The movement in the distance was getting louder and louder. Diego climbed on one of the pillars of the tree, watching the canopy in the distance staggered and shook violently. Beneath the trees, a huge beast was charging in a straight line in his direction—the golden-scaled lizard never knew how to make a detour in the jungle, and the overlord of Crystal Canyon had always walked sideways here.

"I hope the tree under my feet can withstand its impact." Diego thought with some concern. He looked at the tree beneath his feet. It was an acacia tree, about the thickness of two people hugging each other, and the thickest branch of Diego was where he was staying.

In the next moment, as if there was an earthquake, Diego only felt the tree shake violently under his feet. He hurriedly hugged the branch tightly so as not to fall.

Like a bulldozer, a huge beast sprinted out of the dense forest and appeared in the glade. The beast snorted furiously, its bloodthirsty eyes roaming back and forth in the clearing. When it saw the shattered troll statue, it couldn't help but let out a roar of rage. For a jungle overlord, this is a provocation by Chiguoguo. No beast would dare to break through these carefully crafted barriers, unless it wanted to provoke a war for territory.

The beasts trampled the weeds on the ground in a rage, and the petrified troll statues among the grass were all swept to the ground by the lizard's long tail, and shattered into pieces. It sometimes slammed into the trees around it, and Diego almost fell off a violently shaking branch from one of its impacts.

But he didn't shoot, because he couldn't guarantee a one-shot kill, let alone a full body of the golden-scaled lizard's petrification rays after exposure, so it was better to follow the plan, so he quietly hid in the leaves, motionless, and carefully observed.

It was a mutated petrified lizard that looked like two of its normal counterparts combined. It is spindle-shaped, with a sharp snout and a long tail, and is about a meter tall. But there were six short legs that were more than six meters long and thick and powerful, making a muffled sound as they moved underground. Its entire body is covered in a sturdy layer of golden-yellow scales, especially from the back of the head to the base of the tail. The scales along the dorsal line are the thickest. Most of the scales in these places are the size of the mouth of a bowl, and they are unusually strong. Diego: The scale they had picked up had fallen from this part.

To Diego's great surprise, the beast didn't just get angry, and after a lot of steaming in the clearing. It's finally quieter. As if sensing something, the lizard shrugged its nose and sniffed around the ground, looking for clues of an intruder. But it wasn't easy, the scene had been pretty much destroyed by itself, and even if there was a smell left, it had been confused.

The golden-scaled lizard sniffed on the ground for a moment, and raised its head in some confusion, as if wondering how there could be so many enemies. However, it did not hesitate, but chose a certain scent and stubbornly followed it.

But by coincidence. The direction it headed was the tree where Diego was hiding. Diego was in a hurry, he never thought that this cunning fellow would follow the scent he left behind and head for where he was.

"Damn it!" Diego cursed inwardly as he removed the Death Gaze from behind his back and slowly loaded it. Because the shotgun hit the thick skin of the golden-scaled lizard, it was similar to tickling, and it didn't have any effect at all, so he loaded it with ordinary bullets this time, which could infuse the power of holy light.

He carefully channeled the power of the Light into the bullets. Try not to make the Death Gaze shine. Perhaps due to a change in his heart, Diego found that the light within him had changed somewhat: sharper, colder, and more powerful. But it no longer feels soft and intimate.

He placed the front guard of the musket on a horizontal branch in front of him, and quietly aimed at the area between the lizard's eyes, if the golden-scaled lizard did not change his mind and continue to rush this way, he would have to strike first. The plan can't keep up with the changes, and the preparations he made before will be in vain.

But just before the lizard followed the smell and looked up at Diego. The branches of the trees in the distance suddenly shook violently, as if someone was running through the bushes.

The golden-scaled lizard turned its head violently and looked fiercely at the place where the sound was made. Its crystal-white pupils slowly contracted into a small hole, faintly emitting a golden glow, a sign that it was about to emit petrified rays.

It opened its mouth, let out a low growl, then turned around, moving slowly that way.

But when it came to the bush, with a loud bang, a surging blast of holy light energy exploded from the ground, and a huge shock wave swept away from the surrounding areas.

The golden-scaled lizard let out a terrible hiss and staggered to the side. Its eyes ached from the intense light, and tears poured out of their sockets, but it wasn't the deadliest of all—Diego pulled the trigger with the glare of the explosion trap.

The guns roared, but the golden-scaled lizard, already in a state of confusion, did not notice where the bullet was coming from, and was completely bewildered by the sudden blow. The bullet infused with holy light energy accurately hit the target, and also pierced its thick scale armor, but the previously invincible death gaze did not make a single blow this time, and the bullet obviously did not penetrate deep enough into the flesh, at least it did not hurt its internal organs, and the lizard shook a little, but still stood still.

