Chapter 88: Heavy Hammer Mastery
The "Aberrant Hothouse" occupied a considerable area within the fortress, its color similar to the "Evolution Nest," but its structure resembled a beehive.
The "Aberrant Hothouse" and the "Evolution Nest" were extensively connected to each other. If one were on the second level of the fortress, they would notice that the area where the two met was tighter and more harmonious than imagined.
In principle, the constituent materials of the "Aberrant Hothouse" and the "Evolution Nest" were similar, only differing in structure and internal working methods.
This also meant one thing: the two could transform into each other. For instance, the active structures composing both were a single entity. Currently, the central tissue of the "Aberrant Hothouse" occupied 20%, while the "Evolution Nest" occupied the remaining 80%.
Allowing the "Aberrant Hothouse" or the "Evolution Nest" to transform into each other—whichever fortress organ's central tissue occupied more of the active structure would see a significant increase in its working efficiency. This was not only an increase in the number of transformations/cultivations per batch but also a reduction in time required.
As a T0-level fortress, the Sun Fortress was nearing perfection and had the potential for further development. However, Su Xiao decided not to invest more resources; the current level was sufficient.
Returning to the main control room on the top floor, Su Xiao had just arrived when Baha, holding a communicator with his wing, blinked, indicating that the other party was the Alliance Marshal, He Kangdiwei.
Su Xiao signaled Baha to continue handling it. He was not convenient to speak with them now. Their purpose in contacting him was undoubtedly to urge him to attack the Beast Clan as soon as possible.
Cultivating war beasts for riding indeed required the flesh and blood of supernatural creatures, but now was not the perfect time to attack the Beast Clan.
Su Xiao did not plan to deploy troops tonight; at the earliest, he would wait until tomorrow morning. After confirming certain matters, he would be better positioned to attack the Beast Clan. Additionally, the Boar Warriors had just mastered "Heavy Hammer Mastery" and needed time to adapt.
The first issue was deciding which war beast's genetic sample to choose. Su Xiao's first thought was the wolf cavalry. He had gained considerable experience leading wolf cavalry in battle on the Canglong Continent.
Upon second thought, that wouldn't work. The temperament of wolf mounts did not match the Boar Warriors. This was a minor issue; the key was that their compatibility was mismatched.
On the Canglong Continent, the orc army that followed Su Xiao consisted of veterans who had suffered consecutive defeats and lost over 90% of their territory. However, it couldn't be ignored that those orc soldiers were all seasoned warriors. Each of them was proficient in 2-3 types of weapons and had received some riding training.
Although they weren't particularly tough, their attacks were sharp. Often, a single charge would shatter the enemy's formation, leaving behind a trail of severed limbs and blood-soaked ground.
Sharp-attacking orc soldiers, paired with fast, wall-climbing expert dire wolves, unleashed combat power far beyond 1+1=2.
If Boar Warriors sat on wolf mounts, setting aside their average height of 2.5-2.8 meters and their burly physiques, the war hammers they used were very heavy. These hammers were about 1.5 meters long, with heads the size of buckets.
To make the Boar Warriors more durable, Su Xiao had previously used combat suits seized from the Vassal Clan as payment to commission a large number of heavy armor sets from the Human Clan.
These were not plate armor but more like scale armor, with overlapping layers of armor plates. This ensured defense while allowing free movement. The only problem was that this armor was heavy—no, extremely heavy.
Due to Su Xiao's previous economic issues, he couldn't use light yet strong metal materials. As for making combat suits like the Vassal Clan's, forget it; that was even more unaffordable.
When Su Xiao placed the order, he made three demands: 1. Ensure defense, 2. Large quantity, 3. Fast production speed.
The Human Clan's military factories were practical and managed to produce it under these conditions. Before Su Xiao's acceptance inspection, the Human Clan was nervous. This mass-produced armor was too heavy. When the inspection passed, they celebrated.
Given the Boar Warriors' current body weight, weapon weight, and armor weight, if they sat on a wolf mount with a loud clang, the wolf would be crushed, immediately choke, then splay its legs and fall flat on its face with a croak.
Graceful wolf cavalry was out of the question. The mounts needed endurance and load-bearing capacity. Thinking of this, Su Xiao, standing before the curved floor-to-ceiling window, saw the Dwarf Boars on the fortress's front square, planning building layouts.
The Dwarf Boars, besides being skilled at mining, had some talent in construction. Not exceptionally gifted, but they could build stone houses quite nicely.
