Chapter 550: Chapter 434: Armored Warrior
"Yeah!"
"Ow!"
On this side, the White Dragon Knights cheered wildly.
"All White Dragons, prepare for the second round of unified fire!" Long Yi was happy, but he didn’t join in the cheering. It was too early to celebrate!
In response, all the White Dragons drew in a deep breath.
Boom!
Fifteen hundred pillars of light were fired simultaneously. This time, the Black Dragon Knights on the other side were prepared, and they began to dodge up and down. However, some of the unlucky ones were unable to escape.
"Three! This time it’s three!" Wesley’s voice came through, and the White Dragon Knights erupted in excited cheers again.
"The enemy is approaching 500 meters!" warned Wesley once more.
"All White Dragons, discharge your Dragon Breath at will! Keep this up until the enemy comes near, then immediately switch to first tactic!" Long Yi bellowed, and Little Zi’s thirteen avatars of the Female Demon relayed his commands.
In response, all White Dragons set their sights on their own targets and launched their attacks.
In the past, the White Dragon Empire had never possessed so many White Dragon Knights. Most of the White Dragons were actually located in the Guardian Dragon Rider Tower of the White Dragon Empire, also known as the White Dragon Tower. For some unknown reason, Dragon Island was always stingy with the White Dragon Empire, resulting in a limited number of White Dragons in their possession. Conversely, the Black Dragon Empire and the Red Dragon Empire had nearly half their Dragon Knights composed of pure-blooded dragons.
However, the situation had changed now. With Long Yi’s technique, every Dragon in the White Dragon Empire had been transformed into a White Dragon. As a White Dragon, how could they waste such a distant bombing ability?
In the sky, beams of light crisscrossed each other, causing the Black Dragon Knights on the other side to suffer. The Black Dragon’s Dragon Breath only had a range of about 100 meters, and a majority of their Fighting Aura Techniques operated within this range. Yet, before they could get close enough to initiate close combat, the Knights of the White Dragon Empire had already launched at least four rounds of firepower!
Round wounds were burnt onto the bodies of the Black Dragons by the Dragon Breath of the White Dragons. Some wounds were even emanating a faint white light—a result of the compounded damage from the White Dragon’s Dragon Breath. This meant the damage infliction by the White Dragon Knights’ Fighting Aura techniques and Dragon Breath would be significantly increased. The more vibrant the glow, the more severe the damage.
But this effect was not permanent; depending on the strength of the Dragon Knight, it could last from a few seconds to several minutes.
"Those showing light from their wounds, retreat to the rear!" ordered a Black Dragon Knight, the battlefield Commander. As a commander, he was not a transformed knight. He had abundant combat experience and quick reflexes.
Black Dragon Knights were far more formidable than White Dragon Knights, hence the enhancement of their damages merely lasted less than 20 seconds. By taking turns bearing the brunt of the White Dragons’ breaths, the Black Dragons were closing in gradually.
"300 meters! 200 meters! 100 meters! They have entered the Black Dragon range!" Wesley shouted loudly.
"Execute the first plan right away!" commanded Long Yi.
In response, all the White Dragon Knights dispersed rapidly.
Yes, this was the first procedure.
Distant bombardment!
Since the White Dragon had such excellent prospect in terms of remote attack, why should they struggle hard? If they could not dispatch these opponents from a distance, would they be considered as a competent and experienced battlefield commander?
With a slight smile on his face, Long Yi watched the White Dragons scatter in all directions, while he remained in place on top of Bajie, observing the Black Dragon Knights who were charging from afar.
"Damn it! Target the White Dragon Knights! All personnel, avoid heading in Long Yi’s direction! Don’t enter his attack range!" the Commander immediately issued his orders.
The formidable ability of Long Yi was equally intimidating to the extremely confident Black Dragon Empire, hence avoiding Long Yi was unquestionably the right choice.
"Should we go and help?" Standing beside Long Yi, Ai Lin and Suolin watched the Black Dragon Knights enveloping the whole sky, converging towards the White Dragon Knights. They offered to assist.
"Not necessary for now, let’s see how our warriors perform!" said Long Yi.
The main point in the first tactic was to leverage the aerial combat maneuvers taught by Long Yi to dodge enemy attacks, widen the gap, and then use Dragon Breath to bombard the enemy from a distance. As White Dragons and Black Dragons were similar in sizes and eruptive force, neither could outrun the other if only speed was relied on. Hence, aerial manoeuvers were a necessity. For these White Dragons, the reserve of Dragon Breath was absolutely sufficient. Even an hour of high-intensity combat posed no problem. The only concern was to what extent these Dragon Knights could carry out the tactics.
Not only those on the battlefield were paying close attention to the fight, but also Yake and Tilian who were secretly watching from afar. Behind the battle lines, there was a massive array, above which floated a huge eye. Strangely, this eye was accompanied by tentacles and a big bloody mouth. This was the Evil Eye Monster, one of the reinforcements sent by Rongka, the Eternal Emperor of Hell, for Yake.
The Evil Eye Monster was well versed in psychic magic, but its most classic ability was its exceptional eyesight. As long as the environment permits, it could see far-off events clearly, and then project these on anyone it wished to share with through psychic magic. At this moment, everything the Evil Eye Monster saw on the battlefield was being transmitted to Yake and Tilian through psychic powers.
