Chapter 77: Snake Rat Naval Battle (3)
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps chose to keep watching on the sidelines.
They had a good excuse, they were hiding a gold level cannon that threated the Bath Tub and suppressed from escaping by its lonesome.
Tan Qiu couldn’t refute it.
As time passed, the engagement between the alliance forces and Rou Zang’s pirate group grew more intense.
It was like two strongmen fighting hand to hand.
Ships were constantly piling up, and the moveable space grew smaller.
In the beginning, there was still some coordination between ships, some were charging, some were covering, others were supporting, and some tried to outflank.
Gradually, both sides could only see the enemy before them, and were locked in a bitter struggle.
As the Flower Wall Pirate boss, Hua Dun had been watching without relaxing even the slightest.
When he saw the two fleets merging with each other, he also saw that the Bath Tub’s eastern flank had thinned out, the majority of the ships that were there had been attracted to the battle to the south.
“An opportunity! Brothers, set sail, our target is the Bath Tub, let us rescue our commander!!” Hua Dun shouted.
“Ha hu!” The pirates yelled.
The Flower Wall Pirates were already restless, and like a pack of wolves emerging from the woods, they scurried towards the Bath Tub.
Rou Zang’s pirate group was already fighting the alliance forces with all of their strength, it was difficult for them to organize a force to deal with the Flower Wall Pirates.
In fact, they didn’t want to block them.
After all, they were on the same side.
Rescuing Rou Zang was also a good choice for them.
Although Rou Zang was brutal, he had led the pirates to victory and let them eat and drink big.
Therefore, when the Wall Flower Pirates rushed in, they met little resistance along the way.
Many ships even withdrew at their own accord to form a defensive line around them.
The Wall Flower Pirates quickly approached the Bath Tub.
When Tan Qiu detected this, he anxiously transmitted an order to the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, “Long Fu, Shi Qi! Intercept them now.”
Zong Ge snorted and immediately passed his refusal through the alchemy device, “We are currently concerned with stopping the Bath Tub.”
Tan Qiu worriedly replied, “The Wall Flower Pirates are Rou Zang’s subordinates. If we allow these two groups to converge, they will bring about the alliance’s downfall. You’ll spoil the ship for a penny of tar if you let the worst outcome happen, Rou Zang escaping!”
The priest interjected, “Whatever your corps wants, I promise to double it!”
Zi Di was indifferent.
The main reason they had wanted to exchange for resources previously was to retrieve the Green Jade Gold Coffin.
With their main goal accomplished, if they allowed themselves to be dispatched, the risks were utterly not worth the profit.
Doing business at a loss won’t do!!
The dragonman youngster’s eyes were tranquil, and simply didn’t reply.
Although he wanted to carry out justice, and arrest Rou Zang, as commander, he needed to put his fellows first and didn’t want to send them into excessive danger.
Finally, Cang Xu sinisterly said, “Actually, if they rescue Rou Zang, that would be a good thing. At least that way we can sound out Rou Zang’s actual condition. If you are so worried about this, why haven’t you acted yourself yet?”
Tan Qiu and the priest looked embarrassed.
They wanted to conserve their strength and make the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps go first.
But the latter didn’t submit, and thrusted back a retort.
Tan Qiu and the priest were forced to drop it.
Guang Ke flew high in the air.
The gale assaulted his senses.
Faster and fiercer than the wind was Gu Qiao’s attack.
Battle skill – Iron Finger First Stage!
Gu Qiao ferociously shot out finger bones from his flesh.
Pew, pew, pew.
Like bullets, the finger bones wreathed in gold battle qi shot towards Guang Ke.
Guang Ke was quick and nimble, but the finger bones were faster.
He had already probed out this attack, and when facing it, the best choice was to block it directly.
Most of the Iron Fingers hit Guang Ke, some were stopped by the light armor covering Guang Ke’s body, and some pierced the light armor, embedding themselves in Guang Ke’s skin.
Gu Qiao had lost finger bones, but he quickly regrew them.
His bloodline and the Great Pain Temple’s bone path battle qi technique had formed an ingenious pair.
If any other temples used the battle skill, Iron Finger, it would be at most a close combat finger method.
Even if it was shot out, it would simply be formed from condensed gold battle qi.
Gu Qiao was actually using his own finger bones, greatly elevating his firepower.
“A worthy member of the Great Pain Temple.” Guang Ke had experienced how troublesome Gu Qiao was.
Guang Ke found it hard to protect himself from this move.
Gu Qiao’s flying battle skill was no weaker than his, and Gu Qiao could fly just as high as Guang Ke could.
Gu Qiao deeply gazed at Guang Ke.
“Guang Ke, this guy is very good at fighting.” His iron face was grave and stern, yet his heart exclaimed in admiration.
Guang Ge’s light armor battle skill was very practical, and could thickened and thin.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that his finger bone penetrated the light armor and caused Guang Ke to bleed, they were minor injuries.
It was Guang Ke deliberately restraining the light armor’s thickness.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t protected himself from all of them, rather it was that it was disadvantageous to do so.
His manifested battle qi wasn’t attached to him, and would be worn down by the finger bones’ gold battle qi.
Therefore, he would rather receive some minor injuries instead.
In any case, when it came to gold level fighters, such small wounds were nothing, and wouldn’t affect their battle strength in the slightest.
“Something is wrong with Rou Zang…” Gu Qiao turned around to look at the naval battle.
He had maintained a watchful eye on the main battlefield.
Upon seeing the Flower Wall Pirates charging towards the Bath Tub, he immediately wanted to fly back.
