Every White Dragon Knight was listening attentively, Long Yi’s words seemed to make some sense. However, there was a knot in every knight’s heart that was difficult to untie no matter how reasonable it sounded.

Especially the White Dragons resting on their shoulders, they seemed to feel somewhat ashamed.

"Wait, when you say that the White Dragons are facing difficulties, do you mean you have another solution?" A quick-witted knight managed to catch the subtle hint in Long Yi’s words.

"I have some ideas that I intend to discuss with Mrs. Nor from the Biological Research Institute. If it works, the strength of the White Dragons could be greatly enhanced," said Long Yi.

"Group Leader Long Yi!"

The leading knight among the group walked towards Long Yi excitedly, grasping his hand: "Please, you must help us. As Dragon Knights, we’ve never felt as stifled as we do now, we almost feel like this war no longer needs us!"

Long Yi gripped the knight’s hand tightly, understanding his feelings. Despite their stature, the Dragon Knights had not demonstrated their true power in the continual warfare, leaving all the knights feeling awkward. Moreover, the uninformed started fueling rumors that the era of Dragon Knights was over due to the rise of ground forces.

Only Long Yi understood that the truth was just the opposite. As ground forces became more powerful, the era of the Dragon Knights had only just begun! No matter how strong ground forces could be, they could never surpass Dragon Knights in terms of mobility! Previously, as the Dragon Knights’ advantages were too dominant, people neglected this fact and misused Dragon Knights as decisive forces. But with the increasing strength of ground troops, Dragon Knights must excel in their specific role they are best suited for.

"Rest assured, the battles we are currently fighting are just skirmishes. Mrs. Nor and I are urgently researching a plan, and soon, your battle will come!"

"Unsuccessful?! What do you mean unsuccessful!"

Yake picked up Tilian and lifted him high into the air, bellowing in anger.

"Apparently, since Long Yi developed this new weapon, he has started making countermeasures against our revenge, accordingly. Of our seven missiles, six were shot down en route and the last one, which had dropped speed, was stopped by Bajie’s magic and was then captured by the Female Demon."

Tilian’s tone remained as calm as ever, never boasting when victorious and never despairing in defeat, he seemed like a walking corpse.

Listening to Tilian’s explanation, Yake started to squeeze Tilian in his claws, his body making a crunching sound. However, he couldn’t vent his frustration on Tilian, since he was well aware that the fault was not Tilian’s but Long Yi’s.

That cunning Long Yi!

A spy hidden within the White Dragon Empire then submitted a detailed report of the whole process to Yake. Long Yi had arranged robust defensive measures in the White Dragon Empire’s Imperial City, especially the air defense forces working 24 hours on a shift system, never resting throughout the year, to prevent identical incidents from happening to the White Dragon Empire. Ultimately, Long Yi was proven right.

Of the seven Cataclysmic Bombs, six were directly intercepted, and one was captured by Long Yi. This was akin to a slap in the face for Yake!

Long Yi had flung three missiles, flattening the Black Dragon Empire’s Imperial Palace. But their retaliatory seven bombs ended in failure!

It was so disgraceful!

"Why! Exactly why!"

Yake shaken Tilian violently in his hand, demanding an explanation.

"Speed."

Tilian muttered two words through his dizziness.

"Speed?"

"Yes, speed. Long Yi’s beetle missiles possess terrifying speed and they drop vertically from the sky, leaving very little time for us to react. Though our Cataclysmic Bombs have greater power, they cannot achieve such a speed, let alone drop vertically from a high altitude. That’s why Long Yi had a chance to intercept them."

"I don’t need reasons! I need solutions!"

"The only solution would be to further increase the power of the bomb itself. However, this would require more resources - you should understand what I mean by resources, Your Majesty."

"Black Dragon? Our Black Dragon Empire has never lacked Black Dragons. As long as those bastards on Dragon Island want to help us, they won’t care how they assist us!"

The Black Dragon Empire has also developed super missiles capable of transnational bombing!

This news rapidly shocked the entire world. However, the ultimate outcome of this super missile was not very promising. But it was a weapon that could compete with the White Dragon Empire after all!

Small countries, on the other hand, stopped making any moves as they could tell that this ongoing war no longer had anything to do with them. Whichever side they joined, it didn’t make a difference to the other side. Hence, small countries decided to remain silent.

Soon, one country took the lead in declaring neutrality and would not involve itself in any war-related activities. It also announced that it would open its borders, allowing the troops of any country to move freely in and out. Its army would fully withdraw to protect only the area around the Imperial City. The citizens also started migrating in large numbers towards the Imperial City.

Following the first country’s example, a second country quickly followed suit. In turn, almost every small country around the world declared its neutrality.

Each country grew fearful.

