The bitter wind of the air drowned out the scents and movements of the Shadow Hunters, but it was also overwhelming. The stout rattan clinging to the ancient tower of the ruins seems to be strong, but the load-bearing capacity is not satisfactory, and the team hangs outside the tower wall, each supporting his body with only a hook and rope, and he is in danger for a while.

Rao so, the hunters also insisted on climbing nearly 100 meters. It wasn't until the layer occupied by the Great Boom Dragon was already hidden in the smoke that Bai Ye found a window, cut off the layers of vines, and took the lead to get in. The sky above the tower seemed to be pierced by a hole, and forked thunder and lightning descended from the clouds, whipping on the top of the tower from time to time, and a series of roars sounded. This is already the limit of what hunters can climb, and the risk of being struck by lightning if they continue upwards is greatly increased.

"Looks like we've finally gotten rid of it......" Bai Ye listened to the sound of the lower floors. The roar of the dragon is extremely penetrating, and even with several floors of the block, the unwilling roar of the monster after losing its target can still be clearly transmitted to the ears of the Shadow Hunter. Captain Scales lights a flare to illuminate the landing spot for the arriving companions. The old hunter looked at each other and nodded shallowly, "Good job." ”

The hand that struck the west in the past, even if you look at the entire New World, is something that can only be done by sealing the dust. After all, even a five-star hunter can't carry a weapon made of dragon cavity and mysterious ancient dragon materials at the same time. The young hunter rubbed his cheeks, which were stiffened by the wind blowing from the high altitude, and replied lightly, "There are still things I must do on the top of the tower, but I can't be left down here." ”

"Speaking of which, doesn't that rare species really matter?" Kaede pointed to everyone's feet, and the cry of the flying species was the same as the thunder of the outside world. The old hunter had personally experienced the power of the roar of the dragon clan, and he knew that every piercing whistling sound meant that the tower had been violently damaged, "Keep tossing it, this tower won't collapse, right?" ”

"The Emerald Tower has been occupied by the Wyvern species for hundreds of years, and from time to time there will be Kirin and other guys to patronize, if it can be easily collapsed by a dragon, then it will have fallen down many times." Rhino retracted the hook to his waist, "Don't worry, since this guy is a glutton, he will soon lose interest in fighting." There were still a dozen Shadow Hunter corpses on that level, enough for it to eat. ”

The Silver Armor Hunter said it lightly, as if it was not a human being who would be eaten, but an ordinary low-level herbivore. A chill rose in Feng Chen's heart, and he tried not to imagine the scene of the monster devouring people at the lower level as much as possible, and instead urged: "There are still a few hundred meters from the top floor here, and the aura of the Qilin is getting weaker and weaker, we have to speed up." ”

Harder was at the end of the group, and seemed to be a little more jealous of the poachers, and as he was ready to set out again, the old hunter's eyes swept gloomily over the three of them in front of him. The small movements behind him caused Sen Luo to stare back again and again, and the hostility and ferocity in the eyes of the green-armored hunter were undisguised, making the atmosphere in the march even more weird.

The team walked in silence, and the moss covering the bluestone brick walls somehow turned into a more primitive and more tolerant blue moss. The more you go to the upper level, the more thin the vines grow inside the tower, and the area demarcated by the monster lair along the way becomes larger and larger. The upper floors of the ancient tower have been occupied by high-level predators for many years, and the stairs and passing facilities built by the Ryan Yelu Guild appear to be in disrepair, and in some places even completely decayed, so that everyone has to find another way frequently. Fortunately, the markers set by the Redstone Poaching Group on the road have not been interrupted, saving everyone a lot of time to explore and find their way.

The signal flares used for lighting were replaced one after another, and I don't know how long it took, until Feng Chen's steps up the steps had become numb, and the white night that led the team stopped on the new floor. The high-altitude wind seeped into the tower through the gaps in the ceiling and walls, making Feng Chen's neck chill and shiver unconsciously.

"This is the last floor," Rhino said, looking up at the patio that led to the top of the tower. When they finally arrived here, the thunder that had been raging on the hunting ground had weakened, and it seemed that there was some kind of invisible barrier in the ancient dragon's habitat, which completely isolated the natural disaster from the range.

