vrcanaries Chapter 1284 Parasite
Chapter 1284 Parasite
Chapter 1284 Parasite
The flying claw is a very useful move, but at the same time, it is also a very risky move.
Especially at the moment of flying up, it is difficult for the hunter to adjust his posture and landing point. If he encounters some monsters with fast reaction speed, it may turn its head and bite, and he may become meat in its mouth.
In order to reduce the risk, many hunters will choose to fly to the neck, shoulders or other parts first, and then find an opportunity to climb and jump onto the head.
But Maca doesn't have this opportunity right now.
The critical Explosive Dragon is covered with heat-activated ancient slime mold. It is not only hot and difficult to cling to, but also has the risk of exploding at any time.
Naturally, the shorter the contact time, the better.
Fortunately, the flash bomb thrown by Babaka temporarily sealed the vision of the Explosive Dragonite, creating some loopholes for her.
Maka flew up to the side of the Exploding Dragon and swung his flying claws, grabbing the Exploding Dragon's eye socket with force.
When attacked in its vitals, the Explosive Dragon, like all other creatures, reacted violently, shaking its head violently in an attempt to throw Maca down.
Maka originally wanted to grab the gap in the shell to stabilize her body, but she found that the shell covered with slime mold was slippery, and with the impact when she flew up, the side of the dragon's head began to emit a dangerous red light.
This is a sign of an impending explosion.
Staying on the Exploding Dragon would be tantamount to suicide. Without time to adjust the direction of the Exploding Dragon, Maka put the catapult against the former's eye socket and pulled the trigger hard.
Full fire!
"GAOHAOAO!" The Explosive Dragon howled in pain and rushed out, pouncing on the non-existent enemy in front of it.
Maka took the opportunity to do a backflip, detaching herself from the monster and stumbling to the ground.
Since there was not enough time to adjust its direction, the Explosive Dragon rushed forward at a very off angle, and everyone felt it was a pity to see that it was unable to hit the rock wall.
However, at this moment, luck favored them.
The slime mold spreading on the side of the Explosive Dragon's face exploded. Under the bombardment of the explosion, the Explosive Dragon's head suddenly tilted and its forward direction also shifted.
Finally, it crashed head-on into a huge volcanic rock that was about thirty or forty meters high.
"Boom--!"
Large cracks spread out in all directions centered on the impact point.
Even with the size and strength of the Explosive Crusher, it is impossible for it to smash a huge rock or mountain of this size with one head.
The shock of the collision returned, shattering the dragon's head so violently that it made him dizzy.
But this is not over yet.
On the huge rock, in the deep pit created by the Explosive Dragon's horn, there was a large piece of slime mold stuck to it.
Under such a violent impact, these slime molds, which were already in a critical state, were activated without surprise.
With a loud bang, the cracks on the rock mountain widened further, and large chunks of rock collapsed and hit the Explosive Dragon.
The Explosive Dragon, who was already a little dizzy and unable to stand steadily, was knocked to the ground.
Oshura seized the opportunity to stop and turn around, set up the crossbow, and continued to rapidly fire ice bullets to wear down the Explosive Dragon's strength.
Maka and Ted also approached quickly, preparing to launch a strong attack.
Just as they came to the roaring and struggling Explosive Dragon half buried in the boulders, Ted suddenly remembered something.
He yelled, "Maka, retreat as far as you can! Oshura, switch to armor-piercing grenades!"
Maka, who was commanding the hunting insects to release the insect powder and was about to perform the Flying Circle Slash while waving the insect stick, immediately stopped the attack and flew backwards when he heard this.
Although she wasn't sure of Ted's intentions, it was always a good idea to follow the captain's instructions in battle.
Oshula also subconsciously changed the magazine. After two seconds of reaction, she roughly guessed Ted's purpose.
Theoretically, ammunition such as flame bombs and armor-piercing grenades, which use high temperature and explosive impact as their main killing methods, have little effect on the Explosive Dragon.
But high temperature and explosion may further stimulate those critical slime molds!
Ted certainly thought so.
He came to the front of the Explosive Dragon's head, pointed his rifle forward, and aimed the muzzle at the horns and arms where the slime mold was most concentrated on the Explosive Dragon's body.
"Dragon Cannon!"
"Boom--!"
Amid the explosion, flames and smoke, the hot can was ejected and the barrel of the gun turned red hot.
