Chapter 117: Scattered and Fled

  The sky's fierce fire and cold wind brought a strange feeling, causing everyone on Li Ye's side to look up.

  What was seen was enough to make everyone's heart feel like it had been thrown into an ice cellar!

  In the sky, those seven white clouds had turned into seven Kirov airships. Apart from the airships, there were also thirty or so fireballs with a diameter of about one meter falling towards Li Xie and his group. Around the fireballs, countless ice cones, each about one foot long, shot down!

  Kano's pupils had shrunk to a point, and he finally saw the fear in his eyes: "9th-level fire magic meteor shower, 9th-level ice magic icy arrow rain, scatter, quickly scatter! Zein, protect the master!"

  A crowd of guards listened to the order and immediately dispersed in all directions. Ze En Na De's hands and feet were surrounded by golden light, rushing straight up to the fireball and ice cone, punching and kicking wildly. All the fireballs or ice cones that he hit dissipated instantly.

  But he alone could only protect Li Xie's safety below, while the fireballs and ice cones on either side had already smashed to the ground.

  A one-meter-diameter fireball collided with the ground, immediately bursting into a two-meter-diameter flame, while the ice cone sank into the ground, leaving behind some fist-sized deep holes. It can be imagined that if you were hit by these attacks, you would either be crushed to pieces or have several holes pierced through your body.

  Fortunately, Kano's command was timely, and the guards scattered out of attack range, with only about ten casualties. However, Li Xie was surrounded by flames and ice cones on all sides, in that one block of Zeenard's protection, where no attacks had been suffered.

  But the attack came again!

  This time, there were not only arrows covering the sky, but also a 9th-level magic spell from the heavens.

  The guards no longer had much aura to defend against the arrow attack, and they also had to face a ninth-level magic spell, which was not something that a fifth-level summoner like them could defend against. Even Kano, a seventh-level summoner, was powerless to fully defend against a ninth-level magic spell.

  Faced with this, Kano was desperate, he already knew that the guard was finished and so was he.

  But he still has to do what he should do!

  "Brother!" Kano yelled: "Follow Zain! Don't mind us!"

  Li Xie also knew that at this time, Ka Nu was unable to cope, and someone had to stand up, no matter whether they could break through or not, someone had to do something, he had already unsheathed the Sword Wing!

  "Zain, cover me! Meow Meow, take Zi Xuan and escape!"

  Li Xie patted the wing of the sword blade, and a black shadow rushed towards Kano. He wrapped his arms around Kano, turned around, and shot up into the sky.

  Zayn had already knocked down the icicle hanging in front of him.

  "Leave me alone!" Kano exclaimed anxiously, for he felt that Li Xue was having a very hard time flying.

  Kano may be related to the fusion with Thunder Horse, weighing nearly five hundred pounds. Li Xie's strength is about ten times that of an ordinary person, but flying with a five-hundred-pound Kano is absolutely strenuous.

  He can't fly without him, he will surely die.

  Look at the ground, those thousand elite soldiers are almost annihilated under the double attack of countless arrows and 9th-level magic, the whole army is destroyed, it's just a matter of time.

  "Shut up!" Li Xie used all his strength to keep rising, although with great difficulty, but with Zayn's cover, saving Kano shouldn't be a problem.

  Kirov airship's flight speed is not fast, only one hundred kilometers per hour, while Li Xie's speed can reach five hundred kilometers per hour. Even with Kano, it can reach a speed of two hundred kilometers per hour, no problem escaping.

  The arrows below began to shoot towards the sky, Li Xie didn't dare to stay for a moment and could only keep rising higher, until they reached a place where the arrows couldn't reach.

  However, at this moment, a black light shot towards him from above.

  Zainnarde's eyes were bright and his hands were quick, with a grasp of both hands, he grasped the black light in his hand. It was not black light, but a four-foot-long black iron arrow. The arrowhead was spiral-shaped, and the arrow body continued to rotate in Zainnarde's hand, with great momentum, causing Zainnarde to constantly retreat.

  "Poisoned arrow! It's a poisoned crossbow bolt! Sir, be careful!" Kano exclaimed in surprise.

  The ji mǎ nǔ is a powerful crossbow equipped by the military, requiring several people to work together to turn the winch and pull open the bowstring. The arrows shot out have great penetrating power, able to pierce even 10 cm thick iron plates. It was specifically used to counter warhorses with armor protection, hence its name "horse-piercing crossbow".

  But the power of this strong crossbow was not just used to deal with war horses.

  "Zean!" Li Xie was greatly shocked, seeing that three more horse-killing arrows were shot out from the surrounding Kirov airships. He hastily flapped his wings to dodge, but the horse-killing crossbow's arrow was as fast as a flowing light. Although Li Xie dodged two of them, he was hit by one of the horse-killing arrows on his thigh.

  A two-finger-wide arrow pierced through his leg, leaving a hole in Li Xie's thigh. Li Xie gritted his teeth and endured the pain, speeding westward to avoid the arrows shot from the east.

  Zaynarde steadied himself, and several more horseback arrows shot towards him. Although he dodged them, it was a close call. In this situation, Zaynarde knew he couldn't protect Li Xie anymore, so he loudly shouted: "You escape on your own!"

  "Don't die! Goodbye!"

