Li Fan recalled the state of Puff. Because of his previous defeat in the battle, he was indeed training hard and improved the water ray into a cutting ray.
But in terms of the level of fighting spirit, it is indeed not as good as Dragon Slaying.
In his mind, dragon-killing, golden lion, roaring dragon, and horned dragon.
The attitude displayed by these four monsters in battle is that they really want to kill their opponents without reservation.
Perhaps it is this violent personality that further enhances his combat ability.
"When the temperature inside Zhanlong's body heats up to a certain level, the tail blade will enter red heat, and the attack power will be further enhanced. However, at the same time, the originally hard outer shell of the tail blade will also soften, and high temperatures will appear under the skin in some parts of the body, and similar effects will occur.
If conditions permit, this is the best time to dock the tail, especially in the throat area where flammable mineral sticky powder has accumulated.”
Yin Tie informed.
"Is tail docking a bit difficult for the team?"
Li Fan asked tentatively.
"It is indeed difficult, but once it is achieved, Zhan Long will suffer severe setbacks both physically and mentally. Those with weaker wills may even lose their fighting spirit."
"If you put it this way, there is a similar situation in the battle between two dragon-slayers in the ecological information."
Li Fan recalled.
According to the witness description in the ecological report, two dragon-slaying dragons met and attacked with their tail blades. The one whose tail was cut off first was equivalent to losing the duel no matter what state it was in.
"Anyway, if you can, do your best to do so. Otherwise, Zhan Long will fight to the end even if he fights to the death."
The burning sword used by Yin Tie when fighting Puff was made of dragon-slaying materials.
The opinions given are certainly authoritative enough. Combined with relevant ecological information, Li Fan's understanding of Dragon Slaying has further deepened.
Among them, the problem of insufficient level of Poké Balls suddenly came to the fore.
According to the unlocking progress of the illustrated book, the Advanced Ball targets four-star monsters, while the Silver Crown Ball targets five-star monsters.
Coupled with the characteristic of fighting to the death, maybe even if you are close to death, you will not be able to capture it.
At this time, Li Fan thought of the special elf ball, the fierce fighting ball, unlocked by upgrading the illustrated book.
The description in the illustrated book is: Showing your strong combat strength in front of monsters, severely injuring monsters and gaining recognition will greatly increase the probability of successful capture.
If I slay the dragon and cut off its tail, does that count as fulfilling the condition?
Li Fan felt that the effect of this ball seemed to be very specific to Zhan Long.
Other monsters will indeed feel pain and fear when their bodies are severely injured, but at least they will not collapse mentally and willfully.
When a Zhanlong encounters a severed tail, it will collapse on the spot.
The prototype of a capture plan quickly emerged in my mind.
At 7:50 pm the next day, the team went to the Maomao Roast Meat Shop to eat cat rice as agreed.
Seeing the suspension sign at the door, Li Fan claimed that there was a problem with the supply of ingredients. As a result, the Eluma at the door saw the team arriving and quickly opened the door and invited the team into the dark store.
After asking, I found out that the Maomao Roast Meat Shop had been closed since the afternoon to make preparations because they had to entertain the team to eat cat rice.
After taking a seat at the dining table, the lighting torches in the kitchen were lit one by one.
In the darkness, five El cats wearing chef hats standing in a row appeared.
Meow meow!
After the five El cats bowed in unison, the chef's venison slowly walked out.
"The materials required by the team have been prepared. Do you want to enjoy it now?"
Li Fan didn't expect that eating cat rice in Kala Village would have such a strong sense of ritual. He nodded and confirmed, "Yes, I will put more salt in my portion, thank you."
"No problem, meow!"
After Venison finished speaking, he jumped back into the queue with a backflip.
Are you here? Could this be it?
Li Fan seemed to have a premonition of what was going to happen.
Boom! The stove exploded!
Dang! Dang! Dang!
The onions on the cutting board were quickly cut into slices and then thrown high into the air.
Whizzing!
Two Ellu cats jumped up, one holding a draining basket and the other holding two condiment bottles.
