Prepare to land!"

"Yes!"

Under the order of the commander-in-chief, a dozen elite hunters including Xier and Shirahoshi boarded pterosaurs and prepared to climb the Molten Dragon.

"It's so big!" Bai Xing exclaimed. Although she had been on standby at the side, the Molten Dragon's strength and its unwillingness to retreat made her excited.

"Well, I don't know if our operation can be successful..."

Xier said worried words, but there was a hint of red in her eyes.

(So ​​powerful, so desirable! I really want to defeat it!!)

The Molten Mountain Dragon moves forward very quickly. Although its weight affects its speed, how slow can its speed be when it can cover more than a hundred meters in one step?

"It's now!"

The teams, which had already been divided into groups, dispersed and headed towards their respective goals.

The purpose of these teams landing on the Molten Mountain Dragon is not to defeat it. The damage that the hunters can cause to it is like the bite of a mosquito on a person. No, not even that much. After all, no matter how powerful the hunter is, he cannot shatter the mountain.

They had only one purpose for landing, to completely destroy the cooling organ of the Molten Dragon.

The huge size of the Lava Dragon meant that it needed extremely powerful heat dissipation organs to dissipate the heat generated by its various actions, but the Lava Dragon could not expose its weaknesses. Therefore, based on observation and sampling, scholars finally inferred that the Lava Dragon's heat dissipation organs were located in its volcanic carapace.

What Xier and the others have to do is to destroy the cooling organs of the Molten Dragon, so that it can't bear its own heat and chooses to enter the sea to dissipate heat, thus achieving the purpose of driving it out of the earth veins.

"So hot!"

Xier and the other person were nearly scalded as they had just logged onto the Molten Dragon. The Molten Dragon had already begun to discharge super-high temperature body fluids to the outside world.

"Looks like we need to hurry up~"

Xier dodged a rock that fell from a great height, recalling the location previously deduced by scholars.

"This way!"

After observing for a while, Xier quickly deduced the location of the heat dissipation organs that the two of them were responsible for.

"okay!"

Bai Xing swung the grappling hook and climbed up the rock wall, followed by Xi'er. With the help of the grappling hook, the two quickly arrived at the location of the heat dissipation organ.

"Hey!"

At this time, the heat dissipation organs have begun to emit an extremely hot breath, and the heat has caused the air to slightly distort.

"It's so hot!" Bai Xing, who was about to get closer, was forced back by a stream of steam that rushed up and was almost burned.

"Luckily I brought a heavy crossbow this time."

Bai Xing chuckled and took off the crossbow on his back. He put the folded heavy crossbow together with both hands and aimed it at the heat dissipation organ.

"Accept the punishment of firepower!!!"

With her roar, the heavy crossbow began to roar.

One after another, the mechanical dragon bullets were pumped out from the muzzle. This was a crossbow bullet specially developed for hunting, which could fire a large number of crossbow bullets in a very short time and cause great damage. However, since the muzzle of the crossbow gun would be overloaded for a short time, it would not be able to fire for a period of time, so the mechanical dragon bullets were used as a killer by hunters. At this time, Shirahoshi was using this special crossbow bullet.

One crossbow bullet after another shot towards the radiator like a meteor shower. The gradually reddening muzzle and the increasing recoil marked the end of the attack.

With a "click" and a jamming sound, 50 crossbow bullets were fired in just 10 seconds.

At this point, if it is a general large monster, unless it has an extremely hard skin or shell, it can be captured.

But when facing a Molten Dragon, the situation is different. Facing the attack of the mechanical dragon bombs, the Molten Dragon's heat dissipation organs can still function normally after experiencing so many baptisms.

"Hiss! He is so terrifying! We must not let him stay!"

Shirahoshi gasped for air and nearly choked himself.

"Where did you learn this strange way of speaking?"

Xier rolled her eyes at Bai Xing who was showing off and ignored her strange actions and words.

Faced with the radiator pipe that had cracks but was still able to operate, Xier also had a headache. Why was this radiator organ so hard?

Just as Shirahoshi and the other two were about to continue their attack, the Molten Mountain Dragon's movements suddenly changed, and the place where Xi'er was was flipping at an extremely fast speed. This forced the two to temporarily give up the attack and use their claws to hang on the rock wall.

The two were not unfamiliar with this situation. They had foreseen it once when they came here before. If this happened, it would mean that the Molten Mountain Dragon was serious about it.

Because the Molten Dragon stood up!

Chapter 23: Molten Dragon Blockade (Nergigante Attack)

"Boom, bang, bang"

After a large-scale vibration, Xier and the other person, who had barely hooked onto the rock wall to maintain their balance, finally released their hooks.

