Boiling Beast Bloodline
Chapter 1100 - 287: Aerial Combat

Chapter 1100: Chapter 287: Aerial Combat

"Obischillaci!" Duncan the Antelope Warrior cursed angrily, having quickly picked up the phrase as a way to vent his frustrations from his boss, the plain Tauren.

Unlike their ground-based Buer brethren who were bravely fighting the enemy, Duncan’s opponents from the Vulture People of the Isco Clan were like a swarm of cunning bats that completely foiled the aggressive approach of the aerial forces of the Summer Palace.

These two hundred Vulture People from the Mulan, who had originally swooped in aggressively, suddenly halted their charge when the griffin riders and Biao warriors dove to low altitudes and the massive formations of Newton air cavalry and Chimaera air cavalry took off. They leisurely flapped their wings and hovered in the distance.

After pointing and gesturing towards the air cavalry of Fierce Cold Jade, the Vulture People suddenly reversed into the blue sky, tracing arcs and retreating thousands of yards as if to clear a pathway for the freshly mobilized Fierce Cold Jade air cavalry.

The vast chasm that stretched for dozens of miles made the aerial battlefield seem overly spacious. The two hundred Vulture People flying high in the sky moved as freely as fish in the sea; their relaxed demeanor and the sophisticated aeronautical maneuvers they displayed were something the Newton and Chimaera air cavalry could hardly hope to learn in their lifetimes.

Duncan had originally intended to lead all the air cavalry in a ferocious charge to engage in close combat with the oncoming Vulture People face to face, but the enemy’s sudden switch from offense to a defensive stance and their withdrawal from the flight path left him genuinely puzzled.

The astute mind of the Golden Ring Warrior told Duncan that the enemy’s behavior was definitely not due to cowardice. The fact that only two Biao warriors from the four scout squads returned alive had proven the enemy’s ruthless efficiency. Seeing them hovering in the distance and whispering among themselves, the Antelope Warrior knew that nothing good would come of it.

Before Duncan could decide whether to lead his wingmen in a collective onslaught, the Vulture People quickly responded. Their dense formation suddenly dispersed, like fireworks exploding in the sky, with one group of Vulture People flying over the formation of the Fierce Cold Jade air cavalry from 500 yards above, and two more groups spreading out to either side of the Fierce Cold Jade air cavalry.

Along with a large bunch of Vulture People who stayed hovering in place, they quickly enveloped the Fierce Cold Jade air cavalry from front, back, left, and right.

"These damn Birdmen are truly fucking arrogant!" Duncan pulled back on his reins, nearly twisting his nose in anger as the enemy quickly surrounded them, seemingly afraid that they might try to flee.

Upon realizing they were encircled, all the air cavalry instinctively reined in their mounts and hovered in place, while several nearby senior riders gestured to Duncan and the Musketeer Ardu to ask what their next move should be.

Today, Duncan and his flight instructor Ardu made up a lead and wingman unit. The lead and wingman format is a specific organizational setup of the Summer Palace’s aerial brigade. The Overlord seems to prefer creating combined combat units when commanding troops. Each combat unit in the Fierce Cold Jade air brigade is composed of two riders, with the lead rider taking the offensive role and the wingman providing cover and support. Today, for a special purpose, Ardu was Duncan’s wingman, but they both coordinated the overall strategy together.

Duncan quickly communicated with Ardu nearby using combat sign language, and then notified several lead riders that the planned special action groups were now to disperse, each group monitoring one direction, while the others continued to hover, ready for battle.

The lead riders quickly relayed the orders through the ranks, which shifted with diving and climbing, realigning rapidly.

Duncan, the Antelope Warrior capable of Self-Initiated Berserk, was not like his thick-headed Buer Tribe brethren on the ground. Although he was eager to prove his bravery through combat, he also understood that now was not the time for reckless charges------------the Vulture People of the Isco Clan, whether in terms of altitude, flight speed, or flying skill, were far beyond comparison to the Fierce Cold Jade air cavalry mounted on Giant Beasts.

"Since the enemy wants a fortress-like encirclement, let’s just ’bloom from the center’!" Duncan and Ardu shared an understanding smile. Counterattacking to match the enemy’s unchanging tactics was a strength, whether for the Musketeers trained in the Underground World or the direct descendants of Fierce Cold Jade.

After adjusting their flight attitudes, the Vulture People of the Isco Clan did not disappoint the Fierce Cold Jade air cavalry. They swiftly launched their attack, these warriors bred in the blue sky rapidly climbing to higher altitudes and diving towards the Fierce Cold Jade air cavalry formation from all four directions, their assault as swift and potent as hailstones plummeting from the sky onto the earth----------altitude! Whoever controls the altitude holds the initiative in aerial combat!

Valuing altitude in air combat is a phrase that has echoed among the Bode Clan since the days when the Beamon air force still existed. Only by climbing faster to the higher ground than your opponent can you ensure that your thrown spear will not have any range issues when diving down, and at the same time, the enemy’s counterattack will enter a firing blind spot due to the angle!

This was a lesson hard-learned by the Beamon Bode Clan based on their own experiences, and now it seemed that the Desert Bodhi had also effectively summarized this same lesson.