The beast let out a mournful cry and looked around with teary eyes. However, its eyesight was damaged by Yanzhòng, and it did not know where the enemy was hiding, so it kept shooting petrification rays from its eyes. All of a sudden, the surrounding trees were smold, and if they were hit by a ray, they would turn into rocks in just a few seconds. A few minutes later, the clearing was surrounded by petrified trees, inhabiting it as if it were a lifelike rocky forest.

In fact, this cunning beast never had the luxury of shooting its attackers, and it did so only to prevent its opponents from approaching it. But unfortunately, the attacks of its enemies do not need to come close to it at all.

Diego rode on a tree branch and kept shooting, but the golden-scaled lizard kept moving, and it was difficult for him to hit the deadly parts. As he shot again and again, the golden-scaled lizard finally found the direction of its attacker - its eyesight was impaired, but it did not become deaf, and it turned around. Furious, he threw himself in that direction.

It seemed like a reckless attack, but the cunning golden-scaled lizard had already retreated in its heart, and it had already made up its mind if the pounce didn't hit the target. Then it will fly away, and I believe that no one dares to stop an angry petrified lizard, not even the Tiger of the Valley of Thorns.

But at this moment, a huge brown bear jumped out of the bushes behind it. Caught up with it. The hundred-pound body slammed into the lizard's back like Tarzan was overpowering. Diego bet he heard a crisp sound of his spine being crushed.

What he saw in front of him also confirmed what he had heard, the golden-scaled lizard seemed to be crushed under a thousand pounds of boulder, its whole body was covered in scales, its six short legs were struggling in pain, and its mouth was almost open to the limit, but it could not make even a sound.

It stiffened and shivered for a while, then stopped moving. The pupils of the eyes slowly dilated, and gradually lost their luster.

"Well done, Masrae!" Diego slid down the tree. Strode over. The Night Elf's performance this time was really impeccable, whether it was the previous lure or the final save, it was perfect, and he had already made up his mind to praise this bear child.

Masrae raised an eyebrow with a smug expression.

"Uh, well, let's deal with this big guy first. You know, this mutated petrified lizard is full of treasures. Diego changed his mind in an instant and walked towards the corpse of the golden-scaled lizard.

He removed the bayonet from the musket. Masrae pulled out a set of scalpel-like gadgets.

The golden-scaled lizard is said to have a little bit of dragon blood, and it's all good, and Diego handles it with care, especially the sturdy scales that grow on its back. These scales are a good material to increase the protection of important parts of the leather armor. He had been trying to get some of these scales to strengthen his and Masrae's protection, and this time he finally got his wish.

As for the eyes of the petrified lizard, they have long since mutated into hard white beads. Masrae carefully plucked the apple-sized balls and placed them in his backpack. Mages who have these eyeballs embedded in the tip of their staff can inflict petrification on their spells. It's priceless.

After disposing of the most prized materials, Diego began to peel the skin, his bayonet so sharp that it was not too easy to do.

The skin of the golden-scaled lizard is strong and thick, and even if you don't count the scales that grow on the back, it is a good material for making zuò leather armor. Diego peeled the skin and thought about making a set of leather armor for himself and Masrae. For a master of leather, seeing a good piece of skin, if you don't turn it into an excellent work, it will be itchy and can't sleep.

Diego and Masrae flipped the golden-scaled lizard over, starting with its relatively soft belly. He skillfully made a T-shaped opening under the corpse's throat, then lifted one of the corners of the skin, carefully cutting the adhesion between the leather and the muscles, and the skin was gradually peeled away. Diego is very careful, this kind of work is a job that requires a lot of patience, and if you don't peel it well, the whole skin will be wasted.

Diego did not peel it in layers, but took the whole skin as a whole, he liked the sturdiness of this lizard skin, as for the aesthetics or anything, it was not in the first place for him to consider. But even so, he now regrets why he shot so many shots just now. He counted the bullet holes in the leather to a full seven, and although they were treated to make the armor less defensive, he felt a pang of relief at the thought of the brand new leather armor covered in patches.

After peeling off the whole skin, Diego cleaned the skin of blood from the sand and blades of grass, and then tied it in a roll of thin vine and threw it into the demon cloth bag.

"Man, we're going to have new leather armor." He quipped at Masrae.

"I hope your tanning skills aren't too miserable, and I don't want to be the laughing stock of the whole city when I go back to Darnassus in it."

“……”

While they were busy skinning, Guan Haifa was not idle. It was responsible for the destruction of corpses - although the flesh of the petrified lizard was somewhat rough, but for Guan Haifa, none of this was a problem. It apparently didn't mind how the lizard meat tasted, and just gobbled it up and feasted on it. If it weren't for Diego's stopping, the big cat would probably have been able to kill itself, but even then, it had eliminated nearly a third of the golden-scaled lizards.

The whole skinning process took Diego three hours, thanks to the remnants of the golden-scaled lizard, during which no wild beast dared to harass them, although the smell of blood from the corpse had drifted far away.

……

Note: Azeroth's reptiles, such as crocodiles and lizards, have six legs. (To be continued.) )