anovelconsole Chapter 1499 Tornado
Chapter 1499 Tornado
Chapter 1499 Tornado
“Boom! Boom—!”
The lumps of sand and soil slammed into the rocky ground, shattering the rocks and leaving behind shallow pits several meters in diameter.
Judging by the standards of ancient dragons, such an attack might not be considered very sharp, but for fragile humans, it would not be surprising if they were hit by a ball of sand at close range and torn into pieces in an instant.
In the previous battle with the dragon-strike boats, one of the dragon-strike boats was destroyed by such a sand cannon shell.
However, the hunters soon discovered the limitations of this tactic.
These ejected sand balls came from the pores on both sides of the body of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon, which seemed to be channels connected to the respiratory system to assist in exhaustion.
In short, it is somewhat similar to human nostrils.
When crawling underground, the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon uses these pores to breathe, and when flying into the air, it also exhales air through the pores to help adjust its body posture.
When the suction attack was used on the Isana before, it could be clearly seen that a large amount of air and yellow sand were discharged through the pores on both sides of the body of the Swallowing Dragon.
Otherwise, no matter how large the lung capacity of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon is, it would be impossible for it to inhale such a large amount of air for a long time.
The attacks from these vents did indeed make the hunters on both sides of the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon's body panic, but after they reacted, it was not difficult to avoid these attacks.
Keeping distance is the most direct way.
There will be an obvious contraction before the air holes eject sand balls, so it is safe to leave the shooting path in advance. At medium and long distances, the destructive power of these sand balls will also be significantly weakened.
"Seize the opportunity! Attack the air holes!" Musa slid to avoid a group of sand cannons, drew his bow and shot several arrows.
These pores are usually protected by the thick carapace of the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon and are completely inaccessible. They are only revealed from the gaps in the carapace in order to launch an attack.
While it is a threat, isn't it also an opportunity?
As it happened, as the only two top shooters on the scene, he and Lehana both used flexible and lightweight weapons.
While dodging the attack, you can also aim at the spiracles of the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon and launch a counterattack.
Several more arrows and crossbow bullets passed through the spiracles and pierced into the body of the Swallowing Abyss Dragon, forcing the Swallowing Abyss Dragon to stop this meaningless attack, lie down again and close the spiracles.
“Boom, buzz, buzz——!”
A dull roar sounded.
Under the control of some unknown mysterious force, the yellow sand that was scattered around by the sand cannon attack and the broken rocks by the sand cannon suddenly moved automatically without wind.
They rotated and condensed, forming two whirlpools of sand and gravel.
The vortex rolled faster and faster, driving the air in the canyon to form a strong wind, and finally turned into a series of sand tornadoes.
The guild master, who was watching the battle through a telescope from high above, had a narrowed gaze.
He realized that their previous guesses were all wrong.
Perhaps, the Swallowing Abyss Dragon does not have the ability to control the wind. The sandstorms that accompany it are not the yellow sand blown up by the wind, but the high-speed rotating sand and gravel that in turn drive the strong wind.
Does this guy have the ability to control sand?
The Guild Master groaned.
The good news is that the geology here is mainly hard sandstone.
The main reason why they chose this place as the battlefield was that the geology here was hard and the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon could not dive underground.
Fortunately, there was not much yellow sand in the canyon for the Swallowing Dragon to use.
The bad news is that in the previous sand cannon attack, the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon created a batch of fine sand and gravel by bombarding the ground and cliffs.
Maybe the number is not large, but together with the sand stored in its body, it can barely condense into two sand whirlwinds that give hunters headaches.
In a relatively closed environment like a canyon, the power of these two tornadoes would be even stronger than in the sea of sand.
Ancient dragons are ancient dragons after all. They cannot be killed safely by luring them into a trap.
He gestured to the herald holding the horn beside him.
"Toot--toot--"
The sharp sound of the horn barely penetrated the howling of the wind and sand, and delivered the command to the ears of the senior hunters who were besieging the Devouring Dragon.
The high-ranking hunters who were having a headache because of the sand roll did not linger in the fight, but decisively put away their weapons and retreated for the time being.
