Chapter 464: Section 251: Battle of Pine Wind Sea 10
The Sea Snake Lady’s face wasn’t looking good either.
She was acutely aware that this kind of killing was not cost-effective. Because she was using her precious mana to eliminate a vast number of skeleton soldiers.
Her mana was limited, and yet skeleton archers could be easily amassed.
To maintain her mana reserves, the Sea Snake Lady had no choice but to pull out a bottle of Mana Potion and guzzle it down.
The Sea Snake Lady continued the pursuit.
This time her obstacle was the Fin Spirit Mage.
The latter’s Water Ghost Army appeared once again, surrounding the Sea Snake Lady and engaging her in a swirling dogfight in the sky.
The Sea Snake Lady, unwilling to entangle, ascended to greater heights while casting spells, destroying many water ghosts.
With the ranks of the water ghosts significantly dwindling, the Fin Spirit Mage quickly controlled them to retreat.
The Sea Snake Lady hovered high in the sky, overlooking the vast Songfeng Island. She might have been unable to see Cang Xu with the naked eye, but her spirit had locked onto him long ago.
A cold smile spread across the Sea Snake Lady’s face, and she murmured, “Where else do you think you can hide? Today, you will surely fall into my hands, don’t harbor any illusions!”
With that, she first used the alchemy communication device to contact Onionhead and Elephant Back, ordering them to land on Songfeng Island and surround the fleeing Cang Xu and Qing Xin.
Then, she let out a gentle whistle, communicating with her magic pet through her spirit.
Whoosh.
The waves churned, and a massive serpentine shadow burst from the sea.
This was a strange sea snake with red hair around its neck, possessing very large scales all over its body and patterns resembling eyes.
What was most astonishing was its life breath—Golden Level!
This was a Golden Level Magic Beast sea snake.
Although the Sea Snake Lady was only Silver Level, she had a Golden Level Magic Pet sea snake.
Her pirate nickname stemmed from this very fact.
The Golden Sea Snake raised its head high as it made its way onto Songfeng Island.
It was the one that used magic-like abilities to completely memorize Cang Xu’s scent before the Sea Snake Lady made her move, locking onto it with its spirit. The Sea Snake Lady assisted in concealing the leakage of the aura when these magic-like abilities were used.
Once the Golden Sea Snake succeeded in casting the spell, the Sea Snake Lady, as its master, could also sense Cang Xu’s location through their spiritual link.
The sea snake slithered ashore and into the dense pine forest.
The tallest pine tree could not compare with the sea snake’s elevated head.
Only after the sea snake came ashore did it fully reveal itself. The Little Prince couldn’t help but gasp, “What a long snake, at least 15 meters! It’s so much more imposing than my Great General.”
The Little Prince suddenly felt his own trio of Undead Sea Snakes weren’t as impressive.
“Let’s go!” Ku Feng grabbed his neck, making a swift retreat once more.
“Great General, you’re making too much noise; go on the other side,” the Little Prince said cautiously, considering that the Sea Snake Lady’s magic pet was of the Golden Level.
The Fin Spirit Mage had retreated even earlier, now devoid of life breath.
Cang Qing swiftly maneuvered through the forest, with the pine trees quickly passing by their sides.
Both mages were flying close to the ground.
However, their situations were quite different.
Qing Xin possessed abundant flying techniques and experience; she barely touched the ground, her body agile like a bird in the forest.
Cang Xu’s flying technique was clearly inferior to Qing Xin’s, so he couldn’t rely on a Flying Technique alone to move forward in such an obstacle-dense forest.
More often than not, he used his hands and feet in tandem. Stepping on tree trunks, brushing aside branches, he made his way through.
But his speed matched Qing Xin’s.
His body, having been transformed, had become a living dead. Cang Xu might not have been strong, but his endurance was formidable. And all the while, he maintained his composure, using every bit of strength meticulously.
They were already moving at full speed, yet the powerful enemy behind them was getting closer and closer.
The Golden Level sea snake’s massive body meant that even on land, its swimming speed was still very fast.
“This way!” As the distance between them shrank, and the Sea Snake Lady watched intently from the sky, Cang Xu’s communication device once again transmitted the voice of the ship ghost.
The ship ghost directed Cang Xu and Qing Xin to a new escape route.
Soon, a small hillock appeared before them.
“You go left, I’ll go right!” Cang Xu shouted against the oncoming wind to Qing Xin.
Qing Xin nodded.
So, Cang Xu took the left, and Qing Xin took the right, briefly splitting up.
The Golden Level sea snake did not hesitate, following close behind Cang Xu.
But as it rounded the side of the hillock, it fell into an ambush.
Two Undead Knights, mounted on bone horses and wielding Bone Knight Spears, had long concealed their presence and waited patiently.
Suddenly, they charged, directly striking the body of the sea snake.
The two Undead Knights were instantly thrown off their horses, but the sea snake’s momentum was also lost, forcing it to watch helplessly as Cang Xu’s figure rapidly retreated into the distance.
Under the remote control of the ship ghost, the two Undead Knights quickly remounted their horses and launched another attack.
The sea snake was compelled to fight. Enraged, its attacks were vast and powerful, and it quickly gained the upper hand.
The two ambushing Undead Knights, although both at Silver Level, clearly lacked the intelligence of Ku Feng.
Their movements were stiff, capable only of blunt force and resistance. This completely played into the advantages of the Golden Level sea serpent.
Soon, the bodies of the two Undead Knights, their warhorses, and their cavalry lances all showed significant cracks, the trend towards shattered bone was unmistakable.
