Chapter 1002 - 943: The Final Move: Poisoning the Wine
Now Da Fei was feeling extremely frustrated. Releasing the poison blood did simplify the complex issue, achieving the effect of luring the snake out of its hole and trapping all the Naga forces hiding in the sea on the isolated island. But it also forced the enemy to gather their scattered forces together.
The Siren Shadow had mentioned that there were far more than 100 mid-level warriors in this area, but Da Fei’s mission still lacked 21 people, meaning there might be 50 or more mid-level warriors gathered at the headquarters, an unbreakable hard nut for him to crack, let alone that all their elite forces seemed to be shrunk into a stone cave with absolute terrain advantage.
How to fight? Then continue to lure them out.
So Da Fei’s fleet again surrounded the large island where the headquarters was located, another round of coastal shelling cleared the area. The enemy remained unmoved.
Then the Nasir Ancient Tree landed on the island and crushed it, yet the opponent still showed no signs of coming out to fight.
Damn it! Aren’t these your sacrifices? You’re abandoning your sacrifices? Da Fei waved his hand, and the Angel Sea Demon Vine Demon troops landed afterwards, launching a massacre until all the Fishmen on the island were killed, even the system prompt for the end of battle appeared, yet the Naga in the stone cave still did not come out! Is it an empty city strategy?
Da Fei had to send the Blood Eagle to stealthily enter the cave for reconnaissance, but just as it entered, a red light burst on the Blood Eagle’s screen!
—System Prompt: Reconnaissance Skill warning! Your Reconnaissance Blood Eagle has been detected!
They can detect stealth too! Da Fei hurriedly recalled the Blood Eagle in fear. Needless to say, with advanced technology like anti-stealth set up, it cannot be an empty city.
Obviously, even ordinary fishmen know to retreat when they can’t win, and at the general level, their intelligence is certainly extremely high, determined to endure humiliation and bear the burden by turtling. With such a turtling strategy, Da Fei really had no solution for him! Can he really starve him to death?
Originally that wasn’t impossible, but the problem is I’m a busy person, I have places to go! How could I have time to just waste with him? And as time drags on, the Naga side will definitely send stronger reinforcements, complicating matters again!
In desperation, Da Fei asked the Siren Shadow: "What should I do now?"
The Shadow said in a deep voice: "Don’t ask me, I can only provide basic information, can’t answer such high-end questions."
Da Fei said with a dry cough: "What I mean is, our army is at such an absolute advantage, if you send out troops to help, wouldn’t it just wipe them out? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, don’t miss it!"
The Shadow said blandly: "Sorry, the Clan Leader’s order is that we will only engage in trade under the premise of trusting you, as for higher-level troop dispatch, you’re thinking too much."
Da Fei spat out water wildly! It’s not like I want to do anything weird with you, why pose so high and mighty? At most, I just want to borrow a path from you, not interested in trading with you!
It seems the system isn’t going to let players exploit such a cheap loophole, no means no. For a moment, Da Fei was in a tangled quandary.
Generally speaking, the purpose of holding firm is just to wait for reinforcements, and there happens to be a transport fleet coming tomorrow, could this be the opportunity? But there’s still a problem—
Da Fei asked: "What is the Naga’s transport fleet composed of? Ships or sea monsters?"
The Shadow replied: "Ships, human slave ships under the Nagas. But there are indeed sea monsters escorting them."
Da Fei’s brow twitched: "I didn’t expect the Nagas to use ships, I thought they used giant sea turtles or something for transport."
The Shadow said blandly: "I have to say, in terms of transport, ships are much more practical than any sea monster. And the Nagas are a very pragmatic race, they don’t reject anything useful."
So that’s how it is! Da Fei couldn’t help but sigh: "Look how practical they are, can’t you learn from them?"
The Shadow said coldly: "We are also practical, but trust always comes first. Because we cannot bear the cost of betrayal."
Forget it, no need to worry about this topic. Da Fei then asked, "If the transport ships come, will the Naga general take the opportunity to escape by boat?" If the general takes the opportunity to leave, it would mean luring the snake out of its hole, giving him a chance.
The Shadow said in a deep voice: "Not sure, but it’s also possible that the other side obtains more survival supplies to continue to hold out. Although the Naga’s usual tactic is guerrilla warfare, the punishment for losing their position as a general is very severe, I think there’s a slightly greater possibility that they will continue to hold out. Moreover, I suspect your Hydra Poison might not pose a fatal threat to such a strong opponent as the general, if he really wants to escape, he might as well swim to the clean waters of the open sea in one breath."
Is the general’s power that terrifying? Da Fei couldn’t help but frown tightly, even the NPCs said so, meaning the general was definitely dead set on holding out.
Da Fei said in a deep voice: "In other words, I can only destroy the transport ships and continue to starve out the general?"
The Shadow said blandly: "If the transport ships disappear, the Nagas will definitely notice something strange, they will certainly dispatch a large army to support, you can’t hold them for long either."
Da Fei was once again stunned! There’s no solution! Has the battle reached a point where it’s unsolvable?
