Chapter 180: Puppet Clone

“Perhaps we should steal some ships.”

“If we do that, then our strength will be stretched thinner.”

Zi Di and Cang Xu could move as Wisteria Merchant Alliance elders.

But they were only bronze and iron level magicians.

Their true strength (necromancy) could not be used.

“Out of the question, the only thing we can use is alchemy puppets.”

Currently, most of the survivors’ puppets come from the Deep Sea Monster Fish.

There were basic maintenance types, swordsman guard types, deep sea salvaging types, and scouting types that were mass manufactured.

Most of these alchemy puppets had been exposed already.

The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps having some alchemy puppets was not valuable information.

Fortunately, alchemy puppets were not enough to become a distinctive feature, every organization large and small had some alchemy puppets.

Zi Di pondered carefully and patiently.

As the battle stood, Qing Xin and Men Shi naturally held the advantage against Hu Li.

After the dwarfs and the blond mistress’ group converged, they were dealing with the pirates in a sound manner.

“Preparations must be done in advance. You are in charge of taking care of things on the Deep Sea Monster Fish, let me go to them.” After Cang Xu and Zi Di spoke, he decide to slip away from the port battlefield.

In a ransacked and empty house, Cang Xu changed his identity, once again looking like a Wisteria Merchant Alliance elder and waited for the right opportunity.

The port battlefield didn’t need Cang Xu.

The dragonman youngster and Zong Ge were still flubbing their battles. 

“Open fire! Open fire!” One eye’s hoarse voice fumed with rage.

He commanded the patrol fleet to fire constantly.

Large amounts of shells poured down on the main fishman army, but it didn’t do much.

The racial magic of the Frozen Land Whale the fishman army was riding on was protecting them as they made a successful landing.

Large swaths of fishmen were wreaking havoc on the old island.

Shells from One Eye’s fleet that were able to smash into the fishmen caused considerable casualties.

But the greatest threat was not the patrol fleet, but Yan Ding.

As he rode on a cloud through the air, the gold level cultivator’s massive battle skill really looked like magic!

Roughly five to six hundred fishmen were already slain by his hands.

The Blue Green Coral Clan’s elder was incessantly distressed.

He was going all out, but without a flying battle skill, he could only perturb Yan Ding, he couldn’t stop him from his merciless slaughter.

Yan Ding was about to use a stronger battle skill when suddenly, a divine spell fell from the sky and hit him right on the head.

The divine spell had been used at a good opening, revealing that the caster had a deep battle mastery.

Yang Ding’s battle skill failed, and for a moment, the backlash caused a large amount of his internal battle qi to scatter within him.

“There is another gold level hiding!” With anger and alarm, Yang Ding promptly retreated.

But the naga priestess inside the Frozen Land Whale had been plotting for a long while, how could this be her only move?

At once, three divine spells shot out in a row, their tempo and speed making them impossible to dodge.

Yan Ding had defenses prepared, but the enemy was faster, he was only able to avoid the first one and was struck by the other two.

Yan Ding violently coughed out blood, most of the smoke under him dissipated, his eyes were black, and he was tottering.

“Lord Priestess, thank you for acting!” The old clan elder was endlessly grateful.

The Frozen Land Whale’s massive mouth opened up and the naga priestess slowly swam out.

Behind her there were more hidden fishmen warriors that howled and charged past the priestess to attack the old island.

With these reserves joining in, the fishmen on the frontline received a morale boost, they regrouped after their setback and charged constantly, ready to sweep everything before them away.

Of course, the biggest reason for this is that Yan Ding was in a bad state and was retreating after being struck by the naga priestess’ prepared divine spells.

This alarming change naturally attracted many eyes.

Gold levels were the apex on this battlefield, and every gold level fight enormously influenced the entire war situation.

Qi You burst into laughter, “Hun Tong, there is no need to chase me around. I only want money, while those fishmen want your land.”

Hun Tong coldly snorted, his expression grave.

