Imperial Crown.

Chapter 193: Desperate Counterattack ( Subscriptions Plus)
The crossbow arrow pierced Xiaobai's chest, and the tip of the arrow came out of its back, with blood constantly spilling. But even so, Xiaobai still flapped its wings hard, maintained its balance, and slowly slid down.

"Chase him!" Gangya urged his horse and shouted loudly!

Next to him was Firebeard, an old acquaintance of Raven's from Bloody Heights.

As horse thieves, they should have been able to move as fast as the wind and move as fast as lightning, but they were really stunned and scared by Raven.

They had placed spies all along the route from Bloody Highlands to Eagle Territory because they were worried all the time that this madman would come to Bloody Highlands again and raid their homeland.

A few days ago, their spies discovered Raven's whereabouts, and he was alone!
Such an opportunity is rare, so they won over all the horse thief forces they could find, and even joined forces with one of the famous horse thief gangs in Bloody Highlands - "Spider Queen" Avila.

As a fourth-level seven-star warrior, Avila is already forty-one years old, but there is no trace of aging on her face. Her wheat-colored skin is smooth and elastic, her short brown hair is full of vitality, and the beauty mole at the corner of her mouth is even more impressive.

Not only is she beautiful, she has more than 3,000 horse thieves under her command and is the main force in this ambush!

She rode on her mount, the Dark Fang Wolf Spider, a third-level magical beast with a light physique and swift movements. She stared at the direction where Raven fell and led a group of horse thieves to chase after him!

Just as he was about to hit the ground, Xiaobai, who had almost bled out of his body, finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground, leaving a scarlet line of blood.

Raven struggled to stand up. Xiaobai saved him from being smashed into a meat pie, but his originally bright white feathers were soaked in blood and became messy.

The life was slipping away from her, and not even Raven could do anything about it.

In the last moments of his life, Xiaobai barely raised his head and looked at his master with reluctance in his eyes.

"You did a great job." Raven stroked the feathers on her head, "Sleep peacefully."

"Ka..." Xiaobai flapped his wings gently and finally closed his eyes.

"Haha, he's finished!" Gangya couldn't help but burst into laughter. The thought that he had been so fawning to Raven, wagging his tail and begging for mercy in front of him like a dog, and now this baron was going to meet his end under his planning, this feeling was even more refreshing than a chilled wine in summer!
"My Lady Spider Queen, you are really well prepared!"

Facing Gangya's compliment, Avila snorted disdainfully: "Humph, just a small first-level mage."

Even so, she still pulled the reins of her mount and ordered, "Scarface, Hammer, lead the attack!"

As soon as she finished speaking, two people beside her urged their horses and led hundreds of horse thieves towards Raven!
Just like her nickname "Spider Queen", Avila acted as meticulously as a spider web. It was she who insisted on pulling out the crossbow originally installed on the top of the city wall, thus achieving the decisive effect.

"How cautious you are!" Looking at the horse thieves running towards him amidst the flying sand, Raven said, "It's a pity that you underestimated a magician!"

He waved the staff in his hand and chanted a spell. A deep ochre light flowed around him. Then he pointed his hand and a dark yellow light flew out and sank into the earth.

The rough ground, which was originally covered with sand and gravel, suddenly became extremely smooth, like a slightly melted ice surface, or like a marble brick wetted with water.

The war horses that were galloping suddenly lost their grip and fell down with a neigh. The inertia caused these horses, which were running at a very fast speed, to break bones and tendons.

The blood gushed out and turned the ground red, and the war horses behind were unable to slow down and were tripped by the horses in front, uncontrollably repeating the same mistake!
In just a few breaths, more than thirty horse thieves lost their lives, and twice that number were seriously injured. This scene made the horse thieves behind them bypass and stop, and dared not move forward!
Second-level magic, surface manipulation!
"Didn't you say that Raven is only a first-level magician!?" Avilia frowned.

"At the end of last year, he was indeed only at level one!" Gangya shouted in disbelief.

Avila pursed her lips. Raven's strength was beyond her expectations. A second-level magician who was only twenty-one years old and was proficient in the four elements of earth, water, fire and wind, his future was limitless!
But fortunately, he will die here today, otherwise, in time, the entire Bloody Highlands will probably be trampled under his feet!
"Vulture, lead people to shoot arrows!"

"Yes! Lady Spider Queen!"

A bald horse thief obeyed the order and called up his subordinates, separating them from the group of horse thieves like a river.

From this we can see that the Spider Queen is well-trained on a daily basis. The speed at which these horse thieves can deploy their formations far exceeds that of most noble armies and is almost comparable to the Iron Legion!
A rain of arrows whizzed in from the sky, covering the sky and the sun, but Raven had already prepared himself. After chanting, a green wind curtain swept over, and some of the arrows were bounced away, while the rest, even if they were able to pass through the wind curtain, lost their power and fell crookedly to the ground.

But there was no joy on Raven's face. It was no secret that he knew the wind wall technique, and judging from the other party's previous arrangements, he was definitely not a brainless person. He must have a reason for doing this.

