As the weapon rack that was moved due to Blue Star’s request was carried into the arena, the host belonging to the ‘Ganesha Familia’ on the other side also took advantage of the gap before the start of the battle to continue the hot atmosphere.

It’s just that it is obviously different from the previous ones. Blue Star has already demonstrated its strength through two battles, and now it is the first time in many years to choose to continue the third challenge. Everyone is extremely excited without the other party asking.

Although this allowed the other party to easily complete his task, the host, as the host, was still a little dissatisfied. He couldn’t help but look at the blue star below, and then his eyes lit up.

The abnormal activity of the ‘blood of the dragon’ in the body made Lan Xing’s expression slightly subtle.

But it is obvious that neither the audience on the stands nor the host holding a magic prop like a microphone can understand Lan Xing’s inner thoughts at this time. When he saw Lan Xing’s strange expression, he immediately A possibility came to mind.

Could it be that the other party has already noticed the horror of the next enemy?

He faintly realized what he was supposed to do next, and coincidentally, a huge cage was also brought out almost at the same time.

The length is nearly ten meters, the height is more than 3 meters, covered with dark scales, coupled with the iconic ferocious head and the boiling of the “dragon’s blood”————

Even if Blue Star didn’t know the monsters in this world, he guessed that the opponent should be a monster related to ‘dragon’.

And the host did not disappoint Lan Xing, almost at the same time that the monster was carried out, the other party’s enthusiastic commentary also came out.

“Our Blue Star contestant not only defeated the terrifying Dark Dryad and chose to continue the challenge, but according to the rules of the ‘Monster Sacrifice’, the opponent will start his third round of challenges! Before the challenge begins, please allow me to introduce Blue Star to everyone The opponent the players will face next!”

As the other party’s voice fell, the monster in the giant cage in front of it let out an angry roar, but it was a pity that no matter how hard it tried, the cage in front of it could not be destroyed at all. On the contrary, its ferocious roar stimulated the excitement of the onlookers even more. Audiences.

“The next enemy that Blue Star players will face comes from the No.14 layer of the dungeon ‘Flame Dragon Lizard’. Although it is just an ordinary monster, it has a faint trace of dragon blood, with hard scales, terrifying power and flame-breathing Ability……”

Even though it was only a monster from the 14th floor, the audience couldn’t help but let out a burst of exclamation along with the host’s introduction, and this came from the blood in the opponent’s body. You must know that even a very weak blood is naturally Even the dragon hybrid monster standing at the apex of all monsters is enough to be frightening.

Although there was a vague guess before, but now that the host confirmed it, Lan Xing still couldn’t help but lament the wonder of fate. After all, he is best at dealing with this kind of monsters. A monster offering’ was encountered by him.

Most of the onlookers lamented that Blue Star’s bad luck was bad. After all, encountering dragon blood monsters in the third challenge was a bit unlucky no matter how you looked at it, but Blue Star obviously didn’t think so. The monsters are stronger, but all the monsters of the Ganesha Familia were captured before the start of the ‘Monster Festival’, and the strength of these monsters of the same level is not much different.

If he was not sure about the other LV2 elite monsters, then the dragon monsters made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Amid the cheers and expectations of the crowd, the gate of the iron cage was opened, and then the monster covered in scales also paced out, but it was different from the previous monsters in that it did not immediately leave the cage. Attacking towards the blue star, instead, a mouthful of flames sprayed around.

Although the blazing flames were stopped by the magic shield in the arena, the crowd still couldn’t help but let out a burst of exclamation.

But after the initial exclamation calmed down, people became even more excited.

And that monster seemed to be very angry that its attack didn’t work, and it actually charged up to breathe fire again, but what people didn’t expect was that at this moment, a throwing knife shot straight at its eyes.

“Ding~”

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the flying knife hit the opponent’s eyelid and was bounced away, while the flames originally accumulated in the opponent’s mouth suddenly spewed out towards Blue Star.

“boom!!”

The terrifying breath of flames swept towards Blue Star, but it’s a pity that this terrifying flame didn’t hit Blue Star.

As early as the attack on the opponent, Blue Star had already pulled out the longbow behind him and started to transfer. Not only that, Blue Star even pulled the bowstring in his hand while transferring.

