Chapter 1499 Tornado
“Boom! Boom——!”
The clumps of sand and soil bombarded the rocky ground, shattering the rocks, leaving shallow holes several meters in diameter. pit.
Judged by the standards of ancient dragon species, such an attack may not be called very sharp, but for fragile humans, it is not surprising if they are hit by a ball of sand at close range and are instantly torn apart.
In the previous battle with dragon-attacking ships, one of the dragon-attacking ships was destroyed by such sand cannonballs.
However, the hunters soon discovered the limitations of this move.
These jets of sand come from the pores on both sides of the body of the Tunyuanlong, which seem to be channels connected to the respiratory system to assist exhaust.
In short, something similar to human nostrils.
When sneaking under the sand, Tunyuanlong uses these pores to breathe. When it rises into the air and flies, it will also exhaust air through the pores to assist in adjusting its body posture.
When the sucking attack was used on the Isana before, it could also be clearly seen that a large amount of air and yellow sand were discharged out along the pores on both sides of the Yuanyuanlong's body.
Otherwise, no matter how large the lung capacity of the swallowing dragon is, it would be impossible to inhale such a large amount of air for a long time.
The attacks from these vents did make the hunters on both sides of the swallowing dragon's body panic, but after reacting, it was not difficult to dodge these attacks.
Putting distance is the most direct way.
The blowholes will shrink significantly before they eject the sand balls. It is very safe to leave the shooting path in advance. At medium and long distances, the destructive power of these sand balls will also be significantly weakened.
“Seize the opportunity! Attack the blowhole!” After Musa slipped to avoid a ball of sand cannons, he drew the string of his bow, and several arrows just flew out.
These pores are usually protected by the thick carapace of the Yuanyuan Dragon and cannot be touched at all. At this time, they are exposed from the gaps in the carapace for attack.
While it is a threat, why is it not also an opportunity?
It just so happened that, as the only two top shooters present, he and Lehana used flexible and lightweight weapons.
While dodging attacks, you can also aim at the blowholes of the Yuanyan Dragon and launch a counterattack.
A few more arrows and crossbow shells followed the blowholes and penetrated the body of the swallowing dragon, forcing the swallowing dragon to pause this meaningless attack, lie down again, and close the blowholes.
"Boom buzz——!"
A dull roar sounded.
Under the control of some mysterious force whose principle is unknown, the yellow sand scattered around as well as the fine rocks shattered by the sand cannon attack started automatically without wind.
They rotate and condense, forming two whirlpools of sand and gravel.
The vortex rolled faster and faster, driving the air in the canyon to form strong winds, and eventually turned into wind salons.
The guild leader, who was watching the battle with a telescope from high up, had a condensed look.
He realized that their previous guesses were wrong.
Perhaps, Tunyuanlong does not have the ability to control the wind. The winds that accompany it are not yellow sand blown up by the wind, but high-speed rotating gravel that in turn drives the strong wind.
This guy has the ability to control sand?
The guild leader pondered.
The good news is that the geology here is dominated by hard sandstone.
The main reason why they chose this place as the battlefield is that the geology here is hard and the Yuanyan Dragon cannot sneak into the ground.
Of course, there is not much yellow sand in the canyon that can be used by the swallowing dragon.
The bad news is that in the previous sand cannon spray attack, the swallowing dragon forcibly created a batch of fine sand and gravel by bombarding the ground and cliffs.
It may not be much in number, but together with the gravel stored in its body, it can barely condense two wind waves that give hunters a headache.
In a closed environment like the canyon, the power of these two tornadoes would be even stronger than in the sea of sand.
The ancient dragon species is an ancient dragon species after all. Sure enough, it cannot be killed safely by introducing a trap.
He gestured to the messenger beside him who was holding a horn.
“Doooo—doooo—”
The sharp horn sound barely penetrated the roar of the wind and sand, conveying the command to the ears of the upper-level hunters who besieged the Yuanyuan Dragon.
The high-ranking hunters who were having a headache about Sharon were not willing to fight, so they decisively put away their weapons and retreated for the time being.
