Chapter 246: Weeping Pine Naval Battle – Part 5
On the ship’s bow, Yang Cong Tou tightened his brows and yelled at Dian Wan with a gloomy face, “You still don’t know that we are not just facing a single necromancer?”
The Lightning Pirates didn’t detect anything, but Yang Cong Tou was a magician and had better investigative abilities than fighters like Dian Wan.
“I surmised that long ago!” The Lightning Pirates’ first mate nodded, “The other side’s military power exceeds the reports by too much.”
“There should be a second necromancer attacking! When they attended the auction, there were two of them.”
After hearing what Yang Coing Tou and his first mate said, Dian Wan impatiently replied, “Then we have to work more together!”
Yang Cong Tou coldly snorted and didn’t refute the first mate’s conjecture.
He had checked the depths of the seafloor and found the aura of a necromancer casting, but he hadn’t detected Xiao Wang Zi or Ku Feng.
Let along Jian Gui.
Therefore, despite being able to detect something more than Dian Wan, he was still completely in the dark and didn’t know what the enemy’s actual military power was.
This was the proper strategy for a magician.
As long as they remained hidden and didn’t reveal themselves, they could cause the enemy to misjudge things and obtain a level of initiative.
If Xiao Wang Zi came over with the three headed undead sea serpent, then the pirates could make out a portion of the truth and become more vigilant.
Despite not discovering the truth yet, Yang Cong Tou still felt under pressure. Of the revealed military power, the pirates were still on top.
Yang Cong Tou really valued his gut feelings.
Because this feeling had helped him get through many dangers.
As an experienced and knowledgeable magician, he knew this feeling was called “spiritual awareness”.
Often those that steeled themselves at the edge of life and death would gradually create spiritual awareness, it was a type of spiritual power!
“Things feel wrong.”
“Be more cautious, saving Dian Wan and his people is essential.” Yang Cong Tou said to himself.
Truth be told, he didn’t have a good opinion of Dian Wan’s group.
Dian Wan had looted the Sun Halo before Yang Cong could, something Dian Wan mocked Yang Cong Tou for.
Yang Cong Tou had joined the auction to purchase the Sun Halo, but Zi Di and Cang Xu had bought him out.
He had agreed to join Lady Sea Snake’s alliance because he was both afraid of her and that his main goal here was to seize the Sun Halo.
The Sun Halo was very significant to Yang Cong Tou’s cultivation!
“If it weren’t for Dian Wan being a step ahead of me, would it be necessary for me to be dragged all the way here?”
Thinking of that, Yang Cong Tou became aggrieved.
He sneered to Dian Wan, “Hehe, work together? Don’t be so flowery.”
“Dian Wan, you need my help now!”
Dian Wan’s look immediately sank, and the pirates by him also began to swear.
“I can help you, but what will it cost?” Yang Cong Tou shamelessly seized the opportunity to extort him.
The pirate alliance was not a united group, that it didn’t hit another while they were down already gave Lady Sea Snake face.
Taking the chance to extort another was wholly within common procedure.
The Iron Lump.
Cang Xu looked at the Lighting Pirates and the Stench Pirates converging in the distance, and when the latter was aiding the former, it immediately caused his brows to purse.
He instantly acted, unexpectedly stopping the Feather Snake Sail.
The heavy Iron Lump’s speed turned from a fleeing hare back into an old ox’s pace.
Qing Xin immediately turned around, giving Cang Xu an incredulous look, as if a giant question mark was appearing above her head.
“We can leave this battlefield! This is no place to stay for long.”
“Are you thinking of going back to help?”
“That’s unnecessary. They just communicated that we should leave without delay. With our strength, we’ll just be a burden.”
Cang xu shook his head, “No, wait a moment, take a look at how the situation is developing.”
Qing Xin didn’t know the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was around.
Seeing Cang Xu do this, Qing Xin’s misunderstanding deepened, “Are you waiting for Jian Gui to act?”
“Indeed, the strongest of these pirates are only silver level, the necromancers have a clear advantage.”
“But have you considered that since the enemy’s strongest is a few silvers, why hasn’t Jian Gui acted yet? This proves that he doesn’t want to act.”
“You are all necromancers, but you all have a different capacity. If a gold level necromancer appears, that will provoke far more trouble that a silver level, Jian Gui probably doesn’t want to stir up such trouble.”
But at that moment, a communication device transmitted Zi Di’s voice, “Older sister Qing Xin, don’t worry, you still have my support.”
