novelraw Chapter 526: Dominating the High Skies
Chapter 526: Dominating the High Skies
Li Wei ignored the fleeing Fierzway, as well as the dozen or so Tier-3 Night Rangers he had discovered in the surrounding area.
These people couldn't stir up any trouble.
At this time, he continued to patrol the surroundings and didn't find any overly powerful Rangers capable of threatening him. Even if there were, could they fly into the sky?
The Level 5 Sky Eagle was truly too useful!
This transformation provided Li Wei with an additional +5 Perception, as well as talent buffs like Eagle-Eye Vision and Motion Tracking.
After all, this was the true purpose of the Path of Druidic Transformation. If it were merely a change in appearance and the only use was being able to fly, then wouldn't transforming into an eagle be pointless?
In fact, these various transformations all had their own advantages. The Level 6 Dire Bear could provide an additional 60 points of Strength in one breath, +12 Blood Burn, and came with talent skills like Earth Tremor and Pounce.
The Level 5 Forest Wolf provided +5 Perception, +3 Blood Burn, and excelled in forests and mountainous terrain.
The Level 6 Hound also provided +3 Perception, along with +6 Delusion Breaking.
The Level 6 Rat provided +1 Perception, +90% Magic Immunity, and could break lock-ons in the instant of transformation.It could be said that up to this moment, Li Wei's Druid Card had finally formed some real combat power.
At this moment, he flew directly towards the south. This was the direction of Karndorf Fortress. Under the Eagle-Eye Vision, everything was clear at a glance. Even from forty to fifty miles away, Li Wei could clearly see the subtle expressions of the soldiers standing on the troop carriers.
At the same time, he could also see Li Yue leading the Blazing Legion charging forward in a Six-Stage Charge formation, truly fearless!
Six hundred heavy cavalrymen were divided into six battalions, each commanded by a Thousand-man Commander, with a distance of three hundred meters between them. This was exactly like the Six Dragons Rotation, Cloud-Turning and Rain-Flipping Grand Array. Even calculating based on each battalion only being able to unleash Legion Skills twice, destroying those two Overlord-class Troop Carriers would be a piece of cake.
What's more, those three hundred heavy cavalry veterans could continuously unleash Legion Skills three times. That was equal to fifteen Legion Skills; no schemes or tricks could stop that.
Unless Mountain Eagle Parker could bring out one of those Eldritch Weapons that depleted Sanity.
But clearly, Li Yue had also considered this point, which was why the six hundred soldiers of the Blazing Legion were divided into six parts. The Frost Legion, the Guard Legion, and the Ranger Legion were following the battlefield from the rear.
Additionally, Hathaway's Sequence Four Holy Magic could also somewhat save their collapsing Sanity.
Next, Li Wei began to accelerate. With a casual flap of his wings, his speed easily surged to two hundred kilometers per hour. Then, in just these short dozen seconds, he caught up to and surpassed the Blazing Legion, while also basically scouting out the general situation within Mountain Eagle Parker's army.
He didn't spot Mountain Eagle Parker, but suddenly a dozen falcons flew out from over there. Among them, four were Druids, and one of them even possessed a Five-Star Druid Card; the rest were four-star.
They took to the air, seething with killing intent, presumably intending to intercept Li Wei.
And at this moment, a faint, elusive sense of danger finally arose in his heart. Mountain Eagle Parker indeed had a hidden trump card.
To be honest, at this moment, Li Wei still felt a tiny trace of hesitation in his heart.
The warning from that Career Advancement Official of the Nine-Star Council still echoed in his ears, and the scene of him nearly being captured as a hunting pet by Polymorph was still vivid in his mind.
But all of this ultimately vanished into thin air in the face of Li Wei's +25 Perception.
Because he possessed this confidence: those whose perception was higher than his couldn't fly into the sky.
And those who could fly into the sky didn't have perception higher than his.
