13. VS Rock Dragon (1)
Poof!
As the rock dragon shook, the red star, who was not mentally prepared on the rock dragon's back, was immediately thrown down and fell to the ground fiercely. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Hmm......"
Red Star slowly stood up from the ground, staring at the rock dragon not far away, and was a little dazed for a while.
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Rock Dragon Ecological Encyclopediaโโ
Living in the volcanic area, the juvenile of the Wyvern species Chiron, "Rock Dragon", has a temperament that is rare among the Wyvern monsters in the docile and timid.
During this long period of growth, the rock dragon will cultivate in its digestive organs a type of bacteria that can decompose rocks or minerals and produce energy, and then devour the rocks and minerals to break down the bacteria, and then the bacteria provide energy for the rock dragon, forming a symbiotic relationship between the two.
The rocks swallowed by the rock dragon, many mineral components that cannot be decomposed by bacteria, will not be wasted, they will be excreted from the skin with the secretion system of the rock dragon, accumulated outside the body surface, and after calcining, it becomes a solid rock shell, which is why it is called the rock dragon.
When the shell of the rock dragon is strong to a certain extent, and the rock dragon itself has grown to a certain size, the energy produced by the bacteria in the body is no longer enough to provide enough energy for the rock dragon, and at this time, the rock dragon begins to prey on other creatures.
It usually lurks below the ground, leaving only its back exposed, as seen by Red Star, and then uses this mimicry camouflage to prey on insects or small animals that come close.
In addition, the rock dragon will dig burrows with its hard head and winged claws like a crane's beak when performing mimic camouflage, and with its dexterous winged claws, it can also dig tunnels underground and move.
As a result, its wings lose their softness due to digging, resulting in a significant reduction in flight ability. This is not to say that it is not capable of flight, as there have been reports of some hunters witnessing rock dragons flying short distances.
Finally, when the rock dragon feels that its rock shell has accumulated to a certain extent, it will wade into the magma, close its eyes, immerse its entire body in the magma, let the hot magma wash its body surface, condense the rock shell on its body surface, and peel off useless impurities, leaving only the strongest and heat-resistant parts, this process is called [magma baptism].
After the baptism of magma, when it comes out of the magma, it becomes a mature body with an armor-like shell - Chiron!
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The docile and timid, the rock dragon that has always lived in volcanoes and rarely moves places, lives the life of a house dragon, it has never seen a human like the red star, so it is a little hesitant - is the red star used as a small animal to hunt? Or do you think Red Star is the enemy and choose to retreat?
After all, its leaping attack didn't work because the red star clings to its back.
And here, Hongxing, who recalled the ecological information about the rock dragon in his mind, also fell into hesitation.
[It's actually the back of the rock dragon......]
[Its back is all mineral secretions that cannot be digested in the body, so that means, the sword-shaped rock on its back is just a coincidence, not what I am looking for?] ใ
[No...... It's also possible that the rock dragon accidentally brought the product of this lost civilization to its back while moving through the underground tunnels. ใ
[It would be nice to be able to identify it up close!] ใ
It has already come face to face with the rock dragon, and no matter how docile and timid the rock dragon is, it will not let the red star climb on its back again.
[What should I do?] Do you want to go on? ใ
[But my current equipment can't help this guy!] ใ
[Or leave first, and come back when it lurks on the surface?] ใ
[No, no! What if it's gone! ใ
The mortal heart began to contradict again.
"Huh...... Scold! The Red Star, who recognized himself, quickly understood his present heart, he sighed, shook his head, and chuckled again, and in the laughter that seemed to be self-mocking, he firmly established a certain thought.
He turned his hand behind his back and slowly pulled the sword out of its scabbard.
Boom!
A loose stone on the bank of the magma river rolled down into the lava river, and the calmly flowing lava river seemed to be touched and suddenly became turbulent.
"If you want to live......
Hongxing's eyes froze, his feet assumed the posture of a left bow and a right horse, and in his hand was a standard left sword and right shield, he took a deep breath.
"Just prove it to me again!"
He let out a loud shout, mustered up his courage, and rushed towards the rock dragon.
"Roar!"
Looking at the red star rushing towards him, the rock dragon let out a roar at the same time, no matter how docile and cowardly it was, it would not show its cowardice in the face of enemies much smaller than its own size.
Its thick thighs strained slightly, stepping a deep footprint pit into the loose limestone floor, and then it leaned forward, straining its feet, and slammed into the red star, following the example of the red star.
Under the charge of both sides, the short distance passed in the blink of an eye.
A strong stream of hot air, under the collision of the rock dragon, rushed towards the red star.
