Chapter 326

Chapter 326: Coordinated Assault

When struck by the acid, Flossie’s body stiffened momentarily.

Though unconcerned about the corrosive and toxic properties of the liquid, she showed faint surprise at its paralytic effect.

Seizing this opening, a longsword came slashing down.

Despite being swung with full force, the blade only managed to carve a gash the width of an infant’s arm through Flossie’s wing membrane.

This injury vanished almost instantly, healed by her Overspeed Regeneration skill.

The paralysis too lasted mere moments – less than the span of a single breath.

"Hmph."

Regaining mobility, Flossie snorted coldly. A single powerful beat of her wings generated twin cyclones that sent both Lvzi and Army Lady tumbling through the air.

The whirling winds left multiple lacerations across their bodies.

Though Army Lady could visually track the attack trajectories, the vast disparity in combat attributes left her powerless to avoid injury completely.

The two warriors were hurled backward with greater force than their initial charge, crashing into snowdrifts. The devastating blow reduced their Health Value by nearly half, the impact leaving them temporarily unable to rise.

Flossie now turned her attention to the immobilized Class B Ants. Her razor-sharp claws flashed like lightning toward the foremost Class B Acid Ant.

Given the target’s Physical Resistance Ability statistics, such a strike should have guaranteed instant death.

Yet the Acid Ant survived.

The attack didn’t miss – rather, its force dissipated upon contact, fracturing into hundreds of faintly glowing particles that showered across the entire swarm of Class B Ants…and beyond.

The emerald dragon’s gaze snapped toward a single glowing fragment that had settled upon a black-haired child sprinting toward her position.

"So you remain the priority target…or perhaps not?"

A new realization dawned as Flossie observed the clustered Ants.

"If single-target damage gets distributed…then area attacks should…"

As she began gathering dragonfire in her maw, Flossie suddenly whirled toward her lair with explosive fury.

Above the dragon’s den, Purple Cloud and Purple Mist were executing a synchronized dive, their translucent wings humming as they arrowed toward the treasure-filled cavern.

"Verminous thieves! You dare?!"

Abandoning the Ants mid-assault, Flossie wheeled toward her hoard. Half-formed dragonfire erupted prematurely toward the diving twins.

"Ooh, nearly got us!"

"Missed again, scaly!"

The sisters twisted mid-air to evade the searing flames, their taunts echoing as they accelerated toward the lair’s entrance.

Exchanging knowing glances, the twin invaders pressed their advantage without slowing.

"Sister Magic Rainbow’s guess was indeed correct."

"Hmm, this creature’s lair must conceal something crucial."

Just as they’d surmised, Flossie’s initial act of "mercy"—allowing the ant colony to retreat instead of avenging her five Earth Dragon offspring—stemmed solely from her need to protect the dragon eggs within her cave.

She would never permit her precious brood to leave her sight unless absolutely necessary.

This was precisely why the ants’ initial defiance had provoked such volcanic fury.

…

Meanwhile, concealed within an anthill, Magic Rainbow peered out and exhaled in relief as Flossie abandoned her post to guard the cave’s contents—exactly as predicted.

The dragon’s opening roar had paralyzed the Class B ants beyond expectation, even forcing the Stealth Ants to drop their "Invisibility" skill and reveal their true forms. This disastrous start had immediately placed the ant tribe on the defensive.

Should the Class S dragon unleash area-of-effect attacks against the Class B swarm, catastrophe would follow.

Though protected by "Undead Crowd," simultaneous assault on hundreds of ants would inevitably leave multitudes grievously wounded or slain.

Such massive casualties would severely diminish Sister Red Pupil’s subsequent ability to deploy "Undead Crowd."

Fortunately, Purple Cloud and Purple Mist succeeded in diverting the dragon’s attention.

Now—

Magic Rainbow’s eyes glinted as she leveled her index finger at Flossie’s streaking form and unleashed her lightning spell: "Electric Finger."

A crackling arc leapt from her fingertip, traversing the distance instantaneously.

While water, fire, earth, and wind magics dominated common practice, other arcane disciplines proved both rarer and more arduous to master.

As one such uncommon art, lightning magic remained elusive—"Electric Finger" being the sole technique Magic Rainbow had acquired in Aowenduo Town.

Though weaker than her elemental spells due to incomplete mastery, this lightning dart outraced all her other magics.

The bolt overtook Flossie mid-flight, piercing through the dragon’s beating wing membrane to create a smoking crimson puncture.

The pinprick injury seemed trivial against the vast draconic wingspan, yet the thunderous impact and searing pain momentarily disrupted Flossie’s aerial control.

Regenerative flesh sealed the wound within seconds, restoring the membrane’s integrity.

As Purple Cloud and Purple Mist neared the cave entrance, Dragon Flossie loosed another earthshaking bellow.

ROOOAAAR—

The "Intimidate"-infused cry froze both Flying Ants mid-air, replicating the paralysis inflicted on their Class B kin.

In that heartbeat of vulnerability, the enraged dragon materialized behind the paralyzed duo.

Her titanic shadow engulfed the insects as monstrous forelegs swept forward, razor talons trailing tempest winds that promised instant evisceration.

The sisters regained mobility only to confront death incarnate—a clawed maelstrom larger than their combined bodies, leaving no room for evasion.

Then—

SCHLICK!

The dragon’s abdomen ruptured violently.

Twin shadowy talons erupted from the gaping wound, seizing both edges of the laceration before rending them asunder with brutal force.

RRRIIIPPP—

Viscera and splintered bones cascaded through the air amidst a geyser of blood.

Flossie’s agonized scream shook the heavens.