  Li Xie didn't hesitate, expressing his hope in just a few simple words. With the experience of capturing the demon beast last time, he understood that his current strength would only be a burden, and it was better for him to escape on his own. Perhaps not only could he save himself, but also avoid distracting Zeennard, and as for the 9th-tier giant dragon escaping, it wasn't impossible either.

  The arrows shot from behind kept coming, and Li Xie didn't dare to look back, flying hastily westward. However, several arrows brushed past his side, and Li Xie gradually felt a chill in his heart.

  "Let me go! If we keep going like this, we'll both die!" Kano knew he was a burden and struggled to break free from Li Xie.

  "Don't move!" Li Xie's eyes turned cold, gritting his teeth: "Kano, if you don't die today, we'll avenge our grudge tenfold! From now on, each of us will go our separate ways... Ah!"

  Li Xie let out a furious roar and with all his might, he swung Caino with great force, sending him flying northward like a cannonball.

  "Remember! If you can survive, you must avenge!"

  "Adult..."

  Li Ye no longer looked at Kano and continued to fly westward with all his might!

  This move of his is absolutely not abandoning Kano, but giving Kano a chance to live, and also giving himself a chance to live!

  Continue carrying Kano, Li Xie is sure he will be shot dead, and Kano can't survive either. Throwing him out, whether he lives or not depends on Kano's fate.

  But Li Xie's own fate was still uncertain.

  Without the five-hundred-catty heavy burden of Kano, Li Xie's speed suddenly increased by twofold, and he hastily flew back and forth to dodge the incessantly shooting horse-riding arrows.

  Above the Kirov airship, a man shouted: "Pursue! Don't let him escape! Activate acceleration!"

  The life of a loud cry is high and great, with a head of golden long hair, a pair of eyes that can clearly see one big and one small.

  Three Kirov-class cruisers immediately chased after Li Xie's fleeing direction, and their speed was almost no slower than Li Xie's, at a speed of about 500 kilometers per hour.

  The Kirov airship's propulsion comes from a magical array, which can only provide a flight speed of one hundred kilometers per hour. To accelerate, not only is special equipment required, but also the continuous provision of magical power by a magician.

  These three airships can reach such a speed, at least nine-tier summoners are driving, this is no way to give Li Xie a chance!

  Li Ye flew for a while, feeling that the arrows were still coming non-stop. He turned his head to look back and was shocked to see that the flying boat had caught up with him in speed. Could he really escape?

  "Dream Master is on! You'd better not let me escape!" Li Xie gritted his teeth and flew at full speed.

  A fierce anger is burning in his heart! No matter who gave him this desperate road, as long as he can escape, he will offer a thousandfold revenge!

  "Legion Commander, it seems that Li Xie cannot escape." On the airship, a person wearing armor walked to the side of Da Xiao Yan.

  The one called Legion Commander sneered coldly: "For him, we've been planning for nearly a month, how can we let him escape? Hmph! Relying on the backing of Mercedes VII, he actually dares to openly want to kill the Right Minister, openly oppose my Panzen family! Order the stop of the horse crossbow attacks, prepare the Sky Net, wait until he's exhausted, then capture him alive!"

  The Bu Tian Net is a device similar to a crossbow, also invented by the Earth Essence, which can shoot out eight iron balls connected by an iron net. Once the target is caught in the net, the eight iron balls will entangle and trap it. The iron net is specially designed with thorns, so that once caught, the more one struggles, the tighter it gets, and the reverse spikes on the net will hook onto the target's skin. Generally, once caught, it is almost impossible to escape. This device is often used to subdue flying masters or magical beasts, one shot at a time. However, the craftsmanship of making Bu Tian Nets has been lost, and there are not many left in circulation today.

  To capture Li Xie, it seems that the commander of the Small and Large Eyes Army has gone to great lengths.

  Three airships closely followed Li Xie, and if the people on the airship looked down, they could still see a purple horse galloping at high speed, and on the back of the horse, sat a blue kitten the size of a palm.

  Li Xie looked back and saw that the three Kirov-class cruisers were still 300 meters behind him, their pursuit relentless. He felt a chill run down his spine as he realized he couldn't shake them off no matter how hard he flew. Continuing to fly, he had little hope of escaping.

  "Why don't they continue shooting arrows?" Li's eyes gleamed with a fierce light: "Perhaps, they want to capture me alive! In that case, let's make a desperate bid!"

  Although the Kirov airship is fast, it still has a significant drawback - its huge volume! Moreover, it also has a fatal flaw - balloons!

  Blow up its airbags! Let them all crash to death!

  Li Xie's eyes turned fierce, he was forced to anger, and decided to make a desperate move! Seeing him suddenly stop, his hands opened, and the tips of his ten fingers extended out a foot-long sharp blade! The double wings flapped wildly, Li Xie changed direction, and charged straight at the frontmost Kirov airship!

  The giant-eyed general stood on the airship, seeing Li Xie flying back, only to give a cold smile: "Spread the heavenly net, prepare!"

  In front of the airship, several strong men pushed out a device similar to a large cannon. The caliber of the cannon was about one meter, and the back of the barrel was inlaid with many magic crystals forming a magic array. A magician stood behind the cannon, his hand pressed on the magic array.

  "Let go!"

  At the command of the commander of the Big Eye Army, the magic array on the cannon flashed with dazzling light under the drive of the magician, and a loud roar was heard. Eight iron balls as big as fists shot out from the mouth of the cannon, and immediately scattered in mid-air, opening up an iron net with a diameter of five meters connected to them.