But just then, a dense cluster of red dots suddenly shot out from the horizon! Looking closely, they were a swarm of ferocious-looking moths, winged, and as massive as the Demon Dragon Moth!
Only these moths were entirely fiery red, just like that swarm of Fire Dragon Lizards! Even more terrifying was the astonishing speed at which these moths flew, perhaps not inferior to the Demon Dragon carrying Xing Chen and the others!
In the blink of an eye, they were within a thousand meters of the Demon Dragon! "Damn it, it's the Fire Dragon Moths," Nya gritted out in frustration.
"They're charging!" Lan Qi stared intently at the rapidly approaching Fire Dragon Moths, contemplating a feasible strategy! The current situation made rescuing Daluo seem impossible; they themselves might be completely enveloped by this swarm of Fire Dragon Moths!
"Don't you have any way to deal with moths?" Xing Chen couldn't help but be greatly shocked! "Although the Demon Dragon has aerial combat capabilities, facing such a large swarm offers no chance of victory," Nya said tensely.
"Only the Phoenix Knights can handle the Fire Dragon Moths, but our Niro contingent isn't equipped with mounts specifically for aerial combat!" "Phoenix Knights," Xing Chen was momentarily stunned. What in the world was that now!
Did that mean Wolong Villa possessed some even more specialized aerial combat class! But now was clearly not the time to dwell on such matters!
At extreme speed, the distance of several thousand meters was closed in the blink of an eye! And almost simultaneously with their approach!
Countless dazzling light orbs, large and small, shot forth like precision-guided missiles, hurtling toward them! It was the attacking maneuver of the approaching Fire Dragon Moths!
Completely unlike the Demon Dragon Moth's method of relying on physical impact, these Fire Dragon Moths could actually unleash attack magic resembling explosive fireballs! Whoosh!
The sky-covering barrage of explosive fireballs slammed into the front of the Dragon in an instant! Danger!
Fire magic intensity fifty thousand, quantity one thousand! Approaching!
Lan Ye had automatically activated upon spotting the Fire Dragon Moths. Facing this overwhelming onslaught of explosive fireballs, it immediately rendered the most accurate data analysis!
Disaster! Xing Chen gasped in shock!
If struck, no matter how formidable the Demon Dragon's transformation, it would surely be blasted into ash! But just then!
A heaven-shaking roar suddenly erupted! The rapidly flying Dragon spat out a colossal fireball of intense flame!
This immense fireball acted like a shield. It instantly collided with the dense mass of explosive fireballs!
Crash! Rumbled!
Then followed a series of muffled explosions! It turned out that the explosive fireballs unleashed by the Fire Dragon Moths were all intercepted by the massive fire attack from the Demon Dragon!
Xing Chen had never witnessed such an astonishingly powerful magical collision before. But the Fire Dragon Moths' assault was ceaseless; after the first wave was blocked, the second wave of explosive fireballs approached in a flash, giving the Dragon absolutely no chance to catch its breath!
However, the Demon Dragon's capabilities were also exceedingly potent! Its wide mouth operated like a machine gun.
Dozens of massive fireballs shot out with astonishing density and speed! No matter how concentrated the Fire Dragon Moths' attacks were, they could not breach the Demon Dragon's defense!
This unbelievably aggressive style of combat left Xing Chen wide-eyed and dumbfounded! It was even faster and more astounding than modern fighter jet aerial combat!
However, Xing Chen could clearly sense that the magical energy on the Demon Dragon was rapidly diminishing! It was evident that the continuous interception of the Fire Dragon Moths’ attacks had severely depleted its magical reserves!
Just as Nya had warned, if this continued, the Demon Dragon would certainly perish! "There's no choice, I'll take the lead!" Lan Qi stood up and ran toward the rear of the cockpit!
"Are you planning to engage those monsters in aerial combat?" Xing Chen was greatly surprised! "If we don't eliminate them, we can never reach Uncle Qiao's location," Lan Qi swiftly ran to the back of the cockpit.
"But! How can you manage alone!" Xing Chen exclaimed.
But before he could say anything more! Lan Qi had already burst open the hatch behind her!
"Don't worry, she'll be fine," Nya assured him. Whoosh!
A dazzling burst of light instantly exploded! Like a firebird spreading its wings, it shot past the Demon Dragon and slammed into the dense swarm of Fire Dragon Moths ahead with astonishing velocity!
"Ah! What is that!" Xing Chen was utterly horrified!
This girl had just charged forward so recklessly! Did they intend to take on those Fire Dragon Moths single-handedly!
Xing Chen was struck dumb by Lan Qi's formidable combat style; those were fearsome monsters numbering over nine hundred! But before Xing Chen could recover from his initial shock!
Over a dozen Fire Dragon Moths had finally broken through the Demon Dragon's fiery interception and closed in! And those dozen intensely powerful explosive fireballs sped toward them with terrifying speed!
Seeing the Dragon about to be directly hit! Xing Chen's face changed drastically!
He was about to smash open the hatch and rush to the rescue! Bang!!
A dazzling white light flashed instantly! The dozen approaching Fire Dragon Moths suddenly exploded into a cloud of crimson mist in the air, disintegrating into fragments.
From the mist swiftly emerged a figure clad in exotic, ornate purple armor. Within the golden radiance, the precise appearance of the armor was obscured, but the massive wings on its back and the continuous jets of light-flames it spewed were exceptionally dazzling.
Like a celestial god of war from ancient myth, it inspired an irresistible urge for reverence and worship! It was Lan Qi, who had unleashed her Phoenix Wings!
