Chapter 188: The Black Jade Horseshoe Crab Insect
Tide invaded and launched an offensive and defensive battle in the western suburbs of Shenjiao City.
The powerful arcane mages headed by Christian Fury took battleships and airships to continuously bombard the insect tide in the sky and eradicate high-level spiritual insects.
Weak arcane mages like Duke, together with knights and mercenaries, relied on the defense line on the ground to hunt down the passing bugs.
boom!
The mage's hand grabbed a 1-ring spirit beast - the one-eyed spider. He did not crush it hard, but put slight pressure on it, squeezing the one-eyed spider bit by bit.
When the mage's hand dispersed, the one-eyed spider's body was generally intact, but the skin had been torn apart and the juice flowed all over the floor.
"Huhu." A smile appeared on Duke's lips.
Standing on the city wall, I pinched bugs with my mage's hands. After pinching countless bugs, I finally got the slightest grasp of the weight.
When the mage's hand is cultivated to a high level, it is basically equivalent to the arcane mage's third hand.
Duke is not yet in the realm yet, so he can only roughly grasp with the hands of the mage, crushing and grabbing the enemy to burst.
But as he continued to use the Mage's Hand, his understanding of the Mage's Hand became more and more profound, and his memory of the spell models became clearer and clearer. What followed was the control of the Mage's Hand. A little is increasing.
He turned his head and glanced at the city head not far away, where there was also a mage's hand slowly dispersing.
"It was the mage's hand that Lidman guided and used. All five fingers can move flexibly. It can be said to be extremely proficient."
He admired in his heart.
The usually serious and taciturn Tutor Lidman has profound attainments in both arcane arts and research, and may have the potential to advance to the third level.
"I still need to work harder!" Duke turned around and concentrated on using the magic hand.
The insect tide is coming fiercely, but unfortunately most of them are low-level spiritual insects, mostly at level 0, and there are also many at level 1, but spiritual insects at level 2 and above are very rare.
Therefore, in Duke's eyes, these spiritual insects are not enough for him to use the Sand Eagle Pistol. They are the best training tools for the mage's hands.
boom!
boom!
boom!
Spell casting speeds are getting faster and faster, spell casting accuracy is getting higher and higher, and the sensitivity of the mage's hands is getting higher and higher.
What followed was a rapid decline in the spiritual energy in the spiritual sea. The uninterrupted exclusive meditation method and the speed of absorbing free spiritual particles were far from making up for the crazy spell-casting consumption at this moment.
"Sir, please take a rest." The assistant Mulali, who was following behind, saw that Duke had sweat on his forehead and said quickly.
A discerning knight from the guard next to him also hurriedly came over: "Sir, I will take your place for a while, and you go and have a rest."
Duke did not show off, and after hearing this, he exited the city: "Okay. , Thank you very much. I will come and take over for you when I have rested."
After retreating, Mulali had already instructed her two followers to bring chairs and water and snacks so that Duke could have a good rest.
After resting for about a quarter of an hour, feeling that his spiritual energy had recovered, Duke stood up again to replace the great knight.
The mage's hand blasted out, squeezing the insects that rushed near the castle to death.
"It seems that the insect tide is no longer so ferocious." He keenly discovered that the number of spiritual insects attacking the city's defense lines began to decrease.
However, there are more spiritual insects of level 2 and above.
A large centipede suddenly burst out of the ground from the base of the city wall and began to climb along the wall, trying to break into the castle.
No one noticed this.
Only Duke, whose Dou Qi holographic screen was always on, accurately captured the position of this large centipede with the help of the large plants inside and outside the castle and the skill of idle breathing.
On the small map in the field of vision, small red dots representing large centipedes flashed rapidly.
Duke leaned out slightly from the city wall and saw the large centipede that was sneaking up on him. The mage concentrated his hands and grabbed the large centipede.
