Chapter 1323 Beauty or Ugliness
Hunters and hunting cats, hurrying on their way in the heavy rain.
This rain came earlier and more urgently than they expected.
The coral reef rocks soaked by the rain became extremely slippery. If they were not careful during the action, they might slip or even fall, which was very dangerous.
But they still did not dare to use pterosaurs to hurry on their way.
Not to mention how likely the acid pterosaurs would fall in such a heavy rain, if something happened to the two pterosaurs, the subsequent retreat would become extremely difficult.
Approaching from the air would greatly increase the risk of being exposed in advance.
Therefore, even if the road was difficult to walk, they could only choose to walk in the rain.
Passing through a suspension bridge-like passage naturally formed by some kind of net-like coral, they came to the mountainside of the highest peak.
This is also the area where the rain is most concentrated.
The raindrops falling from the clouds seemed to be pulled by some force, drifting here, and finally gathered on the top platform, and then turned into several waterfalls, flying down the mountain.
"This mountain is not easy to climb." Looking at the mountain wall that became particularly slippery after being washed by heavy rain and waterfalls, Az couldn't help but sigh.
"Use the grappling hook as a safety rope. Be careful. If you fall from here, you can only find your body in the Miasma Valley."
Gordon drank a bottle of strong walking medicine, moved his cold limbs, and put on the invisible clothes.
"I'm going to explore the way." Pork Chop jumped onto the rock wall first. Elu is much better at climbing than humans. "Follow the route I climbed up, and be careful not to step on the air!"
The group climbed up carefully along the rock wall.
Not only did they have to be careful of the coral rocks that were very slippery after being soaked in water, but they also had to be careful of the rain waterfalls that could pour down on their heads at any time, and the falling rocks that fell with the waterfalls.
Of course, these are only secondary.
The biggest pressure comes from the mind.
When you know that a mysterious and powerful ancient dragon is lurking in its lair, it may discover your existence at any time and launch a devastating attack on you.
And you have to climb towards its lair in the wind and rain.
That kind of tension itself will become the biggest obstacle.
Even with Zhuchou leading the way and a hook as a safety rope, it still took them nearly an hour to reach the top of the mountain for a short distance of three or four hundred meters.
For the last few dozen meters, it is obviously not possible to climb up the rock wall as before.
Fortunately, there are a large number of small platforms and pores on the mountain composed of coral reef rocks. These structures form some natural passages and stairs, and there are some kelp-like plants hanging down, which can be used for leverage.
After a short rest and adjustment, the hunters continued to climb up with these passages and plants.
The last ten meters.
Gordon stopped climbing, grabbed a "kelp" with one hand, stabilized his body, and made a "pause" gesture.
He exchanged glances with Aziz.
Then Gordon raised his left arm and fired a hook at a wedgeworm on the reef at the edge of the mountaintop platform.
As the spring rolled up, he flew up quickly and jumped onto the mountaintop platform.
Of course, there is a huge risk of exposure, but it is better than climbing carefully to the last meter and then having a big head of an ancient dragon sticking out of his head.
Following closely, Aziz also used the hook to jump onto the mountaintop platform, and immediately set up a large shield and a spear, ready to meet the attack.
But the expected attack did not come.
In the middle of the night with heavy rain, the vision was severely damaged, but the mountaintop platform was flat enough, and it was basically certain that there were no large creatures in this space of nearly 2,000 square meters.
Gone?
The hunters were confused and did not dare to relax their vigilance.
Gordon made two gestures, put away his weapons for the time being, and walked forward slowly.
And Aziz still maintained a vigilant posture with his gun and shield set up, guarding by his side.
The ground of the mountaintop platform is composed of a kind of porous coral reef with good water repellency. Even after more than an hour of heavy rain, there is still not much water on the platform.
The friction is good when you step on it, and it doesn't feel particularly slippery, which is a little good news.
The two of them came to the center of the mountaintop platform step by step.
Suddenly, the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the helmet suddenly disappeared, but the rain curtain around was still dense, with no tendency to stop or weaken.
It felt like the rain was blocked by something.
Gordon looked up suddenly.
The sky was still dark, but only the black above his head was so thick that it seemed to suck people's souls.
"Above my head!" Gordon roared, holding the hilt of the sword.
His voice startled the huge monster that blended into the night and floated in the air.
The orange-red light of stars flickered from the ink-like darkness. They were bright and dark, flowing, forming lines like beads.
The mysterious giant shadow was outlined in the dark night.
"Gurgle"
Amid the low strange sound like boiling water, Gordon's sight met the pair of eyes that flashed with a faint light.
The wings of flowing light spots slowly extended, and together with those strange and weird light bands, formed a huge net covering the sky.
"Gurgle--!" A strange roar sounded.
The overturned Tianhe seemed to be closed, and the violent rain weakened in an extremely short time and finally stopped completely.
The heavy dark clouds also dissipated, and the silvery moonlight covered the world again.
With the help of the blurred moonlight, the giant shadow in the night sky was able to show its true appearance in front of the hunters.
"Namir (Mingbo Dragon)?"
It was a colorful dragon.
The gelatinous skin with orange-red and light purple as the main colors covered its entire body, dotted with countless blue, red, yellow and other complex color patches.
The most amazing thing is that these colors are not fixed, but are changing all the time.
It gives people a strange feeling that its skin is completely transparent, and colorful blood flows in its body, but it does not merge.
The "strange light" frequently mentioned in the eyewitness report comes from the luminous organs that cover the surface of its skin.
These luminous organs are composed of countless tiny papillae, some of which may not be as big as human fingernails.
The changing light flickers from the inside to the outside, showing strange colors and brilliance between light and dark.
Its body size is not particularly exaggerated. Its body length of more than 20 meters is relatively "standard" for ancient dragons.
But its wings are particularly wide, and the thin and flexible wing membrane is connected to the side of the body by the wing claws to the tail. The soft and elastic texture reminds Gordon of the membrane between the tentacles of molluscs such as octopuses.
Its head is wide and flat, with fins behind its ears, webbed feet between its claws, and its soft spine, giving people a very strong first impression of "sea creatures".
"What a beautiful creature." Az sighed from the bottom of his heart.
Gordon had a completely opposite idea in his mind.
The head of a carnivorous fish, the membrane and tail like octopus tentacles, and the skin covered with papillae and soft spines, look like both frogs and molluscs such as coral polyps.
Even if the colors are bright, this thing should not be associated with "beauty".
If he had to describe it in one sentence, it would be-a colorful fish-faced octopus dragon.
"Beautiful" or "ugly" is not an important question. The key point is that this ancient dragon does not seem to be hostile to them.
The hunters stepped back a few steps and put down their weapons for the time being.