anovelconsole Chapter 1323 Beauty or Ugliness
Chapter 1323 Beauty or Ugliness
Chapter 1323 Beauty or Ugliness
Hunters and hunting cats are on their way in the heavy rain.
The rain came earlier and more suddenly than they expected.
The coral reef rocks soaked by rain have become extremely slippery. If you are not careful, you may slip or even fall, which is very dangerous.
But they still didn't dare to use pterosaurs to travel.
Not to mention the high probability of the acid pterosaurs falling in such a heavy rain, if something happens to these two pterosaurs, the subsequent retreat operation will become extremely difficult.
Approaching from the air, the risk of early exposure will also be greatly increased.
Therefore, even if the road is difficult to walk on, they have no choice but to walk in the rain.
Passing through a suspension bridge-like passage naturally formed by some kind of reticulated coral, they arrived at the mountainside of the highest peak.
This is also the area where rainfall is most concentrated.
The raindrops falling from the clouds seemed to be pulled by some force, floating towards this place, and finally gathered on the platform on the top of the mountain, then turned into several waterfalls, flying down the mountain.
"This mountain is not easy to climb." Looking at the mountain wall that became extremely slippery after being washed by heavy rain and waterfalls, Az couldn't help but sigh.
"Use the launch hook as a safety rope. Be careful, everyone. If you fall from here, I'm afraid you can only find your body in the Miasma Valley."
Gordon drank a bottle of walking drug, stretched his cold limbs, and put on his invisibility suit.
"I'm here to explore the way, meow." Pork Chop jumped onto the rock wall first. Elu was much better at climbing than humans. "Follow the route I'm climbing down, meow. Be careful not to miss any steps, meow!"
The group climbed up the rock wall carefully.
Not only do they have to be careful of the coral rocks that are extremely slippery when soaked in water, but they also have to watch out for the rain waterfalls that may pour down on their heads at any time, as well as the falling rocks that fall 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 lurking in its lair and may discover your presence at any time and launch a devastating attack on you.
And you have to climb towards its nest in the wind and rain.
That tension itself will become the biggest obstacle.
Even with Zhucho leading the way and a carabiner as a safety rope, it still took them nearly an hour to reach a position close to the summit, a distance of only three or four hundred meters.
For the last few dozen meters, it was obviously impossible to risk climbing up the rock wall as we had done before.
Fortunately, there are a large number of small platforms and pores on the mountain composed of coral reef rocks. These structures form some natural passages and stairs, and there are also some kelp-like plants hanging down that can be used for support.
After a short rest and adjusting their condition, the hunters continued to move upwards through these passages and plants.
The last ten meters.
Gordon stopped climbing, grabbed a piece of "kelp" with one hand, steadied his body, and made a "pause" gesture.
He exchanged glances with Aziz.
Gordon then raised his left arm and fired a grappling hook at a wedgeworm sitting on a rock at the edge of the platform on the top of the mountain.
As the spring wound up, he flew upwards quickly and leapt onto the platform at the top of the mountain.
Of course, doing so involves a huge risk of exposure, but it is better than cautiously climbing to the last meter only to have an ancient dragon's big head pop out above your head.
Following closely, Az also used the grappling hook to jump onto the platform on the top of the mountain, and immediately set up a large shield and a spear, ready to meet the attack.
But the expected attack did not come.
It was a rainy night and visibility was severely impaired, but the platform on the top of the mountain was flat enough to basically confirm that there were no large creatures in this space of nearly two thousand square meters.
gone?
The hunters were confused and did not dare to let their guard down.
Gordon made two gestures, put away his weapon for the time being, and walked slowly forward.
And Az still maintained a vigilant posture with gun and shield raised, guarding by his side.
The ground of the platform on the top of the mountain is composed of a flaky and porous coral reef, which is very hydrophobic. Even after a heavy rain that lasted for more than an hour, there was not much water left on the platform.
The friction when you step on it is pretty good, and it doesn't feel particularly slippery, which is a small piece of good news.
In this way, the two of them walked step by step to a position close to the center of the platform on the top of the mountain.
Suddenly, the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the helmet disappeared, but the rain curtain around was still dense, with no sign of stopping or weakening.
It feels like the rain is blocked by something.
Gordon looked up sharply.
The sky was still dark, but the blackness above our heads was so thick that it seemed to suck in people's souls.
"Overhead!" Gordon roared, his hand grasping the hilt of the sword.
His voice startled the huge creature floating in the air that blended into the night.
Stars of orange-red light twinkled from the inky darkness. They flickered and flowed, forming lines like a string of beads.
The mysterious giant shadow was outlined from the dark night.
"Grumpy"
Amid the strange low sound like boiling water, Gordon's gaze met those eyes that were flashing with a faint light.
The flowing wings of light spots slowly spread out, and together with those strange and bizarre light bands, they formed a giant net covering the sky.
"Gulong——!" A strange roar sounded.
The toppling Milky Way seemed to have been flooded; the violent rain weakened in an extremely short period of time and finally stopped completely.
The thick dark clouds also dispersed, and the silvery moonlight came down and covered the world again.
With the help of the dim moonlight, the huge shadow in the night sky was able to reveal its true appearance in front of the hunters.
"Namir (Ningbo Dragon)?"
It was a huge, colorful dragon.
The gelatinous skin, with orange-red and light purple as the main colors, covers its entire body, dotted with countless complex colored patches such as blue, red, yellow, etc.
The most amazing thing is that these colors are not fixed, but are changing all the time.
It gives people a strange feeling that its skin is completely transparent and the colorful blood flows in its body but does not seem to merge.
The "strange light" frequently mentioned in eyewitness reports comes from the luminous organs that cover the surface of its skin.
These light organs are composed of countless tiny papillae, some of which are tiny protrusions that may be smaller than the size of a human fingernail.
The changing light flickers from the inside out, showing strange colors and brilliance between light and dark.
Its size is not particularly exaggerated. Its body length of more than 20 meters is a relatively "standard" size for an ancient dragon.
But its wings were exceptionally broad, with thin and flexible wing membranes connected by wing claws to the sides of the body and to the tail. Its soft and elastic texture reminded Gordon of the membrane between the tentacles of mollusks such as octopuses.
Its broad and flat head, fins behind its ears, webbed feet and soft spine give it a very strong first impression of a "sea creature".
"What a beautiful creature." Az sighed from the bottom of his heart.
Gordon had a completely opposite idea in his mind.
The head of a carnivorous fish, the membrane and tail that look like octopus tentacles, and the skin covered with papillae and soft spines make it look like both a frog and a mollusk like a coral polyp.
Even though it is colorful, it should not be associated with "beauty".
If he were to describe it in one sentence, it would be - a colorful fish-faced octopus dragon.
"Beautiful" or "ugly" is not an important issue. The key point is that this ancient dragon does not seem to be hostile to them.
The hunters stepped back and put down their weapons for the time being.
(End of this chapter)