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

Although they were also shocked by the actions of the Molten Dragon, the hunters still quickly carried out the commander-in-chief's orders. One after another, restraint bullets connected to strong ropes hit the Molten Dragon's body. The restrictions of dozens of ropes finally stopped the Molten Dragon's movements. If it wanted to move forward, it had to break free from the ropes on its body.

"What happened?"

Different from the personnel configuration of the first line of defense, the overall affairs of the second line of defense were led by the captain of the investigation squad, who was standing on the barrier and carefully observing the battle ahead.

"Why did the old man fire the restraining bomb prematurely?"

Although the distance was far, he could still see the restraint bullets hitting the back of the Molten Dragon like rain.

"No! Something's wrong!"

Although he didn't know what exactly happened, the captain of the investigation team instinctively sensed that something was wrong. He knew Commander Zong's character and knew that unless there was a drastic change, he would not change the plan at the last minute.

"Could it be..."

The captain of the investigation team's brain was working rapidly, and he was wondering what could have caused the commander-in-chief to launch the restraining bomb in advance.

"Oops!"

He accidentally saw the action of the Molten Mountain Dragon, and instantly his mind became clear. He quickly ordered: "Everyone get off the barrier and retreat to the cliffs on both sides!"

"But what about these artillery pieces?"

The hunter at the side looked at the captain of the investigation team with some surprise. This temporary retreat could be said to have abandoned all the artillery that had been deployed.

"Those who can evacuate should evacuate, and those who can't should stay here. In short, everyone should leave first!"

The captain of the investigation team jumped down from the high platform, waving his arms and shouting loudly, asking all the hunters to retreat.

At this moment, a pterosaur flew over, and a hunter landed from it, saying to him breathlessly: "The commander-in-chief orders that all personnel at the second barrier retreat."

"really!"

The captain of the investigation team was shocked. It was just as he expected. He patted the man on the shoulder and said, "Got it. Let's go down first."

"correct!"

The captain of the investigation team suddenly asked, "Is there any news from the special operations team?"

"Not yet." The hunter shook his head.

"Yeah……"

(Captain Bai Zhou, Xi'er, please stay safe over there!)

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Due to the sudden movement of the Molten Dragon, Xier and Baixing, who were originally climbing, suddenly felt upside down and shaking constantly, as if they were on a roller coaster. After a long time, the vibration stopped slightly.

Released her hands that were tightly gripping the rock wall, Xier slowly stood up from the back shell that had turned from the wall to the ground. She was shocked to find that the original back shell had flipped 90 degrees.

"Shirahoshi! Are you okay?"

She quickly looked at Bai Xing beside her, and found that he was also looking at her in surprise.

"What's going on?" Bai Xing shook his dizzy head.

The sudden displacement made her feel a little dizzy, as if she had just fallen from the sky.

"I don't know, but it might be because of the Molten Mountain Dragon."

Xier looked at the surroundings which were obviously much higher than before and said, "It seems that the Molten Mountain Dragon has stood up."

"Eh?"

Bai Xing was stunned and said in disbelief: "This guy can still stand up, he is so big."

"There was a discrepancy between our estimates of the Molten Dragon. It seems that we completely underestimated its capabilities."

Xier looked at the Molten Mountain Dragon beneath her feet in disbelief and said infatuatedly: "Is this the ancient dragon..."

"Well, it doesn't make any difference. Our mission is still..."

Bai Xing had just said half of her words when suddenly a bad premonition arose in her heart. She instinctively activated her ability to observe the body of the Molten Dragon.

With the help of her ability, the flow of energy in the Molten Mountain Dragon's body appeared clearly before her eyes.

"This is!"

Bai Xing was shocked to find that the energy that had been flowing smoothly in the body of the Molten Mountain Dragon suddenly began to flow rapidly, and the direction of the flow was exactly towards the head of the Molten Mountain Dragon.

