Chapter 1575 - 1571: Encounter Battle

Qiuya spread her wings and hovered in the air, waving her hands at Leilei. She looked up and glanced around. On the other end of the vast Sea of Trees, in a dark environment, the World Tree stood there, making it possible to roughly determine the direction of the fairy territory using it as a reference point.

After confirming that Leilei was about at the same height, Qiuya flew alongside him at the same speed.

Leilei, with a strained expression, said:

"The altitude is a bit too high, isn't it?"

"Don't you feel that heights can be uplifting? If your wings get tired, you can still glide."

"Qiuya changes personality as soon as she flies."

"What did you just say?"

"No, no, I didn't say anything."

Leilei quickly clammed up and moved in the southwest direction toward the tree, which was where their territory was.

Today, Qiuya had gathered four like-minded partners, including Leilei, to hunt together in the neutral area northeast of their territory. Fortunately, they didn't encounter other teams during the hunt, so they reaped a bountiful harvest, acquiring a large amount of money and items. Just as they were preparing to return to their territory, they encountered an ambush by a group of eight Fire Fairy clan members lurking along the way.

In "Fairy Fantasy," interspecies battles are possible, but players openly chasing and robbing others are still a minority. Especially since today's operation took place after noon in real-time, they didn't expect such a large-scale raid, hence their lapse in caution.

During the escape, after two aerial team battles, both sides—Ye Qiu and the enemy—lost three members each. Initially, their numbers were relatively small, leaving only Qiuya and Leilei. As their flying speed was faster than the Fire Fairies, they could flexibly use this advantage to shake off pursuit, and it seemed they were close to returning to the Wind Fairy's territory.

But to give Leilei, who became dizzy from the battle, time to recover, using this method, they could escape to that area. Just when Qiuya was completely unguarded and returned to the forest behind them—

An orange light flashed beneath the deep blue giant trees growing side by side.

"Leilei, dodge!!"

Qiuya shouted loudly and spun rapidly downward to the left. Then, three fire lines emerged from the ground at a swift pace, shooting upward through the gaps in the leaves.

Fortunately, Qiuya and her companions were flying high. The firelines, dragging a long tail, disappeared into the night sky just as they reached them.

But now there was no time for relief. Just at the Sea of Trees where the attack magic had been launched, five red-black shadows flew out, rapidly closing in on Qiuya and her companions.

"This is really annoying!!"

Qiuya complained as she glanced northwest. She still couldn't see the lights of the giant Wind Tower in the center of the fairy territory.

"No other choice, get ready to fight!!"

As she called out, Qiuya drew a curved long knife from the waist.

"Ugh, no, I don't want to."

Leilei cried out as he pulled out a short sword and took a stance.

"There are five of them; it's unavoidable to lose, but Ye Qiu won't give up so easily! Ye Qiu will put his all into it, and at least take one down with him."

"That's indeed a prudent approach."

"Sometimes Ye Qiu has to show you his good side."

Leilei's shoulders moved slightly, and Qiuya's expression grew tense as she struck a sprinting pose. She compressed her body, spun around once, and shot out, angling her wings sharply, descending swiftly. Under the Fire Fairies' V-shaped formation, this seemed almost reckless.

The reason the online veteran players from the early period of "Fairy Fantasy," well-equipped and experienced like Qiuya's team, were defeated was due to the enemy's numbers and the newly created battle formation tactics recent employed by the Fire Fairy clan.

Sacrificing maneuverability, equipped with heavy armor and flexibly using the weight to perform piercing attacks with long spears.

The level horizontal placement of several huge long spears exerts great pressure on the opponent like a tidal wave. The advantage of Silf is their agility; fighting a prolonged battle is quite difficult for them.

However, after today's two team battles, Qiuya had somewhat detected the weakness in the enemy's attack method. With her natural boldness, she locked onto one of the enemy group's vanguard and fearlessly dove in. When they were a certain distance away, she focused all her nerves on the sharp spearhead of the silver long spear poised by the enemy.

The advance emitted a high-pitched wheeze, and instantly, the metal held by both people and the air friction produced a jarring bass hum. As the two intersected, the atmosphere vibrated, producing a thunderous explosion.

Qiuya gritted her teeth and slightly moved her head, dodging the enemy's spear's deadly power. She ignored the spearhead grazing her cheek, its residual burning heat lingering. Then, she raised her long knife high and swung it at the enemy's red protective hat.

"Aaahhhh."

Straight cut.

"Ahhhh!!"

From inside the fairly thick brim, the enemy personnel stared wide-eyed in astonishment. In that instant, their gazes met, leaving no time for the opponent to react. A yellow-green explosion effect appeared, and the intense shock to the hand caused the enemy's massive armor to be blasted away slightly.

The enemy, unable to withstand this blow, fell into a rotating descent. Perhaps due to the heavy armor, their HP was not reduced by even thirty percent, but their head received a severe impact, making it impossible to regroup immediately. Qiuya immediately switched her focus, shouting internally.

——This is it!!

The weakness of the enemy's heavy-armored assault tactic lies in the need for time to regroup after a clash. Just when the remaining four Fire Fairies crossed each other, Qiuya swiftly turned, spreading her wings as much as possible to forcibly turn left.

This terrifying flight produces friction all over her body. Enduring the pain, she pushed with her right wing, with the left wing braked, performing this absurd action while catching with the corner of her eye the enemy performing a similar left turn.

The heavily armored Fire Fairies, although understanding Qiuya's tactics, couldn't shorten their turn radius as she did. When the turn was completed, Qiuya had already surged forward with her sword.

On the left side, the enemy received a perfect strike from Qiuya. The formation was once again destroyed.

——If we continue like this, we'll definitely succeed.

Among the five enemies, only the leader downed earlier could fly freely; the others could only use auxiliary control levers. In the chaotic battle, the agile Qiuya immediately spun upward.

Meanwhile, she briefly searched for Leilei, who was fiercely battling the Fire Fairy to the right. Though he often seemed unreliable, he was an experienced player. In close combat, his skill with a short sword was not to be underestimated.