Chapter 409: Section 197: Yellow Nest Ant (Revised)
The old Fishman Clan Leader handed his staff to another, the implication was clear.
“Clan Leader, sir!” the trusted Fishman at his side exclaimed.
The old Clan Leader gave a bitter smile to his fellow tribespeople, apologizing with a voice heavy with the weight of years, “I am truly sorry, everyone, I am indeed an incompetent chieftain.”
“Our homeland was lost under my watch.”
“I knew full well that my daughter was kidnapped by the enemy and subjected to brutal torture, yet I was unable to act immediately.”
“In order to save her, I did not hesitate to deceive our allies, betraying my faith and principles.”
“Having the opportunity to fight to the death for my redemption is an extraordinary stroke of luck for me.”
“Before the battle, I had already drawn up my will.”
“Just do as the will instructs.”
“Clan Leader… Wuuu.” The Fishman around him began to choke up and cry.
The old Clan Leader looked hopefully at the Naga Priest, “Priest, I entrust my people and daughter to you, as much as you possibly can!”
The Naga Priest had a solemn expression on her face. Although she had been slightly deceived by him, now that he was willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good, his merits outweighed his faults.
The Naga Priest gave a slight nod, “With this ship here, I can only promise to do my utmost.”
“Rest assured. For at least the time being, it will be quite difficult for this ship to take notice of you,” said the old Clan Leader, stamping his foot and calling out the baby name of the Frozen Land Whale.
This Frozen Land Whale was a Magic Beast carefully nurtured by the tribe.
From the year they were exiled, the tribe had begun raising it, sparing no expense, even going hungry, all in the hopes of taking back their homeland.
Unfortunately, Hun Tong possessed extraordinary business acumen and had amassed enough money to build a Golden Level demon energy ship, far outstripping the nurtured Frozen Land Whale.
However, the Frozen Land Whale had been trained to such a degree of understanding that without the old Clan Leader speaking a word, just a stomp of his foot was enough for it to know what to do.
Spell—Ascending Spring!
Water and air jets sprayed out from the blowhole, lifting the old Clan Leader skyward at a rapid pace.
The old Fishman Clan Leader moved with incredible speed, like a lightning bolt shooting upwards.
He had reserved this tactic, planning to rise suddenly when the opportunity arose, to deal a fierce blow to either Yan Ding or a Hun Tong clone.
But he had never found the chance.
Now, with the military situation urgent, there was no choice but to use it.
The move indeed caught Hun Tong by surprise.
He hurriedly maneuvered, and out of five Light Cannon towers, three fired at the same time.
The beams struck the old Clan Leader, but he endured the cannon fire, ascending to the height of the Golden Shiny and finally crashing onto the deck of the Golden Shiny with wounds and blood.
“The Mana Pool still has 75% of its reserves, more than enough.”
“But from now on, I’m afraid I won’t have the opportunity to operate it myself.”
Hun Tong’s pupils constricted.
He couldn’t just let the old Fishman Clan Leader run rampant on his flagship.
Golden Shiny’s defensive capabilities were not outstanding.
Especially since the old Clan Leader was obviously on a suicide mission, Hun Tong dared not underestimate a Golden Level warrior bent on a desperate fight!
Hun Tong flicked the Magic Runes, hastily giving the order for Golden Shiny to continue firing, then immediately leaped down from the tower, ready to fight the old Fishman Clan Leader.
The old Fishman Clan Leader was unarmed, with long green hair like seaweed, chaotic and swirling around as Golden Fighting Spirit erupted from him.
“Come on, let’s fight a decisive battle to the death!” The old Clan Leader brimmed with a resolve to fight to the end.
Hun Tong’s pupils shrank again.
This enemy in front of him was the most troublesome.
Also a Golden Level, but with no regard for his own life.
And more critically, this was happening on his Golden Shiny.
Breaking anything here, he currently had no ability to repair!
He couldn’t even repair those Underground Investigators, let alone Golden Shiny.
Previously, the Fishman forces had been targeted by Yan Ding, leaving the old Clan Leader overwhelmed with defense.
Now, it was Hun Tong’s turn to experience this frustration.
Bang, bang, bang.
A fierce battle unfolded on the deck of Golden Shiny.
The two archenemies engaged in another struggle.
This time, it was a showdown not just of victory or defeat, but of life and death!
“Shoot them down!” the pirates and Fishman roared together.
For a moment, all kinds of arrows and bullets flew through the air, and even the roaring of cannons was incessant.
Spell—Water Arrow!
Qing Xin struggled to cast the spell.
He was in terrible shape, but the Vinegar Pot’s Mana Pool still had reserves.
Combat Skill—Scales.
Hu Li stepped on scales in mid-air, leaping and slapping spinning light discs with his palm.
These light discs were critical, allowing for the attacks from the Light Cannon towers to split into thousands.
The light discs were bombarded with various attacks but rarely shattered.
They were all Golden Level components.
Naturally capable of withstanding the massive beam shots from the cannons and to disperse and refract them, their defense was indeed formidable.
Despite attacks proving ineffective, neither the pirates nor the Fishman gave up.
On the contrary, their attacks intensified.
They knew all too well: if they didn’t crush these spinning light discs, they would die!
Although attacking Golden Shiny would be more effective, they couldn’t reach it.
The targets they could attack were these spinning light discs.
Only by shattering these discs would they stand a chance of survival.
But the discs, seemingly thin, were still rarely shot down.
The main Light Tower burst forth with light streams again, initiating another round of net-like cannon fire.