Red Star's eyes didn't blink, just like he thought, the heart that wanted to live had fully taken over his body:
Blink? The second moment of vision is lost, the reaction will be slower, and the chance of survival will be reduced - not allowed!
Nervous? Disordered movements, inaccurate judgment, reduced chances of survival - not allowed!
Run away? With your back to the enemy, you have no plans to do it, and your chances of survival are extremely low - not allowed!
"Survival Heart", like a sophisticated computer, quickly analyzes and processes all the information received by Red Star's eyes, ears, nose, and skin, and then calculates the course of action with the highest chance of being born.
The [Heart of Death], as opposed to the [Heart of Survival], constantly brings the Red Star into danger and does not give the Heart of Survival the option to retreat.
There is a contradictory balance between the Heart of Survival and the Heart of Death, with the Heart of Death, Red Star will not always hide behind the safest of the most cowardly cowards, and with the Heart of Survival, the Heart of Death will never be able to bring Red Star into a desperate situation - such as the certain death of Jumping into the Magma River.
Facing the rock dragon that was close at hand, and could almost feel the scorching breath of the rock dragon, Hongxing's eyes were as calm as a blue lake, and he saw his feet slip, his whole body facing upwards, his back almost touching the ground, sliding under the action of inertia, avoiding its pair of big feet from under the nose of the rock dragon, staggering past its body, and drilling out behind it.
"Drink!"
As soon as he came out, Red Star's eyes widened angrily, and he held the shield in his right hand and hugged the tail of the rock dragon because of the tip of the sprint tail.
His left hand quickly sheathed the sword, and together with his right hand, he hugged the tail of the rock dragon, and then kicked his feet on the ground, and with all his strength, he suddenly jumped to the back of the rock dragon.
He swung his head from side to side, his eyes had a full view of the rock dragon's back, he was at the tail end of the rock dragon's back, and the sword-shaped rock was located at the front end of the rock dragon's back, close to the head, as for the weak point, although the rock that made up the rock dragon's back was not tightly sealed, there were still gaps to take advantage of, but the length of these gaps was enough, the width was only one centimeter, and the deeper it went, the narrower it became, the deepest part was almost two meters, with the one-handed sword less than one meter long with the red star, it was impossible to hurt the soft flesh inside, Not to mention the paralyzing boning knife with a blade that is only twenty centimeters long.
After such a delay, the rock dragon that had been charging had already braked the car, and it had already noticed that the red star had climbed onto its back through its small short tail, but it was confident in the rock crust on its back, so it seemed unhurried.
I saw the rock dragon shake his body slightly, and then half-squatted down, as if he was brewing something.
Hongxing, who saw the rock dragon's movements here, changed his face, and he didn't care about taking a few more steps to get the sword-shaped rock, he flipped off the rock dragon's back without a trace of hesitation, and then ran a few steps quickly, one after another, and kept as far away from the rock dragon's body as possible.
Burst!
In the next second, the rock dragon was like a fart, expelling a large cloud of thick white gas from the cracks in the rocks above and below its body, enveloping it in a radius of ten zhang with its entire body as the center.
"It actually has sleeping bacteria in its body!"
Red Star shouted in surprise.
The rock dragon, though docile and cowardly, is clumsy, but don't think that this makes it easy to deal with.
Not to mention its rocky shell and its ability to burrow and escape if it can't be beaten, just saying that it has just farted all over its body is a killer for small creatures.
According to the ecological information given by many scholars on the ecological research of the rock dragon, when the rock dragon cultivates the symbiotic bacteria that can provide it with energy in the digestive organs, it occasionally cultivates additional accessory bacteria.
There are different types of these accessory bacteria, but there are three most common ones: Sleeping Bacteria, Toadstools, and Magma Flame Bacteria.
After absorbing the energy in the rock dragon's body, these three bacteria are able to secrete hypnotic gas, venom, and magma fluid in the rock dragon's body, respectively.
The rock dragon will store the secretions of these appendage bacteria in its own unique organs, and when it is critical, it will expel them from the body as exhaust gases through the cracks in the rock shell of the whole body, causing a huge blow to the prey or enemy. Among them, the hypnotic gas secreted by the sleeping bacteria, small creatures will be hypnotized when they smell a little, and then let the Arowana meat; The venom secreted by the toadstool will vaporize into a highly toxic gas after being triggered by the rock dragon with high temperature; The magma secreted by the last magma flame bacteria can form a high-temperature flame gas and be discharged.
Therefore, any rock dragon may randomly have one or three additional attack moves: "Hypnotic Gas", "Toxic Gas" and "Magma Hot Gas", no matter which of these three tricks are, they are unbearable for the current Red Star, especially "Hypnotic Gas", once hit, it is equivalent to death.
That's why Red Star didn't want to stay away from the rock dragon.