Guang Ke’s eyes were already locked onto Gu Qiao, and when he saw the latter’s inclination, he immediately flew at him.
Battle skill – War Axe!
Guang Ke waved his leg, and the image of a battle-axe chopped down.
In the previous battle, it had been used at range, and even when it touched others, it merely bushed against them.
This was the first time he had actively used it at close range.
Gu Qiao was forced to use his full strength to block and inhibit it.
Battle skill – Castle Breaking Hammer!
Guang Ge’s battle qi condensed into a gigantic hammer that ruthlessly slammed down.
Gu Qiao couldn’t maintain his guard, and when the gigantic hammer struck him, he crashed into the sea like a cannonball.
Battle skill – Attuned Divine Arrow of Light.
Guang Ke raised his hands over his head.
An enormous white ball of light condensed in his palms.
The ball of light exploded with a bang, and split into myriad arrows of white light that burned with a harsh glint as they were all fired into the seawater.
The sea was instantly penetrated, causing it to spray and splash.
The light arrows struck the sinking Gu Qiao, and for a moment, he could only take the beating, powerless to retaliate.
The ocean surface gradually churned with scarlet blood.
The battle between the gold fighters was constantly affecting the mood of many.
Upon seeing this, the pirates’ morale took a substantial drop, while the alliance forces were roused greatly.
“Good, Guang Ke has firmly suppressed Gu Qiao. We can attack!” Tan Qiu shouted, finally making a firm resolution.
Hua Dun was approaching the Bath Tub, putting a strain on Tan Qiu’s nerves.
If Hua Dun succeeded in rescuing Rou Zang, the alliance would have to face a gold level alone, a terrible situation.
Tan Qiu ordered the city guard commander to attack, while he remained on the lead ship, saying that it was to protect their casters.
A moment later, the city guard commander, the Night Devil Commander, Ba Hu, and Hei Fei acted in succession, they all jumped out of their ships and boarded the pirate ones.
They were considerably strong.
Ordinary pirates could not stop them, and they easily killed them all.
The four silver fighters did not zealously continue fighting, their target was the Bath Tub.
They jumped from ship to ship and quickly climbed onto the Bath Tub’s deck.
But they had arrived a step to late.
The Flower Wall Pirates had already rushed in and were assisting in dealing with the alliance forces.
Hua Dun was already inside the hull.
The pirates had shown him the way and easily found Rou Zang and Mo Kong.
To his surprise, Mo Kong was locked up in a prison cell, his entire body was bound, his mouth was also gagged, his forehead had a mind restraining ring on it, and his waist had a magic prohibition ring around it.
On the contrary, Rou Zang hadn’t been treated this way, he had been placed under house arrest, and was even free to walk around the ship hold.
Hua Dun first freed Ko Kong, he untied the rope, took out the gag, but was unable to do anything about the mind retraining or magic prohibition rings.
“Boss!” Hua Dun went to Rou Zang.
Rou Zang didn’t respond, his eyes were closed, his face was very red, and all of his fat was shivering.
“Don’t touch him. Gu Qiao sealed the boss, it seems to be one of the Great Pain Temple’s secret skills! After their fight, the boss has always been trying to break the seal.” Mo Kong said promptly.
A subordinate dashed in to report.
“What can be done?” After obtaining the latest intelligence, Hua Dun wax worried, “Gu Qiao is being suppressed by Guang Ke, and the boss needs protection, four of the alliance’s silvers are coming!”
Mo Kong coldly snorted, “Give me a minute, I can struggle free from these two alchemy items. They can’t get in for a short time.”
“You know the architecture of the Bath Tub, to enter the hold, one must enter from the top, then descend floor by floor.”
“On each floor there are mechanisms and traps, along with guards.”
“Even if the silvers charge in, they will be covered in grime and even wounded.”
Hua Dun was not convinced and was still concerned, “If someone breaches the hull and comes in, what can we do?”
Mo Kong sneered, “Impossible. The Bath Tub is a silver level ship, it can resist the attacks of silver level fighters. Unless…”
As Mo Kong spoke, he suddenly changed color, and he gazed at a rat in a corner, his voice somewhat sharp, “Is that? Damm it, that is an investigation alchemy puppet.”
“What?” Hua Dun didn’t react immediately.
“Move now!!” Mo Kong was panic-stricken, and he nearly stumbled and crawled in his haste to escape.
Hua Dun sensed the horror from Mo Kong’s actions.
“Wait for me!” He caught up at once.
“Don’t follow me, scatter…” Mo Kong screeched.
Boom!
A moment later, an explosion as loud as thunder erupted.
The massive shockwave threw Mo Kong and Hua Dun into the air.
The artillery shell seemed to pierce the Bath Tub’s hull, tore the ship’s planks to shreds, then broke into the hold.
A terrible blaze seared the impact site, and quickly spread.
The Bath Tub was massive, but upon being hit with this shell, it tilted greatly and nearly turned over.
The tilted hull gradually reasserted itself on the sea, and the resulting splash created a gigantic wave six meters tall.
Many pirates on deck howled in alarm as they fell into the water.
The city guard commander, Night Hunting Commander, and the other four that had been fighting felt their ears ringing and their legs trembling.
“What’s going on?” Ba Hu still looked a little sluggish.
“Who fired that cannon?!” Don’t they know we are on board?!” The city guard commander abruptly became irate, his voice furious cursing.
Hei Fei was pale as he pointed at the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, “That’s who! Who else has a gold level cannon besides them?”