The sun's rays pour down like a golden waterfall, but are cut into countless tiny and dancing light spots by the overlapping and leafy tree crowns, scattered sporadically on the ground covered with rotting leaves and moss.
At the same time.
A huge paw covered with thick hair, but with sharp claws hidden, stepped lightly on a bright spot of light.
When the soft and thick flesh pad came into contact with the ground, it made no sound at all, as if a ghost was passing by.
And this is just the beginning.
In this dense jungle located on the border of the Molten Iron Tribe, a group of powerful and dangerous predators are moving quietly.
The lions passed by, their strong muscles sliding smoothly under their fur, suppressing their instinctive roars and heavy breathing, and slowly advancing forward in perfect silence.
The leader is a giant lion with exceptionally strong limbs and muscles as bulging as granite.
The most striking thing is that many key parts of its body, such as shoulder blades, back, joints, etc., are naturally covered with a thick layer of rough, dark yellow rock armor that seems to be connected to the earth.
Every time it takes a step, it carries an extraordinary sense of heavy power.
Advanced monster--Earth-Rending Lion.
It is different from those mindless monsters that only rely on wild instincts. It possesses a rudimentary intelligence similar to Earth Violent Bear.
In fact, it's not just this team.
At this moment, all the lion troops that are attacking the border of the Molten Iron Tribe are led by, without exception, leaders of ferocious beasts or monsters like Earth-Rending Lion, who have certain intelligence and are far more powerful than their own kind.
Because of this, they can effectively suppress and lead other Lion-beast, making the entire pride behave like an elite force.
The leader Earth-Rending Lion suddenly stopped his heavy steps and raised one front paw.
The lions behind them gradually stopped all their movements as if they had received a silent command.
The giant lion leader lowered his huge body, his sensitive nose twitched slightly, and carefully sniffed the scent in the air.
After a moment, it raised its head covered with rock armor, its deep pupils seemed to have penetrated the layers of obstacles of branches and leaves, and had already locked onto the looming molten iron sentry thousands of meters away.
Roar...
Earth-Rending Lion made an extremely low, almost inaudible commanding roar from the depths of his throat.
The members of the lion pride behind them immediately lowered their bodies, almost completely crawling to the ground, using the cover of shrubs and terrain to move close to the ground in a stealthy way, like hunters, quietly approaching their prey.
However, just when they sneaked out less than ten meters away.
The leader Earth-Rending Lion suddenly stopped moving, his neck turned instantly, and his eyes showed vigilance and vigilance.
It suddenly turned around, raised its head and stared at the low altitude behind and to the side. The muscles in its body instantly tensed up like iron, and a dull, thunderous roar came out from the depths of its throat.
Although the other Lion-beast was half a beat slower, they immediately sensed the abnormality of the leader.
They stopped one after another, bared their teeth and assumed defensive postures, looking in the same direction as Earth-Rending Lion.
"You can sense my presence... your perception is quite keen."
With a calm whisper, Iron Dragon Sorog's thick and hard black body gradually appeared solidly in the sight of the lions, as if emerging from the water waves.
He just kept using Mind Concealment Spell.
The principle of this spell is not simple visual invisibility, but directly blinding the target's perception at the spiritual level, making the other party subconsciously ignore his existence.
But the average grade of these Lion-beast is quite high.
Especially the leader Earth-Rending Lion, with its keen perception, through the subtlest changes in the air flow and the almost undetectable breath of Dragonkin, it finally saw through the concealment of Iron Dragon.
Iron Dragon stretches its huge wings and hovers at low altitude.
With one against many, he seems to have the upper hand.
This is also true.
In Iron Dragon's eyes, the surging light of Psionic Energy circulated, clearly reflecting the figures of several Lion-beast below.
The next moment, no chanting or movement is required.
--Mind Control!
In an instant, as the invisible Psionic Energy spread, sudden changes occurred.
A deafening roar filled with confusion and rage suddenly sounded.
A ferocious giant lion located on the right side of Earth-Rending Lion seemed to have suddenly gone crazy. It shook its huge head violently several times, then changed its target without warning and pounced towards the nearest Earth-Rending Lion leader.
Not only that.
Almost at the same time, a total of three ferocious beast-type Lion-beast, which were known for their physical strength, instantly became dull and confused in their eyes.
