The Lao Shan Lung had adopted a cautious stance, observing.
With Hui Hui's dragon energy spray as a boost, charging forward was no longer an issue, and absolute assurance in speed and impact force would be maintained.
However, the Iaido Slash still required precise timing to be released when an attack arrived, and this mechanism had not changed.
The Lao Shan Lung, under its guard, did not blindly attack, which inadvertently helped Li Fan.
The two feet of the Giant Ruin City pressed down, sinking into the ground.
Boom! Crash! Hiss...
As the earth shattered and churned, the Giant Ruin City, drawing its bow and gathering its strength, slid forward along the ground, propelled by red flames.
Li Fan's idea was simple: if you don't attack, I'll keep closing the distance.
If you dare to make any aggressive move, I will use full-power, ultra-high-speed propulsion to close in, forcing the Iaido Slash.
The standing Lao Shan Lung retreated several steps, realizing that the distance between them was not widening, but rather constantly closing. It immediately made a decision in its heart, opting for the most stable pose of crouching forward to unleash a shockwave, intending to force the opponent back.
But it didn't know that Li Fan was waiting for this very moment.
Its massive body began to tilt forward, and the surrounding airflow became distorted under the immense pressure.
The difficulty Li Fan currently faced was not only in accurately judging the timing for the downward strike but also in predicting the flying speed of the Giant Ruin City.
After mentally rehearsing the attack sequence, Li Fan fixed his eyes on the Lao Shan Lung.
"Hui Hui! ...Attack!"
As Li Fan shouted, the six strip-shaped red flames on the gun wings erupted, transforming into a conical shape.
The Giant Ruin City's two feet lifted from the soil they were embedded in.
Whoosh~ The colossal body, constructed from steel beams and wreckage, vanished from its original spot as if teleporting.
Li Fan, targeting the grayish-white scales on its abdomen, activated Weakness Exploit.
Time slowed, and the world in his eyes distorted and zoomed in.
Clink!
"Hekiryuu Rekkasan!"
As the Zanto old sword was drawn, a large amount of blue misty qi overflowed, spreading out like a giant net in front of the Lao Shan Lung as it tilted forward under heavy pressure.
The qi protective barrier, subjected to immense pressure, filled up and then exploded outwards.
Bang! Bang!
The Lao Shan Lung, repelled by the backlash, retreated two steps while leaning back. Before it could regain its footing, the horizontally swung blade, a broken remnant, grazed its abdomen and sliced through.
Puff! Bang! Bang! Bang!...
The Lao Shan Lung, leaning back and retreating again, had lost its balance.
Its back slammed heavily onto the ground, causing the earth to tremble. The massive body rolled once before finally stabilizing in a prone position.
A large amount of blood spread out from beneath it. The Lao Shan Lung, spitting black smoke, panted heavily for a long time before using its four limbs to support itself and rise.
Roar...
A muffled growl echoed.
Upon hearing it, Li Fan responded with a shout, "That's right! This is what I meant by drawing my sword!"
The Lao Shan Lung remained silent for a long time, then let out a low growl. It leaned its back against the mountain rock face, slowly lifting and turning its body.
Bang! Bang! ...
Completing its turn and landing on all fours, the Lao Shan Lung dragged its tail and began to walk in the direction it came from.
"The Lao Shan Lung has been repelled, meow!"
Felyne cheered.
"Right, meow! What did the Lao Shan Lung say when it left?"
"It said it didn't want to run away anymore, that it was going to draw its sword, and that it was fortunate to witness your existence..."
Li Fan mused.
"What kind of monster could make the Lao Shan Lung run away, meow?"
Felyne asked, watching the receding colossal figure with confusion.
"Could it be... that one really shouldn't draw their sword so casually."
Li Fan suddenly realized that he might have caused trouble.
Bang! Bang! Bang! ...
Signal flares of various colors exploded in the sky.
This was a way to celebrate the sighting of the Lao Shan Lung being repelled.
Li Fan felt that the hunters and the fortress guards would arrive soon, so he told the Great Gypceros to drop the Zanto old sword and leave quickly.
Clatter! Bang! Clatter! ...
As it climbed the mountain rock face, the structural components of the Giant Ruin City continuously fell off its body, clearly indicating that the release of the two Iaido Slashes had pushed its strength to the limit.
Upon reaching the mountaintop, Li Fan pointed in a direction, and the Giant Ruin City sprinted forward, leaping to the foot of the mountain in a few strides.
As the jolting intensified, more parts fell off.
After sprinting for less than three minutes, with a steel beam supporting its left knee breaking, the Giant Ruin City toppled to the ground.
Crack! Clang!
The head, which landed first, rolled away from the impact, a truly tragic sight.
