Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

As agreed before, Muti would first "duel" with the Earth Sand Dragon, and when she made a mistake and revealed a flaw, Orlan would rush in and take over the battle.

The same thing happens in reverse, the two take turns playing, using the Earth Sand Dragon as a sparring partner.

If Ms. Sophia knew about this agreement, she would definitely arrest them both and scold them severely.

Hunting should be an all-out effort. Putting all your strength into safely and steadily achieving the goal is the only correct way.

There are indeed cases where hunters use monsters as whetstones to hone their skills and master new moves, but most of them target small monsters.

At the very least, you should find an opponent with a lower danger level than yourself, so that if an accident occurs, you can be sure of suppressing him with hard power.

How could they be like these two, one of whom had never successfully hunted a three-star dangerous monster alone, and the other was simply a two-star.

How dare you use the Sand Dragon as a sparring partner?!

Why not? I dare not let the elders know.

Orlan put the iron knife with its scabbard aside, tied the round shield to his forearm, and also inserted the hunter's dagger horizontally behind his waist.

That's right, he brought two weapons this time, ready to use them depending on the situation.

At this time, Muti had come to the edge of the swamp, but she did not step in directly. Rather than fighting in the muddy swamp, it would certainly be better to lure out the Sand Dragon.

Seeing that the Sand Dragon was still dozing off, Muti picked up a small stone at his feet and threw it towards the exposed crown in the middle of the swamp.

She threw it off target. Even though the distance between her and the Sand Dragon was only twenty meters, she still threw it off target.

Is this the consequence of using the projectile too much? I hope no one sees it.

Muti looked back with a guilty conscience, and saw Olang standing in the distance, holding a telescope and looking at this side.

Noticing that she looked back, he gave her a thumbs up as encouragement.

Feeling very embarrassed, Muti picked up another stone, but before he could throw it, the sand dragon, which was awakened by the vibration when the stone fell into the mud, opened its eyes, turned around and stood up.

Its gaze naturally fell on Muti at the edge of the swamp.

"Hey!" Muti threw the stone in his hand. This time, he threw it surprisingly accurately. The stone just landed on the forehead of the Sand Dragon and was bounced off by the hard and thick head armor.

Faced with such blatant provocation, the Earth Sand Dragon's breathing became heavy, and white steam spewed out of the pores on its head.

Seeing this, Muti quickly covered his ears.

“Guaoaoao——!”

After enduring this shrill roar, Muti turned and ran.

Although it has the nickname "Son of the Swamp", it is not easy for the huge and heavy Sand Dragon to run in the swamp that is several meters deep.

In the few short seconds it took for it to twist its body, push through the mud, and reach the shore, Muti had already run dozens of meters away.

The first step in the battle is to lead the Sand Dragon away from the swamp.

The most troublesome part of hunting a Sand Dragon is its thick and sticky mud armor. The mud armor will gradually fall off during the battle, but as long as it returns to the mud and rolls around, everything will return to normal.

Therefore, you must never fight a Sand Dragon near a swamp.

Faced with the fleeing invader, the Sand Dragon chased after it without hesitation. As a beast dragon species with not very high IQ, it had forgotten the terrifying nature of this "small two-legged creature" in front of it.

All he wanted was to quickly knock her away and crush her to pieces, then return to the cool mud and continue dozing off.

Seeing the Sand Dragon chasing Muti and about to disappear from sight, Orlan grinned, "Long legs mean fast running."

Picking up the iron knife stuck beside him, he also chased after him.

Dodging left and right, Muti led the sand dragon to a dry rocky beach and stopped.

This is one of the several alternative battlefields they found yesterday. The terrain is relatively flat, which does not affect movement and combat. There are also some rock platforms and rock walls that can be used as terrain, which is very suitable for swordsmen to fight.

Faced with the Sand Dragon that was chasing him, Muti did not draw his weapon immediately, but threw a flash bomb.

A strong light burst out in front of the Sand Dragon, depriving it of its vision and making it dizzy.

Needless to say, what happens when you get dizzy while running? The Sand Dragon fell sideways to the ground, and its shovel-shaped crown cracked a large area of ​​the rocky ground.

Muti seized the opportunity, flew close to the side of the Earth Sand Dragon, drew his sword, stepped forward and slashed!

The sword cut the hind legs of the Earth Sand Dragon.

