The scratching birds that are constantly climbing over the cave mountains have to look around every time they go a certain distance.

Fortunately, there are enough rocks in the mountains to give the team enough space to hide.

After more than ten minutes of twisting and turning, the bird walked into a cave leading to the underground.

The team waited for a moment, then followed them down.

When we reached the bottom, the temperature suddenly dropped, and a turquoise pond appeared in front of me.

Looking at the karst cave branches that extend in all directions, Li Ming unfolded the fan-shaped collar and listened carefully with [super high hearing].

Every time the bird scratches its paws on the ground, it will stir up a ripple of water, which is captured and perceived by Li Ming.

"I didn't go any further, it seems that the depths of the cave are where the nest of the scratching birds is."

Li Ming reasoned.

"There's a pond here, wait a minute, I'll finish storing water right away."

After Chu Ying finished speaking, she walked towards the pond.

"Charge more, I will use it when I am with the mud."

"Good"

A somewhat speechless Chu Ying replied and jumped into the pond.

The water storage sponge in various parts of the armor swelled rapidly, and Li Minghe on the shore rose into thin mud.

After getting ready, the team rushed to the place where the bird scratched and stayed.

When the sound of stepping in front of him was clearly audible, Li Ming was close to the stone wall of the cave and took the lead in slowing down.

After a while, four heads poked out from behind the rock wall.

In the circular cave in front of you, there are crockpots and iron pots everywhere.

In the hatching nest made of withered grass on the inside, more than a dozen meow statues are placed upright.

Midodo had a long mouth and a look of disbelief.

The scratching bird, with its back to the entrance of the cave, is constantly adjusting and moving the position of the meow idol.

Once you have vacated the center spot, pick up the dream egg and gently place it on it.

At this time, the bird seems to sense something, and its body quickly turns.

Seeing that there was nothing at the entrance of the cave, he gradually settled down.

"There is not much space in the cave, there is no available terrain, it should be impossible to launch a sneak attack, let's fight directly."

Li Ming, who had his back against the rock wall, whispered.

"Is the paralysis trap set at the entrance of the cave?"

"There's progress, Mi Duoduo."

"It's okay."

After completing the arrangement of the hatching nest, the scratching bird took two steps back and stood still, admiring it.

Sensing the sound of footsteps and water droplets approaching, his body quickly turned around.

Li Ming took off his shield axe and rushed forward at the same time, scratching the bird's neck and wanting to roar and threaten, but the sword was so sharp.

While!

The hard black hook sparks splashed, and the horizontal slash blade failed to cut it off, and the flick knife bounced back.

Li Ming borrowed the shock, retreated and lifted the shield at the same time, and formed a step tan coordination in the rear.

Oh! Oh!

The bird roared twice at the ballista bombardment.

The hook quickly dug through the dirt, and soon picked up an oval of black ore.

At the same time, the two nimble forelimbs swung downward as violently as human arms.

Syllable!

Chu Ying and Bubu in the rear were ready to dodge and dodge.

But Li Ming, whose shield was heavily smashed, only slid backwards slightly.

The Scratching Bird froze, unable to understand why his opponent had been hit so hard and still able to stand up.

Seeing that the other party had not attacked, Li Ming hesitated for a moment, waved his arm, and prepared to release the charged double slash.

As soon as the shield was removed, the hook grabbed the oval stone that was pushed forward, and it hit the chest directly.

Puff~

The muddy water splashed, and the mud cuirplate, which had not yet completely solidified, immediately became dented.

Li Ming was knocked to the ground.

"I'm fine!"

After shouting, Li Ming threw out the flying worm, dragged himself to finish and quickly got up from the ground.

Lie to me in that and take the initiative to attack, okay!

Chu Ying, who kept shooting to attract the attention of the scratching bird, saw the other party approaching her, picked up the crossbow on her back and turned to run quickly.

After being forced to the rock wall and having no way out, Chu Ying shouted: "Bubu! Hold on to me! ”

"Okay meow!"

Boo flew to his back.

Chu Ying's body, which jumped with insect silk, turned sideways and ran briskly on the circular rock wall.

Seeing this, the scratching bird launched a chase below.

After running around for a while, the pain of the cut came from the tail.

Turn around and push out the stone, peck at the beak, jump and flick the tail.

Three attacks in a row, all of which were blocked by the shield strongly.

Scratching the bird was stunned again, and entered a state of doubting life.

Li Ming didn't want to hit a boulder in the chest once, and he would stick to the strategy to the end.

While! While!

A "monster" that was so much smaller than himself was hit by it, but it failed to cause any damage, and the more the bird hit, the more anxious it became, so it launched a more violent attack.

