The Institute of Ecology gave two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
The good news is that through in-depth research on the remaining shell of Laoshanlong, the development of heat-resistant clothing has been completed.
It has excellent resistance to fire damage, burning damage, explosion abnormalities, and high temperature environments.
The stronghold workshop is working hard. In theory, it will be able to equip all personnel before the battle arrives.
As for the bad news, that is that the artillery bombardment test on the shell confirmed that the damage caused to the Lava Dragon during the previous capture operation was actually very weak.
The other party's actions are more in response to external stimuli, not caused by suffering pain.
On the contrary, it was Li Fan's on-the-spot study of pore clogging combat that touched Laoshan Dragon even more.
But this is obviously not enough to allow the other party to change the location of the sighting.
We also encountered difficulties in preparing for the war.
The Star Stronghold is too far away from the Miasma Valley, and the land route will become more rugged and dangerous as it goes deeper.
In this regard, Li Fan's suggestion was to explore a shipping route directly to the lower level of Miasma Valley, and everyone's ideas immediately broadened.
On the twelfth day after the operation was launched, with the joint efforts of the survey team and the material team, a huge cave connected to the sea was found.
Although there is only a thin line between the magma pool in the cave and the sea water, which looks very dangerous, it is already a rare landing point.
What is even more unexpected is that after the investigation team confirmed, this is also one of the passing points for Laoshan Dragon to go to the ground.
Frye took a boat to the cave and looked back at the huge opening leading to the sea. A plan quickly emerged in his mind.
The direction to guide Laoshan Dragon was decided at this time.
"It's impossible to guide the Molten Dragon to the sea."
In the early morning, in the deck restaurant of the Flame, Eudora said in surprise when looking at the latest combat deployment issued by the stronghold.
"This is the only way. Otherwise, even if we can defeat the Laoshan Dragon, there is no guarantee that the Laoshan Dragon will not continue to go deep into the earth's veins."
Ai Bo said helplessly.
"So that's it."
Eudora was stunned.
Although the battles against the Laoshan Dragon and Laoshan Dragon look similar.
But there is no mountain route planned to be excavated by East Doruma. Even if the Lava Mountain Dragon is repelled and turns around, it will still penetrate deep into the earth's veins.
Guiding it to the sea is the only option.
"Li Fan, do you think this battle is safe?"
Eudora asked tentatively.
"well"
Li Fan shook his head and sighed to express his attitude.
"It seems to be really difficult, but once the guidance operation fails, the star stronghold can only be evacuated, and the pursuit of the Steel Dragon cannot continue."
Eudora said in a daze.
"Don't worry, there should be a way. Ai Bodilu, is there anything worthy of attention in the ecological reports in recent days?"
Li Fan started asking.
Ai Bo flipped through the book and informed: "The local monsters are very hostile to the Molten Dragon. This has been confirmed by the investigation team."
"It should be similar to the original continent's rejection of the Wind God Dragon and the Thunder God Dragon, but the degree is not as strong."
Li Fan concluded.
"Well, I want to say this too, nya."
Dilu looked at the book, lowered his head and said.
"It's not too noteworthy, but you can talk about ecological reports that you think are valuable."
Li Fan informed.
"Okay, meow, the Lava Mountain Dragon keeps opening up roads. Many cracks have appeared on the rock formations of the mountains in the Miasma Valley, and a large amount of miasma has drifted to the Coral Platform."
“Would this have an ecological impact?”
"Yes, meow, but the strange point is here. In any area where a large amount of miasma leaks out, the miasma in the lower layer will disappear quickly. At the same time, rainfall will appear above in time to resist the rising miasma in the leakage. Therefore, the ecological disaster speculated in the report
, did not appear.”
Dilu informed.
"What a strange phenomenon, as if someone is manipulating it. It seems to be the result of coordinated cooperation between the two parties. Who submitted this report?"
Li Fan asked.
"It's Ni Zhenmiao, the leader of the third phase."
"It's very valuable, thank you very much."
After breakfast, Li Fan went to the incubation room in the cabin.
After observing the red and white striped dragon egg for a moment and confirming that everything was normal, he came to the heavy book he had opened and checked it carefully.
"Ordinary fire dragon eggs should have broken out of their shells two months ago. What's going on?"
Li Fan muttered in confusion.
The life energy in the New World is so full that breaking out of the shell later is not entirely a bad thing.
The little idiot and naughty new parents didn't know much about the hatching time of fire dragon eggs, so they didn't pay much attention to it.
On the contrary, Li Fan, who has read a large number of ecological reports and has incubation cycle data, is the most worried.