As a species of theropod, the movement of the Sand Dragon is entirely dependent on this pair of strong hind limbs, which have thick bones, well-developed muscles, and a strong shell, so it can't really be considered a weakness.

But the last battle proved that repeatedly attacking this place to accumulate damage can have a significant impact on the movements of the Sand Dragon.

This is also the core part of the battle plan she made for herself.

She drew her sword, stepped forward, and slashed down, leaving a bleeding wound on the earth dragon's thigh. Then she raised the sword high again and slashed forward!

The landing points of the two consecutive swords had almost no deviation, and the dragon bone-honed sword blade accurately cut into the wound, further deepening it.

Then came the thrust of the blade, the upward slash, the cassock slash, the reverse cassock slash, and a series of combo moves that broke out in an instant.

"A textbook-standard combo." Orlan, who was watching the battle from a distance, sighed.

This evaluation may not sound good at first glance, but in fact these combos were summarized bit by bit by countless senior sword masters in actual combat.

How to deal as much damage to monsters as smoothly and quickly as possible? This is the best choice.

At the same time as the Reverse Robe Slash ended the combo, Muti also jumped back several meters to create a safe distance.

The Sand Dragon, which was stunned by the flash bomb, did not fall too seriously. It was now using its head to support its body and slowly getting up.

This scene made Orlan feel uncomfortable. If it were him, he would definitely seize the opportunity to chop a few more times with his sword to cause as much damage as possible. Anyway, the Earth Sand Dragon would not be able to fight back in the process of getting up.

But can Muti's choice to end the attack early and keep a safe distance be said to be wrong? Of course not. Any hunter instructor would praise this choice. This is "stability".

It's so stable. What kind of sword do you use?

The Sand Dragon stood up and gradually recovered from its dizziness, but its vision had not yet returned to normal.

Driven by the instinct of survival, the Sand Dragon began to turn around and swing its tail on the spot, occasionally shaking its head and bumping a few times to prevent the enemy from taking this opportunity to get close to it.

But it was obviously an unnecessary worry, as Muti had no intention of taking the risk of getting close.

Instead, he tiptoed around to the other side of the sand dragon, bent down, picked up a small stone from the ground, placed it on the catapult, and launched it out.

"Snapped!"

The stone launched by the catapult is much more powerful than that launched by bare hands. The stone landed on the head of the sand dragon and shattered into pieces.

The sand dragon suddenly turned its head and looked here. It lowered its head and dug the rocky ground with its thick hind legs. The next second, it roared and started the dragon chariot.

Visual impairment does not affect the power of the dragon chariot. Facing the rumbling earth dragon, Muti quickly flew out and avoided the collision path of the earth dragon.

But the Sand Dragon, with blurred vision, was unaware of this. It continued charging at full speed and crashed headfirst into a huge rock that was bigger than its entire body.

Chapter 70 Breakthrough in Battle

The Sand Dragon, who had just stood up for a few seconds, fell to the ground again.

This collision was much more serious than the previous one. A large piece of the huge rock was broken into pieces, and the impact point was covered with cracks.

The Sand Dragon was in even worse condition. Its proud crown was showing signs of cracking, and it lay on the ground struggling and wailing.

Muti immediately turned back, locked onto the wound on the Sand Dragon's leg and swung the sword in his hand.

Continuous slashing of air blades!

As she turned around and swung the blade horizontally, she used a large spinning sword style to cut a narrow wound two meters long from the earth sand dragon's thigh to the tail.

Her entire aura rose, and a faint, hazy white light condensed on the blade of the sword.

"This is sharpening the blade." Oran, who was watching the battle not far away, said to himself.

Although he could already feel the existence of "Qi", he was still some distance away from being able to perform Qi blade slash in actual combat, or to condense sword Qi and sharpen the blade.

The scene before him made him feel itchy.

The battle had only been going on for a few minutes, and Muti had used flash grenades and projectiles, combined with the terrain, to suppress the Sand Dragon in an almost playful manner.

This kind of combat might seem a bit "dirty" to those purely combative hunters, but he quite appreciates this way of fighting, because he is also the kind of hunter who "will do anything to win."

If Muti can maintain this momentum, I'm afraid I won't get any chance to make a move.

He made a wasted trip but got half of the reward. Should he be happy or regretful?

While Orlan was making "tsk tsk tsk" sounds on the side, Muti swung his sword with all his might, continuously attacking the hind legs of the Tsuchiya Dragon.

