Chapter 688: Snow Bird Harbor Battle – Unfamiliar Assistance

Chi Lai was a crucial figure, or in other words, he was a target worth paying attention to.

Because he was a soldier, and regardless of his fighting capability or determination, both were impressive and worth trusting.

Before Tan Mo’s navy moved in, they knew they had to prevent Chi Lai from getting to the gold level cannon, otherwise with both of them combined, they would produce firepower that couldn’t be underestimated!

Even Tan Mo didn’t want to feel a gold level artillery shell with his body.

Snow Bird Harbor City Lord more so didn’t want the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps opening fire on his port, otherwise how would he deal with the aftermath?

Therefore, Chi Lai was the center of attention. 

After Chi Lai used two divine spells, he realized he seemed to have poked the beehive, attracting over five pirates of the same life level.

With minimal thought, he began to retreat!

It wasn’t that he didn’t have battle intent, rather he saw there were too many enemy experts, and he had to make space to prevent his predicament from getting worse, then help his comrades.

Chi Lai only managed to retreat halfway before he was stopped on the White Bandage.

The five “pirates” then beleaguered him from all sides.

Chi Lai instantly sank into a disadvantageous position.

Luckily he had the advantage of equipment.

On the one hand, the White Bandage’s alchemy bandages rampaged like pythons, perturbing the “pirates” occasionally or healing Chi Lai.

On the other hand, Chi Lai was wearing stronger equipment than the pirates.

Tan Mo’s navy obviously couldn’t use their normal equipment. Currently they are using equipment secretly given to them by Snow Bird Harbor City Lord.

The latter was especially worried that his scheme would be seen through, therefore, the pirate equipment he provided was real – they really had been used by pirates and had been captured by the imperial secret spies over a number of years as spoils of war.

The equipment that the pirates used naturally couldn’t compare to the Sheng Ming Empire’s official military gear, nor could it match Chi Lai’s equipment which had been supplemented by abundant funds.

Chi La used his equipment barely to fight on, and he was quickly wounded in many areas.

“We have to save Chi Lai!!” Tripleblade saw this from the flagship, and his teeth worriedly clenched.

“I’ll go!” In the wake of that voice, a robust silver level asked to risk his life.

Tripleblade didn’t need to turn around, he could tell by the voice that it was Men Shi.

Men Shi, one hand on his war hammer, the other on a hawser, ran across the deck with his short legs, and after a running start, he jumped off the ship.

Men Shi dangled from the long hawser, and after swimming through the air, he found himself above another ship.

Then midair, he let go and precisely grabbed another hawser and swung again.

Very quickly, he was above the White Bandage.

As Men Shi descended on the battlefield, Tan Mo’s navy experts began to shoot.

“Protect Lord Men Shi!”

“Ring swords, toss!!”

At that crucial moment, the Quick Knife squad led by Kuai Tui threw their transcendent weapons.

The ring swords ahead of Men Shi, blocking most of the arrows.

With such strong help, Men Shi only needed to take a few arrows and effortlessly relied on his own defenses to stop them.

Bang.

He landed on the deck, shook his head, and with hands on his war hammer, joined Chi Lai in battle.

With Men Shi’s help, Chi Lai’s situation instantly shifted greatly, and he was no longer surrounded by perils.

Seeing this, Tripleblade let out a breath.

Whether it was Men Shi’s rope swinging or the Quick Knife battle squad’s defensive usage of the ring swords, both were the results of their recent tough military training.

“But just accomplishing these is still not enough.”

“The pirates are too strong!”

“There are too many silver levels, and a gold level might have shut down the magician tower…”

As Tripleblade was thinking, he suddenly heard a loud roar.

The roar was full of shock and spite, attracting many,

Everyone saw a silver level comrade being attacked, their heart broken by a sharp blade.

Tripleblade instantly flew into a rage.

“Traitor!!” Many mercenaries were startled by this, and they attacked the one who backstabbed their fellow silver level.

After taking out the silver level, the traitor sneered a few times, then retreated while sneering some more and quickly joined another corner of the battlefield.

Tripleblade quickly recognized that he was the latest transcendent recruit, he hadn’t expected at this key moment, he would stab them in the back.

“This is no simple betrayal!”

“Based on the pirates’ skills, he should be a pirate, dispatched to infiltrate our mercenary corps.”

“Damn it.”

After taking this blow, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ morale distinctly declined.

Tripleblade couldn’t sit still, and he immediately decided to take a risk.

The battlefield situation was far from good for the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.

“If I don’t take a risk, there won’t be an opportunity!”

“Lord Zong Ge is absent, Cang Xu, Lan Zao, and others are away.”

“Most ridiculous is that the great commander has been gone for so long!!”

The goblin found it hard to temper his fury, but this strong sense of responsibility also deepened his battle resolve.

His personal strength was only iron level, and even if he went into battle, he wouldn’t be able to do anything. Thus, Tripleblade decided to turn around and go down a hidden slide in the captain’s room and quickly went into the hold.

He sprinted to the cannon cabin.

This hold was dedicated to storing the gold level cannon.

Despite Tripleblade knowing the gold level cannon was not suitable for this battle, this was his only idea he could think of that could influence the battlefield. 

