Chapter 416: Chapter 312: Exchange
Whoosh!
With a flick of the girl’s wrist, a large demon creature was flung out. Not too many, not too few, just a level nine. The demon looked lethargic, nothing like the fierce demon we were familiar with.
"This is the level nine demon you speak of. On the Crazy Demons planet, they are among the lower creatures, having some power. But we, the Crystal Demon Tribe, can detonate their consciousness within the crystal core, putting them in a state of unconsciousness. You do not need to restrain them in any way, they are safe," the Crystal Demon girl said.
Long Yi nodded his head. Isrile, who had already reverted to human form, came over. Two strands of spider silk wrapped the demon thoroughly, preventing the crystal poison from dispersing. At the same time, Long Yi gestured to Little Zi. Little Zi cast a spell, and the puppet core, along with the crystal core of the Crazy Demon, rose upward, eventually ending up in Long Yi’s hand.
"This is yours." Long Yi removed the heart of the puppet and then handed the large crystal core to the Crystal Demon girl.
The girl looked at the crystal core in her hand with an obvious look of disbelief. She quickly put the crystal core into her space, only then did she truly calm down.
"I, Belle-Gransis, thank you for your generous gift! If there comes a day when you have the chance to visit the Crystal Demon planet, you will be my most honored guest!" said the excited Crystal Demon girl, Belle. At the same time, she extended her hand, in her palm, a crystal cluster was slowly stretching out, breaking, and floating in the air. In the center of the crystal, there was a small spot of light, a strange energy flickering in it. "It contains my demon power, if you really hunt on the Crazy Demons planet, please call me through it. Although my authority is not high, I can still offer you all the help I can!"
Long Yi took the small crystal, it felt cold in his hand.
"Thank you, this is very precious to me!"
Long Yi carefully put away the crystal and said with gratitude.
Indeed, no matter where you go, no matter how prepared you are, it will never be as convenient and safe as having a native guide you!
The channel was becoming more unstable, the entire space was shaking. The Crystal Demon soldiers had healed their comrades’ bodies. Long Yi noticed that these Crystal Demon soldiers could regenerate as long as their crystal core was not damaged, which was quite convenient.
Long Yi watched as Belle and her party returned to Plane Channel, while the body of the giant Crazy Demon started to disintegrate after losing the support of the crystal core, and disappeared without a trace under the sunlight.
"Where are we going next?" Ai Lin asked. In this battle, she had not been of much help yet, so she was a bit displeased.
"According to the previous plan, we should be trying to escape." Long Yi said, "But it feels like something is not right. After all, according to the previous script, at this point, there should be demons all over the sky. But now it seems like the Plane Channel is about to close?"
Just as he was saying this, the Plane Channel flashed fiercely all of a sudden.
Bang!
It had actually expanded!
Almost at the same time, roars came from within the channel!
"Ha! They’ve finally arrived! Let’s run!"
Long Yi laughed loudly. Small You swooped down from the sky, scooped up everyone, and soared into the air.
The front line.
Just as everyone had predicted before the battle, the fight against the White Dragon Empire was not going to be easy. And indeed, this was the case. The same number of Dragon Knights had to be deployed by the White Dragon Empire to combat the Dragon Knights of the Black Dragon Empire.
At the beginning, the overconfident Dragon Knights charged forward without any regard for the consequences, paying a heavy price. Later, people finally realized that they were not Long Yi. They did not have the strength to cut a swath through the battlefield and still come out victorious. To defeat those who were stronger than oneself, one had to put in more skill.
Almost every Dragon Knight used every trick they had learned. Aerial combat and the advantage brought by Fighting Aura was far less than the advantage brought by skills. And in group combat, the advantage of skills was far less than the advantage of formation.
The White Dragon Empire had long understood this and had also conducted numerous targeted trainings. Therefore, in the face of the strong Black Dragon Empire Dragon Knights, from the Dragon Knights to the commanders, everyone in the White Dragon Empire fully exhibited what they had trained hard for before.
Even so, it was only a stalemate on the battlefield.
However, the White Dragon Empire had a small advantage, which was that there were more Dragon Knights on the battlefield than the Black Dragon Empire.
According to secret information, the Black Dragon Empire had diverted some Dragon Knights from the battlefield to another experiment to enhance the Dragon Knights.
Fighting with more against fewer, yet not gaining any advantage, was enough to calm down every Dragon Knight who was proud to the core.
And this was just what the Emperor wanted to see.
The battle had reached its fourth day in a blink of an eye.
The frontline continued to yo-yo back and forth at the border. This was entirely a face-off between dragon knights on both sides, with no ground troops involved as if they had arrived at some unspoken agreement.
The Dragon Knights from the five legions of the White Dragon Empire took turns on the battlefield. This was a rare opportunity for real combat, and no one was foolish enough to pass it up. On the battlefield, slaying an enemy Dragon Knight meant a significant merit. Everyone was giving their all, fighting for their lives.
This, naturally, included these three brothers.
Wesley, the Chef, and the Mosquito never left the battlefield as brothers. Although the legion they enlisted have swapped out several contingents by now, as external aid, they didn’t directly accept orders from any legion’s command. In their own words, they were here to gain real-world combat experience and would attack whenever there was a fight. Even when they were tired, sitting on the front lines and observing was an experience. Withdraw? No chance!