Holy cow! That was incredibly cool!
Xing Chen's eyes almost popped, stars twinkling—who knew this reserved young girl could be so fiercely formidable! With a single stroke of the sword, she had sliced a dozen Fire Dragon Moths into pieces!
And after obliterating the dozen Fire Dragon Moths, she didn't pause for a second! She shot forward like lightning!
In the midst of the scattered crimson fragments, only a faint trace of purple light remained! This terrifying speed was unheard of!
Far superior to the Moon Shadow at its peak! But this was only the beginning!
What followed next truly opened Xing Chen's eyes! Countless Fire Dragon Moths charged forward recklessly!
And the sky full of fire orbs rained down like a torrential storm! But the streak of purple light in mid-air gave them no chance to get close!
Like a sea swallow darting through a storm! It weaved and darted with amazing speed, traversing and soaring freely!
Every flash, every impact! It brought forth a chain reaction of light explosions!
Wherever it passed, flesh and blood flew apart; the massive Fire Dragon Moths barely managed to scratch this terrifying warrior! A single pass through their bodies, and they detonated instantly.
In just two minutes! The area around the Demon Dragon was completely empty; not a single flying Fire Dragon Moth remained in sight.
And Lan Qi, having cleared the immediate threat, flew directly toward the Fire Dragon Moth swarm still pressing forward in the distance without turning back! My heavens!
So! So strong!
Xing Chen's mouth hung open, utterly speechless from being stunned by such a display of might. "As expected of Lan Qi," Nya seemed unfazed.
"She's always so wildly aggressive in battle." "She's like a completely different person from when she's calm!" Xing Chen murmured to himself! Appearances can be deceiving; the ancient sayings held true after all!
It seemed the powerhouses of the Wolong World were not limited to just the twelve Golden Warriors; the Shadow Moon Clan and the Morning Star Clan must also have allies of comparable strength to have contended with them for so many years! This Lan Qi was merely the tip of the iceberg for the Shadow Moon Clan!
Xing Chen's understanding of the Wolong World became clearer, and at the same time, he felt lost about the prospect of rescuing Xing Ye and Xing Zhan in the future. To think he had once delusionally planned to infiltrate Wolong Villa single-handedly—now, it seemed ridiculously overconfident!
But fortunately, he had found such powerful allies in the Niro Tribe. This indicated that luck was still on his side!
As Xing Chen was lost in thought! Suddenly, another large cluster of red dots burst forth from the cloud layers on both sides!
Alert! Massive fire energy fluctuations approaching!
Average intensity, eight thousand; quantity, four thousand! Lan Ye rapidly reported a set of startling data!
"Ah! There are still this many!" Xing Chen was startled!
"Damn, we're surrounded." "Insolent!" A crazed look flashed in Nya's furious eyes. "Demon Dragon, ram them away!" Roar!
As if receiving Nya's command! The flying Demon Dragon let out a heaven-shaking roar!
Then, its originally crimson body flashed with intense red light, and its two massive wings flapped furiously at an astonishing frequency! Two blurs of flame suddenly burst forth!
And the Demon Dragon's colossal body, impossibly, accelerated once more in an instant! Crash!
Boom! The Fire Dragon Moths that suddenly emerged from the clouds hadn't even had time to attack or complete their encirclement!
They were blasted apart by the impact force generated by the Dragon's terrifying speed! Under the azure sky, the Demon Dragon’s massive silhouette shone with crimson light, like a comet piercing the atmosphere, speeding toward the horizon!
That was close, we were almost completely trapped, Xing Chen sighed in relief! But it seemed they rejoiced too soon.
The swarm of Fire Dragon Moths that the Dragon had burst through remained glued to their tail, pursuing relentlessly! When it came to speed, the Fire Dragon Moths were by no means inferior to the Demon Dragon!
Xing Chen was about to emulate Lan Qi, prepare to open the hatch and meet the challenge! Just then!
A streak of purple light shot forward from ahead—it was Lan Qi, who had noticed the perilous situation and was turning back to provide aid! It was still that brutally direct, head-on assault!
In the blink of an eye, the dense swarm of Fire Dragon Moths was smashed to pieces! "Hah!!
That was close!!" Nya finally breathed a sigh of relief. "If it had been any later, we'd be dead." The sudden aerial engagement thus concluded!
The purple streak of light traversing the sky curved in a graceful arc before flying directly back toward the Demon Dragon! Thud!
The rear hatch opened! Then, Lan Qi walked back in!
However, Lan Qi was clearly in bad shape now! Having removed her mask, her face appeared abnormally pale, and she couldn't even stand steadily!
And Nya seemed to have expected it, rushing forward to meet her! "What is going on?" Xing Chen asked in alarm!
"Sit still and don't move," Nya helped the swaying Lan Qi secure herself in the seat! Only then did Lan Qi's pale features settle slightly!
"The battle just now," Nya explained, "Lan Qi activated the Flame Burn, which consumes the most stamina and battle qi. Her physical energy, spirit, and battle qi are severely overdrawn.
This is the side effect after every fight." "Flame Burn, then," Xing Chen finally began to understand! It seemed this so-called Flame Burn must be a cultivation technique similar to the Ten Thousand Demon Limit, allowing one to unleash immense combat power in a short time!
No wonder Lan Qi was so fierce just now; it turned out to be at the cost of extreme exhaustion and depletion of physical energy, spirit, and battle qi. "She has no combat capability left now," Nya said with a wry smile.
"The rescue effort later will depend on the two of us."