Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

After saying this, without waiting for Muti's response, he rushed straight towards the Sand Dragon, which was still a little dizzy and unstable.

Muti opened his mouth, but finally put away his weapon silently.

Just as Orlan said, she lost her composure when facing the second dragon chariot of the Earth Sand Dragon.

It was true that the Iai Slash was successful before, but he was also somewhat shaken, and his arms were a little weak for a while.

This level of shock is not even considered an injury, and one can recover almost completely in half a minute, so temporarily avoiding the fight is the best option.

However, facing the second dragon chariot of the Earth Sand Dragon, she still chose to face it head-on.

No matter how perfect her timing is, she will most likely lose the fight if she is not in good condition. Even if she succeeds, it will be a lucky gamble and it can definitely not be considered a correct choice.

I'm a little too excited. The start was so smooth.

"call--"

Exhaling slowly, suppressing the unspeakable loss in his heart, Muti retreated to a distance.

He drank a bottle of recovery medicine, then took out the whetstone and sharpened the sword while paying attention to the situation on the battlefield.

"That guy, he really just used the katana." Muti muttered to himself, glancing at the one-handed sword that Orlan had placed next to a large rock. "How could he switch to an unfamiliar weapon so easily?"

After muttering to himself for a few words, Muti's gaze returned to the center of the battlefield.

After arriving next to the Earth Sand Dragon, Orlan immediately launched a strong attack, starting with a standard combo.

He didn't lift the katana or do any random charged slashes or anything like that. He looked like a perfectly standard katana user, which made Muti, the orang katana teacher, very pleased.

Being hit by flash grenades twice in a short period of time has made the Sand Dragon develop a certain tolerance to strong light, and the second stun effect is significantly weakened compared to the previous one.

After shaking his head and regaining consciousness, the Sand Dragon growled, turned his body, and swung his long, hammer-like tail towards the hunter.

Facing the counterattack of the Sand Dragon, Orlan jumped back in time to dodge.

Unlike Muti's fighting style of countering attacks and striking back, he prefers to take the initiative to attack and control the rhythm in his own hands.

Senior Purcell had warned him not to try unfamiliar moves in actual combat.

But now I have companions helping to keep an eye on the defense, so it should be okay to be a little more aggressive, right?

With a hint of excitement in his eyes, Aolan swung his sword, stirring his blood and energy, and started to transform into a demon. He turned into a shadow and rushed towards his prey at a rapid speed.

"?"

A question mark appeared above Muti's head as he was feeling relieved in the distance.

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Chapter 71 Air Blade Slash!

With a speed unimaginable for ordinary sword users, Oran approached the Tsuchigaryu and tried to swing his arms and perform a wild dance.

But just as he swung the sword, his movement froze and he was forced to stop.

Failed.

He can easily perform Demon Dance with his one-handed sword. In addition to his extraordinary coordination, the one-handed sword and the double swords are both light weapons, and are both main-hand and off-hand weapons, which is very crucial.

As long as you coordinate the center of gravity and swing path of the right hand shield, you can make almost the same dancing movements as the dual swords.

But the katana is different. The large sword that must be held with both hands and the double swords are two completely different weapons, and there is no way to transfer the double sword dancing movements to the katana.

His original idea was to replace the flurry of movements with a "standard combo" consisting of stepping, drawing the sword, vertical slashing, and then reverse robe slashing.

But when you really start using it, you will find that the two are completely different things.

The length and weight of the katana made it almost impossible to swirl it as frequently and quickly as the twin swords. The muscles that were so active that they twitched in the demon-like state also made it difficult to drive such a large weapon.

Rolling to avoid the Sand Dragon's bite and counterattack, Orlan retreated a little distance.

Although he failed, Olang's face did not show any disappointment. Instead, he had an expression of "as expected".

He had tried to perform the Demon Dance with a katana before in the training ground of the Barubare Guild, of course, when Muti was not around, and the result was naturally a failure.

This time, I wanted to see if I could make a breakthrough under the pressure of large monsters in actual combat, but it turned out to be too difficult.

However, unlike the fundamental conflict where the greatsword's power charging could not be combined with the demonization, he could feel that the main reason why the katana could not be used to perform the flurry was because the sword moves were not suitable, as well as the size and weight of the katana itself.