Seeing this, the ship ghost dispatched three more Undead Knights as reinforcements.
One at Silver Level, and two at Black Iron Level.
With the new reinforcement, the sea serpent was once again surrounded.
The Sea Snake Lady, overlooking the battlefield from above, saw this and couldn’t help but furrow her brow.
As the five Undead Knights struggled to encircle and kill, the Golden Level sea serpent thrashed about, sending soil and rocks flying chaotically, and the dense pine forest was quickly devastated, leaving a large clearing.
In just half a minute, the Black Iron Level Undead Knights had fallen, reduced to two piles of fragmented bone shards.
The remaining three Silver Level knights were also in grave danger.
The ship ghost promptly withdrew them; even to him, a Golden Level Undead Mage, Silver Level knights were a valuable asset he was unwilling to lose lightly.
Unhindered, the Golden sea serpent continued its pursuit of Cang Xu.
It firmly remembered Cang Xu’s scent, and with the distance between them not spanning thousands of kilometers, the sea serpent could easily locate Cang Xu.
This was not simple olfaction, but a form of magic-like ability.
It’s worth mentioning that Cang Xu was cloaked in Deception and Disguise Skill and Anti-Intelligence Prophecy Skill.
However, at this time, the disadvantages of such externally applied spells became apparent. Spells not cast by the individual themselves were significantly less effective in reality.
Unless Cang Xu used the Deception and Disguise Skill again, altering his current disguised Life Breath, only then could he shake the sea serpent’s tracking ability.
As for the Anti-Intelligence Prophecy Skill, it mainly served to augment the use of the Deception and Disguise Skill.
Its actual effect ensured that when others investigated the survivors’ fake identities, they wouldn’t notice anything amiss; even if they conducted further Prophecy checks, they would be confirmed as “true.”
Purely counteracting reconnaissance and Prophecy would alert others to the failure of their detection and Prophecy, inevitably raising alarm and suspicion, thus leading to more thorough investigations.
The Sea Snake Lady, high in the sky, maintained constant pursuit of Cang Xu through mental connection with her Magic Pet, never losing sight of the target.
The next moment, the ghost’s figure suddenly appeared in the sky, close at hand!
Five Silver Level ghosts swooped directly at the Sea Snake Lady.
The Sea Snake Lady’s expression froze, and immediately her body dissolved into a puff of blue liquid, scattering and falling from the sky.
The ship ghost let out a light “hmm” of surprise.
The Sea Snake Lady in the high sky turned out to be just a false Water Magic illusion!
“When did she manage to disguise herself?” the ship ghost furrowed his brow, lost in thought.
The ship ghost checked his memory and found no loopholes.
“It’s very likely that she concealed herself before approaching Songfeng Island.”
“Interesting.”
The ship ghost was momentarily surprised before calming his emotions.
The Sea Snake Lady was a Mage, such tactics were normal. Or one could say, this is the difference between a wise Mage and a reckless fighter or a blindly faithful Priest!
Since the Sea Snake Lady had gone into hiding, the ship ghost simply didn’t bother searching. It was too much trouble, not only a waste of time and Mana, but also there was a risk of exposing himself prematurely while using Reconnaissance Magic.
Therefore, the ship ghost directly ordered the ghosts lurking high in the sky to join the Undead Knights in attacking the Golden sea serpent.
The Sea Snake Lady had already witnessed the tragic death of her illusion; how could she dare reveal herself in the flesh?
She couldn’t let her Magic Pet be surrounded and attacked, so she immediately used a communication device to order her pirates: “You go after the targets; their main forces are tied up by me.”
The three pirate groups that the Sea Snake Lady had summoned — at this point, the Jidian Pirate Group had already evacuated, leaving only the Clapping Pirate Group and the Stinky Sky Pirate Group.
Back Elephant, upon receiving the Sea Snake Lady’s call, hesitated greatly: “I’m only Black Iron Level, and my pirate crew has no Silver Level; how can we capture two Silver Level Mages?”
The Triangular Love Ship had fallen to a single Dragon-man youth, and Back Elephant, having personally faced the Dragon-man youth, was scared witless.
Now he had joined forces with the main strength of the Clapping Pirate Group and was aboard the support ship, a rather awkward situation.
The Sea Snake Lady snorted coldly and tore off the pretense, speaking forcefully: “Back Elephant, you just obey orders! Gather all your forces and launch a fierce attack on Songfeng Island! Otherwise, the first person I’ll kill is you.”
“In fact, even if I don’t kill you, do you think you’ll come to a good end?”
“If we lose this battle, how will your crew see you, will they also subject you to a pirate trial?”
Back Elephant, shocked and angry, also felt a chill down his back.
He had gained his position as squad leader by relying on the Sea Snake Lady’s support, and by plotting against Hu Li in a pirate trial.
If this battle was lost, it would likely be his last.
One should never underestimate the cruelty of pirates.
They were not only vicious towards their prey and enemies but just as ruthless with their own people.
The Sea Snake Lady, seeing Back Elephant’s prolonged silence, continued: “Don’t entertain any other fantasies.”
“Even if your crew wanted to spare you and give you another chance, would I?”
“I can support you, and naturally, I can support others too.”
“From your perspective, it’s better to make use of the power you still hold, while your crew is still on the battlefield, too cagey to rebel against you and somewhat obedient, and let them die in the fight!”
“If we win this battle, it’ll be a cause for celebration; you will be seen by your subordinates as brave and daring. But if we lose, do you think the number of your crew members who would hold a grudge against you will be greater or lesser?”