Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 426 - 394: Return to the Battlefield!

After deploying all the warships from the city, Rocky stood at the bow of the War Steed and waved his hand, ordering the main cannons of over three hundred warships to attack simultaneously!

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The sound of the cannons was like distant thunder, filling the entire sky at that moment. The spectacle of over three hundred warships firing at once was a rare sight; the deafening cannon fire piled upon everything as if even the air were being shattered. Your next chapter awaits on novelbuddy

In the midst of such a spectacular volley, the troops of Hongshou City that half-encircled Thunderhawk City immediately fell into disarray!

After a round of simultaneous main cannon fire, dozens of warships in the enemy’s ranks immediately burst into flames, and amidst these flames, they began to tilt and, within the blink of an eye, plummeted from the sky.

Simultaneously, after this round of volley fire, the Alliance Army led by Rocky also began to advance outside the Defensive Net!

The main force, led by the War Steed, flew out of the Defensive Net moments later. The War Steed, while charging at the enemy, continued to fire its cannons. Whether it was ordinary Magic Energy Cannons or Rapid-Fire Cannons, they all fired in unison at this moment.

As the War Steed took the lead in breaking out of the Defensive Net, the large force trailing behind followed suit. At that time, the fleet of over three hundred warships transformed into an enormous fist, striking the enemy squarely!

As previously mentioned, Andy originally thought that Rocky was petrified by fear, which led him to directly initiate an attack on Thunderhawk City. As a result, his troops were now spread out in a fan shape surrounding Thunderhawk City.

This method of attacking Sky City wasn’t fundamentally flawed, but under normal circumstances, this formation is only adopted when the enemy is completely defenseless. If there were troops inside the enemy city ready to launch at any moment, this fan formation would be highly disadvantageous, as it was too thin. All warships were laid out flat; if a single point was breached, the entire formation would fall into complete chaos.

That was exactly the situation now!

When the Alliance Army, led by Rocky, charged out of the Defensive Net like a colossal fist, they tore a hole in Andy’s fan formation almost instantly. There was no avoiding it; the distance between the two sides was too close. Andy, due to his overconfidence, positioned his troops only four to five hundred meters from the Defensive Net of Thunderhawk City. At such a short distance, not only were his troops within the main cannon range of the Alliance Army, but even the secondary cannons could fire effortlessly. Thus when Rocky led the large force to charge out, just a few rounds of cannon fire completely routed the enemy facing them.

Consequently, a gap formed in the middle of Andy’s troops, splitting his forces in two.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

Seeing Rocky lead a force twice the size of his own charge forth, Andy completely lost his composure and gave an order that he should not have given at this time—retreat!

At this point, Andy’s greatest shortcoming was exposed: he had never commanded such a large number of troops nor had he ever participated in a battle on this scale.

It was definitely reasonable to want to retreat now that he was at a disadvantage, but in battles involving hundreds of warships, retreating was an art.

In such a large battle, once caught in an absolute disadvantage, it was impossible to withdraw all warships. The best method was a graduated retreat, forming the army into several echelons, fighting while pulling back to maintain as much order as possible. If that was unachievable, the alternative was to sacrifice pawns to save the chariot, leaving behind some forces to cover the retreat and buy time for the majority of the units to withdraw.

But Andy did not do this. Having never directed such large-scale battles, he was now utterly panicked. He gave neither an order to re-formate the troops nor to sacrifice to save the flagships. Instead, he ordered all units to retreat together.

As a result, the entire force descended into chaos!

Hundreds of warships in the sky turned around one by one. Without unified command and coordination, they all acted independently, and the entire army immediately became a disorganized mess.

In contrast, at this time, Rocky stood at the bow of the War Steed, continually issuing a series of commands.

"Felly, continue the advance with the First Fleet; block the enemy’s escape routes and don’t let any of them get away."

"Cassan, take the Second Fleet; Chris, lead the Third Fleet to strike from both flanks."

"Let Claudy take over my command of the entire army, and order the Void Magic Squad to launch a full-scale assault!"

Standing at the bow, Rocky relayed command after command. Under his orders, the Alliance Army he directed immediately adapted.

The series of names Rocky just mentioned, aside from Felly, included officers directly under Wilton. Wilton also feared Rocky lacked experience in commanding battles of this scale, so he sent these aides along with the fleets of the Alliance Army to Thunderhawk City to assist Rocky in commanding the fleet.

As for Rocky himself, upon transferring command, he, Liliya, and the aerial Void Magic Squad soared into the sky!

"Liliya, you’re in charge of commanding the Void Magic Squad."

"What about you?"

"I want to test out the New Armor!"

No sooner had he spoken than Rocky, clad in the White Demon Armor, whooshed away into the blue.

The battlefield was now a cacophony of gunfire and smoke, with warships from both the Rebel and Alliance forces firing upon one another. Moment by moment, ships were hit, some even blown apart in the skies, but even amidst such chaos, the entrance of Rocky-led Void Magic Squad into the fray caught everyone’s attention.

"Quick! Launch the Void Magic Squad now!"

Spotting Rocky in his white armor in the air, a frantic Andy shouted loudly, hastily sending out his own Void Magic Squad while also issuing them a clear order: Kill Rocky, no matter what it takes!

Although Andy was already in a panic, he remained clear-headed about one thing; he knew that if he could kill Rocky, there would still be a chance to turn the tide of the battle, and taking out Rocky would surely count as a major achievement that could cover his retreat afterward.

So, after dispatching his own Void Magic Squad, he gave the order for all Void Magic Warriors to ignore the rest of the battle and target Rocky, intent on taking him down at all costs!

The Void Magic Squads Andy brought this time comprised three teams. So when his order came down, three fully-staffed Void Magic Squads flew out of the warships, quickly making a beeline for Rocky!

The Void Magic Warriors from these three squads were not homegrown from Hongshou City but dispatched there by the Rebel Army. Hence, each squad was of very high quality. All three squad leaders were clad in Fifth Generation Special Armor. Although their teammates weren’t in Special Armor but were equipped with Fifth Generation Mass-Produced Armor, all three squads were extremely formidable.

Upon receiving the command, the three squad leaders immediately led their respective squads straight towards Rocky. They didn’t swarm him thoughtlessly, though. Even as they closed in quickly, the three squads stayed tightly formed, carefully encircling him from three directions upon getting closer.

Why so cautious?

Because neither the three squad leaders nor the squad members were fools—they all knew they were dealing with the White Demon!