"I have to run out at this time...... Can't we wait until the thunderstorm stops before we get off the boat? Kaede shouted hoarsely. U8????．? The old hunter U?8?X?S'COM followed in the middle of the group, holding his helmet in one hand, bending his waist as much as he could, and secretly praying that he would not be targeted by any thunderbolt around him, "It's always safer in the cabin than in a place like this, right?" ”

Luckily, the first lightning bolt that struck the hunting ship destroyed a secondary propeller and shed a few trays without damaging the hull. Under Lina's control, the airship landed in a complex of buildings without danger, hiding from the terrifying thunderstorm. However, the location of Xu is hunting ship was too close to the relationship between the ancient dragon body, and everyone waited quietly for more than ten minutes, the front line of the thundercloud had long passed, but the surrounding lightning had not stopped so far. The thunder light was dancing in the clouds, and there was a tendency to intensify. Bai Ye finally couldn't hold it anymore, packed up his equipment, and led the team out of the hatch, exploring the past on foot towards the Emerald Ancient Pagoda in front of him.

"Until the battle of the ancient dragon on the top of the tower is over, the thunderstorm will not stop!" Feng Chen clutched his ears tightly, trying to drown out the rumbling thunder that lingered in the wilderness with his voice.

Bai Ye paused for a moment, turned around and said coldly: "If you want, you can go back to the hunting ship by yourself and take care of your two entourage." ”

The exploration party did not bring all the Hunters on the airship. As the chief mechanic, Lena had to stay on the hunting ship to repair the airship's damage as soon as possible so that everyone could evacuate. And Ah Dong and Ah Xia were ordered by Kaede to stay on the ship, even without the old hunter's instructions, with the combat strength of the two girls, they were far from being able to cope with the next battle.

"I don't mean to back down...... I also have a share of this commission, and when it comes to this time, you don't want to leave me behind! Kaede protested, her cheeks flickering in the light of lightning and fire, "I mean, with such a strong thunderstorm, the Hunters' Guild must not be able to get in for a while, and that tower won't run away on its own, so it's not too late for us to rush over to finish it first, right?" ”

"By then, it's already too late." Bai Ye shook his head, "From the lookout, it was observed that the Wyvern species on the periphery of the hunting ground were rushing towards the center of the battlefield. When the two thunder beasts are decided, we will face a furious herd of beasts. ”

The sky above the Emerald Tower has been filled with flying species at this moment, and the monsters are carried away by the idea of fighting for territory one by one, and the moment they gather on the ancient tower, a bloody battle is bound to break out. No matter how powerful the reverse scale is, it is not sure that it will retreat from the eyes of nearly half of the flying species in the entire ruin hunting ground.

"Besides, what we want is the complete material of the golden lion"

"Click!"

The rhino had just spoken, and less than a hundred meters from the side of the team, a bucket-thick straight column of lightning suddenly landed. The tall ruins collapsed with the sound, and only a dead stem remained of the vines and plants wrapped around the wall, and the stone was burned white by the instantaneous heat, and scattered in a clatter. From the burial site of the ruins, a cluster of wildfires rose from the hunting ground with thick smoke. The Silverarmor Hunter let go of the hand covering his ears and pointed to the firelight, "If Ragane's remains become like this, all the hard work of Ragane for months will be in vain. ”

The Shadow Hunter shrank his shoulders at the thunder, staggered two steps away, and cursed to himself, "Hell, didn't you say that the ancient dragon was seriously injured? How can you still toss such momentum? ”

"Even when the mountain dragon only has its last breath left, it can instantly change the celestial phenomena of the entire hunting ground." Recalling everything on the Thundering Sand Sea, Feng Chen said to himself, "What's so strange about this......