Seeing these Dwarf Boars, Su Xiao thought of creating a war boar gene, cultivating strong, large boar mounts.
War boar mounts needed no worry about endurance; they had great strength. Most importantly, the Boar Warriors also had some boar genes. Choosing war boars as mounts would reduce rejection when they "connected" via solar energy as a "network cable," since they shared similar gene segments.
Thus, after a successful "connection," the Boar Warriors would control their war boars more adeptly.
War boars were excellent, but the problem was that Su Xiao didn't have a ready genetic sample.
Su Xiao had Bubu Wang summon Hausmann, Steel Fang, Gluttony, and the Five Fireball Brothers.
Soon, Hausmann and the others arrived. Hausmann's height was astonishing at 3.4 meters, but he wasn't the tallest. Gluttony, outside the door, was 4.97 meters tall, fat, with a mouth that nearly split to his ears. Due to his size, he could only press his big face against the door, waiting for orders.
Among the leader and elite units, the Five Fireball Brothers were best at ambushes, Hausmann at frontal assaults and charges, followed by Gluttony and Steel Fang.
Regarding Gluttony, Su Xiao was always puzzled about how he cultivated this monster. Gluttony had torn apart and devoured at least several hundred Vassal Clan soldiers. Besides his size, his teeth were exceptionally good.
This guy once bit through the armor of a living war chariot, then, like opening a can, pulled out the Vassal Clan soldiers inside one by one, eating them one bite at a time.
Besides good teeth, Gluttony had astonishing recovery. He had once had a third of his body blown apart but regenerated within seconds.
This gluttonous fatty seemed to grow stronger the more he ate. Previously, his height was around 4 meters; now it was about to exceed 5 meters.
This came at a cost. Gluttony originally had the intelligence of a 13-14-year-old, but now it was only about 7 years old. Previously, when Su Xiao went to the Vassal Clan and didn't let him follow, Gluttony sat on the ground crying loudly. Only when Amu, carrying the Dragonheart Axe, glanced at him did he stop crying out of fear.
Gluttony was especially afraid of Amu, so much so that a single look from Amu nearly made him wet his pants. This was because once, Gluttony provoked Amu and was almost chopped up and thrown into the ore crusher. If Bubu Wang hadn't barked to speak up for him, Gluttony would have been gone.
It turned out that although Amu was often bullied by Beini and Bubu Wang in Su Xiao's team, he was no simple cow. That time, he cut Gluttony in half and was about to throw him into the crusher. Nearby Steel Fang wanted to plead but didn't dare, and it was lucky he didn't, or he might have been chopped up too.
In the main control room, Su Xiao ordered the others, led by Hausmann, to take 300 elite soldiers and enter the Aberrant Beast territory overnight.
This trip was not to the Beast Clan's gathering places or habitats but to the southeastern forest to hunt the "Sub-Boss Level Creature: Bristle Oak."
Bristle Oak was a boar that had transformed into an Aberrant Beast and, after multiple transformations, became a Sub-Boss level creature.
Su Xiao was certainly tempted by the Boss-level creatures in the Aberrant Beast territory, so he had investigated them.
Su Xiao was willing to fight the Beast Clan. Needing supernatural flesh was one reason; hunting Boss-level creatures was another important point. It allowed him to develop his forces while obtaining resources he could take out of this world. Very good.
Su Xiao set his sights on the large boar-like Sub-Boss level creature, Bristle Oak, to give the war boar mounts a high starting point.
These combat creatures produced through mass cultivation wouldn't live long, but that didn't matter.
Besides lifespan, due to mass production, the overall quality of these combat creatures couldn't match the original sample. The solution was to have a high starting point for the sample. For example, if the "Sub-Boss Level Creature: Bristle Oak" had an overall quality of 100 points, mass production could at least achieve 5-10 points.
"Mission guaranteed to be completed."
The Sun Maidservant sitting on Hausmann's shoulder spoke. Her name was Mida. Unlike the usually silent Hausmann, Mida was full of energy.
Hausmann and Mida were not lovers but more like close friends or siblings.
"Lord, you can rest assured."
Mida, sitting on Hausmann's shoulder, was full of confidence. Seeing her overconfidence, Baha turned his gaze and stared straight at her. Mida shrank back, no longer mysteriously confident.
Half an hour later, the hunting team assembled and departed. Standing before the curved floor-to-ceiling window, Su Xiao watched the team disappear into the night. He returned to the single sofa, sat down, and picked up a cup of steaming Maple Tea.
