hunt and eat

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Chapter 59 The different-dimensional vortex above the ancient tower

Time has come to the third hour in a blink of an eye

Somewhere high on the top of the ancient pagoda, [Freedom] Oliva, who came here by flying boat, rubbed his mustache while listening to the reports of the two old men next to him.

"So, our chief is determined to kill that kid named Lorja?" Oliva said slowly, seeing the looming ancient tower ruins looming in the clouds and mist below, and irregular shaking in the surrounding airspace .

Nodding his head, Bu Yi helped his reading glasses, and tried his best to persuade him: "Trying to kill other contestants during the trial, no matter what the reason is, is absolutely unacceptable taboo."

"Please act as soon as possible, Mr. Oliva...or let a few others assist us and stop it together..."

"It's a shame to say that, the strength of the two of us alone is indeed not enough to stop that person."

Raising his eyebrows, Oliva turned around, and his gaze flashed past the freshly bandaged wounds of the commoner and coir raincoat, "It's been hard work for you, but I want to wait and see for the follow-up development."

"Don't worry, Seperos' team has already been secretly protected. Unless it is the existence of the level above the pseudo-taboo... otherwise the kid will definitely not die."

Hearing this, the commoner breathed a sigh of relief.

After saying this, Oliva didn't say much anymore, turned around and looked at the ruins of the ancient pagoda in the sea of ​​clouds below, and then looked up at the higher clouds.

There, a looming blood-red vortex was slowly floating directly above the ancient pagoda.

That was something that suddenly appeared above the ruins of the ancient pagoda half an hour ago, and it was also the main reason why he came here by flying boat.

"Have the analysis results come out?" Frowning deeply, Oliva asked several scholars on board without looking back.

An elderly dragonman with a gray beard shook his head and whispered: "The only conclusion I can draw is that that thing does not actually exist in this space, but an illusion created by other places or even other dimensions. The airship has confirmed this."

"You may also have heard a little bit that the ancient civilization that built these ancient towers was a population proficient in space technology. According to the results of document translation, at the end of civilization, they seem to have pushed this technology to the peak. And start to summon the existence of other dimensions, so as to anchor the space of different dimensions where they are located to mine resources.”

"I speculate that the abnormal phenomenon above has something to do with it?" The dragon-human scholar expressed his conjecture.

Without nodding or shaking his head directly, Oliva just looked deeply at the crimson vortex above his eyes, and then closed his eyes silently.

"For the time being... just wait and see what happens."

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Inside the ancient tower, somewhere in a dark space

Ceperus poked his head out cautiously, observing the corridor outside.

After confirming that there was no one there, he retracted his body again into a certain winding stone crevice that only one person could pass through.

Through a narrow corridor of about ten meters, Ceperos quickly arrived at a cave-like space of several square meters.

With the aid of an indeterminate lamp, he could barely see the silhouettes of several companions.

"How is it?" Reiji, who had turned back into a human form, asked in a low voice.

"I haven't seen the ancient pagoda, and no one else has approached it for the time being."

In the darkness, a few breaths of relief were faintly heard.

"I don't quite understand, why did we enter the ancient pagoda?" Full Moon's somewhat weird mechanically synthesized voice resounded.

"Anyway, Guta's hands and feet on Lorgar's body have been removed. While the referees are blocking him, wouldn't it be better for us to leave here directly?"

Anyway, a few of them don't expect to continue this trial, do they?

After a moment of silence, Ceperos quickly answered.

"You overlooked one thing, Mochizuki." Ceperos smiled wryly, and continued, "Where do you think this is?"

"Uh... the ruins of the ancient pagoda?" Man Yue said uncertainly.

"How about a bigger range?"

This time, Ge Mantis Manyue was completely stumped.

Although it has a high IQ, it hasn't been to many places, and it really doesn't know much about the entire continent.

But soon, Lorgar on the side reacted.

"You want to say Sea of ​​Trees, Ceperos."

"Yeah." Nodding, Ceperos stroked the sword on his knee and said softly: "Although I'm not sure if this place is inside the sea of ​​trees, but I've heard Master Bodoldo mention before that the ruins of the ancient tower The group is densely divided around one side of the tree sea."

"So here, it is basically certain that it will not be too far from the sea of ​​trees."

"But what does that mean?" Man Yue scratched her "head" and asked curiously.

It is very close to the sea of ​​trees, so what can it represent?

"The sea of ​​trees, and the area around the sea of ​​trees, is an extremely dangerous area that we humans have not yet conquered. It is filled with a large number of extremely dangerous monsters, and there are even natural disasters and ancient dragon species that frequently move in it."

Ceperos explained a few sentences in detail, and finally threw out his own conclusion, "Once we break away from the official protection, especially the lack of necessary material support, it is difficult for us to survive here, let alone return through the sea of ​​trees. In the human world, even the vast majority of natural disaster-level hunters in the ancient dragon group would not imagine such a thing."

Ceperus said with a serious face.

"But if that's the case, if we stay in the tower, we will be found by the ancient tower sooner or later, right?" Full moon, who was deeply impressed by the strange and difficult abilities of the ancient tower, glanced at Ceperos in the dark with some hesitation.

"It is possible, and the probability is very high."

Ceperos is not shy about admitting this.

"That……"

"Is it because there are other natural disaster hunters stationed in this tower?"

Reiji, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke.

Nodding his head, Ceperos patted Reiss on the shoulder in relief, "You can always follow my train of thought."

"As Li Si said, the ancient tower is still dangerous after all. In addition to the emergency life-support device equipped by the guild, there must be a strong enough natural disaster-level hunter guarding here. This is Inevitable things."

"This is a trial selection, not Gu cultivation."

