Chapter 264: Section 52: Boarding and Slaughter
“Do as I say!” The Dragon-man youth’s expression was cold and indifferent as he bellowed at Di Lou before turning to command the pirates of the Justice, “Men! Steer the ship, full speed ahead, target the Silver Hook! Let’s ram them to death!!”
“Lord Long Fu?!” The pirates were stunned.
But those pirates who occupied key positions, mostly their own people from Mysterious Monster Island, hesitated for a moment before choosing to follow the Dragon-man youth’s command.
So, the Justice suddenly changed course and headed straight for the Silver Hook.
All the pirates aboard the Silver Hook were bewildered!
They had never seen such a fierce opponent who would actually choose to ram into them!
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At that moment, the young Dragon-man’s boldness overwhelmed them.
They panicked.
“Quick, quick, stop!” Silver Hook hurriedly ordered.
The Flying Hook squad quickly withdrew; if they continued to pull hard, they would only help the enemy ship ram into them with greater force.
They had never encountered such a situation before!
Most of the time, enemy ships would flee in terror, and after being captured by the Flying Hook, many ships’ crews would collapse in morale, with many surrendering on the spot.
There were also enemy ships that would fight to the death after realizing they were hooked and couldn’t escape.
But the Justice was different.
This was a Black Iron Level demon energy ship!
If it actually rammed them, the Silver Hook would surely be dragged down with it.
“Brother!” Silver Hook looked at his older brother.
Golden Hook’s face remained calm, his expression thoughtful. After a few seconds, he issued an order.
Half of the Golden Silver Pirate Group’s ships, including the Silver Hook, were to deal with the Justice and the Little Bird. The other half of the faster pirate ships, led by Golden Hook himself, would pursue the Rapids.
“The other ship is fleeing at full speed—they must be hiding treasures! Catch it, it is a cunning prey!” Golden Hook’s voice spread throughout the fleet.
“Oh!!”
The pirates responded in unison and chased after them, full of aggressive momentum.
Seeing Golden Hook personally taking action and dispatching such a large force, the entire Justice Pirate Group was filled with shock and suspicion.
Cang Xu and Zong Ge showed a pensive look.
Di Lou began to flee.
Although he couldn’t understand the purpose of the command issued by the Dragon-man youth, the bard felt somewhat secretly pleased.
After all, he had signed a contract with the Dragon-man youth and could not afford to back down at this juncture.
“Who would have thought that Lord Long Fu would issue such a command!”
“Hehe… Eh!” Di Lou’s inner glee didn’t last long before his eyes nearly bulged out.
“Oh my God!!” He saw Golden Hook leading his men, abandoning the Justice, and pouncing with half of the pirates directly towards him.
Di Lou’s face was filled with horror.
“Why, why are you coming after me?”
“Do you have a grudge against me that’s as deep as a blood feud?”
“Don’t come after me.”
“I’m just a minor character!”
“Lord Long Fu is my captain! Why are you targeting me?”
Di Lou howled helplessly in his mind.
Then, he heard Golden Hook’s shout to his men.
Di Lou shivered: “Hm?! Could there really be some treasure hidden on my ship? Is that why Captain Long Fu issued such a command?”
“Captain Long Fu has set me up!”
Di Lou felt immense pressure.
He was essentially resisting a Golden Level powerhouse and half of the enemy fleet on his own.
Di Lou became so anxious his face turned pale as he pulled the helmsman away and took over the steering himself.
“Activate the Rapids device!” he immediately ordered loudly.
There was magical equipment on the Rapids that could trigger rapid water currents to propel the ship and speed up its navigation.
Using it now, their speed surged instantly.
“You can’t escape.” Golden Hook sneered, leading his fleet in pursuit with an air of unrelenting resolve.
The battlefield was thus split in two.
On the other side, the Justice was speeding toward a collision with the Silver Hook.
If the collision did happen, the Justice’s newly purchased Peace Angel figurehead would surely be shattered, and both ships’ bows were likely to be destroyed.
The outcome waiting for them would be to sink on the spot!
“Stop it, Mage, stop it now!” Silver Hook ordered urgently.
He didn’t want to see his flagship dragged down by the enemy.
It wasn’t that he lacked the courage to fight desperately, but rather his side held a great advantage. There was no need for them to be desperate when the enemy was.
The Silver Mage had been previously maintaining the Gale to restrict the Rapids’ speed from afar. Receiving Silver Hook’s order, the Mage had to cease that spell and pulled out a magic scroll from his chest.
Magic Scroll—Extreme Cold Ice Seal!
Chilling air furiously surged, spreading across the sea between the two ships.
Crackling…
The seawater was flowing one second, and in the next, it had frozen into ice.
The cold air spread rapidly, transforming the nearby sea into a temporary glacier. Both the Justice and the Silver Hook were covered with silver frost.
The Justice, although it had been charging fiercely, was now hindered by the ice seal, and its speed rapidly decreased, eventually stopping on the ice surface, still a dozen steps away from the Silver Hook.
“Charge with me!” roared the Dragon-man youth, leaping up and landing directly onto the deck of the Silver Hook.
Yi Shen regained his composure and followed closely behind.
Behind them, Lan Zao and others set up boarding planks, forming a temporary bridge, and stormed toward the Silver Hook in groups.
“Sanda, you’re in charge of the Little Bird. The rest of you, come with me!” Zong Ge issued the orders, jumping from the deck of the Little Bird onto the ice.
“My lord!” Sanda wanted to follow Zong Ge but was sternly stopped by his glare.
