The battle commenced.

The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon, like a rolling flame boulder, charged through the pirate crowd at the first opportunity. Its massive and heavy body was unstoppable. Faced with the oppressive presence of this large Subdragon, the pirates scattered in panic, their formation instantly broken.

The White Feather Gryphon swooped down from mid-air, flapping its wings and shooting out numerous sharp feathers.

Hiss!

With the strength of a mighty lion, its body pressed down, and its claws pierced through a pirate’s chest.

The surrounding pirates swung their weapons, attacking the White Feather Gryphon as it descended. Whoosh! The Gryphon fiercely flapped its wings, creating a gust of wind, grabbing a pirate and soaring back into the air, tearing the pirate’s body apart mid-flight, raining down a mixture of viscera and blood.

Ilum landed on the ground.

This Great Slime looked like a harmless jelly ball. The surrounding pirates immediately surrounded it, their momentum fierce as if they were about to chop Ilum into pieces.

Sizzle, sizzle. The Great Slime’s body shrank slightly.

It turned a dark purple color, its surface branded with numerous lightning and thunder patterns. As Ilum inhaled forcefully, its round body swelled, and the lightning patterns on its surface shone brightly.

Crackle!

Crackle!

The body that had just shrunk suddenly expanded, transforming into a giant sphere with a diameter of five meters. At the same time, thousands of electric arcs blossomed from the center of the Great Slime’s body, forming a net of electricity that crisscrossed and intertwined around the area, electrocuting the pirates, causing them to convulse, become paralyzed, and charred.

The Great Slime was not very brave.

But it was a genuine fifth-tier monster with excellent talent. In a real fight, this guy was actually a bit more formidable than the former Murloc Chieftain.

Fire-spitting Fire Slimes, Earth Slimes with strong defenses that could burrow, and Wind Slimes that could fly and use wind blades—a multitude of slimes appeared from all directions, joining the fray.

Under the coercion of the taskmasters, the Murloc slaves also picked up weapons and charged in groups towards the pirates.

A pair of bone wings extended, and the agile skeleton wielded a bone spear, twisting its body and piercing or smashing many pirates’ heads with its spear.

Rip!

Silver-white electricity swirled between the hairs of the Black Shark, and its claws penetrated a pirate’s chest.

A pirate beside them picked up an enchanted shotgun, filled with magic power, aiming at the Black Shark’s head and about to pull the trigger. But the skull clinging to the Black Shark’s shoulder suddenly twisted, its green eyes locking with the pirate’s.

Fear spell!

The pirate’s spirit shook, overwhelmed by an indescribable, immense fear.

Seizing the moment, the Black Shark roared lowly and leaped like lightning, biting off and tearing apart most of the pirate’s upper body, drenched in blood.

The transformed Shark-Tiger skeletons and their Shark-Tiger kin in front of them were also engaged in fierce combat.

Under the cold moonlight.

Accompanied by the sound of the waves, a chaotic battle continued on First Quarter Island.

The battle had just begun, and thanks to the ambush on the pirates, the True Dragon kin of First Quarter Island had a huge advantage.

“Damn bastards, stop right there.”

A fifth-tier pirate warrior wielding a sword as wide as a door leaped high into the air. He gripped the sword with both hands, the blinding sword light extending nearly ten meters, slashing down from above towards the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon rampaging on the battlefield like a rolling flame boulder.

A peak fifth-tier, nearly sixth-tier Subdragon, was the biggest threat on this battlefield.

Swoosh!

The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon, which had been rolling and crushing targets on the ground, suddenly flew into the air. Its coiled body unfolded, and a heavily armored giant arm swept across, colliding with the pirate warrior’s sword light.

Boom!

The sword light shattered, and the pirate warrior felt an overwhelming force, his hands in pain, nearly losing his weapon.

Then, the wide-open mouth of the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon obscured the pirate warrior’s vision.

“It’s over.”

The pirate warrior’s heart sank as his life flashed before his eyes.

Thud!

A deafening explosion sounded.

The right side of the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon’s head instantly burst into a brilliant flame, the massive impact causing its head to twist, its powerful shoulder knocking the pirate warrior flying, sending the powerful fifth-tier warrior flying like a rag doll and smashing into a deep pit in the ground.

The pirate warrior was seriously injured but luckily retained his life.

Unfortunately, before he could feel the relief of surviving a disaster, a beautiful skeleton with crystal-clear bones and wings on its back, holding a bone spear, flew over him. The sharp tip of the bone spear sliced through the pirate warrior’s neck, blood gushing out.

“Hehe.”

The pirate warrior’s pupils dilated, blood foam emerging from his mouth. He fell into the sand pit, gradually losing the breath of life.

Elsewhere.

The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon staggered, shook its head, and then turned with a fierce look, annoyed, looking towards the source of the attack.

The Shadow Cloak had dissipated.