However, the position they are in now is very different from before. After the Molten Mountain Dragon changed to standing on two feet, the large platform where the two were originally standing has turned into an upright rock wall, and the two are now under the rock wall.

"So high..."

Xier couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the rock wall in front of her. If the two of them wanted to continue destroying the heat dissipation organs, they would have to climb up the high rock wall.

"However, the Molten Mountain Dragon is already very close to the barrier..."

As the two were moving, the Molten Dragon was already very close to the barrier and was only a few steps away from breaking through it. However, the commander-in-chief, who had already considered this situation, looked at the Molten Dragon that was already within range without panic.

"emission!"

Following his order, half of the restraining bombs loaded on the Fire Seal were fired and firmly fixed on the Molten Dragon.

"Roar!!!"

Feeling restrained, the Molten Mountain Dragon roared for the first time.

"what!"

Faced with this massive sonic attack, the first to bear the brunt were Xier and the other two. Shirahoshi was fine, as she wore earplugs to prevent the noise of the mechanical dragon bomb, so she was minimally affected at this time.

But Xi'er is different. As a hunter who uses an insect stick, in order to keep light, her armor is not thick, and in order to maintain a sense of balance, she does not wear earplugs. But this is a hard time for Xi'er.

The roar of the Molten Mountain Dragon was so shocking that even the surrounding rock walls were shaking slightly, not to mention Xier who was facing the sound waves directly. She looked pale at this time, obviously having been greatly shocked.

"Xi'er, are you okay?"

Bai Xing noticed that Xier was acting strangely at this moment, and hurriedly supported Xier who was about to fall to the ground.

Xier frowned and said to Bai Xing after a while, "Xier is fine, Captain, continue to complete the mission..."

"But……"

"I'm fine. The mission is more important. There are no other dragons on the back of the Molten Mountain Dragon. It's safe. I'll just rest here for a while..."

Xier forced a smile. The power of the Molten Dragon's roar was beyond everyone's imagination. No one expected that the Molten Dragon's roar would be so powerful, so not many people prepared earplugs. Xier was caught in the trap because she was not careful enough.

"Then... I'll go..."

As if he was still worried about Xier, Bai Xing left two recovery potions before climbing towards the rock wall.

"Hmm^"

Feeling Bai Xing going away, Xier finally couldn't hold back the injuries in her body and spit out a mouthful of blood.

"I didn't expect the roar of the Molten Mountain Dragon to be so powerful..."

Xier wiped the corner of her mouth, and after spitting out a mouthful of blood, her pale face seemed to have eased.

"But why is this roar so desolate... Did something happen to the Molten Mountain Dragon?"

Although she didn't know whether other people could hear it, Xier heard a hint of misery in the roar of the Molten Dragon. That was why Xier failed to take measures in the first place.

"The environment here doesn't seem right..."

Although Xier originally felt that the environment on the back of the Molten Dragon was a little strange, she didn't know what was strange at the moment. It was only then that Xier, who was alone, carefully observed the environment on the back of the Molten Dragon and realized something.

"Why is the energy flow here not right..."

Because she can see things that others cannot see, Xier can naturally perceive things that others cannot perceive. She is observing the flow of energy flowing in the body of the Molten Mountain Dragon.

Ever since Xier observed the flow of the earth veins that time, she found that she could see the flow of energy of living things. No matter whether it was a human or an animal, as long as it appeared in front of her, she could see their energy flow. After Xier's usual summary, she found that the flow of energy should be a closed-loop cycle. As for the part that dissipates outward, the energy flow of almost all living things can be traced.

But the flow inside the Molten Dragon's body was different at this time. Although she couldn't see it comprehensively, Xier discovered that the energy inside the Molten Dragon's body was constantly running around, as if it was an extremely unstable energy body. Even if it exploded now, Xier wouldn't find it strange.

Xier could see that the Molten Dragon was trying its best to restrain the energy in its body and prevent it from exploding, otherwise it would definitely not be able to get here.

"What on earth is it that makes you want to reach it even if you force yourself..."

Xier looked in the direction where the Molten Mountain Dragon was heading. Deep in the Grand Canyon was the corridor of the earth veins, and that was also the Molten Mountain Dragon's destination.

"The earth vein corridor... the place where the earth veins converge... a huge amount of energy..."

These key points kept repeating in Xier's mind, like a huge mystery. Although combining these points allowed Xier to solve most of the mystery, there was still a fog shrouding the truth.

"what!"

Just as Xier was trying hard to think, the Molten Dragon vibrated again, and the strong vibration brought Xier back to reality.