Under the agitation of the ancient dragon species, the wind direction near the main peak of the Onifury Room was chaotic until nightfall. The erupted ash blankets several small hills next to the main peak, and has a tendency to spread farther away. The poachers' airships had to take a detour to avoid the unsuitable sections.

Even so, under the camouflage of the night, the airships moved smoothly. Ah Dong and Ah Xia even took a nap, and when they woke up again, the ship of the reverse scale had already followed the tail of the fleet, quietly crossing the peak line of the volcano.

In the past, there would be an airship parade along the border every ten minutes. Coupled with the sentry towers dotted on the ground, if someone was aware of an unauthorized invasion of the airspace, Ryan Yelu's defense line would have already exploded. And now there is silence at the feet of the Shadow Hunters, let alone precautions, and there is not even a single place of people.

The latest news about the ancient dragons kept coming from the airship ahead, and the lead ships had already adjusted their direction several times with intelligence. Out of prudence, the large hunting airship led by the group took the lead in closing the main propeller, leaving only a few half-speed rotating auxiliary propellers to maintain the direction of sailing. The boats in the rear did the same, and for a moment the roar of the airship dropped by more than half, and the speed of the team also decreased greatly, slowly drifting with the wind, and from a distance it looked like a hundred ghosts walking at night.

Feng Chen stood at the tail end of the cargo boat, and from time to time he launched the dragon cavity to drive away the birds that followed the ship. The group's airship itself can create a powerful vortex, and the daring birds will follow the airship for a ride. Even if the main propeller of the Reverse Scale is not in working condition, if it is knocked into the power furnace, it will still cause a lot of trouble to the people on board.

"Isn't there anything like an arrow on board?" Frightened off another wave of birds, the young hunter asked the rhino behind him in annoyance. Although it doesn't take much energy to communicate with the little ones outside the window, Dusty hasn't fully recovered from the wear and tear of Burning Rock, and his head has been groggy since nightfall.

The silver-armored hunter raised his head from the scope and replied with a roll of his eyes: "Why do you think that among the hundreds of ships here, no one wants to be at the end of the queue, and they are not all expecting others to stop the bird disaster?" It's Ryan Yelu here, and keeping a low profile is the way to go. We set off a round of arrows, and so many Shadow Hunter airships around us will surround our ship to ask for guilt. ”

"Hundreds of airships are breaking into the border, how can they keep a low profile?" Feng Chen said secretly in his heart.

After the middle of the night, the size of the group was no longer as large as it had been when it had set out, and every now and then the small boats in the group would descend a few and disappear into the darkness beneath their feet. Makes the whole team look like a giant bird that flies and lays eggs.

For small poachers, the hunting grounds near the volcano are more enticing than the ethereal cologne. The destruction of the border town affected more than a dozen villages in the surrounding area, and the dozens of kilometers around the main peak became a no-man's land. The monsters wandering in the disaster area have either just escaped from the mountains and are not yet adapted to the climate of the foothills, or they have just joined a beast tide and are running with all their strength. Even lord-level monsters that have lived on volcanoes for generations and were frozen to death after descending the mountain can be found. These are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for hunters, and only the ubiquitous Shadow Hunter can smell the smell of copper in the horrors of the current catastrophe.

As soon as he thought of Fang Cai's own glimpse of the border town, Feng Chen's heart tingled. The vast town is now empty, and the quiet mire reflects the dim moonlight, just like the Burning Rock town across the hill. The union didn't know how much it cost to evacuate the townspeople, but now the Shadow Hunters on their own side took advantage of it, hunting and destroying the hunting grounds, and suffering additional losses.

"Woe doesn't go alone...... "It's good if these outlaws just come here to hunt, but if they are established in the territory and connected to the west side of the volcanic mountain, they will become a long-term cancer in Ryan Yelu, so that the union here will no longer have peace. It's just that at the moment, he has no way to notify the nearest union, and there is no way to stop the poachers from going deeper, so he can only follow the Shadowhunter's ship and sigh in vain.

Is there really no way? Feng Chen asked himself, he looked at the birds that were driving away from the airship, and the light in his eyes was uncertain. The smallest bird at the same height as the airship is the size of a fist, and the largest vulture is even the size of a bosom, hiding far away from the flock, stretching its wings and greedily riding the air flow at the tail of the airship. The flock of birds, at least a few dozen, seems to have fled from the volcano.

