Chapter 143: Dragon of Thorns

The crater caused by the bombing collapsed in just a few seconds.

The land, which should have been thick, was like a fragile sugar cake, which broke at the touch.

Could bombing cause such damage?

Yu Ke, who was in danger, had no ability to fly and could not cross a distance of 100 meters in the air. However, with his strength, he would not close his eyes and wait for death. He stepped on the falling soil to slow down his falling speed and took out the blackthorn bow and arrow.

The arrows specially made by the logistics department of the Forestry Defense Bureau are not all attack types, but also have some auxiliary functions.

The hook arrows are loaded.

The arrows were nailed to the tree trunk hundreds of meters away, and the tip was buckled into the bark. Yu Ke held the longbow and stopped the trend of falling. He flew forward like a swing and leaned against the ground that had not collapsed yet.

It was at this time that Yu Ke had time to observe the changes in the overall environment.

Recalling the giant three-toed scaly claw that had poked out from the ground earlier, there must be a reason for the large-scale collapse of the forest.

He looked down at his feet, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

The expected solid ground did not exist at all!

A tiankeng with a diameter of hundreds of meters appeared in his field of vision. At a depth of more than 20 meters from the surface, countless roots and vines intertwined into a huge net bag, and through the gaps between the net bags, Yu Ke was able to glimpse the dark abyss below

At this time, Yu Ke finally understood why the ground collapsed so easily.

It was not because of the bomber's earth-penetrating bombs, but from the beginning, the underground of the core area of ​​the giant vine forest had been hollowed out. Both the land and the vine roots were just camouflage built on this net bag.

The successive explosions tore apart the camouflage, and the existence hidden in the depths was forced to show up and eliminate those enemies who dared to invade its territory!

Holding the longbow, Yu Ke pressed against the wall of the pit where gravel and mud were still falling, leaning his body and stepping on the protruding stones. His eyes wandered between the net bags. He wanted to know where the monster that caused the landslide was hiding.

Yu Ke saw the three-toed scale claw that broke through the surface not long ago. A monster of that size should be very conspicuous, but now he turned around and saw nothing.

His eyes finally fell on the center of the net bag.

There was the thickest area where dark green vines and many roots gathered. The surface was covered with a thin layer of snow, and the inside was a mixture of roots and vines, making it difficult to see what was hidden in it.

The state of the giant vines hunting emerged in his mind. Yu Ke half-squinted his eyes, realized a possibility, turned around and grabbed the hook to climb up, stepped on several protrusions on the rock wall, and tried to get back to the ground.

However, at the same time as he started his self-rescue, the movement caused by his footsteps attracted the attention of the vines.

In an instant, in the center of the net, the layers of vine roots suddenly spread out in all directions, revealing two dark green vertical pupils, and then a large number of macrophagous vines seemed to be endowed with some kind of activity.

The black and red flesh energy accumulated from last night's hunting gathered from all directions, like blood vessels and meridians, spreading around the vertical pupils.

A hideous lizard-like beast head bulged.

It was not hidden under the net, it was these macrophagous vines and tree roots themselves!

The dark green vines and dark gray roots entangled and woven into the head, neck and even bloated torso of this beast. These originally unrelated plants now seem to have the same origin, and merged into this unprecedented special monster in a very compatible posture.

'Sure enough, I should have thought of it earlier.'

Yu Ke didn't find it strange to see this scene. In fact, he had already speculated just now.

Whether it is the giant vine or the two specimens captured earlier, they all present the characteristics of plants and animals. So the guy hiding under the vine forest is naturally the same type of existence.

It may be that the blood and flesh energy obtained from hunting has not yet satisfied its needs for full formation. What appeared in front of Yu Ke at this time was only half of this monster, which was close to the size of a heavy truck.

Its appearance is quite similar to the dragon in Western fantasy stories, but it is completely made up of plants. The gradually formed skin surface is covered with thorns and some creeping vines, and finally turns into dark green scales.

With two sharp claws on the net bag, this veritable vine, or thorn dragon, stared at Yu Ke who was climbing to the surface, and suddenly opened his mouth and roared wildly. Dozens of thick and long giant vines rushed out from behind it, attacking Yu Ke who was about to escape from danger, trying to drag him back into the deep pit.

