novelraw Chapter 568: Earth Dragon Cavalry
Chapter 568: Earth Dragon Cavalry
Looking at the full six very special purple drop cards radiating blood-red light that dropped and were then automatically collected by the supervising power of the Nine-Star Council, Li Wei and Hathaway fell deep into thought.
Happiness came too suddenly!
Previously, when he noticed a mage casting nature magic, Li Wei ordered the Blazing Legion to travel at full speed; no matter what, they couldn't fall into the swamp.
As for him, he rode Adai and took Hathaway into the sky to clear the way, wanting to see if they could find the mage casting nature magic. Killing him would make everything simple.
After all, eight hundred third-tier knights were an unstoppable existence on the plains, unless the enemy deployed a massive concentration of heavy troops.
In the end, he and Hathaway had just strolled over towards the Whispering Forest when they bumped right into these six unlucky bastards.
Three fourth-tier rangers, one of whom was a Radiant Ranger, while the other two were of Aurora and Dawn quality respectively. Coupled with three fourth-tier Druids, this luxurious lineup could have killed Li Wei several times over on the ground.
"Sigh, these are all lessons. Hathaway, take note of this and take it as a warning. They forgot the first rule of scouts: never operate in an environment you are unfamiliar with."
Li Wei was very emotional, feeling that these six brothers died too unworthily, doing an injustice to their own strength.
"You're actually getting emotional about this? Aren't you also flying in the sky?""Is it the same? I have 75% All-Element Magic Immunity, plus Adai, a sixth-tier jackdaw, and you, a third-tier ice spellcaster. You guys are my environmental comfort zone. Their mistake was not bringing a Cryomancer along. If they had, they could have ascended to an altitude of at least twenty-five kilometers."
"Would that make any difference? Adai can directly ascend to fifty kilometers. In a word, they shouldn't have come up to the sky."
As Li Wei and Hathaway spoke, they weren't in a hurry to return. At this moment, they were already over a hundred kilometers away from the Blazing Legion's position. The situation on the Blazing Legion's side wouldn't be transmitted to the Pioneering Card immediately, because in just these short ten-odd minutes, at least ten 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Cards had been activated from all directions. The enemy was veiling the battlefield; these methods were very arrogant!
However, Li Wei was not anxious. No matter where the enemy came from, and no matter what ideas the enemy had, thinking they could crush the Blazing Legion before the ground turned into a swamp was a joke!
Because this time, he had even disguised Mark, the Six-Star Paladin, as a Blaze Knight and brought him out, deceiving even most of his own people...
Therefore, the most urgent task wasn't to return to defense and assist the Blazing Legion in battle, but to find that mage who was still casting nature magic and accelerating the temperature rise in the area.
This was the most fatal part. Once the ground became a swamp, the consequences would be unimaginable.
But finding this mage was a bit difficult. If the opponent was hiding in the Whispering Forest, the difficulty would increase even further.
Thus, Li Wei was also quite anxious.
"Li Wei, I keep feeling like something isn't right. This is very likely a comprehensive ambush targeting us. It's probably too late for us to go looking for the mage casting nature magic now. So I want to try and see if Adai and I can work together to channel the cold air from the high altitude down to the ground, using it to counteract the opponent's nature magic."
Hathaway suddenly spoke up at this moment.
"Is that feasible?"
"I'm not sure, but it's better than us searching aimlessly. Also, I need Adai to fully cooperate with me. Right now, I can only cast Sequence Four ice magic, but he can cast Sequence Five ice magic. Moreover, he has a stronger ability to draw upon Frost Mana, while I possess more precise control. By combining our efforts, the effect might not match that of a Fifth-tier Epic mage, but creating a commotion equivalent to the peak of a Tier 4 Legend will absolutely not be a problem. If nothing unexpected happens, we'll be able to lower the temperature within twenty minutes."
"But you have to go back to the Blazing Legion. Without you, the Royal Guard cannot obtain the 75% All-Element Magic Immunity."
"In short, that's the situation. Do you want to take a gamble?"
"Anyway, no matter how fast the Blazing Legion is, it's impossible for them to run out of this basin within twenty minutes. But do you think you can find that mage and kill him within ten minutes? What's more, the nature magic will continue to take effect, and the situation will only get worse."
Hathaway began to feel somewhat anxious, whereas Li Wei remained calm.
"Alright! Let's do that then! Also, this isn't called a gamble. I guarantee they can hold on for thirty minutes, so don't panic. As for the enemy, it's impossible for them to dispatch Sky Druids to try and blockade the sky again in the short term; they aren't that extravagant."
Li Wei offered a few words of comfort and gave instructions to Adai. Only then did he directly transform into a Level 6 Sky Hawk and fly towards the direction the Blazing Legion was galloping.
Almost at the exact same time, more than fifty kilometers away, eight hundred Blaze Knights followed the Blazing War Standard. Like a rolling sea of fire, they galloped wildly at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour, completely ignoring the accumulated water on the ground that was nearly a meter deep.
The Gold Cards and Purple Cards dropped by the magical Giant Crocodiles that had been killed by the twelve Legion Skills were swiftly scooped up by the Royal Guard sitting on horseback. The Purple Cards would be put away, while the Gold Cards were kept for rescuing the wounded and restoring condition.
Because the upcoming moment was the most difficult!
"Maintain speed!"
"Listen to my command!"
At the very front of the Blazing Legion, Jocelyn rode a Five-Star Warhorse, seemingly one with his steed. Raging flames constantly surged all around him. His spear pointed straight ahead, as if piercing through an invisible force field, cleaving through the accumulated water on the ground!
Behind him, Duan Bowen held the Blazing War Standard high, riding side-by-side with Javier, following closely behind Jocelyn.
