Chapter 162: Vinegar Jar Pirates
“That Yang Ding was in room 2, he should have a deep relationship with Hun Tong.”
“The auction hall has four golds, is one of them the traitor?”
The dragonman youngster pondered while working.
He used Demolition Fist to smash shallow holes into the wall.
His battle result naturally couldn’t compare to the four golds but was one of the very best among the silvers.
Zong Ge’s wall breaking was also within the top ten.
Most of all, his wisp of gold tint within his silver battle qi attracted much attention.
This was indeed a sign of his near promotion to the gold level.
Although it was faint, it indicated that it was possible!
“The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps will be a gold level power in the future.”
“It’s no wonder they were able to defeat Rou Zang!”
“If Shi Qi becomes a gold level. While Commander Long Fu is still stuck at the silver level, hehe, that will be interesting.”
The cultivators had their own thoughts.
Team three rested, and it was team one’s turn.
Hun Tong didn’t forget to inspire morale. “Continue!”
“Attack like this.”
“We are about to break through and regain our freedom!”
He was absolutely right.
Previously, the auction hall’s walls, floor, and ceiling had been growing wild, and constantly compressing space.
But when the cultivators struck back, the space was no longer decreasing and was now expanding instead.
The coral ball cage tree’s growth rate couldn’t compare to how fast it was being destroyed.
Not only that, but everyone could also distinctly sense that the Suffering Endurance Barrier was weakening.
It was because of this that the cultivators didn’t object to Hun Tong’s leadership.
All of them wanted to regain their freedom.
In the deepest depths of the auction hall, there was an immense cavity.
A dozen fishman casters were sitting cross legged, casting in unison.
They had blue scales.
The Blue Scale Fishman bloodline.
The blued scaled fishmen had a chance of becoming casters.
There were commonly referred to as blue scaled fishman sages.
Their limits of their gifts were quite low, the strongest of them would only be at the bronze level.
However, these fishmen were always treasured.
The aptitude of fishmen could not compare to that of humans, dwarfs, elves, or other races.
The Blue Green Coral Clan had two big bloodlines. One was the Blue Scale Fishman bloodline and the other was the Green Gill bloodline.
It could even be said that for the sake of retaking their homeland, the Blue Scale Coral Fishman clan had hollowed out their foundation to attack Two Eyes Island.
The group of blue scaled fishmen in this underground cavity consisted of nearly all the clan possessed.
The blue scaled fishmen sitting down were using all of their strength to support the auction hall trap.
Their chests or backs were all inserted into a coral ball cage tree branch.
Their magic power imbued the branches and with every breath, the branches glistened with a faint radiance.
It was precisely through doing this that their auras could be linked together and mixed into the coral ball cage tree, which concealed them somewhat.
A purple scaled fishman came in through a secret passage.
She had been at the light cannon turret earlier, and had slain the guards there, allowing the Steel Bone Knight fishman to easily conquer it.
Now, she was here.
When the blue scaled fishmen saw the purple scaled fishman, they stirred.
The purple scaled fishman’s identity and bloodline was far higher than theirs. She was not from the Blue Green Coral clan, rather she had come from the fishmen’s Holy City.
The purple scaled fishman asked about the auction hall.
The blue scaled fishman leader answered her regretfully, “Hun Tong stepped in, and with Song Shou working with him, they controlled the situation without delay. The auction hall didn’t turn to chaos, and our people inside have no way to act.”
As expected, the fishmen hid spies in the auction hall.
The purple scaled fishman nodded and asked the most crucial question, “How long will it last?”
The blue scaled fishman blurted out, “Looking at it currently, it can last 15 minutes.”
“15 minutes..” The purple scaled fishman whispered to herself.
This wasn’t long enough for her to attain her goal.
However, computing in the time they had already stalled, the blue scaled fishmen sages had done their best.
The purple scaled fishman couldn’t ask them to do more.
Because that would require the blue scaled fishmen sages to forfeit their lives.
They were using the Endurance spell.
The coral branches were inserted into their hearts, drawing not only their magic power, but also their vitality.
It was precisely because of this great price paid and wit the help of the Suffering Endurance Barrier that the coral ball cage tree could trap Hun Tong and the others.
“My Lord, how are things outside?” The blue scaled fishman leader hesitated a bit before asking the deepest question in his heart.
The purple scaled fishman replied, “The light cannon turret and the grain depot have been captured, the city defense barracks is on the verge of collapse, and the port is in a deadlock.”
“The situation…isn’t good, isn’t bad.” The blue scaled fishman sage sighed.
“Our home has been occupied by human bandits for too long.”
“To be able to accomplish this, we had to take advantage of the new island’s ascent, the period of rebuilding where the city defenses were the weakest.”
“Before, it was thanks to your Lordship’s subordinate’s guiding that the beast tide attacked the island.”
