Chapter 359: Section 146: Comparable to Gold
“Fire!” Little Bird shrieked.
Bang!
From the starboard side of the Justice Pirate Group’s only Black Iron Level demon energy ship, a Golden Level cannon blasted a fiery tongue.
The bomb tore through the sky toward a warship.
“Didn’t they aim at us?” General Kan Qiao was slightly surprised.
“Intercept, intercept it for me!” shouted the captain of the targeted warship.
Boom.
The bomb exploded above the target warship.
“Interception successful!” the captain rejoiced.
“No, it exploded on its own…” by General Kan Qiao’s side, the First Officer squinted, “Not good, it’s a devil-breaking bomb!”
The bomb burst apart, forming billowing black smoke.
The black smoke coalesced into the form of a devil, issuing a terrifying roar as it dived down and struck the target warship.
The target warship had been sustaining a defense shield, but under the enveloping black smoke, the white shield-shaped dome emitted a hissing sound and quickly weakened.
“We can’t see ahead at all!”
“Magic equipment malfunctioning, we’ve lost contact with other friendly ships.”
“The defense shield is rapidly declining, expected to deplete in five minutes.”
“Captain, what should we do?”
Various pieces of bad news were relayed.
The warship’s captain’s expression grew grim: “This is a devil-breaking bomb… Order! Maintain the original course, travel at maximum speed. Request the Priest to use Divine Arts to try and dissipate the black smoke. Increase mana delivery to the defense shield.”
“Engineers stand by, Logistics Team 3 opens Warehouse 3, take Elemental Crystals to replenish the Mana Pool, and report to me immediately if the Mana Pool drops by 50%!”
Outside the black smoke, other warships seeing this scene ordered their vessels to distance themselves from the ship in trouble.
“Just hit one warship…” Little Bird punched the back of the cannon, gritted his teeth, and helplessly watched as the warships pulled away from each other and the hit warship continued at the fastest speed, maintaining its original course and blazing across the ocean.
“As expected of the Empire’s Navy, truly elite,” thought the Fishman youth, feeling admiration.
The captains of each warship, all with rich naval combat knowledge, quickly recognized the type of bomb.
A devil-breaking bomb is a special bomb, whose resulting black smoke spreads, corrodes, and disrupts communications.
The warships distanced themselves from each other, preventing the black smoke from spreading to a second warship. With communication disrupted and no visibility, the lone warship that was hit also took the wisest countermeasure. They didn’t slow down, and their maximum speed ensured they were less likely to be hit by subsequent bombs.
On the Silver Level demon energy ship, General Kan Qiao and the First Officer assessed the Justice Pirate Group.
General Kan Qiao: “The one who just fired must be Little Bird from the Justice Pirate Group, right? Not bad artillery skill.”
First Officer: “Also, the target selection was quite wise.”
The devil-breaking bomb was a Silver Level bomb if targeted at Kan Qiao, it would certainly be intercepted and detonated by a Gold fighter beforehand. Aimed at other warships was the prudent choice.
Moreover, Little Bird’s choice of using a devil-breaking bomb instead of other bombs was also the best option for the current situation. After all, even a specialized Silver Level bomb didn’t guarantee the sinking of a warship with one shot.
“Continue the charge!” General Kan Qiao ordered without change, his style was very rigid.
The distance between the two parties was getting closer.
During this process, Little Bird fired another shot, still a devil-breaking bomb, temporarily trapping the second warship.
“Damn it, we can’t fire a third one,” Little Bird decisively abandoned the Golden Cannon and switched to operating the Silver Cannon instead.
A Golden Level cannon required a large amount of mana with each firing.
This Black Iron Level demon energy ship had a slow mana recharge rate, low efficiency in converting Elemental Crystals into mana, and a low maximum mana pool limit.
This resulted in excessively long intervals between firings of the Golden Cannon, making it difficult to form effective long-range firepower.
Furthermore, each firing drained at least one-third of the mana reserves in the mana pool, which was also very dangerous for a Black Iron demon energy ship.
It was like a fighter using powerful combat skills, exhausting most of his fighting energy, and needing time to recover before he could maintain his combat strength.
Magic was not the only thing consuming mana on the demon energy ship; other cannons, steering rudders, defense magic arrays, and more also required mana to function.
Temporarily, four Navy warships locked onto four pirate ships on the sea surface.
The cannon fire continued.
The distance between the two parties had already become very close.
The accuracy of the cannon fire skyrocketed.
The cannons of the Justice Pirate Group roared continuously, firing far more bombs than the Navy.
While the Navy’s warships had more cannons than those of the Justice Pirate Group, they were in direct pursuit, with most cannons situated on both sides of the ships, resulting in most of them not firing.
On the side of the Justice Pirate Group, realizing that their pirate ships were not as strong as the warships and were generally one level lower, they knew it was only a matter of time before they were caught. Therefore, their retreat took a curved arc, using the side-mounted cannons to suppress the enemy as much as possible.
However, the suppression was not significant.
The main reason, of course, was that the warships were equipped with walking light cup shields.
“Hahaha, caught up with you. Pirate scum, take this!” General Kan Qiao saw that the distance was sufficient, laughed loudly, and directly took out his weapon from behind.
The First Officer quickly retreated to clear enough space.
Kan Qiao, holding a long-handled beheading blade high with both hands, with the long dark handle measuring 1.8 meters, firmly gripped the very end of the handle. The tip of the blade hung directly over the deck behind him.
Then, his arm muscles suddenly bulged, and strong force and fighting energy burst forth simultaneously.
Starting from the bottom, he swung the long-handled blade fiercely, making himself the center and the handle the radius, the blade passing over Kan Qiao’s head and slashing down heavily.
Combat Skill—Beheading Blade!
Golden Fighting Energy burst forth in the instant the blade slashed down, converging above the sea surface into a crescent moon-shaped blade light.
The Golden Moon blade light cleaved through the air, making sounds like a tiger or leopard, and instantly rushed toward the stern of the Justice Pirate Group’s Black Iron demon energy ship.
A Golden Fighting Skill wielded by a Golden Fighter!
The Justice Pirate Group was well-prepared in advance.
Zi Di was the first to act; she tore open a Magic Scroll and cast a spell.
As magic erupted, the Golden Moon Fighting Energy encountered resistance, weakening slightly as it continued to advance.
Next, an enemy’s alchemy arrow flew in, colliding with the Golden Moon Fighting Energy.
Boom!
A muffled sound occurred, and frost splashed, further weakening the Golden Moon Fighting Energy.
Combat Skill—Flowing Blade.
The Fishman youth stretched out his arms, and almost instantaneously, two Flow Blades formed on his left and right arms.
“Come on.” The Fishman youth leaped into the air, directly facing the blade light.
Derived Combat Skill—Crossing Dual Flow Blades!
In mid-air, the two Flow Blades crossed each other, with their power surging dramatically, blocking the Golden Moon blade light.
The Golden Moon blade light pushed the Fishman youth downwards.
The Fishman youth hit the deck and then, pushed forcefully by the blade light, retreated over ten steps before stopping.
The dual blades remained intact, and the Fishman youth was unharmed.
Shh.
With a slight sound, he swung his arms, canceling the crossed state. The two Flow Blades stopped on either side of his body, glinting with silver light.
“Hmm? Blocked it,” General Kan Qiao, aboard the warship, expressed some surprise.
He had not expected that his full-force strike would be so easily countered by the opponent. Despite two prior interferences, the strength of the Fishman youth was evident.
“Vice Admiral, be careful. This Long Fu is no ordinary fighter…although it’s merely Silver Level, its combat power is comparable to Gold,” the First Officer said with a cold tone.