Compared to the safety of the civilians in the Eastern Countries, the lives of these little creatures seemed so insignificant.

"What single line? I'm asking you! Rhino reached out in front of Feng Chen, snapping his fingers, "Can you feel the position of the Qilin here?" If we are sure, we can leave this grinding fleet now, and we won't have to be harassed by these little beasts anymore. ”

"Oh? Belch...... Of course not. The young Shadowhunter came back to his senses and pouted helplessly, "You've also heard the information from the front, that the two scourge stars are now at least a hundred kilometers away. If I had the ability to detect them at this distance, you might as well tie me up and sell me to the Hunters' Guild. ”

The Silver Armor Hunter didn't have much hope, but after hearing Feng Chen's suggestion, he actually habitually weighed it in his heart. The Shadowhunter's eyes under his armor glowed a greedy green glow in the cabin's lights, as if they were planning what price they could sell for the Seal.

"Hey, I'm just talking!" Seeing that the rhino seemed to be serious, the dragon whisperer waved his hand again and again, "Reverse Scale needs me next, right?" ”

"I'm just thinking about it, what are you afraid of?" The Shadow Hunter smiled slyly, his eyes back into the binoculars, "At eight o'clock, there is another wave of birds that don't know whether they are alive or dead. ”

"See—" Feng Chen's spirits picked up, but he quietly moved a step in the opposite direction from where the rhino was standing.

"So, you were thinking about the ruins of Border Town just now, right?" The Silverarmor Hunter shifted the scope at an angle and asked nonchalantly.

"yes, I don't know how many civilians in Ryan Yelu will be able to escape this fate." The young hunter replied without a match. was stirred up by the rhino's words, and the dangerous thought in Feng Chen's heart was suppressed for most of the time. The members of the Reverse Scale team around him didn't know that just a moment ago, he and the shadow hunters of the entire airship formation walked dangerously from the ghost gate.

"To be honest, you have more Guild Hunter habits than our captain, which is not a good thing in the Underworld." Seeing that the frightened bird consciously left the airship a hundred meters away, the rhinoceros put down the scope with satisfaction, "The underground world needs such a powerful combat power as the reverse scale to deal with tricky monsters, so we can survive so well." As for you...... You've lived in pit vipers for a while, right? ”

"That's right, the headhunter of the Southern Snow Mountain, but he died half a month ago." Feng Chen nodded in response.

"Oh...... They weren't the first Shadowhunters to be removed during this time. The Silverarmor Hunter wasn't surprised, "Until then?" ”

"In the ancient forests of the north, I followed a small team that was not very famous, and then I traveled alone for a while." The young Shadowhunter recalled.

The Silver Armor Hunter looked the Seal Dust up and down, and said with a strange expression, "It's really strange, so many experiences still haven't turned you into a qualified Shadow Hunter. ”

"Are you talking about Burning Stone? I remember when I commanded the retreat, I had a part of it. ”

Saying this didn't make the Silver Armor Hunter's eyes change in the slightest as he looked at Feng Chen. The rhinoceros smacked his lips and blamed all the weirdness on Feng Chen's body to the hunting god in the young man's mouth. Having heard those so-called "oracles" on the airship, the Silver Armor Hunter did not dare to agree. Nothing can stop the poachers from hunting freely, not even the gods. Shadowhunters don't believe in anything ethereal, and it's the same thing that no one in the Underworld has ever called a Hunter ancestor by name.

"You're just lucky." Rhino pointed in the direction of the command module, "If it weren't for us on the volcano, your bones would have turned into lava bubbles by now. ”

As soon as the words stopped, the alarm suddenly sounded in the cabin. The door of the aft compartment was rudely opened, and Sen Luo hurriedly beckoned: "You two, follow me back to the command cabin." ”

"Suddenly...... What's going on? ”

"It's the union's Hawkeye, we've been discovered!"

