Chapter 1696: Chapter 1257: It’s Not Time Yet
All the Dragon Beasts that had fallen silent suddenly began to wriggle irregularly, as the Primordial Substance inside them devoured their entire bodies from the inside. Then, those masses of Primordial Substance rapidly transformed, and in the blink of an eye, Dragon Beasts the size of ordinary Giant Dragons appeared. They didn’t possess any strange armor or special enhancements; they were simply Giant Dragons.
But, there were just too many of them.
A regular Dragon Beast could transform into two Dragon Beasts shaped like Giant Dragons. Meanwhile, those massive Dragon Balls could turn into hundreds, those clamshell-like ones could become hundreds of thousands, and the largest Giant Dragon Balls could even transform into tens of millions!
From the very start, the god of worms had planned for this; it knew that competing in technological prowess against Long Yi was futile, so it had resolved to invoke a qualitative change through sheer quantity.
"Fuck!" Long Yi finally exploded with a curse that even he disliked using.
Despite Long Yi’s immediate warning, it was still a bit too late. The bodies of those silent Dragon Beasts were transforming into new Dragon Beasts, causing the Dragon Knight army to be ambushed from both front and back!
At this time, the three huge Prototype Giant Dragons were unable to take advantage of their power. Rather than attacking the freshly transformed smaller Dragon Beasts, those creatures simply bypassed the Prototype Giant Dragons and charged directly at the Dragon Knight army.
The attack power of the Prototype Giant Dragons was extremely high; near the Dragon Balls, they could destroy countless new-born Dragon Beasts at the first opportunity. But still, more Dragon Beasts left their range of fire, and most importantly, once the Dragon Beasts mingled with the Dragon Knights, the terrifying lethality of the Prototype Giant Dragons immediately became ineffective, after all, Dragon Breath does not discriminate between friend and foe.
"Son of a bitch, well played," Long Yi’s expression twisted with ferocity.
"Hey, look on the bright side, at least these new Dragon Beasts are a lot easier to deal with!" came the voice of a mosquito. "Look, I can kill one every three seconds on average, and as long as their heads are destroyed, they can’t regenerate anymore. It’s a lot simpler than before."
The mosquito’s words received responses from many Dragon Knights, who all agreed that the fight had become much easier. But on the Giants’ tablet, the casualties among the Giant Dragons kept increasing! Because of the stark difference in numbers, Long Yi had always instructed all Dragon Knights to keep as far away from the enemy as possible and finish the battle without being surrounded. But while every Dragon Knight was aware of the living enemies, none expected those already deemed as killed to revive into new Dragon Beasts!
Yes, these newborn Dragon Beasts were much weaker than the original ones. Most of the Dragon Knights could achieve a kill with a full-force strike unless they were incredibly unlucky, sending those Dragon Beasts back into silence. But no one knew if these silent Dragon Beasts would undergo any further changes, and what’s more critical, the pace of killing couldn’t catch up with the rate at which the Giant Dragons were dying.
In their dying moments, the Giant Dragons would desperately try to carry the Dragon Knights away from danger, but not every attempt was successful, and casualties among the Dragon Knights began to mount. Whenever a Dragon Knight was severely wounded or killed and couldn’t continue the fight, another new Dragon Knight would take their place and sign a contract with the regenerated Giant Dragon.
"There’s no time for sorrow, my Dragon Clan brothers, we are still in the midst of war."
No, this won’t do, it just won’t do! At this rate, the Giant Dragons would all be slain before the Dragon Beasts could be exterminated! The cycle from death to revival took too long!
The situation Long Yi feared the most had finally materialized.
The Demon Abyss Dragons had long since left the Crystal Demon warship, and against these smaller Dragon Beasts, the highly defensive and close-combat proficient Demon Abyss Dragons immediately showed their advantage. Now, the Crystal Demon warship switched to Black Dragon Breath mode, releasing corrosive Black Dragon Breath on a large scale towards areas without friendly forces, greatly weakening the defense of the Dragon Beasts.
The Silver Dragons led by the future were achieving swift executions; the Dragon Beasts, now smaller in size and weaker in strength, were completely unable to contend with the Silver Dragons, and their defeat was inevitable.
Elsa’s Light Wings spread out behind her, searching the cosmos for Dragon Beasts to attack on their own. She was now in full energy burst mode; although this mode consumed a lot of her own energy, she knew that even a half-step retreat at this moment could have fatal consequences.
Xiaoyou’s Avatars weren’t moving aimlessly but were protecting Wesley and his Observation Dragon reconnaissance team. Given the vast number of enemies, the Observation Dragons and their Dragon Riders were under great pressure. Fortunately, with the future taking care of most of the computational tasks, there was no need for them to be distracted using Magic for calculations, or they might have already fallen. Normally, Observation Dragons weren’t meant for combat and were first-rate at escaping, but now, with the overwhelming number of enemies, their ability to flee was useless. Therefore, Long Yi had secretly instructed Xiaoyou to take care of Wesley and the others.
Boom!
The Genesis Artifact burst forth once again with a wave of energy intending to directly annihilate the Dragon Beasts; although this only provided temporary relief, it helped the surrounded Dragon Knights buy some time. However, almost simultaneously, waves of energy also erupted from within the fissures, and as the two collided, the wave from the Genesis Artifact failed to have any effect whatsoever.
