Chapter 127: The Lightning Pirates
The youthful captain’s motivation was very strong, and after he said this, he left his ship cabin and arrived on deck.
Plop.
He jumped into the ocean and swam towards the ice blade fish school.
At this time, the s mall ship’s lookout issued a warning: a small fleet was bearing towards them at great speed!
When the first mate heard that, his expression slightly changed, he wanted to inform the captain but couldn’t find them.
“Oh dear, the captain went out to fight again.”
“He is too impulsive, there wasn’t enough time to tell him.”
The first mate lamented to himself and promptly ordered that all crew was to take precautions, pull the sails to half, and that all sailors sit at their oars.
The small ship didn’t just have sails, but also 6 oars on each side of the ship, it was a ship with a combination of sails and oars.
He led the leaders and experts onto the foremost part of the deck and emitted their life aura in a display of military force.
The incoming fleet was the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
When the mercenaries closed the distance, they saw the small ship and also noticed the people aboard.
Something isn’t right.”
“That is no ordinary ship.”
“That ship has many cultivators on it, the other sailors are fierce looking too.”
“I get it, they are pirates!”
Some had suddenly thought of the answer.
Two Eyes Island’s auction was about to be held, and during this time every year, not only would merchants, mercenaries, and individual free cultivators participate in it, but also pirates big and small.
Two Eyes Island was a convenient place to dispose of booty and was also an important resupply point for pirates.
However, Hun Tong was still an imperial feudal lord and couldn’t allow pirates ships to overtly dock at his port.
Therefore, when pirates came to Two Eyes Island, they would change their ships.
Their flagships were magic ships and had distinct characteristics. If they rode them over here, it would provoke Feudal Lord Hun Tong. The other pirates traveling there would also think that they were breaking the rules.
In quite the irony, pirates had considerably strict internal discipline.
From this angle, they were always emphasizing rules.
Therefore, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had actually encountered a pirate group.
They were just about to come ashore to Two Eyes Island and participate in the auction.
“Anyways, which pirate group is it?”
“There is an iron level standing at the head. It might be a small sized pirate group that isn’t well known.”
“No, I feel these people are not so simple.”
As the mercenaries were guessing with each other, the seawater ahead of them suddenly exploded with sparkling and dazzling lightning.
After the lightning dissipated, a fish corpse floated to the surface.
The shadow of a human jumped from the seawater and onto the deck of the small ship.
He was soaking wet, fresh from the water, yet his blue hair was still straight and upright like a hedgehog’s spines.
“Captain!”
“Boss!!”
The pirates called out on the deck.
Due to the youthful captain’s excessively notable feature, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ mercenaries had to stifle their cries of alarm.
“That’s Dian Wan, a silver level pugilist!”
“They are the Lightning Pirates!”
“A silver level pirate group that is very active in Two Eyes Island’s waters.”
But that doesn’t matter, we are the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps!”
“That’s right, our commander can fight against gold levels, and our auxiliary commander Shi Qi is a silver level too. We have two silver cultivators, while they only have one.”
The mercenaries quickly compared the strength between them, ensuring their confidence and morale.
In contrast, the Lightning Pirates were somewhat grave and depressed at this.
“It’s the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps!”
“Those guys have recently been in Two Eyes Island’s limelight for being strong, don’t look down at them.”
“The other side’s strength is greater than ours, don’t act without permission. Hun Tong’s auction has been held many times before. We go to participate in it to not only shop, but to also sell things. Which shop on Two Eyes Island is not welcoming? As long as we don’t unconsciously provoke the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, they are unlikely to attack us.” The first mate softly and rapidly spoke his clear and logical analysis.
But a moment later, their captain Dian Wan reproached, “Hey, what do you think you’re doing? I killed all of those fish!”
As it turns out, the mercenaries were already beginning to net the dead fish. They were quite familiar with this type of work.
The dragonman youngster appeared before the pirates, “We were pursuing this fish school…”
Before he could finish speaking, the pirates suddenly changed color as the Lightning Pirates’ first mate shouted, “Stop the captain now!”
But it was too late.
Dian Wan thundered, “Long Fu, I know you! Take this!”
He suddenly jumped, and with thunder and lightning twisting around him, he shot at the dragonman youngster like an artillery shell accelerated by electricity.
After a moment of astonishment, the dragonman youngster bent his right arm and tightened his fist.
Dian Wan dove down, fist brandished.
The dragonman youngster steadied himself on the deck and straightened his body like a spear.
Battle skill – Electric Fist.
Battle skill – Demolition Fist.
Bang!
With an explosion, both unyielding right fists clashed against each other.
The dragonman youngster fell back three steps while Dian Wan flew back. As he was falling towards the sea, the soles of his leather boots suddenly flashed, allowing him to stand firmly on the ocean surface like he was standing on level ground.
This was his alchemy equipment, bronze level water walking boots.
