Chapter 789 The rising signal flare
For four days and three nights, Gordon Pork Chop fought and struggled with the male fire dragon named "Black Flame King".
The Black Flame King seems to always have a game mentality, and will even take the initiative to interrupt the battle and fly away to rest and eat.
Gordon and the others tried to take advantage of this opportunity to retreat, but the Black Flame King could always accurately fall from the sky and stop them in a few hours.
They tried to track the Black Flame King in reverse direction, hoping to severely damage the Black Flame King with Mian Zhan while he was resting.
But the Black Flame King was far more vigilant than they thought. Before they could get close, it woke up and the sneak attack failed.
They also tried to hide in caves and canyons.
However, the Black Flame King educated them with the breath of dragon flames with astonishing temperature and the red lotus fireball with an explosion radius of more than 20 meters.
—As long as you dare to hide in the cave bottom, you will be roasted by the dragon's flames.
Even the hunting camps are not safe.
The hunter camp in the ruins plain is backed by a rocky mountain, and there are streams and waterfalls flowing down the mountain, forming pools.
The front is a gentle **** covered with ancient architectural ruins. These ruins act like walls or obstacles, and can keep monsters out.
But the biggest problem with this camp is that it is open-air.
The day before yesterday, Gordon and the others finally returned to the camp. They had just completed the supplies. Before they could take a breath, the Black Flame King's red lotus fireball fell from the sky and blew up the entire camp. (?)
Had they not jumped into the waterhole in the camp to hide, they would have ended up like the storage box turned into a pile of blackened wood chips.
There is not even a relatively safe place in the entire ruins plain.
Finally, Gordon and the others learned the lesson. As long as the Black Flame King left during the battle, they would immediately rest and eat, then lie down and sleep, taking turns keeping watch, waiting for the Black Flame King to come back and start the next battle.
It is by relying on such fragmented rest and sleep that they have been able to survive until now.
Gordon, who was covered in soot and burn marks, walked through the stone gorge and entered a wide forest platform with the equally gray-faced pork chop. (Zone 4)
They have never seen such terrain and scenery.
On one side are gray stone peaks, dotted with waterfalls and running water, and the blue sky without clouds is like a curtain, covering everything in this cold color.
Divided by the river valley in the center of the platform.
The other side is the opposite warm color, with huge red maples that block out the sky and sun, ancient dark red brick walls, and the ground covered with bright red fallen leaves.
The warm and cold tones are so distinct that one even wonders if this was a landscaping deliberately arranged by someone.
It is a pity that Gordon did not have the mood to appreciate this unique scenery at this time.
Like a stain, the figure of the Black Flame King once again appeared at the edge of the blue sky.
Gordon held the food in his mouth, looked at the sky, filled the water bag by the stream, and took a few handfuls of stream water to wash down the hard food in his mouth.
He wiped his mouth fiercely and said, "Get ready to fight, Ma. If we weren't worried about the 'Purple Poison Lady' somewhere, we would have chopped it down long ago!"
“Cut it, meow!”
Pork Chop also took a few bites of the dried fish, and then stuffed the remaining half of the dried fish that was too late to eat into his backpack.
“But it doesn’t seem that easy, meow. The two base flash bombs were almost used up and I didn’t even dodge it several times. Meow.
If you don’t drag it to the ground, you’ll be at a huge disadvantage in the battle. "
Gordon hung the water bag on his waist and tied it tightly, stared at the direction of the Black Flame King's attack, put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and his tone was filled with helplessness that could not be concealed.
“Needless to say, Anhil, Hayata can also use the Climbing Dragon Sword to attack the wings in a targeted manner. Even Feng Ying has flying insects that she can use. I’m the one with the lowest score, right?
It's not like we can't take it down with continued close combat, but..."
“There are also flying bombs and rocket bombs you can use, meow!”
“Then you can use it?”
Gordon opened his mouth, and finally rubbed the head of the pork chop.
The limitation of the Explosive Cat is this. Similar to the shooter, when the ammunition is exhausted, it will enter a rather embarrassing situation.