Even if the opponent with the Five-Star Druid Card had transformed into a Level 6 Magic Great Eagle, his perception was only at 18 points. This meant his normal perception was only 12 points.
With just that, I'd be a fool to be afraid of you.
Of course, having said that, Li Wei still cautiously summoned Adai, having it shrink into a sparrow and hide within his feathers, waiting for an opportunity for a sneak attack.
At this moment, sooner than it takes to tell, that Level 6 Magic Great Eagle opposite him had already charged up. Its flying speed must have been approaching three hundred kilometers per hour. Impressive!
Previously, when fighting against the Maclay Legion, this Druid had wrought slaughter in the skies above Karndorf Fortress, almost without rival!
The key was that he also knew magic!
Yes, in just the blink of an eye, a Sequence Three Wind Blade went 'swish' and flew right past Li Wei's forehead. A Druid who knew magic—this was almost as unfair a cheat as Li Wei himself!
However, it wasn't a big problem for Li Wei.
His +25 Perception could clearly sense the opponent's process of gathering and transforming mana, and even the subsequent trajectory.
Therefore, all he needed to do was slightly angle his wings in advance.
Following this, four or five consecutive Wind Blades missed their target. Li Wei passed by this Druid in mid-air, and without stopping to turn around, he accelerated and continued flying forward. If I can't deal with you, can't I deal with the others?
But just as Li Wei used this opportunity of passing by each other to increase his speed and open up the distance, that Level 6 Magic Great Eagle surprisingly executed a somersault. Nimbly, flexibly, steadily, and at high speed, it completed a 360-degree turn and chased after Li Wei.
Good heavens, truly formidable.
But so what?
His super-strong perception allowed Li Wei to leisurely dodge and evade in mid-air. For a time, he flew elegantly and unhurriedly high in the sky, as if taking a stroll on a spring outing. Meanwhile, the Level 6 Magic Great Eagle, due to frequently accelerating, decelerating, and changing directions, looked like a giant fool flapping around blindly.
It was likely already seething with rage.
And at this time, the raptors that the other three Druids had transformed into also surrounded him, coordinating with over a dozen four-star hunting pets. This was relying on numerical superiority for a group beatdown.
Ah, exactly what I wanted.
Mere four-star hunting pets—a single Air Current Impact from him would send them rolling their eyes, completely losing control, stalling, and plunging downward.
As for those three Druids wanting to encircle and intercept him, sorry, I was just warming up earlier.
He brazenly played a game of threading the needle among these four transformed raptors.
Occasionally swinging a claw or slapping with a wing, having a blast.
However, although it seemed like playing, Li Wei had already fundamentally grasped their abilities, especially the pattern of the Level 6 Magic Great Eagle's Wind Blade magic. Thus, in the split second of weaving out of the encirclement once again, Adai suddenly struck without warning, directly freezing one of the transformed raptors in front of Li Wei.
Almost simultaneously, Li Wei's figure dodged, and a Wind Blade shot over from behind, directly hitting the frozen transformed raptor and forcing it back into its original form, half-dead. That Level 6 Magic Great Eagle was also formidable; he forcefully retracted his subsequent Wind Blade magic. Although it was unknown how he managed it, right at this moment, Li Wei abruptly ended his transformation, and Adai opportunely transformed into giant wings, appearing beneath his feet. Almost at the exact same moment, a silver Great Frost Bow appeared ghostly in his hands. Feel the gale!
Without needing any physical fletched arrows, in an instant, nine Frostbolt Arrows shot out. The target: that Level 6 Magic Great Eagle!
The maximum effective range of these Sequence Two Frostbolt Arrows was less than a hundred meters, but the problem was that the seething Magic Great Eagle chasing Li Wei was only about forty or fifty meters away from him. Therefore, he simply had no chance to react, even if his Wind Blade magic could be executed at his whim and unleashed in a heartbeat.
Because it was too fast, and completely unexpected!