In the third row were Seth, Paul, Chang Wei, and Victor—four people.
The fourth row consisted of six people, and so on and so forth. This was a standard Arrowhead Formation.
The frontmost rows were entirely composed of Chiliarchs and Centurions riding Five-Star Warhorses. Not only did they serve as the spearhead of the charge, but they were also responsible for cleaving through the waves, pushing the water currents, and churning up massive waves at the front.
It was worth noting that Victor, the deputy commander of the Blazing Legion, was hiding very deeply among them. He hadn't even unleashed his full power from the very beginning. His entire person looked just like an ordinary Chiliarch, or perhaps a slightly more formidable Centurion.
This was to prevent the enemy from swiftly focusing their fire on the legion commander, which would affect the charge of the entire legion. The legion needed a qualified commander, especially in a state of combat!
At this moment, in just a short dozen seconds or so, the eight hundred knights of the Blazing Legion had once again pooled together a full-army Legion Skill through their rapid galloping, injecting it into the Blazing War Standard.
In theory, as long as they had enough stamina, and as long as they could continue running, the Delusion Breaking Destiny Grid could continuously gather Legion Skills.
But this time, the enemy wouldn't give them the chance.
"Roar!"
A peculiar, muffled roar suddenly sounded from the front, followed immediately by a massive, dark shadow smashing over!
It was like the charge of a Dragon!
It was the enemy's Legion Skill!
Jocelyn gave a loud shout, thrusting his spear forward at the same time. An identical Legion Skill was smashed outwards, and the two Legion Skills instantly clashed and annihilated each other!
The shadow dispersed. A phantom of the Blazing War Standard flew hundreds of meters into the air, illuminating the surroundings like a torch. They saw one hundred massive magical beasts rumbling towards them from the front. Their speed wasn't as fast as warhorses, but they were incredibly bulky; each one was the size of a locomotive!
Not only was their natural defense astonishing, but they were also clad in heavy, giant armor covered in sharp barbs and blades. Even a slight touch would result in severe injury, if not death.
And on the back of each magical beast, there was a five-man squad, with an Enchanted Giant Ballista mounted on it. What the fuck!
In the next second, one hundred special, giant ballista bolts flashing with intense magical light shot over.
Without a Legion Skill, they couldn't possibly block it.
But at this moment, Jocelyn actually turned his horse's head in advance with lightning speed, dodging these one hundred ballista bolts.
The Blaze Knights behind him also split uniformly towards the left and right sides!
Almost simultaneously, one hundred Royal Guards wielding tower shields also vaulted off their horses, forming a formation in an instant, their Legion Skill erupting with a boom!
An earthen-yellow phantom of a heavy shield rose up like a mountain, actually blocking those one hundred giant ballista bolts.
This scene happened too fast, too smoothly!
It made the knights of the Blazing Legion unable to resist praising it in their hearts.
Jocelyn and the others were able to do it because they were outstanding enough, achieving oneness between rider and mount, and cooperating with perfect tacit understanding. It would have been a strange thing if they couldn't do it.
But for the Royal Guards, who had always been treated like rookies, to actually be able to display such tacit understanding in that instant, executing a maneuver with a margin of error close to zero, was simply too extraordinary.
However, this was not the time for praise. The eight hundred knights of the Blazing Legion were like two water-parting flood dragons at this moment, flanking towards those one hundred giant beasts in front of them from the left and right.
A frontal charge against such massive magical beasts would be unwise.
There was no time to condense a Legion Skill now, but their dignified Blazing Legion didn't only know how to condense Legion Skills. It wasn't as if they didn't know how to fight without Legion Skills.
Neanderthal children, you push us too far!
In just a few short breaths, the two forces clashed!
Like an artillery shell heavily bombarding a mountain, Jocelyn charged and thrust his spear, blasting directly into the vital area on a giant beast's chest from a subtle, slanted angle!
With a boom! A thunderous explosion echoed!
The Five-Star Enchanted Spear in Jocelyn's hands actually broke apart, the collapsing enchantment power shooting outwards to form an instantaneous flash of light.
The Enchanted Heavy Armor worn by this giant beast was actually able to withstand this strike, because it was a full ten centimeters thick Five-Star Enchanted Giant Armor!
The Full Fate Resonance strike of Jocelyn, a Third-tier Dawn Knight, actually failed to break through it.
What the hell was this?
Jocelyn's vision went dark, and in the next second, he and his horse were overturned by the still-charging giant beast.
However, his reactions were very fast. He put away his Five-Star Warhorse at the first opportunity. He would rather die himself than let this Five-Star Warhorse die.
In an instant, the Earth Dragon giant beast stomped him into bloody mist...
And almost simultaneously, Javier behind him had accurately filled his position, thrusting his spear and bombarding the exact same spot.
But the spear still shattered. However, it had an effect; that extremely thick and heavy giant plate armor was finally blasted open with a crack.
At this moment, Javier immediately withdrew his Five-Star Warhorse, allowing himself to be stomped into meat paste by the giant beast's massive legs.
Because there was no time to change direction. Both sides were charging at maximum speed; if one strike couldn't break through, they could only leave it to the brothers behind them.
Everything happened in an extremely short period of time.
From Jocelyn's failed charge and falling in battle, to Javier, and then to the third person, Seth.
The entire process took less than three seconds. The three Chiliarchs of the Blazing Legion finally succeeded in piercing through that giant beast's massive chest armor. The instant the spear viciously stabbed into the giant beast's heart, the power of Delusion Breaking erupted, destroying its internal organs into meat paste with a single strike!
This giant beast let out a despairing shriek, but still carried its immense momentum forward for over a hundred meters before crashing to the ground.