He wasn’t surprised the fishmen had a hidden trump card but was that was this big!

A gold level cleric!

To some degree, this naga priestess was a bigger menace than fighters and magicians.

Because clergy could heal.

“Too rarely seen!”

Fishmen in general had less talent than humans.

Fishmen who had the talent to become magicians and clergy was always rare.

But now, not only was there a purple scaled fishman magician, but there was also a gold level clergy.

Of course, she was not a fishman, but a naga.

This point only warned Hun Tong further.

“Not only is there the Blue Green Coral fishman clan, but there is another power too.”

“The old clan elder has asked for a powerhouse’s help!”

The fishmen’s spirits roused greatly, while Hun Tong’s party wavered.

The humans weren’t united and there were pirates looting everywhere.

The merchant alliance representatives were stuck in the ocean battlefield, like feet stuck in the mud, and they were unable to protect their stores.

Two Eyes Island’s port battlefield was still deadlocked.

This place had the most corpses on both sides.

Two Eyes Island’s old island had been captured by the main fishman army.

The defenses there had mainly been the patrol fleet, and it falling into enemy hands was inevitable.

The fishmen wailed as they rescued many fishmen captives from the old island’s government building.

These fishmen were all emaciated and had magic runes engraved into their bodies.

Their gill flaps had been cruelly torn off, exposing their internal gills, and within their gill lines, there were many lush tea plants growing from them.

These tea plants were the source of the Fragrant Gill Tea.

Hun Tong had been developing a unique product for Two Eyes Island built on the suffering of fishmen.

The fishmen were the soil the tea plants grew in.

The Blue Green fishmen clansmen had the Green Tail Bloodline and the Bule Scale Bloodline, the former was excellent “soil” for the Fragrant Gill Tea.

“Daughter!” The old clan elder went to one of the captives, half-knelt down, and hugged the fishman, sobbing inconsolably for a moment.

His daughter had been Hun Tong’s captive.

At the time, Hun Tong had dove to the seafloor in an attempt to annihilate the fishman clan, and although he had failed in doing so, he didn’t return empty handed.

He had captured many fishmen alive.

The clan elder’s daughter was one of them.

But Hun Tong didn’t know that.

The naga priestess came to the old elder’s side, her face frosty and her gaze ice cold, “I didn’t find what I was looking for. However, you have returned to save your clansmen, including your daughter.”

“This is inconsistent to what you’ve said before.”

“I need an explanation, Blue Green Clan Elder.”

The old elder released his doting hug and let go of his daughter.

His daughter was already delirious and wasn’t aware that she’d been saved.

The old elder looked at the naga priestess, he had been in a half-kneel, which turned into a full kneel before the naga priestess a moment later.

He confessed, “Everything is my mistake. Back then, I lost my home. Now, I have deceived you, Lord Priestess.”

“Your objective is not on this island; it is on the new island.”

The naga’s face grew colder, her killing intent leaked out profusely, “You really are audacious! Do you want to renounce your faith?”

“Of course not!” The old elder raised his voice, “At most, I was just deceiving you, that’s all.”

“After this, I shall stake my entire life to help you accomplish your mission!”

The naga priestess sensed that the elder was dying, and her expression softened.  She coldly snorted, “Then I will watch your performance.”

They had attacked the old island for the sake of this mission.

In the end, the naga priestess noticed she had been swindled.

The old elder was selfish.

The real target was on the new island.

There was nothing she could do, despite the fact that she wanted to butcher the fishman elder on the spot, the naga needed his help still to accomplish her mission.

Time to attack the new island!

The fishmen climbed onto the Frozen Land Whale and vigorously charged towards the new island.

The patrol fleet shelled them with all they had, but it didn’t do much.

Upon seeing this, all parties battling on the new island grew tense.

The situation was already chaotic enough, it would be difficult to imagine how much trouble these fishmen would bring to the new island when they arrived.

