Lieutenant Huo En's eyes widened. He could hardly believe what he was seeing.
He was not alone. The other crew members aboard the Eye of the Sky watched the drop pod shoot out of the opening. Then, like a volcanic eruption, roaring flames surged skyward and swallowed it whole.
But that was not the end. A massive dark shape emerged from the opening, and at that very moment, Li Wei's voice rang out over the radio.
"Open fire!"
"Open fire!"
Lieutenant Huo En jolted and hurriedly gave the order. The next instant, the antiaircraft guns at the bow and stern of the Eye of the Sky, along with the howitzer in the center of its hull that had long been ready to fire, roared to life and bombarded the opening!
Almost simultaneously, the dragon burst out of the cave. The dazzling light from the searchlights outside made it narrow its eyes. But the dragon was not worried. It was so strong, so powerful. Mere humans could never...
Boom!
A high-explosive armor-piercing shell screamed through the air and slammed into the dragon before detonating. The tremendous impact tore through its incredibly tough, supposedly impenetrable scales, knocking it backward onto the ground with a roar of pain and fury!
Who? Who dared to hurt me? Stupid mortals? Or those arrogant mages? Whoever it was, they would pay!
The dragon spread its wings, trying to take to the sky and find the source of the attack. But at that very moment, armor-piercing rounds from the 40 mm antiaircraft guns rained down on it like hail. Its wings, which arrows could not even scratch, proved as fragile as paper under those armor-piercing rounds, which punched holes of every size through them.
**"Keep firing! Don't stop! Aim for its wings! We absolutely cannot let it