The Boar Warriors had all mastered "Heavy Hammer Mastery," with skill levels between Lv.33 and Lv.35.
A pleasant surprise was that due to the War Lord's promotion to Eight Stars, its bonus of "All Ability Level Increase Lv.12" did not provide a 100% boost to "Hammer Mastery" but still raised it by 10 levels.
In the past, a Seven-Star War Lord could at most raise "Hammer Mastery" by 3-4 levels.
The initial level after skill awakening, plus the War Lord's bonus, brought the Boar Warriors' "Heavy Hammer Mastery" to an average of Lv.43-Lv.45. Some exceptionally talented Boar Warriors even reached Lv.48.
"Heavy Hammer Mastery (Passive, Lv.44): Hammer-type weapon attack power increased by 36%. Greatly improves proficiency in using hammer-type weapons. Attacks deal True Strength attribute × 1.7 shock damage (310 shock damage)."
"Tip: Attack carries moderate knockback effect."
"Tip: Attack carries moderate armor-breaking effect."
"Tip: This ability can temper the physique. Current maximum health increased by 10%. Current body toughness and body defense increased by 12.5%."
At first glance, "Heavy Hammer Mastery" didn't seem to greatly enhance attack power. However, this was a "wild" technique ability, far from the bonuses of orthodox systems, and lacked Lv.10, Lv.20 additional abilities or ultimate abilities.
Su Xiao chose this ability because the Boar Warriors didn't lack attack power; they lacked the means to unleash the power of their solar energy.
Not to mention anything else, the "Greatly improves proficiency in using hammer-type weapons" alone would cause a qualitative change in the Boar Warriors' attack intensity and methods.
With solar energy clinging to their war hammers, the Boar Warriors were far from lacking offensive capability.
Their core problem was hitting the enemy. When dueling Vassal Clan soldiers, they were like idiots, wildly swinging their war hammers.
The momentum was indeed fierce, but in the end, they would have their throats slit by a single sword strike from a Vassal Clan soldier, spraying blood as they fell dead. Apart from using Rage Flame's large-scale fire explosion effect to blast enemies, their entire output was just a roar.
Now, "Heavy Hammer Mastery" perfectly solved this. A Boar Warrior dueling a Vassal Clan soldier, even without a mount, could hammer the enemy into kneeling and singing surrender.
490,000 idiots who only knew how to swing hammers versus 490,000 heavy hammer warriors were not in the same dimension of combat power. If these 490,000 heavy hammer warriors advanced to heavy hammer knights, then...
The development path was clear. However, there was a critical issue: developing war boar mounts would consume not only a large amount of supernatural flesh but also active ore.
Based on the current number of Boar Warriors, at least 490,000 war boar mounts needed to be cultivated. The consumption was enormous.
Su Xiao picked up the communicator on the table and contacted Alliance Marshal He Kangdiwei. The other party held a high position. Having kept them waiting for three hours, it was probably enough. If he didn't contact them now, it would backfire.
The call went unanswered for a while. Su Xiao didn't mind. The Alliance Marshal was deliberately acting this way. Su Xiao didn't believe that with He Kangdiwei's cunning, he couldn't see through the current situation.
After a moment, the call was answered. He Kangdiwei said, "Ah, Bai Ye, something came up just now, kept you waiting."
"Oh."
"You don't care what it was that made me delay answering your call?"
"What was it? Your daughter found a new lover?"
Beep, beep, beep~
The call was disconnected. Su Xiao looked at Baha, who coughed lightly and said, "Boss, that was really poking at the eyes. He Kangdiwei's daughter's matter, uh~"
Baha's smile was meaningful. He Kangdiwei's eldest daughter's character could only be described as promiscuous, causing him much embarrassment.
What kind of person was He Kangdiwei? With his ruthlessness and cunning, there was a time when he was ready to have his men secretly dispose of his eldest daughter.
Just then, He Kangdiwei's daughter got involved with the second son of Chief Justice Foward.
He Kangdiwei was relieved. Although his daughter had been pregnant out of wedlock seven or eight times, each time aborting the child, making her a bottomless shoe among worn-out shoes, if this political marriage succeeded, it might give his troublesome eldest daughter a destination and forge an alliance.
Chief Justice Foward had similar thoughts. He didn't care about the eldest daughter's character. Thus, the eldest daughter and the second son were married.
