Chapter 125: The Defense of Two Eyes Island (4)
It wasn’t that Hun Tong couldn’t afford the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ quoted price.
Money was not the issue.
Similarly, he also wasn’t worried the new island would be affected by the residual impact of the shell.
Rather it was reputation!
If he let an outside mercenary corps help him out of trouble, then his reputation as feudal lord would greatly suffer.
That was out of the question.
Regardless of whether it was the impending auction, future consolidation of the island, or developing a transportation lane, all of those required reputation above all else.
High reputation could not only make his administration of his domain easier and make his control over it deeper, but it could also deter foreign enemies.
Such as pirates and those fishmen.
Hun Tong understood he had to use all of his strength here.
He took a deep breath, and his murky eyes flashed sharply.
A moment later, his life aurar suddenly erupted, forming a qi wave that swept in all directions.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
A golden flame surged from his body, a raging inferno.
This was what it looked like when a gold level fighter’s entire battle qi burst out from themselves.
At that moment, Hun Tong’s aura was incomparably tempestuous and easily surpassed Rou Zang’s.
A split second later, he took another deep breath.
Like a bird returning to its nest, all of the gold battle qi around him faded back into his body, causing the elated gold level aura to also vanish, as if the prior scene had been an illusion.
When the dragonman youngster saw this from afar, his eyes inevitably contracted slightly.
Right now, Hun Tong seemed even more formidable!
Because all of his power had been condensed together and restrained.
Not every gold level fighter could do this.
This was Hun Tong’s special battle strength. He was an expert at condensing his power to deliver a fatal blow.
Battle skill – Silence.
Battle skill – Extreme Speed Stage Four.
Hun Tong moved with such speed that it looked like he had vanished.
Even the dragonman youngster only saw a perfectly straight golden ray of light cutting across their field of view.
When Hun Tong attacked, he would inevitably leak some battle qi. He wasn’t able to achieve complete restraint and condensation.
The golden ray of light thrusted towards the seafloor mountain snail.
Battle skill – Bone Penetration!
The seafloor mountain snail was enormous and its movements sluggish. It didn’t even have time to react before the golden light penetrated its snail shell.
The snail shell was a deep cyan, it was thick, heavy, and very firm, and these all combined surely gave it magic resistance.
But the golden light directly penetrated it as easily as a needle through tofu.
The seafloor mountain snail was as large as a hill, and when Hun Tong cut his way into it, his field of view was dark.
But a moment later, he used another battle skill.
Battle skill – Mortal Blow!
This battle skill altered and increased his perception substantially.
For a split second, Hun Tong sensed where the seafloor mountain snail’s 7 fatal points were.
His spirit firmly locked onto the nearest one.
A large amount of gold battle qi condensed into his dagger.
This fine dagger was a gold level weapon!
The dagger shot out of his hand.
Less than a half second later, the dagger struck the fatal point Hun Tong’s spirit had locked onto.
The gold level dagger pierced the seafloor mountain snail’s heart, and because it was too sharp, it continued to travel through the snail, until it flew out of its shell and inserted itself deeply into the ground.
The seafloor mountain snail’s heart ruptured and was soon torn to pieces by the gold battle qi.
The gigantic seafloor mountain snail trembled, and it raised its head high in what seemed to be a silent howl.
Thump.
Soon after, the mountain snail’s head smashed into the ground and no longer moved.
Deep blue blood quickly flowed from the hole Hun Tong made, spraying out like a fountain and pooling underneath the dead mountain snail.
Hun Tong drilled his way out of the mountain snail and stood on top of the snail shell like a spear.
Regardless of whether it was the defending city guard or the reinforcing mercenaries and patrol fleet members, when all of them saw this, they cheered and praised Hun Tong’s might!
“Good show!”
“He killed that gigantic magic beast so quickly.”
“Lord Hun Tong truly is worthy of his reputation.”
The dragonman youngster and Zong Ge both looked surprised.
The battle strength Hun Tong displayed from a certain point of view was more threatening than Rou Zang’s.
He was an expert assassin, and his battle skills were all single targeted ones. Perhaps the dragonman youngster’s dragon scales could withstand it. But without gold level armor, Zong Ge would find it hard to withstand such an attack.
Hun Tong heard joyous shouts and couldn’t help but smile. But then his gleaming eyes darkened further than what they were before.
Aa strong feeling of exhaustion attacked him.
“I used up 70% of my battle qi.” Hun Tong evaluated.
The eruption of energy not only expended a frightful amount of battle qi, but also his stamina and spirit too.
Because his full strength had burst out, much of his muscles were injured, his body felt sticky and in pain, he was covered in the seafloor mountain snail’s bodily fluids.
“There is still another gold level magic beast.”
Hun Tong raised his head towards the sky.
In the sky, a large group of noble flying porgies were soaring through the air like a murder of crows and a swarm of bats.
Although these fish lived on the seabed, they had flying racial magic.
The noble flying porgy leader was an impressive gold level magic beast.
Hun Tong hesitated and didn’t attack the gold level noble flyting porgy, instead he gave the order to have the light cannon tower shoot it.
The new island had two light cannon towers.
One was complete, it had begun construction when the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps arrived at the island.
The second was quite short and small in comparison, but it still had a firing platform. It was half as tall as the first tower and was the result of hasty work after the beast tide was detected.