"So, the captain is right, you did kill an ancient dragon, right?" Before the young hunter could finish speaking, he felt a bright green figure faintly drift in front of him. Although Sen Luo's voice was deep, there was a deep curiosity in his tone: "Hunt the mountain dragon...... What is it like? ”

"Huh?" Seal the dust and avoid the flashing light in the eyes of the green-armored hunter. The moment the dragon's teeth pierced into Mo Lan's chest was the most frequent scene in the betrayed hunter's dreams since then, and it was also the scene he didn't want to recall the most. The dragon whisperer shook his head and said with a gloomy expression, "I don't know...... It never occurred to me to hunt it, and no one should have set out to hunt an ancient dragon. ”

"......Shh ”

"I'm not playing tricks, it's just that on this continent, no one can bear the consequences of hunting ancient dragons alone. …… We're here! ”

When the ancient tower of ruins far away finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes, Feng Chen found that it was much taller than he imagined. To the young hunter, the tower looks like a high wall that reaches into the sky, and the sides of the wall stretch into the darkness of the night, so that at first glance it is impossible to ignore the slight arc of the wall that encloses the tower. The young hunter silently estimated that the area of each floor of the Heart Dao Tower had even surpassed the huge square in front of the Golden Feather City Trade Union Hall.

There was no trace of half of the bluestone on the walls, and vines covered every inch of the tower's walls, even every crevice between the masonry. On the ground near the base of the tower, the grass and vines curled up, and the roots of the giant vines burst out of the ground and twisted into a tall nodules like a house, and the coiled roots stretched out in all directions, and finally disappeared into the earth. Looking up, the Emerald Tower looks like an ancient giant tree of incalculable size, silently absorbing nutrients from the entire ruins hunting grounds.

The tower is perennially parasitic with hundreds of high-level wyverns, and the dragon dung that occasionally falls under the tower is their most luxurious fertilizer. After years of nourishment, the thickest of the rattans even resembles a century-old tree, making one wonder if it is the immortal towers that support them, or whether they maintain the rusted ancient towers that have long since been corroded.

"It's amazing...... Harder lifted his hood, revealing half of his face from the shadows. The old hunter didn't say a word since he came out, and only then did he lose his voice and praise.

"There's no time to sigh, we have to find a way to get up." Bai Ye stepped over the vine roots protruding from the ground at his feet, "Senluo, do you see an entrance or something?" ”

The green-armored hunter pulled down his clairvoyance, glanced at the ancient tower, shook his head, and said, "The entrances that can be seen around the bottom of the tower have been sealed with rattans, and even the tower must be full of this kind of thing. No matter where you get in, you'll have to figure out how to deal with these damn vine climbers first. ”

The rhino crouched down and pinched a handful of vines that were growing all over the ground, the vines were so wet and tough that they could not be easily burned out. The tower is several hundred meters high, and it will take a lot of effort to chop it all the way up with hunting weapons. He glanced up at the top of the tower hidden in the clouds: "If you can't go up from inside, you can only climb the way, right?" ”

"Hey! Climb to the top of this thing with your bare hands? Kaede swallowed hard and rubbed his sour neck. Climbing an upright cliff hundreds of meters high, covered with slippery vines and moss, is a hundred times more difficult than a peak of the same height. Not to mention the danger during the climbing, even if everyone can successfully reach the top, after consuming a lot of physical strength, don't think about recovering the state of battle in a short time, "I'm here to take risks, but I'm not here to die!" If you must go this way, it is better to go back to the airship now, and when the propeller is repaired, it will be easier to parachute directly to the top of the tower with the hunting boat. ”

"Even if your hunting ship is not damaged, it will not be easy to get up from the outside." Feng Chen pointed in the air, and the dragon whisperer could already feel the strong aura of the ancient dragon here, "The frequency of thunder and lightning near the top of the tower is much more dense than the one we came from. ”

"Ryan Yelu has controlled the Emerald Tower for so many years, it is impossible that he has never sent a team to explore the top of the tower." Seeing that everyone was at a loss, Hader coughed and said slowly. The tower has not been toppled over the years by wind and sun and vegetation erosion, and its materials and design must be unknown to the public. Even if there is not half a fragment of ancient technology in the tower, just the giant tower itself is a valuable treasure to the Eastern Kingdom, "It is impossible for the kingdom to dig a new passage every time, there must be an entrance reserved for its own team, and there is probably more than one such entrance." ”

"It's a surprise, the Knights know something other than killing......" Sen Luo said with a smirk.

