Chapter 942 - 888: Even Crabs Know the Art of Diversion
The Yasoro Fleet’s maneuver began stealthily, while Da Fei’s Radiant and Jade Dragon openly sailed to the Giant Crab Sea Shallows. Instantly, a large group of half-human tall giant crabs gathered behind the gigantic bone pile fortifications, well-armored and prepared.
As Da Fei’s fleet approached, the opponent retreated, giving no chance for Da Fei’s crossbow cannons and archers to shoot.
Now the fleet’s hulls have bottomed on the sand and can’t get any closer. The opponent clearly intends to wait for Da Fei’s landing battle, without any plans to attack.
It must be said, very cunning! If it were a typical player with typical shipborne units, they would be entirely at their mercy! But Da Fei has already entered the era of top-tier naval aviation forces, and will not conform to their wishes.
Da Fei waved his hand, and a rowing lifeboat was lowered from the Radiant Wings. Da Fei personally led the team with Elena sitting in the boat. As for the troops, it was undoubtedly the close-combat angel sailor corps and the long-range sea demon army. With Da Fei’s godlike attribute bonuses, even a mere archer dealing a few points of damage could perform miracles, let alone the astonishingly leveled-up angels!
The lifeboat approached, and the giant crabs remained unmoved, yet did not retreat any further, as such a vast force obviously would not be scared off by a mere lifeboat.
Fine if you don’t retreat, you won’t have time to retreat again!
With a grand gesture, Da Fei summoned the angel and sea demon troops from the boat into the air, falling into the crab formation. Various lights of stamina, recovery, and lifesteal surged in succession, as the supposedly formidable giant crabs crumbled before the angels’ absolute power, and the long-awaited clearing began again!
Da Fei’s pre-battle tension eased instantly with this initial skirmish. Ultimately, although the Nether Sea is high-end and perilous, it is ultimately on par with the hell of Divine Punishment City. What the angel BOSS could crush there, he could crush here as well.
Even more gratifying was that his Temple Crusader gained the extraordinary special skill "Punish Evil," increasing damage to dark creatures by 50%. This was also effective here, not to mention the Ultimate Sea Monster Hunter skill boosting damage to sea monsters by 20%. This place is more suitable for him than even hell!
That is to say, under the situation of being cursed by the Sea God, with a distant solution, the Nether Sea is indeed the direction he should focus his full efforts on. Could he open up a passage straight from the Nether Sea to the New Oriental?
In that instant, Da Fei thought of many things. Just as thoughts were racing through his mind, thick white smoke began to emanate from every dead giant crab, gathering toward the hull of the Radiant Wings.
No need to say, this is the soul-absorbing reaction of the Radiant Wings possessed by Renior. Only the density of the white smoke from these giant crabs seems to surpass regular sea monsters?
Just then, Da Fei suddenly noticed that Selvia, in a weakened state, was also standing on the deck of the Radiant Wings, waving the Sea Soul Staff in an attempt to absorb the white smoke. However, her efforts were in vain, as the white smoke was entirely absorbed by the hull of the Radiant Wings and not the Sea Soul Staff.
Come on, this blatant grain-snatching behavior, is it okay? Or is it that the Sea Soul Staff’s absorption range isn’t as good as Renior’s?
"It’s Death Energy!" Elena said calmly. "These white smokes are not souls; they don’t fall within the Sea Soul Staff’s absorption range!"
Da Fei’s brow twitched: "I see, in Greek mythology, crabs are associated with death, with a habit of collecting death energy."
Elena nodded: "Moreover, the current state of the Radiant Wings is similar to that of a Necromancer Death Knight, with a considerable craving for death energy and souls. I believe after these large-scale absorptions, it should undergo substantial enhancement."
Indeed, ever since absorbing Skira’s power in that battle long ago, Renior has been in a deep slumber for too long. It’s time for him to awaken and contribute, but until then, it’s a relentless harvest!
Now, Da Fei’s Sea and Air Soldier Corps began sweeping along the shallow waters. As for the enemy who had landed on the reefs, there was no reason for the crabs to continue retreating, as more and more crabs, hundreds to thousands in number, began to encircle Da Fei.
No refusal for any arrivals.
