The Stirred-Up Hornet's Nest: Decisive Battle

"Messiah, protect your knight well. Damn it, you're distracted again!" Gold Coin roared suddenly. It flapped its wings, slammed into the Fire-Attribute Giant Dragon next to it, and then quickly folded its wings to sink down a bit. No matter how arrogant the Giant Dragon was, it knew that if it did not have the cooperation of its human knight partner under these circumstances, it would not be far from death. It emitted a long dragon roar to remind the Fire-Attribute Giant Dragon only a hundred years younger than it.

An ice spear half the length of a dragon's body brought with it extreme cold as it surged dangerously past where Gold Coin had knocked Messiah away, flying quite a distance before becoming exhausted and falling from the sky in an arc. Whether it would hurt the legions on the ground was out of Molin and the others' hands.

Woo!

Only one or two seconds later, the breaking sound of the ice spear came through the air, telling Molin and Aca how fierce and dangerous that blow just now was. It had actually broken through the sound barrier. The hearts of the Fire-Attribute Giant Dragon Messiah and its knight, Aca, beat furiously. These two were too crazy. This place was a battlefield, and anything could happen.

Normally, the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon would not care about the death of the Fire-Attribute Giant Dragon Messiah and its knight. However, during battle, a loss of one side's combat power would greatly change the balance of power between the two sides.

"Damn! It's the Tersi bastards!" Seeing some small black spots appearing from time to time in the extremely low clouds in the distance, Aca was furious. Messiah raised its long neck and spat out a few fiery-blue, high-temperature fireballs in that direction. As for the hit rate, only the gods knew.

"Gold Coin, let's go!" Molin let out a full-fledged battle declaration from between his teeth. The attack just now had almost skewered Aca and Messiah. It was absolutely a premeditated sneak attack. Such an accurate and targeted ice spear against the Fire-Attribute Giant Dragon was definitely not something ordinary people could do. The wingtip of the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon below was still hanging with icicles.

"Charge!" the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon Gold Coin shouted at Aca and Messiah, who had just come back to their senses. "Little Fire Dragon, cover me!" As it flapped its wings violently, the armor condensed on the surface of its body was even more sinister as the surface of the armor was covered with sharp thorns. The biggest feature of Metal-Attribute Giant Dragons was that their entire body was like liquid metal inside and out, allowing their body to change at will and transform into various weapons. At this moment, Gold Coin was armed to the extreme, looking like a hedgehog. It flickered left and right and rushed into the clouds above the sky. This strange flying posture imitated the Wind Dragon's 'Sparrow-Hunting Trajectory'. Although it could only exert 10% of the effect because it was not the wind attribute, it was sufficient to make up for the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon's lack of flexibility and mobility.

Two fireballs chased after Gold Coin, following closely behind, shifting about in the air. Although both Aca's and Messiah's characters were brash and fiery, they could not have become a Dragon Knight pair without some capabilities. Right now, they were using the auxiliary attack technique they specialized in with Molin, 'Lunar Meteor', to escort him. This required not only familiarity with Gold Coin's flight path but also bold and precise control. The Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon was accompanied by two bursting fireballs as it rushed into the thick clouds above.

"Gold Coin, let them have a taste of Sword Assault!" Molin held on to the dragon saddle tightly with the light-attribute battle aura surrounding him and a golden shimmer glowing. His hand stretched back, and there was a sonorous sound. A huge, bright, and dazzling two-handed sword popped out from the giant scabbard behind him, and he grabbed it accurately. Once a Dragon Knight was extremely close to the opponent, the rest was left to the knight on the Giant Dragon to battle.

The Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon roared. The several long blades on its two wings suddenly separated from it and shot at very high speed at the dark shadows flashing among the distant clouds, vanishing in a flash into them. A long aftershock cut through the air, with speed not inferior to the ice spear sneak attack earlier. Controlling metal was the forte of Metal-Attribute Giant Dragons. All kinds of ores and metals were usually an important part of their diets. Body transformations, armor, blades, and the usage of their innate skill, Void Magnetic Field, to catapult blades to attack enemies were all things that Metal-Attribute Giant Dragons were experts at.

A few shocked and angry penetrating roars came from the clouds! The seemingly random raid by Gold Coin seemed to have had unexpected gains.

Several lightning bolts struck from the clouds. Gold Coin moved its dragon's body, flickering left to right. The two fireballs that followed immediately slammed into a thick bucket of lightning. Two magnificent crimson dahlias more than a hundred meters in diameter were blooming in succession in the volley.

"This weather is a little weird. The Tersi Empire must be up to some tricks. Thunderstorms are disadvantageous to me! Hold on tight, Molin. Don't blame me if you fall. I'm going to charge!" Gold Coin extended its wings and avoided the sporadic lightning that struck from time to time. More lightning seemed to be brewing in the overcast clouds. The sword blades all over the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon's body was a conductor of electricity, and even the defense of its innate ability, Void Magnetic Field, might not necessarily be capable of fully resisting the concentrated violent lightning strikes.