Both He Kangdiwei and Chief Justice Foward underestimated this eldest daughter. Not only did she turn her husband's head green as the Hulunbuir Grassland, but she also became pregnant with the third son of Watchtower Leader Ferdinand's child.
Worse, this fierce eldest daughter suddenly had a surge of maternal love. To keep the child, she smuggled into Human Clan territory and actually gave birth.
After this incident, He Kangdiwei, Foward, and Ferdinand held a special meeting to discuss how to handle it. Foward brought his second son, and Ferdinand brought his third son.
The manufacturer, the original husband, and the brother-in-law all gathered. The awkwardness of the scene was imaginable. Even more explosive was that the extraordinary woman returned with the child at this critical moment. It was said that the original husband and the brother-in-law immediately started fighting.
How this was resolved afterward was unclear. It seemed the brother-in-law took over. The noble circle was truly chaotic.
The communicator in Su Xiao's hand rang. It was He Kangdiwei.
"Lost connection, Bai Ye. The wave frequency in the border area is too unstable."
He Kangdiwei's voice came from the communicator. Clearly, the attitude was that mutual annoyance was normal, but poking at the eyes was not.
"Indeed."
Su Xiao immediately gave a way out. There was no need to sour relations with He Kangdiwei now.
"Tomorrow morning, I'll start fighting the Beast Clan, but I'm short on supplies. I want to borrow some active ore from you."
This was Su Xiao's purpose in contacting He Kangdiwei. The Vassal Clan wanted to use him as a spear; they had to offer benefits.
"How much?"
"30,000 units..."
Beep, beep, beep~
The call was disconnected again. The "signal" was truly too unstable.
After a dozen seconds, the communicator in Su Xiao's hand rang. He answered, and there was a rustling sound, vaguely hearing He Kangdiwei speaking, but very faint.
"5,000 units. Less than that, and I'll move the fortress north tomorrow morning."
As soon as Su Xiao said this, the rustling in the communicator stopped. The "signal" suddenly improved.
"In three hours, 5,000 units of active ore will be delivered."
Hearing He Kangdiwei's words, Su Xiao hung up. The Vassal Clan was really using him as a spear. From others' perspective, the Sun Fortress was helping the Vassal Clan fight the Beast Clan. Under such circumstances, they were only willing to give 5,000 units of active ore.
Fortunately, Su Xiao had prepared. He had a trump card in hand. No matter how short of active ore he was before, he hadn't used this trump card, saving it for a critical moment to play a decisive role. Now was the time.
He dialed a frequency. After a few seconds, a slightly hoarse voice came from the communicator. The other party said:
"Kukulin Bai Ye, since you signed that treaty, you are no longer our friend. I told you, the friendship between us is fragile."
The person on the communicator was the black-robed man Su Xiao had met once, a high-ranking member of the Human Clan.
Su Xiao had signed the "Border Treaty," which meant reconciling with the Vassal Clan. Additionally, due to his geographical location, he blocked the Aberrant Beasts for the Vassal Clan. The current geographical layout, from top to bottom on the map, was:
Human Clan territory.
Vassal Clan territory.
Sun Faction territory.
Aberrant Beast territory.
The Human Clan had already lost the war. Originally, they relied on the beast tides every few years to slow the Vassal Clan's development. After the Sun Faction appeared, why did the Human Clan strongly support it? They wanted to use the Sun Faction to contain the Vassal Clan.
Now, Su Xiao's side had reconciled with the Vassal Clan and blocked the Aberrant Beasts. Above the Vassal Clan, the neighboring Human Clan was in deep trouble. The Vassal Clan could now develop peacefully and then deal with them.
Under these circumstances, the Human Clan's high-ranking officials naturally wouldn't have a good attitude toward Su Xiao. If not for their many previous collaborations, they wouldn't have answered this call.
"We could have been friends, but unfortunately, we are enemies now."
The black-robed man seemed to sigh. The blood feud between the Vassal Clan and the Human Clan was too deep. Signing the "Border Treaty" with the Vassal Clan meant standing against the Human Clan.
"Interested in the formula for Cataclysmic Solution?"
"Hmm? Are you sure?"
"Of course."
"We might... no, we are still friends."
The black-robed man's attitude changed drastically. Why? The allure of [Cataclysmic Solution] was too great. It was essential for upgrading a fortress from T5 to T0. Selling 100% pure [Cataclysmic Solution] alone would fetch a high price from the Human Clan, let alone its formula.