“Om~”

Accompanied by the sound of breaking through the air, the arrow in his hand flew straight to the huge body of the target, and then——

“Ding~”

With a crisp sound, the arrow was actually bounced away after hitting the opponent’s scales, but Lan Xing continued to pull the bowstring and continue shooting at the opponent as if turning a blind eye.

Perhaps because he realized that his breath could not easily hit Blue Star, the ‘Flame Dragon Lizard’ roared and rushed towards Blue Star, but it was a pity that Blue Star slipped again to avoid the opponent’s attack.

Then a strange scene appeared. At this time, Lanxing seemed to be planning to reproduce the scene of the first challenge, holding a longbow and flying a target kite, but the difference from the first time was that he was wearing scale armor The defensive power of the flame dragon lizard is not always comparable to that of the tauren. Except for a few arrows that were lucky to be stuck in the gaps between the scales of the arrows that once shot the opponent into a hedgehog, most of the arrows hit the opponent’s scales Be bounced off.

Anyone can see that Lan Xing is in the same trouble as before—the weapon in Lan Xing’s hands can no longer effectively kill the enemy.

After all, the weapons used by Blue Star and other challengers are given according to their own level. It is conceivable that it is difficult to fight LV1 elite monsters with the weapons of LV2 adventurers.

And it is precisely because of this that many people are surprised by Blue Star’s actions, and it seems that they don’t quite understand why Blue Star is doing these “useless efforts”.

So why does Blue Star still do such seemingly useless things?

Quite simply, he was gathering intelligence.

Many people only saw the arrows shot by Lanxing being bounced off by the scales of the enemy in front of them, but they didn’t pay attention to the landing point of each of Lanxing’s arrows.

Almost none of these bounced arrows landed in repeated places.

The reason why he kept taking that monster around in circles was to adjust the angle so that he could attack the opponent’s whole body.

Although the challenge time is only 20 minutes, Blue Star did not attack recklessly because of this. He still knows the truth of sharpening a knife and chopping firewood by mistake. The previous entanglement with the dark tree demon made him find the core of the other party’s strict protection. Once he also tried to find the enemy’s weakness through a similar method.

After a few minutes of entanglement, half of the arrow he was carrying was consumed, but the other party did not suffer any injuries, but this was not the case for Lan Xing, because Lan Xing had already faintly planned in the previous test.

The opponent’s head is undoubtedly the first target. There are only tiny scales for protection there. Compared with the thick scales on the body, it is definitely the easiest place to break through. However, the flames constantly sprayed by the opponent can intercept most of the arrows shot at the opponent.

The weakness of the head is obvious, but it is precisely because of this that the other party seems to be more rigorous, and Blue Star has to choose other targets.

Such as —————— soft belly.

Or——————the tail behind…

Chapter 38 Unexpected Choices

All creatures have weaknesses, and the monster in front of them is no exception. It’s just that the weaknesses found according to Lan Xing’s observations all have certain flaws.

Maybe it was because there was no need to stand up, or because the floor in the dungeon was hard enough, the opponent didn’t have a solid plastron like many monsters, but even so, Blue Star couldn’t easily attack the opponent.

The opponent is indeed close to three meters tall, but his legs are about one meter long. In order to support the huge body, the opponent’s limbs have evolved into a stump-like shape. Although it cannot be dissected, Lan Xing guesses that the opponent’s claws should be Not scales but thick cuticles.

In order to pass the test, most of the reserve hunters are physically strong, and after completing the test, they become stronger one by one because of the influence of the hunting spirit, but the vast majority of hunters are not pure fighters. During the study period, they need to understand The ecological habits of various monsters and common plants, and after becoming an official hunter, many hunters also need to collect data for the ecology of monsters.

At the beginning, because the physical fitness of Blue Star was slightly inferior to that of the locals, Blue Star did a lot of research on this aspect, in order to discover the enemy’s weaknesses at critical moments.

If Lan Xing was slimmer, he might try to use a sliding shovel to attack the opponent’s abdomen. He once heard that a female hunter used a similar method to eliminate a Jagaera, but it was a pity that with Lan Xing’s current I’m afraid it’s hard to do it in shape.