"These cowards, do they only know how to run?" Seeing the White Dragon Knights constantly manoeuvering in the air and attacking remotely through Dragon Breath, Yake wished he could catch them all and chop them into pieces!
"But apparently for them, this is the most suitable tactic," Tilian said.
"Exactly, it’s the most suitable tactic for the cowards!" Yake roared.
For many years, all the Dragon Knight fights had been close combats, initiated only after a bout of Dragon Breath. Even for those Dragon clans with long-range Dragon Breath, it was fired only two rounds. The White Dragon, however, possessing the farthest firing range, seemed about to change such circumstances.
The Black Dragon Knights were chasing desperately, while those White Dragon Knights who had deftly mastered the aerial manoeuvers taught by Long Yi easily avoided their pursuit. Not only could they also become pursuers, but they could also fire two additional rounds of Dragon Breath. At times when the two dragons crossed paths, they could utilize tactical position differences so that their Fighting Aura could strike their opponents, leaving the latter defenseless.
Watching the Black Dragons falling one by one, the White Dragon Knights seemed to gain the upper hand for a while!
We can win! We can win! We will definitely win!
The initial victory boosted the confidence of every White Dragon Knight. However, the Black Dragon Knights had no intention of waiting idly for their defeat!
"All Black Dragon Knights, launch your Dragon Breath missiles!"
"What?"
Dragon Breath Missiles were not a novelty; they were a signature ability of the Red Dragons. Concentrating the Dragon Breath into a missile and propelling it at high speed. Although its speed and accuracy were limited, it had a super long range of several kilometers, and the explosion affected a wide area with great destructive power!
All of the Black Dragons immediately raised their heads, as unprecedented Dragon’s Breath were brewing in their bellies.
A chance!
The White Dragon Knights immediately stopped moving, launching their full-strength Dragon Breath. Some of the closer Dragon Knights even went full force, clearly showing their Fighting Aura techniques. In a blink of an eye, several Black Dragons had fallen. But that wasn’t enough to stop the Dragon Breath Missiles!
All the Black Dragons turned their heads almost simultaneously, aiming directly at the ground forces behind them!
"Their target is our ground forces at the back!" Wesley yelled.
"Armored Soldiers, on my command! Use the Light Cannons to intercept anything that flies towards you!" Long Yi’s orders were instantly conveyed through the Female Demon.
At that moment, Yake was laughing heartily.
"That fool, Long Yi, even brought his ground forces along. Are you worried there won’t be enough men to die? Hahaha, I’ll grant your wish and ensure you all die a swift death!"
"No, Your Majesty, look!" Tilian said.
Through the Evil Eye Monster’s vision, from amidst the ground forces which were initially hidden under disguised piles of debris, slowly stepped out five hundred warriors in Battle Armor. And on their shoulders, were two cannons!
"Light Cannons?" Yake had early received the secret report about Long Yi obtaining some special Light Cannons that were extremely powerful. This was the first time he saw them in action.
The initial flight speed of the Black Dragon’s Dragon Breath Missiles was extremely fast, but after flying several kilometers, the huge air resistance slowed them down.
"Dragon Breath Missiles are within firing range! Ready the Light Cannons."
A Battle Armor-clad soldier shouted.
"Fire!"
Bamboo-thick beams of light shot out from the cannons, causing the Dragon Breath Missiles in the sky to explode, turning into clouds.
"Fire!"
Second round of concurrent fire.
"Fire!"
Third round!
In an instant, all of the Black Dragon’s Dragon Breath Missiles were shot down by the Light Cannons in mid-air!
"Damn it!"
Yake couldn’t believe his own eyes! He never put the Battle Armors high in his estimations yet they showed such destructive power!
"Your Majesty, it seems that this time, Long Yi came prepared. Perhaps we should retreat first..."
"Command the Dragon Knights to switch to the second state," Yake abruptly retorted.
"Your Majesty! The power of the second state is uncontrollable, and it significantly reduces the Dragon Knights’ intelligence. It will be difficult to reverse in a short time!" Tilian panicked.
"Can’t you hear my order! Command all Dragon Knights to switch to the second state! I want those White Dragon Knights dead! Immediately! Right now!"
Tilian realized that Yake had gone mad, and his advice was pointless.
So, he directly cast a spell. Almost simultaneously, the bodies of the Black Dragon Knights in front began to change. Thick black smoke enveloped them, and the sound of cracking bones coupled with screams echoed around.
"They’re transforming! Keep your distance immediately!"
Long Yi roared.
The White Dragon Knights immediately ascended higher into the sky. However, menacing black figures rushed out of the black smoke and quickly caught up with the ascending White Dragons!
Only when those black figures landed on the backs of the White Dragons did everyone see what they were.
They were dragon-shaped humans, with human-like limbs but a dragon’s head, horns, wings, and tail. They were extraordinarily muscular, even more so than the already muscular White Dragon Knights, and the Dragon-slaying Swords in their hands were almost twice the size of the usual Dragon-slaying Swords!
"Damn it, that bastard revealed his trump card quite fast!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