The fan-shaped blast released by the dragon-strike cannon landed right on the head and chest of the Explosive Dragon.
The slime mold's activity is about to exceed the critical point and begin to swell and glow.
Ted no longer cared about anything else, put away his weapon, turned around and ran away.
At the same time, Oshura also fired the armor-piercing grenade that had just been loaded into the crossbow chamber.
These armor-piercing grenades had just landed on the chest of the Explosive Dragon when they were detonated by the high temperature released during the rapid activation process of the ancient slime mold, blasting out several balls of fire.
The power of this explosion cannot be compared with that of the ancient slime mold of the Explosive Dragon, but it is like a detonator in a bomb, lighting the final fire for the ancient slime mold that is approaching the critical point.
The Explosive Crusher that was knocked down by the falling rocks was like an erupting volcano. The continuous explosions and blazing flames once again echoed on the shore of the huge lava lake.
He had already run dozens of meters away, but gravel and shell fragments were still flying towards him from time to time. Ted raised his shield to block a fist-sized piece of shell fragment.
"Will he fall this time?"
The sound of the explosion drowned out his muttering, and no one could answer his questions until the blast was over and the dust settled.
The hunters were busy replacing their ammunition and sharpening their weapons.
Logically speaking, there is no reason for the Explosive Dragonite, which was already seriously injured and had most of its shell shattered, to survive such a series of explosions.
But they always felt that this Explosive Crusher, which had been wandering on the edge of life and death for so long, survived explosions and continued to evolve into its current form, would not die in such a miserable way.
"Babaka, set a trap." Staring at the beast roaring in the endless flames for a few seconds, Ted said in a deep voice: "Even if it is still alive, it is probably only breathing its last breath. The tranquilizer bullet should be effective."
The strange-faced people nodded, found a suitable location, and began to set up a paralysis trap.
Oshura also replaced the magazines for the crossbow with capture tranquilizer bullets.
Another ten seconds passed, and the explosions and roars gradually subsided. The huge figure in the smoke became motionless.
The hunters, weapons at the ready, carefully surrounded the scene.
Suddenly, the huge shadow lying on the ground moved.
Ted, who was walking in front, immediately stopped and made a "pause" gesture.
"Roar"
The charred Explosive Dragon let out a series of unclear roars, used its head to support its body, and slowly stood up.
The big horns that it was so proud of had been blown off, and a large piece of its skull had been blown off as well. Through the cracks in the shell, one could even see the skull covered with charred flesh and blood.
The entire spine, where the carapace was thickest, was blown off and shattered to the side, and one of its legs was also broken.
In this state, it is already at its limit to just stand, let alone fight.
The hunters looked at each other, still not daring to let their guard down.
Both its eyes and ear holes had been completely destroyed in the continuous explosions, and now it couldn't even sense the approach of the hunter.
It couldn't even tell where the enemy was, but it still had no intention of running away.
He stretched out his tongue, which was covered in blood and had only a small half of it left, and licked his arms.
Even though it was blown to its last breath, it was still doing its best to give birth to those horrible slime molds.
At this moment, a strange thought flashed through Ted's mind.
Everyone regarded the extremely ferocious Explosive Crusher as the dominant force.
And those slime molds from ancient strata are just some strange parasites, which are the "powerful weapons" gained by the Explosive Crusher in its pursuit of powerful strength.
But what if that's not the case? What if the Ancient Slime Mold is the dominant force, and the Blasting Dragon is just a tool for the Ancient Slime Mold to spread and reproduce?
"Boom! Boom!"
Just as Ted was daydreaming, Explosive Dragon smashed the ground with two consecutive punches.
Its arms were already badly broken, and one of them had even been blown off in half, with the white bone exposed, which was extremely eye-catching.
But it still kept waving its arms and smashing into the ground, getting faster and faster.
With its repeated bombardment, the ground, which was already covered with cracks, shattered layer by layer, and magma gushed out, burning its body.
But it still didn't care and sent all the ancient slime mold that had just proliferated on its arms into the hot magma flow underground.
With the massive injection of ancient slime mold, the ground within a radius of nearly 100 meters with it as the center gradually began to emit a heart-pounding red light.
The hunters were startled by the strange behavior of the Explosive Dragon.
"Run!!!"
(End of this chapter)