As for the tail’s scales, it is indeed more fragile than normal scales, but at the same time it is more dense. Its defense effect against puncture wounds is average, but its defense effect against sword cutting is better.

In the previous test, the opponent’s main attack method, apart from surprise attack, collision, and bite, was the most commonly used attack method with the tail.

Lan Xing felt that the intelligence of the monster in front of him was not even as good as that of the previous Dark Dryad, but the strengthening of the dragon’s blood made him more threatening than the Dark Dryad.

In the rounds of trials, Lan Xing vaguely had a plan.

The head is heavily protected and difficult to attack, and the abdomen is also not easy to attack, so the best choice at present is the tail.

In this case—————

Inserting the longbow in his hand into the hanging slot on his back, Blue Star dodged the opponent’s breath with a swoop, and then rushed to the weapon rack beside him.

Then a strange weapon was removed while the audience looked on.

“Riding a gun?!”

Although the two battles lasted less than half an hour, Lan Xing’s deadly bow skills and flexible footwork left a deep impression on the audience. It is inevitable that everyone will feel a little strange about a weapon that does not match the fighting style.

But Blue Star couldn’t control that much. After taking off the lance and the matching shield, he directly set up the shield and charged towards the opponent.

The use of the lance is not the same as that of a normal spear. The shield is in front, the right hand holds the handle of the lance, and at the same time, the armpit clamps the rest of the handle.

Not only the onlookers, but even the monster seemed to feel a little strange about Blue Star’s behavior, but it couldn’t control that much, and raised its head and sprayed flames in the direction of Blue Star.

“boom!!”

The raging flames can completely melt even steel, and Blue Star can still feel the high temperature on the shield even though there is a leather pad behind the shield.

Not only that, but the declining durability in the ‘equipment system’ also kept reminding Lan Xing that the shield in his hand could not last long, but it was enough for him.

Under everyone’s gaze, Lan Xing charged towards Lie Yan with a shield on top of his shield. Everyone thought that Lan Xing was going to face the monster head-on, but an unexpected scene appeared. rushed out.

Didn’t he aim for the monster’s head to charge?

Or is it because of the obstruction of the flame that I misread it?

The ‘Ganesha Families’ who were already around to rescue at any time couldn’t help being stunned for a moment.

Did Blue Star get it wrong?

Naturally impossible, in fact, when Blue Star saw the ground melted by the opponent’s breath, he realized that the shield provided by the ‘Ganesha Familia’ could not protect him from breaking through the blockade of flames, so his target was not the opponent from the very beginning. head.

Taking advantage of the monster’s inertial thinking and even using the opponent’s flames to block his vision, he let go of the shield in his left hand and threw it towards the flame dragon lizard’s head when the opponent almost passed him by.

The shield that had gradually begun to melt was completely reduced to ashes in the flames, while Blue Star clenched the handle of the gun with both hands and started the final charge.

At this time, Lan Xing looked a little embarrassed.

His usually messy hair was slightly curly under the high temperature, and his whole face became extremely red. The leather armor on his body, which was originally protective and eroded under the curse of the dark dryad, was even under the high temperature. Turned brown and gave off an unpleasant burnt smell.

But no matter how embarrassed he looked, Lan Xing remained unmoved. Although he looked extremely embarrassed, his eyes became more determined.

The slightly twisted body made Blue Star’s charge change from a branch line to a slightly curved curve. As for the target of the spear in his hand, it pointed directly at the thick tail of the flame dragon lizard!

Unlike the shield that was destined to be discarded before, the metal spear covered by the power of the hunting soul is still shining coldly even under the scorching flames. With the help of the charge, the power transformed by the kinetic potential energy and the full force of the blue star stabbing burst of power,

“Pfft~!!”

Accompanied by an unbelievable sound, the blue star’s lance pierced through the opponent’s tail in an instant.

Whether it was the initial change of tactics, or the terrifying exhalation of wearing flames, or finally piercing the tail of the flame dragon lizard with terrifying power, it all happened in a short moment.

When everyone reacted, the cheers almost sounded at the same time as the roar of the monster.

