Li Ming stepped back and pulled the distance away.

The Ice Tooth Dragon's body turned around and confronted each other head-on.

Whew~Whew!

The mist-white breath appeared in his mouth, and after a brief condensation, a spherical breath with a compressed cyclone on the surface flew out.

Li Ming consciously resisted the impact was not a problem, but it was difficult to say whether the subsequent dispersed freezing frost could withstand it, so he rolled sideways to dodge.

Bang ~ Whew!

The spherical breath flew out of a straight line and flew out for a distance, exploding directly.

The storm stirred up by the foggy white wind and frost spread outward in a high-speed whirlwind.

As soon as he stood up, a pincer-like tail hammer slammed into the air.

Just now he successfully resisted the tail hammer and fought back

Li Ming was a little surprised by this.

Even monsters that don't have a lot of combat experience generally don't repeat it in the short term after losing a move.

The Ice Tooth Dragon in front of him is fast, his attacks are very coherent, and he has a strong direction.

Extremely experienced in combat, why make such a mistake?

Although Li Ming didn't figure out the reason, he still pressed under his feet and defended with a shield.

In the face of the tail hammer that came from the vertical smash, Li Ming resisted with a softened defense frame and slid backwards to slow down the impact.

Boom! Ahh

The tail hammer that smashed into the ice made an arc and launched a sweep driven by the body.

Li Ming felt that he could successfully resist this time, and the counterattack would be staged again before that.

But the moment he lifted the shield, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

This tail sweep did not lock himself precisely with the tail hammer.

Moreover, the fall and vertical smashing too deep into the ice, under the sweeping friction, the strength was also slowed down.

Is this a deliberate slowdown in the pace of the attack? Why?

Li Ming couldn't find a reason, but he had to block this tail sweep.

Otherwise, once the tail flick is successfully completed, the Ice Tooth Dragon's body will return to its original position and face it.

While!

The tail flick, which was not too strong, was successfully intercepted by the shield.

Not only did Li Ming not retreat, but his thick tail even swung back.

However, it was this swing that seemed impossible to break through the defenses, thus revealing weakness, that made him suddenly aware of the problem.

For monsters, the stronger the attack driven by the body, the easier it is to cause imbalance.

Li Ming's previous attack opportunity was created by stopping in the middle of the tail flick.

On the other hand, deliberately reducing the strength of weak attacks is a manifestation of focusing on maintaining body balance.

Li Ming immediately dispelled the idea of counterattacking and continued to defend against the shield.

In an instant, the speed of the tail swing back suddenly accelerated, and the Ice Tooth Dragon's body turned sharply back to the right, and jumped towards Li Ming to pounce.

Swing your right front paw in mid-air to launch a scratch attack.

Li Ming speculated that if he moved back with a softened stance to alleviate the impact, the opponent would most likely pursue.

He didn't have a chance to breathe at all, so he took a tough stance and went head-on.

Boom!

A man and a dragon collide hard across the shield surface.

"It must be stopped!"

Li Ming let out a roar of rage, and the ice under his feet was dented and shattered.

Slip~

A wisp of blood, squeezing out of the left nostril.

The rodent in the arm is injected by pressure, and the abdomen is almost bulging into a ball, as if there is a risk of bursting at any time.

On the side of the Ice Tooth Dragon, the body was strangely frozen in mid-air.

As for the front paws that slapped on the shield surface, although the body had gathered all the strength under the drive, it was still unable to reach forward even a single inch.

After the impact was completely dissipated, the fury of the Ice Tooth Dragon, which had landed on all four claws, subsided, and his expression was stunned for a moment, before he remembered to raise his grip and sweep to continue the attack.

But the angle and force are very perfunctory.

Li Ming rolled backwards to avoid it, and after getting up, he continued to raise his shield.

But no matter how hard you breathe, you just can't feel the air entering your lungs.

Immediately use the old method, clench your fist and hammer the chest.

After a few punches, a small amount of blood vomited out, and his breathing finally returned smoothly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Above the frozen shore, three blue flares exploded in the night sky.

A four-star monster with a full sense of battle is really strong enough.

At present, even if I inject the blood of the robbery with rodents, I can only barely survive two tricks.

"Goodbye."

The loading had been completed over there, and Li Ming felt that it was time for him to evacuate.

He would love to run with his legs up, but it would obviously give the Ice Tooth Dragon a boost and a stronger desire to attack.

So he slowly retreated in a shield posture.

To Li Ming's surprise, the Ice Tooth Dragon didn't show much, just stared at him in confusion.

