Chapter 185: Chapter 146: Aerial Combat!【Fourth Update】
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There was a moment of silence all around.
Those who knew Long Yi thought he would either keep it secret or proudly show off his relationship with Elsa. However, Long Yi’s phrase ’none of your damn business’ left them completely at a loss for what to say next.
The Crown Prince only felt an urge to laugh more today than he had for a long time. This Long Yi was simply too unpredictable. Although it really was none of Vincent’s business where the Frost Mourning Sword came from, speaking like this offered no room for a graceful exit.
"Kid, today, this Frost Mourning Sword is mine!" Vincent said menacingly. Winning a duel and taking the opponent’s Dragon-slaying Sword was the most common form of humiliation. In the turbulent past, some families even had trophy rooms set aside for displaying their war spoils and humiliation of enemies. Although this has become very rare with the progress of civilization.
Now that Vincent had raised the point, he had made his intentions clear.
"I’m the polar opposite of you, I do not want anything that is yours, I find it disgusting." Long Yi said with a smile.
"If your goal is to provoke me, kid, let me tell you, you succeeded. Go get a dragon! Prepare for a showdown in the skies!"
As Vincent turned, his colossal Black Water Dragon rose into the sky.
The Black Water Dragon is a subspecies resulting from the union of Black Dragon and Blue Dragon offspring. It can spew out clouds or pillars of water carrying various negative curse effects. Its own physique is not particularly robust due to not being pureblooded. However, the accumulated negative effects from its attacks can be quite uncomfortable. It was because of this characteristic that few people provoked Vincent.
Actually, Long Yi did prefer the Light Wind Dragon from before, but the abrupt halt just now had strained some of its muscles. The collision with the Unicorn Dragon had also resulted in some minor injuries. Even though the issues weren’t severe, Long Yi didn’t have the heart to impose on it further.
"Lei Zhen, could you lend your dragon to help Long Yi?" Captain Sweel asked Lei Zhen.
Lei Zhen, who had been immersed in his own thoughts about the maneuvers just now, was taken aback at the captain’s words. He then turned to look at the Hammerhead Dragon on his shoulder. At first, the Hammerhead Dragon shook its head to signify disagreement. However, after some unknown communication from Lei Zhen, it surprisingly agreed.
The Hammerhead Dragon was considerably larger than the Light Wind Dragon, and its dragon scales were sturdier too. The Hammerhead Dragon isn’t one of the seven pureblood dragons, and in a direct comparison of power, it falls short. But the enormous mace on its head is incredibly tough. When wrestling, striking the opponent with it can unleash a huge surge of Dragon Power, causing significant damage.
When Long Yi mounted the dragon saddle, his first feeling was that this Hammerhead Dragon was extremely stable. He stepped onto the dragon saddle, and the Hammerhead Dragon did not react at all. Earlier when Long Yi mounted the Light Wind Dragon, he could distinctly feel a slight drop in its body.
"Xiaoyou! Pair flight!" Long Yi called.
Since this Hammerhead Dragon was not Long Yi’s Mount Dragon, he couldn’t directly control its flight. Therefore, he needed Xiaoyou to guide the Hammerhead Dragon’s flight.
"Quack!" Xiaoyou, a Shadow Dragon, cried out and landed on Long Yi’s shoulder.
"Does the Shadow Dragon make this sound?" The Crown Prince was puzzled.
"It has been hanging out with Bajie too much, it’s a dragon yet it mimics the croak of a frog." Ai Lin laughed.
Lei Zhen’s heart was pounding. He had just told the Hammerhead Dragon that Long Yi might have some unconventional fighting styles, and wanted it to experience them firsthand. Both the Hammerhead Dragon and Lei Zhen were battle maniacs and were equally intrigued by novel combat styles. Hence, the Hammerhead Dragon allowed Long Yi to mount its saddle. However, Lei Zhen was not entirely sure, this idea had come like a flash of inspiration.
"Oh no! Brother Long isn’t wearing any armor!" Ai Lin suddenly remembered something.
"Damn!" Lei Zhen also abruptly realized it. Long Yi had only intended to try out a flying dragon, so he had switched to the Dragon Rider boots but hadn’t changed into his armor! This would definitely put him at an incredible disadvantage in the fight!
"What now? Call a halt?" Lei Zhen asked.
"Ah, forget it. Since Brother Long didn’t say anything, that means he doesn’t care. That Vincent is no match for him." Ai Lin, who had blind faith in Long Yi to a certain degree, didn’t think any human could be a match for him.
As Long Yi took off, the two sides saluted each other insincerely. Suddenly, Vincent’s Black Water Dragon opened its mouth and spewed out lots of black liquid, while the Hammerhead Dragon began to ascend sharply!
"Ascend! Ascend! Towards the sun!
Ascend! Ascend! Blind the eyes of our adversaries!
Ascend! Ascend! We have the sun backing us!
Ascend! Ascend! Let our shots pierce through them!"
This ’Song of Ascent’ was one of Long Yi’s favorite absurd tunes back in the day. Whenever he ran out of missiles and had to engage in airborne combat, Long Yi would start ascending towards the sun while singing this song.
Long Yi was doing the same now.
The Black Water Dragon immediately darted after Long Yi, but both the Black Water Dragon and Hammerhead Dragon aren’t known for their speed. In fact, the Black Water Dragon’s speed, despite its explosive power, is probably even lower than the Hammerhead Dragon’s!
In an instant, the Hammerhead Dragon had ascended high into the sky, completely hidden behind the sun’s disk!