This was the deterrence of the Six-Star Ice Ranger Bow. Within a hundred meters, nine arrows in one second, as fast as lightning!
"Bang!"
The nine Frostbolt Arrows instantly formed a layer of frost on the Magic Great Eagle. Although it shattered in the next second due to its formidable strength, it didn't matter. Li Wei only needed that one second.
Because at this time, he had already swiftly swapped to a 5-Star Anti-Magic Arrow. The silver Great Frost Bow was radiating boundless light at this moment, and phantoms reflected on the ice-like bow body: Farmer, Hunter, Woodcutter, Scout, as well as fierce beasts and flying birds.
This was Destiny Resonance, this was the roar of his Origin!
An invisible power, like a formless giant hand from the deep void, directly locked onto the Magic Great Eagle's magic core. You, a Druid, actually know magic?
Did you think your Grandpa Li was just in a good mood playing hide and seek with you?
Wrong! That was only to figure out your secrets.
Now that everything is brought to light, what will you do?
Accept the gift of fate!
In that instant, the Magic Great Eagle decisively reverted to human form. This was an unfamiliar stranger who had never been seen before. To remain undetected by Li Wei for the past ten months, never showing his true face, proved just how well Mountain Eagle Parker had protected him.
Unfortunately—
As the phantoms dissipated like quicksand high in the sky, the body of that thirty-something stranger exploded. He likely had two Sequence Four Magic Sigils on him, along with other protective buffs, but it was all useless.
Simply because the person standing before him was a Tier-3 Light Ranger wielding a Six-Star Artifact Bow!
In an instant, a Seven-Star Gold Card and a Purple Card burst forth. Seven stars, huh? Never died before?
Wait, there was also a black-and-white grey card!
What was going on?
Li Wei wasn't quite sure; this was his first time encountering it. But this was no time to think further, because below, Li Yue had already led the First Battalion of the Blazing Legion to begin accelerating. The battle on the ground was about to commence.
With two casual arrows, he shot dead the two transformed raptors who were already scared out of their wits. These kinds of Druids running up to the sky were just acting as targets, completely subjected to a dimensional strike!
By now, the entire airspace was ruled by Li Wei.
Especially since he was currently at an altitude of three thousand meters. Even if there was an incredibly awesome Ranger sniper, they couldn't do much against him.
Distance was truth, distance was king.
He had a commanding presence, but what about you?
And at this time, Li Wei was not holding back. Standing on Adai's back, he grabbed a large handful of ordinary four-star fletched arrows and unleashed a frantic barrage at Mountain Eagle Parker's army on the ground!
With the super-fast firing rate of the Six-Star Artifact Bow, he didn't even need to activate Destiny Resonance in this situation. He just needed to shoot fast and shoot accurately, and that was enough.
A casual draw of the bow started at Mach 2.
And before those heavily armored infantry, cavalry, or whatever other messy things on the ground preparing to meet the Blazing Legion's charge could even react, the terrifying fletched arrows had already descended from the sky.
Even Five-Star Enchanted Heavy Armor couldn't withstand them, because these fletched arrows were basically shooting straight down into the tops of their skulls. One arrow meant one bursting watermelon, one arrow meant one large firework!
Hiding inside the war chariots was useless.
Especially those enemy operators manning the Enchanted Giant Ballistae on the ordinary war chariots—they were the hardest-hit disaster zone.
Li Wei poured down the rain of arrows to his heart's content, feeling an unprecedented exhilaration. The feeling of the enemy only being able to take a beating without being able to fight back was truly too wonderful.
In just a short three minutes, Li Wei fired five hundred arrows in one breath, almost destroying all the Enchanted Giant Ballistae carried on the enemy's ordinary war chariots, and killing or wounding over three hundred people. This directly sparked a minor panic within the enemy ranks.
If Tancred's two hundred Crimson Knights had possessed this level of support that day, they wouldn't have died so quickly and so miserably!