Nie Yan equipped the Ring of the Weaver, the Ring of Webbing, and the Ring of the Jumper. He ran his hand along the blade of Zennarde’s Sword. Black flames flickered intensely, mirroring Nie Yan’s burning emotions at that moment.
Although the Darkwinged Dragon was powerful, facing off against twenty-six flying mounts simultaneously was still challenging. Many of these flying mounts possessed strong innate abilities. Once the battle started, Nie Yan couldn’t guarantee a certain victory.
If they waited any longer and reinforcements from Angel Empire arrived, the situation would become even more complicated.
Nie Yan issued a command to the Darkwinged Dragon. Letting out a deep, resonant dragon roar, the Darkwinged Dragon suddenly flapped its wings and ascended rapidly, then dove toward one of Angel Empire’s flying mounts.
The Darkwinged Dragon released its overwhelming dragon aura, causing all the lower-tier flying mounts on the Angel Empire side to panic and attempt to flee in disarray.
The members of Angel Empire quickly tried to steady their flying mounts.
Seeing Nie Yan make the first move, Hunter Fox revealed a sinister smile. Finally, it had begun! Earlier, he had instructed his subordinates to provoke Nie Yan into attacking first.
“Stay calm. He’s just one person, no match for all of us. Xiao Feng, Fantuan, you two flank him from both sides. Huolian, Mingyun, Feimao, attack head-on,” Hunter Fox commanded calmly.
Upon hearing Hunter Fox’s orders, those players exchanged glances. Although they were afraid of Nie Yan and the Darkwinged Dragon and knew they were just expendable bait, they still had no choice but to obey. If they refused Hunter Fox’s command at this moment, they wouldn’t be able to remain in Angel Empire.
Five flying mounts charged Nie Yan from various directions. Nie Yan glanced at them. Three were Venomous Dragonflies, two were Wind Serpents. Such low-tier creatures had no chance of defeating the Darkwinged Dragon—they were merely cannon fodder meant to wear it down.
Ignoring them completely, Nie Yan locked his sights on a Griffon and directed the Darkwinged Dragon to attack.
The player riding the Griffon saw the massive Darkwinged Dragon diving down from above, its claws made of solid steel descending rapidly. Instantly panicking, he realized that if the Griffon was struck, it would almost certainly die.
“Don’t flee! Attack the Darkwinged Dragon!” Hunter Fox shouted in the party chat.
Hunter Fox didn’t own the Griffon, so he didn’t care about its life, but the Griffon’s owner couldn’t bear to let it die in vain! The player riding the Griffon quickly turned to flee, still clinging to the faint hope of saving his mount.
But how could the Griffon possibly outrun the Darkwinged Dragon?
The Griffon had barely spread its wings and flapped a few times when the Darkwinged Dragon already descended upon it. Its steel claws struck the Griffon’s wings. Letting out a piercing shriek, the Griffon had its wings torn apart by the Darkwinged Dragon’s claws.
The Griffon screamed in agony as blood splattered everywhere, a horrifying sight.
If the player had fearlessly commanded the Griffon to counterattack the Darkwinged Dragon the moment it dove, although death couldn’t have been avoided, at least some damage could have been inflicted upon the Darkwinged Dragon. However, people naturally act out of self-interest. The Griffon’s owner was unwilling to let his mount perish and instinctively chose to flee first!
This was exactly why Nie Yan dared to face off against a player team with twenty-six flying mounts but was reluctant to provoke packs of wild flying creatures.
“Damn it, what an idiot!” Seeing the situation, Hunter Fox couldn’t help but curse.
This Griffon had died completely pointlessly!
The mighty Darkwinged Dragon used its steel claws to tear the Griffon apart.
“First one down!” Nie Yan’s lips curled into a cold smile, exuding a chilling aura.
Watching the Griffon’s body being torn into pieces, the Angel Empire players felt chills down their spines. This Darkwinged Dragon was truly terrifying.
“Boss Hunter Fox, it’s a level-seven flying mount!” One of Angel Empire’s members reported in the party chat.
Hunter Fox’s heart sank. Had Crazy Thief Nie Yan’s Darkwinged Dragon evolved?
How difficult it was for a flying mount to evolve! Usually, they needed to consume crystal cores to evolve, meaning countless flying mounts had to be sacrificed to cultivate a high-tier one. Even evolving a common level-three or level-four flying mount was extremely difficult, let alone the previously level-six Darkwinged Dragon! How had Crazy Thief Nie Yan managed it!
Now was obviously not the time to dwell on this question. With the Darkwinged Dragon evolved into a level-seven creature, their difficulty in dealing with it had increased dramatically.
As Nie Yan’s Darkwinged Dragon killed the Griffon, five flying mounts charged toward him. Under Nie Yan’s control, the Darkwinged Dragon suddenly descended in altitude, dodging past those flying mounts.
As the Darkwinged Dragon evaded the five flying mounts, Hunter Fox maneuvered his Void Ray to swiftly dart past from the side. The Void Ray opened its mouth and spat out a thick gray lightning bolt, striking toward the Darkwinged Dragon.