“Otherwise, things would be more challenging.”
The purple scaled fishman looked at the destined brave sacrifices and inevitably revealed a merciful glint, “No need to thank me. We are all fishmen, we are all believers in our God.”
Sensing this pity, the blue scaled fishman sage laughed, “My Lord, please don’t be sad.”
“We are just a dozen bronzes.”
“To trap Hun Tong and his gang was worth more than the cost.”
“Maybe that is the charm of magic, it is like a crowbar, and as long as conditions are met, it can leverage even stronger power.”
“This is our home, since the day were driven out, our entire clan has awaited the time we could win it back!”
The blue scaled leader growled, “Everything is for the clan!”
“Everyone is for my God!”
The blue scaled fishman sage resonated with the other fishmen.
They shouted together, “Everything is for the clan!”
“Everyone is for my God!”
The port.
The spiky fishman bellowed, causing his spikes to suddenly jet out.
Mercenaries all around him suddenly toppled over.
Hulls and ship cabins were peppered with holes.
When the spiky fishman finished shooting his spikes, his aura clearly became dispirited.
He complacently looked into the air.
Cang Xu was tottering.
That attack had injured him.
His body had at least three wounds, causing blood to flow incessantly.
“mlgnalgnlag”
The spiky fishman laughed nastily.
His tactics had prevailed.
His pursuit of Cang Xu had seemed he was winning, but in actuality, Cang Xu had been leading him by the nose.
The spiky fishman knew this couldn’t go on, thus undaunted by the dangers, he took the spell attack to pull himself closer to Cang Xu, then sprayed his body’s spikes at him.
Silver level battle qi couldn’t leave a fighter’s body.
But with the Spiky Fishman bloodline, he had a racial magic which was Spike Spray.
Cang Xu became distinctly pale.
Although he couldn’t comprehend what the fishman was saying, he could roughly guess what their intention was.
“I’ll let you be proud of yourself for a bit.” Cang Xu said to himself.
He had wounded himself on purpose.
He had given the spiky fishman some hope. During the previous fight, the latter had shown he was intent on assisting the Steel Bone Knight fishman.
Thus, Cang Xu had to make himself a more “attractive target” to the spiky fishman.
As a matter of fact, his body had been transformed into a living dead person.
This sort of injury was harmless to him.
As for the flowing blood, that was of course from Deceptive Disguise.
The spiky fishman strode forward, slammed onto a deck, and charged at Cang Xu once again.
Cang Xu “strained” to raise a finger to use his magic.
Ring of Fire defense spell.
A ring of flames instantly condensed around him, then spread outwards.
The flames not only produced heat, but also a tremendous incorporeal force.
The force smashed into the spiky fishman, throwing them back from whence they came.
The spiky fishman wailed in anger.
Cang Xu seized the opportunity to fly to another ship.
Watching from a tall mast, he immediately took out a magic potion from his chest storage pouch and drank it down.
This was not fake.
Since he was fighting a silver level fighter and because he was casting frequently, his magic power consumption was massive, and his spirit was also constantly decreasing.
The magic power potion could speed up his magic power recovery.
This was not the first time he had taken a potion during this fight.
Because he had consumed many consecutively in a short period, the medicinal effect had weakened.
There were many ways of quickly replenishing magic power.
At present, the best way was using magic power crystals.
Magic power crystals were made from a caster’s own magic power and refined through some alchemy technology.
Thus, it was the same as extracting one’s own internal magic power and sealing it in the outside world.
If one wanted to use it, they would crush it.
Because it was their own magic power, and so long as during the storage period they hadn’t changed their magic power that much, it wouldn’t be dangerous to mix this magic power into them.
Both were from the same source, and both could harmonize in a flash.
It was both quick and good for the casters to use.
Cang Xu naturally knew how to do this, and his storage pouch also had magic power crystals stocked up.
But he couldn’t take them out.
Necromantic magic power had distinct qualities, and if he took one out in public, it would provoke suspicion and expose that he was secretly a necromancer.
If pearl bubbles were used on the magic power crystals, then of course they could fool people.
But doing this was too extravagant.
The pearl bubbles were very precious and had to be used wisely!
Cang Xu drank the potion, causing his magic power to slowly rise.
The spiky fishman charged over again.
The fierce fight between them continued.
“Look there, there is ships on the sea!”
A group of people suddenly appeared, instantly attracting the attention of both sides fighting on the port.
The fleet was obviously heading straight towards the port, and in the wake of them getting closer, the fleet’s pirate flag and flagship reflected in the people’s eyes.
The fishmen immediately cheered.
While the humans sank into depression due to the increased pressure.
The pirate ships cut through the waves.
The pirate flag fluttering in the wind portrayed a single black jar, the jar was filled with black water, and inside the water was a rippling white inverted skull.
It was the Vinegar Jar Pirates!