Chapter 527: 415
Long Yi was already fighting with all his might. Lingling transformed into a crystal greatsword, constantly heavily injuring the opposing Dragon Knights with each swing of the blade.
Yes, heavily injured but not knocked over.
These Dragon Knights had extraordinary strength and amazing self-healing abilities. If they were not killed quickly, they could recover in the blink of an eye!
No good! Can’t fight anymore! There’s no way to win!
Long Yi had originally thought this battle was going to be difficult, but he never imagined it would be to this extent! The Dragon Knights of the Black Dragon Empire were proving to be exceedingly troublesome.
Long Yi’s previous attacks on the Black Dragon Empire were mostly aimed at the undead warriors. However, these Black Dragon Knights, the foundation of the Black Dragon Empire, have continued to get stronger!
"Little Zi! Help!"
Without delay, Little Zi flew out, with thirteen female demon avatars heading towards different battlefields. The addition of the female demons seemed to ease the situation on the battlefield. But as soon as the female demons joined the fight, a halo immediately lit up atop each Dragon Knight and their Mount Dragons!
"It’s a psychic barrier!"
Little Zi shouted.
As expected, Long Yi bitterly smirked, the Black Dragon Empire had completely prepared to prevent Little Zi from joining in!
"Little Zi! Inform the commander! We can’t win! We must retreat!"
Little Zi didn’t move, but told Long Yi, "Brother Long, the commander has just fallen from his dragon."
"Fallen from his dragon? Wasn’t he in the rear?"
"No, he tried to bolster morale by leading from the front, but ended up falling from his dragon. It seems like he’s only heavily injured though..."
"Damn it! We already have me here. Couldn’t he just stay put and give out his orders? What bloody morale was he trying to boost?"
Long Yi cursed openly. At that moment, two Black Dragons rushed at him, spewing their stinky Dragon Breath, and from within the breath, two sharp Fighting Aura blades exploded out!
"Damn it, these Dragon Breath-Aura slash combos are quite slick."
Long Yi counterattacked with two of his own Fighting Aura slashes, relying on his innate skills to shatter the incoming ones. At the same time, Bajie spewed out hot molten iron to retaliate, forcing the Black Dragon Knight in front to divert its head to dodge. But several self-destructive beetles, the size of fists, were flung at him.
Boom! Boom!
The beetles exploded in unison, their powerful impact knocking a Dragon Knight off his dragon. Below, a mosquito suddenly appeared, its razor-thin sword piercing the back of the Dragon Knight’s neck. Dragon Power, aided by the Nine Mosquito Dragon’s toxins, erupted inside the Dragon Knight’s brain. Despite this, the Dragon Knight managed to retaliate, sending the Nine Mosquito Dragon and the mosquito flying.
The Giant Swallow Dragon, who was providing cover, sucked in its breath. This immense suction directly pulled the mosquito into its mouth!
"Spit!"
Almost instantly, the Giant Swallow Dragon spat out the mosquito.
"Are you okay?" The chef, currently directing the different beetles, shouted.
The mosquito clutched his chest, his expression pained.
"Don’t worry, I won’t die. Also, you absolutely shouldn’t ask me what I saw in that guy’s mouth!"
As time passed, Long Yi’s frown deepened. Dragon Knights from both sides kept falling from the sky, but more from the White Dragon Empire!
Every time a Dragon Knight fell, screaming, it was as if a weight dropped on everyone’s hearts. As more and more Dragon Knights fell, the entire legion’s morale plummeted rapidly! As the morale dropped, the enemy attacked even more relentlessly!
We absolutely can’t go on!
"Retreat!" Long Yi suddenly roared.
The Dragon Knights who were engrossed in the fierce battle didn’t know what was going on, but those who felt their limits fast approaching instinctively began withdrawing with reciprocal cover as if they had just grabbed a life-saving straw.
Strangely enough, when the Dragon Knights of the White Dragon Empire returned to the border, the Dragon Knights of the Black Dragon Empire didn’t give chase. They just silently returned to their own lines.
This battle.
We definitely lost.
There were no more smiles on the faces of any Dragon Knight atop the battlefield.
"Brother Long, the results have been tallied," whispered Wesley into Long Yi’s ear.
"How is it?"
"Thirteen Dragon Knights killed in action, two Giant Dragons dead, one hundred and seventy six heavily injured, and a thousand and thirty lightly injured." Wesley’s voice was trembling.
"All this in just a short while?"
"Yes...."
"What about the enemy?"
"I don’t know the specific details, but from what I’ve seen, only about three have died and they were all around you. The heavily injured probably exceed twenty, mostly burned by Bajie’s Dragon Breath. The lightly injured... they don’t really count as injuries," said Wesley.
Long Yi silently nodded, staying quiet.
The atmosphere was oppressively tense.
Long Yi had done his best, but the warfront that stretched for tens of kilometers was simply not something he could control.