Void Lightning!
The Darkwinged Dragon was evading other flying mounts and had no space to dodge the Void Lightning. Hunter Fox had timed the attack perfectly. Watching the lightning bolt speeding toward the Darkwinged Dragon, Nie Yan’s heart sank.
He had no choice but to take the hit!
With a crack, the lightning struck the Darkwinged Dragon’s scales, crackling and sparking for a moment before fading away.
The Darkwinged Dragon remained unaffected and continued moving normally.
Nie Yan suddenly remembered—the Darkwinged Dragon had a certain magic immunity effect, allowing it to partially resist magical attacks.
Seeing the Void Ray’s Void Lightning hit the Darkwinged Dragon, Hunter Fox had expected at least a minor injury, giving the other flying mounts an opportunity to gang up on the wounded dragon. However, the Void Lightning had failed to injure the Darkwinged Dragon at all, leaving Hunter Fox stunned.
In the face of absolute power, the Void Ray’s attack seemed almost laughable.
The Darkwinged Dragon performed a rapid aerial roll, lunging onto a Wind Serpent and grabbing its belly. The Wind Serpent immediately coiled around the Darkwinged Dragon’s claw like a rope, trying to entangle it. But the Darkwinged Dragon yanked hard, tearing the Wind Serpent into pieces, blood spraying everywhere.
What terrifying strength!
This was a level-seven creature!
Nie Yan could clearly feel that compared to its level-six form, the Darkwinged Dragon’s power had nearly doubled, making it nearly invincible.
As several nearby flying mounts charged toward him, the Darkwinged Dragon carved a bloody path through them, tearing two apart. Although it had sustained some minor injuries, its wounds rapidly healed, leaving no trace behind.
Seeing a Griffon charging from the side, Nie Yan shot a strand of webbing from his left hand, sticking it to the Griffon’s feathers. His body shot like a cannonball toward the Griffon.
“He’s coming, take him down!” The mage riding the Griffon shouted in terror.
A barrage of magical attacks from surrounding mages shot toward Nie Yan, but all missed—he was simply too fast.
“Sixth one!” Nie Yan’s body reached the Griffon’s belly. He pulled out a bone spike and plunged it into the Griffon’s heart.
With a splash, a jet of blood erupted. The Griffon let out a piercing scream, struggling violently as it plummeted, throwing its rider off.
Nie Yan leapt onto the head of a nearby Venomous Dragonfly. Before the dragonfly or its rider could react, he pulled out another bone spike from his bag and stabbed it into the dragonfly’s eyes.
The Venomous Dragonfly twisted in agony, rolling violently in midair. A foul-smelling liquid sprayed onto Nie Yan’s body, causing his health bar to display several damage numbers. Nie Yan activated the skill from the Jumper’s Ring, leaping upward while drinking a master-level antidote potion.
The poison was neutralized. Nie Yan landed steadily on the back of the Darkwinged Dragon.
The Darkwinged Dragon veered sharply to evade an attack from a Black Eagle, but still got scratched slightly. The eagle’s claws scraped across the Darkwinged Dragon’s belly, leaving only a minor wound that healed within seconds.
The Angel Empire players grew increasingly frustrated as the battle progressed. The Darkwinged Dragon was just too overwhelmingly powerful. Magical attacks were almost completely ineffective against it. Ordinary dragon species already had strong magic resistance, and the Darkwinged Dragon was even more so—most of their spells simply missed. As for physical attacks, their level-four flying mounts were three tiers below the Darkwinged Dragon. Even if they managed to land a hit, it was like a mere tickle. Plus, the Darkwinged Dragon had an incredible self-healing ability.
The Darkwinged Dragon was simply too dominant in battle!
Angel Empire’s losses were mounting. Seven of their twenty-six flying mounts had already been killed, with three severely wounded and six lightly injured. Meanwhile, after taking over twenty attacks, the Darkwinged Dragon had only sustained minor injuries. Defeating it seemed increasingly hopeless.
The Darkwinged Dragon’s scales were now splattered with blood, blood raining down, spreading a strong, metallic stench of blood.
Seeing the blood-soaked, ferocious Darkwinged Dragon charging toward them, the Angel Empire players lost all will to resist and scattered in panic.
With Angel Empire’s forces collapsing, Nie Yan became even more ruthless in hunting down their remaining flying mounts. Spotting a Wind Serpent trying to escape, he shot another strand of webbing from his left hand, flying through the air and landing precisely on its back. His bone spike accurately pierced its vital spot.
Generally speaking, being stabbed by a bone spike would at least cause a minor injury. The more one struggled, the worse the wound became, eventually leading to severe injury and rendering the flying mount completely incapacitated.
The arcane mage riding the Wind Serpent saw Nie Yan approaching and tried to retreat in terror. Nie Yan swung Zennarde’s Sword, a black flame slicing across the mage’s neck, killing him instantly.
Seeing the battle situation completely collapse, Hunter Fox had no choice but to retreat on his Void Ray, fleeing eastward.
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