However, the total number of Fishman and pirates who fell this time was much fewer than before.
The surviving enemies, both horrified and overjoyed, quickly realized something.
“Even if we can’t break these discs, we can still cause interference!”
“Right, keep firing, don’t stop.”
If just one spinning light disc tilted at an angle, the refracted beams, when hitting near the target, would skew wildly.
The disk spun through the air, resisting the interference.
The degree of interference was actually not great.
In fact, many of the beams just grazed their targets.
However, because the beams were extremely precise and concentrated with great restraint, even those enemies that were merely brushed by them managed to survive.
“We can live, we can make it out alive!” a pirate yelled.
The Fishmen were also shouting in chaos.
And there were many fearless ones collecting the scattered treasures around them.
“They’re all mine!”
“Even in death, I want to die amidst a pile of Gold Coins.”
The pirates’ greed was plain to see.
“Wait, what’s that?”
Many divers who retrieved treasures were horrified to find multiple silhouettes in the depths of the sea.
These figures all had human torsos and serpentine tails.
They were also collecting treasures!
“It’s the Naga!”
“It’s not just the Fishmen; there are also Naga deep in the sea.”
“They are collecting the treasures we dropped. Damn it, we worked so hard to plunder these!”
The pirates were indignant but powerless.
They found it difficult to dive into the depths of the sea.
Even if they did dive down, with their fighting strength reduced, would they really go and fight desperately against the Naga?
Of course, these were not real Naga.
They were Deep Sea Salvagers.
When Zi Di saw the vast amount of treasure falling into the sea, she dispatched these Alchemy Puppets to salvage it.
The massive wealth that had fallen to the seabed was all plundered by the pirates from shops, houses, and churches.
Twin Eyes Island was a bustling commercial island; to this day, both the official and civilian sectors possessed enormous wealth.
This could be inferred from the generous funerary offerings they had.
“Who would’ve thought we’d stumble upon a windfall even in this situation!” Zi Di’s lips curled up in a slight smile.
The surprise was fleeting; her heart was filled with more worry.
Qing Xin and Cang Xu were in dire straits.
Ya Ma and Yue Ban were both in peak condition, bona fide Silver Level.
Cang Xu was merely Black Iron, masquerading as Silver.
Although Qing Xin was a Silver Level Mage, he had previously fought a protracted battle with Hu Li, was severely lacking in equipment and in poor condition.
Surrounded by summoned creatures, Ya Ma grew more confident as she fought: “I can’t believe I lost to you before. What a disgrace.”
“Are you really Silver Level?”
“Do you only know these Fire Magic Spells?”
When Ya Ma earlier had a conflict with Cang Xu and Zi Di, she couldn’t summon in time and was suppressed by the incessant Fire Magic, leaving her no opportunity to catch her breath, let alone turn the tide.
Forced into a corner, she had to concede.
Now, regaining the upper hand, she was triumphant.
Qing Xin could only fly into the air again, repeating the tactics used against Hu Li, primarily dodging through constant movement.
Cang Xu also used a Flying Scroll and adopted a tact to avoid the sharp edge, trying to delay time as much as possible.
He consciously moved closer to the Dragon-man youth.
At the beginning of the battle, he had taken care to distance himself from the Iron Lump.
For the Dragon-man youth, figuring out how to help Cang Xu and Qing Xin was also troublesome.
After all, at the auction, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had continually opposed Cang Xu and Zi Di, winning over the public’s favor, and creating an antagonistic impression to clear themselves of suspicion.
Now, if the Dragon-man youth intervened to aid Cang Xu, this act would be inconsistent with his earlier behavior.
It would surely raise suspicions!
“Ah, if there’s no other way, I’ll just have to make a move,” the Dragon-man youth hurried along, sighing to himself.
Compared to the suspicion from outsiders, Cang Xu’s life was naturally more important!
“Where do you think you’re escaping to?” Ya Ma laughed heartily.
She was growing impatient with the chase and cast a spell directly.
A Magic Array materialized in the air.
The disk-shaped Array spun around and transformed into a circular Light Door.
Out of the circular Light Door flew a giant bee, as large as an elephant.
The bee’s body patterned like tiger stripes, black and yellow in alternation. Its compound eyes were pitch-black, covered in a dull luster that looked very cool.
The most distinctive part was its tail.
Its tail was significantly large and somewhat deformed.
The tail was a pentagonal prism, with numerous holes at the end.
The bee itself radiated the aura of the Silver Level.
From the holes, other various bizarre auras were emitted.
As soon as Ya Ma summoned this Silver Level Magic Beast, she immediately pointed at Cang Xu and commanded, “Blow him up for me.”
Buzz buzz buzz…
The next instant, a swarm of alchemic Yellow Bees flew out from the holes.
Like a dark cloud, the bees enveloped Cang Xu.
Cang Xu’s scalp numbed as he cursed inwardly and quickly tore off a scroll.
The spell inscribed on the scroll activated, causing him to split into over a dozen illusions that darted in all directions.
The cloud of bees had to divide into more than ten groups to chase after each illusion of Cang Xu.
Bang bang bang.
Upon reaching their targets, the little bees all self-destructed.
The illusions were instantly shattered, and nearby houses and streets were reduced to ruins, completely disfigured, as dust and smoke rolled in billows.
Cang Xu’s real body was quickly discovered.
The remaining bees continued to buzz, surrounding him.
“Not good!” Zi Di saw this and immediately paled.
At that moment, a deadly crisis descended upon Cang Xu!