Sure enough, just as the rain of arrows fell, two familiar faces rushed over from the left and right!

It was Fire Beard and Steel Teeth!
Ivilia locked her eyes on Raven: "At this distance, you can only release a second-level magic. Let me see who you can deal with!"

For any magician, distance is life.

Firebeard was surrounded by flames, and Steelfang was surrounded by purple lightning. If Raven wanted to deal with one person, he would have to let the other one get close to him.

Raven chose the third way. After a while of chanting, just before the two second-level horse thieves rushed to his side, a light flashed on his body, and four identical figures suddenly appeared around him.

Second-level magic, Mirror Image!

Like Storm Shield and Surface Manipulation, this second-level magic was also purchased from the Deep Blue Platform.

At that time, Raven purchased a total of six second-level magics.

Then he continued to chant.

"Light magic!" Evelyia's brows trembled. She thought she had thought highly of Raven, but she didn't expect that Raven actually had such a trump card!

But so what? Having a few more clones won't let you leave alive!

Gangya had the same idea. He had a ferocious smile on his face and the long sword in his hand was wrapped in dazzling purple lightning!
"Raven, today I will show you what a true genius is!"

He swung his sword lightly, and a spark suddenly exploded behind Raven. Then a flash of lightning as thick as a bucket rose from the ground and connected between the sword blade and the spark!

There was a loud noise, and a mirror image beside Raven burst like a bubble.

Combat skill, Thunder Surge!
Fire Beard pulled out an ordinary long sword from his waist, and infused it with blazing white flames, which instantly roasted the sword through. He stretched out his hand and swung it, and the long sword melted in the air and turned into a dense rain of fire, which burned and distorted the air. The rain of fire washed away and annihilated Raven's two images!

Fighting skills, setting the field ablaze!
At the same time, Raven's chanting was finally completed.

A black light flashed on the staff, and boundless darkness surged out from the void, suddenly enveloping Fire Beard!
Fire Beard only felt that the light disappeared before his eyes, his ears could not hear the sound of the wind, his sense of direction was lost in an instant, and he could not even hear his heartbeat!
Second-level magic, Embrace of Night.

Firebeard remained calm. Controlling the warhorse had become his instinct. Even if he could not feel the reins in his hands, he was confident that he could steer the horse away from Raven in the direction he remembered. Then, when the magic time was over, he would be able to return to the battlefield.

Raven is only a second-level magician, it is impossible to deprive him of his senses permanently!
This is indeed the case. The effect of the Embrace of Night on this second-level extraordinary person can only last for half a minute at most.

But for Raven, it was enough.

His palm rubbed across the belt, and a bright silver color appeared in Raven's hand. It was the modified mithril crossbow!

"Be careful!" Gangya warned loudly.

But Firebeard couldn't hear him. Raven had been planning for a long time, waiting for this moment!
Raven pulled the trigger of the crossbow, and the dark star iron crossbow arrow flew out, breaking through Firebeard's vest armor and piercing his heart! Blood spurted out, and Firebeard felt an unspeakable pain and weakness. His heart was still beating, but every beat could only tear the wound bigger!
Finally, the effect of the Night's Embrace disappeared, and light reappeared in front of Firebeard, but this was the last time he saw the light.

His weak body could no longer hold on to the reins and he fell off the horse.

Firebeard ushered in eternal darkness.

"Raven--" Firebeard's death made Steelfang furious. He swung his sword and cut off Raven's last mirror image, then spurred his horse and stabbed Raven in the vest!

Die for me!!!

Wrapped in the purple fighting spirit, the enchanted sword broke through Raven's clothes. Just when Gangya thought he was going to succeed with one strike, he encountered unexpected resistance!

Can't penetrate!

The Mithril soft armor played its role at this moment. The impact force acted on the blade of the enchanted longsword, causing it to suddenly bend into an exaggerated arc. Raven was also rushed by the force, spurting blood from his mouth and staggering forward several steps.

Then, suddenly turned back!
There was blood in his mouth and nose, but there was still a smile on his face!

For some reason, when he saw this smile, Gangya felt a sense of foreboding, but the next moment he was filled with anger - you are a magician, how dare you fight me in close combat! ?

He clamped his legs against the horse's belly, and the long sword in Gangya's hand, wrapped in lightning, stabbed towards Raven's throat!
You have armor on your body, but do you have any on your throat?!

But at this moment, the warhorse under his crotch let out a whine and suddenly fell down, because the ground under the horse's feet had become muddy!
This is the first-level magic that Raven stored in his staff, Mud.

Gangya was prepared for this and was about to fly up with his legs on the stirrups, but Raven rushed forward at an incredibly fast speed, grabbed his wrist and threw him to the ground!
Gangya was panicking but not confused, his fighting spirit formed an armor of lightning and thunder on his body surface.

Not to mention a wizard, even if he was a second-level knight, no one could grab his body with bare hands!

