The next moment, a huge head like a brown rock emerged from a mud bubble that exploded within tens of meters. Several pairs of recurved vertebral thick sharp corners reflected the head like a crown. The colorful luster; the ferocious and thick mouth cracks and serrations are reminiscent of Tyrannosaurus.
The iris-pupil unique to crawling is the size of a water basin, but it is only barely open; there are obvious cracks and peelings on the diaphragm and gray-brown scales near the corner of the eye; and the damaged pink color is exposed. Inside the skin, it quickly condenses in the air under the infiltration of mud.
However, the next moment, it was unexpectedly hit on the side of its head by an equally huge stone fist. It immediately let out a roar, and its broken scales flew heavily and it tilted to one side; but it was the big stone man who pounced on it from the blind corner of its field of vision. He came down, strangled the head in the mud spring, and started fighting.
This creature lurking in the mud hot springs struggled and rolled to reveal a thick figure of seven or eight meters long. For a moment, only two behemoths of similar stature were seen, in the surging mud hot spring swamp. It kept crashing and rolling, biting and beating, setting off huge waves.
Wave after wave of mud splashed within a radius of several hundred meters, making it impossible for anyone to get close to support or provide long-range suppression. And through the process of conflict and struggle, Jiang Tian, whose will was suspended in the air, also saw clearly the entire picture of this large creature named Earth Dragon.
The so-called earth dragon is more like an earthly dragon in fantasy stories; in addition to relying on its huge body to collide and crush, it will also spray out a large gray mist; as long as it is contaminated a little, it will condense into hard stone. The quality plate even becomes sluggish and sluggish in movement and reaction.
That is to say, they met a big stone man with the ability to manipulate earth and stone, and they restrained and suppressed them in a targeted manner; they were temporarily at a disadvantage. Although it used close claws to tear, saw teeth to bite, head plate impact and crown angle stabs, it constantly smashed and cracked pieces from the stone man's body into pieces.
However, it was difficult to cause any serious damage to the stone man's shell, which was thick and hard and could be repaired continuously. Instead, during the beating and throwing of injuries, several of the head corners were broken by the stone man; some vital parts such as eyes and ear holes were broken. The weak spots were all cracked, and gurgling bodily fluids leaked out.
Even under the continuous activation of the innate ability of the Big Stone Man, the originally viscous mud hot springs are rapidly becoming ashes and hardening; they are gradually becoming hardened amidst the flying dust and splashing of debris; and it is constantly spraying out The gray smoke is like painting a stone man.
Therefore, this large earth dragon seemed to be completely angered and anxious. The next moment, its thick neck suddenly expanded and expanded; in an almost impossible posture, it forcibly twisted its huge head, and suddenly spit out a large ball of blue-gray air bombs on the stone man's head.
In an instant, it was like rapidly spreading and freezing frost, or like rapidly expanding stalactites; it hung upside down from the head, face, shoulders and other positions of the big stone man. Suddenly, its upper body became bloated and burdened. It temporarily lost its goal and direction, and its movements became sluggish and stiff.
The price the earth dragon paid for this was that the horn cluster on the edge of the huge crown was torn off by the stone man in a random movement, revealing a large bloody pink texture. But it also succeeded in getting rid of the stone man's close restraint and suppression, tearing off and smashing a small part of the arm.
I saw this huge earth dragon waving its short and sharp front claws again, throwing it away like cutting butter, and the ground was gradually lithified and hardened; it was about to dive back in.
In the hot mud pouring out from under the hardened ground; suddenly it raised its head with a muffled whine.
However, it was attacked by a man hiding in the mud of the hot spring. A thick hollow tube-shaped three-edged hook-tipped gun was pierced between its weakest mouth and nose. In an instant, a stream of blood sprayed out from the hollow pipe. A large stream of thick plasma followed one after another; but it dissipated in the air in an instant.
During this delay, the stone man who was originally dangling with only one arm freed himself with a fist and was broken. The large piece of accreted stone attached to the upper body revealed half of the severely peeled eye holes, and rushed back with a rumbling step. He came forward and swooped down again to catch the earth dragon with its stubby tail.
