Chapter 5: External Armor Defense Rank +2 (Triggered when enemies exceed 50,000).」
The third type of life force super-speed recovery buff must absolutely not be triggered by Kara. However, to ensure a combat advantage, Su Xiao brought along 270 Sun Flame Dragons.
Su Xiao took out a golden [Thunderstone], refined using Hao Mei's thunder blood as the extract. Each one used is one less, but since Hao Mei is also in this world, if he could get her to donate blood, the [Thunderstones] could be replenished.
Su Xiao crushed the [Thunderstone] in his hand, drawing down the World Thunder from the sky above.
Crack!
A muffled thunderclap exploded overhead. The sky, clear just moments ago, was now thick with gray clouds.
Wind rose, clouds surged, and large ripples spread across the lake's surface. The scene carried an inexplicable pressure; even though nothing had happened yet, it made one's heart uneasy.
Crack!
A golden bolt of lightning descended, striking straight toward Su Xiao.
In the shadows, Cain, Silver Pheasant, and the others watched this scene, both shocked and surprised. They had seen people summon World Thunder before, but those people usually died horribly.
The World Thunder landed on the dragon's back—more precisely, it struck Su Xiao. The next moment, the violent and raging World Thunder flowed along the lightning runes traced on his arm, gathering into his hand, where it was shaped by soul power into a dragon lance.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The wind howled as Barbatos spread its wings and flew. On the back of its neck stood Su Xiao, holding the dragon lance with one hand.
Cain and Silver Pheasant, hidden in the shadows, exchanged glances. This sight, like facing a god, filled them with a sense of dread.
In the shallow waters by the lake, Yueshitu looked at Hao Mei with envy. She knew that Hao Mei could also use World Thunder.
Noticing Yueshitu's gaze, Hao Mei shrank her head slightly underwater. The reason was that Hao Mei was secretly jealous too. When she used World Thunder, it never looked like this. This was like comparing a professional product shot to a buyer's real photo.
Barbatos flew above the lake. Kara, who had sunk to the bottom earlier, had yet to surface, which was puzzling.
On the dragon's back, Su Xiao pointed the thunder lance downward. A golden arc of lightning fell, plunging into the lake below.
The lake fell silent for a few seconds. Then, a long, ear-splitting low roar, like that of a whale, came from within the water.
The lake's center bulged, and the surface churned as if boiling.
With a crash, a colossal figure rose from the lake. Only its upper body was visible, standing over 100 meters tall. Its head was entirely encased in bio-armor, revealing only a single vertical giant eye. Kara had appeared.
Of Kara's eight massive arms, the top two had enormous hands, while the lower six were bio-cannons capable of full-angle firing. Its back was covered in honeycomb-like holes, from which half-meter-long, arm-thick homing living missiles could be launched.
As Kara rose from the lake, large amounts of water streamed down its body, with some places still draped in waterweed.
"Roar!!!"
Kara's massive mouth, hidden beneath its faceplate, let out a defiant roar. Unfortunately, its defiance faded quickly, replaced by frenzy.
Su Xiao, who had disturbed Kara's slumber, became its primary target. Its cannon arms raised, aimed, and locked onto Su Xiao.
Just as Kara was about to fire, points of light like golden stars appeared above and behind Su Xiao, casting their glow on him. These were the Sun Flame Dragons, diving from tens of thousands of meters high, ready to act as biological Apollos and crash into Kara.
Boom!
A Sun Flame Dragon broke through a sonic boom, swooping past Su Xiao, stirring his black feathered cloak.
The next moment, this Sun Flame Dragon, having expended all its energy for that diving speed, with the insect race's uniquely cold gaze, slammed into Kara. The living missiles launched from Kara's back were nowhere near enough to intercept it—the dive was too fast.
Thud!
A solar explosion. The massive Kara staggered, its bio-armor cracked by the blast.
Then, one by one, Sun Flame Dragons swooped past Su Xiao, charging at Kara.
Thud! Thud! Thud!...
The explosions of Sun Flame and the sounds of living missiles shattering Sun Flame Dragons merged into a continuous roar.
After being bombarded dozens of times, Kara's center of gravity tilted severely. It crashed into the amber lake, sending water splashing over a hundred meters high.
White steam drifted across the lake's surface, the Sun Flame having boiled the water. An angry roar came from the lake as Kara, lying in the water, used several of its armored legs to push itself up and stand again.
In the reeds by the lake, Yueshitu, hiding there, took a mechanical eye from her storage space and began recording. She felt that if she didn't record this epic battle scene of Dragon Knight vs. Kara, it wouldn't be worth the 300 Soul Coins she spent on the recording device.