When Chi Aotian's expeditionary army massacred war horses, it had already penetrated 250 kilometers into the desert. Another 250 kilometers to the northeast is the true hinterland of this seemingly vast desert.
In history, few people really went deep into the hinterland of the desert, and neither did Ikeda Moe's army. At that time, the Eminor Continent was still in the Warring States Period, the Holy Desert Empire had just taken shape, and the major tribes were still fighting. Therefore, at that time,
The expeditionary force only went deep into the desert area for about 200 kilometers at most and completed a series of raids, without stopping too much in the hinterland of the desert. At that time, there was no other sturdy legion headed by the Holy Dragon Knight outside the desert.
In the continuous battles, Chi Aotian has grown at an astonishing rate. Of course, this does not refer to combat skills and war command. After all, His Excellency Chi Aotian graduated as the chief of the Imperial Knight School, and is far above average in these two aspects.
A standard performance. Chi Aotian’s shortcomings are
Personality, especially in dealing with people, lacks Amy's natural leadership style. On the Huayu Plain, which spans 10,000 miles, there have been nearly a hundred battles, large and small, with successes and disastrous defeats. The flaws in Chi Aotian's character have been washed away by these ups and downs.
Seventy-seven or eighty-eight were cut down.
Seeing many teenagers covering the bloodstains with yellow sand, at this time, the red sun had set at the westernmost end of the desert. Chi Aotian waved his hand, and the direct officer immediately ordered the army to move out again. Marked on the incomplete military map
, about 100 miles due north of this generation, there is an oasis, which is the legion’s final destination in the desert. They must go there to replenish food and water, and by the way, obtain a considerable number of camels under various names.
In most common sense, camels are just a means of transportation in the desert. In fact, camels can run very fast, definitely no less than war horses, have long endurance, and are tall. They can be found in the Imperial Forest War Zone and the Floating Ice Port War Zone.
For the Chi Aotian Expeditionary Force to serve as Camel Riders, they must rely on high-speed mobility to maximize the combat effectiveness of the less than 5,000 people in front of them.
At night, the wind blew again in the desert, and a lot of sand and gravel hit the soldiers' bodies. On their faces, the soldiers felt suffocated again. In this strong wind, the sand pushed hard into their bodies.
Drill, in the mouth, in the ears, in the nose, in the eyes... As long as there is a little gap, the sand will go in along the cracks like water. There is no way.
When breathing, even if I cover my nose with a handkerchief, the sand will enter the nostrils along the seams of the handkerchief... The most miserable thing is the elves. When have these noble beings living in the fairy forest encountered such a thing? Continuous lack of water.
Due to lack of food, the vultures have long been unable to fly, let alone bring people, so it would be nice to be able to walk. The elves crawled in the desert while carrying their mounts.
In the second half of the night, the wind finally subsided. Looking at the stars in the sky that were already heading west, Su Wen told Chi Aotian with a wry smile that the legion would not travel more than 10 kilometers throughout the night.
"Oh, how about... I take the Phantom Beast Knight to replenish some water tomorrow?" Chi Aotian also frowned.
"No." Su Wen immediately rejected this suggestion: "We have entered the desert too deep now. This place is far scarier than we imagined. It usually takes two to three hundred kilometers. For the dragon knight, it takes two hours, and for the fantasy beast knight, it takes half a day.
Definitely, but, look
, there are no landmarks here, I am afraid that they will fly out and not be found at all. There are no elves among the Phantom Beast Knights. Even if there are elves, you can see 5 miles or 10 miles. This distance is too short in the desert."
By the end of the sentence, the old soldier had a wry smile on his face.
Chi Aotian was silent. When he first entered the desert, one night, because the clouds in the sky covered the stars, the expeditionary army walked for most of the night and actually walked a circle with a diameter of 10 kilometers in the desert. In the desert, especially
During the day, the scorching sun will completely clear away all human intuitions in all directions. In addition, there is no sense of time, and the ability to correct direction is only an hour after the sun rises in the morning and evening and before the sun sets.
"The remaining horse blood can last for a few more days. If... we still can't find a water source, we can only kill the earth dragon and the mad vulture. If that doesn't work..." The old soldier did not continue, as the meaning was already considerable.
