Huanlong Gorge flows quietly between the mountains, like aquamarine inlaid in carved silverware.
The heavily armed galleys were moving quickly.
As the distance to Hai Long got closer and closer, a cold breath began to fill the surrounding air.
The Edelweiss was pushed by the wind and drifted across half of the fjord, then changed direction and headed straight towards the mouth of the northeastern river.
In the narrowest part of the fjord, there are jagged rocks on the mountain walls on both sides, and some strange, metallic plants are climbing and growing.
The warship carefully avoided the reef under Jamil's guidance.
After nearly an hour of sailing, we finally arrived at the front of the waters where Hailong was.
Li Ran stood on the bow of the boat with a serious expression, while bursts of white mist and a small amount of floating ice floated on the river.
That was the anomaly caused by Hai Long.
Eureka walked to Li Ran and asked softly:
"How's it going? Are you sure?"
Through close reconnaissance and data investigation, Li Ran initially mastered Hai Long's attack methods.
Fighting at home on the water amplifies Hailong's elemental abilities, and fighting with ships also weakens its own side.
Although he had been planning for many days, Li Ran only had half a chance of winning this battle.
He shook his head and said in a cold voice: "I once had a job where I often had to face extreme situations. In a series of cruel tests, I gradually understood that conventional strategies and methods have their limits and are doomed to fail under extreme conditions. of."
"Eureka, don't trust my judgment too much. I am not completely sure about the future of Star Wind City or the sea dragon in front of me."
At this moment, he thought in his heart: "If Starwind City wants to break out of the siege, it can only take risks and move forward. Losing one game often means losing the whole game."
But he said: "Eureka, you will still be responsible for the main attack mission for a while. Remember my words, if your life is in danger, don't rush to deal with Hailong. Pull back, we still have a chance."
Eureka nodded and agreed.
Li Ran was relieved.
The Edelweiss turned due north.
Crossing the river mouth, you can see the sea dragon.
Li Ran issued an order to sail at a low speed. Jamil furled the sails and tied the sail ropes firmly to the winch. Hart directed the skeleton soldiers to slowly swing the oars, and the warship swayed out of the river mouth little by little.
The water ahead suddenly opened up.
A protruding mountain is in close contact with the river, forming a long headland, and deep in the headland, a huge water wave-like creature stands on the water.
【Crazy sea dragon】
[Level 7/Water Element Lord]
[Attribute evaluation: Strength, A, Agility, B, Magic, S, Physical strength, B]
Hai Long noticed the warships invading the territory.
It summoned a large amount of water elements, and the magic power surged around the body, causing waves on the water surface.
At this moment, there were only a few huge rocks blocking the way between the Edelweiss and the Sea Dragon.
Eureka and the skeleton shooter were preparing to attack the water element, while Jamil stood by the winch and mast, waiting for Li Ran's instructions.
Li Ran slowly put his hand on the steering wheel and stared closely at Hai Long's movements.
Hai Long and Li Ran, two equally cruel, cold, and murderous gazes intersected across a long distance.
Hai Long's powerful magical ability is mainly reflected in two aspects.
As a lord-level existence, it can create violent waves, drop huge waves directly at close range, fill the cabin, and forcibly sink the ship.
At the same time, it also has excellent ice attack capabilities.
Sea Dragon can instantly freeze the water surface 200 meters around it, and can also drastically lower the temperature in a certain area, making it reach extremely cold levels in an instant.
Indeed, whether it is a skeleton soldier or a skeleton shooter, even the powerful level 6 knight Eureka, if you want to attack the sea dragon, you must enter its core range and domain of 200 meters.
If it were the previous Edelweiss, it would have been sunk by fierce waves, dense ice arrows, and a steady stream of water elements when it approached the sea dragon.
But the moment Li Ran introduced the explosive crossbow bolt, the nature of the battle had changed.
The ultimate range of the ballista is three hundred meters.
This means that the Edelweiss can attack Hailong from three hundred meters away!
As the distance shortened, Hart raised his neck and roared:
"Hai Long has entered the shooting angle! The explosive crossbow bolt has been cocked!"
