Dragonflight

All the red and green dragons landed on the ground at the command of Alexstrasza and Ysera. The Red Dragon Queen walked towards the Alliance leaders and said, "Let the person who can pose the greatest threat to Xavius ride on a dragon's back. This time, we will fight side by side!"

You must know that this is the real world, not a knight's tale. Heroes like dragon knights often appear in stories, but in the true history of Azeroth, only one clan dared to enslave the dragon race—the Dragonmaw Clan!

More than a decade ago, when the Orcs invaded Azeroth, the Dragonmaw Clan's warlock, Nekros, under the secret guidance of Deathwing, unearthed the Demon Soul and used it to enslave Alexstrasza, forcing her offspring to serve the Orcs. He even imprisoned Alexstrasza, forcing her and her mate to mate without restraint, and used her dragon eggs to hatch young dragons and train dragon riders.

Because of this, the Dragonmaw Clan became the mortal enemy of the Red Dragonflight. After retreating to Outland, the Dragonmaw Clan defected to the Abyss Lord Magtheridon and became corrupted fel orcs. They continued to carry forward their dragon-taming skills, and the Nether Drakes hatched from the black dragon eggs left by Deathwing in Outland also became objects of enslavement.

However, after the Outland War, the Dragonmaw Orcs there have been completely wiped out. Currently, only a very small number of Dragonmaw Orcs are active in the Twilight Highlands, tirelessly trying to enslave dragons.

Apart from the Dragonmaw Clan, no other race dares to attempt such a thing. In Azeroth, offending the dragons means inviting endless trouble.

Aiden's experience is the best proof—he didn't even enslave any dragons, yet Nozdormu colluded with Malygos to sabotage the Battle for the Frozen Throne, and now the Blue Dragon King is about to launch the Nexus War to cleanse all spellcasters in the world; Nozdormu's injuries have just healed, but he still dwells on past hatred and may cause even greater trouble at any time.

This also shows how rare it is for dragons to willingly bow their heads and let people ride on their backs.

However, this will indeed greatly increase the air strike capability of the Allied forces. The heroes and elite troops will surely be able to break through the Nightmare Legion's air power more easily and attack Xavius's main body on the cliff.

Thousands of dragons took to the skies, and conventional air forces also joined the battle. Airships, helicopters, griffons, dragonhawks, hippogryphs, chimeras…all kinds of flying units gathered together, plus the ethereal warships and naaru spaceships, the number was so large that it blotted out the sky!

For a time, the Allied forces possessed far more air power than the Nightmare Legion!

Before the ground forces even engaged the enemy, the aerial battle had already broken out. Facing the Dragonflight and the air force, Xavius sent out the corrupted Green Dragonflight and those materialized flying creatures. Their numbers were not at a great disadvantage, but the quality was far too different. Ysondre led the Nightmare Legion to meet the enemy, but in just one encounter, his deputy, Tyrantus, was severely injured by Ysondre in the Green Dragonflight.

Green Dragon Queen Ysera rushed towards Ysondre, her lover, and she shouted loudly, "Ysondre, wake up! Have you forgotten the past?"

"No, no, I remember very clearly! Now I am no longer your subordinate, no longer kowtowing and sharing your bestowed love with other male dragons! Now, I am the Tyrant of the Dream! I am in charge of my own destiny!" Ysondre looked ferocious, and seeing that Ysera had entered his attack range, he mercilessly spewed out a breath of dragon.

Ysera was heartbroken. She knew that Ysondre said these words because he was controlled by the Nightmare Lord. The dark side of his heart was infinitely magnified. If he were awake, he would never be like this, but these words still made her very sad. More importantly, now is the critical moment to fight against the Nightmare Lord, and she has no time to save Ysondre. If he wants to stop her, she can only choose…to kill him.

Only a tiny bit of Ysondre's dragon breath touched Ysera's body. She felt the pain from her flesh, but it was insignificant compared to her heartache.

