"Speed up! Keep accelerating!"
"The boiler is running at full capacity!"
"Then overload! Do you want to be caught up by that guy!?"
"Breath! Dodge!"
On the Dragon Sense Ship, there were endless shouts and screams. A terrifying ancient dragon whose wings were spread out and made a full circle larger than the Dragon Sense Ship was chasing after it. It was impossible not to be afraid.
"It is also accelerating slowly. If it continues like this, it will be overtaken!" the helmsman shouted.
The leader of the investigation team waved his hand, "It can't climb as fast as us! Distribute more power to the vertical engine, the air bag will continue to heat up, and it will rise at full speed!"
The boilers screamed, the engines roared, and the hull and cables creaked under the strain.
The original purpose of the Longshi Ship's design was to be a "flying research laboratory" with smooth flight, rather than an aerial speedboat that turned and rose sharply like it is now.
Fortunately, Ryūliyuan invested a lot of resources into this Dragon Sense ship, including a keel made of giant beast bones, directional sails sewn with fire dragon wing membranes, and a hull reinforced with various monster carapace... .
Even after it was completed and set sail, the strengthening project has not stopped. From time to time, the hunters of Ryūliyuan receive the task of "strengthening the Dragon Sense Ship".
It was precisely thanks to these enhancements that this giant aerial ship was able to survive in the face of the entanglement and pursuit of the mysterious ancient dragon.
"Southwest! Smoke column!" the lookout lowered his telescope and warned loudly.
The captain of the investigation team quickly ran to the side of the ship, "Get ready at the mill! Take the person behind you toward the smoke column! At the same time, continue climbing!"
To be honest, it is still unknown whether the smell of burning gunpowder and sulfur can really attract the mysterious ancient dragon behind, but at this time, I can't care so much.
Get answers from practice.
On the city wall, the Metabet hunters on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the dragon consciousness ship flying high in the sky with the ancient dragon in the direction of the mill.
The city was saved, at least temporarily.
President Zheluo grabbed a guild member, pointed at the dock area where the fire was still raging, and said loudly: "Let the vice president lead people to organize rescue and put out the fire!"
After saying this, he turned around and yelled at the hunters on the city wall: "Hunters with three stars and below continue to guard the city wall and look for opportunities to support the hunters on the silver side!
Hunters with four stars or above will follow me to the mill and drive away the evil dragon there! "
Gordon, who was accumulating power and preparing for a real charged attack, shifted his gaze for a moment. President Zheluo was leading a dozen elite hunters to the mill where the gunpowder was buried.
The old guy had obviously experienced fighting against a super-giant ancient dragon, and he knew that Metabetat's city wall, which was more than a dozen and less than twenty meters long, was useless against a monster of that size.
It would collapse after a few hits. The only dragon gun on the wall might be of some use, but it would definitely only have one chance to activate.
It is better to concentrate our elite forces to attack proactively, try to delay their pace and weaken their physical strength.
As for the outcome, leave it to fate.
Saying "take care" in his heart, Gordon withdrew his attention. The preparations for the real charge attack were completed, and he swung the sword with a low voice.
Perhaps to facilitate movement, the cephalothorax of the Mantis does not have the protection of a large, thick carapace, which should be considered its weakness.
Even so, the hardness of the carapace, which seemed to be made of gold, was still astonishing. The experience of holding the Epitaph Sword and almost failing to break through the defense left a deep impression on Gordon.
Fortunately, the Jue Chong sword he is currently using will not cause such trouble.
The sharp hook-shaped claw blade has a unique advantage in breaking through defenses.
The big sword shaped like a dragon's jaw was slashed, and the claw blade was embedded deeply into the gap in the carapace of the chest segment of the mantis. As the big sword continued to be dragged, the carapace was torn open, and a huge one-meter-long piece was cut open on the chest of the mantis. Wound.
Emerald green blood flew out, and Mantis screamed and tried to stand up.
The slender, sharp and very powerful legs were swinging "kaka", trying to find a point of support to turn over.