"In the northwest corner, the battle is over there, and the unicorn and the golden lion are there! Damn it...... And a dozen hunters! The Dragon Whisperer closed his eyes and quickly glanced at the entire top of the tower, shocked. Although the Qilin was close at hand, the breath of the ancient dragon species at this moment was like a candle in the wind, so faint that it could hardly be detected with the dragon cavity. His face changed suddenly, and he eagerly took off the hook and hurried towards the patio.

"Wait a minute, little ghost—" The Silver Armor Hunter stopped the hook thrown by Feng Chen, "The other party is prepared, do you want to get involved in the battle and be used as cannon fodder?" Rhino looked at him coldly, and waited until the young hunter had breathed evenly, before he asked in a deep voice, "What do you see?" Are those guys targeting the Elder Dragons or the Dragons? ”

The dragon whisperer shook his head, his eyebrows furrowed into a Sichuan character. The dragon's vision could not see the specific scene of the battle, and could only perceive the number of people and the general direction of the opponent.

"The battle with the ancient dragon species won't end anytime soon," White Night shook his hook and flung it onto the patio to test his stability. Redstone hunters have only a limited amount of time to get ahead of Scales, and even with the help of other teams, this time is not enough time for them to win a battle against two top-tier monsters. The ironclad hunter turned around and quickly ordered: "After going up, we will still lurk for the time being, carefully observe their movements, as long as we can cut into the battlefield at the right time, we will have a chance to negotiate." ”

"Also," White Night glanced at Hader meaningfully, "you could come into contact with other hunters at any time, so you'd better be smart and don't reveal the identity of the Knights or even mention anything related to the Hunters' Guild when anyone asks, unless you want to kill us all." ”

The old knight didn't respond, but narrowed his eyes and asked, "So what happened before, are you going to understate it?" ”

"What happened before?" Kaede tilted his head and asked inexplicably.

"When you were in the lower levels, these guys obviously thought about sending you and me to death, did you think that nothing had happened?" Harder asked rhetorically with a cold face. Although the plan to separate the team and let the three of them block the rare species for the reverse scale did not finally come into action, the cold-blooded and ruthless display of the Shadow Hunter at that moment still made the old hunter scruple to this day.

"What's so strange about that?" Kaede smiled bitterly, but said as a matter of course, "Our strength is not as good as that of the Reverse Scale, and we must be prepared to be the first to abandon when we go together—this is the alliance between the Shadow Hunters, but you have come to our side, and you will get used to it one day." ”

"Poachers...... Sure enough, it's a bunch of unreasonable guys. Old Harder shook his head, having served in the Hunters' Guild for half his life, he didn't know or even understand how he could fight alongside his untrustworthy companions, "I just want to make sure that no one will treat me and Dust Boy as outcasts this time." ”

"The reverse scale will make such a decision, but it is just a matter of profit - if you are stronger, the lives of a few of us can also be disposed of." Rhino shrugged indifferently, "If you don't want to be left behind, try to be as useful as possible on the battlefield." ”

"That's not a definitive answer." Harder said without giving an inch.

"If the team wants to get out safely, it depends on the intelligence in your head. So you can rest assured this time," said Hakuya impatiently, "until you leave the Emerald Tower, Reverse Scale won't use anyone as a shield again, but that's all." After reaching the top of the tower, whether or not you will survive this commission depends on your own creation—are you satisfied? ”

As soon as the ironclad hunter's words fell, a heart-rending howl suddenly sounded above the patio. The monster seemed to have been attacked by Mo Qiang, and the volume of the beast's roar was not lost to that of the Great Boom Dragon, shaking the entire top of the tower for no reason.

"It's the voice of the golden lion!" Sen Luo's expression froze, "We can't delay......"

The top of the ancient tower, which is nearly a thousand meters high, has reached below the clouds. At the top of the tower is a flat rooftop, shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and it is only on the clearest days that you can overlook the entire hunting ground. At present, the visibility of only 100 meters has become the best cover for the people who are against the scales, and everyone heard the shouts of killing from a distance, and they sneaked for several minutes before they saw the golden lightning at the end of their field of vision.

Bai Ye dodged several times, hiding his body behind a collapsed boulder pillar, and poked out half of his head to look at the center of the battlefield.