"Green Dragonflight!" Ysera shouted loudly, "Eliminate all obstacles!"

After giving the order, she spewed out a breath of dragon containing all her grief and anger, engulfing the crazy Ysondre in front of her.

The fierce air battle broke out, countless warriors shed blood in the sky, and countless minions of the Nightmare were completely purified, but the Dragonflight had too great an advantage, and soon the Allied forces gained complete air superiority, and the path to Xavius's main body was no longer blocked.

A few months ago, when Fizzle, the 'Tidal Sea Spirit,' first saw Xavius's main body, the tree only looked very strange, with many tentacle-like vines and tumor-shaped protrusions all over the trunk, which looked ferocious and terrifying, but after all, it still belonged to the category of a tree.

Now that the dream has begun to merge with reality, this tree has almost completely become the same as the Nightmare Lord in the dream. Endless black mist shrouded it, and just by getting close, people could feel the fear, despair, and pain in the black mist, as if what was churning was not black mist, but a collection of all people's negative emotions.

"You dare to come here, your courage is commendable." Xavius's voice came through the black mist, appearing gloomy and terrifying. He didn't seem worried about the overwhelming legions that had come to punish him.

Alexstrasza said proudly, "We have not only courage, but also…power!"

"Die, Xavius!"

The Red Dragon Queen opened her mouth and spewed out the flames of life, and a pillar of fire suddenly sprayed towards the rolling black mist, trying to dispel it. If the Nightmare Lord's body is always hidden in the black mist, no matter what kind of magic weapons everyone has in their hands, if they can't find where his body is, even the sharpest weapons will be of no use.

"You are still so hot-tempered, Alexstrasza." As Xavius spoke, the black mist about to be sprayed by the flames of life turned into a vortex, engulfing all the power of the dragon's breath. When everything subsided, the black mist still did not change in any way.

If the black mist cannot be broken, the battle will be more difficult than imagined.

At this time, the voice of 'Eternal Nightmare' Nocturne entered Aiden's mind: "Commander, if I enter the black mist, I should be able to find Xavius's main body."

"That's the only way." Aiden responded, "We will protect your safety—the Nightmare Lord will definitely target you."

After completing the exchange of thoughts, the plan became to cover Nocturne and let Nocturne guide everyone to attack Xavius's main body.

Next, everyone will rush into the black mist. No one knows what is hidden inside. Perhaps it is a behemoth that can devour everyone, or perhaps it is a lurking deadly danger. The unknown fear makes many people start to hesitate. Even if a giant hundreds of meters tall stood in front of them, no one would be afraid, but when the enemy is hidden in the invisible darkness, that fear will be infinitely amplified.

At this time, someone needs to stand up and set an example!

Alexstrasza was the first to attack just now, and now the first to rush into the mist is Green Dragon Queen Ysera!

The Nightmare invasion happened because of the dream accident. This is her responsibility, and she cannot retreat!

Ysera flapped her giant wings and resolutely rushed towards the black mist. Cenarius, Remulos, Malfurion, Tyrande, Jax, Varok, Grom, and the other heroes who used the Oak Axe in sequence were all on her back, and naturally she took them into the black mist together.

When the Green Dragonflight saw that their queen had already charged, they of course followed suit.

"Attack, Red Dragonflight!" Alexstrasza also gave the order.

No matter how scared the warriors on the dragon's back were, the dragons would not stop moving forward because of their fear. The attack had already been launched, and the only thing they could do was fight hard!

Aiden, Kayle, Brox, Karthus, Nocturne, Ryze, Morgana, as well as Rhonin and Vereesa were all on the Red Dragon Queen's back. Although there were eight people plus a Nocturne, it was not crowded. For Alexstrasza, who was tens of meters long, it would be more than enough for a hundred people to stand on her back, but in order not to affect each other, she only brought these people.

