"I'll take him back first. Be careful during the observation, I'll come back for you."
Seeing this, the Grand Commander could only send Muir back first.
"Don't worry, we won't get too close."
As Li Fan spoke, Eudora was already floating upside down in the air, flinging out her Wirebug silk.
On the riverbed, filled with crystalline spikes, the two, a cat, and the small boat rapidly retreated.
Before long, the team landed on a shallow beach by the river.
The tremors were still strong, but their intensity showed a gradual trend of weakening.
"The surface has been connected to the Sealed Zone. The timing is just right. The next step is how to lure it up."
Li Fan said, opening a Poké Ball.
"Hmph~ hmph~"
Sunny Day appeared on the narrow shallow beach, and Dilu quickly put the Wind God Dragon armor on him.
"Tell it, Sunny Day, that the visitor just now was a subordinate of this great boar king. I saw you just broke out of your cocoon, so I won't bully you... From now on, if you see me and my subordinates, remember to stay far away."
After Li Fan gave his instructions, Sunny Day pondered for a moment, and then a "humph humph" sound echoed in their minds.
"Roar!"
A roar erupted in their minds, and the entire team instinctively covered their ears.
But they soon realized it wasn't a sonic attack, so they took off their helmets.
However, the humming echo of the roar still reverberated in their minds, as if it reached their very souls.
"Uh... what did the Nergigante say, meow?"
Dilu, shaking her head to regain clarity, quickly asked.
"It said it's not afraid of the Great Boar King. It seems it's truly hooked... Sunny Day, what's wrong?"
Li Fan asked curiously as he saw Sunny Day stiffen in place.
"Hmph~ hmph?"
"I am the Great Boar King, so what is it king of... Don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's not qualified to be king in front of you. Just call it Xiao Ming."
Sunny Day had experienced quite a bit with the team, but after all, it was just a Great Boar King. Li Fan didn't want it to bear pressure it shouldn't have to.
"Uh... Li Fan, Sunny Day's armor hasn't been removed yet. Will that be a problem?"
Eudora pointed at Sunny Day and said.
"Damn it."
Li Fan looked at Sunny Day, whose nostrils were constantly inhaling, a smug look on its face, and immediately realized the problem.
"Roar!!! xxs壹贰"
Inside the Sealed Zone, a roar filled with rage echoed.
"You called it Xiao Ming in your mind?"
"Hmph~"
"Quick, get back in the ball! It'll be trouble if it finds us."
Li Fan immediately put Sunny Day into the ball and continued to float closer to the Sealed Zone.
"The roar just now was muffled. It should be climbing up the passage."
After Li Fan made his judgment, the team chose to land and indeed did not spot the Nergigante.
They then went to the location of the cocoon and looked up at the giant hole that Shimmer was drilling through the cave ceiling.
A large amount of crystal fragments fell from the opening, and dull thuds could be heard continuously.
The gigantic body, climbing vertically on the crystalline rock wall, slid back a distance after every few steps upward.
However, the Nergigante quickly mastered the climbing technique.
Its two front claws, with their five digits, deliberately gripped the spiral cuts left by the fan blades, and then tightened their grip for leverage.
"Is it really just born?"
Eudora asked in disbelief as she watched.
"Yes, it feels like it's growing incredibly fast in every aspect. Its mind seems to be its only weakness."
Li Fan commented.
Going from the cave to the surface was the fastest route.
However, with the Nergigante climbing, the team could not pass through rashly.
The reason was not only safety but also that if an accident occurred and the Nergigante returned to the Sealed Zone, all the previous arrangements and plans would be in vain.
The team didn't want to waste time, so they began to investigate the interior of the Sealed Zone.
This way, even if the capture operation failed, they could at least bring back some intelligence for the base.
Previously, due to the heavy fall of sharp crystals, the ground was in disarray, and the team had not collected any valuable traces, so they continued to delve deeper into the Sealed Zone.
"I've found something, meow!"
Dilu pointed at the crystalline rock wall on the cave ceiling.
Li Fan and Eudora followed her gaze and looked up.
They saw hundreds of black, strip-like objects hanging down.
Eudora floated up, drew her Hunter's knife, and cut off a small section from the front, then floated back to the ground.
Looking at the charred, tubular object in her hand, she sniffed it closely but detected no special odor.
"Judging by the shape and distribution, they look like pipelines injecting life energy into the cocoon."
Li Fan speculated.
"Is this the state after weathering?"
