Chapter 225: Chapter 5: Dragon Rider Commander-in-Chief vs. Plague Power (2)

He looked down at the ground, his voice suddenly turning grave:

“Her Highness Amilia is now the enemy’s prisoner. If we are to preserve her honor as an imperial princess and keep it from being tarnished…”

“Either,”

“we fight with everything we have to rescue her,”

“or,”

“we let her die a glorious death on this battlefield.”

The moment he finished speaking, Kuge spun around and roared at all the Dragon Cavalry soaring through the sky behind him:

“All troops, hear my command!”

“Launch an all-out assault!”

“Completely crush these enemies!”

“Find a way to rescue Her Highness Amilia during the attack!”

“If the enemy is ruthless enough to kill her, then we will fight with all our might to avenge her by killing even more of them!”

With that, three hundred Dragon Knights simultaneously activated “Dive Strike.” In an instant, they became a sky full of crimson meteors, smashing down from the heavens with the force of a thunderbolt and crashing violently into the center of Qin Feng’s formation.

Meanwhile, all of Qin Feng’s Divine Chosen Soldiers who had mastered “Archery Skills” drew their taut bowstrings, loosing a hail of arrows at the Dragon Cavalry as they came into range.

However, the diving speed of the Dragon Cavalry was simply too astonishing.

Many of the soldiers’ predictive shots were severely off-target. The arrows they loosed didn’t even graze the Dragon Cavalry, missing their intended marks by a wide margin.

Only a few exceptionally lucky Divine Chosen Soldiers managed to hit several dozen of the Dragon Knights.

But as Zero-star ordinary soldiers, the damage they could inflict with bows and arrows was extremely limited. It wasn’t nearly enough to pierce the gold-quality Holy Purple Gold Flower Armor worn by the Dragon Cavalry.

And if the arrows couldn’t pierce the enemy’s armor, it meant the “Plague Poison” that Diablo had imbued them with couldn’t seep into the enemies’ bodies and stack indefinitely.

Furthermore, the Dragon Cavalry’s fighting style was “One-Strike Evasion”—similar to a Cavalry unit’s group charge—and they would never linger on the dangerous ground for long.

Therefore, the Desert Demon Wolves, which could only fight in close quarters, had no time to inflict any effective damage.

They could only watch helplessly as the diving Dragon Knights easily ran through their comrades, then elegantly ascended again with a beat of their wings, leaving behind a field of carnage and enraged howls.

’As expected…’

’It seems we’ll just have to overwhelm them with bodies…’

As he pondered, Qin Feng decisively activated his “Arrow Rain” skill on the densest concentration of Dragon Cavalry. He then transformed the Poison Fang Bow in his hands into a deadly-accurate sniping weapon, firing one lethal, precise arrow after another at the Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry as they repeatedly dove and ascended.

The Divine Chosen Soldiers who saw his hand signal immediately adjusted their strategy, switching from “Aimed Shot” to “Random Shot.”

In an instant, the arrows that had been concentrated on one area transformed into an erratic, sky-filling volley.

Under such a dense barrage, even the exceptionally agile Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry, skilled as they were at dodging, could no longer escape unscathed. One after another, they were struck by arrows coming from all directions.

Although the arrows couldn’t yet pierce the Dragon Cavalry’s gold-quality armor, they just had to chip away at the armor’s Durability until the arrows could finally penetrate their bodies.

At that point, the terrifying “Plague Poison” would begin to stack, allowing the Ordinary Realm Divine Chosen Soldiers to inflict significant damage on the Extraordinary Realm Dragon Cavalry.

In addition, Qin Feng would find opportune moments to use his “Fear” skill. This temporarily lowered the armor rating of the Dragon Cavalry’s gear, allowing the Plague Arrows fired by the Divine Chosen Soldiers to pierce straight through their bodies.

Combined with his “Boiling” skill, which drastically increased his army’s attack speed, the hail of arrows blanketing the sky instantly tripled in volume.

The Dragon Cavalry, forced into an “Armor-Piercing State” by the Fear skill, had no way to dodge. They were forced to take the hits from the arrows carrying Plague Poison, collectively accumulating dozens of stacks of the “Poisoned” status.

Unfortunately, Diablo’s power was still at the Ordinary Tier.