Rhonin and Vereesa were able to come up because they were both Alexstrasza's friends—they had rescued her from the enslavement of the Dragonmaw Clan ten years ago, so she had always had a good impression of them.

As Aiden on Alexstrasza's back plunged headfirst into the black mist, darkness immediately descended before his eyes. This black mist severely restricted his sensory abilities. He could barely see things within two meters in front of him, and his mental power could only sense things within a range of no more than ten meters. Even when Rhonin, who was very close to him, said "Be careful," he could only hear a rough approximation.

But suddenly, a clear scream came from his left front, mixed with the roar of a dragon and the shouts of humans.

Alexstrasza gritted her teeth and said, "It's a red dragon—that bastard, Xavius is showing off to us!"

No one knew what happened to that red dragon and the person on its back, but it certainly wasn't good. Xavius could have prevented their voices from traveling more than five meters away, but he insisted on letting them hear their comrades' screams so clearly. Just as Alexstrasza said, Xavius was showing off!

"Turn left twenty-five degrees," Nightmare conveyed the message to Alexstrasza.

The Red Dragon Queen heard his instructions and immediately flapped her wings and flew over. Her flying speed was very fast, even if the black mist covered a large area, she would only need a minute to fly from beginning to end!

"Fifty meters ahead, a large number of tentacle attacks!"

Just where Malygos warned, in the black mist, countless spears transformed from shadows shot towards Alexstrasza. After receiving the warning, she immediately opened her mouth and spewed out a dragon's breath, and the scene in front of her immediately lit up. Those shadow spears were completely melted by her attack.

Seeing that the light was not completely blocked, Aiden immediately summoned a shining light sphere and used it as a searchlight to illuminate the front. It still had some effect, at least increasing the visible range from a few meters to a dozen meters!

"Shadow vines, be careful!"

"Twisted branches!"

With Malygos's constant reminders, Alexstrasza avoided the various secret attacks of the Lord of Nightmares. But this also angered Xavius, causing him to start treating them as the highest priority target.

"Are you looking for me? I'm waiting for you to walk into the trap!" Xavius's voice reached everyone's minds.

"Pretending to be mysterious! You only have a little ability to sneak attack!" Alexstrasza responded loudly.

"Haha, but it's very effective. You probably don't know yet, but your legion has already lost more than half—but they haven't even caught my shadow!" Xavius's gloomy and terrifying voice came out with a sense of revenge.

Aiden did hear it, and there were even some very familiar voices among them. He vaguely heard the cries of Dathrohan, Fordring, and Volibear, which made him very worried about their condition.

At this time, Malygos suddenly said, "One hundred and seventy meters ahead is Xavius's main body!"

Everyone was immediately refreshed. One hundred and seventy meters was a distance that Alexstrasza could fly with a single flap of her dragon wings. They had already approached the target!

"That's right, congratulations on finding the Nightmare," Xavius was not panicked at all by being found, but became excited, "Come on, my tentacles will be able to reach you soon!"

A breath later, the distance of one hundred and seventy meters was reached. Malygos could feel Xavius's attack, but the density was too great. They were almost attacked in all directions, and he only had time to convey the idea of "full defense."

Countless twisted black branches suddenly appeared in the black mist. They suddenly entered everyone's perception range, and the speed was so fast that people couldn't react at all.

Aiden and Kayle immediately joined forces to open a barrier of holy light, and others also cast various shields and defensive spells. Brox held the Axe of Cenarius tightly, preparing to take this opportunity to chop off a branch, but Malygos immediately stopped him: "It's magic!"

These shadow-like thorns and branches are all magical effects, not physical entities. Brox's slash would only destroy the magical effect.

This wave of attacks was blocked by everyone's joint efforts, but the branches seemed to be endless. Before everyone had time to catch their breath, the second wave of attacks arrived immediately.

At this time, a voice reached Aiden's mind: "Guide our holy light!"

It was the voice of the Naaru!