"Iron-Breaking Centipede, a 2-ring spirit beast with amazing destructive power, especially good at destroying metals. Common solidification arcana spells include 1-ring Rock Burst, 1-ring Fire Knife, 2-ring Rock Iron Shatter, 2-ring Fire Dragon Diamond, 2-ring Chaotic Space... ..." The information flashed across the Dou Qi holographic screen.
The next moment, the Iron-Breaking Centipede's head arched up, and the mage's hand seemed to be cut, cut into pieces, and quietly shattered.
"Second-level arcana - chaotic space!" Duke was slightly surprised.
Arcana has a strong elemental color, and the elemental attributes are roughly divided into seven types: earth, water, fire, wind, thunder, light, and darkness.
The chaotic space is the very rare arcana of light element.
Therefore, the spirituality of this iron-breaking centipede has a strong tendency towards light elements, and it is definitely a top-notch spiritual material.
"Mage's Hand!" Duke cast the spell again.
Not surprisingly, he was once again defeated by the chaotic space of the Broken Iron Centipede, and saw that the Broken Iron Centipede was about to rush to the city.
A sand eagle quietly appeared in Duke's hand.
When the Iron Centipede jumped up from the city wall and prepared to rush into the city, Duke held the sand eagle and calmly aimed at the Iron Centipede's head.
Puff puff puff...
A series of bullets were poured out, leaving no time for the Broken Iron Centipede to react, and blood blossoms bloomed on its head.
Snap!
The Broken Iron Centipede indeed landed on the top of the city, right at Duke's feet, but it could only twitch and twist, struggling wildly.
After losing its head, although it will be difficult to die completely for a while, it is no longer a threat.
Several knights rushed over and cut the struggling Broken Iron Centipede into several pieces, completely silencing it.
After taking a look at the corpse of the Broken Iron Centipede that was taken away by the knights, Duke's expression remained calm, but a trace of pride arose in his heart.
No spiritual beast below level 3 can withstand the baptism of the Sand Eagle.
Therefore, seeing the increase in high-level spiritual insects, Duke continued to use his mage's hand to increase his proficiency, while holding the sand eagle and continuously killing the spiritual insects that were not killed by arcane magic.
He has used the One Ring Sand Eagle several times in public places, and he is afraid that it has long fallen into the eyes of interested people.
So there is no need to be so particular about hiding things and keeping them secret.
With the help of Sand Eagle, he alone was able to repel the insect tide in the entire area. Unknowingly, fewer and fewer spiritual insects were attacking the defense line.
"Your Excellency Duke, Lord Penrose sent a message, asking all Arcane mages to board the airship and advance across the defense line to the suburbs!" Penrose's secretary Levski hurried over to convey Penrose's instructions.
Duke nodded.
Then he asked: "Where is the mentor?"
"Your Excellency is on the battleship Bibo, tracking the leader of this insect wave, the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon." "Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon
, what is that?" Duke was stunned and listened. It seems to be some kind of dragon, a legendary dragon creature.
"I don't know, but it seems to be a huge scorpion that has reached the 9th ring level. It was temporarily named the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon by the Union Tower. It is said to be blood related to the 7th ring Black Jade Scorpion King in Cuihai Valley." Leif Skye revealed the information he knew.
Duke quickly understood.
This so-called black jade horseshoe crab is probably the suspected 9-ring giant insect in Cuihai Valley, which was chased from Cuihai Valley to Shenjiao City.
"Nine rings!"
Duke exclaimed as he rushed towards the airship.
The 9-ring spirit beast can be called a sub-dragon.
The Cuihai Valley pioneering war should have gone smoothly, but a dragon suddenly appeared, which undoubtedly cast a shadow over the pioneering war.
"But..." Duke thought in his mind, "If I kill Yalong, I'm afraid I can create a more powerful family!" The
chief executive of the Union Tower, Keithon Furious Waves, was born in the Earl of Furious Waves family, and the bloodline inherited by the family, It is the blood of the Raging Wave Dragon that was eliminated when Shenjiao City was established in the past. It is the true 9-ring sub-dragon bloodline.