Antonina’s mechanical arm was raised, with a black muzzle at the center of the iron palm, now emitting wisps of gun smoke. Clearly, the attack that hit the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon had come from Antonina’s mechanical arm.

“A sixth-tier Gunner, and a hidden Caster. This is going to be tough.”

The Demon Warlock sensed Antonina’s aura and saw her Shadow Cloak dissipating, feeling a slight sinking in his heart.

The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon didn’t care about the tier of its opponent.

The scales on its head were shattered, and strands of scorching blood flowed out, the pain making it even more furious.

Roar!

The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon roared at the Gunner, then charged forward with great strides.

With each step it took, the ground trembled thunderously, the oppressive feeling astonishing.

“Hmph, what I love most is blasting creatures like you with thick skin and flesh.”

“I hope you can make it enjoyable for me.”

Antonina licked her lips, her blood boiling, as if flames were burning in her eyes.

Hiss, hiss, hiss.

Gears turned at high speed, and a large amount of steam emerged from her mechanical arm. Mechanical structures protruded, reassembled, and merged, quickly doubling the size of her mechanical arm.

Antonina raised her mechanical arm, palm facing the sky.

“Let the cannons roar! Hahaha!”

She laughed out loud.

As a follower of the Skull Lord, she felt every tissue in her body trembling and cheering in battle. This feeling was too wonderful.

Before, Antonina thought of battle as a means to achieve goals.

But now, she thought, battle, slaughter, that was her goal.

To fight for the sake of fighting.

At the same time, Antonina’s laughter was drowned out by an even more deafening roar. One after another, shells raced out from the palm, fingertips, and sides of the mechanical arm, ascending, adjusting their trajectory, and locking onto the target.

The dense barrage of shells fell like a meteor shower, heavily bombarding the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon.

Boom, boom, boom!

Countless clouds of dust, debris, mud, and flames were swept up by the heatwave, repeatedly exploding. The massive body of the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon was engulfed by the violent explosions, the shockwave plowing through the ground. Nearby pirates, Shark-Tigers, slimes, Murlocs, and others were all blown away by the impact.

Roar!

A roar that pierced the sky resounded.

The murky gun smoke stirred as if by invisible hands. The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon charged towards Antonina, its scales largely shattered, its body bathed in blood, but the crystals covering its body shone brightly, continuously infusing the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon with regenerative energy, its life force still incredibly strong.

It lowered its head, striding forward, its massive horn aiming to ram Antonina.

If hit head-on, even a seventh-tier Antonina would be severely injured or even killed on the spot. After all, she was not a warrior and did not have a monstrous beast’s robust body.

Antonina’s mechanical arm lowered.

Bracing against the ground, there was a thud.

The ground collapsed, and the light of the explosion flared up. Antonina used the recoil to retreat, her body rising into the air, avoiding the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon’s charge. Then, she adjusted her position in mid-air, her arm pointing downward, bombarding the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon’s back with cannon fire.

The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon, enduring the fierce strikes, roared with its head raised.

Its limbs stomped heavily.

Flames ignited on the hard crystals on its back, and the ground beneath the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon’s feet lit up with a blinding red light.

Boom!

A lava pillar over ten meters in diameter shot up into the sky, the air expanding rapidly due to the high temperature. Antonina’s hair danced wildly, her eyes reflecting the oncoming lava pillar.

Boom!

The mechanical arm roared to the side, the shells falling into the dense forest causing violent explosions. At the same time, Antonina narrowly escaped the range of the lava pillar’s impact due to the recoil.

As the rain of lava splattered, she landed steadily, turned around, and looked towards the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon.

The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon’s entire body turned a reddish color, the high temperature distorting the air around it, making its figure slightly blurry but even more threatening.

Its tail hammer rose, smashing directly towards Antonina.

Antonina reacted quickly, agilely leaping back to avoid it, while simultaneously swinging her mechanical arm to clear away the sand wave raised by the tail hammer.

The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon turned around, its body ablaze, charging at Antonina again.

Despite a series of bombardments, it seemed to have only suffered minor injuries. Transformed by Saga’s Dragon Vein and primarily known for its defensive strength, the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon’s vitality was as robust as a furnace.

In the noisy and chaotic battlefield, shrouded in gun smoke.

A faint whisper was concealed.

The Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon continued its furious charge towards the small figure in its eyes.

On the other side, Antonina stood motionless, her mechanical arm hissing with a large amount of steam, aimed at the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon’s head. Bright energy particles emerged from the air, gathering at the muzzle in her palm, where powerful destructive energy was brewing.

At the same time.

The faint whisper amidst the sounds of combat ceased.

A chill suddenly spread, and solid ice crystals sprang up beneath the Yellow Crystal Earth Dragon’s feet, freezing its limbs in place. The extreme cold lowered the air temperature, as if a frigid winter had descended.