The Plague Poison he commanded ultimately couldn’t overcome the fundamental suppression the Extraordinary Realm held over the Ordinary Realm.

As a result, the actual damage from the Plague Poison was significantly weakened by the Lord World’s Power of Rules.

Even with dozens of stacks, it couldn’t inflict serious harm on the Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry or cause their Life Value to drop below a safe threshold.

The good news, however, was that these Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry were not the Divine Chosen Soldiers of Lord Players. They didn’t possess the heaven-defying ability to fight at full strength regardless of their injuries.

Furthermore, Diablo’s “Paralyzing Poison” skill added a slowing debuff to the poisoned arrows.

Their mobility and damage output were both significantly hindered.

“This is… poison?”

“What a bizarre poison. Not only does it slow my movements, but the poisoned effect can also be stacked?”

At this point, Dragon Rider Commander-in-Chief Kuge had detected the “Plague Power” hidden within the arrows. Its terrifying ability to stack made him furrow his brow.

“Babbit!”

“You fall back!”

“Take this intelligence—that the enemy possesses a bizarre poison—to the Duke of the Northern Territory!”

“Have him assign a group of Alchemists to create armor and Extraordinary Potions specifically to counteract this poison!”

“Otherwise, this bizarre and terrifying poison will undoubtedly pose a grave threat to the Gulad Empire’s conventional Transcendents on future battlefields!”

Kuge’s assessment was correct.

The Plague Arrows from Qin Feng hadn’t posed a major threat to the Dragon Cavalry.

This was only because the Dragon Cavalry’s mobility and speed were simply absurd, and he lacked a top-tier, Extraordinary Realm Archer Corps that could handle such highly agile enemies.

But if the targets were the Gulad Empire’s conventional Transcendents…

…your Extraordinary Swordsmen, Extraordinary Gunners, Extraordinary Heavy Cavalry… a few volleys from his Divine Chosen Soldiers, who were merely ordinary troops, would instantly apply hundreds or even thousands of stacks of Plague Poison.

Even if each stack of Plague Poison only dealt a paltry 0.1 Poisoned damage, that would still be a terrifying loss of dozens, or even hundreds, of health points per second.

Who could possibly withstand that?

Meanwhile, Qin Feng had noticed the Dragon Knight, Babbit, actively disengaging from the battle.

But he paid him no mind.

After all, if these high-flying Dragon Cavalry truly decided to retreat as a group, no one on Qin Feng’s side could possibly stop them.

But they had only sent one person away.

This meant he was either delivering crucial intelligence or heading to the nearest Gulad City for reinforcements.

The former? It was pointless for Qin Feng to stop him.

They could just send another highly mobile Dragon Cavalry to deliver the message again.

The latter? Qin Feng had no reason to stop him.

He had already officially declared war on the Gulad Empire.

He would love nothing more than for more Gulad Legions to come die on his territory, only to be converted into captive units controlled by his Riding and Cutting system.

So, Qin Feng merely glanced at the Dragon Knight named Babbit before drawing his bow and loosing an arrow. It pierced straight through a member of the Dragon Cavalry who was diving toward him in an attempt to rescue Amilia.

Immediately after, he braced his Shield of Valor and tanked another Dragon Cavalry’s “Piercing” and “Dive Strike” skills, then swung his Champion’s Axe in a reverse sweep, cleaving his attacker in two.

Kuge: “…”

’The hell!?’

’Who is this guy!?’

’No wonder Her Highness Amilia was defeated and captured by these weak Forest Barbarians!’

’So they had such a powerful Divine Chosen Lord helping them all along?’

At this thought, the fiercely competitive Kuge felt his desire to win ignite. He immediately activated his “Dive Strike” and “Piercing” skills, coordinating them with the Wing Connection skill “Moonlight.” He transformed into a crimson streak of light and charged down toward Qin Feng’s position.

“Come on!”

“Let me see!”

“Let’s see just how you measure up to His Majesty, the Flame Emperor!”

Meanwhile, watching Kuge rapidly approach from mid-air, Qin Feng couldn’t help but break into a knowing smile.

’Heh…’

’I’ve been waiting for this!’

’Finally, the great Dragon Rider Commander-in-Chief is coming for me himself!’

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