The thick scales on the pinched tail end immediately shattered and exploded; the struggling earth dragon was dragged down again, and was dragged out a hundred meters away, and was freed from the edge of the hardened hot spring mire. And when the earth dragon rolled its body, it turned its head and was about to spray out again.
However, in the sudden burst of the roar of artillery, dozens of artillery shells that were fired in the distance hit the scale armor, bone crown, and horn clusters one after another; the Taoist's huge gunpowder kinetic energy balls, In an instant, debris splashed into the hollows and embedded in the thick torso and limbs.
This also caused the large creature to let out a fierce whine and groan for the third time, and at the same time, a large stream of thin body fluids spewed out from the injured mouth and nose. This time, it seemed to sense some potential crisis and fear, and while knocking down the stone man, it turned around and ran away.
However, suddenly a red dress flashed in front of its eyes; it instantly affected and confused its reaction, causing its running movements to stop for half a breath. Then, a huge force suddenly fell from the sky, slamming its huge head to the ground, causing the rocks to crack and sink.
And when the dazed earth dragon raised its head again and opened its mouth to spray, it was hit by the huge force from the sky again and crashed into the ground; from its cracked mouth and nose, wisps of gray-white liquid spilled out. The smoke instantly contaminated and condensed a piece of flowers, grass, branches and leaves.
However, the earth dragon struggled to get up again, and was slammed into the ground again. After doing this for more than ten times, its entire body was deeply embedded in the solid ground; and the big stone man who recovered, Still manipulating the rolling earth and rocks, tamping it down bit by bit.
In the end, the earth dragon lost its last strength to struggle and resist, and even its ferocious gaping teeth were tightly bound by the arm-thick iron pillars that were bent and coiled out of thin air; it could only emit a burst of energy. There was a series of whining and roaring sounds. Until Jiang Tian fell on its head.
He took out the bone sword "Original Sin" that had been strengthened several times, and pressed the pale white tip between the eyes of the big earth dragon; it penetrated and broke into a small section with almost no obstruction. And in an instant, the small piece of texture that the bone sword penetrated was visibly dehydrated and withered and spread.
"Obey me, or die immediately, and have your whole body made into materials and food." Jiang Tian said, holding a yellow agate crystal in his other hand, and immersing himself in thoughts such as this towards the giant beast in front of him; at the same time, Teresa Manipulating the slightly invisible pink mist to cover its head.
After a while, as Tu Long lowered his eyelids, everything settled. After receiving the signal, the big stone man rolled up the earth and rocks and released it from the hardened ground again; the scarred beast did not take the opportunity to escape, but lay on its back in the remaining mud spring to repair itself.
And the big stone man "Shi Potian" who fought hard for it was rewarded with a lot of high-grade ores; and he devoured it on the spot, and in a short time his thick and broken arm, together with the green The vine-like inner stems quickly regenerated.
"Father, I urgently need your help." However, Teresa, whose eyes were full of confusion and smoke, and her face was extremely red, collapsed on Jiang Tian. Just absorbing a part of the flesh essence and activity of this earth dragon made her a little too saturated and unbearable.
"Okay, we can just take a bath in a hot spring or something." Jiang Tian glanced around and saw that the half kilometer radius had turned into a messy hot spring swamp with broken terrain and no trace of the original shape; he immediately decided: "But first, we have to Let Shi Potian clear out a suitable corner."
It took about a whole day to clean up the Monster Bird Canyon, and another day to find, defeat and subdue the earth dragon; therefore, for this impromptu hot spring treatment, special tent areas and forts were set up after dark. The fortifications continued until noon the next day.
This pleasant and relaxing short break was interrupted only by an urgent message arriving by horse. This was because the Western Empire's counterattack, which the Royal Army had been waiting for, had not yet appeared; instead, a support force from the Eastern Empire had already arrived outside the Cagliari port area.
The next day, the cleared port of Cagliari was filled with Byzantine sail-o-rod warships and multi-masted gaff transport ships; groups of people wearing red-soled double-headed golden eagles hunting for fluttering in the sea breeze Soldiers from the Eastern Empire wearing pointed helmets, chainmails, white robes and red cloaks filed down.
