While the allied forces split up to attack the three silithid hives, the Qiraji had also attacked Cenarion Hold. Unfortunately for them, the remaining garrison, together with Dalaran and the dragons patrolling overhead, had repelled them several times.
Then, one night, those bony, jointed tentacles emerged right beside Cenarion Hold, bringing the Qiraji lurking underground with them. Everyone was stunned by the sudden development, and an enormous swarm pillar appeared beside Cenarion Hold.
Countless tentacles emerged right beside Cenarion Hold, and even the raised soil began turning into flesh, with a carpet of fungus nourishing the Qiraji covering the sand around the edges. Vast numbers of sand tunnel worms, flying Qiraji, and sandworms emerged from the swarm pillar. The entire pillar was practically a Qiraji transport conduit.
This time, Ayamiss the Hunter personally led the charge. Almost the entire Wasp Burning Legion turned out to attack Cenarion Hold.
After a moment of hesitation, the dragons immediately launched a fierce assault on the swarm pillar. Dalaran and the other neutral factions naturally joined in without hesitation.
The Qiraji and the dragons immediately engaged in battle. As an elite Qiraji and the leader of a legion, Ayamiss possessed strength that could not be underestimated, but the ordinary Qiraji under his command were far less capable in combat.
Against the dragons' highly protective armor, venomous breath and volleys of stingers had little effect. Ayamiss himself was tied down by Anachronos and could only watch as the other Qiraji died beneath the dragons' breath and physical attacks.
Meanwhile, the Blue Dragon Azuregos also joined the aerial battle. A thousand years earlier, this very Qiraji and his Wasp Burning Legion had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Blue Dragonflight led by Arygos. Azuregos certainly remembered this flying Qiraji lord.
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