Li Ming didn't have the energy to analyze the reason, so he seized the opportunity, retreated to a relatively safe distance, and picked up the shield axe.

Then change to the Aquatic Beast's Fog Ball [Dive] and [Underwater Perception].

Slowly lean towards the circular ice hole that was chiseled into the ice before the battle.

At this time, the Ice Tooth Dragon's neck was raised, and there was a sudden movement.

Li Ming immediately rehearsed the next action in his mind.

As soon as it pounced, I sprinted to the edge of the pit and jumped into the water, diving and diving, not believing that it could catch up.

However, the development of events was completely unexpected by Li Ming.

Instead of approaching to attack, the Ice Tooth Dragon turned its body around and turned its back to itself.

Is this a new move? Impossible, this distance.

Puff~

A steaming pile of monster feces fell to the ice.

Li Ming was immediately stunned.

The Ice Tooth Dragon spun around and moved backwards to exit some distance.

The claws propped up the upper body, and the neck was raised vertically, obviously not in an attacking stance.

What do you mean? Do you call me a "dung monster"?

No, how could a monster have such an expression.

Let me recall what is on the Monster Encyclopedia, a representative of the face to face and calmly.

Divide the territory by smell!

When he didn't understand, Li Ming was shocked.

After trying to understand, I was even more shocked.

Is the Ice Tooth really treating me like a monster?

First it was a turf battle, and then a tracking battle, and now I find it a bit difficult to do, so I directly divide the territory.

Isn't that the idea of negotiation between monsters?

The cold wind with snow and frost blew across the ice, and the scene was surprisingly quiet.

The heat emitted by the large lump of feces is rapidly decreasing.

The Ice Tooth Dragon's front paws began to rub against the ice, and patience seemed to be gradually eroded.

Li Ming weighed it.

Smelling monster feces is extremely common when tracking and collecting traces.

For hunters, it's not a bad experience at all.

Compared to diving and escaping in extremely cold waters, it is even less worth mentioning.

Since there is a choice, Li Ming definitely wants to get rid of this battle in a more relaxed way.

Taking a cautious step forward, he lowered his head slightly and sniffed as he leaned next to the large lump of feces.

Well, it feels like it hasn't been digested very well lately, and it might be a little hot.

Li Mingshun brought analysis.

In the distance, the Ice Tooth Dragon let out a low roar, and its body immediately turned around and jumped into the air, without the slightest drag of mud and water.

Li Ming felt that although the two sides did not have a specific demarcation.

But as long as he is not too excessive, leaves a large number of markers, and demarcates the predatory area to his side, the Ice Tooth Dragon will not care too much.

It's strange, it's clear that it's already out of the threat, why is it still a little worried, by the way, it shouldn't know that its home was stolen.

Thinking of this, Li Ming ran quickly towards the predetermined meeting point.

The transport ship has gone offshore and the cats are in a relatively safe state.

The team members were different, there were so many rut marks, the Ice Tooth Dragon could easily identify them, so Li Ming decided to evacuate overnight.

Although the amount of raw meat obtained on this trip was not as much as expected, it was enough to deliver to the barbecue restaurant.

As soon as the sky dawned, the camp packed the squad on their backs, sneaked to the shore, fired signal flares, and waited for the transport ship to dock.

"Lone Fox, you must be careful of the Ice Tooth Dragon."

Li Ming reminded.

"During this time, it can only focus on hunting and storing food, as long as it is not a terrifying strange dragon, even if the Boom Dragon or the Resentful Tiger Dragon visits, I have a way to deal with it."

Lone Fox said with great confidence.

"Then I'll be relieved."

"Actually, in addition to saying goodbye this time, there is another thing I want to ask the ruthless team."

"Is it the elk skin that I didn't get it?"

"Roger, it's big enough to re-sew a tent, I'm going to ask for it."

Lone Fox said, turning sideways and looking at the cargo box behind him.

Several cat heads that appeared sideways to watch immediately retracted to the back of the box.

"Come out, don't you want to go to the Warm Ocean Camp?"

Under the beckoning of the lonely fox, the cats in tattered cotton clothes rushed out one by one.

Li Ming counted it, and there were 15 in total.

"They're all members of the transport last night?"

"Yes, there are from every tribe, I recruited them temporarily, and when I saw that the team was able to defeat the kappa frogs, and the camp map depicted by the cats, I packed up my salute, said goodbye to the tribe, and came to report to the team."

Lone Fox said.

"Welcome to my team."

The cats looked at each other, and faced Li Ming, who had opened his arms, a little overwhelmed.