They all turned against each other and rushed towards their colleagues crazily. The previous formation instantly collapsed and the scene fell into chaos.
Earth-Rending Lion The boss's whole body lit up with a solid layer of bright yellow earth Elemental Spirit light. At the same time, it showed agility that was inconsistent with its heavy body. It exerted force on its hind legs and jumped back nearly ten meters away.
Surrounded by the spiritual light all over him, the earth's Gravity seemed to be greatly weakened at this moment.
Its movements became extremely fast and light, avoiding the crazy attacks from its companions.
Keng! Keng!
Sharp claws like steel daggers suddenly popped out from its wide soles and dug deeply into the ground.
Earth-Rending Lion raised his head and roared furiously, opening his huge mouth.
A highly condensed dark yellow ray, exuding tearing and concussive fluctuations - Earth-Rending Ray, shot straight towards Iron Dragon in the low sky, with the target being his head.
This ray can easily penetrate rocks and tear steel.
Iron Dragon Sorog reacted faster. With just a slight flutter of its wings, its huge body moved sideways gracefully as if it were weightless, avoiding the direct path of the ray.
It was difficult for the spell-like ray to hit the target, so the Earth-Rending Lion boss decisively changed his strategy.
The muscles of its hind legs expanded and bulged like an explosion, and the thick rock armor around it seemed to come to life, surging and stacking layer by layer, becoming thicker and harder.
Immediately afterwards, it used the powerful reaction force of the back pedal to fly towards the low-altitude Iron Dragon. Its raised claws tore through the air and made a piercing scream.
BANG!!!!!!!!
However, what responded to it was a huge dragon claw that didn't give in and arrived first.
Accompanied by the loud noise of countless earth and rocks exploding and splashing and the extremely dull impact sound, Earth-Rending Lion shot back at a speed several times faster than when it came, like a baseball being beaten with all its strength, and hit the ground hard.
The seemingly indestructible rock armor around it was now covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and many places were directly broken and peeled off.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Almost at the same time, the other two Lion-beast, who reacted very quickly, took advantage of the small gap where Iron Dragon had just completed a swing and lost its old strength, and flew in from the left and right sides at the same time. The fangs and claws were very close to Iron Dragon's wing membrane and flanks.
Tide of Motion!
Iron Dragon Sorog's movements suddenly accelerated, as if breaking through the constraints of time.
The huge dragon claws drew blurry afterimages in the air, launching a new round of strikes with almost no pause.
Rapid and precise slaps fell one after another, knocking Lion-beast, which was trying to attack from both ends, to the ground like swatting flies, and the sound of broken muscles and bones could be heard clearly.
In order to make up for the relative shortcomings of Psionicist in close combat, Iron Dragon Sorog also trained Hundred-Battle Dragon Pathway.
Although his Hundred-Battle Dragon level is not high yet, he has mastered several basic but very practical melee skills.
Iron Dragon's wings suddenly flapped, and the hardened dragon body with a cold metallic luster instantly burst out at extremely fast speeds, like a heavily armored tank charging close to the ground. It directly hit the other Lion-beast who were trying to surround it, breaking their muscles and bones, and rolled away wailing.
On the other side, the Earth-Rending Lion leader struggled to get up from the pothole.
It stared intently at Iron Dragon, which was floating in the low altitude, and suddenly raised a forefoot wrapped with rich earth-yellow elemental energy and stepped on the ground.
Buzz--!!!
In an instant, Magic Energy's highly reinforced ground thorns, as sharp as spears and as hard as steel, broke through the ground without warning and swept towards Iron Dragon Sorog at an alarming speed, covering a huge area.
Sorog's huge body shows amazing flexibility.
His wings vibrated and he quickly changed directions in the air, dodging most of the attacks from the ground thorns.
Only a few extremely tricky ground thorns hit his body, but the dragon scales hardened like Adamantine exploded into countless pieces of rubble, leaving only a few shallow sunken white marks.
At the same time, Earth-Rending Lion, who was casting the spell below, seemed to have been hit by an invisible attack. The rock armor on his chest suddenly collapsed inward, letting out a painful groan, and flew out again with blood spurting from his mouth.
Psychic spell--Damage Transfer.