Shirahoshi, who usually likes to use breath to release energy, instantly understood the Molten Dragon's intention at this moment. It was actually going to release its breath.

However, the Molten Dragon does not have the same ability to control energy as Shirahoshi, and it takes much longer to gather its breath than her. If it were any other ancient dragon, it would only need to strike at the weak point to hit the breath back.

However, when the opponent is a behemoth like the Molten Dragon, the energy required for this attack is enormous, and the hunters are simply not capable of this level of attack.

"Oops……"

Bai Xing murmured, "This is bad."

When no attack can interrupt this long accumulation of power, then this powerful breath has no weaknesses. It has high damage, wide range, and long range. This move is almost a perfect attack.

After suffering a series of attacks, the Molten Dragon chose to use its breath to fight back. Hunters who were not familiar with its moves certainly did not know that using its breath required a very long time to accumulate energy, but the hunters' purpose of capturing it just happened to be what it meant. If the Molten Dragon did not move, the hunters would not attack it at will. If she could not stop the Molten Dragon in time, then when the Molten Dragon's energy was successfully gathered, it would be a fierce battle.

"What's wrong, Shirahoshi?"

Seeing Bai Xing stunned for a long time, Xier asked quietly. Bai Xing's expression made her a little worried.

However, Shirahoshi did not answer. At this time, Shirahoshi was going through a major decision.

(What should I do if I let it attack me...)

Shirahoshi himself has the ability to interrupt its attack, but if he does that he will definitely expose his identity as an ancient dragon. Even if he is not exposed at this moment, he will have no way to conceal it when he is questioned after the attack.

"But there's nothing we can do..."

Shirahoshi took a deep breath.

"What's the problem?"

Xier frowned and didn't look at Baixing. Looking at the other person's expression, Xier suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Xi'er, if, I say if, one day I say I'm not a human, will you still consider me a friend?"

Bai Xing turned his head and looked at Xier.

"?"

Xi'er was stunned for a moment. What kind of question was this? But she still answered: "Of course, friends are friends."

"That's good……"

Shirahoshi smiled.

"What are you talking about?"

Xier was a little confused and felt something was wrong. Although Bai Xing's words at this time seemed to have come to his mind suddenly, his relieved look was as if he had heard the answer to a question that had been accumulating in his heart for a long time.

"Nothing, let's go up first."

Bai Xing said: "We still have to complete the mission, right?"

"……Um."

After thinking for a while, Xier temporarily put the previous question behind her. It would not be too late to ask Bai Xing after this matter was over.

"Let's go!"

Seemingly regaining his former cheerfulness, Shirahoshi took the lead and walked ahead.

"Shirahoshi, you've gone the wrong way again. This is the right way."

Seeing Shirahoshi saying he was going to the target location but then turning around and walking in the opposite direction, Xier finally breathed a sigh of relief. The guy in front of her was the Shirahoshi she knew.

"Ahahahaha, Yabai, I remembered it wrong."

Bai Xing scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Let's go!"

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"boom!"

The black demon swept across the sky and flew towards the Grand Canyon at an extremely fast speed.

Feeling the air flow quickly passing through her body, Meiya's anxious thoughts gradually calmed down.

(Damn it, why did the Molten Dragon suddenly get angry...)

Mei Ya didn't understand. It was obvious that the Molten Dragon had lost consciousness, so why would it do such a thing?

"It looks like mine is going to be faster."

Meiya exerted force with her wings again. Her physical fitness, which was considered top-notch even among the ancient dragons, allowed Meiya to withstand extremely high speeds. Others flew by relying on their abilities, but she was the only one who flew despite the resistance and strong winds.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the battlefield, Meiya couldn't help but think of the guy who had discussed with her for a whole afternoon three years ago. She knew that in order to protect Xier, the guy in Xier's body would not care about others at all. And he would not only protect Xier's body, but if Xier's mind became abnormal, that guy would also appear. What happened at that time would not be known to Meiya.

"Roar!!!"

