Dragon Breath poured down in a continuous stream, each blast hotter than the last, burning half the sky red.
However, every breath was neutralized by the unbelievably resilient defensive system of the Mushroom Fortress.
With every block, the multiple layers of defensive light screens would dim slightly, consuming enormous energy.
But what made the Red Dragon uncomfortable was that the recharge speed of the Mushroom Fortress’s overall defense system was actually shorter than the interval it needed to brew the next Dragon Breath!
The shield that had just been weakened would visibly recover its strength and luster before the next breath descended.
This defensive system presided over by the Yellow Codex… was unexpectedly solid!
Of course, this might also be related to the philosophy at the beginning of the Mushroom Fortress’s construction.
When designing city defense magic arrays, traditional cities had to calculate carefully, considering the endurance of the mana pool and how to survive a long siege with limited mana.
But the Mushroom Fortress was different. The fungal mat directly provided mana for the fortress. Lin Jun simply told the Yellow Codex to maximize defense however possible. Looking at it now… the effect was quite good?
Seven or eight breaths capable of melting through hills returned without success. Not only did they fail to shake the core of the Mushroom Fortress, but they also greatly boosted the morale of the defenders.
Red Dragon Talgara finally stopped this futile aerial bombardment; it obviously realized where the problem lay.
Those golden vertical pupils scanned the city coldly. Under the perspective of [Mana Perception], it finally locked onto numerous nodes where defensive magic arrays combined with physical city walls.
It wanted to destroy from the foundation, first destroying these key nodes combining physics and magic to paralyze the entire turtle shell!
However, how could Piggy (Louisa), the commander of the Mushroom Fortress, sit by and watch it destroy wantonly?
The counterattack began!
The initial counterattack was like a torrential rain, but more like scratching an itch.
Above the city walls, thousands of Puchi Mushroom Cannons opened fire first, but these magic cannons were all blocked by dragon scales.
Following closely were heavy ballistas placed everywhere on the city walls. Steel bolts as thick as an arm, with tails wrapped in acceleration and armor-piercing runes, shot straight at the Red Dragon amidst the roar released by winches!
This time, the attack finally had some effect. Although the bolts still failed to penetrate the dragon scales thick as shields, the impact force contained within was solidly transmitted.
Dull pain came from under Red Dragon Talgara’s skin. It let out a roar mixed with pain and more rage, suddenly turning its head to stare at those small ballista beds.
Dragon Fear mixed with substantive heat waves swept across that section of the city wall, instantly making the faces of soldiers operating the ballistas pale.
However, ballistas were just a distraction. The Mushroom Fortress’s true attack came from those magic towers.
Unlike magic towers in other cities used to amplify individual mage casting, the Mushroom Fortress’s magic towers were used to amplify Resonance Cannons!
[Resonance LV7]
Just when the Red Dragon’s attention was slightly distracted by ballistas and countless mushroom cannons, enormous mana quietly gathered on several magic towers.
When the Red Dragon, having vigorously destroyed a section of the outer wall, noticed, it was too late to retreat.
A huge explosion kicked up snow filling the sky. Dragon scales burst open, and dark red dragon blood spurted out for the first time, dyeing a trail of blood on the Mushroom Fortress city wall.
“Ang—!” This roar of pain was completely different, full of shock, anger, and disbelief.
Talgara obviously didn’t expect it would get injured so quickly.
It mobilized mana, igniting flames at the wound, slowly recovering from the injury.
In the subsequent battle, it could no longer focus all its energy on destroying city wall nodes and had to distract itself to observe whether those incoming attacks posed a threat to itself.
After destroying two more nodes and seeing the Mushroom Fortress’s magic array still running smoothly, Talgara had the intention to retreat temporarily.
Just then, a gigantic No. 4 appeared in the distance.
On No. 4’s mushroom cap stood a Sword Saint Puchi. The outlines of four long swords were faintly visible in the wind and snow.
Guys not hiding in the turtle shell!
This discovery instantly ignited the frustration and anger accumulated in Talgara’s heart.
Can’t crack open that damn magic array, but can’t crush these two bugs outside?
Although No. 4’s body size was almost no less than its own, it saw through that No. 4 was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, not having much strength, even less threatening to it than those Resonance Cannons in the Mushroom Fortress.
Have to say, this judgment was quite accurate.
