CHAPTER 528: CHAPTER 94: FAMOUS AFTER ONE BATTLE

The enemy skyship seemed addicted to firing, launching one cannon shot after another. Just three shots from the Xuan Crystal Cannons were enough to blast the upper cabin and deck of the Cloud Sailing into pieces, skin split and flesh burst open.

Where did such a ruthless character come from? They truly won’t be satisfied until everyone on board is blown to bits.

The Sky Bandit Leader initially held the upper hand, but with his concerns growing, his performance inevitably declined.

Whereas Jin Nuo seemed hell-bent on fight, his iron fists aimed blow after blow squarely at the leader, driving him all the way back to the bow of the ship.

The remaining soldiers, seeing that even the "Titan" with only a few women aboard could show such valor, felt disgraced. With their blood boiling and disregarding their injuries, two would take on one, three would surround another, trapping the sky bandits.

Even Niu Er, the Tax Officer, trembling with fear, secretly picked up a wooden stick and smashed it onto a sky bandit’s foot.

The Cloud Sailing plummeted continuously like an old man in his twilight years.

"Retreat," as the situation deteriorated, the scales of victory were about to tip towards the Empire.

Left with no choice, the Sky Bandit Leader shouted an order, and the remaining few bandits aboard, upon hearing the command, had to abandon the Cloud Sailing and scatter away on the skyship they arrived in.

One of the four leaders from the Senluo Sea had already perished, with the other two stealing ships and fleeing.

Just as they jumped off the railing of the Cloud Sailing without having set foot on the empty ship,

Ripples formed in the air, and a Mystic Light Arrow struck one of their ankles. He screamed miserably, plummeting like a moth with clipped wings, crashing down into a bloody pulp.

The ghostly skyship hovered in mid-air.

A female archer in a fighting guise stood at the top of the skyship.

Under the sunlight, her clothes fluttered noisily, her bearing valiant and formidable. She held a Jade Bow that resembled the fair arm of a beauty, her gaze sharp and piercing. As Dark Energy in her hands relaxed and tensed, several more Mystic Arrows whooshed forward.

It was the female archer Hongling.

"Third brother," seeing two of their companions killed one after another, the Sky Bandit Leader and the remaining bandits were like frightened birds.

The Sky Bandit Leader saw several Mystic Arrows flying towards him and spread out his Wind Scythe, creating a wall of wind.

Hongling’s Mystic Arrows were deflected by the wind wall, shooting past it.

The few sky bandits retreated rapidly, seeking refuge in the stone forest beneath. With the advantage of terrain, they could easily shake off this group of unknown mercenaries.

The enemy skyship, though not large, certainly couldn’t maneuver through the Stone Forest.

The Sky Bandit Leader turned and glared fiercely at Jin Nuo at the bow of the ship. Dark Light accumulated in his hands, and a miniature Hurricane formed instantaneously, ensuring that even if they had met their match this time and suffered losses, he wouldn’t let the soldiers of the Dragon War Empire gain much from it.

The Cloud Sailing was in imminent danger; this mini Hurricane was enough to make it collapse mid-air.

The blast of the mini Hurricane caused the Cloud Sailing to sway violently, sinking rapidly.

Jin Nuo narrowed his eyes and saw a black dot zooming upwards beneath the ship.

The injured Black Sky Winged Dragon braced the bottom of the Cloud Sailing, slowly descending.

"Ah--" Just as the Sky Bandit Leader was consumed with rage, ready to attack and kill the Black Dragon,

Cries of agony erupted not far behind him.

A swarm of at least a hundred insects, their wings on the sides emitting daunting black light, flapped at high speeds, creating a noise like a small army on the attack.

A few sky bandits on another small skyship, including the second in command, were already surrounded by the dense and terrifying swarm of insects.

In just a moment, their essence blood was sucked dry, leaving behind only husks of mummies.

The Xuan Crystal Cannon, the female archer, and the lethally dangerous Dark Insects.

Since when did the Dragon East Continent become so treacherous, far more dangerous than the Senluo Sea by several folds.

The Sky Bandit Leader only felt dizzy and suffocated, as if a chunk of depression was stuck in his chest, unable to rise or fall, almost as if to be smothered alive.

All of this was because of that Skyship, which after descending below the Cloud Sailing Banner, had several people leap from the cabin and board the Cloud Sailing Banner.

The leader... was a young man with a golden mask on his face.

The Sky Bandit’s small ship continued to fall while standing in midair, supported by the Black Dragon upholding the Cloud Sailing Banner.

The gazes of both the Sky Bandit Leader and Yue Jinghua clashed instantly.

In that spark of flint, Yue Jinghua was left with a deep impression by the grim look in the Sky Bandit Leader’s eyes.

After pondering for a moment, she turned to Jin Nuo and said: "Brother Jin Nuo, the Cloud Sailing ship has suffered severe damage, find a place with flat terrain to rest for the time being, I will be back soon."

Jin Nuo understood her intention and shook his head: "Don’t chase a desperate enemy. That person is skilled in movement and adept at the blockading Dark Skill. The terrain below is complex and extremely dangerous."

That Sky Bandit Leader, adept in Dark Skill, borrowed the power of the wind, his movements like a streak of light, disappearing into the Stone Forest.

That area happens to be where the source of the Belkand River is marked on the map, where even seasoned Empire surveyors find hard to enter.

"If I don’t kill him, one day he will kill me," with just a glimpse, Yue Jinghua was certain that the Sky Bandit Leader was the type to hold grudges.

That man is sly like a venomous snake, if he is allowed to hide and heal his wounds, I’m afraid that next time, he will unexpectedly pounce and take a bite.

Killing him is the only way to eliminate the threat permanently.

Having said that, Yue Jinghua leapt from the sky, tracing a Six-star Summoning Array with her fingertips.

The Chaos Mantis Xi Yuan appeared in front of her, in its Chaos Xuan Beast state, its size comparable to a small bull.

Due to its mutation, its flying speed was absolutely comparable to that of a Black Sky Dragon.

Among the various Xuan Beasts, only the Chaos Mantis, which possesses the ability to fly and the intellect of humans, is the most appropriate assistant in this pursuit of the Sky Bandit Leader.

With the help of the Chaos Mantis, Yue Jinghua quickly descended to the ground.

The Balkan Stone Forest is full of oddities and wonders.

In it, Yue Jinghua stands as if in a chaotic graveyard, surrounded by jagged and bizarre stones.

She had only just landed when after a few steps, she felt the ground under her feet give way, and with a heightened sense of alert, she immediately withdrew her foot.

The ground that appeared solid crumbled away like dregs of tofu.

Stone Forest topography, eroded by running water, creates rocks that appear solid on the surface, but in reality, they may have been hollowed out by water erosion.

If one is not careful, they might fall into the Stone Forest and be unable to extricate themselves.

Yue Jinghua chose not to take any more risks, turned around, and jumped onto the back of Xi Yuan, her Spiritual Sense spreading out like the tentacles of an octopus, weaving through the Stone Forest.

The Sky Bandit Leader had already abandoned the ship, and his whereabouts were unknown for the moment.

Yue Jinghua swept the area with her consciousness and found no trace of the man. "Hmm, there’s a cave ahead," Yue Jinghua noticed, in the middle of the Stone Forest region, there was a pitch-black hole from which a sinister Evil Wind was emanating.