The Deep Sea Monster Fish was far faster than conventional ships, and had arrived already, but didn’t enter battle.
At the necessary time, Zi Di would act.
Qing Xin’s eyes flashed, “Of course I trust you. So, you were actually nearby.”
“So that’s how it is.”
“You wanted to express your goodwill to these necromancers by helping?”
“You must be careful! Those pirates are not easy to push around. That Jiang Gui seems to speak well, but since Jian Gui is a direct inheritor of the undead faction, he won’t be easy to deceive.”
The Stinky Tofu.
The lookout on the mast shouted, “Commander, there is something!”
“The Iron Lump has slowed down to its prior speed.”
Yang Cong Tou was in the middle of extorting the Lighting Pirates when he heard this and turned to look into the distance with shock.
“Huh?” He saw the situation, it was just as the lookout had said, the Iron Lump had indeed slowed down to its previous speed.
Yang Cong Tou’s heart moved, “Could it be that they weren’t able to fully install the gold level Feather Snake Sail, that they were able to only use it once when forced by Dian Wan?”
“But on the other hand, the Feather Snake Sail and the Iron Lump are not compatible, it will be very difficult to put them together.”
“One needed at least an outstanding alchemy designer to plan out a sensible magic power circulation flow.”
On the other side, the Lightning Pirates’ first mate also felt this and quickly shouted, “Commander Yang Cong Tou, we agree to your terms…”
Before he could finish, Yang Cong Tou interrupted him.
He burst into laughter, “I gave you a chance, but you thought it was too expensive!”
“It is too late to agree now.”
“Set off! Seize the Iron Lump!!”
The Stench Pirates loudly answered Yang Cong Tou’s command with great joy.
The pirates were discontented with going to help another pirate group.
Now, with wealth right in front of their eyes, who would want to help the Lightning Pirates? Would they really help them and divide up the treasure with them?
Simply ridiculous!
The Stinky Tofu was the first to sail pas the Electric Net Fisher, aimed at the Iron Lump in fierce pursuit.
Tightly following it were the ordinary pirate ships.
Before leaving, Yang Cong Tou taunted Dian Wan, “Dian Wan, have fun with your new friends. We will go get rich!”
Dian Wan angrily rained curses back.
This made Yang Con Tou even happier, and he raised his head in raucous laughter.
Yang Cong Tou led the Stench Pirates in a constant pursuit, quickly closing in on the Iron Lump.
Seeing that they had reached a certain distance from them, Cang Xu once again activated the Feather Snake Sail.
The Iron Lump churned water as it accelerated and began to put distance between the two groups.
Yang Cong Tou’s eyes glared, and he realized things were far from good, “Not good, it’s a trap!”
But what would happen if he turned around to help the Lightning Pirates?
Yang Cong Tou didn’t want to lose face too.
“Chase them, keep chasing them!” Yang Cong Tou sternly shouted.
The Stench Pirates were in hot pursuit, but speed wasn’t their strength, and they could only look helplessly as the distance between them and their quarry continuously grew.
However, just as Yang Cong Tou and his crew gradually despaired, Cang Xu quietly acted again and turned off the Feather Snake Sail.
Seeing the Iron Lump slow down again, Yang Cong Tou stared blankly, “Eh?”
However, when he looked at the Iron Lump’s deck, he saw thick smoke rising.
Yang Cong Tou rejoiced as he surmised, “Sure enough! They were forced to do that, the Feather Snake Sail is very difficult to link to the Iron Lump, their connections have problems.”
On the Iron Lump’s deck, Qing Xin gazed at the thick smoke on the deck, quite amazed, “I didn’t expect that this design included an automatic smoke discharge function?”
Qing Xin looked at Cang Xu, “Is this your design?”
Cang Xu shook his head, “Of course not. However, it was my idea.”
The channel between the gold sail and the Iron Lump’s magic power reservoir wasn’t damaged. Its design had come from the tower spirit.
This kind of design was made through the tower spirit looking through a large amount of blueprints and amending one of them.
The thick smoke once again deceived Yang Cong Tou, and the entirety of the Stench Pirates were once more inspired to pursue the Iron Lump.
When the distance closed between the two sides again, Cang Xu activated the Feather Snake Sail once more..
The Iron Lump sped up again.
Yang Cong Tou, “Eh?”
The Iron Lump slowed down.
The Stench Pirates stirred back up.
The Iron Lump sped up again.
Yang Cong Tou didn’t grunt again, instead he deeply pursed his brows, his face filled with fury, “A trick! This necromancer is really treacherous!!”