Five minutes passed, the silver moon in the sky was about to become full, and Da Fei felt the tide starting to rise. Let it rise more fiercely.
At that moment, a flash of red light appeared on the map, and a huge red dot emerged from the sand, revealing a massive crab the size of a medium ship, stepping on a gray Hero Aura, a hero appears! Under the enhancement of the hero’s attack and defense skills, the crabs were no longer one-hit kills, bringing a bit of challenge to the battle!
Da Fei’s heart tightened, instinctively pulling back the troops to first test the opponent’s attack and defense attributes. If the opponent’s attack and defense are higher than his, he would retreat to the ship at any time, prepared for guerrilla tactics.
Correct, though Da Fei considers his attributes superior among players, it’s better to stay humble in front of these unidentified epic, legendary, or even mythical-level NPC heroes.
But Da Fei still couldn’t test it. The frontline had over twenty Power Angels with long weapon special skills, mutual splintered support, and rear sea demons striking with Flame Chains. Though these crabs weren’t one-hit kills, they were already severely wounded, unable to charge to Da Fei’s forces.
The situation remained one-sided in Da Fei’s favor. Could this crab hero be so mediocre? Da Fei had a strong impulse to have his troops directly air drop in front of the foe for a beheading!
But no! Patience and caution are paramount! Only the disadvantaged side makes a desperate gamble, while the advantaged side would be reckless to risk. Just follow the original plan.
The battle continued into the tenth minute, an indescribably tense ten minutes during which Da Fei couldn’t remember how many little crabs he’d killed. The tide had inundated the angel troops’ thighs, yet their combat power remained unaffected. For regular human soldiers, the tide over their heads would lead to instability and a sharp decline in combat power. This was the advantage of large-scale troops, so continue killing.
And it was at this moment, an alarm rang on the Blood Eagle Radar, showing a large area of red dots suddenly surfacing from the sea behind the fleet, an array of much larger elite crabs!
Da Fei was shocked, his jaw dropping. So they too knew how to feint an attack from the rear! This was an attempt to either pierce the ship or board it! This was troublesome! A sailboat is not a motorboat; it can’t flee just like that. If they attacked from beneath the sea, detection would be too late.
Then we will fight it!
Da Fei hurriedly paddled back the small boat, retreating the angel troops back to the ship for support. Meanwhile, the crab hero furiously pursued, thousands of crabs’ shells colliding, producing an overwhelming battlefield sound as though a massive wave was surging!
Moreover, Da Fei realized his small boat might not make it back, certainly to be intercepted and taken down by the surfacing crabs!
But it’s okay! A naval battle is like a castle defense; the commander revives in the Captain’s Cabin without disbanding the troops. It doesn’t matter if I die.
Fine, I’ll paddle the small boat to annoy and distract you! Let these slow crabs know the F1 speed of a God-level Navigator piloting a small boat!
Meanwhile, Anlicia kicked several barrels overboard from the deck, darkening the sea beneath.
—System Prompt: Captain Anlicia of the Radiant Wings has cast God-level Arcane "Ink Barrier"!
—System Prompt: Ink Barrier has polluted an area of 100 meters radius around the caster, putting enemies into a blinding and scent-loss state.
In that instant, the entire sea surface turned pitch black!
Da Fei’s brow twitched, this was from when we went to Fire Dragon Island, killing the first octopus sea monster in the Floating Ice Sea, and Anlicia independently developed this God-level Arcane skill from collecting ink! I didn’t expect it to now have a scent-loss effect as well; she’s improving as well!
But it wasn’t over; a flash of magic light sparkled in Anlicia’s hand again!
—System Prompt: Captain Anlicia of the Radiant Wings has cast God-level Arcane "Illusion Army" on you!
In an instant, several illusionists identical to Da Fei’s small rowing boat appeared around him, and every boat had a Da Fei and an Elena!
Could she create so many illusions at once? Da Fei was utterly astonished!
And it didn’t stop there, each "Da Fei" on the small boats burst into laughter, frantically rowing in all directions!
They could talk to disrupt the opponent’s hearing! Da Fei was impressed! This was clearly to help him get back on board for a more enjoyable fight. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to contribute recommendation votes, monthly votes at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)