For small nobles like the Black Snake family, the family bloodline is the bloodline of the fifth-ringed spiritual beast - the multi-headed black-necked snake.
The gap is too big.
"Duke, your arcane weapon is really strong. Let me observe it sometime. I also want to forge an arcane weapon!" Shanfeis stood in front of the airship stairs, waiting for Duke.
Duke smiled: "Arcane weapons will not be loaned out!"
Arcane mages' arcane weapons are all their own trump cards, so how can they be shown to others.
Shanfeis was just joking because of his familiarity with Duke, so he quickly forgot about the arcane weapon and talked about the insect wave.
As he spoke, he went up the stairs and entered the lower cabin.
Assistant Vikas and others have already entered first.
While waiting for the airship to take off, everyone kept chatting around the insect tide, and soon they talked about the 9-ring spirit beast - the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon.
No one knows anything about this dragon.
So I can only spread my thoughts and talk about relevant content.
Blanc lamented: "The arcane mage Bernoulli was originally supposed to refine the bloodline of the 7-ring Black Jade Scorpion King as the bloodline inherited by the family. This time it was a blessing in disguise. I am afraid he had to replace it with the bloodline of the 9-ring Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon. "..."
"Isn't this the same bloodline as the Nutao family?" Shanfeisi replied sourly.
Galba shook his head: "I don't think so. Bernoulli is only a fourth-level earth arcane mage. It's not that simple to refine the blood of the sub-dragon!"
Oriana and Galba were somewhat ambiguous, and after hearing this, they immediately agreed: " Yes, if you want to be on an equal footing with the Nutao family, Bernoulli is not qualified enough." "
You are thinking too far." Assistant Vikas sighed, "I may not be able to win the black jade with my strength in Shenjiao City alone. Horseshoe Dragon."
"I agree with Vikas's guidance. There is one 5-level player and four 4-level players. This lineup is a bit weaker than the 9-level Yalong." Duke also expressed his opinion, ""Black Flood Dragon" It is recorded in the book "The Spirituality of the River Land" that the Battle of Shenjiao City..."
At that time, the one who occupied the large spiritual spring in Shenjiao City was the 9-ring spirit beast - the Raging Wave Dragon. In the end, it relied on the power of many arcane mages of the earth and ocean. The siege, coupled with the desperate sneak attack of Kirill, the arcane mage of the sky, finally killed the Raging Wave Dragon.
The Sky Arcana Mage is at level 6.
Kirill, the arcane sky mage who killed the Raging Dragon, was the first Earl of Raging Waves, the ancestor of the current Chief Consul of the Union Tower, Christian Raging Waves.
"If we can't beat him, Shenjiao City may be in danger." Vikas sighed again.
Assistant Leadman, who rarely spoke, suddenly said: "There is no need to kill the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab Dragon, just drive it back." "It's
difficult."
"If you adults dare to fight, how dare a mere insect have the courage to do so?" You dare to fight to the death!" Assistant Leadman snorted coldly.
No one could answer this, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Fortunately, the airship had already taken off and arrived above the insect swarm. Assistant Vikas immediately ordered: "Everyone enter the combat position and deal with the insect swarm first." The airship
has a battle cabin dedicated to arcane mages.
Duke entered the combat cabin with his own number. The cabin protruded from the cabin, and the protruding part was completely transparent, making it easy to observe the front, left, right and bottom.
Vikas and others have launched arcane attacks vigorously.
Duke also used his mage's hand to attack spirit insects on the ground or in the air. At the same time, he used the Dou Qi holographic screen to lock the position of spirit insects of level 2 and above.
Sand Eagle in hand.
Accurate burst shooting, within 500 meters, you basically need to hit where. Beyond 500 meters, you need to have a little prediction, and beyond 1 kilometer, you need to rely on luck.
