Chapter 465: Section 252: Battle of Pine Wind Sea 11
“Poisonous woman…” Cang Xu’s heart was filled with sorrow.
The Sea Snake Lady had made her intentions clear, she wanted the Frogmen of the Clapping Pirate Group to be cannon fodder!
But the Sea Snake Lady had Cang Xu in a tight corner, and after thinking it over, he had no choice but to comply.
Yet facing Onion Head, the Sea Snake Lady switched to another face and spoke in a much gentler tone, “Captain Onion Head, now is the perfect time to attack!”
“The Sun Halo you want must be on the target.”
“Are you willing to give up just like this?”
“My magic pet has already scouted out the main force of the enemy, revealing their weakness in attempting to flee.”
“Push a bit further now, and you can complete a great achievement!”
Onion Head found himself hesitating.
On one hand, he feared the endlessly emerging Undead Team, but on the other, he truly wasn’t willing to just give up on the Sun Halo.
He had originally intended to make a move on the Iron Lump.
But the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had acted first and already succeeded.
Having witnessed the battle prowess of Long Fu and the Lion Flag, Onion Head wasn’t keen on clashing against such tough opponents.
The Sea Snake Lady keenly sensed Onion Head’s hesitation and immediately raised the stakes. She promised him a hefty reward for a victory in this battle and even a chance to join Firebeard’s Pirate Group.
Finally, Onion Head was persuaded by the Sea Snake Lady. Following the Frogmen, he led his subordinates to commence the land battle.
Of course, he had kept a backup plan.
He arranged for his flagship, the Stinky Tofu, to drift on the sea surface, always staying offshore, so that in case of an emergency, he could quickly board the ship and flee the battlefield.
“Captain, the Iron Lump is now operational. What should we do next?” Menshi followed behind the Dragon-man youth, full of fighting spirit.
His people had been rescued, and with a heavy burden lifted from his heart, he was fully intent on contributing his power to the Dragon-man youth.
The Dragon-man youth saw Cang Xu landing on the island, the intense battle between the Gold Sea Snake and the pirates, and contemplated, “We should retreat first.”
Although he was very concerned for Cang Xu, at this moment, with the Sea Snake Lady concealing her tracks and the ship ghost intervening but never revealing its true form,
everything was not yet at a crisis point.
Thus, the Dragon-man youth ordered to withdraw from the battlefield to allow both sides to fight without any concerns.
However, the survivors still had some control over the battlefield.
Because Zi Di, commanding the Deep Sea Monster Fish, was still lurking under the sea, ready to strike at any moment.
But of course, if they could avoid using the Deep Sea Monster Fish, they would.
Once exposed, they would have a lot of subsequent troubles to handle.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’s fleet slowly withdrew from the battlefield.
The pirates had almost all landed on Songfeng Island.
They bypassed the battlefield between the Gold Sea Snake and the Undead and headed straight towards the location of Cang Xu and Qing Xin.
Qing Xin’s face was grim, “We must have been marked with a spell. They can always pinpoint our location.”
“They are after me,” Cang Xu realized, remembering when the Gold Sea Snake had pursued him directly over the hill, abandoning Qing Xin.
This action had already revealed much.
Qing Xin sighed deeply, “The Iron Lump has fallen into the hands of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, which is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune. We can’t escape by boat anymore; our only way out is the Sorrowful Song Tombstone in the Gathering Cave.”
As his words fell, a piercing bird cry came from the sky above.
Cang Xu and Qing Xin instinctively looked up, following the sound and saw a bomb shot from a great distance.
The metal bomb had steel wings on either side, which vibrated in the air, emitting noise like a bird’s cry.
After drawing a complete, massive parabola in the high sky, it fell to a location on Songfeng Island.
The next second.
Boom!
A loud explosion shook the earth.
A white mushroom cloud, six meters tall, slowly rose.
Rocks were blasted into the air.
“Not good, that location is?!” Alarmed, Qing Xin and Cang Xu changed their color and, disregarding the need to run, quickly ascended to a higher vantage point.
The result of their check left both their faces ashen.
The bomb’s point of impact was exactly the secret cave where they had been gathering.
“Golden Level bomb! Why did it hit the Gathering Cave so precisely?” Cang Xu’s eyes flashed coldly, deeply alarmed by the sudden turn of events which had now spiraled out of Cang Xu’s control.
From the direction the bomb was fired, a fleet of ships gradually appeared.
The leading flagship had the appearance of a Flower Snake Ship, with two massive sea snakes dragging it forward.
Wrapped around the three-story central ship tower was a python-like metal cannon.
The metal cannon wrapped around the central ship tower at least three times, with the muzzle at the topmost part made into the shape of a python opening its wide jaws.
“That’s the Sea Snake Lady’s fleet!” Qing Xin’s voice was ice cold.
As one of the captains of Firebeard’s Pirate Group, she naturally had her flagship and fleet.
“Our support has arrived! Quick, catch up with the enemy, attack!” Onion Head roared, seizing the opportunity to boost morale.
Relieved, Cang Xu also breathed a sigh, and the morale of the Frogmen continually rose.
Inside the Deep Sea Monster Fish, Zi Di closely monitored this group of pirate reinforcements and informed the Dragon-man youth and the rest, “The Sea Snake Lady’s fleet consists of nine ships, with the flagship being the Black Iron Level Flower Snake Ship. It has a modified high-angle cannon. The bomb that was just fired is a Bird Mushroom Bomb with extremely strong explosive power!”