Slowly analyzing his point of view, Ceperos said with a little ease in his tone, "Right now, we have entered the range of the ancient tower, and with the perception ability of the natural disaster hunter, it means that the hidden lord must be We've been spotted."

"We are under his protection at this time!"

"Just ask, looking at the entire trial area, can there be a safer place than this time?"

In the darkness, everyone's breathing was stagnated for a moment.

I don't know if it was his own illusion, but the moment he finished speaking, Ceperos always felt that he heard a chuckle of appreciation.

The confidence in my heart couldn't help but grow a little bit more.

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Chapter 60 quasi-natural disaster-level Thunderbolt Dragon, full-attribute armed gauntlets

Papa~Papa

In the dark spiral corridor, the sound of the blade rubbing against the stone steps, accompanied by the sound of footsteps from time to time, is constantly moving upward.

With the help of light passing through several cracks from time to time, the silhouette of a tall figure became faintly visible in this dark space.

His palm brushed against the rough walls on both sides from time to time, as if sensing something.

Not long after, when walking to a certain step, a crack that seemed too wide suddenly attracted the attention of those who came.

Compared with other places, the cracks here are a bit too huge, or even to the point of being a bit strange, giving people a rather deliberate feeling.

And judging from the size of the crack, it seems that it is just enough to allow a large person to pass through, such as himself.

In the silence, after the figure paused for a moment, it was ready to lean in, until...

A burst of violent dragon roars, accompanied by the clanging of weapons, resounded continuously not far above the head.

"This breath... is about to reach the natural disaster." After hesitating for a moment, the man who was still a little worried gave up his plan to enter the crack, turned around and walked towards the side passage that was faintly visible above.

Not long after he left, violent breathing sounded one after another from the depths of the crack.

Soon, several figures came out of it in a panic.

"Has he gone away?" Reiji asked with some doubts, touching his heart that was still beating so far.

"I don't know, but we have to get out of here quickly, he will come back to check later." Ceperos bit his lower lip, breathing quickly.

"Go down now? Or leave the ancient tower altogether?" With an apology on his face, Lorgar said softly, clutching his broken arm.

If it wasn't for him, the other three companions wouldn't have been so worried. To be honest, his heart was full of apology and regret.

After all, this trial was also proposed by him himself.

"No, we..."

"Keep going!"

Several thoughts flashed in his mind, and an answer that no one else could understand finally popped out of Ceperos' mouth.

"Up?" Manyue, Reishi, and Lorgar questioned almost at the same time.

"Are you crazy?!"

No matter from which angle you think about it, this decision is still too outrageous.

"Didn't you notice...we are no longer in the original position." Ceperos said quietly, pointing to the extremely smooth wall around him.

There was a crevice in the rock where they hid.

!!!

The three of them were shocked at the same time, and then felt a chill down their backs.

Shaking his head, Ceperos looked up at the stairs above.

"Inside this ancient pagoda, the space seems to change irregularly every once in a while... I've seen it just now, and there are no hidden signs we made before, which means..."

"We were moved to the upper space that we haven't been to before?" Reiji frowned and looked at the former.

"Well, that should be it."

Ceperos tapped his chin and continued: "If you go down now, it's hard to say that you won't touch the ancient tower."

"But upwards is different. Not to mention that there is a senior guardian in the tower, when I went out to investigate, I also found that the flying ship of the guild had also arrived at the sky above the ancient tower."

"That is the special ship for that Sequence Three, and he is probably on board right now... So the safest place right now is actually the top of the tower that can be directly observed by the flying ship!"

After listening to Ceperos' speech completely, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and finally chose to believe in Ceperos.

Without much hesitation, he carefully looked at the winding stairs, and the four members of the team quickly rushed towards the top of the tower directly above.

……

at the same time

The ancient pagoda, which had just rushed out of the platform, paused inexplicably.

At this moment, he somehow felt that he seemed to have missed something.

However, now is not the time to think about these things, because...

Seeing that Sankaiyue and Olga were forced back in the distance, he suddenly turned his head to look at himself, a certain huge blue-purple booming dragon, and Guta's right hand tightly held the handle of the Swallowing Demon Blade.

That's right, the aura of this strange-looking alien booming dragon in front of him...

It's almost like a natural disaster!

"Hey, Guta~" Holding her right arm that was bleeding constantly, Olga greeted leisurely, "It seems that we are in trouble, can you help me?"

"Olga, you step back first, this guy is dangerous." Pushing Olga back, Sanriyue tightened the blue-gold fully-covered claws on both arms at the same time.

"It may be a little hard for me alone, but fortunately, Guta is here." After saying this, he didn't care about the responses of the other two, and his feet disappeared in an instant.

At the same time, a fist wrapped in bright thunder light fell heavily on the top of the head of that alien bombing dragon, smashing half of the bombing dragon's head deeply into the ground below.

"I didn't expect Sanriyue to be impatient." Walking past Olga in surprise, Guta forced a smile, "But what he said is right, you'd better stand back, this booming dragon is a bit strong. It’s over the limit, just provide some off-site support, anyway, you’re not the one controlling the bug hunters.”

"Hi~Hi, one of you is number one and the other is number two. What else can I say after all that has been said, please take me to lie down and win."

Shrugging her shoulders, Olga made a pose as you please.

Shaking his head and smiling, seeing that Sanriyue had already fought with the Honglong, Guta didn't say anything, and rushed out directly after sinking slightly.

"Roar!"

The iconic violent roar of Honglong suddenly sounded, and as its main attack target, Sanriyue, who was pushed away heavily by the invisible sound wave, lightly rolled back a few times before shedding the remaining strength from her body.