However, thanks to the buffer provided by the tilted head, the chest remained intact.
Li Fan and Felyne were tightly bound to the thick metal walls by silk threads and suffered no injuries.
The Great Gypceros detached the silk threads, its head bowed towards the ground. A small amount of pale yellow mucus dripped from its mouthparts, making it look extremely weary.
Large indentations from the silk threads were visible on its two golden sickle claws.
Clearly, even with its high shell strength, continuous immense pulling force would cause wear and tear.
Li Fan twisted his body rapidly. The sticky silk threads quickly hardened, and after breaking free, he took off his backpack and began to search.
"It seems there aren't any balls particularly suitable for the Great Gypceros..."
Li Fan muttered.
The Golden Crown Ball was for six-star monsters, and the Great Gypceros was clearly not of that caliber.
As for other functional balls, they all felt somewhat unsuitable.
Just as Li Fan was struggling, a flying silk thread stuck to a pink sphere with a heart mark inside his backpack.
"I didn't expect you to have the same taste as Yaya... Wait, why did you choose it yourself?"
Seeing the Friend Ball being taken by the silk thread, Li Fan looked back in surprise.
The Great Gypceros hung in mid-air, observing for a moment, then placed the Friend Ball on the ground and rolled it back and forth with the tip of its sickle claws.
Li Fan finally understood. The Great Gypceros had no idea what a Poké Ball was and was driven by curiosity to touch and research it.
Noticing the slightly protruding button on the ball, the tip of its sickle claw gently pressed down.
Pop! The Friend Ball opened, and the Great Gypceros turned into a white light and flew inside.
Li Fan and Felyne exchanged glances, both feeling astonished.
Tsk~ Tsk~ Tsk...
With pink hearts continuously appearing, the ball finally stopped moving.
Li Fan had initially thought that not only did the choice of ball need to be precise, but also that verbal communication was necessary for the Great Gypceros to willingly accept capture.
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This situation was truly unexpected.
"It's so strange. Although we had great chemistry, we've only known each other and fought together for less than half a day... Why was it captured so easily?"
Li Fan truly couldn't understand.
However, at least the Great Gypceros's safety was guaranteed.
Otherwise, with the combat configuration used to face the Lao Shan Lung, if the exhausted Great Gypceros were seen, the Guild might even consider hunting it.
"Are you sure Li Fan and Felyne are inside?"
Li Fan heard Yodora's voice from outside.
The Giant Ruin City had fallen while running, so its chest opening was now facing the ground, effectively returning to its closed state.
"Yes! The Chief Hunter was kidnapped by the Great Gypceros! I saw it with my own eyes, he was completely wrapped in silk threads!"
A firm male voice replied.
"Hmm... This kid has a good idea, Felyne! Quickly get back into the silk thread mass that bound us earlier."
Li Fan and Felyne quickly burrowed into the large and small silk thread masses.
"Help! Someone save me!"
"Help... Help meow!"
Felyne retracted its abdomen and had just started to shout when the hardened silk thread mass, like a hula hoop, fell to the ground.
"It's no good, meow! The hardened silk thread mass is a bit too big, and it doesn't have any stickiness."
"Mine also has a lot of gaps. If I go in now, I'll be exposed..."
"They're really inside! Li Fan and Felyne, don't worry! I'll be right there!"
Yodora shouted.
"Why don't we squeeze in together?"
"Okay, meow."
Felyne leaped over.
The man and the cat squeezed into the same silk thread mass, finally feeling a sense of being bound.
"Hiyah!"
With Yodora's roar, a large hole burst open in the thick metal wall, and a gust of wind swept in.
"Are you two alright?"
Yodora, who rushed in, looked around warily.
"We're fine."
Li Fan, lying flat on the ground, replied.
"Where is the Great Gypceros?"
"It escaped, meow."
"This... this seems to be a closed space?"
Yodora asked, confused.
"Uh... it escaped the moment the Giant Ruin City fell and flew away."
Li Fan explained.
"Thank you for your hard work. I was delayed by some matters and couldn't make it to the operation in time."
Yodora said, drawing her hunter's knife, preparing to cut the silk threads.
Unexpectedly, with a gentle tug, she deformed the gap in the hardened silk thread mass.
Inside, Li Fan and Felyne lay straight and peacefully.
"Phew~ I'm saved, thank you so much!"
Li Fan quickly got up, saying with a look of relief.
"Yeah, meow!"
Felyne quickly got up, a smile on its face.
"Do you take me for an idiot..."
Yodora's gaze deepened.
At this moment, more hunters flooded in, cautiously surveying the surroundings.
"No need to be nervous, the Great Gypceros has already escaped."
Yodora called back, and the hunters lowered their guard.