"Using the sun?" Captain Sweel was somewhat confused. While the training for aerial combat for Dragon Riders indeed mentioned leveraging the sun, it wasn’t profoundly meaningful. Most Dragon Rider battles involve close combat, and once the two sides start engaging, it’s extremely difficult for either to maintain a superior position.
Vincent squinted, straining to spot Long Yi through a crack in his helmet. But the sun was too intense; even a glimpse of it would bring tears to one’s eyes. He could vaguely see a shadow in the blinding light but could not make out what the shadow was doing at all.
Circumvent him!
Vincent was trying to navigate the Black Water Dragon to find an optimal position, but would Long Yi make it so easy for him? To escape from the backdrop of the sun, the Black Water Dragon must fly a greater distance than the Hammerhead Dragon. Regardless of what Vincent did, Long Yi remained sheltered within the disk of the sun.
"Damn it!" Vincent could only feel his eyes swell, from staring at the sun for too long, the backs of his eyelids were dotted with the faint, flickering lights of mild retinal burns.
As for Vincent’s Black Water Dragon, it was even more uncomfortable. Although dragonkind was powerful, when facing the sunlight, their huge eyes absorbed more light. Compared to humans, they suffered just the same. With no helmet to shield its eyes, the Black Water Dragon’s eyes were full of tears. The raging winds at high altitudes caused its eyes to sting unbearably!
"Climb! Climb! We wait for thirty seconds!
Climb, climb, we wait for twenty seconds!
Climb! Climb! We’re waiting for just ten seconds!
Dive! Dive! Let’s shred him to pieces!"
Roar!
The impatient Hammerhead Dragon accelerated in a steep dive! Altitude for speed! Let’s make this thrilling!
"It’s coming down!"
Lei Zhen shouted!
The vast change in altitude transformed potential energy into kinetic energy. The Hammerhead Dragon flapped its wings a few times before tucking them in. The bones in its neck made a strange noise - its neck had shrunk by half in an instant! That was the Hammerhead Dragon’s special move, locking all its neck vertebrae to prevent injury from a collision. Simultaneously, a radiant shield burst from the Hammerhead Dragon’s body!
That was the Ethereal Light Shield!
The bro is a mage! Hahaha!
The Hammerhead dragon dashed towards the Black Water Dragon. By the time Vincent saw it, the massive shadow had already shielded them from the sun!
"It’s the Hammerhead Dragon’s assault! So fast!? Move aside! Watch them crash into the ground!"
The Black Water Dragon quickly dodged to the side.
"It’s too fast! Too dangerous! It’ll hit the ground!" Lei Zhen cried.
"Barrel roll, burn off speed!"
The Hammerhead Dragon, originally in a steep dive, suddenly turned to one side, forming a huge circle. The tremendous speed was suddenly converted into lateral pressure, Long Yi was pressed hard against the dragon saddle. In just two turns, he had almost entirely burned off his surplus speed. At the final moment, the Hammerhead Dragon was already alongside the Black Water Dragon!
"Sword Qi Slash!"
Boom!
A massive arc of light flew out, and Vincent quickly urged his Fighting Aura shield to resist. At the same time, he slashed back with a similar arc of Fighting Aura. But the Hammerhead Dragon was not in its original place, it had flown out! This time it wasn’t in the sun’s direction!
"Chase!" Vincent shouted.
The Black Water Dragon immediately gave chase, perhaps the Hammerhead Dragon was tired after its last movement, its speed was not very high. The Black Water Dragon caught up with the Hammerhead Dragon quickly, Vincent once again gave off a Slash of Fighting Aura. But the Hammerhead Dragon, just like the Light Wind Dragon earlier, suddenly raised its body, spread its wings to its maximum, the entire dragon stood upright and the Black Water Dragon immediately overtook it.
"There it is again! That move from earlier! Long Yi calls it Cobra Manoeuvre! Because the movement is like a cobra raising its body!"
Lei Zhen excitedly explained, this was something Long Yi just told him.
Vincent obviously paused. Long Yi did perform the move earlier, but he didn’t pay attention to it then, he thought it was just the only move Long Yi could think of in a panic. But when Long Yi used this tactic a second time, he realized, damn, this was a tactical maneuver!
At this moment, all he could do was lament, he had no time to think, from being the pursuer, he had suddenly become the prey. His immediate concern now was to quickly shake off his pursuer.
But once Long Yi has your tail in his grip, where else can you run?
Long Yi chuckled when he saw the other side trying to shake him off by turning left and right. The Flying Dragon was far more agile than any fighter jet and had much greater operational flexibility. Many moves that you wouldn’t dare to execute in a jet could be executed on a Flying Dragon. However, even while controlling such a dexterous Flying Dragon, all you can use are such clumsy movements, it’s an outright insult to the title of a Dragon Knight!
The Sword Qi Slashes kept coming relentlessly. Long Yi showcased his proudest prediction skills, the enemy’s dodge pattern was entirely within his calculation. When Vincent thought of himself as clever and kept dodging, he ended up running straight into Long Yi’s Sword Qi Slash. That’s when he realized, this Long Yi was a difficult adversary.
He was definitely not a novice!
Under his armor, Vincent could only feel his back drenched in sweat. He had already gone through all potential moves, yet the Dragon Rider who was piloting someone else’s Mount Dragon managed to stay at his tail! Regardless of accelerating, decelerating, strafing, or turning, Long Yi and his Mount Dragon were always behind him!
Damn it! What kind of combat style is this! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to vote and recommend, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