Li Ran immediately shouted:
"Target - Sea Dragon Elemental Core!"
"emission!"
As soon as the words fell to the ground, two giant crossbow arrows pierced the sky, and the attack came in an instant.
The first ballista shot missed and fell behind Hai Long, setting off an explosion underwater.
Although the other shot did not hit the elemental crystal core, it successfully hit Hai Long's left side!
The stainless steel arrow blade carried huge inertia and directly broke through Hailong's body-protecting waves. Although it did not cause damage to Hailong's body, huge explosions followed.
boom!
The magic energy explosion generated by the cluster bomb immediately blasted a large hole in Hai Long's relatively fragile body.
After being injured, Hai Long started a more powerful counterattack.
The frost spread, and patches of river surface began to freeze. A cold disaster spread to the Edelweiss with Hailong as the center.
However, the Edelweiss was three hundred meters away, and the spreading cold disaster stopped abruptly when it reached two hundred meters!
Dozens of ice arrows condensed in front of Hai Long and shot out.
However, while the ice arrows were still condensing, Li Ran ordered the warship to advance at full speed and hide behind a giant reef.
Because the distance was too far, the speed and power of the ice arrows were attenuated, and they hit the rocks feebly, forming large swaths of ice.
In Li Ran's eyes, these giant rocks are natural shooting bunkers.
At the same time, the water elements approached the ship. They attacked in groups, but in the end they were unable to break through Eureka's sword blade and the skeleton soldier's arrow rain.
This battle with great disparity in strength suddenly turned into a fierce artillery battle with a shooting range of up to 300 meters.
Under the command of Li Ran, the Edelweiss moved among the giant rocks, taking advantage of the ice arrow rain's need to accumulate energy and the attenuation of its range to flexibly dodge attacks.
Even if Sea Dragon's offensive suddenly intensifies, the Edelweiss will not give up the attack. Instead, it will carefully hide behind the rocks, stick out the bow from time to time, and immediately retract after firing the crossbow.
For a time, in the sky above the estuary waters, ice arrows and explosive crossbow arrows were having an intimate exchange, colliding and encountering in the middle more than once, creating violent explosions.
Orders were issued in an orderly manner, and the crew members of the Edelweiss formed a close cooperation. Crossbow arrows continued to explode near Hai Long's body.
As long as a small part of them hits, it can cause huge damage.
The sea dragon did not sit still and waited for death. It raised its head to the sky and let out a shocking roar, causing all the ice-covered water within a radius of a hundred meters to shatter.
It finally left the water where it had been trapped all year round, leaped high and entered the water.
Hai Long gathered momentum and exerted his strength, and the huge waves and strong wind followed it, rushing towards the Edelweiss!
Li Ran turned the steering wheel sharply and issued an order loudly:
"Jamil, full sail!"
Snapped!
Jamil swung his axe, and the sail rope on the winch snapped. The warship's main sail was freed from its restraints, and was instantly filled by the storm stirred up by the sea dragon, like half a bulging ball.
The Edelweiss was like a full-strung arrow, swooping away from Hai Long and shooting out!
Li Ran controlled the steering wheel, trying hard to make the Edelweiss sway its head and tail at high speed, maneuvering to avoid Hailong's increasingly fierce rain of ice arrows.
On the sloping deck, Hart roared loudly and directed the skeleton soldiers to turn the base of the ballista so that the muzzle faced the rear. As long as the shooting angle was suitable, it would be a round of ballista bombardment!
The dragon chasing Edelweiss was constantly wounded.
However, the pursuit did not last long.
When the storm dissipated and the ship's speed dropped, the pursuing sea dragon finally brought the Edelweiss into the elemental realm.
The temperature dropped to the lowest level in an instant.
The sea dragon broke through the ice floe, crossed the water, and looked down majestically.
Under the huge body, tiny edelweiss flowers were frozen on the ice.
The people on the deck looked up at the crazy dragon like ants, with uncontrollable awe in their hearts.
