The thieves found bloodstains intermittently in front of them. To the surprise of Qin Lun and others, the bloodstains ran along the stream to the dark hole in the upper reaches of the river.
This dark cave was flat and wide, less than two meters high, and the rock formations covered Qin Lun and the others' heads almost in darkness, making everyone feel extremely depressed. The width is very wide, except for the more than six meters of width occupied by the stream, there are probably several meters of pebble beaches on both sides.
Qin Lun stepped on large and small pebbles while observing the stream at his feet. The water quality of this small underground river is clear, and there are no fish visible to the naked eye. There is no soil at the bottom of the river, but a layer of fine gravel, dotted with pebbles like those on the river beach.
The low and humid environment of the dark cave made everyone extremely uncomfortable. Fortunately, the dark cave was not too long. After about a few hundred meters, there was a wide area in front of them. The rock formation above their heads had a big jump here. , jumping from less than two meters high to hundreds of meters.
The orange light of the two Tyre night lights diffused in front, illuminating a large space. A group of high and low rocks appeared in front of everyone. Their current position was relatively high, and it looked like a huge rocky beach in front of them.
"The bloodstains here are starting to increase, but the direction is entering the rocky beach." The thief in front came the news, he paused, and said hesitantly, "I don't feel very good here, the rocky beach may be There will be danger."
"Monkeys have very high perception. Since he said that the rocky beach is dangerous, he must be right." Weiss thought for a while and suggested, "Why don't we wait here for the dwarf exploration team behind?" , the position is already so deep, Gilliam should not drive us out again."
"No, we entered the Underdark region ahead of time as an excuse to rescue the trapped dwarves. If we stop without encountering any battles, we will inevitably be looked down upon by those dwarves. Even if we are not driven out, the dwarves will no longer rely on us We are not conducive to the completion of the later tasks." This time, before Qin Lun could speak, Hill immediately vetoed it.
Weiss thought about it, but he didn't stick to his point of view, and waited for Qin Lun to make a decision. What Hill said made sense. This doesn't mean that Weiss was wrong. The two had different choices.
"There is indeed danger in the rocky beach, but I already know what it is!" Qin Lun took out a can of queen's honey juice, raised his head and drank it, the yin and yang fish pattern in his left eye flickered slightly, and used the staring halo one after another to let the His body is heavily burdened.
Qin Lun fed back the images detected by staring at the halo to the team channel. In the rocky beach, which is almost entirely composed of black and white lines, three groups of clear ice blue images appeared.
Weiss stared at the blue object for a while, and finally frowned, "From the shape, it seems to be two direclaws. These things are high-level creatures, and there are not many creature nests around here. How could there be such a large creature? Predator!"
The dangers of the Underdark are unpredictable, but they also follow the most basic ecological laws. Without a nest of small creatures, for high-level predators, it means that there is not enough food. The environmental conditions here are obviously not suitable for the survival and reproduction of the Deinoclaw.
"We're not familiar with the Underdark, so we don't need to think about why the Direclaws appear here." Qin Lun murmured, "The question now is, should we bypass this rocky beach area, or kill these Direclaw, continue to follow the blood trail."
"It's impossible to go around. This rocky beach is very large. Even if I can go around, I may not be able to find bloodstains." The monkey shook his head and said solemnly, "Since there are two Dinoclaws here , maybe the previous batch of exploration teams have all been wiped out, and the corpses are in the rocky beach!"
"Impossible, I asked Lorraine about the general situation of the dwarf exploration team." Qin Lun frowned and said, "Each batch of exploration teams consists of about ten to fifteen dwarves, the captain is a mid-to-high-level powerhouse, and all members It can be regarded as the elite template of the first-order apostles.
Most of the shield dwarves have the innate ability of body protection and stone skin. In addition, they are powerful and use heavy weapons, which happens to be the nemesis of creatures like direclaws. Even if this team of dwarves is weak and can't deal with two Dreadclaws, it's not enough for only one person to escape. What's more, I've seen the dwarf's injuries, and it doesn't look like the handwriting of the Dreadclaw. "
The most powerful attacking weapon of the direclaws are the two giant sickle-like forelimbs in front of them. Besides the severed arm of the dwarf, the real fatal injury was the depression on his chest, which was obviously not caused by the Dreadclaw.
"Since we can't go around, let's start fighting!" After figuring out what was in the rocky beach, Weiss was no longer worried, and said with a smile.
Direclaws are high-level wild creatures with a strong sense of territory. There are two Dreadclaw beasts entrenched in the rocky beach, so apart from them, there should be no other underground monsters here.
For Weiss, the Direclaw without human-like intelligence was not difficult to deal with. Even without Qin Lun and others, he could slowly kill the two Dreadclaws by himself.
"The three of us will deal with one, and you will deal with one, no problem?" Qin Lun arranged the order of the battle with a smile, and Weiss shrugged, indicating that there was no problem.
