Chapter 1323 Beauty or Ugliness
Hunters and hunting cats are walking in the heavy rain.
The rain came earlier and more urgently than they expected.
Coral reefs that have been soaked by rainwater have become extremely slippery. If you are not careful during your movements, you may slip or even fall, which is very dangerous.
But they still dare not use the pterosaur to rush on their way.
Not to mention the probability of the Acid Pterosaur falling in such a heavy downpour, if something goes wrong with these two pterosaurs, the subsequent retreat will become extremely difficult.
Approaching from the air, the risk of early exposure will also be greatly increased.
So even if the road is difficult, they can only choose to walk in the rain.
Through a suspension bridge-like passage naturally formed by some kind of mesh coral, they arrived at the mountainside of the highest peak.
This is also the area where rainwater is most concentrated.
The raindrops that fell from the clouds seemed to be pulled by some kind of force and drifted here. Finally, they gathered on the summit platform and turned into several waterfalls, flying down the mountain.
“This mountain is not easy to climb,” Aziz couldn’t help but sigh as he looked at the mountain wall that had become extremely slippery due to the heavy rain and waterfalls.
"Launch the hook lock as a safety rope. Be careful, everyone. If you fall from here, the body will have to be found in the Valley of Miasma."
Gordon drank a bottle He took the medicine by force, moved his slightly cold limbs, and put on the invisibility clothes.
"Come down to explore the path, meow." Piglet jumped onto the rock wall first, Ellu is far better at climbing than humans, "Follow the climbing route below, meow, and be careful not to miss the mark, meow!" ”
The group of people climbed up carefully along the rock wall.
They not only have to be careful of the coral rocks that are extremely slippery after being soaked in water, but also of the rainwater waterfalls that may pour down at any time, as well as the falling rocks that fall along with the waterfalls.
Of course, these are only secondary.
The biggest pressure comes from psychology.
When you know that a mysterious and powerful ancient dragon is entrenched in its lair, it may discover your presence at any time and launch a devastating attack on you.
And you had to brave the wind and rain to climb towards its nest.
That tension itself can be the biggest obstacle.
Even with Pig Chop leading the way and a hook and lock as a safety rope, it still took them nearly an hour to reach the peak close to the peak, just a short distance of three to four hundred meters. Location.
In the last few dozen meters, it was obvious that we couldn’t risk climbing up the rock wall like before.
Fortunately, there are a large number of small platforms and pores on the mountain composed of coral reefs. These structures form some natural passages and stairs, and there are also some plants similar to kelp hanging down, which can be used for strength.
The hunters took a short rest and adjusted their condition before continuing upward through 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.
Exchanged looks with Aziz.
Then Gordon raised his left arm and fired a hook lock at a wedge worm on the reef at the edge of the summit platform.
As the machine spring retracted, he flew upward quickly and jumped onto the top platform.
Of course there is a huge risk of exposure in doing so, but it is better than carefully climbing to the last meter only to have the big head of an ancient dragon poke out from above.
Following this, Aziz also used the hook lock to jump onto the mountaintop platform, and immediately set up a large shield and spear, preparing for the attack.
The expected attack did not come.
In the middle of the night with heavy rain, the view was seriously damaged, but the top platform was flat enough, and it was basically certain that there were no large creatures in this nearly 2,000 square meters of space.
Gone?
The hunters were confused and did not dare to let down their guard.
Gordon made two gestures, put away his weapon for the time being, and walked forward slowly.
But Aziz still maintained a vigilant posture with a gun and shield, guarding his side.
The ground on the summit platform is composed of a kind of flaky and porous coral reef, which is very hydrophobic. Even the heavy rain that lasted for more than an hour still failed to leave much water on the platform.
The friction when you step on it is pretty good, and it doesn't feel particularly slippery, which is a little bit of good news.
In this way, the two of them arrived step by step close to the center of the platform on the top of the mountain.
Suddenly, the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the helmet suddenly disappeared, but the rain curtain all around remained dense and showed no tendency to stop or weaken.
It feels like the rain is blocked by something.
Gordon looked up suddenly.
The sky was still dark, but only the black above the head was so thick that it seemed to suck people's souls in.
"Overhead!" Gordon yelled, holding the hilt of his sword in his palm.
His voice startled the huge thing floating in the air that blended into the night.
Dots of orange-red light flickered from the thick ink-like darkness. They were bright and dark, flowing, forming lines like a chain of beads.
Outline the mysterious giant shadow out of the dark night.
"Gululu"
Amidst the strange low sound like water boiling, Gordon's eyes met those eyes that were shining with a faint light.
The wings with flowing light spots slowly spread out, and together with those strange and strange light bands, formed a giant net that covered the sky.
"Gulong——!" A strange roar sounded.
The toppling Tianhe seemed to be closed by a floodgate. The violent rain weakened in an extremely short time and finally stopped completely.
The thick dark clouds also dispersed, and the silvery moonlight shone down, covering the world again.
With the blurred moonlight, the giant shadow in the night sky can show its true appearance in front of the hunters.
"Namir (Ming Bolong)?"
That is a colorful dragon.
Gel-like skin with orange-red and light purple as the main colors covers its whole body, dotted with countless patches of complex colors such as blue, red, yellow and so on.
The most amazing thing is that these colors are not fixed, but changing all the time.
It gives people a strange impression that its skin is completely transparent and the colorful blood flows in its body but does not merge.
The "weird light" frequently mentioned in witness reports comes from the light-emitting organs that cover the surface of its skin.
These light organs are composed of countless tiny papillae, the tiny protrusions of which may not be smaller than the size of a human fingernail.
The ever-changing light shines from the inside to the outside, showing strange colors and brilliance between light and dark.
Its size is not particularly exaggerated, and its body length of more than 20 meters is a relatively "standard" figure for ancient dragon species.
But its wings are exceptionally wide, with thin and flexible wing membranes connected from the wing claws to the sides and to the tail. The soft and elastic texture reminded Gordon of the tentacles of molluscs such as octopuses. of skin membrane.
Its head is broad and flat, with fins behind its ears, plus the webs between its paws and its soft spine, giving people a very strong first impression of a "sea creature".
“What a beautiful creature.” Aziz sighed from the bottom of his heart.
Gordon had a completely opposite idea in his mind.
The head of the carnivorous fish, the tentacle-like membrane and tail of the octopus, and the skin covered with papillae and soft spines resemble both frogs and molluscs such as coral polyps.
Even if it is colorful, 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 is that this ancient dragon does not seem to be hostile to them.
The hunters took a few steps back and put down their weapons for the time being. (End of chapter)