"Enjoy it!"
Duke had a rare opportunity to show off his marksmanship without reservation, as if he were playing a shooting game on earth.
"It's a pity that bullet special effects have not yet been successfully developed, so we can only rely on ordinary bullets to kill insects."
If the bullet special effects are turned on, and blank bullets, shotguns, and armor-piercing bullets can be replaced at will, the efficiency of killing insects will be greatly improved.
However, to deal with spiritual insects below level 3, ordinary bullets are enough.
In addition, he also enjoyed "swiping" the mage's hand. If it weren't for the purpose of conserving physical strength and preventing the exhaustion of spiritual energy, he could still happily use it again.
"Be careful, there is a 4-ring spiritual insect in front of you - Vicious Hornet, a swarm of spiritual insects. It can stack armor and large wind wheels. It is best to attack with fire arcane magic." Each vicious hornet is like a calf, forming a giant wave in the sky
. Flying in groups.
Duke raised his hand and shot.
One of the Vicious Bumblebees was accurately hit. It can be seen through the scope that when the bullet was blocked by the Vicious Bumblebee, it turned sideways to avoid it, causing the bullet originally aimed at the head to hit the wing.
After its wings were shot through, the Vicious Bumblebee only swayed slightly before regaining its balance.
Then, as if he was angered, arcane light condensed from between his wings, and then two huge round wind wheels shot out.
Stimulated by this vicious bumblebee, several vicious bumblebees around them also began to condense arcane magic. The arcane light resonated with each other, and then the surrounding air was affected by the arcane resonance, causing vibrations like water waves.
Boom!
Around these vicious bumblebees, densely packed huge wind wheels appeared, and then they rushed towards Duke's airship with thunderous momentum.
"Hold up the shield!" Assistant Vikas, the commander-in-chief of the airship, shouted loudly.
The sound flows along the sound transmission pipe and into each combat cabin.
Duke responded quickly.
Actively guide the wonder of the arcane shield in the spiritual sea, condensing an arcane shield in front of the airship to act as protection.
But the real defense is the two-level arcane spells released by Vikas and Lidman respectively - Iceberg Shield and Steel Wall.
Boom!
Countless large wind wheels collided with the iceberg shield and the steel wall, annihilating each other. The remaining large wind wheels smashed the defensive arcane spells released by Duke and other level 1 arcane mages, but also wiped out most of the power, leaving only broken The wind blade hit the airship.
A large amount of spiritual gold was incorporated into the outer shell of the airship, and even the shattering wind blade could not break the outer shell.
A round of attack and defense ended in the blink of an eye.
Although Duke failed to take the lead and kill a 4-level vicious hornet with one shot, he was able to take advantage of their temporary delay when the vicious hornet released its arcane magic and shot a vicious hornet with a dozen shots. head.
"The shell of the Vicious Hornet is a bit hard... If you use armor-piercing bullets, you may be able to shoot them one by one and kill them casually."
Fighting on an airship is quite easy.
Duke can wander off at will to think about the shortcomings of Yihuan Shaying, so that he can ask Xiaoyi to improve it in the future.
As the battle continues, most of the vicious hornets on the perimeter have been cleared away.
Hiding behind the vicious hornet that remotely controlled the swarm, he was finally exposed to the range of the arcane attack, and Duke also aimed at the queen's head with great interest.
puff!
A precise headshot.
The result seen through the scope was a bit embarrassing. The bullet failed to break the eye of the queen he was aiming at, and did not even leave a wound.
"Not breaking the defense?" Duke was speechless.
At this moment, a thick beam of light, like a laser, shot out from the combat cabin under the airship and headed straight for the queen bee.
The queen bee was hit by the light beam, as if being burned by fire. Half of her body was scorched and one-third of her wings were burned off.
"This doesn't look like arcane magic..." Duke was startled.