They came for the electric dragon and the female fire dragon this time, but ended up facing the Black Flame King inexplicably. The explosive bombs and gunpowder prepared by Pig Chop were really insufficient, and it was difficult to find suitable materials on the ruins plain.
Porkchop now is a bomb cat without explosive bombs
"But there are cat swords and claws down there, meow!" Pig Chop "Clang!" showed the steel claw blade.
Putting aside his explosive skills, his martial arts can be considered quite excellent among hunting cats.
But facing a monster of the Black Flame King's level, its strength in close combat seems a bit inadequate, at least compared to an old hunting cat like Bones, there is still a big gap.
It's not like it hasn't tried climbing in the past two days, flying onto the Black Flame King to launch an offensive, but most of the time it ends up being swung by the Black Flame King and fluttering its wings, sending it flying away.
Had it not been for the excellent defensive performance of Tianhui Totoro's armor and Ellu's light body, making it difficult to be seriously injured, it would have been forced to withdraw from the battle long ago.
Gordon didn't say any nonsense like "You go and rest, leave everything to me" to his hunting companions. Facing the swooping Black Flame King, he raised his sword.
“The ghost-man’s clawing attack before was somewhat effective. I’ll contain it head-on. If you find an opportunity to climb up and attack the wing membrane, it’s good if you can scratch a small gap.”
“Got it, meow!” The pork chop rubbed against the steel claws.
This thing is used in conjunction with the ghost-man transformation, and it can be said to be the standard equipment of the ghost-man cat.
For ghost cats that turn on beast transformation (ghost-human transformation) and become bloodthirsty, violent and even crazy, the cat pickaxe and cat sword are difficult to play a role.
The purpose of the steel claws is to enhance the power of the Ghost Cat's claws. After all, it is a cat's instinct to scratch wildly.
Pork Chop had used this move before to open a few inconspicuous gaps in the Black Flame King's wing membrane.
Maybe if they do it a few more times and make some holes in the wing membrane, they might be able to have some impact on the flying posture of the Black Flame King. By then, they will be able to gain more initiative whether it is fighting or moving. .
Gordon adjusted his muscles and joints in preparation.
Facing the swooping claws of the Black Flame King, he did not choose to confront them head-on. Instead, he used courage to dodge the signature attack of the Fire Dragon clan.
He kept walking, and then continued to slide, passing the giant tail covered with bone spines that looked like a mace, and then prepared to launch a counterattack to create an attack opportunity for Pork Chop.
A signal flare suddenly rose from the distant horizon.
“Pah-pah!”
The flare exploded into a bright yellow spark high in the sky.
Due to distraction, Gordon's movements paused for a moment.
For this reason, he missed the fleeting opportunity to counterattack. Facing the Black Flame King's additional offensive, he had to roll on the spot in a slightly embarrassed manner to avoid the poisonous claws.
But he did not appear annoyed, but rather excited.
Different from the red flares that are mostly used in emergencies, such as "suggestion for help", other color flares are mostly used to mark locations or convey simple messages such as "ready" and "arrived".
Except for hunters, no one will use flares in hunting grounds. There is no doubt that reinforcements have arrived!
It was actually a day or two earlier than expected?
Mr. Issa is very resourceful!
Gordon was thinking while dodging the continuous attacks from the Black Flame King.
The one who can come so quickly is most likely Silverbian’s companions, Ansir or Hayata?
It can’t be Feng Ying, right?
It shouldn’t be the case. Mr. Isa is quite reliable. He knows the strength of the Black Flame King and will at least find high-level hunters to come over.
“Porkchop, go fire a flare to indicate your position. It’s our turn to fight back!”
To be honest, if we consider it completely realistically, with the Black Flame King's flying ability and breath range, I can't think of any way for a hunter to break it while flying dozens of meters high in the air and spitting fireballs (especially if there are only swordsmen). Down)
So don't worry about "Why isn't it flying at this time?" "Why does it have to fly two or three meters above the ground, but not five or six meters above the ground?" and the like.
(End of this chapter)