Chapter 172 - Dragon Hounds Playground (1/2)

Chapter 172 Dragon Hound’s Playground

Guo Yuelin got in touch with her Ground Shaker and said, “Well, I sensed nothing.”

Zhou Jing closed his eyes to speak to his eagle as well. Similarly, he got nothing in return. Old Mo glared at Su Ping. “Same here. We’ve had enough of your nonsense! Do you know it’s a crime to raise a false alarm during an important expedition??” Most people seemed displeased as they all believed that Su Ping was causing trouble. But before anyone could further accuse him, Old Mo spoke again, anxiously this time, “Look to the front!!”

Following his hint, people saw the empty s.p.a.ce in front of them getting blurry all of a sudden, before a generation of Soaring Vipers entered their view, hissing threateningly.

A Soaring Viper was only a wind-type Astral Pet at the lower eighth-rank that didn’t pose much threat to experienced settlers. But it was a completely different matter when a swarm of them showed up.

“Combat positions!!” Nie Chengkong yelled to the team while throwing Su Ping a surprised look. He discovered something ahead of everyone?? d.a.m.n it. If only I had chosen to trust his words

It was too late to regret. They had missed their chance to launch a preemptive strike. They could only defend at the moment.

Everyone recognized these infamous vipers as skillful when covering their movements by using air currents. To make matters worse, these things always lived in large groups. Anyone caught off guard would get torn to pieces within several seconds.

The scouts were staring their eyes out upon realizing that they had miserably failed at their job. And it couldn’t be helped; no one with a sound mind would believe that Soaring Vipers could use such a hot area as a habitat.

Nie Chengkong yelled again to wake his members from their stunned state.

“I’ll take care of the defense!” Chen asked his Earthen Dragon to create a giant s.h.i.+eld out of the burning earth that enclosed everyone within like a big water bowl, leaving only their combat pets outside.

Using that chance, people stretched their astral power through the s.h.i.+eld to a.s.sess the situation.

“Eleven, twelve… sixteen of them!” Nie Chengkong declared with a grim look. Without the helpers, their team would have surely gotten maimed by so many eighth-rank monsters ganging up on them.

“I saw their alpha. I’ll bring it down,” said Old Mo. He felt terrible for what he had just said moments before. He wanted to do something quickly to amend his mistake.

“I see,” Nie Chenkong answered, “Alright, the others shall a.s.sist by dealing with the lesser targets! Mister Mo’s Death Scythe should be enough to finish off their leader.”

Hiss!

Outside the “earth s.h.i.+eld,” the vipers stretched their membranous wings and charged as one. Upon adopting a battle stance, those things were at least twenty meters in length and ten in width, and they were constantly covered by dangerous wind elements.

Most of the team members could take down a Soaring Viper in a one-on-one fight. But that could definitely not be said when going against so many of them.

Several wind blades reached the s.h.i.+eld and left a few giant gaps on it.

Chen sensed the dangerous attacks and uttered to Su Ping, “Sh*te. I forgot to bring your hound inside!” He had realized that Su Ping’s Dark Dragon Hound was rather good at surveillance, which meant they should keep it under protection. Otherwise, it would get torn to shreds out there really soon.

Even a ninth-rank Astral Pet would be unable to survive a face-off against that many Soaring Viper unscathed, let alone a sixth-rank one.

“What are you waiting for?? Open up and let it inside!” Luo Guxue demanded.

Chen and Nie Chengkong both shook their heads.

“We can’t afford to expose people to danger.” Chen gave Su Ping an apologetic look. “I’m really sorry for this, young friend.” Previously, Chen would not care less about what happened to the Dark Dragon Hound. Then, however, he knew he had made a huge blunder.

Ye Chenshan clenched his teeth and offered, “I’ll use my Azura Lizard to cover it! It’s good at defending!”