Not just small countries; now even within the staunch allies of the Black Dragon Empire, the Green Dragon Empire, and the Blue Dragon Empire, there began debates about whether they should continue supporting the Black Dragon Empire’s war efforts.

The Blue Dragon Empire in particular. Being a hybrid water dragon, their power is best utilised in water-rich regions. But who among the flying dragons would help them by seeking out water? Almost everyone realised that this conflict had far exceeded the traditional concept of war.

The Black Dragon Empire had the Undead, while the White Dragon Empire had Molten Beasts; The Black Dragon Empire had Crystal Beasts, while the White Dragon Empire had armored soldiers; The Black Dragon Empire had the Black Dragons of Dragon Island, while the White Dragon Empire had an endless array of new weapons!

Damn it, this kind of war, no matter how many people were involved, wasn’t enough at all!

The Blue Dragon Empire had formed an alliance with the Black Dragon Empire only because they were powerful. In reality, the Blue Dragon Empire hadn’t benefited at all from this relationship. Now, it seemed that the White Dragon Empire hadn’t yet turned its attention to the Blue Dragon Empire. But once they did, were they to just wait for their imperial palace to be levelled by missiles?

As expected!

The day after the Black Dragon Empire was attacked from the air, the White Dragon Empire immediately announced its plans for retaliation.

They declared that they would launch long-range attacks against the military bases of the Black Dragon Empire and its allies. To avoid casualties among civilians, all innocent parties were asked to evacuate the vicinity of these military bases.

This declaration instantly triggered panic in many places.

The destructive power of the intercontinental missiles was a nightmare. Who would know if they would be unlucky enough to have a missile fall directly on them?

Panic ensued among the residents near some of the Black Dragon Empire’s well-hidden military installations. After all, even with the best concealment, there were still people around and people are bound to leak information.

Nonetheless, the Green and Blue Dragon Empires were even more panicked.

Previously, the White Dragon Empire had bombed some of the Black Dragon Empire’s locations within their territories. But those belonged to the Black Dragon Empire. This time, the declaration explicitly mentioned their "allies"!

Consequently, people started going crazy.

The entire world shook. The Black Dragon Empire was fine; being the target of attacks, they were used to being bombed repeatedly. This was the first time the Green Dragon Empire and Blue Dragon Empire had become targets, so the two kingdoms descended into panic and chaos.

Military facilities were evacuated one by one, and their resources were quickly removed. Even the imperial palace was completely emptied, and the people of the imperial city fled for safety.

A day later, the intercontinental missiles arrived as promised.

The massive missiles screamed down from the sky. Several military facilities were destroyed in an instant. Barracks, factories, all turned into ruins in the blink of an eye.

However, this time, the imperial palace was not destroyed. Also, due to the early warning, there were hardly any casualties - as long as people in this world believe that disasters will definitely not strike them; if such foolish people die, nobody will feel sorry.

After the attack, as usual, the Black Dragon Empire suffered severe losses. The White Dragon Empire’s attacks on the Green Dragon Empire and the Blue Dragon Empire were mostly symbolic, with most of the bombing still falling within the Black Dragon Empire’s territory. Now every place connected with the military had become a bombing target, and these specifically targeted areas without Dark Cloud Toads.

Yake was well prepared for the retaliation of the White Dragon Empire. But he didn’t care, or rather, it would be pointless even if he did care. With a pile of reports, which he didn’t bother to read, he passed everything to Tilian for processing. He felt extremely frustrated and just wanted to kill Long Yi, kill him completely! He had long given up the idea of torturing Long Yi. If he could kill Long Yi, the balance of this war would tilt crazily towards the Black Dragon Empire, and everything would then come to an end.

Although Tilian now was always in the lab, he no longer conducted any experiments himself. He had a few extremely loyal subordinates. Just as Yake controlled Tilian, Tilian also made master-servant contracts with them, and they were entirely loyal to Tilian. Tilian could spend more time dealing with national affairs.

In fact, the Black Dragon Empire was close to the brink of collapse. The relentless triggering of the war machine had drained the empire’s economy and resources. The Dwarves had refused to have any dealings with the Black Dragon Empire, and the Fertile Plains Federation had also cut back on its food exports to the Black Dragon Empire. Severe inflation had riddled the Black Dragon Empire’s internal economy with holes, and the missiles bombing from the sky at any time had made the entire Black Dragon Empire restless.

Victory was the only thing that could change this situation.

Victory in war.

Yake was sure, with the aid of Hell, with a hundred thousand Black Dragons, victory would be his.

However, if these hundred thousand Black Dragons could not advance with the army, what difference would it make whether these dragons existed or not?

Tilian looked at the various reports in his hands, a hint of a smirk curving up at the corners of his lips.

What does this have to do with me?

Tilian clapped his hands, and an extremely urgent report just disappeared from his hands. No one knew what was written on it. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to recomend it on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read at m.qidian.com.)