Chapter 576: Innate Qi
Explosive arrows trailed blazing flames, frost arrows froze in the air, armor-piercing arrows shot straight through the sky like silver threads, and concussive arrows produced muffled sonic booms.
Almost simultaneously, the Ice Wing Griffins launched their Ice Crystal Piercing attack, unleashing over four thousand ice-blue crystal spears like an inverted rain of ice, raining down on the Blood Abyss Demon Sect's aerial formation.
The masters of the Blood Abyss Demon Sect remained completely calm in the face of the rain of arrows.
They either wielded purple-quality weapons to parry or dodged to the side, their spears, iron rods, broadswords, whips, and claws dancing in the air to form an impenetrable blood-red barrier.
The innate masters on the backs of the more than two thousand black-feathered kites simultaneously activated their innate qi, and a faint blood-red light membrane covered their entire bodies.
【All defense is calculated uniformly, with no differences between parts; all damage is increased by 20% for 1 minute】.
The ice crystals pierced and struck the innate qi, sending shards of ice flying, but only causing a few dozen points of damage.
Only attacks from third-stage awakened beings can deal two to three hundred points of damage.
"Counterattack!"
The opposing innate masters and grandmasters grinned maliciously, raising their hands to unleash wave after wave of 【Blood Qi Finger】, the corrosive blood-red energy surging back like a torrential rain.
The thousand soldiers aboard the Icewing Griffin and our flying warriors activated their purple armor sets to defend themselves.
However, the Icewing Griffin is only level 25. When facing the Blood Fist counterattack of a master of innate skill, it can dodge or block with the halberd of the centurion or five hundred lord on its back.
However, even with a health value of 1730, the Icewing Griffin will die after just 3 hits from a single attack that deals a whopping 680 damage.
However, the centurion or 500 on your back is not just for show; with a 25% parry chance bonus, you can always block a few hits.
Even a master-level expert would need about six shots to kill an Icewing Griffin carrying a centurion or five hundred men.
However, many Icewing Griffins and their companions were still killed by concentrated fire, their corpses falling from the sky and crashing heavily into the Blood Abyss Demon Sect's army formation, creating a bloody mess.
"Watch out for their ranged attacks! Don't fly in a straight line!"
A commander of a thousand men loudly reminded the centurion behind him, while simultaneously maneuvering his ice-winged griffin to roll sharply to the side in the air, narrowly avoiding a blood-red finger that grazed the wings of a flying weapon.
Ten seconds later, the two aerial formations collided with a deafening roar.
The entire 500-meter airspace instantly turned into a cruel meat grinder, with the griffin's talons and the black feathers of the black-feathered kite clashing in the air.
The sounds of wings tearing, warriors roaring, crossbow strings snapping, halberds piercing flesh, and Blood Fist piercing leather armor all blended together, creating a deafening roar.
Although the air force of Feng Huo Ling was twice that of the enemy, the enemy's individual soldiers were of extremely high quality, so Feng Huo Ling could only adopt the brutal tactic of multiple people besieging one person.
"Left! Those two beasts on the left are coming!"
On the back of an ice-winged griffin, Centurion Wang Hu, his face covered in blood, held his halberd tightly against the claws of a black-feathered kite.
He yelled at his companion on the left, "Old Li, cover me! Big Niu, stab its eyes!"
"Roar!" The Icewing Griffin roared, then suddenly flipped to the side, dodging another deadly Blood Fist.
"Watch this!" Old Li, riding on another griffin, raised the Qin crossbow, and 【Qin Crossbow - Rapid Fire】 burst forth instantly.
Five crossbow bolts shot out in a fan shape, accurately striking the wings of the black-feathered kite and pinning it firmly in mid-air.
"Die!" Da Niu swooped down from above on his griffin, activating 【Dive Tear】, his claws whistling as they tore through the air, and plunged into the neck of the black-feathered kite.
"Pfft!" Blood gushed out, and the innate master fell from the sky along with Mo Lingyuan.
"Well done! Don't stop, keep looking for the next one!"
Wang Hu wiped the blood from his face and picked up his halberd again.
Further away, Bai Yi and a squad of captains were locked in combat with more than a dozen grandmasters.
Bai Yi's entire body shimmered with purple light as he activated 【Enemy of Ten Thousand Men】, increasing his attack power by 30%.
His halberd left a purple trail as it slammed down on a master wielding a spear.
The master parried with his spear, the shaft bending into a bow shape from the impact. However, being a veteran of countless battles, he used the elasticity of the spear to deflect Bai Yi's halberd, and then unleashed a Blood Qi Finger strike directly at Bai Yi's face.
Bai dodged to the side, a flash of blood grazing his helmet and leaving a scorch mark.
Taking advantage of the situation, the captain behind him rushed forward, activated 【Sharp Arrow - Piercing Strike】, and thrust his halberd diagonally, aiming straight for the grandmaster's ribs.
The grandmaster parried with his spear, but another captain attacked from the flank. The three of them surrounded him, and the flashing blades and halberds forced the grandmaster to retreat repeatedly.
In the midst of the chaotic battle, a grandmaster broke through the encirclement of Bai Yi and his group.
His face was gaunt, his long hair was disheveled, and he was covered with a gray cloth robe stained with dark red blood. Dark red scabs were embedded in the fingernails of his ten fingers.
His weapon was a pair of purplish-black claws, with hook-like blades, each about half a foot long.
"Die!" He forced out a hoarse roar, his body leaving a bloody arc in the air as he lunged straight at an ice-winged griffin diagonally in front of him.
The man sitting on the back of that griffin was a general of a thousand men named Sun Que.
Sun Que did not panic. He pulled on the reins with his left hand, and the griffin suddenly soared into the air.
At the same time, he pointed his right halberd forward and activated 【Spear Formation - Barricade】, which increased his block rate by 40% and halved the ranged damage he received.
He stood as steady as a rock on the griffin's back, the tip of his halberd pointed directly at the grandmaster's face: "You dare to come alone? You're courting death!"
Before he could finish speaking, the grandmaster had already rushed in front of him.
With a swift movement, the five hooked claws reached straight for Sun Que's heart. Sun Que parried with his halberd, the claws colliding with the halberd shaft, producing a sharp metallic scraping sound, sparks flying amidst the blood mist.
He used the force to press down, causing the griffin to sink half a meter, but Sun Que did not retreat. Instead, he swung his halberd horizontally, aiming straight for the grandmaster's head.
The master tilted his head to the side, and his body suddenly scattered. Dozens of dark red blood bats burst out from his gray robe and scurried in all directions, surrounding Sun Que.
【Blood Bat Clone】 confuses the enemy and also blocks his escape route.
"A mere trick!" Sun Que sneered, his battlefield intuition instinctively locking onto one of the slowest-flying blood bats.
With a flick of his right arm, he unleashed a barrage of Qin crossbow bolts, five of which shot out in a fan shape.
Most of the shots missed, but two of them caught up with the blood bat and pierced it on the spot.
The blood bat exploded, and the grandmaster's figure reappeared several meters away in a disheveled state, with two arrow wounds on his chest, from which blackish-red blood seeped.
Sun Que pressed his advantage relentlessly, clamping his grip on the griffin's belly. The Icewing Griffin folded its wings and swooped down like a silver meteor, activating 【Dive Tear】.
The master staggered backward, then suddenly raised his hands, the blood-red threads between his ten fingers taut.
【Seven Fiends Blood Handprint】, seven layers of palm power superimposed!