CHAPTER 526: CHAPTER 92: TRAP, HURRICANE SCYTHE

At the instant when the mast cracked in response, Lord Jin Nuo, who was arranging the night’s defensive tasks inside the cabin, felt as if the ship, sailing in water, suddenly hit a reef and plunged abruptly.

The body of the ship tilted violently from west to east.

His face slightly darkened, yet he was not panicked. Two streams of Dark Energy poured into his feet, as if stakes driven into mud, immovable.

The unsettled Niu Er, the Tax Officer, was not so lucky. Rolling over and over, he resembled a rubber ball rolling from one end of the cabin to the other, hitting the wall, and immediately his head was bleeding, crying out in agony.

"Lord Jin Nuo, it’s bad, we’ve encountered a hurricane, the main sail has been broken," the reconnaissance soldiers reported urgently.

Jin Nuo picked up Niu Er, the Tax Officer, his brows deeply furrowed.

A hurricane could be considered the worst scenario Cloud Sailing could encounter.

During the transition between spring and summer each year, due to uneven temperatures, certain high-altitude areas of the Empire can form a small-scale hurricane that connects neither to the heavens nor the earth.

Although small, the hurricane’s destructive power is alarming.

If past Dark Beasts or small empty ships were accidentally swept into it, they would undoubtedly be shattered to pieces.

Yet the ship of Cloud Sailing is not small, and with it still being far from the transition between spring and summer, why would they encounter a hurricane unexpectedly?

Jin Nuo leaped out, leaving the supervision of Niu Er, the Tax Officer, to his subordinates. He saw the main mast snapped in half, the sail already blown away to whereabouts unknown.

With the main sail gone, the whole ship could only rely on the two auxiliary side sails for support.

Looking ahead, the hurricane mentioned by the reconnaissance soldiers was a funnel-shaped turquoise hurricane, constantly weaving through the clouds.

To make matters worse, Jin Nuo noticed that the originally clear sky was now concealed behind clouds, the azure blue being chased away by pale grey.

A gloomy rain cloud was swiftly overtaking the sky in which Cloud Sailing was navigating.

Jin Nuo’s brows were tightly locked, his eyes fixed on the suspicious hurricane, his fingers forming a whistle, sending out a loud whistle.

Suddenly, a "Black Cloud" burst forth like lightning from behind Cloud Sailing, none other than the playful Black Beauty from earlier.

Black Beauty’s big round eyes showed a hint of apology upon seeing the thoroughly broken mast.

Attempting to repair the damage caused by her negligence, Black Dragon trumpeted provocatively at the hurricane.

Fearlessly like a black bolt of lightning, it charged directly at the hurricane.

The hurricane that could instantly destroy a main mast was inherently powerful, but before the Subspecies Dragon Clan, kin to the continent’s Dark Beasts, it was as if made of paper.

The formidable body of the Black Winged Dragon, coupled with its robust limbs, tore the hurricane apart like a sharp sword.

Watching the hurricane disperse, the Black Winged Dragon let out a triumphant roar.

The tensed Jin Nuo also eased his expression somewhat.

Just then, behind the Black Sky Winged Dragon, the turquoise-grey hurricane quietly transformed, a mysterious light gathering together to form a half-arm long wind scythe, resembling a sickle.

The wind scythe silently approached the right wing of the unsuspecting Black Sky Winged Dragon and suddenly chopped down.

The power of the wind scythe was not to be underestimated, striking suddenly.

"Boom--"

It was like a water-filled balloon being punctured by a stalk of wheat.

Black Beauty only felt excruciating pain in her right wing as blood transformed into a mist and sprayed out.

Jin Nuo saw a flash of red before his eyes, only hearing Black Beauty’s agonizing scream as her body fell like a kite with a broken string, helplessly plummeting downward.

"Black Beauty," Jin Nuo cried out, nearly losing his composure.

Just as he was about to use Sky Ascending Technique to leap from the ship, a sudden clarity struck him, and he furiously turned his gaze towards the direction where the hurricane had originated.

It was his negligence, he thought...

At the site of the hurricane stood a slender man like the wind, with a grayish-green face whose gaze was as sharp as a knife, also directed at Jin Nuo.

With just one exchange of looks, both knew instantly that they were the most formidable opponents in this air raid.

"Black Beauty, be strong, you are the fastest Black Dragon of Dragon Battle," Jin Nuo silently recited, connecting with Black Sky Winged Dragon immediately.

Even though her right wing was injured, Black Beauty was not entirely debilitated as a Subspecies Dragon, she would not die.

Indeed, despite tremendous pain, Black Beauty instantly responded, clumsily using her left wing, trying to ascend back into the sky to aid her master.

That Wind Scythe strike was incomparably fierce, and even though Black Beauty did not have human intelligence, she knew Jin Nuo needed her at that moment.

"Dragon Knight, you are very calm. Last time, your partners did not hesitate to rescue their dragons and faced my two Wind Scythes, almost perishing," the slender man taunted.

It turned out that his mastery of Dark Skill was a special Wind Scythe that could consolidate into various forms.

Jin Nuo noticed that the man had not used Sky Ascending Technique; at his feet to the left and right, hovered swirls of light wind.

What kind of Dark Skill is this?

On the continent, are there really Dark Practitioners who specifically train in Wind Element Dark Skills?

Gazing at the unfamiliar face before him, Jin Nuo contemplated secretly.

With the wind soaring into the heavens, the slender man’s advantage in such a vast sky background was clear.

"I, Peng Bo, by the name of the small team leader of the Imperial Black Dragon Camp, am here to subdue you and your fellow rebels," Jin Nuo glanced behind, relieved not to see the Titan, thus he wouldn’t need to divide his attention to look after the families at the Duke Mansion.

Jin Nuo ordered the soldiers on the ship to immediately take control of the Sky Sail and repair the main mast.

The archers on the ship also quickly took their positions, aiming their arrows at the sky bandit.

"Black Dragon Camp? That must be among the elite of the Dragon Knights then. Let me come and meet you," the slender man’s tongue flickered across his slightly dry lips.

Arrows swarmed toward the man like a locust plague.

He laughed arrogantly, wrapped again by a hurricane,

Moving left and right with the hurricane, as the arrows neared him, they were blown off course by the wind power, unable to get close at all.

It was then, from the stern, noises of a fight broke out, followed by attacks from the left, right, and several directions of the ship’s body.

Jin Nuo then realized that unknowingly, they had fallen into the enemy’s ambush.

"Damn it," Jin Nuo scanned his surroundings, with the ship full of wounded soldiers whose combat capability was considerably reduced, this surprise attack left little hope for good fortune.

"Big brother," from the right, a gaunt man called out loudly, "There is another ship at the back."

"It’s just a lifeboat, break the warship first," the slender man declared, engaging Jin Nuo in a fight.