(Xi'er, and that Mingdeng brat, you two have to hold back.)

(Revised) Chapter 26 Breaking in! The attacking Nergigante!

"Report! Commander-in-Chief, the Molten Dragon has been controlled! No other movements have been detected so far."

After the remaining restraining bombs were almost used up, the commander-in-chief finally heard a piece of good news in this battle full of unexpected events.

"Is it finally tied up?..."

The commander-in-chief breathed a sigh of relief, his sharp eyes fixed on the Molten Dragon that was tightly bound by the restraint bombs in the Grand Canyon. Although the Molten Dragon was huge, the bigger the body, the more strength it required to move. The restraint bombs imprisoned the Molten Dragon firmly in the middle of the Grand Canyon, and no matter how it wanted to move, it would be tightly pulled by the ropes.

"The next step is to wait for the landing team's news. They will inform me as soon as they have any news."

After his subordinates left, the commander-in-chief looked at the Molten Mountain Dragon that was staying in the middle of the Grand Canyon and murmured, "Is it finally going to succeed? But why... I always have a weird feeling in my heart. What do you want to do, Molten Mountain Dragon..."

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"boom!"

A burst of fireworks rose into the sky, easing the tense war a little.

"What is that? The landing team's signal flare? Have the other teams succeeded?"

Looking at the flare exploding above her head, Xier said in surprise: "It looks like we have to speed up. Let's go! Shirahoshi."

"Um……"

Also watching the flare take off, Shirahoshi did not feel the slightest bit of excitement about the successful battle, because only she knew that this battle was far from being over yet she could be assured.

(Damn it! It’s not time yet, it’s almost time…)

Bai Xing calculated the distance to the top of the Molten Dragon in her mind. She only had one chance. Since she was not in her original form, she had to launch an attack from the closest place to the Molten Dragon in order to effectively interrupt the Molten Dragon's attack.

"What's wrong, Shirahoshi?"

Xier looked at Bai Xing with a heavy face and asked curiously. Although the other party concealed all his anxiety as the tension of fighting, Xier, who had been with Bai Xing day and night for a period of time, knew that Bai Xing could not be nervous about fighting.

But for a moment she didn't know what Bai Xing was worried about. In fact, she could feel the change in Bai Xing's attitude from the beginning, especially when Bai Xing said those words just now, the strange feeling in Xier's heart reached its peak.

Although these words seemed like a joke, Xier sensed the hidden meaning in them. In Xier's opinion, these words were not a joke to ease the tension, but the last straw that broke the camel's back. Her answer helped Shirahoshi strengthen her belief. Although Xier didn't know what decision Shirahoshi made at that moment, it was obviously this decision that made Shirahoshi become so worried and anxious now.

"Nothing, just a little nervous."

Bai Xing waved her hand and calmed down her expression. She didn't want to leave Xier with any worries in this last period of time.

"I see... It's okay, you can tell me if you have any questions."

Xier smiled and said, "Aren't we friends?"

(It’s because we are friends that I can’t tell you.)

Bai Xing smiled bitterly in his heart, but he kept a smile on his face and said: "Oh, you are overthinking it. There is no problem. Let's go! Complete the task as soon as possible! This broken place is too hot, even cold drinks can't stop it."

Xier's heart sank, and she became even more certain that Bai Xing was hiding something from her, or that Bai Xing had some unspeakable secret that he couldn't let others know.

"That's right, let's finish the task as soon as possible!"

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"It looks like the Molten Mountain Dragon is restrained."

The captain of the investigation squad on the second line of defense held up a telescope and carefully observed the situation on the battlefield ahead. Although others did not know, he knew clearly in his mind that the plan had gone astray. The location where the Molten Dragon was bound was too far away from the second barrier, and the artillery set up around the second barrier could not reach that far away.

This means that the artillery fire that can cover the Molten Dragon is directly reduced by half. Although it is not clear what happened on the front line, since the old man is there, he should be able to stabilize the situation.