If one can further improve his physical fitness and develop a suitable set of sword moves, then the Tachi Ranbu will not seem so out of reach.

"call--"

A giant tail powerful enough to crush rocks swept past him, and Orlan leaped back again to avoid the attack of the Sand Dragon.

He hadn't given up on the matter of Tachi Ranbu, but he wouldn't continue to consider it in this hunt.

There are still many things that need to be practiced and verified through actual combat, and we cannot waste too much time on this one thing.

Orlan sped up his running and circled behind the Earth Sand Dragon.

This seemed to arouse some bad memories in the Sand Dragon. Its scarlet eyes stared at the fast-running hunter. It took a step and prepared to turn around.

Noticing the reaction of the Sand Dragon, Orlang curled his lips. He actually didn't plan to use the move of drawing the sword and charging to slash. Although that move was simple and easy to use, it was a good way to suppress monsters like the Sand Dragon which were relatively slow in movement.

But he came here to practice his moves, so there was no need to keep using what he had already mastered.

Relying on his extremely high mobility in the ghost-human state, Orlan successfully got behind the Sand Dragon. The Sand Dragon tried its best to turn its body, but it was still not as flexible as the hunter.

In the two or three seconds when it turned around, Orlan swung his sword continuously, inflicting several new wounds on its hind legs.

The Sand Dragon roared and finally turned its front towards the hunter, but Orlan suddenly stopped attacking and ducked under the Sand Dragon.

With no better options, the Sand Dragon lowered its head and tried to bite him, but the hunter was always half a beat faster than it, slipping between its legs and coming behind it again.

The somewhat unstable Sand Dragon needed at least four or five seconds to steady itself and turn around again.

This time is enough for him to do something.

Following Muti's previous instructions, he concentrated his mind, injected the "energy" gathered from the attack into the weapon, and then swung the sword with all his strength!

Continuous slashing of air blades!

The movements were very standard, but the injection and maintenance of "Qi" were very unstable. The combo of slashes was only halfway through when the previously accumulated sword energy dissipated.

But what appeared in Aolan's eyes was unexpected surprise.

In order to improve his mobility, he maintained his demon-human state while circling with the Earth Sand Dragon until the attack began.

The instability and rapid dissipation of the sword energy when performing the continuous slashing of air blades were directly related to the fact that the turbulent blood and energy after the transformation into a ghost had not yet completely calmed down.

However! He could clearly feel that the movement of the air blade had been slightly accelerated.

Compared to conventional slashing combos, Air Blade Combo seems to be more suitable for use with Demon Transformation?

I had no intention of continuing to worry about the Tachi Ranbu during the battle, but unexpectedly I found some direction in the process of practicing the Air Blade Slash.

But this path is based on the Air Blade Slash. He is not proficient in the use of the Air Blade Slash, and he has just learned the movements.

Very good! Don't worry about anything else in this battle. Transformation into a demon, charging up energy, we can worry about that later. This time, just focus on practicing the Qi Blade Slash!

He took two quick steps to speed up, slid to avoid the Sand Dragon's turning counterattack, and took the opportunity to go behind it again.

He stood up and did a weird sliding slash, then continued to swing the sword, re-condensing the dissipated sword energy.

But before he could swing a few swords, the Earth Sand Dragon kicked its hind legs.

Such an attack does not cause much damage and may not even injure the hunter, but it may cause the person to fall. If he is not avoided, the subsequent pursuit will be very troublesome.

Orlan made an impatient "tsk" sound and was forced to pause his attack, rolling to avoid the Sand Dragon's kick.

This is the disadvantage of practicing moves in actual combat. Monsters are not wooden stakes. They will not stand there stupidly and let you attack them. A slight mistake may lead to serious consequences.

While trying hard to deal with the Earth Sand Dragon and avoid its attacks, he also took advantage of every opportunity to strike a few times and accumulate sword energy.

It took a long time to find an opportunity to practice the Air Blade Slash, but the Earth Sand Dragon just stomped its feet and turned its body, and was forced to interrupt, which made Orlan headache and irritated.

Another chance.

After completing the accumulation of sword energy, Orlan lured the Earth Sand Dragon to charge head-on. After dodging the attack at a very critical moment, he slid behind the Earth Sand Dragon again while the Earth Sand Dragon had not yet stabilized its center of gravity.

Before he even had time to stand up completely, he immediately swung his arms and launched a series of air blade slashes.