The moment Iron Dragon was attacked, part of the damage that should have been borne by himself was forcibly transferred to Spellcaster Earth-Rending Lion through this spell.
In terms of the proportion of transferred damage, the amount Earth-Rending Lion endured was actually much lower than Iron Dragon itself.
However, the difference in physical strength between the two sides is too great. For Iron Dragon, it was just a mild impact, but for Earth-Rending Lion, it was already a heavy blow.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Roar!!!!
Amidst the bursts of dull blows, cracking bones, and roars full of pain and anger, the forest floor continued to tremble, filled with smoke and dust, and gravel and broken branches flying everywhere.
The battle with huge disparity did not last long.
Less than ten minutes later.
The remaining Lion-beast finally couldn't contain the fear in their hearts and began to whimper in panic. Ignoring the leader's roaring orders, they fled in all directions.
Iron Dragon Sorog was suspended in the air, looking around indifferently.
With him as the center, on the messy ground around him, nine Lion-beasts that had been severely injured and lost their ability to fight were already lying in a mess.
Immediately afterwards, Iron Dragon suddenly flapped its wings, and its body suddenly rose into the sky.
His vision reflected the Earth-Rending Lion leader fleeing in the dense forest.
The next moment, he suddenly swooped down like a hawk that had locked onto its prey.
Boom!!!
A precise and violent dive hit, and the leader Earth-Rending Lion, the strongest individual in the team, was violently thrown away again, breaking several large trees before tumbling to the ground.
Earth-Rending Lion struggled to get up, but his body, covered in bruises and broken armor, could no longer hold up.
In the end, it could only collapse to the ground weakly, letting out painful gasps.
Bang!
Iron Dragon's heavy body landed next to him, and a sharp claw gripped Earth-Rending Lion's huge head mercilessly. The sharp claw tips pierced the fur, leaving a deep ravine oozing with blood.
"Reptile, surrender or die."
Sorog's voice sounded directly in the heart of Earth-Rending Lion.
Under Iron Dragon's indifferent gaze, Earth-Rending Lion's initial struggle and unwilling roar gradually weakened, and finally turned into a low whimper full of fear and surrender, and he chose to surrender.
Several other injured Lion-beast who were lucky enough to survive and were running away in different directions could not make it very far.
They soon collided with the elite Molten Iron Tribe troops who had already received the signal and were steadily shrinking the encirclement from the outside. After a period of ineffective resistance, they were first severely injured, and were finally captured by special steel ropes and net bags.
The dragons are not fighting alone Hunt.
While locking the position of the lion team at high altitude, they will command the nearest Molten Iron Kin troops to encircle them from the outside, and then personally launch a thunderous strike, cooperating with the siege by their dependents, trying to catch all the lions in one fell swoop, and never let any fish slip through the net.
Similar scenes are taking place simultaneously in different areas on the border front.
Wearing dark and thick armor, the red dragon Samantha looked increasingly majestic and huge, excitedly swinging its tail covered with spiked armor.
Zheng!
As she moved, the armor pieces with sharp edges like knives on the tail were precisely engaged and locked, and instantly transformed into a giant blade-like structure, with a scream that ripped through the air, and struck at Mammoth Lion's famously indestructible crossed teeth.
Click--!!!
Accompanied by a heart-wrenching cracking sound, the pair of huge fangs that symbolized strength and sturdiness were broken.
"Hahaha! Come on! Come on again!"
"Despicable reptiles! What kind of existence do you think you are against?!"
Samantha laughed wildly.
With the powerful power of the red dragon, coupled with the all-round increase and protection brought by the alchemy armor, she is like a dragon-shaped Alchemy Golem born for battle, wreaking havoc among the lions.
Every claw strike, every tail flick, and every collision carries a devastating power.
The originally ferocious lions were beaten to pieces, their morale collapsed, and they could only run away with their tails between their legs and howling.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
In the bright sky, there is an extremely sudden dark cloud with rolling thunder hanging down. Electric snakes are dancing in it, thunder is rolling, and thick lightnings are constantly chopping down to the earth like the whip of the gods!
Blue Dragon Heriam is elegantly suspended in the center of the dark cloud storm.
He didn't even need to land, he just waved his wings inlaid with lightning patterns calmly and controlled the Man Heavenly Thunder Ting with precision.
The violent lightning seemed to have eyes, covering the lions below.