An intense four-day battle started to wear on Wesley first. His body was fine, but his eyes were not. The use of Observation Technique put significant strain on his eyes. After three days of continuous use, Wesley was blinded for several hours! At first, Wesley thought this was temporary but became frightened when he couldn’t see anything for over an hour, and even broke down in tears. At that time, his eyes were swollen like bells. Luckily, he brought plenty of medicine to relieve fatigue. Desperate, Wesley swallowed a handful of them and ended up dehydrated due to severe diarrhea.
Fortunately, the field medics on site were very capable and treated his diarrhea after a combination of harsh words and medication, eventually restoring his eyesight.
As for Chef and Mosquito, these two didn’t draw any special attention. Both were naturally talented fighters, though their styles were a bit unconventional. Still, they quickly found their roles in the squad. During the four days of conflict, they coordinated with Wesley to take down an enemy Dragon Knight, winning the praises from the commander in charge at the time, Vice Captain Lin Qi of the First Legion.
Of course, Wesley collapsed shortly after that.
"Okay, that’s our story from the past few days. Brother Long, you can start laughing now."
Mosquito casually recounted the tale with his usual dry humor, exaggerating the details about Wesley’s ordeal, but merely glossing over his own and the Chef’s actions.
Poor Wesley, still feeling weak, could only manage a few feeble grunts in protest.
Watching the trio, Long Yi noticed a large wound on the Chef’s back and another on Mosquito’s arm. Apart from these, they had several minor injuries. Wesley fared better on the battlefield and was excellent at self-preservation, even though he’d had his fair share of misfortune.
During their time on the Gentle Wind Plain, Long Yi was most worried about these three. As brothers, Long Yi was usually the first one into the fray, while these three took a backseat. This time, Long Yi let them step up, especially these three rascals, which made him quite uneasy.
But it seemed that his concerns were unfounded.
As for the Chef, he just smiled at Long Yi and didn’t say anything. He did sound a little curious, though, "Brother Long, you suddenly showing up here can’t just be to watch us make a fool of ourselves, right?"
Long Yi nodded, "The war is nearing its end. If we don’t seize this opportunity to jump into battle, we might have nothing to do for a long time."
The three brothers were clearly taken aback by Long Yi’s words which seemed rather odd to them. What did he mean the war was nearing its end? Was the Black Dragon surrendering? Impossible! Was the White Dragon surrendering? Even more unlikely!
"Don’t worry, you’ll know soon enough."
Having escorted the Demon Beast back to the Imperial Research Institute, Ai Lin and Isrile returned to the front lines with Long Yi and Little Zi, intent on checking on the three brothers. Now that they knew the trio were okay, it was time for someone else to step into the next battle!
The Commander of the Black Dragon Empire had always looked down on the Dragon Knights from the White Dragon Empire, seeing them as too weak. These stubborn White Dragon Empire Dragon Knights were no match for those of the Black Dragon Empire. Even though the white knights were more numerous and had better formations, they still hadn’t been able to push back the Black Dragon Empire’s lines. On the contrary, the balance of power was gradually tipping in favor of the Black Dragon Empire!
Today, the commanding officer of the Black Dragon Empire decided to launch a heavy attack! He meant to etch this day into the memories of those pitiful knights from the White Dragon Empire!
On the battlefield, almost no White Dragon Knights could defeat Black Dragon Knights in a one-on-one duel. However, the White Dragon Knights mastered the application of battle arrays more proficiently. If it were just a grand melee, even double the number of White Dragon Knights may not suppress the Black Dragon Knights. Yet the battle arrays were a real headache.
The so-called battle array is just a fancy name for coordinated airborne attacks. During offense, they fully utilized attack gaps to launch saturated attacks. During defense, they combined different attributes of different dragons or different habits of Dragon Knights to maximize their defense, achieving the effect of one plus one equal to three.
No doubt, even Long Yi found these coordinated attacks dizzying. After all, Long Yi was born in the age of radar, where early warning aircraft and other radars could detect enemies before the human eye. If you were facing a technically superior enemy, it was possible you wouldn’t even see them before they disappeared from the radar. Despite this, Long Yi had honed his dogfighting skills. What he admired the most were air knights who could use dazzling techniques to play their enemies to death in the sky.
Aside from personal technique, the world of Dragon Knights also required mastery of another technique, the "battle array". This was something that Long Yi had not yet mastered, as he had never led such a large team into battle before.
This was Long Yi’s first time witnessing such a large-scale Dragon Knight battle. The last time either the White Dragon Knights got beat up, or the Black Dragon Knights were on the run. Now, under a vast battle line, the Dragon Knights fought all over the sky, a sight that got Long Yi’s blood pumping!
It was visible that the Black Dragon Empire had sent more Dragon Knights this time. These Dragon Knights were more fierce, and their numbers far exceeded the past!
Long Yi hadn’t taken flight just yet, but soon he noticed that the White Dragon Empire’s side was starting to falter!
Especially at one point, the Black Dragon Empire had thrown in even more Dragon Knights! They were aiming to rip open a gap in the battle line there! Once they tore the battle line open, their Dragon Knights could swing around to the rear and launch an attack!
"Let’s go, Bajie! It’s time for the main character to take center stage!"
Roar!
With a thunderous roar, the gigantic body of the Demon Abyss Dragon surged into the sky! To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Readers on mobile devices, please go to m.qidian.com to read.