The black-robed man's attitude proved the saying: no permanent friends, only permanent interests.
"Bai Ye, name your price."
"300,000 units of active ore."
As soon as Su Xiao quoted, the communicator fell silent.
"That... is hard to gather."
"Is that so? Then reduce it to 30,000 units."
"Huh?"
The black-robed man's voice contained a hint of bewilderment. With his composure and status, this shouldn't happen, but the tenfold difference in the quote snapped his old waist.
"30,000 units of active ore, plus 200 active crystals."
Su Xiao stated his real price. The Human Clan's fortress cultivation technology was backward, so they naturally had fewer T5 fortresses. Conversely, they had more active crystals stored, which were essential for cultivating fortresses.
[Active Crystals] needed to be gathered more; they were good stuff.
"Deal. Same channel. The active ore you need will be delivered soon."
Hearing this, Su Xiao hung up. Materials were basically gathered. Now, he only waited for the first battle with the Beast Clan tomorrow morning to test their strength.
Just then, Baha swooped down. His figure flickered, and using his spatial ability, he passed through the glass and flew into the main control room, urgently saying, "Boss, beast tide incoming!"
Su Xiao's first thought was that something had happened to Hausmann's team. Checking the fortress data, Hausmann, Steel Fang, the Five Boar Brothers, Gluttony, etc., none had disappeared from the list.
If not that, then the Beast Clan's Beast King and four Boss-level creatures had taken the initiative to attack.
The Beast Clan's power structure was simple and brutal: the strongest was the Beast King, below whom were four Boss-level creatures, called the Four Beast Leaders by the Human and Vassal Clans.
Sand Heart Leader, Sea Fury Leader, Wind Rider Leader, Sky Leader.
These names, rich in Human/Vassal Clan cultural flavor, were not the Beast Clan's own terms. Their cultural foundation was simple and unadorned. After hearing these four titles, the four Boss-level creatures initially called them foolish primates but later all went for it.
It wasn't that the Four Beast Leaders had no backbone. In the Beast Clan, their honorific titles were:
Underground survivor who digs sand.
Impressive land and sea creature.
Fast wind runner.
Impressive flying winged feathered creature.
Compared to these four, "Sand Heart Leader," "Sea Fury Leader," "Wind Rider Leader," and "Sky Leader" had much higher prestige. It was hard for the four beasts not to go for it.
Su Xiao vanished from the main control room. When the spatial fluctuations dissipated, he was standing on the fortress's top.
With a few booms, several flares rose in the distance. They were from his outposts.
On the open ground before the fortress, Boar Warriors rushed out chaotically from the fortress or the mountain space. Although the formation was messy, their speed was undeniable. They had been tested in war.
His side had a total of 490,000 Boar Warriors. 100,000 were deployed to the west of the fortress to guard against a possible sneak attack from the Vassal Clan.
Su Xiao had the ability to break the treaty at any time, but he wouldn't underestimate the Vassal Clan. If they also had means to break the treaty and launched a surprise attack, his side would be stabbed in the back while facing the beast tide, at least half-dead.
Stationing 100,000 Boar Warriors there meant that even if the Vassal Clan attacked, they couldn't inflict heavy damage.
Su Xiao then divided 50,000 Boar Warriors into 10 groups, stationed near the fortress. The remaining 340,000 were all deployed to the east to form a defense line against the beast tide.
Rumbling came from the distance, and the ground began to tremble slightly. The flares in the sky illuminated the view. Before the defense line formed by the Boar Warriors, countless Aberrant Beasts charged forward. Ten thousand beasts galloped, their momentum awe-inspiring.
These Aberrant Beasts had various forms. Some resembled viper wolves, some were large herbivores with bone armor on their heads like rhinos, and there were also twin-headed pythons slithering forward.
Countless types of Aberrant Beasts attacked simultaneously. This could only mean one thing: the Beast King had ordered them to gather and form a beast tide to attack the Sun Fortress.
The Beast King's intelligence wasn't too outdated. He knew that after the Sun Faction allied with the Vassal Clan, the Sun Faction would inevitably turn its spearhead toward him. This was about resource competition.
"Praise..."
A Boar Warrior, about to praise the sun before charging, made the gesture of praising the sun but realized it was night, with a crescent moon in the sky.
This Boar Warrior was frustrated. Looking at the Aberrant Beasts charging from the front made him even angrier. He had been eating a late-night snack when the enemy suddenly came.