After catching the onion slices, the seasoning is added in mid-air.
This is where the juggling-like process of making cat rice begins.
Li Fan watched for a moment and couldn't help but rub his eyes.
It's really difficult to see all the details clearly when the eyes are dazzled.
Eudora and Dilu blended in perfectly, applauding and applauding.
Two minutes later, three plates with food were placed on the dining table.
Li Fan, who was a little dizzy, picked up the piece of meat and took a bite.
I found that the texture of the meat of Brachygnathus is somewhat similar to that of beef, but the muscle fibers seem to be more delicate.
"Phew~ delicious!"
Li Fan hadn't even chewed two bites, but Eudora had already finished eating.
"Uh, how about you share my share, meow?"
Dilu asked tentatively.
Eudora swallowed and refused: "No, the portions of the cat rice are all venison in a strict proportion! Let's have grilled dragon meat for five minutes!"
At nine o'clock in the evening, the team returned to the forest in a small truck driven by Tamera.
Eudora returned to the investigation agency and took an early rest. After Dilu also fell asleep in the wooden house, Li Fan came to the forest with his Zanpakutō on his back.
Crunch!
While putting the strange power seed into his mouth and chewing it fiercely, Li Fan pulled out his Zanpakutō and started a confrontation with Kuku.
The branch was lowered to the ground, and the night bird standing on it watched quietly.
"Kuku, don't hold back when you train later, just swing your tail as hard as you can."
Wow!
Kuku responded.
A bright blue light lit up on the Zanpakutō.
The slashes derived from charging up the sword in the courage style will be delayed in the attack.
However, since it can accumulate Qi training gauge and courage gauge at the same time, the application must be as adaptable as possible.
I slashed at the wooden pile a few times and accumulated a little courage gauge.
Facing Kuku, he began to try to hit the courage protective barrier with a huge blow to recharge his courage gauge.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Nine times of beatings, Li Fan successfully resisted the attacks with his courage protective barrier, and retreated with his sword.
Kuku was particularly surprised by this, because when he usually practices chop chops, no matter how good Li Fan is, he will fail 2 to 3 times out of 10 times.
And the status after successful defense is also different.
The piercing cut is to step forward and cut with the sword.
Courage's protective barrier is to retract the sword and retreat.
I charged 5 times to generate slashes, flicked my tail to resist attacks 9 times, and the courage gauge was just full. If it were a dragon slaying, I shouldn't have so many opportunities to use the sword, but at the same time, the attack power of the dragon slaying was not at all comparable to that of Kuku.
One level is tentatively designed to resist 4 attacks, so that the courage gauge can be filled up.
After Li Fan calculated it in his mind, the next step was the training of Gang Qi Blade Slash.
When the courage gauge is fully accumulated, Air Blade Slash Type 1 will have an additional derived move called Rigid Air Blade.
To use the Blade Slash, you need to identify the timing of the monster's attack, use your sword to collide with it, and then use the momentum to execute it. It is somewhat similar to the timing of the Sword Slash.
With the dual blessing of Qi training and courage, Qi Blade Slash is not only super powerful, but can also partially rebound the monster's attack power.
Unfortunately, as far as training scenarios are concerned, in order to achieve the desired level of stimulation, the attack must have sufficient impact.
Like the Courage Protection Barrier, it also requires a Hammer Hunter to accompany you.
But this is not only very dangerous, but the effect is not very ideal.
But Li Fan is different. He has a bunch of monster sparring partners, and the only thing he has to worry about is not hurting the other person.
"Kuku, the next training is a bit dangerous. Swing your tail as fast as you can."
Hearing the prompt, the dizzy Kuku shook his head vigorously, stood up with his legs, gathered strength, and then swung his tail out.
Li Fan started to see through and stared at the trajectory of the tail's swing.
Ding! The Zanpakutō is swung diagonally from bottom to top, as if to create a barrier with a slash.
The blade collided with the base of the tail, and the light blue air wave exploded and spread, making a sound.