It's obvious.
"Who!? Stop! Otherwise I will be killed without mercy!" The naked threat from the soldiers in front of the enemy in the distance interrupted the conversation here.
Is there anyone here? Chi Aotian and Su Wen were both shocked. This place has gone deep into the heart of the desert. How could they possibly meet anyone?
Just as he was guessing, a series of snapping sounds suddenly came from the air ahead. The sound disappeared as soon as it started. In the night sky, this small sound spread very far because of the strong rhythm...
"Ah--", just where the popping sound disappeared, there suddenly came a continuous scream!
In the silent night, the nerves of all the soldiers were so tense at this moment that they were about to explode! The screams were undoubtedly from the soldiers of the expeditionary force. The sound of fighting came soon after.
Chi Aotian and Su Wen pulled each other up the sand dune and ran forward. The distance was less than 200 meters. By the time the two people and more than 30 guards ran to the front of the team out of breath, the imminent battle was over.
The sight in front of them made Chi Aotian and Su Wen take a breath of air-conditioning at the same time. There were at least 30 people lying on the sand... No, to be specific, there were about 30 people lying with their limbs. Most of the corpses were incomplete, arms, thighs, etc.
The torso and pieces of armor... were scattered everywhere like scattered flowers! The yellow sand in a radius of forty or fifty meters was soaked with blood, and it was as black as ink under the moonlight!
"What's going on?" Chi Aotian looked at the dozens of shocked soldiers standing in front of him, most of whom were soldiers of the Black Dragon Knights.
"General..." The young man holding the squad leader's hairpin swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Two monsters attacked us just now... They suddenly jumped out of the sand in the distance, and then flew into the sky...
Pounced down like lightning, the brothers were torn to pieces by the two monsters before they had time to take precautions! Some brothers only had their skin scratched by their claws and could not hold on for more than a few minutes before dying. Thanks... Thanks to the forest elves
The brothers came and helped us kill them."
Two monsters? The combat power of the Black Dragon Knights is quite astonishing. Even if they are in a desert, even if they are not used to fighting on sand dunes, what kind of monster can tear apart dozens of warriors in an instant with only physical attacks?!
Ordinary earth-moving dragons definitely don't have such abilities, and even giant dragons won't have such shocking performances on the ground.
Chi Aotian shook his head slightly and saw Qing Luo standing a few steps away with several male and female elves. Chi Aotian nodded at them and then asked: "What monster? Where is it?"
"Under the sand dunes." The team leader drew everyone's attention with his fingers.
Under the dark hill, there are indeed two animals lying down. Judging from the size, each one is probably the size of an ordinary walking dragon, but you can't tell if you look closer.
What is this? How could there be such a huge monster in the hinterland of the desert? In Chi Aotian's mind, the largest beast in the hinterland of the desert, the baboon, is about the same size as an adult human and would never be this big.
"How about we go down and have a look?" Su Wen asked softly.
"Let's wait." Behind the two people, Qing Luo interrupted: "It will be dawn soon."
Sure enough, the eastern sky has turned white, and the figures of the expeditionary soldiers can be clearly seen. At this time, it is only about ten minutes before the sun rises.
The ruddy sun finally showed a smile in the eastern sky, and the whole sky turned white instantly!
"Let's go down and have a look." Qing Luo had already arrived at Chi Aotian's side. After speaking, he took the lead and slid down half lying on the sandy slope.
Chi Aotian and Su Wen then slid down one after another. At this time, the two people discovered that the face of the forest elf Elder Wu who came down first became extremely ugly... To be more precise, there was a kind of fear mixed with fear.
Expression. In the not-so-long relationship between Chi Aotian and Qing Luo for more than half a year, I have never seen the elf elders with aristocratic temperament act like this. Even in the face of Han Han, the two top warriors of the Grand Duke and the Iron Hands Block Jiang.
, the peerless elf warrior did not show any fear.
"Elder Qingluo, what's wrong?" Chi Aotian subconsciously pulled Qingluo's shoulder with his hand.