For a time, the canyon seemed to have become the home ground of the Yuanyan Dragon.
The artillery, crossbows, and even the hunters fell silent.
The human side has suspended its offensive, but the Yuanyan Dragon is still furious.
It glanced over and quickly locked onto the heavy bed crossbows closest to it.
The huge body crawled quickly. No, it flew close to the ground, rushing towards the bed crossbows.
The shooter behind the bed crossbow, who was selected as the target, activated his machine without hesitation, fired the loaded restraint rounds, and then turned around and ran away.
The flippers were so wide and powerful that they could even break the keel of the dragon boat when it hit it, and swept across it, smashing the two bed crossbows into pieces on the ground without any accident.
The guild leader’s face looked a little ugly.
Duan Yuanlong was obviously aware of the threat of bed crossbows, so it gave up chasing the retreating hunters and instead prioritized attacking those bed crossbows.
If there weren't those saloon rolls that could pull people into the air, he might also consider asking the upper-level hunters to try to pin down the target and protect the crossbow.
But now it seems that we have no choice but to give up.
He gave the order again by the sound of the trumpet.
The shooters responsible for controlling the crossbows fired restraint rounds one after another, and then quickly left the battlefield.
Since they are destined to be destroyed, let them play their role again before they are crushed!
The effect of restraint bombs is trustworthy. Although two were destroyed first, the restraint bombs fired by the remaining six heavy-duty crossbows still successfully controlled the rampaging Yan Yuanlong.
But it can be seen from the dangerous creaking sound of the ropes stretching and the constantly shaking bases of the bed crossbows that this control cannot last long.
“Salvo!”
As the horn sounded again, the loaded artillery at the top of the canyon began the second round of salvo.
At the same time, the shooters who were previously responsible for operating the crossbows also unfolded their weapons and fired from long distances, providing a little firepower that was better than nothing.
"Boom, boom, boom -!"
The Tunyuanlong, which was restrained by the restraining bomb, had nowhere to hide. It could only shrink its body as much as possible, trying to use its hard back armor to withstand the bombardment.
But it is not a real turtle after all, and it cannot put its limbs under its carapace.
Under the command of the guild leader, the shooters operating the artillery deliberately locked the head and both sides of the forelimbs of the swallowing dragon.
In addition, the previous shelling had shattered part of the carapace, and the effect of this round of shelling was obviously better than before. Even the two winds sweeping around had dissipated a little.
In the decisive battlefield, Tun Yuanlong was panting with blood oozing from wounds all over his body.
Seeing this embarrassed appearance, everyone was in high spirits, and they moved the shells faster.
Only the guild leader and Gordon remained solemn.
After two rounds of shelling, Tunyuanlong looked a little miserable, but it was more of a skin injury and did not suffer any real serious damage.
And they've lost those heavy bed crossbows.
Without the control of restraint bombs, it would not be that easy to use artillery to focus fire on the head of the Yuanyuan Dragon to damage it.
Furthermore, will the Yuanyuanlong really stay in the canyon and run around until it is killed by artillery bombardment?
That is naturally impossible
The scarlet-eyed Tunyuanlong did not roar anymore, but silently swung its body to break away the remaining restraint ropes.
Under its control, the scale of Salon Volume is expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, and moving towards itself.
Eventually, these tornadoes merged into an extraordinarily huge tornado, covering its hill-like body.
With the assistance of the powerful suction of the tornado, the swallowing dragon, which was originally unable to rise vertically, slowly left the ground.
The guild leader finally realized what it was going to do and roared, "All artillery! Don't worry about the reloading quantity, just fire!
It's going to use the tornado to leave the canyon!"
The shooters immediately adjusted their muzzles and fired the shells.
Unfortunately, a few cannonballs couldn't stop the Yuanyuanlong from taking off. Soon, it rose to a height almost level with the top of the canyon.
The angry dragon eyes swept across the people at the top of the canyon.
The "fierce god of the dry sea" will not leave in such a dejected manner.
It opened its abyss-like mouth, and the terrifying suction force that swallowed everything swept across the surrounding area. (End of this chapter)