“What should we do now?” Qing Xin looked at Cang Xu, somewhat at a loss.
In her view, the only chance for escape was the Sorrowful Song Tombstone. But it was impossible for the teleportation device to have survived the explosion just now.
Cang Xu thought for a moment, picked up the communication device, and was about to call for help from other Undead Mages.
At this moment, the voice of the Little Prince came through, “Don’t worry, newbie. There’s not just one Sorrowful Song Tombstone on Songfeng Island, there’s a second one as well.”
“Hehe, the second Sorrowful Song Tombstone was also made by me, just in case.”
“I’ll show you the way, meet up in front of the tombstone.”
Qing Xin and Cang Xu immediately perked up.
But just then, a piercing bird cry came from the sky again.
The second Bird Kid Cloud Mushroom Bomb shot from a far distance, this time landing on the top of a small mountain in the northwest corner of Songfeng Island.
Boom.
A violent explosion occurred again.
But because it was farther away than the first, Cang Xu and Qing Xin did not feel the ground shake noticeably.
The two once again saw white mushroom-shaped clouds of smoke rising from the mountaintop, and then, the explosion stirred up a windstorm that swept around, ravaging the pine forest.
In the communication device, the voice of the Little Prince halted, suddenly choked off by this bomb.
Cang Xu felt a sinking feeling in his heart, realizing something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, “The second tombstone you mentioned, it wouldn’t happen to be on that mountaintop, would it?”
The voice of the Little Prince came incredulously, “Yes… it is. But how is this possible?!”
Indeed, both bombs had precisely hit the Sorrowful Song Tombstone.
What did this imply?
Qing Xin’s scalp tingled, and she muttered, “There’s a traitor!”
The shout of the Little Prince also immediately came, “Newbie, we trusted you! I can’t believe you turn out to be the traitor.”
Cang Xu shook his head and directly denied, “It’s not me. I had no idea about the exact location of the second tombstone. How could I possibly be the traitor?”
As soon as he spoke, Qing Xin shouted a warning, “Watch out, enemy attack!”
A large group of Water Ghosts quietly revealed their forms.
“Damn!” Cang Xu hurriedly responded to the attack while communicating with the Little Prince, “It’s the Water Ghosts! Fin Spirit Mages are attacking us!”
The Little Prince was stunned.
Behind him, Ku Feng’s expression became grave, “Neither I nor you are traitors, Fin Spirit is the most suspect!”
The Little Prince instinctively retorted, “No, maybe it’s the newbie deceiving us.”
Compared to Cang Xu whom he just met, the Little Prince of course trusted Fin Spirit more.
But Ku Feng shook his head, “The newbie’s words are more believable! His situation is easy to verify. If he were to lie, he wouldn’t tell this kind of lie.”
The Little Prince paused, then immediately used the communication device to contact Fin Spirit Mage and confront him.
The Fin Spirit Mage first remained silent, then finally spoke, “I’m so sorry, everyone. I had no choice, my tribesmen were being controlled. If I didn’t obey, my whole tribe would be slaughtered by pirates.”
The tone of the Fin Spirit Mage was full of guilt, actually admitting to being the traitor on the spot.
The Little Prince swore furiously, Fin Spirit didn’t retort but admitted guilt with a statement and then remained silent.
Ku Feng sighed deeply, “Stop cursing. Since she made this choice, we must think for ourselves now.”
The Little Prince was still furiously indignant, “Why would she do this? She was summoned by the Ship Ghost himself. He gave her a second life, and ultimately her freedom! How could she do this? She has betrayed the Ship Ghost, betrayed us all!”
At this point, the Little Prince remembered something and quickly used the communication device to contact the Ship Ghost.
The voice of the Ship Ghost immediately came through, “I’ve already heard what Fin Spirit said just now.”
“I understand her; this is something she could do.”
“Little Prince, remember, from now on, Fin Spirit is our enemy.”
“Also, you guys take care, try to retreat.”
“Don’t come looking for me!”
“It’s very likely… even more dangerous here.”
The Ship Ghost was hiding in a cave.
After saying this, he turned off the communication device.
The cave was pitch black, and the aura of the Ship Ghost also faded to nothing.
None of the surveillance means set around were triggered, but the Ship Ghost’s feeling became increasingly ominous.
When he failed to attack the Sea Snake Lady, targeting only one of her Water Element copies, he had some premonitions.
Now, two Golden Level bombs had precisely destroyed the Sorrowful Song Tombstones on Songfeng Island, and at the same time, the Fin Spirit Mage exploded with the admission of being a traitor, all this indicated that the enemy’s preparations were more thorough than imagined.
“Undead Gatherings have been held here many times, leaking information is not strange.”
“Since the enemy has made a move, and Fin Spirit was forced to become a traitor, then targeting me is inevitable.”
“As of now, no means specifically targeting me have appeared.”
“Has it not been used yet, or has it already been… used?”
Suddenly, the Ship Ghost’s eyes emitted a fierce light.
Undead Magic—Soul Howl!
His body floated up, and he howled upward.
A surging pulse of the soul, radiating rapidly in all directions from him.
Shadows stirred, and a figure was forced to reveal itself, looking somewhat disheveled.