Long Yi took the middle, with Ai Lin and Suolin on each side, and the female demons harried the enemy.
Long Yi had done all he could.
But it proved futile.
In this overwhelmingly dragon knight showdown, the White Dragon Empire had no opportunity whatsoever.
The expressions on the dragon knights’ faces had evolved from utter confidence to despair, all within an hour’s time.
All those present were battle-hardened soldiers, they knew crystal clear that this was a completely uneven battle. The enemy’s strength was too dominant. It seemed as if they hadn’t even unleashed their full power yet!
However, their White Dragon Knight was already at the end of his tether.
The knights sat there, deep in thought, not sure what to do. Some optimistic soldiers attempted to cheer on their comrades, but were met with stony silence.
At that moment, noise erupted.
"Where is Long Yi! Where is Long Yi!"
As Long Yi turned around, he saw a knight in commander’s armor rushing towards him.
He was the acting battlefield commander of today’s battle, Vice Captain Bruto from the First Dragon Knight Legion.
"Was it you who ordered the retreat?" Bruto yelled at Long Yi.
"Yes, it was me," Long Yi admitted.
"You’re the disgrace of the Empire! Not only did you overstep as a commander, but you also ordered a retreat before the outcome was clear? You’re nothing but talk, claiming to be the strongest. Is that all you’ve got?"
Long Yi slowly stood up, towering over Bruto. Suddenly, Long Yi gripped his helmet, causing the steel to warp under his hands, sticking it to Bruto’s head. With brute force, he twisted his head towards the resting knights.
"Come, gaze upon your knights with those dog eyes, Vice Captain Bruto. Using that pathetic brain of yours, tell me, what do you call an unclear outcome?"
Every knight was watching, and Bruto’s eyes twitched violently.
"Bastard, how dare you insult me?"
Bruto roared.
"Screw your claim of insult! Instead of dutifully formulating tactics in the rear, you rush to the front to give your head to the enemy? Didn’t you fall and embarrass yourself in less than five minutes into the battle after your grandstanding? Where’s your tactical prowess? Your on-field adaptability? Can’t you see your knights are being suppressed and suffocated by the enemy? And now you have the audacity to say I’m insulting you? Open your goddamn eyes! Look at your soldiers! Look at the fear in their eyes! Tell me what is an unclear outcome! The outcome is clear! You lost! Lost!! Lost!!!"
Long Yi’s voice reverberated like a hammer, striking heavily against everyone’s chest. A few female dragon knights couldn’t hold it in and started crying.
Yet, Long Yi laughed.
"Do you see this, Vice Captain Bruto? Your cowardly dragon knights, they’ve all been scared to tears."
The words were a harsh blow.
"Bastard!"
Bruto loudly cursed while the knights glared furiously at Long Yi.
"Yo? What? Unhappy? Unconvinced? Unsatisfied? Screw that! You all have the nerve to glare at me? Look at how you all acted just now! You were all scared, weren’t you? Completely scared shitless, weren’t you? How come, you’re not scared of me? I’m much stronger than those Black Dragon Knights, why aren’t you scared of me? Ah! I see, it’s because you know I won’t kill you, right?"
Long Yi tossed Bruto aside, and Ai Lin immediately helped him up from the side.
"This bastard, I’ll kill him!" Bruto was struggling, but Ai Lin softly said, "Vice Captain, please calm down, things are not as you think they are."
The natural affinity of Fairy Dragon made Bruto instinctively stop struggling, of course, snickering Little Zi on the side definitely helped too.
"Are you upset with me too? Coward?"
Long Yi came up to a dragon knight, holding a crying female knight in his arms.
That dragon knight glared fiercely at Long Yi because it was him who made his girlfriend so sad.
"Judging by your face, you’re obviously upset. Why? Because the coward in your arms is crying?"
"You’ve gone too far, Long Yi!" the dragon knight stood up and shouted.
"Shut the hell up and sit down!"
With a kick, Long Yi knocked the two of them down.
"Oh, you got guts? But weren’t you quivering with fear just now? Not me though!" Long Yi laughed, "Let me see, poor girl, injured. Don’t worry, you might die in the next battle, so you better not waste your bandages."
As he spoke, Long Yi walked up to the next person.
"Huh? Are you also glaring at me angrily? Are you also unhappy with me? Why is that?" Long Yi gripped the collar of the person in front of him, pulling him up.
"Answer me! Why are you coward upset with me!"
"Because you’re insulting us!" the Dragon Knight shouted.
"Me, insulting you?"
Long Yi was taken aback.
Then he threw a punch at the Dragon Knight’s face.
"Nonsense! I’m insulting you? I’m merely stating the facts! You’re all a bunch of cowards! Ultimate bloody cowards!" Long Yi roared. (To be continued. If you like this novel, I invite you to vote for it on qidian.com, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