Anyways, the component at the top of the two light cannon towers was the same. The 3 meter long silver-white cubes had no sign of sloppy work on them.
When the beast tide attacked the new island, the two light cannon towers had started firing.
Under Feudal Lord Hun Tong’s commander, the light cannon towers’ cubes immediately turned around and aimed towards the sky.
The cubes swiftly absorbed the surrounding light elements, and after a dozen seconds, one of the eye runes suddenly opened, and from the depths of its pupil, a light ray fired outwards.
The pure white dazzling ray of light shot into the sky with rapid speed.
The gold level noble flying porgy leader didn’t have time to react and was hit by both light rays at nearly the same time.
The noble flying porgy shrieked, and in a flash, its floating body began to fall.
But after falling 4 meters, it stabilized itself and once again rocketed upwards into the sky.
When many people saw this, they felt grieved.
But the dragonman youngster was not surprised, “The light cannon tower’s strength lies with the speed of its light ray projectile, it is almost impossible to evade. It can only be predicted and be evaded or defended against ahead of time.”
“Its might is only silver level, yet its penetration performance is quite outstanding.”
“It being unable to shoot down a gold level magic beast is not strange.”
Hun Tong’s complexion was grave, on the one hand, he wanted to hurry up and rest and restore his battle qi, while on the other hand, he had to give orders, “Begin a strafing firing pattern!”
The two light cannon towers began to emit a more tempestuous white light ray.
The white light concentrated, causing the cubes to glisten ever brighter.
All four of the cube’s eyes opened at the same time.
The cube began to slowly rotate.
White light shot out from the eyes.
Unlike before, the four beams of light persisted, and the cubes did not stop shooting.
In the wake of the rotating cubes, the two cannon towers’ eight beams of light swept across the sky.
When it swept across the noble flying porgies, the flying porgies were easily pierced or cut open. Only the silver level ones and the gold level flying porgy were able to remain alive through this.
The eight light rays looked like sharp long blades that wreaked havoc across the sky.
In but a moment, the noble flying porgy group suffered disastrous casualties.
The sky began to rain with dismembered bodies and blood.
“They actually had such an attack stance?!”
Everyone was pleasantly surprised, and morale was greatly raised.
More than half of the massive flying porgy group had died by the strafing light cannons.
The surviving flying porgies sank into a rage, and one after the other, they threw themselves at the light cannon towers.
But this was precisely what Hun Tong wanted to see happen.
Around the light cannon towers were strong and prepared defenses.
Not only was Hun Tong there, the priest and others were personally keeping watch over them.
When the flying porgies pounced, the light cannon cubes turned even faster, and the constantly strafing light rays caused many flying porgies to fall from the sky midway to them.
There were only three truly able to approach the light cannons.
Those would be taken care of by the defense’s cultivators.
When Hun Tong saw an impending opportunity, he suddenly jumped at the flying porgy leader.
As the flying porgy leader rose into the air, Hun Tong followed firmly behind and fiercely attacked it.
The flying porgy shot its racial magics at Hun Tong.
Gold battle qi emerged from Hun Tong’s body, stiffly resisting the close ranged attacks and doing its best to close in on the flying porgy.
Both sides grappled with each other for a good while, the flying porgy’s rough skin couldn’t compare to Hun Tong’s comprehensive equipment set.
The flying porgy leader finally fell into the sea with a tremendous splash.
Hun Tong jumped up onto a nearby ship.
He was also a sorry figure, but his leather armor and inner armor were both glisteningly brightly with a gold level aura.
This made the observers on the sidelines all envious.
From a surface glance, one could see Hun Tong had at least two gold level protection equipment and a gold level dagger.
He really was wealthy!
“Dredge it up for me.” Hun Tong ordered.
The subordinates all cheered, and morale once again rose dramatically.
To have a feudal lord this formidably greatly stimulated their battle intent.
In contrast, the beast tide had lost their two gold level magic beasts. Despite there still being a lot of beasts in the new island’s waters, the outcome of this battle had already been determined.
The reinforcements, including the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, first cleaned up the beast tide in the nearby waters, then calmly made landfall.
The new island’s devastating beast tide had nearly been whittled away completely.
Finally, the two forces coordinated both inside and out to surround the remnants of the beast tide and eliminated them speedily.
“The beast tide has ended.”
“Lord Hun Tong is divinely powerful!!”
“We are victorious!”
“Speaking of which, this beast tide was the most intense ever recorded.”
Everyone sighed sorrowfully ad nauseum as they cleaned up the battlefield.
Zong Ge came to the dragonman youngster and whispered to him, “Did you notice that this beast tide was not chaotic, the many beast groups were distinctly divided up and there was even obvious levels to the beast tide’s attacks.”
The dragoman youngster muttered to himself, “It was indeed strange.”
This strangeness was not something most people could detect, but due to experiencing Mystifying Monster Island’s beast tides, all of the survivors more or less could feel that peculiarity.
In the ocean depths.
Fishmen were gathering together.
“The beast tide is finished, and our task has been accomplished.”
“The new island’s defenses have been exposed, especially those two cannon towers.”
“Hun Tong’s strength hasn’t visibly increased, however, he has much gold level armor on him.”
“Hm, go on then.”
The fishmen left the secret camp together to prevent Two Eyes Island from following their races and to not expose themselves.
“Soon…”
“Soon, we will return!”