Xiaoyi cannot give accurate information. In its database, there is no corresponding arcane spell that can be released like a laser sword.
On the contrary, it was Shanfisi's exclamation that provided him with the answer: "Guide Vikas, you are my god, so handsome! After I went back, I immediately asked an alchemist to help me cast the arcane weapon. You all There is an arcane weapon but I don’t have one!"
"It turns out to be the arcane weapon assisted by Vikas. It feels much more powerful than my first-level Sand Eagle. It should be a second-level arcane weapon." "Focus!"
Leadman said. Suke's scolding voice came.
Shanfisi chuckled: "Copy that."
The battle continued. As the arcane weapon assisted by Vikas appeared, the fourth-ring spiritual insect-Vicious Bumblebee was baptized by three consecutive "light sabers" and finally fell from the sky.
As he fell, he was hit again by the lightsaber.
Along with the lightsaber, there are free arcane spells by the arcane mages. Even Duke took the opportunity to use his mage's hand and pinch the queen bee.
I thought a little bit in my heart: "I won't break my defense, right? I'll pinch the shit out of you!"
With the death of these vicious hornets, the noisy insect tide slowly came to an end. After countless casualties, the remaining The insect finally chose to escape.
The Loop airship did not return to the castle immediately. A signal was passed from a nearby airship, calling on all airships to assemble to the north of the western suburbs.
"That's where Yalong is!" Assistant Vikas made a judgment, "Everyone, should we return or join the war?"
"Fight!" Shanfeis cried out, "Yalong, I want to do something He's a dragon-slaying warrior!"
"You must do your part." Director Lidman said coldly.
Oriana said slowly: "Go to the battlefield and take a look first. If the Yalong is too strong, we must ensure our own safety first." "
Yes." Galba immediately agreed, "The instructor didn't let us hunt dragons. If you go to fight, be careful."
Blanc made no comment.
Duke said: "If I don't take a look at the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon, I may regret it for the rest of my life. How many 9-ring spirit beasts will I see in this life?" Assistant Vikas synthesized
everyone's opinions and gave the order: "Then let's gather in the north of the western suburbs!"
Along the way, most of the airships were flying north of the western suburbs, but a few airships turned back and flew back to Shenjiao City.
Not all arcane mages have the courage to participate in the dragon hunting battle.
Without flying for too long, everyone saw through the telescope the fighting situation in the northern part of the western suburbs. A huge scorpion-shaped spiritual insect was walking casually in the sky, and it was extremely fast, rushing towards one airship after another. .
Behind him were several 5-ring Black Jade Scorpions, but the 7-ring Black Jade Scorpion King was missing.
The airship brigade is headed by the battleship Bibo. The arcane mage's shadow stands on the bow of the ship, constantly resisting the attacks of the giant scorpions.
Arcane brilliance illuminates the entire sky.
Meteorites fall from the sky, icebergs appear in the void, cyan wind blades can cut cracks in space, and blue thunder divides the world.
"Uh..." Shanfeis's voice sounded from the sound transmission tube, "Guide Vikas... otherwise, let's stop here, over there..." After a long silence,
Shanfeis continued. : "The scene was a bit huge. I was afraid of being accidentally injured by my teammates."
No one laughed at Shanfeisi.
Vikas directly ordered the airship to hover and did not dare to drive forward. The battlefield ahead was so destructive that approaching it would be the same as death.
"Turn around and be ready to evacuate here at any time."
The airship turned around on the spot, and Duke and others also left their respective combat cabins, came to the rear of the lower cabin, stood by the porthole, and silently stared at the battlefield in the distance.
"This is not a battle we can intervene in." Assistant Lidman murmured softly.
"The situation is a little bad. The airship in Bernoulli's Master Tower did not use the Ring of Projection to fight, and it lost too much combat power." "It should be
that the Ring of Projection was defeated by the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon when we were in Cuihai Valley." Du K said.
