From the beginning of the battle, Ancier's attacks have been very "contained".
This was not just because he wanted to avoid the hatred transfer happening again, but more importantly, he knew very well that the purpose of this battle was not to kill the Nergigante.
Repeling and killing are two different concepts. In his opinion, the best outcome of this encounter is for everyone to escape intact.
A battle with the real purpose of killing an ancient dragon requires a lot of targeted preparations.
Silverborder members have fought against ancient dragon species more times than they can count on two hands, but there have only been four battles with the actual purpose of "hunting".
In the battle of the Sky Comet Dragon, the Dragon Sense Ship played a key role. The previous arrangement and the efforts of Hilda's team greatly weakened the Sky Comet Dragon's flying ability, creating conditions for subsequent hunting.
In the Battle of Tianhui Dragon, a large amount of intelligence was collected, two high-ranking hunter teams were dispatched, and the Dragon Disease Research Institute developed a targeted anti-dragon stone. Only then did they qualify for a head-on confrontation. In the end, they almost got away from it.
The two Gods of Wind and Thunder had the entire Yanhuo Village as their backing, and Master Samantabhadra, the nine-star hunter, personally went to the battle, but failed to kill them on the spot. Feng Ying and the others also experienced a more difficult second battle.
During the battle of Styracosaurus, three high-ranking hunter teams and dozens of elite hunters took to the fighting streets of East Doruma. In the end, they even forced the Great Elder to take action before they were killed with difficulty.
As long as it is an ancient dragon, no one can be easily killed. Except for the flightless unicorn.
If they really wanted to hunt the Nergigante, their preparations for this trip were far from adequate.
So how to fight back?
Just after the encounter, Anhil already had a plan in mind when he saw the pair of big horns on the head of Nergigante.
When Gordon and the others defeated the Lingshan Dragon, they relied on crushing a giant tooth to defeat the Laoshan Dragon, and they also cut off the dragon's horns.
If one of Nergigante's horns could be broken, it might retreat out of fear.
Of course, it might be even more furious, but it's still somewhat feasible.
So he kept aiming at the Nergigante's right horn and fired, firing armor-piercing grenades one after another, emptying his own magazine, and also used Gale's armor-piercing grenades. In the end, he even fired Supernova was used.
All this is not only to stun and break the thorns, but also to destroy the horns!
The power of a supernova is worth its cost.
When this crossbow bomb went down, most of the white bone spines that had just regenerated on the Nergigante were removed. Even the Nergigant itself was blown to the ground again.
Nergigante's overturn was a little beyond Ancier's expectations. This might be the best opportunity.
"Horn!" Ancier shouted and reminded.
Gordon immediately understood his intention and immediately threw a ghost pill into his mouth. Gale also cooperated and shot a ghost bomb.
Under the influence of the potion, Gordon's heart beat wildly, his blood flow rate suddenly increased, and his muscles swelled with congestion as if they were about to burst his armor.
He tried hard to control this power that came from the blessing of external objects, swung his sword horizontally, and activated the beast soul possession.
Fighting energy and blood were rushing through his body. Gordon eliminated distracting thoughts and brought everything under control. He stepped in front of the extermination dragon's head, picked up the sword and entered the charging posture.
The target was the conspicuous crack on the Nergigante's horn that was continuously bombarded by dozens of armor-piercing grenades and supernovae.
The Nergigante, who was struggling to get up, felt something was wrong and raised a claw to grab at him.
Hayata risked her life by inserting herself between the sharp claws and Gordon, who was charging up the sword, and blocked the blow with Iai Slash. The force that exceeded the upper limit of her endurance caused her jaw to split open and blood to ooze from her mouth and nose.
But she gritted her teeth and held on.
Gordon completed the charging preparation as quickly as possible, and roared as he waved the true charged slash, which was enhanced to its peak power.
The heavy blade wrapped with golden-red fighting spirit accurately cut into the crack. With a crisp "click" sound, the crack on the big horn expanded rapidly.
But it still hasn't been completely broken.
The huge power shook the Nergigante's brain, and upon receiving the stimulation, it roared and jumped up, recklessly hitting Gordon with its head.
Gordon also roared, and while his fighting spirit and strength were still there, he shouldered the sword again.
At the risk of breaking his spine, he charged forward with a single thrust, and then slashed back with another blow that was no less powerful than the previous true charged slash.
The big sword and the big horn collided again.
The crack further expanded, and finally, the huge curved horn like a giant pillar broke from it.
“Hoo quack—!”
The Nergigante, who was dizzy after being slashed by two consecutive swords, raised his body and leaned back, almost losing its balance, but it finally stabilized.
Scarlet bloodshot threads crawled up the dragon's pupils.
The furious Nergigante was about to launch a mad attack when a large group of strange-faced clans rushed in from all directions.
"Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaties the leading king of the Qimian Tribe, waving his scepter.
"Quack! Quack!"
The strange-faced tribesmen came out in large numbers carrying rocket launchers and pushing small artillery carts, and launched an attack together.
Countless cannonballs fell on the Nergigante, and each shell may be inconspicuous. When they were gathered together, even the Nergigante had to lower his head and bend down, using his relatively hard back to withstand the attack.
Unlike the Explosive Scale Dragon, which has a specialized "explosion-proof" carapace.
The concentrated fire attacks of the Strange Face Tribe, which were dozens or even dozens of times per second, exerted an unexpected effect on the Nergigante, and the fragile bone spines that had not had time to turn black were blown to pieces.
Several strange-faced clansmen who were not afraid of death rushed under the Nergigante and pulled the fuse with the pot bombs in their hands, with a crazy attitude of "I'm going to explode with you!"
Not to mention the Nergigante, even the hunters were a little confused.
Where did the Strange Face Tribe come from? Were you attracted by the sound of fighting? Or has it been hiding nearby before?
The artillery fire continued to bombard the Nergigante, which was covered in scorch marks. Unable to bear the humiliation, it suddenly spread its wings, and the strong wind blew up the surrounding strange-faced tribesmen.
But this time, no bone spines were shot out, and the regenerated bone spines were all blown up by the Qimian tribe before they could turn black.
"Gaka!" The King of the Strange Face Tribe raised his scepter high and shouted.
The strange-faced tribesmen who were in a frenzy and wanted to continue attacking gradually calmed down. They ceased fire one after another, but none of them lowered their guns.
"Roar——!!!" Nergigante roared intimidatingly towards the hunters and the Strange Face Tribe.
Gordon, who was dragging the sword with both hands, roared back without hesitation. The eyes exposed under the broken visor were staring at the Nergigante. The blood-stained [Greed] armor was burning with greedy killing intent.
Nergigante stared at it with dim eyes, confronting it.
Time seemed to have passed only a few seconds, but also seemed to have passed for a long time. The Nergigante finally withdrew its sight. It fluttered its wings, jumped into the sky, and disappeared among the clouds in the blink of an eye.
The hunters and the strange-faced tribe did not dare to let down their guard, and all looked at the sky, for fear that the Nergigante would turn back and "fall from the sky" again.
Several minutes passed like this, until it was confirmed that Nergigante had really left, the hearts of the hunters and the Strange Face Tribe finally fell back into their stomachs.
Gordon lost all his strength and lay imageless on the ground.
The sun hanging high in the sky blinded him.
He raised his hand to cover the eye exposed by the broken visor, and took a long breath.
"Oh the sun is so bright"
(End of chapter)