Facing the dragon shadow pressing down blotting out the sky, although the gigantic No. 4 was full of fighting spirit, alas, its body was soft and fell with one pounce.
The counterattack of mycelial tentacles was powerful against ordinary people, but not quite enough against Talgara.
But No. 4 was meaty!
The Giant Beast Puchi body was torn repeatedly, yet healed quickly.
Some impatient fierceness was revealed in Talgara’s eyes. Opening its giant maw, aiming at No. 4’s mushroom cap, it took a bite!
Then—
“Woo woo—Awoo—!”
A weird whimper, completely out of tune and mixed with some kind of uncontrolled pleasure, leaked uncontrollably from the depths of the Red Dragon’s throat!
[Delicious LV10]
Indescribable ultimate deliciousness, accompanied by the shattering of the mushroom cap, followed its taste buds, oral cavity, and nerves, savagely rushing into the depths of its brain!
Its massive body, which could remain motionless even when withstanding ballista impacts head-on, actually trembled violently like an electric shock at this moment!
The dragon claws holding down No. 4 also lost strength and loosened, instead being entangled by No. 4’s tentacles seizing the opportunity.
Just when the Red Dragon fell into chaos, the Sword Saint Puchi descended from the sky!
Two short legs kicked fiercely in the air, shattering the moonlight. The falling speed increased explosively, turning into four silver thin lines difficult to catch with the naked eye, instantly sweeping past the Red Dragon’s hideous head lowered in distraction due to extreme pleasure.
The silver lines disappeared; Sword Saint No. 14’s figure had already landed below the Red Dragon’s head.
In the next moment, cross-shaped cracks simultaneously emerged on the surface of Talgara’s two majestic dragon pupils!
“ROAR!!!”
This roar tore the heart and split the lungs!
And extremely far away, behind a hill half-hidden by churning wind and snow, the Ji-God Soldier, having long blended into the pale background, finally revealed its hideous fangs, firing that strike that had been accumulating power for a long time.
On the Ji-God Soldier’s left arm, a giant cannon formed by countless Resonance Cannons linked together. On the cannon body, a large number of embedded A-grade magic crystals resonated in sync, stirring up mana fluctuations enough to make anyone fear.
Massive amounts of mana were extracted, compressed, and superimposed frantically, condensing into a huge energy sphere with a diameter exceeding thirty meters in front of the muzzle. Its core presented a dark purple devouring everything, while the edges burst with blazing white magical brilliance.
Just as this world-destroying strike was about to be fired, Talgara sensed this terrifying mana.
It struggled desperately, trying to break free from the restraints and soar into the air.
However, suddenly losing its vision, it couldn’t even break free from No. 4’s entanglement for a moment.
As for flying with No. 4, that was making things a bit difficult for the dragon.
“No! No! I am Talgara! A great existence destined to ascend to the position of Ancient Dragon! How can… I be buried in such a place?!”
Despair and rage spawned the final madness. It squeezed out the remaining power in its chest along with its life force, turning into an Ultimate Dragon Breath hotter than any previous time. Like the final roar of a dying titan, it blasted out轰然 toward the direction of that terrifying energy attack!
However, when this flame enough to burn a city collided with that energy sphere, it was like a drop of ink falling into a lake surface. It merely rippled a negligible circle on the surface of the energy sphere before disappearing completely without a trace.
Subsequently, a huge explosion centered on the landing point of the magic cannon.
A huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky, swallowing the Red Dragon, No. 4, and the Sword Saint Puchi who discovered the situation was bad and tried to tread on the moon to escape.
Even separated by a long distance, the huge shockwave still swept through the Mushroom Fortress. Quite a few unlucky fellows who didn’t stand firm were even blown off the city wall.
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Half a day later, when Inanna and Adin arrived at the Mushroom Fortress galloping with wind, frost, and anxiety all over their bodies, the imagined tragic battlefield and sky-high beacon fires didn’t appear.
The city wall was still busy; soldiers were repairing damage.
And on the ice plain further away, there was an extra huge deep pit, as if hit by a meteorite.
Norris, covered in silver scales, leaned beside a battlement halfway through repair, holding a steaming large bowl in his hand, slurping something loudly.
Seeing the two, he grinned:
“You guys finally arrived just in time. Any later, the Dragon Meat Stewed with Mushrooms would have been finished distributing.”
(End of Chapter)
