Giant Dragon Lord: Starting from Daily Intelligence-Chapter 157 - 151: Save the Golden Dragon Plan
"AARRR..."
The Golden Dragon let out a cry of agony, its voice thick with outrage and confusion.
Its massive body lost all control, plummeting from the sky like a kite with a snapped string, straight toward the side of the hill below.
"CRASH!"
With a tremendous impact, dust and smoke filled the air, and shattered rock flew in all directions.
The mighty Golden Dragon had been caught completely off guard by the sudden Spiritual Shock, crashing heavily to the ground and carving out a massive crater.
The light on its golden scales dimmed, a clear sign that the spiritual wound was far more severe than the physical impact.
"HISSS! The power of the Father God!"
Seeing this, the Demon Serpent Priest let out a series of excited, shrill hisses. Although it had paid a heavy price for forcibly communing with the will of the Nine-headed Demon Serpent—its face as pale as paper, black blood seeping from the vertical pupil on its forehead—the manic joy in its eyes was impossible to hide.
It violently yanked its Scepter from the ground, pointed it at the fallen Golden Dragon, and shrieked.
"Warriors! Kill it! Its flesh and blood will be the sustenance for our evolution!"
The hundred or so remaining Snake-man Warriors erupted in a heaven-shaking, frenzied roar.
They had witnessed the Golden Dragon’s invincibility with their own eyes, and now they had witnessed its fall.
Fear was replaced by the flames of greed and vengeance. They brandished their weapons and surged toward the Golden Dragon’s crash site like a tidal wave.
High in the sky, Raylo and Luke were also left stunned by this sudden turn of events.
"What... What just happened?"
Raylo’s brow was tightly furrowed. Beneath him, Baofeng flapped its wings restlessly, letting out a low cry.
Sir Luke’s expression was also incredibly grave.
"It was a Spiritual Attack, an extremely powerful one! That Three-eyed Demon Serpent Priest was hiding this trump card the entire time, using it to deal the Golden Dragon a fatal blow at the critical moment."
Raylo’s mind raced.
’The Snake-men of the Jade Swamp are a threat Black Stone Territory will have to face sooner or later. If I can save this Golden Dragon, it would undoubtedly weaken the Snake-men’s forces, and I might even gain a powerful ally.’
’The enemy of my enemy is my friend, as they say.’
"Sir Luke,"
Raylo proposed.
"We can’t just stand by and watch. Saving the Golden Dragon is our most advantageous move."
Luke nodded.
"If this Golden Dragon survives, it will be a huge asset in our campaign to clear out the Jade Swamp."
Raylo’s resolve hardened. As if sensing its master’s will to fight, Baofeng let out a shrill cry.
Now that Sir Luke had made his decision, he didn’t hesitate for a second.
The Thunder Eagle beneath him spread its wings and, like a bolt of lightning, was the first to dive toward the surging horde of Snake-men below.
"Get out of my way, you beasts!"
Luke roared, his voice like a clap of thunder.
The Thunder Eagle understood instantly. Electricity crackled on its wings, and in a flash, dozens of thick bolts of lightning materialized from thin air. Like frenzied thunder serpents, they crashed down with destructive force into the densest part of the Snake-man Warrior formation.
"CRACKLE! SIZZLE!"
Amid a sickening series of explosions, the few Snake-man Warriors at the very front were instantly blasted into charred husks by the violent thunderbolts, not even having time to scream.
The Snake-men following behind were thrown into chaos by the sudden thunderbolt attack, their advance grinding to a halt.
The Thunder Eagle circled once and was already hovering low in the air above the Golden Dragon’s crash site.
Without hesitation, Luke leaped from the Thunder Eagle’s back, landing steadily in front of the Golden Dragon’s enormous body, directly in the path of the Snake-man Warriors.
"Iron Blood Domain!"
Luke let out a low growl. A dense, blood-red light erupted from his body and rapidly spread outward, forming a crimson Domain nearly a hundred meters in diameter.
