Fierce Battle

"An abdomen without scales to protect it!"

"What if I slide tackle and end up feeding this guy?"

Linsey knew one of the weaknesses of this Black Scale Lizard Dragon.

However, when this creature moves, its abdomen is very close to the ground, so it would be difficult for a person to move if they were stuck underneath it.

To put it another way, you could flip the entire Black Scale Lizard Dragon over and then stab it to death with one blow.

"If this guy is dead, then of course there's no problem."

"But it's alive, it will fight back, and it will attack!"

Linsey didn't think she could easily slide down under the other person and give it a slap in the stomach.

This is the same as an ordinary person taking down a tiger or a black bear with a sliding tackle.

Bang! Bang! Bang! At the same time, another explosion of air occurred.

Linsey burrowed into the bushes, which did temporarily cut off the Black Scale Lizard Dragon's sense of him, but the beast immediately pursued him, blindly attacking around Linsey guided by its sense of smell.

Although these explosions did not directly hit the target.

But it has indeed vaguely included Linsey in it.

"They really aren't giving us any time at all."

Linsey cursed inwardly, but still ran away immediately.

This time, however, he didn't simply run away. Instead, he slapped his right hand on his left arm, replacing the Magma Crest with the Mountains Crest.

Since a direct slide tackle won't work.

Then let's use the power of the Mountains Crest to Earth Escape underground and give this powerful Devil Beast a good beating! Linsey's only concern was time.

The effect of the Mountains Crest can only last for a maximum of seven seconds, and after use, it will enter a half-hour charging period. It has its own advantages and disadvantages compared to the Magma Crest, which is entirely maintained by the user's Essence.

Therefore, Linsey must seize the opportunity.

Within seven seconds, sneak under the opponent, pinpoint their location, launch an attack, and then find a place to emerge.

Otherwise, the final result...

It's possible that Linsey was underground, didn't find the right spot, which is why her attack missed.

It's also possible that his plan succeeded, but he wasted time and ended up burying himself alive underground.

As I pondered this, the attack sequence began to form in my mind.

Linsey slowed her pace, as the sounds of the Black Scale Lizard Dragon closing in behind her...

Whoosh! The next second, Linsey rushed to the end of the bushes and stepped onto the pure white ice.

"This is it!"

Just then, the Black Scale Lizard Dragon behind them was still in pursuit.

Weeds and mounds obscure the view, but they cannot hide the other's scent and footsteps.

It relentlessly pursued Linsey, determined to kill the human who had invaded its territory, manipulating the air to collide and cause explosions every few seconds.

But at that very moment...

The scent of its prey suddenly receded, and the hurried footsteps also disappeared.

"Hiss!"

The Black Scale Lizard Dragon also charged forward, and then its view suddenly opened up.

Beyond the bushes lay a pristine ice surface, with no sign of any enemies in sight, and the scent of prey had vanished just as quickly.

The Black Scale Lizard Dragon stopped there, its face full of confusion.

Where did the prey go?

Could it be like the bat it just killed, disappearing the moment it died...?

Snap—Pfft!

In an instant, the airflow shield on the Black Scale Lizard Dragon's abdomen collided with something.

This thing couldn't break through the shield's protection instantly.

However, this attack was not one where simply blocking the arrow would neutralize all its force.

Linsey's Ice Badger Dagger, which emerged from the ground, continued to exert force, piercing through the airflow shield in an instant, and then plunged into the opponent's body.

A sharp pain shot through me instantly.

At the same time, both ice and fire Essence erode the body.

But more importantly, the sharp object that had pierced his body was still moving, almost completely slicing open his abdomen!

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

In excruciating pain, the Black Scale Lizard Dragon knew its life was hanging by a thread.

It rolled over on the spot, its weight of over two tons swinging with the full force of its muscles.

Linsey, however, was unwilling to let go of the dagger, hoping to defeat her enemy in one strike.

He gripped the dagger tightly and was thrown out by the exaggerated force!

Fortunately, Linsey reacted quickly.

He adjusted his posture in the air and finally landed steadily.

Just then, the power of the Mountains Crest ended. He wiped the blood of the Black Scale Lizard Dragon from his face and stared at the enemy in front of him.

The other person shook off Linsey and had already straightened their body.

"Hiss!!!"

The Black Scale Lizard Dragon opened its blood-red maw and roared at Linsey.

The fishy, foul smell from his mouth almost hit his face.

Without saying a word, Linsey instantly leaped to the side to avoid the impending air explosion.

"..."

But the air was quiet.

The Black Scale Lizard Dragon did not attack Linsey.

Seeing the human jump away, the Devil Beast, which had been roaring and threatening just a second ago, suddenly turned and disappeared into the bushes, fleeing in the direction the two had come from! "How could I let you get away!"

Seeing this, how could Linsey not realize that her attack had been effective?

The Black Scale Lizard Dragon is enormous.

The wound inflicted by the dagger, while not instantly fatal, was enough to cause serious injury.

Therefore, this is Devil Beast with a ferocious nature.

That's why they chose to run away after the demonstration and intimidation, instead of continuing to fight Linsey!

Linsey naturally wanted to press her advantage and take down the enemy in one fell swoop.

He chased after the Black Scale Lizard Dragon toward the Central Lakeside.

call--

Just then, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew in.

Linsey shivered from the cold.

He instinctively wanted to pursue, but then stopped and stood still in a defensive stance.

This cold wind is strange!

With the protection of the Ice Badger Claw Pendant, ordinary cold weather certainly won't affect Linsey.

The only possible explanation for this sudden change is an attack on him.

While maintaining a defensive stance, Linsey glanced at the map.

In addition to the fleeing Black Scale Lizard Dragon, there were indeed other Red Dot appearing to my left front!

"A new enemy?"

The enemy's location is not far away.

Linsey instantly swapped the Ice Badger Dagger in his hand with the Spider Silk Night Shadow in his bag, and several arrows shot through the Sky Piercer in the next second, covered with the flames of the Meteor Fire Brooch, instantly burning the weeds on the path.

Then, Linsey saw the newly appeared enemy.

"Glacier Elemental?!"

The Glacier Elemental, which had awakened at some unknown time, were right across from him, and the cold wind that made Linsey uncomfortable was also a special creation.

Because of previous experiments with Glacier Elemental.

The opponent's information was successfully recorded in the Hunting Notes almost instantly during the battle.

The general information about the Glacier Elemental is consistent with the previous product information.

Below the name, there is an additional line indicating that this is a Fourth Stage Elemental Creature, and its weakness is unsurprisingly its fear of high temperatures.

The only change was that yellow, which symbolized neutrality, was changed to red.

Linsey subconsciously expanded the map's scope.

Sure enough, in the distance, other yellow dots representing Glacier Elemental gradually turned red and converged from their respective directions.

"I really thought I could have a proper negotiation with you."

"Looks like we're in for a killing spree today..."

Linsey pulled out Flame Bomb, ready to teach the Glacier Elemental a lesson.

It was at this moment that...

"Um?!"

A sudden wave of intense dizziness washed over Linsey, and she felt extremely nauseous and uneasy in her chest, her whole body feeling as if it were about to collapse.

He immediately realized the details he had overlooked during the intense battle.

That was the Black Scale Lizard Dragon with a slash in its abdomen, roaring at itself, and one of its abilities.

[The Black Scale Lizard Dragon's saliva contains a potent toxin.]