“Abominable, don’t tell me Two Eyes Island is finished?” A merchant alliance representative was very anxious.

Their ships were stuck in battle, and when the fishmen’s main army charged in, the aftermath would be inconceivable.

Er Gua Zi maliciously cackled, and his offensive grew wilder and more ferocious.

By contrast, his opponent Song Shou gave ground repeatedly.

The fishman’s main army would have a huge impact on the gold level fights.

“Hehehe,” Qi You felt schadenfreude as he jeered Hun Tong, “Feudal Lord Hun Tong, you’d better go all out, or you won’t be able to defend your territory.”

Hun Tong coldly snorted with an iron complexion as he slowly flew back.

Qi You didn’t stop him.

He wasn’t a fishman ally, it wasn’t worth it to fight to the death.

“Since you have come to court death, then I shall help you do so.” Hun Tong took out a statue.

This statue was only the size of his palm, it was a vivid depiction of Hun Tong himself.

As soon as it was taken out, it moved Qi You emotionally.

Because he sensed the statue’s gold level aura!

A Puppet Clone.

Hun Tong imbued it with his battle qi, and in an instant, the Puppet Clone burst with gold light.

The gold light soared up, then like a meteor, it flew through the air in an arc as it shot towards the Frozen Land Whale.

The Frozen Land Whale’s water bubble was up, protecting itself.

The old elder was standing in the water bubble, ready to block the golden meteor.

Bang.

Both sides met with force, and as flowing water dissipated the gold light, it revealed a second Hun Tong.

This Hun Tong, regardless of stature or appearance, was a mirror copy of him. The only difference was that his skin emitted a faint golden light that looked like a layer of golden leaves.

The clan elder used a battle skill and fought Hun Tong’s clone, and for a moment they were evenly matched.

Hun Tong’s clone was very smart; not only could it use all of Hun Tong’s battle skills, but it knew how to recreate the true body’s battle awareness.

Smoke rolled in.

When Yan Ding received powerful aid, he immediately counterattacked.

Hun Tong’s clone was a gold level power.

Thus, both sides had two gold levels, sinking the situation back into a deadlock.

In terms of means, the fishmen had more available to them. The fishman elder was a fighter and the naga priestess was a clergy, while Hun Tong’s clone and Yan Ding were both fighters.

But Hun Tong’s clone and Yan Ding were unrestrained, and many more of their attacks were aimed at the Frozen Land Whale and the main fishman army.

The old elder didn’t have a flying battle skill, and more times than not, had to protect his clansmen.

Thus, the fishmen sank into a passive situation.

“The longer time drags on, the worst our situation gets!”

The naga priestess’s chilliness grew denser.

But she was pinned down and unable to get onto the new island for the time being.

Now out in the open, her every movement was closely watched.

After pondering it, the naga priestess immediately used a divine spell to contact the purple scaled fishman magician on the new island, “Wei Er, I have confirmed the target is on the new island.”

“I cannot disengage for the time being, you must find him!”

“Use that scroll, we don’t have much time.”

The subterrane depths of the new island.

The purple scaled fishman magician was constantly coughing up blood.

The alchemist was lying before her, while the pharmacist had escaped with heavy injuries.

Although the purple scaled fishman magician was alone, she was the ultimate victor of the underground magician battle.

The purple scaled fishman used a divine spell to respond, “I am in bad shape, it’ll be difficult to continue the search.”

The naga priestess was silent for a moment.

She could sense the purple scaled fishman’s condition through the divine spell.

The purple scaled fishman was gravely wounded, her request really was forcing upon the former.

The naga priestess gave a deep look, then communicated, “Heal first.”

“I will active the secret spy.”

“Let him come help you!”

The imperial secret spy could place undiscovered traitors into the Vinegar Jar Pirates, the fishmen could do the same too.

The secret spy had been hidden deeply.

Using one means one less available.

The naga priestess was compelled by circumstances and had no choice but to use a divine spell to transmit her order.