But Lan Xing was unmoved at all. The monster in front of him was stronger than he imagined. The lance in his hand had been deformed by his full blow just now, but it still didn’t break the opponent’s tail.

Fortunately, Lan Xing was already prepared, and without any hesitation, he let go of the lance in his hand and tumbling to the side, then saw the thick tail slamming down fiercely towards the position where Lan Xing was standing just now .

“boom!!”

Without any fancy skills, the pure force directly smashed the ground, and the lance that was originally inserted in the tail was ruthlessly thrown aside, not only that, but also accompanied by an angry roar, terrifying heat gushed out of the opponent’s body .

Lan Xing, who had just avoided the opponent’s tail flick, suddenly had a bad premonition.

“boom!!!”

Accompanied by the terrifying explosion sound, the flame exploded instantly at the micro center of the flame dragon lizard’s body!

The rising flames instantly covered Lan Xing’s figure…

Chapter 39 The Hunter and the Prey

The sudden explosion and rising flames made everyone scream in surprise.

Although the ‘Monster Sacrifice’ is a celebration hosted by the ‘Ganesha Familia’, it is not a simple performance after all. Anything can happen in a battle, and there have been accidents more than once in history, but the ‘Monster Sacrifice’ is It has never been canceled. The reason why Ganesha holds the ‘Monster Festival’ is to let all adventurers know about the monsters in the dungeon.

Since it is a battle, there may be sacrifices, not to mention that there is no mandatory participation in the ‘Monster Festival’, everyone is voluntary to participate, they are all adults, and must learn to be responsible for their own choices.

In fact, the reason why the families of the gods are required to obtain the permission of their own gods when participating in the monster festival is also just in case.

The ordinary audience couldn’t help but let out a burst of exclamation, but the box seemed very calm, not only because most of the audience could perceive the situation in the arena, but also because Hestie, who was standing at the window, Ya looked calm.

Hestia did feel her heart tremble suddenly at the moment of the explosion, but then she gradually calmed down. Although she lost the power of the gods, she didn’t know why she could faintly feel it at this time. Seeing the existence of Lanxing, even in her perception, Lanxing seems to have become stronger?

It’s not just Hestia who has this feeling, many adventurers with higher levels in the “Monster Festival” have a similar feeling, but the difference from Hestia is that Hestia feels The existence of the blue star, and they felt as if there was some monster hidden in the smoke.

Because he didn’t know the ability of the ‘Flame Dragon Lizard’, Blue Star naturally didn’t expect that the opponent would suddenly “explode”, but fortunately, his habitual vigilance prevented him from completely relaxing his vigilance after spotting and dodging. It was this vigilance that allowed him to react when the explosion happened.

The bright red hunting soul power covered his whole body almost instantly, but what was different this time was that the blood aura covering his body had already faintly taken on the shape of scales.

There is no doubt that when Lan Xing entered the ‘ghost-humanization’ this time, he did not hesitate to activate the ‘blood of the dragon’ in his body.

Although he hopes to try his best to hide his hole cards, isn’t the purpose of hiding his hole cards so that he can use them at critical moments?

In the face of unknown dangers, he did not hesitate to make the most correct choice in his opinion.

Not only that, Lan Xing also tried his best to curl up his body to protect his chest and abdomen.

But even so, when the flames and explosions came, Blue Star still felt as if his body was in magma.

What made Lan Xing even more nervous was that when the smoke and dust from the explosion covered the arena, he actually felt a penetrating killing intent in the smoke.

The monster is not dead? !

Under the burning of the flames, the leather armor on his body had basically lost its effect, especially the calf and forearm were directly turned into ashes, but even so, Blue Star still rolled to the side the moment he felt the killing intent past.

“boom!!”

Almost at the same time as he was dodging, a more terrifying flame bomb passed through the smoke and hit the position where he was standing just now.

If the previous flames only scorched the ground and cracked it, then this time the flames actually caused the ground to become glazed, and the temperature has risen by an unknown amount.

‘What the hell is this? ! ‘

But after a brief astonishment, Lan Xing pulled out the double knives at his waist in an instant.

Although he doesn’t know what happened, his goal has never changed. It can even be said that the smoke is good news for him, at least it can hide some cards for him.