Chapter 167 Annihilation of the Air Cavalry

Many people never give up until they see the Yellow River, relying on their numerical advantage to challenge the Darkwing Dragon, but soon, they realize how foolish their actions are.

Miserable screams echoed through the sky as the airspace descended into chaos.

"What's going on? Do you need assistance?"

"Nirvana Flame is here! Stay far away and don't come over!" Chonglou shouted urgently in the team chat.

"How's the situation over there?"

"Answer quickly!"

A Wind-Eroded Mist Bird spat out a mouthful of black mist, the thick, heavy black fog spreading in all directions, immediately reducing visibility.

"Nirvana Flame, we can't see anything!"

"Everyone, be careful not to hurt our own people!"

Nie Yan activated Eyes of Truth, locking onto several flying mounts that were about to escape, and pounced on them.

The chaotic scene lasted for more than ten minutes before the black mist slowly dissipated, leaving only the members of the Niu Ren Tribe in the vicinity.

"Report the results!" Nie Yan said in the team chat, looking into the distance. Several mounts had already flown further and further away, and they couldn't be caught.

"We took down a total of sixty-three flying mounts, but they got away with some."

"The black mist lowered visibility just now, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to escape!"

"What a pity!"

The members of the Niu Ren Tribe were extremely annoyed. With their combat power, they could have completely annihilated the enemy.

"What was that flying mount that spewed black mist just now? The range was so wide," Shui Se Yan Tou asked in the team chat.

"It's a Wind-Eroded Mist Bird. Our guild has one too. Its attack power isn't great. It's a support-type flying mount. The black mist skill is very annoying. At its strongest, it can cover a radius of more than three hundred yards in black mist," said Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan.

"Pay attention next time we encounter one," Nie Yan said. Most flying mounts have their own unique skill characteristics, so they had to guard against these unexpected skills.

"Hurry down and collect the Crystal Cores, don't let others take advantage of us!"

The team members landed one after another, preparing to obtain the Crystal Cores.

Nie Yan took out a handful of Dark-type Crystal Cores from his backpack and threw them to the Darkwing Dragon. The Darkwing Dragon took a few bites and swallowed them directly.

Looking at the Darkwing Dragon's status, it was still far from the ninth rank. These Dark-type Crystal Cores were like eating fried beans to it; it didn't feel anything at all.

Experience told Nie Yan that feeding Dragon Crystals now would be ineffective. He would feed it Dark-type Crystal Cores first, and when the Darkwing Dragon grew to the peak of the eighth rank, he would feed it Dragon Crystals!

Nie Yan took out another handful of Dark-type Crystal Cores and threw them to the Darkwing Dragon.

"Have all the Crystal Cores been collected?"

"All collected."

"Give me any extra Dark-type Crystal Cores you have," Nie Yan said in the team chat. The Darkwing Dragon was a big consumer of Dark-type Crystal Cores. An ordinary flying mount would eat one or two Crystal Cores and need at least a week or two to digest them, but the Darkwing Dragon felt it never had enough.

"Nirvana Flame, what are we going to do next?"

"Split up and clear all the flying mounts above Okoron City!" Nie Yan said. War was imminent, and mastering the airspace was absolutely necessary.

"Alright, let's get to work!"

"You guys split into two teams, and Yao Yao and I will be in one team," Nie Yan said. Splitting up would help expand the search area. The other flying mounts of the Niu Ren Tribe had all gone to the front lines, so they could only rely on themselves on the Okoron City side.

Soon, the teams were divided.

After assigning the teams, Nie Yan saw that Can Lan Dao Guang looked a little worried and asked, "Dao Guang, is something wrong?"

"The main force of Angel Corps' air cavalry hasn't been found on any of the battle lines. All that's over Okoron City are these small fries. It's a little unusual," Can Lan Dao Guang said.

Nie Yan smiled slightly and said, "Your concern is reasonable, but this is Okoron City, our territory. If we encounter a situation, immediately retreat into the range of Okoron City's long-range weapons, and nothing will happen."

"We're divided into three teams, so our combat power is dispersed. I don't know if there will be any problems," Can Lan Dao Guang said worriedly.

"Dao Guang, you're thinking too much. It's fine. On Okoron City's territory, we'll kill one if one comes, and kill them both if a pair comes!" Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan said confidently.

The morale of the crowd was high, and Can Lan Dao Guang didn't want to dampen everyone's spirits, so he said to Nie Yan, "Nirvana Flame, I have to remind you that Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group have invested far more in flying mounts than we have, and for a long time, you haven't summoned the Darkwing Dragon. Angel Corps' flying mount force should be no less than ours."

Nie Yan nodded and said, "I understand, but since their flying mounts have already arrived in Okoron City, we have to give them a show!"

Guo Huai sent a message saying that there were a total of nearly seven Angel Corps flying mount teams here, about seven hundred or so, and the flying mounts were not high-level. Clearing them out would reduce the pressure on the battlefield below a lot.