“No way, are we really going to board the Silver Hook?” Xu Ma was terrified. It was much better to stay on the Little Bird, where there was a chance to escape. Now, rushing towards the enemy ship, there was no way out unless they occupied it!
But there was no choice.
Xu Ma knew that if he tried to flee, the moment he revealed his intentions, Zong Ge’s two-handed greatsword would be greeting his neck.
“Curse you, Captain Lion Flag! My god, please let me survive this battle,” Xu Ma lamented, following Zong Ge and charging toward the Silver Hook.
With a thundering roar, the Dragon-man youth jumped onto the Silver Hook.
The deck of the Silver Hook was extremely crowded.
The Dragon-man youth had barely steadied his feet when four Transcendents attacked him simultaneously.
The Dragon-man snorted out a breath of hot air and swept his claws across his front.
Screams of agony arose the next moment as the Transcendents were sent flying backward, some falling to the deck, others knocking down fellow pirates.
Black Iron Level pirates were lucky to survive, their abdomens nearly slashed through by the Dragon Claw; Bronze Level ones died on the spot.
Their attacks also struck the Dragon-man youth, but they were all repelled by Dragon Scales.
Legend-infused Dragon Scales, although limited by the youth’s cultivation and only at the Silver Level, were still not something these Transcendents could penetrate.
Relying on the Dragon Scales, the youth charged wildly across the deck of the Silver Hook.
He boldly attacked the long-famed Flying Hook squad.
The leaders of the Flying Hook squad stepped forward to defend.
The hooks flew in all directions, trying to catch the Dragon-man youth.
The Dragon-man youth suddenly ducked down, running almost on all fours.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
His Dragon Claws and feet stamped hard on the deck, with his Blast Fighting Spirit erupting at intervals, causing a series of miniature explosions. The explosions propelled his body, sending him zigzagging straight ahead like a cannonball.
The hooks couldn’t even catch his shadow and instead snagged on other pirates.
The Dragon-man youth sent obstructing pirates flying; ordinary pirates, no matter how strong, were instantly killed by his charge.
After several movements, the Dragon-man youth stepped on the gunwale, skimming the deck almost like a voracious dragon diving, and killed his way to the rear of the Flying Hook squad.
Bronze Level elite Flying Hook members fought desperately to resist.
The Dragon-man youth swung his Dragon Claw, imbued with combat energy, with a fiercely sharp attack.
The Dragon Claw sliced through the chests of the Flying Hook Pirates as easily as if cutting through butter with a hot knife. With another powerful grip, the youth crushed a pirate’s head, splashing warm brain matter and blood across his own face.
“Stop it!” A Black Iron Level leader hurriedly fought his way back to intervene.
The Dragon-man youth turned to fight once more.
After a round of combat, the leaders were thrown away, one Black Iron Hook leader landing permanently on the deck.
“Come and fight me!” A Silver Fighter wielding a sailor’s scimitar leaped from a nearby pirate ship, attempting to halt the Dragon-man youth’s slaughter.
“Your opponent is me!” Yi Shen stepped forward, blocking the man with his Stabbing Sword.
“I want you dead!” Silver Hook, seeing his carefully trained Flying Hook squad slaughtered in such a manner, was red-eyed with rage and charged over with a biting murderous intent.
His weapon, also a fishing rod, radiated a bronze hue—it was a Golden Level weapon.
The fishing rod, like a long spear, aimed a direct stab at the face of the Dragon-man youth.
The youth bent his knees, crouching slightly, and a burst of combat energy exploded from the soles of his feet, propelling his body backward quickly, widening the gap between him and Silver Hook.
Silver Hook pursued relentlessly.
The Dragon-man youth had no intention to engage him, retreating as he fought.
The subordinates of Silver Hook shouted wildly, wanting to help their Captain intercept the Dragon-man youth.
For those blind fools, the Dragon-man youth satisfied their wish for death.
Silver Hook couldn’t believe that this ferocious-looking Dragon-man youth could be so cunning, and shouted in frustration, “Have the guts to fight me!”
Since boarding the Silver Hook, the Dragon-man youth had been sweeping through Silver Hook’s mid- and lower-level elite with his lightning-fast methods, achieving remarkable results.
Glancing back, he saw his own elites flooding onto the deck of the Silver Hook. Due to his slaughter, they had easily secured their footing, and he turned and charged at Silver Hook.
Silver Hook was caught off guard by the Dragon-man youth’s sudden ferocity and hastily responded, falling at a disadvantage for a moment.
Combat Skill—Shark Entanglement!
Silver Hook’s heart thundered with rage, and he suddenly unleashed a surge of intense fighting energy.
The energy flowed along his fishing rod weapon, spurting out from the tip, forming dozens of pale silver fishing lines.
The Dragon-man youth dodged some of them, but there were too many lines, and some still wrapped around his body, the restraining force swiftly intensifying.
The Dragon-man youth immediately felt his movements hindered, severely affected by the fighting energy-formed fishing lines, his actions distorted, beginning to falter in both offense and defense.
Silver Hook’s Combat Skill was quite unique, with the effect of controlling the enemy. Had it been an ordinary Silver Fighter, they would likely be extremely impeded and facing imminent defeat.
The Dragon-man youth, however, relied on his Blood Core Mutation, his physical condition far surpassing an ordinary Silver Fighter, almost like a humanoid Dragon Beast.
“Is the constitution of Dragon-men all this strong?!” Silver Hook gritted his teeth privately, still feeling as though he’d hooked a whale, despite going all out, there was a constant risk of being led around or the prey escaping his grasp.