A huge force of rebound caused Kuku to turn his head around with his tail flick. He could only adjust his body balance with his paws in small steps, and moved several meters away before he regained his balance.
I understand! No wonder Tai Sword Courage style is so effective in killing dragons.
Li Fan suddenly had an epiphany.
The body balance of Zhanlong is not bad, but due to the imbalance of body structure and the continuous addition of metal mineral smelting to the tail surface.
As a result, when the tail blade is swung, it almost uses the power of the whole body.
If this force is reflected back by the rigid air blade, even if it is only a part of it, it will easily cause the entire body to lose balance.
Wow oh oh
Kuku let out a depressed cry.
In past tail-flicking exercises, Li Fan obviously only suffered from abuse.
But today, not only could I not push it away even though I tried my best, but I almost fell down due to the strange rebound, which really made me feel a little embarrassed.
"This is how it feels! Come again Kuku!"
The successful release of Qi Blade Slash made Li Fan feel excited.
Two days later at noon, deep in the forest.
After loading the supplies, Li Fan installed a sunscreen canopy on the riding seat, and the team immediately rode the little fool towards Shayuan.
"The client is a caravan on the sandy plain. It was posted two months ago. The reason is that when the caravan was traveling, the Qiankou dragon attacked and a lot of goods were swallowed. There was only a marked area and no description of individual characteristics. It seemed that it had been distributed by the local area.
We need to get more information."
High in the air, Eudora looked at the contract and felt it was a bit tricky.
"In two months, the information should have been updated by now."
Li Fan speculated.
"Not necessarily. The ecological environment of the sandy plain is harsh. The conditions of the union branch may be worse than those in the dense forest. They also have to guard against all kinds of terrifying monsters. Maybe they don't care about this universal contract."
Eudora said helplessly.
"Then we can only look at local standards."
The team has never been to the sandy plain before and this is their first time.
Four days have passed, and the number of pieces of meat mounted has continued to decrease.
The landscape below also gradually changes from lush green land to desert.
During the flight, Li Fan mastered a lot of navigation and geography knowledge.
If you really get lost, just follow the migrating monsters from a distance and judge where to go based on the opponent's ecology.
Sometimes they will follow some ground caravans or high-altitude airships.
After stumbling and stumbling, we finally arrived safely.
Uh~
Uh~
Meow~
Two hunters with sallow faces, and a cat that walks erratically.
While groaning from time to time, he started marching towards the Shayuan stronghold.
The main reason why the team's condition is so bad is that although this flight is fast enough, it is not comfortable at all.
Eating is bumpy, sleeping is bumpy, the wind blows fiercely during the day, and it is impossible to feel comfortable at night. In short, it is an extremely torturous traveling experience.
After walking for nearly half an hour at the landing point, the team arrived at a walled city built in a circular sandstone.
Looking at the pedestrians and residents on the main street, I feel that this place is not only larger than Mirinola Port, but also much more prosperous.
At least there are still basic facilities such as blacksmith shops, canteens, and hotels.
I followed the signs to find the union branch. As soon as I opened the door and entered, a brown-skinned waitress greeted me at the counter.
"Welcome to the Sandstone Cave Branch!"
"Hello, I'm here to update the mission information."
Eudora walked to the counter and showed the contract.
Li Fan and Di Lu sat at the round table and opened an empty bottle containing recovery medicine.
Use a hunter's knife to cut off some ice crystals and put them in. Pour in water and shake vigorously.
Sigh! The clear water quickly condensed into ice crystals and hung on the wall of the bottle.
Li Fan poured out three cups of smoothie. After finishing one cup, he leaned back on the chair, feeling as if his soul had sublimated and his whole body felt refreshed.
Dilu's paws were also raised with pleasure.
"Add two more ice crystals to the contract order collected locally."
Li Fan said as he took out the written purchase documents and started writing.
"Since the Diemsaurus had been lurking in the sand when it was attacked, and the client could not describe the individual characteristics, the Sandstone Cave Branch, with the consent of the client, transformed the target into any one in the designated area. This smoothie is for
Do you keep mine?"