After the widespread use of the AOE magic bomb, bombing from the air had become one of the main tactics, so air supremacy was becoming more and more important. To prevent these guys from throwing AOE magic bombs and creating chaos after the war started, they had to be eliminated first.

Nie Yan stood in the sky and looked down. The ground below was covered with people from Angel Corps. A red signal flare flew into the sky, reaching a hundred yards in the air, and then exploded with a bang, illuminating the area with red light.

This was the signal to start the war!

"Boss, they're about to make a move!"

"We don't have much time, everyone move faster!" Nie Yan said in the team chat.

The three flying mount teams searched separately for Angel Corps' flying mounts. Soon, another melee broke out in the sky, with flying mounts falling from the sky from time to time, most of them being Angel Corps' flying mounts.

On the battlefield below, high-level ballista catapults began to bombard the walls of Okoron City, and the goblin magic cannons on the walls began to fire back.

Bang bang bang, the iron projectiles from both sides fired at each other. Once hit, they would immediately send the enemy flying.

The siege machines of both sides would fire at each other for at least several dozen minutes before it was the players' turn to play.

In the Angel Corps camp, some shamans and paladins began to chant spells to create small magic-forbidden zones. Creating a magic-forbidden zone could protect warriors when they charged. Within the protection range of the magic-forbidden zone, warriors would not have to fear enemy magic attacks. However, the small magic-forbidden zone had a relatively small range, only about two or three yards in radius, and could only protect against magic, not crossbow bolts.

Nie Yan could see the entire battlefield very clearly from the sky. The ballista catapults and goblin magic cannons below were fiercely fighting each other, the scene was spectacular. The areas bombarded by both sides were completely shrouded in dense flames.

"Guo Huai, report the losses!" Nie Yan sent a message to Guo Huai.

"More than fifty goblin magic cannons were lost, and more than ten ironclad catapults were lost. Angel Corps probably lost more than twenty ballista catapults!"

In terms of cost, goblin magic cannons were not comparable to ballista catapults at all. Ballista catapults were the most expensive of all war machines, so the losses on both sides were almost the same.

In the dense artillery fire, thousands of warriors, protected by paladins and shamans, charged towards the city walls like a tide, along with war machines such as siege ladders.

"All mages use AOE magic, and the rest use city defense giant crossbows to shoot the paladins and shamans!" Nie Yan said in the guild group chat.

Countless arrows densely shot towards the players charging towards the walls of Okoron City. Once an arrow hit, the players were carried away by the arrow and directly pierced through.

Even someone with as high a defense as Nie Yan wouldn't dare to take the power of the city defense giant crossbow head-on, let alone these ordinary players.

Most of those shot by these city defense giant crossbows were paladins and shamans. After the paladins and shamans were shot, the warriors and other units clustered around them were immediately exposed to the mages' magic. One AOE magic after another, these people were immediately knocked down in large numbers. Only less than a tenth of them were able to reach the foot of the city wall.

One siege ladder after another was placed on the city wall, and some warriors climbed up the ladders.

"Mages use fire-type AOE magic, boiling oil, and logs!" Nie Yan glanced down and continued to calmly command.

A wave of flames descended, the flames raging. One siege ladder after another was burned down, and huge logs fell from the sky, knocking the players flying out.

Angel Corps' first wave of attack was repelled, and both sides entered a temporary rest. It was estimated that the next wave of attack would be launched soon. The most deadly forbidden spells of the war had not yet appeared. This was just the beginning of the war. The real war was still to come.

Angel Corps seemed to be waiting for something. Nie Yan could be sure that since Angel Corps dared to attack Okoron City, they must have some fatal tricks up their sleeves.

The flying mount teams led by Can Lan Dao Guang, Shui Se Yan Tou, and others had already fallen into a melee. In terms of flying mount level, they had a certain advantage. Coupled with excellent coordination, they beat Angel Corps' flying mount team to a pulp.

Everything was developing in a good direction.

"Nirvana Flame, Angel Corps' flying mounts have been discovered over there," Xie Yao said urgently.

Nie Yan looked in the direction Xie Yao pointed and found a team of more than a hundred flying mounts. They were from Angel Corps!

"You cooperate with me, and we'll intercept them!" Nie Yan said. With the combat power of the eighth-rank Darkwing Dragon, he could completely ignore ordinary fifth- and sixth-rank flying mounts. No matter how many came, they would only be courting death, not to mention Xie Yao's phoenix assisting.

"Okay," Xie Yao nodded in response.

Perhaps they had discovered Nie Yan and Xie Yao, those from Angel Corps fled to the north. The Darkwing Dragon's size was too obvious. As soon as they saw the Darkwing Dragon, they lost all desire to fight.

Nie Yan drove the Darkwing Dragon to accelerate and pounced on those flying mounts.