“Fortunately, through military training, I have worked this cannon several times.”

Not just Tripleblade, Men Shi and some other transcendents had gone through the same training.

Although Chi Lai was the most suitable user, he couldn’t be relied on alone. In intense naval battles, accidents were liable to happen.

Therefore, Tripleblade had trained for this pivotal moment and was able to replace Chi Lai as gunner.

He didn’t gain much from this training, and truth be told, it was minimal. But Tripleblade really was practiced in the usage of the gold level cannon.

However, when he pushed the cabin door open and ran to the cannon, his heart chilled.

The cannon was destroyed!

“There are other hidden traitors!! Right here on the flagship.” Tripleblade filled with rage, fuming out angrily.

Boom.

A moment later, a massive explosion occurred on the side of the flagship.

The flagship ferociously shook, then thick smoke rolled upwards. 

Tan Mo’s naval troops had been prepared for this, and instantly used the hole to charge in.

Tripleblade clenched his teeth and pulled out his dagger, leading the mercenaries in the hold to courageously block the way.

Two silver level navies worked together to form the vanguard charge.

Tripleblade was barely able to deal with one, dealing with two was impossible!

Very quickly, he was heavily wounded, and he fell to the ground, unable to crawl back up.

The silver level navies were coldly finishing off the wounded.

Just as Tripleblade was about to die, a blade of light burned brightly in the ship hold.

Ding!

After that crisp clang of metal, a transcendent stood in front of Tripleblade.

It was this stranger who had intercepted the mortal blow meant for Tripleblade.

The silver level navy was repelled, his arm shaking and his face becoming serious. 

“Who…are you?” The navy narrowed their eyes, this unfamiliar transcendent was not in his information.

Tripleblade was likewise puzzled, he was very certain this was the first time he had seen this stranger.

A moment later, the stranger straightened their weak chest, their tone stiff and flat, “I am Long Fu’s subordinate, Lang Xiao.”

“Long Fu?!” Tripleblade’s heart shook.

Clang!

The strange transcendent suddenly issued a roar, and the long blade in his hand dazzled with sword light as he threw himself at the silver level navy.

“Come help me!” The silver level navy cried for help after a few rounds.

The other silver level freed himself to help out, but the two people combined were still unable to defeat “Lang Xiao”.

“Lang Xiao” had excellent equipment, and his battle skills were also impressive. The biggest advantage was that he was dauntless and unafraid of death. Many times, he would rather risk injury to create an advantage in the fight.

But this reckless conduct quickly covered him in blood.

But he was actually fighting fiercer, remaining callous and occasionally letting out a howl, quite in accordance with his name “Lang Xiao”.  (Note: Lang Xiao means wolf's howl.)

“Hey, do you not want to live?” After gasping for a moment, Tripleblade rushed over to help, blocking an attack for Lang Xiao.

But Lang Xiao didn’t not appreciate the kindness, “Get out of here shorty. Don’t hinder my fight!”

Tripleblade coldly snorted, “Don’t fight like that. You’ll die sooner if you fight like that.”

“Lang Xiao” coldly snorted, “Death means nothing, I must do everything to accomplish the mission Commander Long Fu gave to me!”

Tripleblade’s heart quaked, “Long Fu…where is the commander?”

“Don’t know.” After Lang Xiao said that he charged back in to fight the two silver level navies.

Tripleblade clenched his teeth, and after observing for a time, he saw the fight was escalating. As an iron level, it would be difficult for him to get involved, and perhaps he would be exploited and become a burden on Lang Xiao, so he decided to withdraw.

“What method did Long Fu use to subdue this kind of die-hard silver level?”

With this doubt in mind, Tripleblade came to the deck, then to his pleasant surprise, discovered Lang Xiao was not the only assistance present.

There were three other silver level transcendents currently fighting the pirates.

Unlike the blade wielding fighter Lang Xiao, these three silver levels were magicians.

They all had excellent equipment, and each had a different style. But all of them displayed formidable fighting strength.

“These reinforcements are no ordinary silver levels, they are more like Chi Lai and Men Shi, real elites!”

“Since they’re here, where is Commander Long Fu?”

“Hold on, what am I expecting?”

“Even if Long Fu was here, he is not Lord Zong Ge, he is only a silver level.”

“He is a peak silver level power, but these pirates might have a gold level. Furthermore, their gold level has taken control of the magician tower!”

A gold level enemy was a boulder that was crushing Tripleblade’s heart.

“Where did this retinue come from?” Tan Mo’s brows tightly creased.

He promptly contacted Snow Bird City Lord.

Snow Bird Harbor City Lord was following the battlefield closely, and after receiving this communication, he calmly replied, “I don’t know who these people are either.”

“I can hypothesize that when the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was attacked and had its members kidnapped, their backer secretly dispatched reinforcements.”

Tan Mo’s brows wrinkled deeper, “Even you don’t know? This group’s concealment methods cannot be looked down upon.”

“If they can hide silver levels, can they hide a gold level?”

Snow Bird Harbor City Lord couldn’t help but raise his lip, he was worried about the same thing.

If the other side was hiding a gold level, then things would get difficult.

A gold level joining the battlefield would intensify things to a fundamentally different level.