"The other party doesn't have Ailu, which is one of the few good news." Feng Dust hid beside Captain Reverse Scale, quietly sharing what he saw. Although the beast blood on the Ailu clan is not strong enough, fighting the ancient dragon head-on will have a more or less negative impact. The young hunter clenched his knuckles white, and asked, "Do you see clearly?" What happened to Kirin? ”

"There is no unicorn vision here, but the golden lion can see it clearly."

"What the hell was it that just hit Ragane?"

"It's not a hit...... It's 'entangled'. The Ironclad Hunter handed the clairvoyant to the Dragonwhisperer's hand.

Through the misty fog, where the golden electric light was at its thickest, Lagarn's body appeared in Dust's eyes again. The dragon clan was covered in golden hair, and the wings behind them were powerful and dazzling, and they were at the peak of their combat power. However, the body of the giant beast writhed strangely and struggled, as if it was struggling with something unseen. Wisps of electric light leaked from the fur and mouth of the king of the ivory beast species, spreading out in all directions, and the monster's side became a forbidden area at this moment, and the shadow hunters who participated in the battle were all hiding outside that range, and none of them dared to approach.

The rhino pressed his eyes to the lenses of the scope, and where the arc flashed, he saw several thin crystalline lines extending from the monster's body into the distance. The silver-armored hunter followed the rope one by one, and the other end of the rope was fastened to several thick pillars, and the golden lion was clearly bound by a group of three restrained bullets. The stone pillar shook under the struggle of the golden lion, but the texture of the rope was obviously extremely tough, and it was directly connected to the tower itself.

"Restraint Bomb Group...... It's a crossbow! Rhino exclaimed quietly, "Why is there such a thing on the top of the tower?" ”

"Those guys brought it." Old Harder pointed in a few directions from afar, the heavy crossbow made of iron reflecting the brilliance of the arc. The union's new standard machine crossbow is nearly forty percent lighter than the old model of the same power, and three sets of detachable portable crossbows are more than enough for a full squadron of hunters to cope with even counting the weight of the rationed arrows.

"Compared to hunting equipment, the accuracy of these guys' intelligence is really frighteningly high." Kaede swallowed, "In ordinary hunting, no one would think of carrying these bulky things with them." ”

"Prepared to this extent, is their goal really still the Golden Lion?" Feng Chen pouted.

"Not necessarily, you see...... They also have another machine crossbow. Bai Ye's pupils shrank, and at the other end of the battlefield, on a slightly higher flat stone platform, a larger and heavier crossbow was being assembled. Three Shadow Hunters were putting the finishing touches on the crossbow strings, and two others were carrying an unusually thick bolt that staggered to the launch pad.

Although it is not very real in the smoke, the front end of the arrow is clearly and disproportionately long, and the jagged arrow edge is particularly hideous, which makes Feng Chen inexplicably familiar: "The style of the arrow, it can't be a dragon spear, right?" ”

"It's not...... But it's about the same. Harder gasped. Just by looking at the outline, he recognized the origin of the crossbow in the opponent's hand. The peculiarities of the Order's work require them to always have an advantage in equipment, so they are always the first to come into contact with new types of hunting gear. And the same model as the one in front of him is also equipped on the small airship of the Knights - used as the main gun: "Damn, even this crossbow has ended up on the black market?" ”

"The arrow is not in the direction of the golden lion, that position...... Nothing? Kaede on the side sighed softly.

"It's the direction of the Qilin," Feng Chen said softly. The breath of the ancient dragon species in the dragon cavity came faintly, but only a faint cluster of turquoise electric light could be seen in the field of vision, and the dragon whisperer's eyes suddenly widened, "Oh no, it can't stand up anymore!" ”

The Kirin did not hide, but was lying on his side weakly, and the electric light around him became imperceptible. The ancient dragon species has always been synonymous with the strong, but it is the first time that it has been shown in front of hunters with such a vulnerable image. Feng Chen even suspected that it had lost consciousness, and even if it was still awake, in its current state, it might not be able to dodge the attack of the main gun-level crossbow arrows that were close in front of it.

"No...... Not! Watching the shadow hunters in the battle slowly tighten the trigger, Feng Chen's exclamation was forced back into his throat by Kaede's big hand.