The ring of projection is a conventional combat method used by the Great Arcane Mage. It can rely on the ring of projection to fight thousands of miles away, effectively avoiding the danger of fighting in person.
Blanc couldn't help but curse: "This old guy wants to open up the Cuihai Valley, but he doesn't want to show up. He thinks that we, Shenjiao City, are his coolies!" "Watch your words." Vikas reminded
.
For an arcane mage, you must have basic respect. Even all the arcane mages in Shenjiao City are resistant to Bernoulli.
Blanc had a sullen face: "I know, I'm just not angry with him for treating us as his worms!"
Shanfisi flattened his mouth, equally angry and disdainful: "Do these bug guys like to hide behind so much? , If I were a fourth-level arcane mage, I would have gone head-to-head with the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon!"
Duke did not participate in the complaint.
He stared intently at the battlefield ahead, trying to record the war without missing a single detail, and then handed it over to Xiaoyi for analysis.
This battle will allow him to fully understand the strength of high-level arcane mages and spiritual beasts.
"The Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon looks like a scorpion, but there are obvious differences... The two most obvious ones are the chelicerae at the front end. The chelicerae of the scorpion is like a large pincer, but the chelicerae of the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon is like a A big knife with no forks."
Another obvious difference is the tail.
The tip of the scorpion's tail has a barbed sting, while the tip of the black jade horseshoe dragon's tail has a long needle.
"Compared to the ferociousness of the Black Jade Scorpion, the image of the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon is gentler." Duke thought in his mind.
However, the combat power of the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon far exceeds that of the Black Jade Scorpion.
The black jade scorpion following it was more like a younger brother cheering for his elder brother, and could not interfere with the battle between the airship brigade and the black jade horseshoe dragon.
There were several onlookers' airships, quietly raising flags around them.
The flagman of the Loop airship quickly captured the flag message and came over to report: "My lords, the nearby airship has invited us to besiege the lone Black Jade Scorpion." Penrose is not around, and
Vikas is the first commander of the airship, but he prefers Referring to everyone's opinions: "What do you think?"
Shanfeisi was the first to shout: "Siege, definitely besiege! If you can't defeat the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon, you can't defeat the Black Jade Scorpion?" This statement won everyone's approval
. unanimously agreed: "Indeed, we can't participate in the battle to hunt the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab Dragon. At least we can cut off a few Black Jade Scorpions and reduce the pressure on Sir Christian and others." Seeing this, Vikas immediately ordered the flagman: "Keep up with the surrounding airships
. Contact us and look for the lone Black Jade Scorpion to attack!"
"Yes, sir."
The flag bearer quickly responded to the surrounding airships with the flag language. About a dozen airships responded and quickly formed a hunting airship team to attack an injured Black Jade Scorpion around the battlefield. Surround and go.
This fifth-ring spiritual insect, the Black Jade Scorpion, had three of its legs blown off during a previous battle.
There was also a huge crack in the back armor.
It didn't know that danger was approaching, so it lay quietly on the ground and licked its wounds, preparing to choose an opportunity to join the battle again.
By the time it noticed it, a dozen airships were already floating around and began to launch a ferocious attack on it.
Because arcane mages of level 3 and above basically hunt Black Jade Horseshoe Dragons in the airship brigade, this airship team only has level 1 and level 2 arcane mages.
However, all arcane mages have communicated through semaphores, and the most powerful method is to meet once they meet.
Either the arcane spell that he is best at, or the arcane weapon that serves as a trump card.
Not to be outdone, Duke held a ring of sand eagle in one hand, keeping his arm steady with fighting spirit, and kept pulling the trigger.
The bullets were tilting crazily towards the injured back of the Black Jade Scorpion - only the injured area could be damaged by the bullets, and other places would definitely not be able to break through the defense.
"Shanfeisi is right!"
"If I can't beat the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon, how can I beat you?"
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