As Dian Wan walked on the water, his body staggered fiercely, and he almost fell.
But in the end, he was barely able to steady himself and stand up straight to look up at the dragonman youngster on the ship above, his gaze filled with battle intent.
“Pirate…” The dragonman youngster didn’t cover the disgust filling his face, “But this guy…isn’t weak.”
The dragonman youngster had experienced many other silver levels.
During the beast tide defense, there was 27 silver levels on Two Eyes Island.
Based on their contest just then, the dragonman youngster secretly evaluated that Dian Wan would easily be in the top 5 strongest silver levels on Two Eyes Island.
After all, if a pirate didn’t have enough strength, how could they control the will of the people and plunder fruitfully?
The Lightning Pirates’ first mate shouted, “Captain, don’t forget that we have come here to join the auction!”
Then the first mate yelled to the dragonman youngster, “Commander Long Fu, this is all a misunderstanding. That fish school has always belonged to you.”
“Why?!” Dian Wan turned his head, his eyes ferociously glaring at the first mate.
The first mate did not fear him, and instead resentfully reprimanded, “Captain, save me the trouble. Why do you do this every time? Before I finished analyzing, you were already attacking!”
“Sorry, so sorry!” Dian Wan promptly apologized.
But a second later, he then yelled, “But why are we just giving them these fish? I killed them all.”
“What are you arguing so nosily about pirates?” Zong Ge was on another ship’s bow with his broadsword on his back, his arms crossed across his chest, and a complexion of iron. This isn’t something fish or an apology can solve. You just attacked us! A battle! Only a battle can resolve the problem between us.”
A second silver level appearing caused the pirates to gnash their teeth.
Everyone had seen the recent confrontation; Dian Wan was somewhat inferior to the dragonman youngster and had eaten a bigger loss than the latter.
In a one on one, they were already at a disadvantage, and if a real fight broke out, it’d be a two against one!
Dian Wan most certainly wouldn’t do well in that scenario.
Pirates were like oceanic wolves; they always knew how to judge the time and size up the situation.
Especially since they changed to a small ordinary ship and were at an immense disadvantage in terms of ships.
The dragonman youngster didn’t say anything and instead used dragon eyes filled with battle intent to lock onto Dian Wan, forcing the latter to focus his attention back and not dare expose the slightest flaw.
Zong Ge then said, “Despite being pirates, we won’t take advantage of your difficulties.”
“After all, this is Two Eyes Island.”
“We are newcomers who also want to follow the local customs.”
“Choose ten people that will fight on my ship. Whoever wins will have this harvest of fish. The losers will leave immediately.”
If the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps fought Dian Wan’s pirate group with their full strength, they would break the unspoken rules here which would inevitably damage and strain their relationship with Hun Tong.
If Dian Wan’s pirate group was eliminated, who would dare come to join Two Eyes Island’s auction?
Even if it was a large scale pirate group, they had to consider and weigh things.
When the first mate heard this, he immediately let out a breath.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was very powerful and still wanted to attack, however, they had retreated a step, kept some leeway, and didn’t have their leader cross blades with theirs.
“I don’t agree…” Dian Wan shouted loudly.
“We agree!” The first mate promptly interrupted Dian Wan.
The pirates around the first mate also cried out, “Captain, calm down a little, give us some peace of mind.”
“Ugh, you guys.” Dian Wan clenched his teeth indignantly, his tone exposing his frustration and dismay.
“You, you, and also you.” The first mate began to choose people.
“Come out everyone.” Zong Ge smiled as he called Kui Tui.
The Quick Knife Battle Squad led by Kuai Tui had more than ten members, and although their equipment wasn’t standardized, their capabilities were unified.
Especially through this time of arduous training, a tacit understanding had been fostered among them.
Their appearance caused the first mate to tightly frown, he had a premonition had his opponent was not simple.
As it turns out, Zong Ge’s purpose was that he wanted Lightning Pirates to temper his small Quick Knife battle squad.
During training and even in live combat, the Quick Knife Battle Squad had only fought against the beasts.
They lacked experience in fighting people.
Zong Ge understood thoroughly that this flaw needed to be made up for.
But truly throwing them into actual combat was very risky. The small Quick Knife battle squad had too few people, even small losses would make Zon Ge’s heart bleed a drop.
If a bit too many members of this recently established battle squad die, it would collapse.
Therefore, Zong Ge used the opportunity to cleverly obtain the perfect training environment.
Even if a mistake appeared midway, he could interfere and save this newly created battle squad.
Anyways, although the half beastman’s plan was very good, it couldn’t withstand change.
As ten people on each side stood on the deck, about to battle, a fleet was spotted in the distance.
It was the Two Eyes Island’s patrol group.
As its leader, when One Eye clearly saw what the situation was here, he repeatedly shouted, “Desist. Let’s talk things over properly.”