The flash bomb at the beginning was indeed something she had planned long ago.

But the part where she later lured the visually impaired earth dragon to launch the dragon chariot to hit the boulder was just a spur-of-the-moment idea. She didn't expect it to be successful, and the effect was unexpectedly good.

Not only did it create a crack in the dragon's armor, but it also knocked it to the ground again, giving it a great opportunity to attack. While causing huge damage to the dragon's hind legs, it successfully completed the "sharpening" process.

There has never been such a wonderful start. This may be my best chance to hunt a three-star monster alone!

"Roar--"

The sand dragon shook its dizzy head vigorously. Its vision had gradually returned to normal, and the severe pain from its hind legs made it realize that if it didn't get up quickly, it would be bad.

Although it looked disheveled, the Sand Dragon actually still had plenty of energy. It twisted its body and prepared to get up.

Seeing this, Muti, who was swinging the sharp blade rapidly and constantly gathering sword energy, immediately stopped his attack and stepped back.

Don't be greedy. The more advantages you have, the more cautious you should be!

And Orlan, who was watching the fight, widened his eyes.

No? Your Qi Blade's momentum was almost at its peak, just a little bit short, at most one or two more strikes to complete the sharpening of the blade, and you actually retreated like this?

Have you ever quit taking any illegal drugs?

Of course, Muti couldn't hear what Orlan was thinking. Her nerves were tense and her eyes were fixed on the standing earth dragon.

Next comes the real tough battle.

The Sand Dragon stared with its scarlet eyes. The continuous setbacks made its already hot-tempered anger boil to the extreme. Apart from crushing the opponent in front of it, there was no room for any other thoughts in its brain.

“Roar, ahh ...

With a violent roar, the Earth Sand Dragon once again launched the dragon chariot.

Facing the beast dragon that was attacking with great momentum, Muti breathed a sigh of relief, sheathed his sword, and assumed an Iai stance.

In the last battle, she avoided the attack of the Sand Dragon with Mikiri, but she hesitated for a moment when she attacked with Kanpozhan, which exposed her flaw and caused her to be knocked away by the Sand Dragon.

Later, when he fought against the Earth Sand Dragon alone, he was seriously injured for similar reasons.

His hunting partners often criticized him, saying that he was never decisive enough when he needed to be, and that moves like the Iai Slash and the Insight Slash were not suitable for him.

She actually knew this.

But he had already given up the greatsword for similar reasons. If he retreated step by step just because he was not good at it, would he have to give up the katana and even the hunter profession bit by bit?

She wanted to try again.

The earth sand dragon that was charging with its head down was already in front of him. At the most critical moment, Muti drew his sword.

In a flash of sword light, she passed by the Earth Sand Dragon.

The powerful impact carried by the dragon cart was transmitted back along the sword body, causing the sword to almost slip out of his hand, but Muti held the hilt tightly, turned around and swung the sword forward.

The sword energy lingering on the blade burst out at the same time, cutting a series of fine and complex wounds on the side of the Earth Sand Dragon.

It worked!

Under the influence of the impact, Muti's hands trembled slightly, but his face was filled with unconcealable joy.

The earth and sand dragon that the dragon chariot hit missed continued to rush forward for a long distance before it staggered to a stop and turned around.

It was breathing heavily, and its boiling anger almost made its heart explode.

Ignoring the pain in his legs, after another roar, the Earth Sand Dragon actually started the dragon chariot again.

"what?!"

Muti was surprised. It should be difficult for the Earth Sand Dragon to continuously drive the Dragon Chariot with its physical strength.

But nothing is absolute. The Sand Dragon was constantly injured and defeated, and its reason was almost completely consumed by anger. Driven by this anger, it actually broke through its own limits.

Facing the Earth Sand Dragon rushing towards him again, Muti gritted his teeth and prepared to take the risk of using the Insight Slash.

But at this moment, a flash bomb fell in front of the Sand Dragon, and after a very short delay, a strong light burst out.

The sudden dizziness broke the balance of the Earth Sand Dragon's body, and the already difficult dragon car collision was also interrupted. It staggered and was a little unstable for a while.

"You made a mistake." Orlan, holding an iron knife, rushed into the battlefield and blocked Muti's way. "This Insight Slash is too strong. It's better to roll and dodge it."