#656Chapter 656 This is a deep kiss of love from the TyrannosaurusAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 656: This is a deep, loving kiss from a Deviljho.
The hunters from the Astera base, comprising the first four generations of members, were all on high alert.
Although the newly joined fifth-generation members didn't know who this Crimson was, they had seen Deviljho before, as they also existed on the Old World.
These creatures, playfully called 'land police' by some, were not Elder Dragons but were more dangerous than many Elder Dragons in close combat. It was impossible to be too vigilant around them.
However, under normal circumstances, Deviljho—or rather, dragon beasts with a modicum of intelligence that lived in the vicinity for a long time—would not actively appear before small groups of hunters exceeding four in number. The reason was simple: the hunters of Astera were not to be trifled with.
Iron Knee, Fall King, Multi-Weapon Mastery, Trap Master, Projectile Expert, and so on—the hunter community that had carved out a place for itself in the New World also made the dragon beasts of the New World feel intense pressure from the two-legged creatures. Not to mention the entirely new forces that had emerged recently, causing irreversible changes to the New World's landscape.
From a combat power comparison perspective, the gluttonous Deviljho codenamed Crimson couldn't possibly be a match for the combined hundred or so people present, even if everyone was exhausted from the Zorah Magdaros. But the problem was, who wanted to be the unlucky one to end up in the Deviljho's belly before it was killed or captured?
The NPCs reacted one way, the players another.
The fact that they encountered another roaming BOSS after just dealing with one that couldn't be hunted normally made the player community a little excited.
The Monster Hunter World instance was indeed a relatively popular one, but all the people currently chosen by the Space to enter were new to the Monster Hunter World. They were also curious if all the BOSS units that hundreds of people had to fight were like that Zorah Magdaros.
Then they witnessed a miraculous scene—
A super-sized bitter gourd, as if magnified countless times, its entire body glowing red under the morning sun, a dragon beast, streaked across the sky like a rocket, spitting lasers/energy cannons from its mouth, rapidly approaching their current location… What kind of bizarre flight method was this!?
While the players were on high alert, they couldn't help but scratch their heads and exchange bewildered glances, as the scene before them was truly too outrageous.
Even with the players' vast experience and exposure to various flight methods in numerous instances, they had never seen anyone use a mouth cannon as a propulsion device, let alone a monster dragon beast.
However, just then, one person in the crowd left the cluster of hunters and strode directly towards the Crimson Deviljho, which had already adjusted its direction and landing point and was about to land.
"Hey! Cheng! What are you doing!? Come back!!!"
Perhaps feeling he was the first to offer a drink, the blond young man, seeing Cheng's actions, immediately shouted loudly.
But Cheng merely gave a thumbs-up behind him, showing no intention of slowing down.
Could this person be trying to snatch the BOSS's damage and contribution percentage?
Unlike the NPCs, many players, upon seeing Cheng's actions, had this very reasonable thought. So, some observed, and some moved closer.
Not only from the perspective of obtaining BOSS drops, but also from the perspective of experimenting with new skills.
Bang!
The Crimson Deviljho, which had crashed to the ground like a meteor, dragging a long trail, actually bounced up as if nothing had happened, twisting its body to present its front to the humans.
"This Deviljho looks… like the offspring of an avocado that strengthened a bitter gourd, born covered in ketchup."
One player, upon seeing the Deviljho's appearance, couldn't help but voice his thoughts.
"If you have something to say, say more, preferably to its face, that way your tank position will be secure."
Another player next to him couldn't help but imagine along with his friend's words, his mind filled with mosaics.
"Could this famous Cheng really think he can solo a monster of this size?"
"Uh~ people with this kind of reputation are already very rare; they should be able to display strength commensurate with that reputation."
"If he gets swallowed in one bite, a player with the title of 'Legendary One' going solo would be a huge embarrassment…"
Just as the players' thoughts raced, and the hunters gripped their weapons and ballistae, ready to attack at any moment, they saw the terrifying bitter gourd that had troubled Astera for so long and always brought considerable trouble to the hunters, crouch down, raise its tail, and use its bloody, club-like, flail-like maw to nudge Cheng, who seemed destined to be attacked.
"Good boy~ Did you miss me?"
Cheng, who had stumbled from the nudge, smiled very happily, and the Crimson Deviljho's thick, plump tail also began to wag widely, as if possessed by a canid.
And Cheng Tian's answer was the Crimson Deviljho's wide-open, still-drooling, terrifying maw, which directly swallowed half of his body, then lifted him into the air, shaking him left and right several times before spitting him out.
This repeated several times.
No matter how one looked at it, it didn't resemble the relationship between a hunter and prey engaged in a life-and-death struggle, but rather the relationship between a long-unseen small owner and a large pet!
The hunters slowly lowered their weapons, dumbfounded, and the players, some with malicious intent, also fell completely silent.
This Crimson Deviljho was precisely the special individual that Cheng Tian, whose save file had been loaded, had summoned with a dragon egg and the Hundred Demons' Night Parade in the "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs + Adventure Island" world.
After the instance ended, Crimson, like Guichan, was sent back to the Monster Hunter World, becoming an entity that would randomly interrupt hunter quests.
Because it was summoned by Cheng Tian, this Crimson possessed a high intelligence far exceeding its peers, almost on par with the war elephant Mammoth and Guichan. This allowed it to understand human speech, and its behavioral logic was vastly different from other Deviljho.
It almost never attacked human hunters, but it would always appear precisely when humans were capturing or killing other dragon beast targets.
Its goal was only one: to eat!
Humans were small, with too little meat, and always had those teeth-grinding, stomach-upsetting miscellaneous objects on them. In every way, they were not as delicious as dragon beasts.
Also, because it had no clear hunting records of human hunters, maintained its boundaries very well, and possessed special flying abilities that other Deviljho lacked, the guild at Astera had not issued a kill order for Crimson.
"Lord Cheng, could this be…"
An investigator, his face a mix of fear and curiosity, plucked up the courage to approach Cheng Tian. Although he was asking Cheng, his eyes remained fixed on the Crimson Deviljho, which was panting and sticking out its tongue.
"Oh, this is my free-range dragon."
Cheng Tian replied with a smile.
"…Could you be!?"
The investigator, suddenly recalling a certain piece of information circulated only within the guild, immediately thought of a profession that fit Cheng Tian's current behavior.
"Yes, I am a Monster Rider."
Cheng Tian, based on his current template, affirmed the other party's assumption.
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