Molin's light-attribute battle aura shrouded his body, emitting a faint light barrier. Countless electric snakes twisted on the surface of the light barrier. Molin felt a numbness in his body and even a noticeable delay in movement.

Fighting against thunder-attribute opponents under dark clouds was simply fighting against heaven and earth. It could only be said that the other party was too cunning. They actually arranged an environment that was beneficial for them in advance and could easily exert their maximum attack power with the help of the weather. Both Molin's and Aca's strengths decreased slightly in this environment.

"Let's kill them and tear them all up!" The determination to battle gleamed in Molin's eyes as the scarlet cloak behind him fluttered like a battle flag flapping. Metal-Attribute Giant Dragons and Dark-Attribute Giant Dragons were both famous for close combat. Perhaps Dark-Attribute Giant Dragons could leave an entire corpse for the enemy, but the brutal Metal-Attribute Giant Dragons were savage existences that would not give up without tearing their opponent to pieces.

"Gold Coin, close your eyes and listen to my command!" Molin, on the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon's back, shouted. In order to maintain his identity as a Dragon Knight, not have the dragon flute taken away, and become treated as a joke, he always tried to find means to control this Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon.

Despite the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon scheming to get rid of its knight, it would not do something so foolish on the battlefield. Without its knight's assistance, its combat power would greatly decrease. Moreover, the enemies would not let go of a Giant Dragon without its knight. As the pride of the dragons, especially the strongest legendary transformable weapon in the hands of a god, the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon had no reason to escape. Once it was on the battlefield, the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon wisely chose to fight together with Molin without any thought of lazing or messing around.

In any case, during battle missions, the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon did not bother to use the opportunity to get rid of Molin. A dragon, no matter how stupid, knew that backstabbing its comrade in battle without reaching an agreement with the enemy in private was akin to courting death. The honor of the giant dragon would absolutely not allow it to collude with the enemy.

Bang!

The faint barrier emitting from Molin quickly expanded to envelop the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon, just like a light golden giant eggshell. It rushed to the bottom of the clouds. Suddenly, this pale golden eggshell burst into dazzling light, as if the noon sun suddenly appeared below the clouds, making it difficult to keep the eyes open.

The dazzling light rushed into the clouds, and the sounds of clashing weapons and the roars of behemoths intertwined. With a miserable howl, a man in blue armor and dripping blood fell like a meteor from the clouds. Having lost his mount and without the strength of a Sword Saint or a Divine Mage, his ending was not difficult to imagine.

Immediately following the inexplicable howling of beasts and successive explosions of thunder rumbling, long chains of lightning continued to flash among the clouds. Suddenly, Gold Coin emerged from beneath the clouds and grabbed a giant bird covered with black iron feathers in its claws. If the people with sharp eyes on the ground could see, they would know that this black iron feather giant bird was the Wind and Lightning Sprite—ninth-stage Giant Thunder Sparrow. It was covered in fine steel-like feathers that were impenetrable to swords and spears, could control wind and lightning, and was immune to all low-level magic below level three. It had always been high-end combat power sought after by the wealthy and nobles and treated as a guardian beast. But now, it was like a ragdoll being torn apart by Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon's claws. As the dragon moved, the sharp blades on its body sliced across the Thunder Sparrow.

Pieces of flesh and blood mixed with countless feathers fell. After killing Thunder Sparrow's knight, the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon killed the Thunder Sparrow. It was apparent that the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon was murderous and extremely cruel.

A few black spots lurking in the clouds saw the situation was bad and fled hastily. One of the Griffon Knights even had a sharp silver blade stuck on his arm, leaving a trail of blood behind in the air. It was the result of the blades that Gold Coin catapulted earlier. Dozens of large fireballs were shot successively under the clouds and violently bombarded among the clouds. Red lights flashed wildly, and these battered figures were thrown into panic. After the collision between the protective fireballs of the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon Gold Coin with the lightning, consuming the fireballs, the Fire-Attribute Giant Dragon Messiah added two more fireballs around the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon to protect it. At the same time, it was unbridled in scattering fireballs all around Gold Coin. The bluish-white, highly compressed fireballs revealed a dangerous aura that was more than a hundred times more powerful than ordinary fireballs.

"Damn! These cowards escaped as fast as rabbits! Quick! Molin! I'm going to kill them all!" Having killed a Thunder Sparrow Knight and heavily injuring another person from the Tersi Empire, the Metal-Attribute Giant Dragon seemed to not yet have its fill. The sharp blades on its wings extended more densely between its movements, and its flight speed became faster.

Molin was silent. His sharp gaze like that of a sword beneath the helmet scoured the sky in search of the next target. With a blur, the Dragon Slaying Sword he held with both hands was tainted with a red hue. His wrists shook lightly, and that red hue was blown into a strand of blood by the high winds and disappeared in the wind.