Excellent! Excellent! The Earth Sand Dragon, with its unstable center of gravity, had no time to turn around. This should be enough time. This time, I can finally complete a full set of air blade combos, and even successfully perform my first "blade sharpening"?

Just as Orlan was about to use his final air blade spin, the Earth Sand Dragon, without time to turn around, simply twisted its body, swung its huge tail, and swept the hunter behind it.

Dodge? Or continue attacking?

Faced with the approaching tail hammer, Orlan fell into a brief dilemma.

Dodging is naturally the safest option, but the large spinning motion of the air blade can lower the body to an extremely low level, so it should be possible to dodge under the tail hammer of the earth sand dragon.

Take a gamble!

He lowered his center of gravity as much as possible, with his knees almost touching the ground. Just when he was about to launch this extremely risky air blade spin, another figure approached quickly.

"boom!"

The shield, carrying the force of the charge, collided with the Sand Dragon's tail club. With a low shout, the shield was suddenly lifted up and actually bounced the Sand Dragon's tail club away.

Ao Lang also took the opportunity to attack. With a flash of sword light, the spinning blade slashed across the ankle of the Earth Sand Dragon, leaving a wound that was almost visible to the bone.

At the moment the attack was completed, his spirits lifted, like a dusty sword blade being polished, and the originally scattered sword energy also condensed at this moment.

Is this what it feels like to be “sharpened”?

"Thank you!"

Orlan thanked Muti who came to support him and prepared to leave the battlefield.

He had lost his composure a little just now. The worst thing to do during hunting was to "take a gamble". If he won, he would just chop the monster one more time, but if he lost, the price might be his own life.

It was his mistake, and as agreed, it was Muti's turn next.

"Go on."

Just as Orlan sheathed his iron sword and prepared to withdraw from the battle, Muti suddenly spoke up, "I'll hold it back from the front, you continue practicing your air blade slash."

Orlan was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Only then did he notice that what Muti was holding in his hand was not her bone scimitar, but his own hunter dagger.

To create more opportunities for yourself to practice?

Not knowing what to say, Orlan whispered a thank you again, unsheathed his sword again, and rushed towards the Earth Sand Dragon.

Chapter 72 Shield Strike!

Muti held his shield and sword, staring at the opponent in front of him.

Although she is not as proficient as she is with the katana, she can also use the one-handed sword.

Or to put it more accurately, with very few exceptions, most hunters can use a one-handed sword, but there are differences in proficiency. This thing can almost be said to be the only designated practice weapon for hunter apprentices.

Glancing at Orlan who had already started the attack, Muti also took action simultaneously.

To be honest, she hadn't thought of borrowing Orlan's one-handed sword at first.

I just felt that two katanas would easily interfere with each other, and the one-handed sword, as a weapon with a shield, had an inherent advantage in frontal combat, so I borrowed it.

She knew very well that as the vanguard, she had to attract the monster's attention, so a conservative defensive counterattack would not be appropriate.

She had to be more aggressive.

Muti kept speeding up and blocked the Tusha Dragon Head who was trying to turn around to face Orlan, and swung his hand to cut with his one-handed sword.

The light touch made her feel a little uncomfortable. The sharp but thin blade landed on the rock-hard head of the Earth Sand Dragon and was bounced off as expected.

The Earth Sand Dragon didn't even bother to look at her and continued to turn around. Such disregard made the good-tempered Muti feel a little angry.

The one-handed sword was light and short, making it difficult for her to take advantage of her strength, but fortunately she still had a shield.

She continued to take a big step forward, the strength generated from the soles of her feet and transmitted upwards along her thighs. Her bent back was like a taut spring. The moment she swung her arms, the fully gathered strength was instantly released.

The shield swung from bottom to top hit the Sand Dragon's lower jaw, and the creaking sound of metal deformation and the crackling sound of shell shattering mixed together.

The Sand Dragon's head was thrown back, and before it could come to its senses, the second shield strike came from the side.

"boom!"

As if it had been hit by two heavy punches, the huge body of the Earth Sand Dragon shook and it staggered back two steps.

Ao Lang, who was waving a sword behind the Doshalong, was nearly stepped on. He quickly stepped back to create some distance, and his eyes couldn't help but glance over here.

After this battle, the shield should be completely useless. Well, that's not the point.