Chapter Seventy-Eight: Hunting
The thieves found blood stains intermittently in front of them, and to Qin Lun's surprise, the blood stains actually followed the stream and extended to the dark hole in the upper reaches of the river.
This dark hole was flat and wide, less than two meters high, and the rock formation was almost covered by black pressure on the top of Qin Lun and the others' heads, making everyone feel extremely depressed. The width is quite wide, except for the more than six meters of width taken up by the stream, and there are probably a few meters of pebble beach on both sides.
Qin Lun stepped on large and small pebbles while observing the stream at his feet. This small underground river is a small underground river with clear water, no visible fish in it, no soil at the bottom of the river, just a thin layer of gravel, dotted with pebbles of the kind that dotted the riverbank.
The low and humid environment of the dark cave made everyone extremely uncomfortable, fortunately, this dark hole was not too long, about a few hundred meters later, there was a spacious area in front of them, and the rock formation above their heads made a big jump here, from less than two meters high, directly to hundreds of meters.
The orange-yellow glow of the two Tyr nightlights spread in front of them, illuminating a large part of the space. High and low rocks appeared in front of everyone, and they were now in a relatively high position, and in front of them it looked like a huge rocky beach.
"The blood here is starting to increase, but the direction is into the rocky beach." The thief in front of him came with the news, he paused for a moment, hesitated and said, "I don't feel very good here, there may be danger in the rocky beach." ”
"The monkey's perception is very high, and since he said that the rocky beach will be dangerous, then it must be right." Weiss thought for a while, and said, "Otherwise, let's wait here for the dwarven exploration team behind, the position is already so deep, Gillim shouldn't drive us out again." ”
"No, we entered the dark region ahead of time as an excuse to rescue the trapped dwarves. If you don't stop without encountering any battle, you will inevitably be looked down upon by those dwarves. Even if we don't get kicked out, the dwarves will no longer rely on us, which is not conducive to the completion of the mission in the later stage. This time, without waiting for Qin Lun to speak, Hill immediately vetoed it.
Wei Si thought about it, but he didn't insist on his opinion anymore, waiting for Qin Lun to decide. Hill also has a point, it's not that Weiss is wrong, the two are just different choices.
"There's danger in the rocky beach, but I already know what it is!" Qin Lun took out a jar of queen honey~ juice, raised his head and drank it, the yin and yang fish pattern in his left eye flickered slightly, and he continued to use the gaze aura, which made his body very burdened.
Qin Lun fed back the images he had detected from his gaze aura to the team channel, and three obvious ice-blue images appeared in the rocky beach composed almost entirely of black and white lines.
Weiss stared at the blue object for a long time, and finally frowned, "Judging by the shape, it looks like two dreadclawed beasts. This thing is a high-level creature, and there are not many creature nests near here, how can such a large predator appear! ”
The dark areas are unpredictable, but they also follow the most basic ecological laws. The absence of a nest of small creatures means that there is not enough food for high-level predators, and the environmental conditions here are obviously not suitable for dreadclaw to survive and thrive.
"We're not familiar enough with the Dark Regions, so we don't need to think much about why the Dreadclaw is here." Qin Lun groaned and said, "The question now is whether we should bypass this rocky beach area, or kill these dreadclaw beasts and continue to track the bloodstains. ”
"It's impossible to get around, this rocky beach area is huge, and even if I can get around, I may not be able to find any more bloodstains." The monkey shook his head and said solemnly, "Since there are two dreadclaw beasts here, maybe the previous exploration team has been wiped out, and the corpses are in the rocky beach!" ”
"No way, I've asked Lorraine about the Dwarven Exploration Team." Qin Lun frowned and said, "Each batch of exploration teams is probably composed of ten to fifteen dwarves, the captain is a mid-to-high-level powerhouse, and all the team members can be regarded as elite templates for first-order apostles.
Most shield dwarves have the natural ability to protect their body skin, and with their strength and heavy weapons, they happen to be the nemesis of creatures like the Dreadclaw. Even if this group of dwarves is weak and can't deal with two dreadclaws, it won't be able to escape alone. Besides, I've seen the dwarf's injuries, and they don't look like the handiwork left by the dreadclaw. ”
The most powerful weapons of the dreadclaw are the two giant scythe-like forelimbs in front of them. In addition to the severed arm, the real fatal wound of the dwarf was the depression in the chest, which was obviously not caused by the dreadclaw.
"Since you can't get around, let's fight!" After figuring out what was inside the rocky beach, Weiss was no longer worried, and said with a smile.
Dreadclaws are high-level wild creatures with a strong sense of territory. There are two dreadclaw beasts entrenched in the rocky beach, so there should be no other underground monsters here besides them.
For Weiss, a dreadclaw without humanoid intelligence is not difficult to deal with. Even if there was no Qin Lun and the others, he could slowly kill these two dreadclaw beasts by himself.
"Three of us against one, you against one, no problem, right?" Qin Lun smiled and assigned the order of the battle, and Weiss shrugged his shoulders and said that there was no problem.