Li Ming was quickly pushed onto the rock wall.

As a result, I unexpectedly found that the [Defensive Driving] with his back against the rock wall was more stable.

"Poof."

Looking at the angry appearance of the bird, Li Ming couldn't help laughing.

But thinking that the victory was not locked yet, he immediately adjusted his breath and continued to block the shield seriously.

Whew~Whew~

After nearly two minutes of continuous blows, the tired scratching bird lowered his head and gasped for breath, saliva dripping towards the ground.

Li Ming put down the shield and stared blankly in place.

Seeing this, the scratching bird was about to stop resting and gathered all his spare strength to attack.

While!

Li Ming quickly raised his shield and blocked the stone again.

During the attack, Li Ming not only simply resisted the attack, but also gradually became familiar with the rhythm and movement of the bird's attack through observation.

Completely exhausted, the bird's neck immediately bent down.

Li Ming sensed that the time was ripe and launched a slash with his energy storage sword.

Poof! Poof!

The orange feathers on the head fell off, and the bird scratched its head with several wounds.

All means of attack were tried, and since it was really unable to break through Li Ming's defenses, it once again turned its target to Chu Ying, who had been shooting.

However, even if she wore a full set of water beast armor, Chu Ying didn't hold it up, and turned around and ran.

Under repeated pulling, Li Ming cut a deep enough wound on the outside of the bird's thigh, and then waited for an opportunity to inject paralyzing venom.

At this point, the squad's usual continuous attacks began, and the hunting battle was completely controlled.

Oh! Oh!

Ten minutes later, the badly injured bird expressed its anger with a cry of grief and indignation.

Almost all of the advantages in this battle went to the side of the squad.

To Li Ming's surprise, even if the bird was seriously injured, there was still no sign of escaping.

The only explanation is that this is its lair, and it is unwilling to give up.

The crushing stone shattered, and the bird picked it up in a different saucepan and continued to use it as a weapon.

"I admire your perseverance, it's time to say goodbye."

After Li Ming finished speaking, he faced the leaping scratching bird, and the ultra-high output attribute was liberated and slashed.

An explosion echoed through the cavern.

The saucepan, which shattered into several pieces, fell to the ground with the scratching bird.

After several failed attempts to get up, there was no sound soon, and three fog balls, two green and one white, burst out.

"The explosion rate is quite high."

After Li Ming finished talking, he chose the fog ball with a loving transcendent ceremony.

[Daze Stance] 2 stars

Skill introduction: Scratching the bird poses in a daze and slack, but whether it is attacking or defending, it can be launched instantly.

This skill should be very strong in fighting with humans, and if the other party can't see that you're in a daze and can't judge the opportunity, it's invalid.

【Hatching Nest Exploration】2 stars

Skill introduction: Scratching birds have super talent and skills for tracking the specific location of the hatching nest.

This skill is okay.,When the target monster breeding season comes,,It's almost possible to track the nest stably.。

Stealing eggs can also anger monsters to the highest extent, and there should be no possibility of escaping until they are seriously injured.

[Smash! 1 star

Skill introduction: Scratch the bird to lift the grasping object and smash downward.

Grabbing something and smashing it down doesn't seem to be very useful.

After thinking for a moment, Li Ming chose the green ball [Hatching Nest Exploration].

After loading into the chest, some subtle traces gradually converge into lines, flickering and passing in front of you, as if to guide the way forward.

However, due to the lack of stability and clarity, Li Ming could not make accurate judgments.

After pondering for a moment, Li Ming picked up the largest bird feather ornaments and inserted them into the edge of the Weasel Dragon King's helmet.

The blurred wiring harnesses of different colors suddenly became distinct.

Monster feces, paw prints, residue.

A number of wiring harnesses that bend continuously connect all the detectable traces in the cave and guide the hatching nest of the scratching bird.

It turns out that the scratching bird can perceive so many trivial traces, no wonder it can detect the monster's hatching nest.

is also a detection skill, and the Jumping Dog Dragon's [Lair Exploration-Ancient Forest] is activated by memory calibration.

That is, the jumping dog dragon followed the tribe before his death and went to the corresponding monster lair, so the calibration can be realized.

And the [Hatching Nest Exploration] of the scratching bird has a real tracking ability.

Not only can it be activated in any area, but even if the tracking conditions are missing, after accumulating enough information, it should be able to give an approximate direction.

That's what Green Ball should be capable of.

Just as Li Ming sighed, he suddenly realized that he was holding this monster egg with red spiral stripes with a pair of black hooked claws, standing on the dusky sand.

Again

Whenever the ability was activated for the first time, a similar monster memory fragment would flash, and Li Ming was no longer surprised.