Aiden looked at Kayle, she had obviously heard it too.

They raised their weapons high, and the tips of Silver Judgment and Forgiveness burst out with a holy beam of light, cutting straight through the black mist and rushing into the sky.

On the Naaru's spaceship in the sky, M'uru and De'ori, the leaders of the Light Naaru, communicated with each other telepathically:

"Successfully captured the holy light beacon…"

"Positioning successful…"

"Activate energy sharing…"

"Prepare to release holy light energy!"

More than a dozen Light Naaru connected their bodies to each other, and they all transferred the power of holy light to De'ori, and De'ori suddenly became dazzling.

A majestic pillar of holy light was projected down along the light that broke through the black mist. The huge energy pierced through a large area of ​​black mist, illuminating the surroundings. Xavius tried to use his black mist to engulf the pillar of holy light, but the ever-victorious black mist melted away in front of it, unable to shake it at all, let alone eliminate it. It will only go out when the Naaru's energy is exhausted!

Aiden and others on the back of the Red Dragon Queen were guided by the holy light, and the black mist could no longer stop them. All of Xavius's actions became traceable. Alexstrasza was greatly encouraged and carried them deeper.

The pillar of holy light guided everyone who rushed into the black mist. It was like a light, although it could not illuminate the darkness in front of them, it could point out a clear path for people in the darkness. All the dragons began to rush towards that direction.

The first to meet Alexstrasza was Ysera. As a guardian dragon, her strength was no less than that of her sister. She rushed in first. Although she took a detour, she was still closest to the Red Dragon Queen.

However, without Malygos's guidance, she suffered many attacks in the darkness, and there were several bloody wounds on her body. Malfurion and Tyrande on her back were casting spells to heal her wounds. The others on Ysera's back were also slightly injured, but not seriously, and they were treated in time.

"Ysera, come over! Let us join hands to deal with him!" Alexstrasza shouted loudly when she saw her sister coming.

"alright!"

Xavius's main body was displayed in front of everyone under the illumination of the holy light. His shape was very similar to the body composed of bones and black dead branches in the dream, but in reality, countless vines were wrapped around his body, and there were countless tumor-like protrusions on the trunk. Those tumors seemed to be moving, and it was unknown what terrifying or disgusting energy they contained.

Seeing these two sisters bring the heroes to him, Xavius made a gloomy and twisted voice: "You are so eager to die—should I fulfill your wish, or should I torture you first?"

Ysera shouted: "The one who will die is you, Xavius! You should not exist in this world at all, your birth is a mistake! We will reverse this mistake!"

"Arrogant! Do you think you can defeat me just by defeating an avatar of me in the dream? Now, I will completely shatter your naive thoughts!"

The branches on Xavius's body extended wildly, rolling towards the two guardian dragons.

Ysera and Alexstrasza immediately spat out two breaths of dragon, and two pillars of fire, one green and one red, rolled towards the branches.

"This time it's physical!" Malygos's thoughts were conveyed to everyone's minds.

The heroes immediately became nervous, especially Jax and Brox, who shoulder the important responsibility of cutting off some of the roots. The success or failure of this battle depends on them!

Seeing that the branches carrying the power of darkness were about to approach, Aiden seized the opportunity and used the power of time to slow down the surrounding time flow. These attacks, which were originally extremely fast, became slow, and everyone seemed to be moving in a gel.

Aiden raised Silver Judgment and slashed a branch closest to him with his sword. The divine sword cut a deep mark on the black dead branch, which was as thick as an arm, but did not cut it off. Xavius seemed to feel pain and immediately pulled the branch back!

The most critical Brox and Jax launched attacks. Two giant axes with completely different attributes each hit two branches, and these two heroes lived up to expectations and cut them off in the slowed-down time flow!

But what everyone never expected was that these severed branches were automatically adsorbed onto other branches before they could be caught, and Xavius pulled them back.