But at this distance, he was already too far from the Lighting Pirates, and it would be too difficult for him to turn around and help the latter.
Yang Cong Tou simply stopped paying attention to Dian Wan’s group and maintained his prior pursuit order without alteration.
The Iron Lump had successfully hung up a pirate group.
Cang Xu coughed, then he used an alchemy device to notify Zi Di, “Everything is under control.”
“But Jian Gui still hasn’t acted yet.”
“This person is very important; he has many good things on him.”
“The dependable plan is to express goodwill to him.”
“But if circumstances allow, we will attack him, the spoils of war might be massive!”
Whether it was the soul crystal creation method or how to use memory crystals, both were very beneficial to the survivors.
When Qing Xin heard this dialogue, her eyes couldn’t help but widen with shock.
“You want to attack Jian Gui?! He is a gold level…”
Zi Di transmitted a laugh, “Older sister Qing Xin, don’t forget, the pirates will serve as our cannon fodder.”
Telling Qing Xin this ahead of time was so she could accept it was happening.
Qing Xin’s brows creased greatly, “Little Zi Di, how much power is under your control? You want to plot against a gold level necromancer, that is too risky!”
Zi Di didn’t directly reply, instead she said, “We are also acting according to circumstances.”
Cang Xu added, “I will now send you the precis coordinate of the cave to you now. If the necromancers show signs of teleporting, you can discern whether or not to bombard the cave and destroy the Eulogy Tombstone!”
Qing Xin took a cold breath.
Upon hearing Zi Di’s and Cang Xu’s audacious scheme, she grew far more tense.
Cang Xu consoled her, “Relax a bit.”
“The current situation is more favorable for us.”
“Both sides are either criminals or disciples of evil, this is the right thing to do, this is exercising justice.”
Qing Xin’s mouth twitched, she wanted to ridicule that with: did you forget that you are also a necromancer?
While Cang Xu was plotting against both sides, the Applaud Pirates had finally circled around the island and were now in the field of view of Cang Xu and the others.
“The Iron Lump is still here!” Bei Xiang joyously shouted when he saw the Iron Lump running away.
While sailing around the island, he had been very worried that the Lightning Pirates had already captured the Iron Lump and now held all of its people and treasures.
He didn’t expect that the Iron Lump would be in a very different situation to the one he had envisioned.
The group he believed to be his biggest competitor, the Lightning Pirates, were unexpectedly in a terrible situation, they were entangled in grave danger with water ghosts and an undead three headed serpent.
The Stench Pirates were the closest to the Iron Lump.
“That is the gold level Feather Snake Sail!” After Bei Xiang saw the state of the Iron Lump, he immediately realized the crucial factor that had brought about the current situation.
“My flagship too will find it hard to overtake the Iron Lump’s speed.”
“It is worthy of being a gold level sail, it could actually elevate the Iron Lump’s speed by so much!”:
Bei Xiang sighed to himself.
After a bit of reflection, he ordered, “After closing distance with the target, shell it!”
The Applaud Pirates’ flagship was the Love Triangle.
It was an iron level magic ship and was a voyage type ship, its speed was pretty good and exceeded that of the Iron Lump’s by a bit.
But Bei Xiang didn’t want to get close to the Iron Lump and do a boarding action.
The reason was simple, he was only iron level, not silver.
If he was a silver level fighter, he would have done the same as Dian Wan, charging at the Iron Lump directly was the best tactic!
Bang, bang, bang.
The Love Triangle came from the northeast, and after closing the distance, began to bombard in succession.
Everyone on the Iron Lump found it difficult to bear.
To ensure safety, the Iron Lump was forced to take evasive maneuvers.
The ship didn’t have a qualified helmsman!
The Iron Lump had a bad showing against the bombardment, this made Yang Cong Tong behind it both worried and delighted.
He was delighted that since the Iron Lump was weak to this, if the Stench Pirates joined in, it would make the latter’s situation worse and cause their speed to fall further.
He was worried that such a bombardment would damage many valuable things.
“If only the Sun Halo was in his storage device…” Yang Cong Tou sighed, then followed that with an order.
The Stench Pirates would also start shelling.
The Iron Lump’s situation grew more difficult.
This ship’s entire gunnery was filled with last moment substitutes, dwarfs and humans were passively standing around, studying how to operate the cannons.
While this situation was playing out, at the edge of the battlefield, a new power appeared.
The White Bandage was in the lead, serving as the flagship.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ main force had entered the battlefield, officially joining the Weeping Pine Naval Battle!