One leg finally rested on the ground, and it was about to succeed.
Hayata, who was attacking the abdominal joint, suddenly interrupted the attack, rolled to the front of the leg, stood up and stabbed, and then a whole set of air blade slashes exploded instantly, followed by a large swing of the air blade that cut in with precision. The joints are heavily protected by the carapace.
"Jiiya——"
Ge Mantis screamed and fell back to the ground.
Gordon immediately stepped forward to adjust his position and came to the side of Ge Mantis's head, preparing for a new round of charged attacks. Ancil also entered a crouching shooting posture and fired continuously at an astonishing speed.
From the beginning of the battle, Pavilion Mantis has been suppressed.
As an ancient dragon-level creature recognized by the guild, even if it didn't control the city, it shouldn't behave in such a mess.
But the supernova really blew it up a bit, and Gordon's subsequent rounds of charged attacks also seriously injured it.
This is the importance of seizing the opportunity. Except for those super giant ancient dragons with thick skin and exaggerated size, this strategy is suitable for almost any target.
By striking first, you can seize the initiative.
However, this is only temporary.
Flame-like red light ignited from the bright purple glands on the crown of the Mantis' head that resembled eyes, and a sharp hissing sound seemed to tear a person's eardrums apart.
It twisted its abdominal segments and swung the dragon-shooting gun with silk threads, forcing the hunters around it to retreat. The inertia of the dancing dragon-shooting gun also helped it turn over its body and stand up again.
"Jiiya——!" There was another ear-piercing scream.
Although it is not a language that humans can understand, anyone can feel the boundless anger from it.
The queen was furious.
"Be careful!" Gordon ducked to avoid the sharp legs swept by the mantis, "It's getting faster!"
Not only the swordsmen nearby, but also Ancier, who was shooting from a safer position dozens of meters away, also received "care" from the Queen.
The dragon-killing gun with the dancing golden worm threads turned into an afterimage and hit the shooter.
Anhil quickly hugged the heavy crossbow and ran to avoid it. The dragon-shooting spear fell behind him, and the seven-eight-meter-long fine steel spearhead sank nearly half of the way into the ground.
If such an attack falls on a human being, even if he is well-equipped with armor, he will be shattered into a bloody mist.
The mantis swung its body, and the golden worm thread pulling at the end of the dragon-killing gun tightened instantly. With a "boom" sound, the dragon-killing gun inserted into the ground was pulled out.
"Tsk."
Such a scene made Anhil, who kept running and looking for a relatively safe shooting position, unable to help but be speechless.
There are many sharp barbs on the head of the dragon-shooting gun. The force of pulling out the dragon-shooting gun that was submerged in the ground is much more terrifying than the throwing dragon-shooting gun.
The same was true when manipulating the Steel Ruins City. It was really difficult to understand the body structure of this creature. The power displayed when using worm silk to manipulate objects was much more powerful than directly wielding the blade arms and legs...
On the other side, Ge Mantis pulled back the dragon-shooting spear and swept it around him, preparing to repel the hunters approaching again.
Its learning ability is very strong. If this trick has been successful before, it will be used frequently.
It even intentionally lowers the height when swinging the dragon lance, so that hunters cannot avoid the attack by rolling.
Faced with such an attack, most swordsmen have no particularly good way to deal with it except to use their swords to catch it, but Gordon is different.
He was glad that he had learned that move from the Bushido-style swordsmen of Ryukokuin.
Facing the dragon gun that was sweeping towards him, Gordon accelerated his steps, jumped up at the moment when he was about to be smashed by the dragon gun, and turned on his back to avoid the dragon gun.
He turned around in the air and landed on the ground. While he continued to move forward with long strides, he raised the sword in his hand and slashed, causing the mantis to scream and retreat.
This kind of attack that seizes the opportunity between life and death seems to be particularly conducive to the accumulation of "courage".
Gordon took a breath and entered a state of courage.
At the same time, Hayata, who had avoided the attack with a slash, stared at Ge Mantis with his sword.
There was also a flash of blue light in her eyes.