Before long, Guild investigators and Dragon Lore Institute researchers arrived and began collecting residual information about the Great Gypceros inside the chest cavity.
The team soon boarded the Ignis, which had arrived to provide support, and, citing the urgent need for treatment, declined all visitors.
As the airship ascended, Felyne ran to the bow and looked down at the Giant Ruin City lying dead on the ground.
"Thank you, meow."
Felyne waved its paw in farewell.
With the bell tower of the Don Dolma Airport toppled and destroyed, and without the landmark building or the airship gathering point to guide them, Fery took a long time with his binoculars before finally locating the airport.
Yodora, with her hands on the ship's railing, looked at the devastated cityscape and couldn't help but sigh, "I wonder when reconstruction will be completed. What if another monster attacks?"
"Don't worry, no monsters will visit in the short term."
Li Fan said, then took a bite of the grilled sausage in his hand and leaned against the railing.
"You're so sure?"
Yodora seemed surprised.
"Of course."
"Why?"
Li Fan wanted to say that according to the plot, the greatest crisis for Don Dolma had already passed, but realizing they might not accept it, he changed his wording.
"Three massive threats attacking simultaneously is already a once-in-ten-thousand-year event. Check the intervals of Elder Dragon attacks in history; they don't visit one after another."
Li Fan explained.
"Oh, right."
Yodora seemed to realize.
"But isn't the interval between Lao Shan Lung attacks a bit short? It attacked once when I was a child."
Yodora recalled.
"It is a bit strange, but the Guild will surely conduct follow-up investigations on such matters, won't they?"
Li Fan speculated.
At this moment, a blue signal flare rose into the sky from the city and exploded.
"Here we go again... Felyne! Patch! Your signal flare fireworks show is here!"
Li Fan called out towards the cabin door.
The two cats quickly ran over.
Bang! Bang! Bang! ...
Signal flares of various colors exploded frequently, and the resulting colorful light clusters soon enveloped the sky above the city.
This was considered Don Dolma's unique way of celebration.
Even though the city was severely damaged, as long as someone fired a signal flare, countless people would follow suit in the current situation.
Guild Headquarters.
City reconstruction, damage assessment, ecological surveys, establishment of distribution and tracking contracts, hunter remuneration payment...
The overwhelming workload, like a surging tide, would require at least two to three sleepless nights of overtime to handle.
Waiting Felynes, holding boxes of energy drinks, began distributing them around.
In the data room, a scholar rushed out with a stack of documents.
This stack of documents soon appeared before Zuda, and at the scholar's strong insistence, Zuda glanced at the contents and was immediately stunned.
This was an investigation report from the Guild's Night Watch, but because the cover was affixed incorrectly, it was mistakenly sent to the data room.
If not for the large amount of data needing to be archived as the attacks subsided and the data room needing to be reorganized, no one knew when this incorrectly filed report would see the light of day.
"Director! A high-ranking member of the Dragon-Slaying Cult is willing to cooperate with the Guild, and we have new progress in investigating the identity of the cult leader!"
At this moment, a Guild Knight rushed into the room, shouting and handing over a report.
Bang! Bang! Bang! ...
As night fell, celebratory fireworks from signal flares sounded again.
Carrying a sewing kit, Sophia hummed a cheerful tune and arrived in front of the doll shop.
She pulled the long rope by the door, and a black flag with a heart mark on it fell from the roof to the ground.
Sophia entered the shop, casually tossed the black flag aside, and sat down at the sewing machine without even turning on the lights.
Clatter... Clatter... Clatter...
The sewing machine spun rapidly, and cotton thread was quickly sewn onto the fabric.
Ding-a-ling! The shop door was pushed open.
Sophia looked up at the empty shop and smiled, "Welcome to Sophia's Doll Shop! To celebrate the解除 of the Don Dolma crisis, all monster dolls are 20% off."
In the moonlight, a few fine silver dust particles floated in the air.
"I didn't expect the Guild to value me so much, sending Oculto."
Sophia exclaimed to the empty air.
"From where did you learn of my presence?"
A deep male voice sounded.
"Stop moving! The dust on the Nargacuga armor is invisible, and it's a hassle to clean."
Sophia complained.
Clang...
A metallic scraping sound echoed, as if some weapon had been drawn.
"Are we going to fight already? Is there no interrogation?"
Sophia pretended to be terrified, covering her face.
"No, unless you want to talk yourself."
As the man's voice fell, a sideways short sword appeared in the moonlight.
"Talk about what? Oh, right! The Black Dragon said it would protect me! If anyone harms me, it will burn the whole world."
Sophia informed him.
"Such talk only deceives children..."
"I told you to stop moving!"
Sophia suddenly showed a ferocious expression.
With a slight tremor, the fine silver dust vaguely outlined a blurry figure.
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