However, he also knew that there was no point in worrying about this kind of thing. In addition, the egg's experience was extremely unusual, so he could only wait patiently.
Since the direct shipping route was connected, preparations for war have been advancing significantly every day.
Li Fan went to the cave to explore twice, and Frye's overall combat plan was simple and crude.
It is to build a city wall to block the path in the area where the cave is connected to the depths of the earth vein.
The Lava Mountain Dragon cannot cross, so it can only turn around and go to the entrance of the cave facing the sea.
But given the opponent's ability to cut through mountains and rocks, the probability of success in this battle is very slim.
One month after the launch of the operation, a new turning point occurred.
The guild's giant battle sea ship named Ecology arrived at the port of Star Stronghold.
Not only did it bring a large amount of combat supplies, but the dragon-shooting gun loaded on the bow also rekindled everyone's hope.
But Li Fan clearly knew that the stronghold still lacked the conditions for victory.
So I was on the deck late at night, thinking about countermeasures alone.
The only ones who can shake the Molten Dragon in their own hands are Hui Hui and Shan Xing.
Huihui has no energy, and Shining's super transformation project is still going on, even though it has reached a level where she can attack.
But facing the Lava Mountain Dragon, apart from entangling the opponent, sliding its body and slashing its shell with fan-like scales, it seems that there is no good attack method.
"咩咩子"
Li Fan thought of a possibility.
Since the motivations of the Molten Dragon were figured out, the attack behavior of the Nergigante seems to have been explained.
Judging from the terrifying power that can easily crush the shell of the Molten Dragon, it may have the ability to quickly break the shell and focus on attacking its vital points.
But Nergigante is also a dangerous existence for the current Li Fan.
Strange, there are almost no winning battles. How can the guidance battle in the game be successful? Is it really a plot killing?
Li Fan suddenly thought of a question.
Recalling various details in the game, in this battle the Molten Dragon suffered a large number of bombardments, dragon-shooting guns, hunters and Nergigante attacks.
But when it turned around to face the sea, it seemed like it was a choice it made on its own.
"Did the direction go wrong from the beginning?"
Li Fan sighed and said.
Four days later, according to the information returned by the investigation team, the Laoshan Dragon will pass through the cave at dusk.
The combat members are making final preparations on the newly built wooden city wall.
A large number of pterosaurs carrying hunters were constantly coming and going, and carts loaded with cannonballs were speeding along the corridor.
At this time, the sky outside the cave changed from clear to overcast, and it began to rain continuously.
Several lines of dim yellow miasma gush out from the rock cracks on the side of the cave.
Puff and Grudge Horn visited the area and gave a warning together, saying that there were two powerful unknown monsters at the bottom of the Coral Platform and the Miasma Valley, and they were moving towards the cave.
Li Fan speculated that the ones approaching were Shataosaurus and Mingbosaurus.
As ancient dragons that rely on the ecological environment of the two places for their habitat, it is obvious that they are extremely unwilling to suffer ecological destruction in the New World.
However, it seems that it does not have the tracking ability of the Nergigante and cannot specifically locate the Molten Dragon, so it can only move in a general direction.
Bang~bang~
As the ground trembled, Fry gathered everyone at the top of the city wall and made the final arrangements.
Due to the experience accumulated in the last battle, the combat ideas did not change much.
However, Frye also highlighted the serious challenges of this battle.
The cave is much wider than the canyon, but under the cover of the mountain rock formations, once the Lava Dragon appears, it will directly enter the shooting range.
This greatly shortens the available attack time.
The battle process.
In addition to the newly added pore clogging tactics, there is only one more deployment to detonate the explosives embedded in the rock pillars above, triggering rock smashing.
The prevention of Nergigante was left to the sword master.
After a while, deep in the orange cave overflowing with magma, the huge body of the Lava Dragon appeared.
Facing the huge pool in the cave, it walked straight into it without stopping.
呲~呲~
The high-heat rock shell causes a large amount of steam to rise.
"Fire! Attack!"
Frye immediately gave the order.
Boom! Boom!
Artillery bombardment and hunter landing operations were carried out simultaneously.
Amidst the roar and explosion, a large number of hunters wearing heat-resistant clothing landed directly near the heat dissipation organ.
The degree of recovery of the heat-dissipating organs is much higher than predicted by the ecological research institute.
But under the heroic attack of the hunters, it was quickly destroyed again.
Li Fan watched for a moment and saw that the battle was proceeding in an orderly manner without any accidents. He called Eudora and asked her to take him to the top of the Molten Mountain Dragon.