For a moment, the canyon seemed to have become the home ground of the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon.
The artillery, crossbows, and even the hunters all fell silent.
The human side paused their offensive, but the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon was still raging with rage.
It took a quick glance and quickly locked onto the several heavy crossbows closest to it.
The huge body crawled quickly. No, it flew close to the ground and rushed towards the crossbows.
The archer behind the crossbow who was chosen as the target activated the mechanism without hesitation, fired the loaded restraint bullet, and then turned and ran.
The fins were so broad and powerful that they could break the keel of a dragon boat. They swept across and, without any surprise, smashed the two crossbows into pieces on the ground.
The guild master's expression looked a little grim.
The Swallowing Abyss Dragon was obviously aware of the threat posed by the bed crossbows, so it gave up chasing the retreating hunters and instead prioritized attacking the bed crossbows.
If there were no sandstorms that could sweep people into the air, he might have considered asking the upper-level hunters to try to pin down the target and protect the crossbow.
But now it seems that I have no choice but to give up.
He again gave orders through the sound of the horn.
The archers in charge of operating the crossbows fired restraint bombs one after another, and then quickly left the battlefield.
Since they are destined to be destroyed, let them play a role again before they are shattered!
The effect of the restraint bombs was trustworthy. Although two of them were destroyed first, the restraint bombs fired by the remaining six heavy crossbows still successfully controlled the rampaging Devouring Dragon.
But judging by the dangerous creaking of the stretched ropes and the swaying bases of the crossbows, this control could not last long.
"volley!"
As the horn sounded again, the artillery at the top of the canyon that had completed loading began the second round of salvos.
At the same time, the archers who were previously responsible for operating the crossbows also deployed their weapons and fired from long distances, providing a little firepower that was better than nothing.
“Rumble, rumble—!”
The Abyss-Swallowing Dragon, which was restrained by the restraint bomb, had nowhere to hide. It could only shrink its body as much as possible and try to use its hard carapace to withstand the bombardment.
But it is not a real turtle after all, and cannot tuck its limbs under its carapace.
Under the command of the Guild Master, the shooters operating the artillery deliberately locked onto the head and forelimbs of the Devouring Abyss Dragon.
In addition, the previous bombardment had already shattered part of the shell, and the effect of this round of bombardment was obviously better than before. Even the two gusts of wind and sand that swept around had dissipated a little.
In the decisive battlefield, Tunyuanlong was covered in blood from wounds and was gasping for breath.
This miserable appearance boosted everyone's spirits, and they even increased the speed of moving the shells.
Only the Guild Master and Gordon still had serious expressions.
After two rounds of bombardment, the Swallowing Abyss Dragon looked a little miserable, but most of its injuries were superficial and it did not suffer any serious damage in the true sense.
And they had lost those heavy crossbows.
Without the control of the restraint bomb, it would not be so easy to use artillery to concentrate fire on the vital parts of the Swallowing Dragon's head.
Moreover, would the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon really stay in the canyon and run around until it was killed by artillery bombardment?
That's impossible.
The Abyss-Swallowing Dragon with bloodshot eyes did not roar anymore. It just swung its body silently to break the remaining ropes.
Under its manipulation, the size of the salon volume is expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye and moving towards itself.
Eventually, these tornadoes merged into an exceptionally large tornado, covering its mountain-like body.
With the help of the powerful suction of the tornado, the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon, which was originally unable to take off vertically, slowly left the ground.
The guild master finally realized what it was going to do and yelled, "All artillery! Don't worry about the reload count, just fire!
It wants to use the tornado to leave the canyon!"
The shooters immediately adjusted the muzzles of their guns and fired the shells.
Unfortunately, a few shells were unable to stop the Abyss-Swallowing Dragon from taking off, and soon it rose to a height almost level with the top of the canyon.
The dragon's eyes, blazing with anger, swept across the people at the top of the canyon.
The "evil god of the dry sea" will not leave in such disgrace.
It opened its abyss-like mouth, swallowing up everything with a terrifying suction force that swept around.
(End of this chapter)