Chapter 316

Chapter 316: A Praying Mantis Blocking a Cart… Again!

“A praying mantis blocking a cart… and it actually worked.”

The katana hunter lowered his face guard, wanting to see more clearly, only to reveal the shock in his eyes.

“I thought we were going to be the ones relying on Ruin City’s strength like a praying mantis trying to stop a cart. Never did I imagine that Queen Mantis abandoning her nest would truly halt the cart.”

The female archer paused briefly; her excellent vision allowed her to spot the golden afterimage.

Planning to become the “legendary hunter who used Ruin City to counter Old Mountain Dragon” didn’t quite pan out—

“Captain, what do we do next? We’ve just witnessed a legendary moment where beetle-kind took down the strongest of the ancient dragon kind! If we bring this news back, the scholars at the Dragon Calendar Institute might go insane!”

In later analyses of Queen Mantis breaching the fortress, it was generally agreed that tactical errors and the opponent exploiting the terrain advantage led to the failure. No one believed that because Queen Mantis breached the fortress that Old Mountain Dragon couldn’t, she must be stronger than him.

And now, Queen Mantis had made Old Mountain Dragon fall—only when he fell did they catch sight of her.

“Let’s keep watching for now. Old Mountain Dragon has just fallen.”

Kempe held up the telescope with full concentration, but the slightly deformed lens revealed how unsteady his heart was.

—On the other side—

Jié Jié landed on the belly of the fallen Old Mountain Dragon, watching as she struggled to rise.

A massive claw swung towards him, but he easily dodged it. With a flick of his tail, he shot silk threads that entangled the claw, jumping onto the ground and pulling it tightly to pin it there.

But Old Mountain Dragon’s arm pulled at the silk threads, the immense force causing rocks to fly from the ground.

Queen Mantis’ mantis arm grazed Old Mountain Dragon’s abdominal shell, but her white armor fit together seamlessly. The only possible place to pry open was the shell covering the reproductive tract.

Instantly, several cross-species images flashed through his mind—no, that would be too impolite!

With no other options, Jié Jié stepped back, preparing to transform into Giant Halberd Dragon form to suppress her.

Before transforming, he scanned the area using Energy Perception to check the hunters’ positions.

It was a habit formed from being tailed by the hunter squad, akin to looking around while transforming—not particularly troublesome.

Even without the hunter squad tracking him, he planned to continue doing this within human-controlled territories.

And the hunters’ positions… on Ruin City??!!

Jié Jié’s first reaction was fear of being ambushed. His gaze immediately left Old Mountain Dragon and turned toward Ruin City, aligning with his energy perception.

Three hunters were positioned near the cannon, one hanging onto the Strike Dragon Gun. Clearly, they intended to use Ruin City to counter Old Mountain Dragon.

He admired the creativity and bravery of these hunters, even having a strong desire to see if they could succeed.

Should I watch?

He didn’t know his own feat had already been regarded as legendary by the hunters, but he felt himself close to the legend of “hunters using Queen Mantis’ Ruin City to repel Old Mountain Dragon.”

If it were another Queen Mantis’ Ruin City, he might have happily helped restrain Queen Mantis to see what the hunters could do.

Even if the hunters damaged Ruin City, he could laughingly pick up the parts and assemble them onto his own Ruin City.

But this is MY Ruin City!!!

Queen Mantis disappeared behind the mountain, and the next moment, Giant Halberd Dragon’s massive head emerged.

His somewhat sorrowful jaw lifted high, then slammed down along with his limbs onto Old Mountain Dragon’s body.

Holding down Old Mountain Dragon’s limbs, he bit into her torso.

When the opponent transforms from an insect into a giant dragon, Old Mountain Dragon can no longer leisurely move her body to rise.

A pair of giant claws pushed against Giant Halberd Dragon’s body, but her hind legs and tail were truly beginning to exert force!

Monsters need their tails to support their bodies, and Old Mountain Dragon’s massive tail was especially powerful!

While pushing Jie Jie, Old Mountain Dragon’s bulky body was still rolling over to one side, like a mountain being pushed down, rolling right before her.

Giant Halberd Dragon raised both arms and thrust hard, directly causing Old Mountain Dragon to lose balance on one side and tumble again toward the mountain.

Mountain peaks shattered, the mountain body collapsed, Old Mountain Dragon leaned against the mountain, her heavy tail slightly rising and then heavily swinging, sweeping towards Giant Halberd Dragon like a city wall.

Wing Claw firmly blocked the blow and then raised again, crashing heavily onto Old Mountain Dragon’s tail.

“Grunt!”

Beneath Old Mountain Dragon’s painful roar, the dark red keratin shell broke.

Her tail crushed the mountain, Old Mountain Dragon violently turned her heavy body toward Giant Halberd Dragon, pouncing and wrestling with Jie Jie on the ground.

In the wrestling match, Old Mountain Dragon had the weight advantage, while Giant Halberd Dragon had the limb advantage.

Old Mountain Dragon couldn’t leverage her weight advantage, but Jie Jie could perfectly utilize Giant Halberd Dragon’s limb advantage.

You hit me with a claw, I’ll hit you with two!

You bite me a little, I’ll bite you back big time!

Blood spurted continuously, earthquakes persisted, leaving the hunters completely bewildered.

Nothing is more shocking than monsters covered in blood fighting each other, especially when the monsters are enormous and possess great strength, every movement capable of destroying mountains and triggering earthquakes.

Meanwhile, on the recipe wall in the dream space, Old Mountain Dragon’s totem was gradually filling up.

A red ray spewed from Jie Jie’s mouth, aiming at the exposed flesh beneath Old Mountain Dragon’s shell, scorching it. This action clearly caused her intense pain, barely managing to climb the mountain before falling again with Iron Mountain Lean.

Not caring about losing balance, or perhaps considering the loss of balance part of the attack.

Iron Mountain Lean crashed down.

Under the trampling of ultra-large monsters, the ground was already fragile, and under this blow, it shattered, sending shockwaves in all directions.

Jie Jie rolled aside to avoid the direct hit, but the crushing force on his leg and the subsequent powerful earthquake still made him stagger.

He saw Old Mountain Dragon use her claws to lift the broken ground, ready to burrow underground and flee.

Old Mountain Dragon! Is this part of your escape plan?!

Your transformation unlock is just one step away!

As if hearing Jie Jie’s inner voice, or the hunters’ yearning for glory, the earthquake caused by Old Mountain Dragon’s movements did not fade away.

The earth dragon flipped over mid-escape and charged forward.

Old Mountain Dragon’s underground journey hadn’t passed Ruin City yet; her path ahead was straight toward Ruin City.

Queen Mantis stood atop the mountain peak, and Jie Jie felt his heart almost breaking. He stomped backward with his four limbs and blew wind pressure from his mouth, propelling himself forward with explosive speed, flying over Old Mountain Dragon straight toward Ruin City.

Seems not very tense? Whatever! Faster!

However, before he reached Ruin City, the trembling hunters aboard the quake-ridden Ruin City excitedly pushed the cannon valve.

The rumble of flames launched the cannonball, exploding on Old Mountain Dragon’s battered body.

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