Chapter 165: My Frozen Throne Has No "Invincible" Reins
In terms of monster template, the Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex was a tier higher than the Scarlet Deviljho, but due to postpartum weakness, its strength and agility had inevitably decreased slightly.
Although its template was a tier lower than its opponent, as one of the Fanged Wyverns that could run rampant in the ground areas of Monster Hunter, the Scarlet Deviljho's combat instincts were clearly a cut above the Tyrannosaurus Rex's.
Furthermore, with its Gluttonous Demon ability, the Scarlet Deviljho feared no war of attrition; the fresh flesh and blood on its opponent was the best healing elixir for it.
At the same time, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, which had completely lost its mind, also had no idea what strategic retreat meant, even after feeling the immense power from its opponent during several head-on collisions.
As for the Scarlet Deviljho itself, it didn't need any trainer's commands; a simple three-pronged attack of ramming, pouncing, and tail-sweeping was enough, just like most Fanged Wyverns.
Not to mention there was also Irene, who was jumping between trees, always finding the best moment to land an arrow on the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
When Cheng Tian returned after delivering the eggs, the Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex was already at a significant disadvantage with less than a quarter of its health bar remaining, covered in bite marks, while the Scarlet Deviljho, whose throat was clearly swallowing something, still had over 50% of its health bar, and was even continuously healing and increasing it.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing!?"
At this moment, Irene in the tree saw Cheng Tian scampering over, then actually got out of the car and approached the dangerous battle zone where the two dragons were clashing.
In such a battlefield with two beasts clashing, merely being grazed or bumped could cause serious injury; in her opinion, Cheng Tian's actions were no different from seeking death.
But as soon as she spoke, she saw a three-meter-long oversized greatsword flash into existence in Cheng Tian's hand—
[To Die Living, Foresight Slash as Wind: Template Skill, Composite Skill. This is the consequence of a Greatsword user's obsession with "Foresight Slash." Please observe his body changes.
Foresight Slash, which is precisely dodging attacks from the enemy and counterattacking afterward.
You can attempt to Foresight Slash any non-continuous attack from the outside world while holding a "Greatsword." Whether the Foresight Slash is successful or not, it will consume all current "Spirit Gauge" or 20 MP.
When Foresight Slash is successful, you will be immune to the damage of that attack. If you can counterattack the target while completing the Foresight Slash, you will restore all "Spirit Gauge" or 20 MP.
When Foresight Slash fails, you will suffer 2 times the enemy's damage.]
[Additional comment: If the prey doesn't die... I die!]
Although Cheng Tian's Greatsword user template's core development skill had become Sowo Mini, this did not prevent Cheng Tian from having a heart to continue being a Greatsword user, rushing in front of others to Foresight Slash like the wind!
Both the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Deviljho allowed Cheng Tian to attempt to trigger Foresight Slash, and relying on his super-thick health bar after activating the Primordial Shell, Cheng Tian, with enough room for error, was truly dancing on the edge of a knife, Foresight Slashing with great delight, and at the same time deeply understanding why so many people loved being Greatsword users.
The thrill of being on the verge of being trampled to death one second, only to execute an extreme dodge and counterattack the next, was indeed addictive, and compared to players experiencing this through a screen, Cheng Mouren, who was experiencing this feeling firsthand, was clearly stimulated even more intensely.
However, a strange thought quickly popped into Cheng Tian's head again.
If he had retained Captain America's Shield Master ability, combined with the Greatsword user's drawing techniques, could he perform a GP Super Elemental Discharge Slash?
As an old hunter, and an old hunter who had already loaded the Greatsword user template, this led to Cheng Tian having an extremely strong desire for part breaks. When the Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex exhaled its last breath of flame in its life and fell to the ground, its tail had long since separated from its body.
As a silver box with a spade mark at the keyhole popped out from the dragon's corpse, the Scarlet Deviljho, also covered in wounds but completely unconcerned, eagerly rushed towards the location of the Tyrannosaurus Rex's severed tail.
However, just as it was about to bite the Tyrannosaurus Rex's tail, it slammed on the brakes, turned its head, and looked at Cheng Tian with extremely anxious eyes, its powerful hind legs still stomping back and forth on the ground, and clearly grunting something from its nostrils.
Like a Palamute waiting for its master's command to eat.
"Eat."
As soon as Cheng Tian finished speaking, the Deviljho pounced, its small eyes already narrowed into an arc, visibly happy.
A dragon's tail is the chewiest, the part with the most meat and least bone on a dragon, and is quite delicious. Even Gohan from Dragon Ball, as a child, would grab a dinosaur and, knowing not to overfish, would only cut off a piece of tail steak each time, leaving the other party a way to live.
But the real feast was the entire carcass of the Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex. If all went well, the Scarlet Deviljho would devour the entire dragon corpse~
In fact, Cheng Tian was quite puzzled. Theoretically, his demonic units would indeed obey him, but when a dragon beast like the Scarlet Deviljho, which was a walking ecological disaster, truly displayed a well-trained appearance, it was hard not to associate this Scarlet Deviljho with the spin-off "Monster Hunter Stories" rather than the main hunting series.
However, what Cheng Tian didn't know was that whenever this Scarlet Deviljho looked at him, its gaze was always focused on the center of Cheng Tian's eyebrows, where the fragment of the Sun God Gem was fused.
Due to the fusion of the Spade bloodline and possessing super magma immunity and fire resistance, the Scarlet Deviljho was extremely sensitive to fire-attribute treasures. If Cheng Tian were an enemy, it might have swallowed Cheng Tian whole long ago.
But now that they were master and servant, the possessiveness towards the Sun God Gem fragment had transformed into a sense of closeness towards Cheng Tian himself.
Incidentally, the Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex should have also reacted to the Sun God Gem fragment, but unfortunately, during its first encounter with Cheng Tian, intense hunger took precedence, leaving only food in its eyes.
During the second encounter, it also engaged in a territorial dispute with the Scarlet Deviljho, leaving it no opportunity to carefully feel the warmth illuminated by the sun.
While the Scarlet Deviljho was eating and recovering health, Cheng Tian also called Irene over to open the box.
Somewhat surprisingly, three items appeared in the box.
One was the quest item "Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex's Flammenbeutel" that Irene needed for her quest, which provided 15% quest completion.
Then there was the "Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex's Tough Hide," a purple rare-grade leather material that could be used to craft equipment or reinforce leather armor items.
And the last one was quite unexpected; its name was "Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex's Reins," a mount-type item that could allow the deceased Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex to be resurrected in a roundabout way.