"Kill!"
This Boar Warrior roared and charged toward the beast tide. After a short sprint, the muscles on his arm holding the hammer handle bulged. He turned sideways, extended his right arm back, gathered strength, and with a full-force 150-degree arc swing, smashed the hammer onto the head of a two-tailed Aberrant Beast.
Boom! A fire explosion occurred. Using the impact of the smash, the power of the fire explosion increased. Not only did it shatter the two-tailed Aberrant Beast into pieces, sending charred flesh and bone fragments flying, but the spreading flame shock also caused the Aberrant Beasts charging from both sides to scream in pain, rolling on the ground. Fur was weak to fire.
After this fierce smash, the Boar Warrior didn't stop. Taking advantage of the solar energy still clinging to the hammer, he infused another burst of solar energy, reactivating the Rage Flame ability that should have been in cooldown.
He swung the war hammer, now glowing gold-red from solar energy, with a whirring sound, another 180-degree arc swing.
Rage Flame: Double Hammer Strike.
Boom!
Rage Flame burned fiercely. In the flames, this Boar Warrior held the hammer with both hands, the hammer head outward, spinning like a windmill, smashing the charging Aberrant Beasts—some had their brains splattered, others were sent flying.
After spinning for over ten seconds, his momentum was fully charged. He swung another arc hammer, smashing a fully bone-armored Aberrant Beast into pieces.
This was not an isolated incident but occurred repeatedly along the chaotic battle line.
The beast tide was stopped by his heavy hammer warriors. Additionally, many Aberrant Beasts had fur. Under the basic theory that fur was weak to fire, they were burned, screaming in pain.
Su Xiao stood on the fortress top. The cool night breeze blew past. He surveyed the battlefield. The enemy was stunned at the first contact. This was normal. To deal with the Vassal Clan, he had developed the Boar Warriors to be particularly tough. Then, to compensate for their lack of combat skills, he had them choose war hammers, which were most compatible with Rage Flame.
Solar energy strengthened their physiques and boosted their willpower. With strong hearts, they could fight to the last on the battlefield.
Despite these qualities, the Boar Warriors' combat power still hadn't reached Su Xiao's expected level.
After mastering "Heavy Hammer Mastery," this ability became the core of the Boar Warriors' combat, integrating all previously accumulated qualities. Not only did it unleash their due power, but it also allowed these qualities to stack, reaching another level.
Originally, Su Xiao planned to take the initiative tomorrow morning. But he hadn't figured out how to transport the Aberrant Beast corpses back after the battle. Having the Boar Warriors carry them on their shoulders was feasible but inefficient.
Now, the problem was perfectly solved. The Beast Clan had taken the initiative to attack, and the battle line was right outside his doorstep.
The battlefield was soon lit by gold-red flames. Su Xiao watched for a while and noticed a black shadow circling high in the sky. Looking up, he vaguely made out its form.
This black shadow was about 7 meters long, resembling a bird-dragon hybrid. He temporarily called it a pterosaur.
This pterosaur was covered in dark blue-black large feathers. It had a bird's tail with slightly longer tail feathers. Its wings for flight had both bird feathers and a rough dragon wing structure. Its neck was similar to a dragon's long neck, and its head had a thick, sharp beak.
This pterosaur was fast, cutting through the air with a whistling sound. Its dark yellow vertical pupils were especially sharp.
This pterosaur was the "Sky Leader" among the Four Beasts, second only to the Beast King in the Beast Clan.
Above, the Sky Leader circled, flapping its wings. It was indeed a Boss-level creature but had been eroded by some power. This gave it powerful combat abilities but greatly reduced its intelligence. However, it also made it fiercer, sharper, and more aggressive.
The Sky Leader looked down. It could judge that the battle situation was unfavorable. It also spotted the enemy's leader—a golden opportunity.
A sound of air being torn came from above. Watching the Sky Leader dive down like a dark blue-black blur, Su Xiao's eyes showed a hint of doubt. Although he hadn't killed an enemy for several days and had recently drunk Maple Tea and meditated, making his blood energy more restrained, this pterosaur, which looked like an enemy leader, was actively pouncing on him. This was unexpected.
Su Xiao restrained his blood energy even more, so as not to scare away the diving pterosaur. It was decided: you, the pterosaur mount.
The Sky Leader, diving from above, didn't yet know what was about to happen. But it didn't need to worry. What it needed to pay attention to afterward was how to learn to praise the sun.