Whew~Whew~

The sound of heavy wings flapping sounded, and under the flying black wings, sand and dust poured in.

Li Ming glanced back and saw that it was surrounded by rodents and surrounded by the black erosion dragon, and immediately moved his claws to run with all his might.

The picture flashed, and it got dark.

In the mountain range formed by the grotto, Li Ming hid in the corner of a rock formation.

The sound of wings flapping above faded away.

The trembling of fear gradually subsided, and exhaustion and hunger came together.

Li Ming felt that his current state was very poor, and he had to eat and replenish as soon as possible, otherwise he would also face danger.

But since this scratching bird can be hunted and defeated by the team, it must have survived the current predicament.

Poof! A long, slender tongue with barbs that crushes the grasping eggshell.

Li Ming sucked the egg liquid.

I only sucked about a third, and strong remorse suddenly welled up in my heart.

How can this be, isn't it the most important thing to do at the moment to absorb egg liquid to replenish the body?

Could it be said.

Thinking of some kind of possibility, Li Ming had returned to the cave at this time.

Looking at the meow statues and dream eggs placed in the monster's hatching nest, he felt that everything made sense.

The rodent-infected black erosaurus briefly appeared in the sandplains, causing the spread of both viruses.

This hunting scratching bird was almost hunted by the other party.

Later, in order to get out of the predicament, the monster egg that gave birth to its own offspring was punctured and eaten.

Intense remorse then causes a behavioral anomaly, causing it to target a similar meow idol.

With the ability of [Hatching Nest Exploration], it is not too easy to track down the location of the Meilu cat tribe.

It seems that even monsters, under the influence of the ecological order, still have twists and turns to experience in their lives.

Li Ming, who sorted out the context of the matter, couldn't help but sigh.

"Li Ming, don't you cut the material?"

Midodo, who was carrying a knife, asked.

Li Ming pointed to the orange feathers on the top of his head and informed: "The feather ornament of scratching the bird is the most valuable material, so I won't take it." ”

Monster lairs are built in places that are not easy to find.

After a brief process, go to the mouth of the cave and fire a flare.

The terrain of the Grotto Mountains is intricate and difficult to identify, and the team climbs a rock pillar on the mountain to wait for investigators to come to the vicinity to guide them.

In the middle of the night, Sheng Ji, an investigator disguised as a sandfish with an earthy yellow rattan net on his back, came to the vicinity of the firing point of the signal flare.

Under the guidance of the team, they went to the interior of the cave and completed the certification of the bird scratching hunt.

"Once the Meilu cat tribe in the sandbara knows about it, they will definitely be very happy, and thank the team for their contribution to ecological stability."

Sheng Ji said gratefully, and soon thought of a problem that needed to be dealt with urgently.

"The Meilu tribe without the meow god can't do anything to raise their energy, so we have to find a way to notify them as soon as possible."

"Eller has already informed Meow with a cat's paw flare, and the other tribes will soon be coming to retrieve their meow idol."

Midodo said there is nothing to worry about.

"Great, I just have to wait here, to be honest, I was anxious every day without the assistance of the Meru tribe."

Sheng Ji sighed and said.

On the sand dunes shrouded in the silver moon, the cat cart carrying the two of them drove rapidly.

Li Ming didn't want to ride, but Mei Lu, who regarded him as a tribal hero, was very gracious.

Looking at the statue of the meow god on the car, which was tied and fixed by a cable, Li Ming closed his eyes and tried to pray.

When you open your eyes, a cloud of foggy fonts appears in front of you.

You have obtained the [Meow God's Elven Protector (Oversized)].

Effect: The ultimate blessing from the meow god, with a high probability of reducing the damage received within three days.

The current defense system is enough to defy the sky, and now there is a super elf to protect it

Li Ming had a feeling that he was close to the peak of invincibility at a young age.

But after a short thought, he quickly dismissed this thought.

After all, many people die of overconfidence, and it is the right way to look at it with a normal heart and then continue to forge ahead.

"I'll take a nap."

After Li Ming finished speaking, he raised his hand and sprayed some sleeping venom on his face.

When he woke up again, it was noon, and he walked out of the tent to see soap bubbles flying all over the sky.

The Merulus did not rush to rebuild the camp, but were all bathing.

"What's the situation?"

"Everybody's taking a shower, meow."

Midodo, who was holding a small brush, responded.

"I know, I mean, why do you want to take a shower in a group?"

"Eyler said that as collateral, it must be clean and new."

"You guys are really. Brush my shield crab armor with me. ”

Li Ming said and began to disassemble the armor.

(End of chapter)