Among them were imperial officers and generals who were wearing chain mail or Oriental nomadic disc armor, with black horsehair fluttering on their round-flap helmets, or white wild goose feathers; they were riding tall horses, carrying golden weapons. Silver-decorated battle swords or jeweled sabers solemnly guard the formation at the front and rear.
Therefore, the Eastern Empire troops who came ashore one after another did not make too much noise and clamor, and followed the marching drums and the sound of horns one after another; calmly boarded the trestle and embankment in the port area, and at the head of the city Under the watchful eye of the Royal Army, they drove to the temporary garrison outside the city.
It was an area where palaces, manors, and villas were located; although the interior had been completely looted, even the windows and doors no longer existed; but at least the building itself was neat and intact. At least until the final negotiations between the Eastern Empire and the Kingdom are completed, this is where they will be based.
But Meristo, the ambassador of the Eastern Empire, who was witnessing this scene, was a little relieved and a little worried. Because he had already recognized the white tower number of the imperial army that landed first. It was one of the four major city defense/garrison corps of the King's Castle, the "White Tower" corps.
They are also stationed inside and outside the castle, including the palace guard/praetorian guard, the capital garrison, and the farmers and soldiers of the castle military region; they are an important part of the three core military sequences. Therefore, the appearance of the White Tower Legion also represents the great determination and attitude from the supreme "Caesar".
But he is also worried that the four garrison regiments that take turns garrisoning the outer city of the castle also represent to a certain extent the balance of power among the capital's factions such as the empire's senate, nobles and military lords. Therefore, Under normal circumstances, they would not be easily mobilized or expeditioned.
After the soldiers of the "White Tower" Corps of the Capital Garrison initially came ashore, they again disembarked from some transport ships that had obviously gone through long voyages and had obvious signs of damage; they were wearing relatively cool short-sleeved shirts, fish-scale breastplates and wide mouths. Soldiers wearing trousers, broad-brimmed helmets and turbans.
And their flag also turned into a distinctive flame pattern on a white background. But it was one of the troops stationed in the North African territory of the empire, the Cyrenaica Legion of the Maghreb Military District; therefore, in addition to desert horses suitable for light riding, those who disembarked also drove down some camels, cattle and sheep;
It's just that the mental state and equipment integrity of these North African soldiers are obviously slightly inferior to the White Tower Legion in the capital; moreover, some soldiers' armor is damaged and they have obvious injuries; many wounded were even transported on lifts; Meristo's face darkened when he saw this scene.
Until the officer who came to contact him privately informed him that the Cyrenaica Army, which was mobilized from North Africa for reinforcements, had encountered the Navy of the Western Empire and the Rhode Island Army in the sea, and defeated them after a hard battle; This slightly restored some of his psychological expectations.
In the end, the reinforcements from the Eastern Empire that were confirmed to have arrived at the port of Cagliari reached two full-strength legions, plus a dozen regional auxiliary units, plus combat teams attached to naval warships, ultimately amounting to about 21,000 people. scale. This result also gave Melisto the confidence.
However, just when he took more than a dozen carts of property and coins and personally went to the station outside the city to inquire about these imperial troops who had come from afar, he once again saw a chaotic and abnormal situation; whether it was the White Tower Army or Cyrene The soldiers of the Canadian Legion were all running around in panic to tell each other.
Urgent alarms were sounded at the temporarily set up towers, arrow stands, and sentry posts; therefore, a large number of supplies, equipment, and equipment that had just been transported ashore were overturned in a mess before they were unsealed or used. Pushed to the ground, everyone became ants on a hot pot.
Meristo, who finally found the commander, also learned the source and cause of the chaos. Because on the distant horizon, a majestic giant beast was slowly approaching with a heavy rumbling sound; it seemed that the direction of travel was towards this newly established camp.
At this moment, even Meristo couldn't help but feel a little panicked and horrified; because, among the advisors and retinues accompanying the army, except for a small number of imperial knights with awakened bloodlines, there were no powerful enough extraordinary people or blood descendants; at this moment, , but he thought of the King of Knights.
Perhaps only his personal appearance or the special followers driven by him can effectively fight and contain this large creature that is like a small disaster. (End of chapter)