As time passed, those lion-like ferocious beasts and monsters were so electrified that their bodies were blackened and smoking, their manes exploded, and their limbs twitched violently and fell to the ground, losing the ability to move.
Rumble!!!
On the other side, the young and energetic red dragon Kaxier chose the most direct method.
She was too lazy to dodge and let the lions' fangs and claws fall on her body covered with thick scales.
The pain ignited her Rage like fuel, and the boiling anger in turn spurred more powerful power.
The lions soon discovered that they were not besieging the prey, but facing an erupting volcano, and were being suppressed and beaten unilaterally by her!
And when her accumulated anger was gradually released with crazy attacks, she regained her clarity.
The ground was already covered with severely injured Lion-beast with broken tendons and fractures, leaving only gasping for air, or corpses that had lost their lives.
At the same time.
Garos's gaze swept across the entire battlefield and quickly locked onto an elite unit with the largest number and the highest average Life Level, which could be called the ace of the lions.
He circled half a circle in the sky, adjusted his direction, and then suddenly fell in front of the lions like a meteor.
Boom!
Just the terrifying shock wave and earth tremors generated at the moment of landing caused the formation of the entire elite lion group to be thrown into chaos. More than twenty Lion-beast were shaken and staggered, and their eyes were instantly filled with fear.
Phew--!
Red Iron Dragon stretched out its huge wings that seemed to be able to cover the sky and the sun. The strong wind blew away the dust and smoke, revealing a majestic and oppressive body.
With him as the center, Dragon Might, as condensed as its essence, radiates and spreads like a tsunami, endlessly.
The lions were so pressed that they could hardly breathe, and their limbs were trembling slightly.
"Reptiles, come, use your fangs and claws, and do your best to please me."
Red Iron Dragon lowered his head, looked down at the lions, and said calmly.
Roar!!!
The leader, an exceptionally majestic ferocious beast that seemed to be a mutated individual, lowered his body, bared his fangs, assumed a desperate fighting posture, and roared ferociously at Garos.
However, just the next second.
This fierce lion made an action that was beyond Garos's expectations.
It suddenly turned around, exploding its speed to the extreme, like an arrow from the string, and fled crazily in the direction away from Red Iron Dragon.
The retreat was extremely decisive and not sloppy.
The decisive gesture just now was all a disguise to confuse the opponent.
At the same time, the other surviving members of the pride instantly exploded and fled towards different fates in all directions.
When they faced Garos, they didn't even have the courage to fight. Their goal from the beginning was to escape, and they escaped extremely decisively and quickly.
"How do you know if you can't beat me if you don't try? Maybe I should be more restrained next time Dragon Might."
Red Iron Dragon shook his head, and then his body disappeared instantly.
Even if the lions fled in all directions at the first opportunity, in the face of the absolute gap, all struggles would be in vain and could not change the final result.
In the time that followed, the Hunt battle between the dragons and the lions was still going on efficiently.
After quickly eliminating a team of lions, the dragons would leave the task of cleaning up the mess and tying up the prisoners to the molten iron troops that came after them, while they themselves did not stop, vibrating their wings and rushed into the sky,
Taking advantage of their command of the sky, they quickly locked onto the next target area and then repeated the previous attack pattern.
Precise positioning, lightning raid, family encirclement...
Under the severe beatings from the dragons from the sky, the lion teams that had previously taken the initiative and "bloomed more" in the vast territory of the Molten Iron Tribe were reduced from hunters to scurrying prey in the blink of an eye.
They were beaten until they were scurrying around in panic.
With the fate of the dragons, the situation completely reversed.
Immediately afterwards, in less than a full day, most of the Lion-beast who invaded Molten Iron Tribe's territory were captured and captured. A few who resisted extremely fiercely and were difficult to capture alive were killed on the spot. Only a handful of extremely lucky or extremely cunning individuals managed to break through the gradually tightening encirclement and escaped back to the direction of Lion King's Territory with serious injuries.
The first tentative attack launched by Lion King against the Molten Iron Tribe ended in complete failure.
"Now, it's our turn."
The night gradually deepens, and dragons soar and circle in the starry night sky.
"Assemble the legions, pursue the victory, and send out troops Echo Rift!"
Garos looked far away in the direction of Lion King's Territory and issued a new order.