Chapter 855 What Kind of Physiological Structure Is This
"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 Consciousness Ship, there were endless shouts and screams, and a terrifying ancient dragon whose wings were spread out and made a full circle larger than the Dragon Consciousness Ship was chasing after it. It was impossible to say that he was not 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, a directional sail 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 Ryuriyuan will 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 the answer 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 follow me to the mill and drive away the evil dragon there! "
Gordon, who was accumulating power and preparing for a real charged attack, looked away 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 lowered his voice and swung down the sword.
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. Gordon was deeply impressed by the experience of holding the Epitaph sword and almost failing to break through the defense.
Fortunately, the ultimate sword [Shenwei] he is currently using will not cause such trouble.
The sharp hook-shaped claw blade has a unique advantage in breaking through defenses.
The sword shaped like a dragon's jaw struck down, and the claw blade embedded deeply into the gap in the carapace of the mantis' chest segment. As the sword continued to be dragged, the carapace was torn open, and a huge one-meter-long piece was cut open in 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 swayed "clicking", 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 have behaved in such a miserable state.
But the supernova really blew it up a bit, and Gordon's subsequent rounds of charged slashes 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.
A flame-like red light ignited from the bright purple glands on the crown of the mantis' head that resembled eyes, and a sharp scream 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 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 of the mantis, "It's getting faster!"
Not only the swordsmen nearby, but also Ansel, who was shooting from a safer position dozens of meters away, received "care" from the queen.
The dragon-striking spear under the dancing of the golden silk turned into a residual image and smashed towards the shooter.
Ansel hurriedly hugged the heavy crossbow and ran to avoid it. The dragon-striking spear fell behind him, and the seven or eight-meter-long fine steel spear head sank nearly half into the ground.
If such an attack falls on a human, even if equipped with sophisticated protective gear, it will be shattered into blood mist.
The mantis swung its body, and the golden silk pulled at the end of the dragon-striking spear instantly tightened. With a "boom" sound, the dragon-striking spear inserted into the ground was pulled out.
"Tsk."
Such a scene made Ansel, who continued to run and look for a relatively safe shooting position, couldn't help but be amazed.
There are many sharp barbs on the tip of the Dragon-Striking Spear. The force of pulling out the Dragon-Striking Spear after it is sunk into the ground is much more terrifying than that of throwing the Dragon-Striking Spear.
When manipulating the Iron Ruins City, it is also difficult to understand the body structure of this creature. The force displayed when manipulating objects with insect silk is much stronger than when directly swinging the blade arm and leg.
On the other side, the mantis that pulled back the Dragon-Striking Spear swept it around, preparing to use it to repel the hunters who were approaching again.
It has a very strong learning ability. This move has been successful before, so it will be used frequently.
It even deliberately lowered the height when swinging the Dragon-Striking Spear, so that the hunters could not dodge the attack by rolling.
In the face of such an attack, most great swordsmen have no particularly good way to deal with it except to block it with a sword, but Gordon is different.
He is very glad that he learned that move from the Bushido-style great swordsmen of the Dragon Calendar Academy.
Facing the Dragon-Striking Spear that was sweeping towards him, Gordon accelerated his steps, leaped up at the moment when he was about to be smashed by the Dragon-Striking Spear, and dodged it by turning on his back.
He turned in mid-air and landed, and while continuing to rush forward with big strides, he slashed with the sword in his hand, 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 exhaled lightly and entered the courage state.
At the same time, Hayata, who avoided the attack with the Jianqi Slash, swung her sword and stared at the Mantis.
A blue light flashed in her eyes as well.