"Deputy Commander Chi, do you know this kind of terrifying monster?" Qingluo said, turning over the head of the fallen monster.
Chi Aotian was slightly stunned. Since when did Qing Luo actually learn the human skill of being kind and persuasive? It seems... Qing Luo and Amy have only stayed together for a few days. How could it be possible... Oh...
I remembered that there was Tayan in the expeditionary force, and he also had the same skill tree as Amy.
After calming down and taking a closer look, Chi Aotian immediately bit his lip subconsciously. What is this? The monster's head has gray scales on the outside - a very strange scale, not the kind of earth-walking dragon or giant dragon.
There are scales layered on top of each other. Each scale is raised on the skin like a pimple, covering the skin tightly downwards. There are densely packed layers between scales.
The advantage of the hemp mane is that no matter how the skin moves, the skin will not be exposed; the monster's mouth bites very tightly, and the teeth are larger than those of the ground dragon, especially the four canine teeth, which is even more surprising.
Except for the canine teeth, all the other teeth fall toward the throat. No matter what kind of animal, once bitten by such teeth, there is no chance of breaking free.
Well? Chi Aotian discovered something wrong: Why does this monster have no eyes? It seems to have no ears. After thinking about it, Chi Aotian whispered it out. Qing Luo smiled bitterly and moved his fingers hard on the monster's head.
The skin was peeled off layer by layer, and under the fourth layer of skin, I finally saw blood-filled eyes - these eyes were actually hidden under a layer of translucent eyelids.
Seeing such eyes, Chi Aotian almost jumped up! He had seen such eyes before, he had definitely seen them before, but...where? Where had he seen such unforgettable eyes? The young man quickly turned over his mind.
The database in, I remembered! Phantom Beast!
In the fantasy beast trial, Chi Aotian had indeed seen such eyes. Desert flying lizard! This is the desert flying lizard. However, during the trial, he only saw four young lizards. Although they were very alert, they were far from this.
Terrible. Soon, Chi Aotian recalled all the information related to the desert flying lizard: in the known information, this lizard seems to be blood relatives of the earth dragon. In the ancient legends of the desert people, this lizard is also
It has a very close blood relationship with the dragon.
In the known world, in terms of destructive power, there are three sub-dragon beasts ranked after the giant dragon: the ground dragon, the desert flying lizard, and the crocodile. These three monsters are said to be descendants of the giant dragon.
This is what it means that a dragon gives birth to nine sons, and the sons are different. Facing these three kinds of monsters, without the help of magicians, ordinary human braves have no chance at all.
Among these three dragon beasts, if ranked only by killing speed, the Desert Flying Lizard ranks first with an absolute advantage: it is born with double eye membranes, nasal membranes, and eardrums, which not only absorb dry air and fine sand grains
Sealed outside the body, ordinary weapons cannot cause any damage at all even if hit directly; the forelimbs have sharp claws and the mouth has fangs, both of which are highly poisonous - this poison does not come from the body, the flying lizard's main
The food is the highly poisonous desert rattlesnake. Of course, when fighting the rattlesnake, it is inevitable to be visited repeatedly by the snake venom. While resisting the rattlesnake venom, the tuatara actually excretes the toxin through vomiting through wonderful skin movements, and also likes to lick it from time to time.
By licking its own paws, the always-delicious venom is enough to provide an insomniac elephant with a sleeping pill that instantly lulls him into a permanent sleep.
To meet such a guy, my luck is extremely bad... The only good thing is that this kind of big lizard is a super overlord in the desert. A couple of desert flying lizards control a radius of dozens of miles, despite the sacrifice of dozens of people.
The tragic price was paid, but the fortunate thing among misfortunes was that we no longer had to worry about encountering more attacks.
What Chi Aotian and others never expected was that at this moment, a series of exclamations from the soldiers suddenly came from the sand dunes.
Some young soldiers even shouted: "Look... in that direction, look... that... monster... is here again! Oh my God... there are hundreds of them!"
The three people at the bottom of the dune valley seemed to have had one of the most fragile nerves gently touched by an ice-based high-level elf in their spinal cords, and the cold breath instantly froze their bodies.