Eudora put the updated contract on the table and looked at the only smoothie left.
"It's Didi Miao."
Dilu informed.
Eudora raised her glass and drank it all in one gulp, sighed deeply, and collapsed on the back of the chair.
"The Yellow Speed Dragon King, Red Armored Beast, Horned Dragon, Boom Dragon, Thousand Blade Dragon, and Dragon Killer appear in the area. Please pay attention to avoid them. There are no markings."
The harsher the natural environment, the worse the investigators' field intelligence collection effect.
The Sandstone Cave Branch simply counts only the species that have been confirmed to have been sighted.
As for where exactly it is, we probably don't have the ability to conduct detailed tracking.
However, there are no villages, towns or other strongholds around Shayuan anyway, so there is really not much necessity.
There are more proven water sources and hunting spot marks than the map of Kokot Village, which is more trustworthy.
Presumably these are all carefully summarized and calibrated by the investigators on the sandy plain in order to withstand the harsh environment.
Next, Eudora went to be responsible for purchasing supplies on the spot, while Li Fan and Di Lu went to the local Merlu Cat Rescue Team to discuss emergency rescue matters.
After both parties finished their work, they gathered at the hotel in the stronghold.
Mel cats are almost the same as El cats in appearance, but their coat color is mainly black.
Because they are unwilling to be domesticated by humans and dragons, Mel cats are more independent in consciousness than El cats.
Because some Mellu cats have the habit of stealing, it is very rare to become a follower cat.
Following the dense cat paw prints on the gravel, Li Fan and Di Lu crossed the street and came to a dome house made of sandstone.
Li Fan bent down and walked through the short door frame, and more than a dozen mermaid cats in the courtyard looked at him at the same time.
"Hello, meow! My name is Dilu, and I'm here with hunter Li Fan to discuss rescue team support."
After Dilu introduced herself, all the Merlu cats turned their heads and looked at the Merlu cat wearing a red scarf at the end of the small courtyard.
"Oh, I have business coming to my door. My name is Elle. I need to see the contract first."
Li Fan immediately gave the contract.
"Oh! The Qiankou dragon is indeed dangerous. According to the rules, please pay a deposit of 2500z first. If the rescue is successful once, you will receive one-third of the total contract fee!"
Eller looked at the deed and made an offer.
"What if it's a rescue when facing a slaying dragon?"
Li Fan asked tentatively.
"Oh! It's just the act of pretending to meet by chance and trying to hunt without accepting the contract, meow!"
Eller was surprised.
"Well, you are really an expert."
Li Fan didn't expect that this Melu cat knew a lot.
"This kind of thing is tantamount to testing the bottom line of the union, which is not okay."
Hearing this, Li Fan and Di Lu dropped their shoulders at the same time.
"You have to pay more, meow!"
Seeing that there was hope again, Li Fan asked tentatively: "How much should I add?"
"10000z deposit, 20000z for a successful rescue."
"What if the rescue fails to activate?"
"Then the deposit will be refunded and only the attendance and garrison fee of 2000z will be charged."
"The cost of attendance and garrisoning says that you have to be on site during hunting?"
Li Fan asked unexpectedly.
"Of course, before confirming the hunting battle, we must first launch the signal flare, Meow, and wait for our rescue team to arrive before starting the fight. Facing the Dragon Slayer, if the Cat Rescue Team only attends in the ordinary way, it will only be another corpse-hunting service.
"
Eller explained.
"Thanks to the professional team, this has been planned."
Li Fan immediately paid the money and received a rescue contract with a cat's claw printed on it, as well as two exclusive flares for the rescue team.
After walking out of the igloo, a wounded hunter was actually pushed back.
When the hunter heard that he had no money to pay the final payment for the rescue, several mermaid cats came to the side of the flatbed truck and lifted it up violently.
The hunter was dumped directly on the sand, and then stood up tremblingly, trying to get his sword, but was told by the Mel Cat who carried it away that it had been mortgaged, so he had to collect enough money to redeem it.
After sighing helplessly, the hunter could only hold on to the wall and leave.