"It doesn't look like it. It should be a trace left after being scorched by high temperatures."
"If there was also a cocoon here... doesn't that mean there was more than one Nergigante bred here!"
Eudora drew a startling conclusion.
"Yes, but the difference is that its metamorphosis was terminated prematurely."
Li Fan speculated that the ecological destruction observed by the ancient Dragon People, which occurred long ago, successfully prevented the metamorphosis of another Nergigante.
"It was hit hard in the cocoon, and it probably died."
Eudora said, observing the ground.
Given how many years had passed, she thought finding a corpse might be hopeless, but bones could still be a possibility.
Li Fan saw her intention and said, "There won't be any bones. It didn't die."
"But if it didn't die, why didn't the investigation team notice anything?"
"Perhaps it didn't want the outside world to know it was still alive."
Li Fan speculated.
"Are Nergigante personalities so different?"
Thinking of the Nergigante they were about to face, which announced its presence before it was even born, Eudora felt the contrast was too great.
"Those who are favored are naturally fearless. Perhaps that's the reason... The climbing sounds in the cave have stopped. It's time for us to go. Are you ready?"
Li Fan asked.
"Of course."
"Remember, absolutely..."
"Don't attack blindly. Don't worry, with our默契 (mòqì - tacit understanding) with the monster squad, there won't be any problems."
Eudora cut him off.
"Alright, let's go!"
Eudora flung her Wirebug, taking Li Fan and Dilu into the giant hole.
In the core of the Elder's Recess, beneath the largest pillar-like crystal mountain range, the Nergigante climbed out of the giant pit and reached the surface.
A small amount of mucus dripped from its transparent skin, which was covered in wrinkled patterns.
Its orange-yellow eyes, still unaccustomed to the sunlight, were tightly closed.
However, the Nergigante frequently turned its head, using the six compound eyes on its head to sense energy flow and explore its surroundings.
With the highly attractive First Monster Championship, the Giant Snake Ruins City's expedition attracted more monsters to follow.
But the moment the Nergigante emerged from the ground, all the monsters watching and participating immediately retreated.
This fear was not due to species deterrence, but the terrifying crushing power of its life energy.
Before long, the team flew out of the giant pit behind the Nergigante's tail and landed on a horizontal pillar-like crystal extending outwards.
"Even from the outside, I can observe the energy flow inside, meow..."
Dilu stared at the Nergigante while diligently recording ecological observations.
Li Fan scanned the sky and announced, "Now we need to hold our ground and wait for the three Elder Dragons to arrive."
A few minutes later, the Nergigante opened a slit in its eyes, attempting to observe the world visually.
It was evident that the sunlight still caused strong irritation to its eyes, but it did not give up, its eyelids continuously lifting in a tentative manner.
"The three Elder Dragons won't not come, will they?"
Seeing the Nergigante's sensory abilities constantly improving, Eudora said with some anxiety.
"They will, for sure. That's why they came."
As soon as Li Fan finished speaking, Teostra flew in from a distance, and its roar conveyed an exciting message to the team.
"They're here! Dilu!"
"I'm ready, meow!"
Dilu said, taking out the Wind God Dragon armor stacked in her backpack and unfolding it with her cat claws.
Opening the Poké Ball, Sunny Day had just appeared on the crystal pillar when Eudora quickly covered its snout.
Li Fan made a shushing gesture and then whispered, "Tell it that my three subordinates will arrive soon, and only by defeating them will it be qualified to face me."
Sunny Day, with sharp eyes, tapped the crystal pillar with its front paw, indicating understanding.
"Very good... Action!"
*Swish~* Dilu draped the Wind God Dragon armor onto Sunny Day's back.
"Hmph~ hmph~ hmph~..."
Hearing the pig grunts in its mind, the Nergigante was stunned.
What caught its attention was not only the content but also the source of the information in its mind, which seemed to be very close to it.
"It's looking this way, meow!"
Hearing Dilu's reminder, Li Fan immediately put Sunny Day back into the Poké Ball.
The entire team lay flat, pressing their bodies against the crystal pillar for concealment.
Although the Nergigante did not locate the team, it did not stop searching. Fortunately, after a short while, two orange lights descended from the sky, drawing its attention.
The Emperor Dragon and Empress Dragon hovered high in the sky, their brilliance complementing each other.
The Nergigante looked up for a moment and let out a low roar.
The meaning was: Tell me where Sunny Day is, and I will spare your lives.