However, Raven did not let go. Even though his sleeves turned black due to the electric shock and his muscles kept twitching, his hands kept clenching tighter and tighter, even to the point of deforming Steel Fang's armor!

The pain came like a wave, making Steel Teeth want to scream, but this was just the beginning, because Raven had already raised his fist.

The Eye of Truth was running at full speed, the silver light in its eyes faded and golden light bloomed, and then a fierce punch was wedged under Steel Tooth's throat!

Punch

Only one punch!
A fist mark appeared clearly on Gangya's armor, and then the armor shattered layer by layer with the fist mark as the center. Gangya's chest collapsed, and his internal organs were squeezed out of his mouth and nose along with blood.

A huge force penetrated his chest and even shattered the armor on his back. This force tore his shoulders apart, leaving his arm in Raven's hand, but his whole body was thrown out!

puff.

The remains of Gangya fell to the ground. Even though the light in his eyes gradually disappeared, his fingers continued to twitch, as if he could not accept the fact that he was dead.

"Genius? Haha!"

Raven stretched out his hand which was cramped due to the electric shock, wiped the blood from his face, and turned away.

On the horizon, thousands of horse thieves were seen rushing towards them!

Avila smiled: "Raven, you are indeed very strong, but you have used all your means. Now, how can you face my army?!"

"Too bad, if you were born in Bloody Heights, I wouldn't mind you becoming my next husband."

Ivilia has already secured victory. She has three thousand horse bandits under her command, plus the rest, a total of five thousand. And Raven is alone!
Boom... Boom... Boom!!

There were sounds of horse hooves as the bandits poured towards Raven like a landslide. In front of such a force, Raven was as small as an ant.

A stubborn ant.

Even though his clothes were torn and his face was covered in blood, he still refused to bow his head.

At this moment, he suddenly stood up straight, clenched his four fingers into a fist, stretched out his ten fingers, and raised his right hand high.

Evelya laughed even more happily - this posture was indeed handsome and heroic.

But a dead hero is not a hero!

Then, a smile froze on her face.

Because just behind Raven, a huge figure rose from the mountains, surrounded by a grayish-white aura of death, and blue soul fire burned in its eyes!
Bone Dragon!!!

Why does a bone dragon appear here!!!
The mountain-like body swooped down, and its shadow passed over Raven's body, covering the horse thieves' team like a dark cloud.

The surging dragon power that followed caused the horse thieves' mounts to become confused. They rushed around uncontrollably out of fear. Some escaped from the team, while others fell to the ground and were trampled into pulp by their own kind.

Many horse thieves were so frightened that they foamed at the mouth and fainted!
In mid-air, the bone dragon raised its head high, and a deadly white dragon breath brewed in its throat, and then suddenly erupted:

"T--Su--"

The dragon's breath splashed out like a tide!
Wherever it passed, whether it was people, horses or weapons, they were all stained with a charred black color, leaving only dry bones and rust!
There was despair in Avila's eyes, but she still let out a delicate cry, wielded the enchanted scimitar, and summoned her violent fighting spirit to resist the dragon's breath that fell from the sky!
The Dark Fang Wolf Spider under its crotch sprayed out spider webs, binding together the horse thieves and the ground within dozens of meters in front of it. Suddenly, it lifted it up and rolled up a two-meter-thick shield made of yellow soil and flesh and blood to protect itself and its master!
But this is dragon breath.

Almost in an instant, the thick, deathly white dragon breath penetrated the loess shield and pressed down!

The dragon's breath rushed across the ground, and the Dark Fang Wolf Spider let out a shrill scream, its claws dancing wildly, but it could not stop the dragon's breath from covering its body and drilling into its mouth and nose. Its eight compound eyes exploded one after another!
Avira's body is already covered with a layer of tangible Storm Qi, which is a unique ability of the fourth-level knight. It greatly enhances the body's defense capabilities, and even the monsters of the same level find it difficult to break through!

But all this was in vain in the face of the dragon's breath. Her scimitar and armor became charred and brittle, and a few black marks reappeared on her originally healthy wheat-colored skin, then eroded inwards, revealing her muscles, blood vessels, and even bones!
“Impossible…!!” Ivilia screamed, “It shouldn’t be like this, it shouldn’t be like this!!!”

She should have killed Raven to make herself more famous, and then looted the Eagle Territory and amassed a huge amount of wealth!
Rule the entire Bloody Heights!
However, under the impact of the dragon's breath, her ambitions and plans all turned into charred bones!
When the bone dragon flapped its wings and rose up, there was no life wherever it passed, only a dark mark of death was left behind.

With just one breath of dragon, hundreds of bandits were killed on the spot! !
At this point, the bandits' casualties were less than one-tenth, but the battle could already be declared over.

Their morale had completely collapsed, and everyone was only thinking about escaping. Even if Avila was still alive, they would not be able to organize any effective attack.

Raven watched this scene quietly, turned around and walked to Xiaobai's body, stroking its head, with calm murderous intent in his eyes, and ordered Margaret in his mind:
"kill!"

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(End of this chapter)