The old hunter was unmoved, but took the lead in the direction of the bottom of the tower: "There is only lip service, but no monster can be hunted." ”

The procession made a small half-circle around the wall of the base of the tower, and then stopped at the signal of Hader. At the hunters' feet, the ground was unhealthily burnt yellow as if it had been cut by a thunderstorm, and the old knight picked up the clods of earth on the ground and crushed them lightly at the tip of his nose, and a faint bitter taste rose in his throat.

"Did you find anything?" White Night's eyes lit up.

Harder threw away the slag in his hand and pouted, "It's not a familiar recipe, but it's like a herbicide mixed with the venom of some monster." ”

The bodily fluids of certain monsters can change the texture of the soil for a long time, and no plants will grow in the area for several years, either to mark the future team and to deal with the wild vines in the area. Harder looked around at the surrounding ground, counting from the foot of the team, there was very little vegetation in a radius of tens of meters, and even the vines outside the range deliberately avoided this area, and the branches grew crookedly to the side, until they reached a few meters high on the wall, which could be regarded as some greenery.

"In that case, I'm afraid Ryan Yelu's exploration team hasn't been here for a few years." The rhino's feet were grinding on the ground, and a few thin vines at his feet had already sprouted some buds, but looking at the color of the leaves, it seemed that the nutrients were still very lacking.

"What's the entrance nearby?" Senluo scanned the tower with his binoculars, "There are a few places here that look like gates, but they have long since collapsed. ”

"That's right," Hard's eyes lit up, "that no exploration group would leave the entrance open after leaving. Otherwise, the next time you come back, it will become a monster's lair inside. Clearing a few rocks is much easier than fighting monsters? ”

"No, over there, over there...... It's all collapsed. The green-armored hunter casually pointed, uncomfortably avoiding Hader's gaze. In his eyes, the old hunter's gaze clearly read, "You are also a hunter, at least you should know these things." ”

"You see, this place has been dug up!" Kaede waved his hand in the distance.

The small hole had been cleverly hidden by vines, and it would have been almost impossible to find it had it not been for Harder's deliberate stop.

The old hunter was unmoved, but took the lead in the direction of the bottom of the tower: "There is only lip service, but no monster can be hunted." ”

The procession made a small half-circle around the wall of the base of the tower, and then stopped at the signal of Hader. At the hunters' feet, the ground was unhealthily burnt yellow as if it had been cut by a thunderstorm, and the old knight picked up the clods of earth on the ground and crushed them lightly at the tip of his nose, and a faint bitter taste rose in his throat.

"Did you find anything?" White Night's eyes lit up.

Harder threw away the slag in his hand and pouted, "It's not a familiar recipe, but it's like a herbicide mixed with the venom of some monster." ”

The bodily fluids of certain monsters can change the texture of the soil for a long time, and no plants will grow in the area for several years, either to mark the future team and to deal with the wild vines in the area. Harder looked around at the surrounding ground, counting from the foot of the team, there was very little vegetation in a radius of tens of meters, and even the vines outside the range deliberately avoided this area, and the branches grew crookedly to the side, until they reached a few meters high on the wall, which could be regarded as some greenery.

"In that case, I'm afraid Ryan Yelu's exploration team hasn't been here for a few years." The rhino's feet were grinding on the ground, and a few thin vines at his feet had already sprouted some buds, but looking at the color of the leaves, it seemed that the nutrients were still very lacking.

"What's the entrance nearby?" Senluo scanned the tower with his binoculars, "There are a few places here that look like gates, but they have long since collapsed. ”

"That's right," Hard's eyes lit up, "that no exploration group would leave the entrance open after leaving. Otherwise, the next time you come back, it will become a monster's lair inside. Clearing a few rocks is much easier than fighting monsters? ”

"No, over there, over there...... It's all collapsed. The green-armored hunter casually pointed, uncomfortably avoiding Hader's gaze. In his eyes, the old hunter's gaze clearly read, "You are also a hunter, at least you should know these things." ”

"You see, this place has been dug up!" Kaede waved his hand in the distance.

The small hole had been cleverly hidden by vines, and it would have been almost impossible to find it had it not been for Harder's deliberate stop.