"Although these Ailu are not all wild, most of them have been in contact with the investigators' camp, and it will take some time to get used to getting along, but they are very industrious and have a strong tolerance for the harsh natural environment."

"Thank you Lone Fox."

"It's okay, as long as you can come and hunt often, so that there will be more hunter squads and know about the ecological richness of the frozen archipelago. By the way, how did you stop the Ice Tooth Dragon last night? ”

Lone Fox asked curiously.

"It boils down to the fact that it's not in good shape."

"Seriously injured? I don't think so. ”

"It's not a serious injury, it's a strong individual in terms of fighting, but it's bound by the heavy pressure given by the ecology, and in the end it can only compromise."

Li Ming sighed and said.

"Can't you do it spontaneously in order to survive?"

"The summary is accurate."

Li Ming agreed.

"It's a little pitiful when I think about it, but I still like monsters who are honest enough and brave enough to fight against everything."

"What's the particular reason?"

"Die fast."

Lone Fox's answer was extremely crisp.

In a short time, the transport ship set sail.

Eight days later, the port of Flame Village.

The kappa frog carcass is transported by the guild without the need for the team to worry about.

The rest of the elk and Bobo fur, animal bones, and a large amount of raw meat were loaded by four cat carts and transported to the Fortress of Farifolia.

After receiving the raw meat, the owner of the barbecue shop paid the balance of 8000z according to the negotiated price.

The compliant materials that have been finely decomposed by cats are also shipped to the Chamber of Commerce for sale.

At present, there are few gatherers and hunters in the extremely cold area, and the value of the material based on fur is relatively high, and a total of 4003z was sold.

It will take time for the kappa frog carcass to decompose, so the team decides to go back to the camp first.

At this time, the expansion of the residential area in the warm ocean camp has been completed.

The resident cats did not forget the ruthless squad, and built a two-story building for them in the core area.

This will allow you to stay in the camp for the night in relative comfort, without having to go back to the fortress to rest or squeeze into a tent with the cats.

The cats also went downstairs and built a kennel for the tooth hounds in recognition of their contributions to keeping the camp safe.

As for the knife ridge, which is not very easy to move, the cats have built a wheelchair cart.

The knife spine was a little resistant, but when I sat on it and found that I was pushed around by the cats, and the experience was really good, I reluctantly recognized it.

Pleasant climate, independent tents, rows of dried fish, cat dojo, plantation park, bomb workshop.

The wild cats of the Frozen Islands feel like they've arrived in paradise.

"There are already 104 cats, are there any plans for the next development?"

On the balcony of the two-story building, Knife Spine asked.

"It's not a good project to continue to expand at the moment. In fact, I don't have any money, so let's focus on training and improving my life first. ”

Li Ming candidly stated his assumptions.

After all, the water-attribute shield axe has not yet been built, so you must be conservative about the camp investment.

"By the way, have there been monsters attacking the camp during this time?"

"A blue bear beast came, the first time it was smoked away by a stink bomb during the day, and the second time it came late at night to pull up the beehive and run, I felt that the loss was relatively small, so I didn't start a pursuit."

The spine informs the situation.

"Dare to steal my honey, the team still has a four-star hunter assessment to prepare, and in the next period of time, it is still up to you to lead the cats to protect the camp."

"Is the team going to East Doruma soon?"

Knife Spine asked with some surprise.

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"There are rumors in the branch hall that the Pavilion Mantis has been very restless lately."

The spine was slightly worried.

"Hasn't it taken the initiative to attack humans since it invaded the city?"

Li Ming recalled the content of the Gray Chronicle and expressed curiosity.

According to the above records, the Pavilion Mantis does not care about humans except for the fact that it has been dismantling Dondoruma.

This strange coexistence pattern formed by indifference is very abnormal compared to other monsters who value territory.

"It's true that the attack hasn't been launched, but its hive suddenly began to move into the city two years ago, and nearly a quarter of the city-state was dismantled before, and it was backfilled and rebuilt, and now it is under construction."

The knife ridge gives an explanation.

"Since we have coexisted with humans for so many years, there is no reason why once the team leaves, there will be problems."

Li Ming didn't care much.

Because of the relative stability of the Pavilion Mantis, Dondoruma is still the world capital of the Monster Hunt world.

Even the guild headquarters did not evacuate because of this.

That means that in terms of security, there must be a certain guarantee.

"I hope so."

"By the way, I'm going to build a shield axe at the processor."

"Kappa frog, yes, I feel like it's going to be a lot of difficulty to build."

Knife Spine speculated.

"Can you help me with a discount?"

Li Ming asked tentatively.

(End of chapter)