The previous explosion woke it up from its slumber, and the giant vine forest that it had spent a lot of energy to breed was destroyed in the blink of an eye.

The anger needed to be vented, but what appeared in front of it was just a tiny human.

Flipping in the air and landing, Yu Ke turned around and faced the many giant vines that were approaching in front of him. With the Leviathan Axe in hand, he checked for omissions and made up for them, plus calculations and analysis, and two characteristics that improved perception were activated at this moment.

The body after the transformation was used in actual combat for the first time, and the violent power was released through the Leviathan Axe.

Standing on the edge of the pit, Yu Ke did not retreat a step, swung the battle axe in front of him and blew up a storm. All the vines that approached were immediately crushed and could not get close to him at all.

Until the attacking giant vines were cleared, Yu Ke looked down at the thorn dragon in the pit, raised the Leviathan Axe and pointed it at it. No extra words were needed, and the provocation was obvious.

At the same time, Yu Ke contacted the Forest Protection Bureau and asked them to check the situation here through satellites and dispatch fighters to come as quickly as possible to help him surround and kill this monster.

The vine offensive was defeated, and the thorn dragon was furious, roaring and rising.

Its body was only half condensed, but this did not mean that it could only be a turret fixed in place. Seeing Yu Ke standing on a high place and mocking, a large number of vines suddenly grew on his back during the roar, and turned into vine wings in just a few tens of seconds.

When the black and red flesh and blood energy spread over, the seemingly rough vine wings seemed to be given life. They suddenly flapped their wings, dragging the thorn dragon, whose upper body was a monster and whose lower body was like an octopus full of vine roots, into the air.

Is this even possible?

Yu Ke watched the strange-looking thorn dragon rush out of the abyss, circled twice in the air, and then rushed towards his position, with the vines on the back half of its body swaying in the wind.

The repeated bombings of the bombs flattened the area, not to mention the giant trees that could be used for hiding, even the low shrubs could not be seen at all.

Yu Ke raised his hand to unbutton his bearskin coat and threw it aside, revealing the light combat uniform underneath.

Since there is no way to avoid it, let's attack head-on!

Although the thorn dragon is much larger than Yu Ke, the winning or losing of the battle is not simply a comparison of body size.

He jumped sideways to avoid the impact of the thorn dragon when it landed, and then raised the Leviathan Axe to chop at the oncoming dragon claws.

Light blue wind energy flowed over the axe blade, and soon it was blessed by the characteristics of the recast Leviathan Axe, bursting out a sharp wind whirl, and with Yu Ke's strength, it cut off the claws easily.

This is the strength of the extraordinary weapon. If it was replaced with the previous battle axe, I'm afraid that now I can only see a series of sparks.

Yu Ke took advantage of the situation and rushed to the side of the thorn dragon. The battle axe with a cold light split its shoulder scales.

However, this injury, which is enough to be considered a serious injury to ordinary beasts, has a greatly reduced effect on the thorn dragon. In its furious state, it seems to not care about Yu Ke's attack, but just attacks crazily on its own.

When the claws were cut off, it opened its mouth to bite. When the scales were broken, vines came out from inside and rushed to Yu Ke's limbs, trying to bind his body. The many giant vines that had not yet transformed into the body in the back half of the body covered Yu Ke.

With the agility bonus of the gold quality and the perception and prediction of the calculation analysis, Yu Ke's attacks were successful again and again, but even so, the balance of victory never tilted towards him.

Roars filled his ears, and the field of vision was full of swinging vines.

No matter how many vine roots that got in the way he cut off, new ones would be added in the next second.

Not only that, Yu Ke noticed that the injuries he had caused to the Thorn Dragon would soon heal, and even the sharp claws that had been cut off before were restored to their original state without him noticing.

Obviously, it was not realistic to kill this beast with purely physical means, and some special means must be used!

Yu Ke realized this and moved closer again, and the battle axe cut off the claws again.

The Thorn Dragon was about to turn around and fight back, but his body suddenly froze, and a mysterious mark appeared on the wound.

Seal of the Hunt!