Without the blessing of the trapeze, Kaede and Asha were late when the battle was almost over. The elder sister silently hugged Ah Dong, who was cleaning the battlefield, and cast a grateful gaze in the direction of Feng Chen. The heavy crossbowman himself did not appreciate the rescue of the dust, and the girl lifted the dorsal fin of the little lava beast with a straight face as usual, and used the bullet to test the strength of the hide, calculating how much recovery value it had.

"Ah Dong, all the low-level materials are thrown here." Kaede kicked away the limp monster in front of him. Half of the lava beasts' chests were shattered by the crossbow blows, and even if they were peeled off, they would not be of much use. The ichthyosaur skin is good enough for them to move in hot earth and shallow lava flows, and the spike can penetrate both rocks and large lava streams, and the ability to withstand high temperatures is acceptable, but that's only at the level of low-tier monsters. The Shadow Hunters will not call in backup airships for the sake of a dozen or so scarce bits and pieces of material in front of them, and certainly they will not start the follow-up battle with these rags along the way, "We have a bigger goal behind us. ”

"It doesn't look like there's any other creature here." Feng Dust piled up the remaining beast corpses together, prayed, and began to observe the surrounding environment. The hunter felt the heat coming from beneath his feet, it looked like a pool of lava that had just solidified, "There should be active lava down there, we need to get out of here." ”

The Shadowhunter team is standing on an overly flat mountain platform. Having entered the lava field, the sky was obscured by volcanic ash and fog, and the view became dark and oppressive. The smell of sulfur intensified several times over, and the air seemed to be sprinkled with a large handful of choking pepper noodles, and the hunter could feel something scratching his nasal cavity with every breath. Compared to these, the sudden rise in temperature is already the least disadvantageous condition. The dust is already in the belly, and whether the five-day stay time is too high to look at the human physique, it is hard to imagine how those monsters who have lived on the mountain all their lives can endure the harsh environment here.

"Don't be nervous." The old hunter took a few steps inside, looking up at the bright red bands of light that surrounded the mountains, the boiling rivers that drew from the large lava pools. The lava flow that was used by the lava beasts in the past passed not far from the battlefield, and this flat land was formed because of the diversion and cooling of the rock flow, "The terrain of the active volcano changes every moment, and it is not surprising that a hot gush of magma erupts from under your feet. This is a volcano, and the biggest threat to us is not the monster, but the volcano itself. ”

"It's really reassuring to say that." Feng Chen shuddered, and quietly moved his footsteps out of the place where he was standing, "Just to get out of this ghost place quickly - do you have any plans for the next step?" ”

"Keep walking in the direction of the peak, and you can always get something before dark." Kaede beckoned the Hunter Sisters to walk forward. The territory of the monsters in the volcanic area is generally small, but the vigilance is very high, and if an intruder enters, they can be detected without hiding their tracks or even waiting for dark.

"I don't want to be attacked by monsters in this kind of terrain - I have a suggestion." Feng Chen opened his eyes and pointed upwards along the lava stream beside him, "This lava flow should have been diverted recently." A river that can block magma should not be able to be done with ordinary rocks. ”

"You mean ......"

"Follow the river, we don't have a specific destination anyway, do we?"

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"Hammer Dragon, you can't be wrong." After traveling several kilometers along the hot and bubbling magma, everyone stopped under Kaede's command.

Feng Chen even felt like his throat was about to be roasted dry, and when he closed his eyes, he could still see the visual residue of a ray of lava in front of his eyes. The volcano is indeed a window to the blazing heart of the earth, and just a little bit of power is enough to make hunters suffer. The hunter blinked vigorously before he could see the collapsed hillside in front of him. The slope seemed to have been hollowed out from the bottom, and the rock blocks above could not support it, and the whole area disintegrated, filling the original channel of the lava, forcing the entire lava flow to change direction.

"Is this guy strong?" The hunter vaguely remembered that the name Hammerblaster had appeared more than once on the commission list of the unknown predecessors, and that he had seen a description of it in the Bestiary. But before seeing the monster itself, hunters are most afraid to make preconceived judgments. Sealing the dust slammed a round shield on the disintegrating boulder, leaving only a shallow white mark. The hillside collapsed cleanly, and the giant beast that could fit and crash into the mountain rock with one blow could not be easily dealt with no matter how you thought about it, "I feel that my body is very hard......"

"You've never seen it before, have you?" Kaede shook his head and smiled, using his hand to create a large area of slope in front of him, "This is not caused by the dragon car, the adult hammer blaster can knock this entire volcanic rock into collapse with a single blow." At this level of damage, it was probably just a casual tap on its chin. ”

Hammerblasters like to eat volcanic ores, whether it is hard Lingheite or Pyroxonite, which can be digested like jelly beans. In times of urgency, ordinary lava blocks can be fed by them. The destroyed hillside apparently contained an exposed ore belt, and the rocks contained a sizable amount of a substance such as dabrolite, which may have been marked as a permanent feeding spot by the monsters.

"Next...... Chin? When the hunter looked back at the mottled mountain, there was a little more awe in his heart, "Are we going to hunt such a thing?" ”

"From the moment I set foot on this realm, you and I have no choice." Unlike the Rock Dragon, which also lives on ore, the Hammerblaster has a temperament as hot as its name, and is more aggressive than some carnivorous species, repelling almost all outsiders in its territory, "Even if we don't actively seek it out, the monster will come to us for trouble." ”

"But its armor is extremely hard, and its ability to withstand high temperatures is among the best in the entire volcanic region, and our employers will love it." The Shadowhunter turned to say with a slight smile on his face, "Anyway, if we can guarantee the complete outcome of the battle, it alone will be enough to cover all the investment of our trip - including the cost of the airship, the two loads of supplies lost in the submerged forest, and maybe the contract money for the next commission." ”

"The Hammerblaster should be back here to feed before evening, and we'll be waiting for it around here." Kaede untied the big sword behind his back and plunged it into the volcanic rock under his feet, "Hurry up and rest, this battle won't be too easy." ”

"By the way," the old hunter seemed to remember something, and he tugged at the straps of the explosive bombs on the dust hunting suit, "you gadgets, you won't be able to fight without them, will you?" ”

"Huh?" Feng Chen was suspicious, "Of course not. ”

"Well, you'd better put these traps away for the time being until the battle is over." The senior said solemnly, "For your sake, when the scattered magma in the battle turns you into a humanoid explosive bomb, you won't even have a chance to regret it." ”