Tianyun Lao Mao
Chapter 2453 The Power of the Crimson Dragon Airship
"Airship?!"
Everyone from the God's Domain tribe present stared, eyes nearly popping out of their heads, at the massive crimson dragon airship suspended above the ground. Even the guild executives like Vice Commander Mafkafrey were no exception.
The crimson dragon airship was simply too enormous. The giant flying mounts seemed like children in comparison.
"Is this the rumored airship?"
Mafkafrey looked at the deep-red airship in disbelief. Constructed entirely of steel, with various shining magic runes and arrays engraved on its hull, it emanated a magical aura that was simply intoxicating.
Although these executives of the God's Domain tribe had received intelligence that Zero Wing possessed such an aerial overlord-level war weapon as an airship, seeing it with their own eyes was still shocking.
What player army?
What monster army?
In the face of this steel behemoth, they all felt incredibly insignificant.
The members of the Free Adventurer Group fighting in the distance were also stunned by the sight of the crimson dragon airship. Some Tier 3 experts even forgot to defend against the attacks of the Grand Lord-ranked monsters. One was blasted more than ten yards away by a single strike, crashing heavily into a large tree before regaining his senses.
"What is that?"
"Damn! This is not fair!"
The adventurers felt a sense of suffocation and horror as they gazed at the crimson dragon airship in the distance. Those who had been so confident and indifferent toward the Silver Lion Legion were now somewhat unsettled.
"Boss, what do we do? These guys are just beasts. We only have five hundred people, and they didn't even say a word before bringing out that thing to intimidate us." A grim man with a greatsword and wearing dark gray leather armor watched the crimson dragon airship and couldn't help but curse.
Faced with such a steel behemoth, their weapons were a joke.
It was as if they were holding sticks while the enemy had tanks and airplanes. It wasn't a question of whether they could fight, but that they were simply on different levels.
The burly man, the leader of the adventurer group, also wore a grave expression.
If he faced dozens of Tier 3 experts, he would still have the courage to fight, and even the confidence to escape if he couldn't win. But now, he really had no confidence at all.
Any player who lived in a large NPC city for a long time knew what an airship was.
Although they had never seen how powerful it was, they could imagine how terrifying it was. Airships could fire magic cannons at will in mid-air, and the lowest power of a magic cannon was at the peak of Tier 3, and it was also a large-scale group attack magic. For players who couldn't fly, it was simply a sitting duck.
It could attack horizontally or vertically as it pleased, and they didn't even have a chance to escape...
Just as the members of the entire adventurer group were in a state of panic, Shuisel Rose and the others on the hill boarded the crimson dragon airship under the gaze of the God's Domain tribe.
"Vice Commander Mafka, we will open a gap in the city wall as soon as possible. We hope that you can establish a defensive line below the crimson dragon airship to clear the monsters rushing over and help us resist the flying monsters from the fortress," Shi Feng said softly to Mafkafrey, who had not yet recovered.
For taking fortresses, other forces would probably have to attack from the main gate. But for him, who possessed the crimson dragon airship, it was the same whether he attacked from the front gate or the city wall.
As Shi Feng spoke to Mafkafrey, Mafkafrey finally came back to his senses.
"Guild Leader Black Flame, are you really going to attack the fortress wall directly? That fortress wall was passed down from ancient times, and its defense is far beyond that of the current fortresses. Even an airship would probably find it very difficult to destroy." Mafkafrey finally managed to shift his gaze from the crimson dragon airship to Shi Feng and advised.
If he had previously dismissed Shi Feng's claim to take down Star-Shining Fortress, he now somewhat believed it.
After all, the most difficult part of capturing a fortress was opening a gap in the fortress. If a gap could not be opened, then capturing the fortress was simply out of the question.
The reason why it was difficult to open a gap in the various fortresses was mainly because the fortress buildings had automatic repair capabilities. If the gap was not breached before the automatic repair, everything would be a joke.
Not to mention the need to clear the massive number of monsters inside the fortress after breaking through.
And the weakest part of a fortress was the gate, while the sturdiness and durability of the city walls were much higher.
"Don't worry, there should be enough time, as long as the Silver Lion Legion can withstand the flying monsters and prevent them from interfering with the airship's attack." Shi Feng looked at the worried Mafkafrey and said with a smile, "I wonder if the Silver Lion Legion can hold them back?"
Destroying the gate was indeed the easiest way to capture a fortress, but destroying the city wall would be better for dealing with the monsters inside the fortress.