"Aren't you going to direct the pore-clogging battle? And the Nergigante hasn't shown up yet?"
Eudora asked in surprise.
"They are so skilled at destroying heat dissipation organs. They definitely don't need any command when throwing rocks. And it's precisely because the Nergigante didn't come that I had the chance to hit the top."
Li Fan informed.
"Okay! Grab the worm thread."
Eudora said, holding up Li Fan and flying towards the black smoke billowing head of the molten mountain dragon.
As soon as it hit the ground, the Thunder Divine Sword was inserted straight into the black rock shell.
Along with the surge of electric light, a small amount of lava also gushes out.
"I don't know if you can feel the Molten Dragon! Can you hear me?"
Li Fan shouted, while holding the handle of the knife tightly with both hands, he continued to thrust hard.
Boom~boom~
Black smoke was billowing, and artillery was roaring.
Li Fan couldn't even hear his own voice clearly, and he also had doubts about the current plan.
Ouch.
But after a moment, Laoshan Dragon, which was slightly slow to react, responded to Li Fan's call with a low roar.
It means, cannot hear.
"I can't hear how you responded!"
Li Fan felt that Laoshan Dragon was playing tricks on him.
Ouch.
"The smell of needles makes me care about needles?"
Li Fan realized that the Thunder God Sword had indeed attracted the other party's attention.
It seems that I guessed it right, Laoshan Dragon also experienced the era when Wind God Dragon and Thunder God Dragon spread all over the earth.
"You hate this smell, right?"
Ouch.
"If you hate them, why would you come to the New World and do the same thing as them?"
Bang~
After Li Fan asked this question, Laoshanlong's forefoot fell into the pool and suddenly stopped.
Ouch.
"Fear. Why is this reason the same as Lao Shanlong's?"
Li Fan said with some surprise.
Ouch.
"Our sensing ability is too strong. No matter where we hide, we can feel their presence. So you are being forced by the Huanghei Dragon?"
The Lava Mountain Dragon was silent for a long time, then roared in response.
"Huangheilong didn't force me. Our fear is innate and deeply rooted in our consciousness. Huangheilong was just helping me escape further. I understand, you didn't mean any harm, but you were used. A long time ago
A molten mountain dragon also visited here, and its death caused a devastating blow to the ecology of the New World."
Li Fan informed him immediately.
Ouch! The Molten Mountain Dragon roared excitedly.
Di Lu quickly took out the sound-proof gloves and covered Li Fan's ears.
"Don't listen to Huangheilong's nonsense. You have brought new life? If you die deep in the Earth Corridor, at least half of the species in the entire New World will become extinct."
Ouch! The Molten Mountain Dragon let out an unyielding roar.
The rock pillars hanging upside down from the top of the entire cave began to fall in large numbers under the impact of sound waves.
"You need to listen to the evidence. I don't have any evidence, but since you said that your perception is very strong, then those ancient dragons that are approaching and the abnormalities caused by them are not here to greet you, right?"
Li Fan asked.
The Lava Mountain Dragon calmed down and fell into silence.
Bang! Bang!
A large hole suddenly opened in the rock at the top of the cave, followed by a roar that echoed from the back shell.
"It's Nergigante Mew!"
Dilu, who confirmed the target with a telescope, shouted.
"I can't stay here any longer. I'll leave the rest to your own judgment."
After Li Fan finished speaking, he decisively drew out the Thunder God Sword.
Bang! Bang!
The Molten Dragon's movement resumed again.
The Nergigante and the Sword Master are facing off.
The dragon-shooting gun on the bow of the Ecology has been deployed and is just waiting for the order to be fired.
Li Fan looked at the situation and decided to assist the swordsman first.
The pace of the Lava Mountain Dragon continues to accelerate, and the wooden city wall is simply vulnerable to its huge body.
Plop ~ clatter
At the top of the leyline channel facing Laoshanosaurus, the rock formations shattered and collapsed, revealing a huge Snake King skull.
That is the eternal king, that is the old Molten Mountain Dragon, the most admired monster in this life.
The reason is very simple. In the eyes of the other party, they never know what fear is.
Looking down at the city wall, I saw humans fighting like ants.
Even though his body shape was disproportionate, the opponent still didn't give in.
Laoshanlong felt a sense of desolation. He had been in fear all his life and had been making wrong choices.
Ouch~
At this time, the Lava Mountain Dragon let out a melodious cry, and its forward steps suddenly began to move sideways.
"Oh my God, why did you show up here? The earth channel is so narrow, the molten mountain dragon will get you stuck."
Li Fan, who also saw the skull of Snake King, was not so impressed.