In fact, this is the most reasonable allocation of personnel. As a high-ranking apostle, Weiss is more than enough to deal with a Dreadclaw alone.
Although there are three people on Qin Lun's side, Hill is a priest and will not fight against monsters directly. Leaving aside the strength of the thieves, the Dreadclaw is wearing a thick carapace, which is just right to restrain the agile professionals. Although Qin Lun has transformed into a demon, he will not reveal his cards so quickly, and will only use long-range attacks.
Therefore, if the three of them don't make big moves, and they work together to deal with the Dreadclaw, they may not be as powerful as Weiss alone.
After making up their minds, the four quickly crossed the underground stream and walked towards the rocky beach. However, when they walked to the front of the rocky beach, they didn't see the Dreadclaw rushing out to meet the enemy, which made them feel a little strange.
The direclaw's eyesight is poor, and it is basically a blind person, but its hearing is very developed, and it can hear movements dozens of kilometers away when lying on the ground.
Although there were some doubts in their hearts, the four of them still did not change their original plan. If the two teams want to completely eliminate their concerns and prevent being betrayed by each other, the best way is to show each other's strength. And the two Dreadclaw beasts in front of them are the best prey, which is one of the reasons why Weiss and Qin Lun both agreed to fight.
They quickly approached the core of the rocky beach, but there was a special situation. The bloodstain left by the dwarf turned a corner from here, and actually bypassed the area of the Dreadclaw. This showed that Qin Lun's previous guess was correct, the dwarves had never fought these two Dreadclaw beasts.
"These two Dinoclaw beasts should have come here temporarily, otherwise, they would just block the route of the exploration team, and I'm afraid they would have been cleared away by Gilliam long ago." Qin Lun said softly in the team channel, and the others agreed. , but they still don't understand why the dwarf was able to avoid the Dreadclaw at such a short distance without being noticed.
As a few people approached, the two Dreadclaw beasts began to react, making warning hisses, and rushed towards them. Until this time, Qin Lun and the others finally found out why the two Dinoclaws ignored them and let the dwarf pass through the territory.
It turned out that after their huge bodies moved away, more than a dozen gray eggs the size of basketballs appeared on the spot, which looked like stone piers in the rocky beach. These two Dereclaw beasts are a male and female pair, and they came here temporarily, obviously to incubate their offspring.
If Qin Lun and the others hadn't gotten too close, they would have had a chance to bypass the Dreadclaw. However, the matter has come to this point, of course Qin Lun and the others will not avoid the battle, they originally planned to use this battle to show each other their strength.
"Cerberus!" Qin Lun pressed on the void with his right hand while taking out the light and dark to mourn.
A hexagram summoning circle instantly appeared between the two Dreadclaw beasts, separating them. In the magic circle, a huge magic beast phantom excitedly raised its two ferocious and terrifying dog heads, and red magma dripped down the ground along its fangs.
"Bang!" Comprehending Qin Lun's meaning, the hellfire dog that appeared out of thin air slammed into a slightly smaller Dreadclaw on the left, knocked it staggeringly, and pulled away from the one on the right. distance.
The Dreadclaw, also known as the Dreadclaw, is an underground creature with a very strange shape. Its head is like a bird's head, with a sharp beak like a hook, a thick tortoise-like carapace on its back, taupe scales on its abdomen, two hind legs are a bit like eagle claws, and its forelimbs are like turtle fins Same, only sharper than a scythe.
The overall image is like a sea turtle with a bird's head and eagle claws, or a bird monster with a tortoise shell and degenerated wings. However, this creature is huge in size, the male is more than three meters tall, and its body length is more than five meters. It moves like a tank.
The Dreadclaw, which was bumped by Cerberus, became furious, roared, and got entangled with the hellfire dog.
Cerberus has now grown to the seventh level, and it is a rare high-level summoned beast. It is a circle larger than the Dreadclaw, and it looks like a building from a distance.
The movement of the two monsters fighting was so earth-shattering that even the ground trembled slightly, which made it difficult for Qin Lun and the others to intervene.
Although these two behemoths are high-level creatures, in a comprehensive comparison, the Hellfire Demon Dog is stronger. Their defense ability is very high. The movement of the Dinoclaw is more agile than that of Burrus, and the attack power of the sickle-like forelimb is very high. Every attack can tear a wound on the body of the hellfire dog.
However, for a demonic creature with strong resilience, this attack is harmless, and has no effect other than making Cerberus grin in pain. On the contrary, it is the wounds torn open by the hellfire dog, which often burns the Dreadclaw.
You must know that the body of the Hellfire Demon Dog is a veritable mixture of magma. Even if the carapace of the Direclaw is hard and thick, it is inevitable that the internal tissues will be scalded by the splashed high-temperature magma.
Seeing that Cerberus was suppressing the other party, Qin Lun casually started playing soy sauce, and at the same time shifted his attention to another battle circle.