This is the instinctive sense of oppression brought by high-level elemental creatures.
and warning signs of imminent death.
Bang bang——
Bang bang——
Li Ran's heart beat wildly.
Finally it came time for a close fight.
A drop of cold sweat froze on his veined forehead.
Li Ran jumped on the bow of the ship, pointed his sword at Hailong and issued the final order.
"Everyone disembarks, disperse and attack!"
Next, success or failure depends on this last try!
Hart and the Skeleton Corps were already ready to go. They jumped off the warship with swords, shields, and bows and arrows. Not knowing what fear was, they charged in at full speed from the left and right wings in a skirmish formation, and launched persistently at the mountain-like enemy along the frozen river. charge!
A large number of people were exposed on the ice, being slaughtered wantonly by Hai Long. The ice arrows were fired like machine guns, and the skeleton soldiers were knocked down one after another and turned into pieces.
Crazy Sea Dragon seems to have missed something.
As the only person capable of causing direct damage to the sea dragon, the female knight's silver armor merged with the ice and moved forward at extremely high speed within a few seconds of the sea dragon's random attacks.
When Hai Long found her, there were only dozens of meters between them.
Facing the threat of the knight, Hailong snorted disdainfully. It controlled the power of the waves, and the ice within a hundred meters once again shattered in an instant!
Behind Eureka, skeleton soldiers fell into the water one after another. With her strong skills, she jumped high before the ice broke under her feet, and jumped to the reef closest to the sea dragon.
She scrambled to the top of the rock to launch a final attack.
This place is not far from Hai Long's elemental core. According to Li Ran's calculation, Eureka's only chance of winning is to attack the core directly.
However, the power of the sea dragon was beyond imagination. It immediately created a swift wave and shot it off the reef.
When the water splash dissipated, Eureka was frozen into a beautiful ice sculpture, her figure condensed at the moment of launching the attack.
Under the refraction of light from the ice cubes, it emits a coquettish light.
...
When the ice broke, Li Ran also fell into the water.
But he was not far from the Edelweiss.
Li Ran struggled to climb onto the warship and stood next to the ballista, soaked to the skin.
He turned the winch, unstretched the crossbow string, and placed a bursting crossbow bolt into the firing track.
Hai Long noticed his actions.
At such a close distance, the ballista gave it a huge sense of crisis.
It used all its power in an instant.
The rain of ice arrows quickly condensed into shape, the waves surged into the sky, and the temperature suddenly dropped——
Li Ran's body was covered with a thin layer of ice, and he felt that his physical strength and body temperature were rapidly losing.
He wanted to shoot a blow that would end the sea dragon, but it was too late for the crossbow's crosshair to adjust to the position of the elemental crystal core.
The rain of ice arrows covered the small Edelweiss in front, the waves roared and tore apart the remains of the boat, and the crossbow arrows were fired at the last moment, spiraling into the air.
It's a pity that it didn't touch the enemy's elemental core at all.
Under Li Ran's aim, it only hit a rock next to Hai Long.
A violent explosion sounded in the middle of the reef.
The fire licked the ice on Eureka's body upwards, and the female knight regained her ability to move. She jumped high from the fire, held the sword upside down, and pierced the blade deeply into the crystal core of the elemental lord!
The sea dragon's thunderous roar before death resounded throughout the fjord!
boom!
The death of the seventh-level elemental lord released a large amount of disordered magic energy, and a larger explosion covered the entire estuary.
After the explosion, the battlefield at the mouth of the river was in chaos.
Jamil popped his head out of the water and swam to a rock.
He saw the figures of Eureka and Hart on the rocks in the distance.
But, where is Lord Li Ran! ?
Jamil couldn't help but cast his eyes on the center of the river mouth, where a huge whirlpool appeared.
The large whirlpool rotates slowly, swallowing up all unfixed objects.
Suddenly, a huge black shadow fell from the nearby mountain peak and rushed straight into the whirlpool.
Jamil wiped his eyes.
The dark shadow I saw just now must be an illusion, right?
What kind of thing can fly with that speed and power?