Within the Domain, the very air seemed to thicken. A grim, iron-willed killing intent permeated the area. Every Snake-man Warrior who entered the Domain felt their limbs grow heavy and their minds uneasy, as if shackled by invisible chains. Their strength was suppressed by more than thirty percent.
Luke stood like an insurmountable iron fortress, single-handedly facing the hundred or so roaring Snake-man Warriors charging toward him.
His Long Spear danced, leaving a trail of afterimages. Every thrust and sweep precisely struck a Snake-man’s vital points, reaping one life after another.
Blood splattered and severed limbs flew through the air. Luke’s figure weaved through the horde of Snake-men, and with his strength alone, he managed to withstand their first wave of attack.
Meanwhile, Raylo, riding Baofeng, entered the battlefield from another direction.
His target wasn’t the ordinary Snake-man Warriors, but the sneering culprit on the hill—the Demon Serpent Priest.
"Baofeng, Wind Blades!"
Baofeng understood, powerfully beating its massive wings. Dozens of solid-looking, cyan Wind Blades howled through the air, shooting like a dense rain of arrows toward the Demon Serpent Priest at the top of the hill.
The Demon Serpent Priest was startled by the unexpected attack.
It hastily raised the black Crystal Stone Scepter in its hand. The crystal at its tip pulsed with shadow, forming a distorted Shadow Shield in front of it.
"CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!"
The Wind Blades collided violently with the Shadow Shield, creating a piercing sound.
Although most of the Wind Blades were blocked, the immense impact still forced the Demon Serpent Priest to stagger back a few steps, its expression growing even uglier.
"Despicable humans! You dare to make an enemy of the great Father God!"
The Demon Serpent Priest shrieked a sharp curse, but it was forced to divert some of its attention from the Golden Dragon to deal with the threat from the sky.
Raylo ignored its bellowing. As Baofeng released the Wind Blades, he swiftly took out the Soul Horn.
Taking a deep breath, Raylo channeled his Magic Power and Spiritual Power, blowing into the secret treasure inherited from the Starfall Knight Order.
"WOOOO!"
A desolate and ancient horn blast echoed across the sky above the battlefield, as if transcending time and space.
As the horn’s call rang out, the space in front of Raylo began to warp slightly. Streaks of ethereal blue starlight appeared out of thin air, rapidly coalescing into a hazy, humanoid silhouette.
The light faded, revealing a figure before Raylo. He was clad in blue Full Body Armor that shimmered like the stars, wielding a Two-Handed Greatsword that gleamed with a cold light.
He radiated a cold and powerful aura, like an immortal war soul from the stars themselves—it was the Starfall Knight!
At Raylo’s command, the Starfall Knight transformed into an ethereal blue meteor, trailing a long wake of starlight as it charged fearlessly toward the Demon Serpent Priest on the hill at astonishing speed!
Down below the hill, Sir Luke’s spear struck like a dragon. Every blow was steady and fatal, and the pile of Snake-man corpses at his feet grew ever larger, but the pressure on him was also mounting.
These Snake-men were fearless in the face of death, their eyes filled only with greed for the Golden Dragon’s flesh and blood.
On the other side, the fallen Golden Dragon still hadn’t fully recovered from the Spiritual Shock. Its colossal body only twitched occasionally, and its golden eyes remained glazed with confusion.
More and more Snake-man Warriors were swarming it. A few of the bolder ones had already climbed onto its body, scraping at the gaps in its Scale Armor with poisoned weapons, trying to inflict harm.
At this moment, time was of the essence.
Raylo and Luke had to buy the Golden Dragon enough time to recover. Otherwise, if the dragon was truly swarmed and killed by these ant-like Snake-men, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Raylo circled in the air on Baofeng, periodically diving down to kick up powerful gusts of wind, knocking over the Snake-man Warriors who got too close to the Golden Dragon.
The situation on the battlefield was changing in an instant.
Relying on his Iron Blood Battlefield and his own formidable strength, Luke single-handedly held back the advance of a hundred Snake-man Warriors, buying precious time for the Golden Dragon.
Meanwhile, the Starfall Knight summoned by Raylo was like a sharp sword, thrusting straight at the enemy’s leader.