The Teostra couple continued to flap their wings, spreading powder, and gave no response.
The dark red sky enveloped the Nergigante, and its transparent skin turned a dull hue.
Seeing this, the team immediately put on heat-resistant gear. Li Fan had not expected the Teostra couple to be so resolute.
Using Sunny Day to provoke the Nergigante was to prevent them from reaching any agreement, but now it seemed his worries were unfounded.
The killing intent of the three Elder Dragons towards the Nergigante was irreconcilable.
Receiving no response, the Nergigante fell silent for a moment, and the flow of energy within its body began to change.
It started to gather towards its forelimbs, head, chest, and tail.
When the energy spread to the wingtips, and they became translucent and flashed with white light under the surge of energy,
The Nergigante attempted to unfold its tightly folded membrane wings and slowly waved them up and down.
*Bang!* It crashed to the ground after flying less than a meter.
However, such clumsy movements did not make the Teostra couple relax at all; they continued to increase the concentration of powder.
"It's time to withdraw."
Seeing the increasingly dense orange specks around them, Li Fan immediately released a playful creature and moved towards a safe area.
"Won't the Nergigante be unable to withstand it and just die?"
Eudora said with some worry as she looked back.
"It... probably won't."
Li Fan was also unsure seeing the situation.
He could understand and grasp some of the Nergigante's characteristics based on the game.
However, its actual combat strength was difficult to judge without undergoing harsh battles.
Its most disadvantageous aspect was its infant state.
On the advantage side, its home-field advantage and enormous size were its greatest assets at the moment.
This was probably why the Teostra couple were unwilling to land.
The team found a crystal mountain that could shield them from the impact, landed, and continued to observe.
In the dark red sky, the orange specks fluttering everywhere looked like countless blinking eyes.
*Hiss~* Two white lights flashed, and all the powder detonated simultaneously.
*Boom!* A massive shockwave rushed towards them.
The team endured the impact for a moment, and after it subsided, they quickly continued to observe.
On the ground, covered in smoke and fire, the Nergigante lay on its side, its four claws flailing weakly, its transparent skin covered in scorched marks.
"It hasn't even figured out how to fight yet."
Eudora discovered the problem.
"The energy flow has changed again..."
Li Fan noticed something different.
Previously, the Nergigante's energy flow was dispersed throughout its body, but now it was concentrated entirely in its chest and head.
Slowly supporting its massive body, the Nergigante, which could barely stand, raised its head towards the sky and opened its mouth.
"This breath attack is too slow! And why is even the aiming off?"
Eudora covered her head and said, commenting on the Nergigante's clumsy performance.
Even though they knew this breath attack would not pose much of a threat, the Teostra couple still dodged separately while continuing to spread powder in the area.
*Whoosh~ Buzz!*
The energy beam erupted from the sky, instantly illuminating the sky in a bright blue.
The terrifying intensity of the slanted energy made the team members, who were far from the scene, feel a tremor.
Unfortunately, since the direction was wrong, it did not pose much of a threat to the Teostra couple.
But what no one expected was that after more than ten seconds, the Nergigante's mouth was still spewing energy.
Its head, which had been shaking and tilting back due to the impact of the spray, gradually stabilized.
The Nergigante began to consciously strengthen its control over the spray, adjusting its direction by turning its neck.
At this moment, its body, which had slid sideways due to the impact, became an obstacle to maintaining stability.
"Dig your claws into the ground!"
This was the method Puff used to stabilize its body when releasing cutting rays. Li Fan felt it was extremely suitable for the current Nergigante, and he couldn't help but shout it out.
However, the creature clearly couldn't perceive it. The push from the spray caused the Nergigante to move backward uncontrollably.
Seeing the powder concentration rising again, Li Fan suddenly realized a problem: Kushala Daora had not yet appeared.
If this was not an unexpected situation, it meant that the Teostra couple still had a trump card.
Li Fan pondered for a moment and transmitted the tip about digging its claws into the ground to stabilize its body into its mind.
Eudora and Dilu, who sensed it simultaneously, looked at him in surprise.
After all, the Nergigante had not been captured yet, and the more combat techniques they transmitted, the more difficult the direct combat would be later.
"Kushala Daora hasn't arrived yet, so we can't let the Nergigante get too weak."
Li Fan stated his reason.
Receiving the reminder in its mind, the Nergigante first embedded its left foreclaw into the ground to try.
With a sound of shattering and scraping, the sideways slippage of its body was immediately alleviated.
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