In fact, this is the most reasonable allocation of personnel. As a high-ranking apostle, Weiss was more than enough to deal with a dreadclaw beast by himself.
And although there are three people on Qin Lun's side, Hill is a priest and will not directly fight the blame. Leaving aside the strength of the thief for the time being, the dreadclaw beast is covered in a heavy carapace, which is just the right time to restrain the agile professional. Although Qin Lun has a demon transformation, he will not expose his hole cards so quickly, and will only use long-range attacks.
Therefore, if the three of them don't make a big move, they may not be able to deal with the Dreadclaw Beast alone.
After making up their minds, the four of them quickly crossed the underground stream and walked towards the rocky beach. However, when they walked to the front of the rocky beach, they didn't see the dreadclaw beast rushing out to meet the enemy, which made several people feel a little strange.
The dreadclaw has very poor eyesight and is basically blind, but its sense of hearing is very developed, and it can hear movements dozens of kilometers away when lying on the ground.
Although there were some doubts in their hearts, the four of them still did not change their original plan. The best way for the two teams to completely eliminate their concerns and prevent being betrayed by each other is to show each other's strength. And now the two dreadclaw beasts in front of them are the best prey, which is one of the reasons why Weiss and Qin Lun both agreed to fight.
They soon approached the core of the rocky beach, but there was one unusual situation. The blood trail left by the dwarf took a turn from here, and it actually bypassed the area of the dreadclaw. This shows that Qin Lun's previous guess was right, the dwarf had not fought with these two dreadclaw beasts~.
"These two dreadclaw beasts must have come here temporarily, otherwise, they would have blocked the route of the exploration team, and I am afraid that they would have been cleaned up by Jilim long ago." Qin Lun whispered on the team channel, and the others also agreed, but they still didn't understand why that dwarf was able to bypass the dreadclaw beast at such a close distance without being detected.
As the group approached, the two dreadclaws began to react, hissing in warning and charging towards them. It was only at this time that Qin Lun and the others finally found out why the two dreadclaw beasts had ignored them before, and would have let the dwarf pass through the territory.
It turned out that after their huge bodies moved away, more than a dozen gray eggs the size of a basketball appeared in place, looking like stone piers in a rocky beach. The two dreadclaws are a male and female, and they have come here temporarily, apparently to hatch offspring.
If it weren't for Qin Lun and the others getting too close, they would have had a chance to bypass the Dreadclaw Beast. However, the matter has come to this, of course Qin Lun and the others will not avoid the battle, they originally planned to use this battle to show each other their strength.
"Cyberbullus!" While Qin Lun took out the light and darkness for the funeral, he pressed his right hand through the void.
A six-pointed star summoning circle instantly appeared in the middle of the two dreadclawed beasts, isolating them. A huge demonic beast phantom in the circle excitedly raised two hideous and terrifying dog heads, and the crimson magma dripped down the fangs to the ground.
"Bang!" Comprehending Qin Lun's meaning, the Hell Flame Demon Dog that appeared out of thin air slammed into a slightly smaller dreadclaw beast on the left, directly knocking it into a stagger, and pulling away from the one on the right.
Dreadclaw, also known as Dreadclaw, is a very strangely shaped underground creature. Its head resembles a bird's head, a beak as sharp as a hook, a thick carapace like a tortoiseshell on its back, grayish-brown scales on its belly, and its two hind limbs resemble eagle talons, but its forelimbs are like turtle fins, but sharper than a sickle.
The overall image is like a turtle with a bird's head and eagle claws, or a bird monster with tortoiseshell on its back and vestigial wings. However, this creature is huge, with males reaching more than three meters tall and more than five meters long, and moving like a tank.
The dreadclaw, which had been struck by Cybrus, was annoyed, roared, and became entangled with the Hellfire Dog.
Cyberus had now grown to the seventh order, and was a rare high-level summoning beast, larger than the Dreadclaw, and looked like a building from a distance.
The movement of the two demonic beasts fighting was simply earth-shattering, and even the ground trembled slightly, which made Qin Lun and the three of them a little unable to intervene.
Although these two behemoths are both high-level creatures, in comparison, the strength of the Hellfire Demon Dog is stronger. Their defenses are all high, and the Dreadclaw's movements are a little more agile than Burroughs's, and their scythe-like forelimbs have high attack power, and each attack can tear a wound on the body of the Hellfire Demon Dog.
However, for demonic creatures with great strength, this attack only hurts, and has no effect other than making Cyber grin in pain. Instead, the wounds of the Hellfire Demon Dog are torn open, which often burns the Dreadclaw.
You must know that the body of the Hellfire Demon Dog is a veritable magma mixture, and even if the carapace of the Dreadclaw is hard and thick, it is inevitable that the internal tissues will be scalded by the splashed hot magma.
Seeing that Cyber was suppressing the other party, Qin Lun casually began to play soy sauce, while shifting his attention to another battle circle. I1292