Hurried back to the command cabin, Feng Dust couldn't wait to poke out the front window. However, in the middle of the night, the moonlight was obscured by the volcanic ash fog, and the occasional hidden signal flare raised by the airship could not be used as lighting at all. The flotilla was a kilometer away from each other, and there were layers of airship interference in the middle, so it was impossible to see the situation on the front line at all: "Didn't you say that the union's airships had been used up by the evacuated civilians?" ”

"That was a few hours ago." Kaede had just been woken up from the rest pod, and he was already sleepy at the moment, "No matter how late you realize it, it's time for the union to put together a team to guard the country." ”

Bai Ye personally took the helm and controlled the airship to climb more than ten meters, and only then came a report with a "clear vision" from the lookout: "No matter what the union thinks, we will not be allowed to drive straight into the country." It's better to say that they moved a little later than I expected, presumably the kingdom's airship formation withdrew too far in one go, and this natural disaster had already frightened the union of Ryan Yelu. ”

Regardless of whether the kingdom is afraid or not, the ordinary hunting group that is currently being carried in the fleet is not lightly afraid. There were only ten small airships of the same standard, but they had already forced the nearly 100 large and small hunting ships belonging to the Shadow Hunter to hover in place. The bright yellow battleship took on a standard defensive position, the cabins with the guns and crossbows opened one after another, and the polished edges and corners of the ship's weapons shone like the fangs of wild beasts.

Two groups of ships, one large and one small, faced each other in the night sky, and a sense of urgency crept into the air. The contrast in strength is far less obvious than the difference in scale, and the side with more people is three points weaker in momentum.

"It's over......" Without listening to the report from the observation deck, a chill rose in Kaede's body. How could this rabble pulled up with interests go toe-to-toe with the union's professional warships, not to mention that the Shadow Hunter's airship is no different from an ordinary sampan in front of the union. Seeing that the opponent's warship has not yet stopped, the signal for support has been sent several times, as long as these ten small ships can withstand for a moment or three, waiting for their own people will either flee in confusion or be destroyed and killed.

The union turned up the bow horn to the fullest, but even then, the shrill sound was too inaudible to reach the Scales ship after being weakened by countless layers of airships, and the Shadowhunters only said that it was a pointless persuasion.

"Do you want to fight?" Only Lena in the command module still looked excited.

"Don't worry, I always feel that the few airships in the leader seem to have other plans." Bai Ye frowned, took the rhino's clairvoyance and observed it carefully. The magnification of a single telescope is much lower than that of a shipboard telescope, and the ironclad hunter can only see an approximate one.

The persuasion was repeated for the third time, and the flagship on the Shadowhunter side finally moved. Two white flashes of light rose from the stern of the ship, and the hatches on both sides of the ship opened, and a series of crossbows and guns were thrown down from the mouth of the hold, mixed with boxes of shells and crossbow arrows. Seeing that their flagship was cleanly disarmed, several medium-sized airships around it were silent for a long time, and they reluctantly played a white signal. For a moment, heavy iron blocks weighing hundreds of kilograms were thrown down from the air, and raindrops generally fell into the woodland below, and the weapons on the big ship were dismantled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Cast ...... This is a surrender? Feng Chen rubbed his eyes, and he didn't know what expression to do for a while.

"How is that possible? Those guys are not stupid, they finally pulled up a team and rushed to Ryan Yelu, it wasn't to teach the Hunters Guild the first method, right? Kaede suddenly smiled mysteriously, "I bet that before we set off, there were only the most basic manpower left on that big ship, and the main force and important supplies of the hunting group were transferred to other small ships. As soon as the big ships approach the Guild's battleships, the remaining dinghy will definitely take advantage of the situation and scatter. It's just a trick to lose the pawn and protect the commander, nothing remarkable, it can only be said that these guys are not small in their determination to hunt ancient dragons, these are five medium-sized airships, and they can be used as bait without blinking. ”

"Prepare to run for your life, the union's airship won't be entangled for long." Captain Reverse Scale said. The mighty poaching fleet may have the upper hand in the fight, but once the birds and beasts are scattered, it can only be wishful thinking to catch all the small boats of the union.

"Hey, what do we do then?" Feng Chen suddenly became nervous, "Our airship target is so big, even if the guild can only pursue ten targets, we will be the first to target." ”

"Don't worry," said Lina, the craftswoman, as she sat down in the middle of the driver's seat, patted the joysticks all over the console, and said with a fluttering eyebrow, "This ship has been redesigned by me!" ”