Because the city walls of the fortress were reinforced by magic arrays and linked to the magic arrays everywhere, forming a complete fortress magic array. This magic array would form a magic with a buff effect and envelop the entire fortress, strengthening the monsters inside the fortress, which was why it was more difficult to deal with the monsters inside the fortress.
But if the city wall could be destroyed, then the magic arrays engraved on the city wall would also be damaged, thereby affecting the entire fortress magic array and weakening the buff effect.
However, normally speaking, it was too difficult to destroy a city wall of a fortress, which was several times more difficult than destroying the steel gate of the front gate. For those forces that were already struggling to capture a fortress, they naturally could not destroy the more difficult city wall.
This was also his confidence in coming to capture Star-Shining Fortress. Otherwise, it would be impossible for players at the current stage to capture Star-Shining Fortress.
It should be known that any fortress in Star Valley was guarded by hundreds of thousands of monster armies, with tens of thousands of Grand Lord-ranked monsters and hundreds of High Grand Lords. In addition, these monsters would refresh after a period of time. If the output was not enough, even the armies of the various super forces could be exhausted to death.
Of course, capturing a fortress did not require clearing all the monsters inside the fortress, but if they were not cleared to a certain extent, it would greatly affect the subsequent fight against the boss guarding the fortress.
Fortunately, Star-Shining Fortress was occupied by a group of low-level elemental creatures. These low-level elemental creatures did not have much intelligence, and even the Legendary-ranked low-level elemental creatures were not much stronger, mostly acting according to instinct.
If it were replaced by creatures like high-level magic elves, players shouldn't even think about it until they reached Tier 5.
"That's no problem. As long as the Legendary monsters inside don't come out, the monsters without the blessing of the magic array won't be able to break through the defense network set up by our Silver Lion Legion." Mafkafrey was very confident about this, but he still couldn't help but want to persuade Shi Feng to attack the main gate.
Because as long as Star-Shining Fortress could be taken down, it would be a miracle in the Western Continent, something that could be permanently recorded in the history of fortress conquests in the Western Continent.
"That's good. Then I'll leave the command to Vice Commander Mafka." Shi Feng nodded, hearing Mafkafrey's confident tone, and boarded the crimson dragon airship directly. The rest was left to Mafkafrey, who was familiar with the Silver Lion Legion.
Looking at Shi Feng entering the crimson dragon airship, Crimson Witch and the others behind Mafkafrey were speechless.
They had witnessed the rumored capriciousness of the rich!
Despite having a great opportunity to take down Star-Shining Fortress, he chose the most difficult way to conquer it.
However, there was nothing they could do about it. After all, the crimson dragon airship belonged to Zero Wing, and this command was entirely up to Shi Feng.
"If it doesn't succeed, let's see how he can be so capricious." Crimson Witch curled her lips, her gaze shifted to the crimson dragon airship, expressing unspeakable envy. If she could have one, she could walk sideways in the face of those peerless monsters.
However, just as the adventurer group in the distance was hesitant and the Silver Lion Legion was gradually unfolding its defense network, the magic pulse cannon of the crimson dragon airship in mid-air began to charge.
The magic pulse cannon of the crimson dragon airship had been strengthened by a bronze-level power source. The moment it was charged, the surrounding magic power swarmed in, and players hundreds of yards away could clearly feel the frenzy of magic elements.
Before the Silver Lion Legion could fully unfold its defense network, everyone saw the huge crimson dragon airship emit a black-and-white light, directly bombarding the Star-Shining Fortress in the distance.
Boom!
A loud noise came from Star-Shining Fortress. The strong shock wave could be felt by players within a radius of hundreds of yards, and even those within a range of several thousand yards felt the ground tremble. The power was simply unbelievable.
After the loud noise, a crack appeared on the city wall of Star-Shining Fortress, and all the Grand Lord-ranked elemental guards on the city wall were seriously injured, losing more than one-third of their health...
"How is this magic pulse cannon so strong?" Crimson Witch was dumbfounded when she saw this scene.
She had seen the power of the magic pulse cannon before, but she had never seen one with such great power, directly blasting off one-third of the health of a level 100 Grand Lord with one shot...
However, before everyone could react from this terrifying power, the other eleven magic pulse cannons of the crimson dragon airship were also ready.
One after another, eleven black-and-white lights bombarded the city wall of Star-Shining Fortress...