The Shadow sighed again, "However, Warrior, being able to reach this stage and annihilate so many enemy troops is already quite astonishing. Anyway, our assessment of you doesn’t have a time limit. When you have time in the future, you can slowly catch up."
Da Fei couldn’t help but sigh deeply. I’ve even used my ultimate biochemical nuclear weapon, and yet I can’t complete even the most basic task. Fortunately, no one knows, otherwise, wouldn’t they laugh at me? Even if no one knew, I wouldn’t forgive myself, and I wouldn’t be able to sleep out of frustration!
Wait, could I release poisonous gas into the cave? Or could I simply pour a few barrels of Hydra Blood into the cave? In short, nothing is impossible, it’s just about thinking of the method, I can’t give up just yet.
Da Fei hurriedly found Tamilia, who was engrossed in moving corpses, and told her his idea.
Tamilia was stunned on the spot, "Lord City Lord, you said you wanted to discharge all the poisonous blood. Now there isn’t much poisonous blood left in the Holy Vine Space. Furthermore, the poisonous blood is deadly because it can be absorbed through the respiratory system of the Sea Race when in water, but on land—um, I’m not very proficient with poison, but anyway, there’s no more poisonous blood left!"
Absorbed through the respiratory system? For a moment, a spark lit up in Da Fei’s mind as he suddenly thought of two words—poisoning! And there happens to be an expert in poisoning, Savara, on my ship! Can’t you just ask her if it’s possible to release poisonous gas or poison?
Yes, this is the last hope! As a Player Captain, he didn’t have to personally knock on a subordinate’s door, just a command would do.
Soon, Ista rushed to Da Fei and asked, "Master, what can I do for you?"
Da Fei solemnly said, "It’s about discussing with you and Savara how to poison the Naga General!"
Ista quickly took out Savara’s Divine Level Fragment, which flashed with light, "Master, the easiest way to successfully poison is through food, and the easiest among food is through alcohol. In my current state, I can only put poison in alcohol, but if your opponent is the Naga General, then ordinary poison probably won’t work either."
At this moment, the Siren Shadow spoke, "The higher-ranked Nagas drink alcohol, and in the Naga world, alcohol is a very high-class luxury. Their transport fleet is likely to have alcohol!"
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched! Is this someone providing me with market information for my products? Even sending the poisoned alcohol to my doorsteps, how can it be without poison?
Da Fei urgently asked, "Can even ordinary poison, if it weakens the opponent, work?"
Tamilia spoke again, "Master, during the Holy Vine’s absorption of the Hydra’s corpse, although progress has been slow, there have been some changes that I can’t understand. I think this is the result of the Holy Vine’s detoxification, so I mentioned earlier that we need a helper skilled in toxins to assist me in cultivation—so, please invite everyone to the Holy Vine Space to have a look."
She waved her hand, and a Space Gate appeared in front of Da Fei.
And Da Fei, having cultivated the Holy Vine for so many days, apparently hadn’t entered this space even once, thus he couldn’t help feeling excited as he stepped in. The scene changed, and Da Fei and everyone appeared in a dark green spherical small space.
Before them was a vine emitting a golden-red glow. The spherical space around and above was indeed filled with a Blood Pool, rotten and deformed Hydra flesh mountain, and countless Fishman corpses, with numerous thick vine tendrils covered in blood thorns meandering like giant pythons through the Corpse Mountain Blood Pool. This scene was like viewing a flesh monster through the glass dome of an aquarium!
The horrifying, disgusting scene suddenly appeared before them, and Da Fei couldn’t help but retch vigorously!
Tamilia promptly said, "Master, don’t worry. The position we’re in now is the Holy Vine’s most central small barrier, completely isolated from the outside corpse space, and won’t have any impact!"
Ugh, getting sick is definitely an impact! Da Fei gave a dry cough, "It’s nothing, I’ll get used to it gradually. So, what’s the change you mentioned?"
Tamilia pointed to a red small fruit on the vine branch, "Here it is, the Holy Vine normally does not bear this kind of fruit. I think this is the fruit resulting from the Holy Vine absorbing the Hydra’s poison."
Savara’s fragment flashed with light, "Indeed, this is a Poison Fruit. The Hundred Poison Blood of the Hydra is an almost unsolvable toxin. In mythology, the hero, the son of the King of Gods, Zeus, Hercules killed the Hydra and used its blood to coat arrows as a powerful weapon, but unfortunately, the poison arrow accidentally injured his Centaur teacher Cheiron, who, despite being a god, had to choose to end his own life in pain. And this Poison Fruit must be the result of the Holy Vine expelling the indigestible snake venom, generating this Poison Fruit, which is precisely the poison we need!"
The poison is ready, too! Da Fei was overjoyed, "Can it be prepared within a day?"
Savara laughed, "Ista, although the task now is a bit difficult for you, it’s precisely the time for rapid improvement!"
Ista replied earnestly, "I will not disappoint the expectations of the teacher and the master!"
Savara laughed, "Then, Lord City Lord, leave the poison and poisoning matter to us. As for how to poison and how not to alert the General, that’s up to you."
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, indeed, the remaining task is how to hijack the transport ship and how to work on it.
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