Chapter 582: Section 370: Swamp Oil Aggregate
“Heh heh heh, Swamp Oil Element, although it’s man-made, with such a scale, how can you defend against it?” In the sewer, Ice Eagle watched the scene in the Crystal Ball, issuing a proud and cold laugh.
The Spring Boxer was shocked beyond measure. He knew about the Swamp Oil Element, but the expelled swamp oil enveloped the entire dock and even spread toward the Mage Tower.
“There’s too much swamp oil!” The Spring Boxer exclaimed in a low voice.
Ice Eagle snorted coldly, “This was a connection established generations back, when a previous Gang Leader of ours accidentally rescued a Divine Officer from the Voodoo Sect.”
“Every year, we would get some Swamp Oil Element from the Voodoo Sect.”
“After accumulating small amounts over a long time, we have this quantity.”
“But after this battle, our stock is gone.”
Ice Eagle sighed deeply.
The Saber Gang had been established in Snowbird Port for many years, naturally having its own resources.
It was these resources that allowed Ice Eagle and the others to escape the dungeon.
The same went for the Rocket Assault Boats and the Swamp Oil Element.
However, now, the overt power of the Saber Gang had been annihilated, and their resources were depleting one by one.
As the former Gang Leader, Ice Eagle had mixed feelings.
There was both pride and glory, and also the sadness and fury of seeing his own force destroyed and past glories vanish.
Large amounts of swamp oil quickly covered the surface of the cobblestones.
In the tumbling thick oil, small mushrooms emerged and then swelled rapidly into half-human figures in mere seconds, charging toward the Mage Tower.
The Mage Tower was enveloped in a pale golden glow, immediately forming a massive light sphere that covered a few hundred meters around it.
The Swamp Oil Elementals were blocked by the light shield, only able to attack the shield temporarily.
The Mage Tower immediately scattered hundreds, thousands of icy beams.
The beams froze the Swamp Oil Elementals and quickly spread an icy layer over the surface of the oil, freezing large patches of swamp oil.
But the good times didn’t last; the pale golden halo of the Mage Tower dimmed suddenly, taking a few seconds to gradually return to normal.
“What’s going on?” The Spring Boxer stared at the Crystal Ball with focused eyes, naturally noticing the abnormality of the Mage Tower.
Ice Eagle smiled proudly, “The location we chose for the bombs was meticulous.”
“It seems we’ve hit some of the Mage Tower’s Mana transport pipes.”
“You should know, Mage Towers are almost always big consumers of mana; their operating energy demands are enormous. Thus, typically they are built on top of an Earth Vein.”
“But our Mage Tower in Snowbird Port doesn’t have this condition.”
“There are no Earth Veins underground in Snowbird Port.”
“In this situation, besides constructing Mana Pools in the Mage Tower itself, people manually build energy pipelines to support the Mage Tower’s power supply.”
“The locations of these pipelines are top secret.”
“However, we of the Saber Gang, having been in Snowbird Port for so long, managed to collect some traces. By following these clues and making calculations, this time the explosion was a lucky hit!”
“At the very least, we blew up one of the energy pipelines.”
The Spring Boxer’s face revealed joy.
He had not expected Ice Eagle’s method to be so bold, nor had he anticipated the situation turning so much in their favor.
“Besides containing the Mage Tower, where else do you think we should focus the Swamp Oil Elementals’ attack?” Ice Eagle asked the Spring Boxer.
The Spring Boxer watched the continuously flickering scene in the Crystal Ball, his expression complex.
A few seconds later, he suddenly said, “The Patrol Fleet, and… the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.”
Ice Eagle feigned surprise and inquired, “Spring, don’t you admire Long Fu quite a bit?”
The Spring Boxer nodded, then shook his head.
“The Dragon Lion squad leader killed our Gang Leader, but I don’t hold it against him.”
“It was a valiant duel, our Gang Leader died in battle, and that is a warrior’s honor!”
“But the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps are indeed our enemies. When we escape Snowbird Port, they should send ships to intercept.”
“Now, if they have no ships to sail, all the better!”
Ice Eagle fell silent for a moment, then his lips curled into a sinister smile, “I’m different from you; I have no good impression of Long Fu! Let the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps taste the Revenge Blade of our Saber Gang first.”
At Ice Eagle’s command, a large number of Swamp Oil Elementals immediately rushed towards the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Zi Di, hiding in the Deep Sea Monster Fish, immediately detected this hint and quickly conveyed this urgent information to Menshi and others by manipulating the Alchemy Puppet fake god.
The Dwarf Menshi had a solemn look on his face.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps were very weak at the moment, without their squad leader, nor the Vice Captain.
“Attention all, hold the line!”
“Even if we die, we’ll die on the line!”
The Dwarf Menshi roared, displaying unwavering fighting spirit.
The mercenaries stood by the ship’s side, firing at full strength.
A barrage of Alchemy Arrows and bullets struck the bodies of the Swamp Oil Elementals, slightly holding back their offensive.
But there were too many of them; even if they were destroyed on the spot, new Swamp Oil Elementals would reemerge where they had fallen.
To the mercenaries, it felt as if “no matter how many they killed, the enemy was endless.”
This illusion was, without doubt, devastating to morale.
“Both our combat teams have been taken out for training by the Vice Captain.”
“Ordinary arrows and swords are completely ineffective against such elemental bodies, and we can’t even set them on fire! Perhaps igniting a large fire and burning down the dock is exactly what the enemy wants to see.”
“The only weapons effective are the frost-type Alchemy Arrows and bullets. But their stock is too low; we can’t sustain a fight!”
Menshi assessed the situation, feeling immense pressure.
“Set sail, leave the port!” Zi Di voiced beside Menshi.
“It’s already too late,” Menshi shook his head, “The swamp oil covering the sea will also slow down our speed.”
“Have the other two ships come alongside, serve as a shield. We must abandon these two ships,” Menshi thought for a moment and decisively ordered.
Because Zong Ge had taken most of the people, there were only three ships of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps at the dock.
The other two were ordinary sea vessels, and the Triangular Love Ship was the only Black Iron Level demon energy-powered ship.
The original berthing spots for the two sea vessels were right next to the Triangular Love Ship. The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps didn’t have time to sail out of the harbor, but it was still possible to bring them together at this distance.
Menshi took command from the center, dispatching mercenaries to use the two adjacent sea vessels as temporary walls to defend their position.
The mercenaries mainly used firepower to exterminate the Swamp Oil Elements.
But as Menshi had predicted, the number of Swamp Oil Elements was endless, while their stock of ice-frost-type Alchemy Arrows and bullets quickly ran out.
The Alchemy Arrows and bullets of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps were almost all sourced from the War Merchant’s armory.
However, the survivors who had fled Mysterious Monster Island had gone through several wars in succession, including confrontations with Rou Cang, naval battles near Snake Rat Island, the major melee at Twin Eyes Island, and sea battles around Songfeng Island, etc., depleting the originally abundant stockpile of munitions.
Now, although there was still some inventory left, it nowhere near matched the beginning.
Especially in the face of the Swamp Oil Element bodies, most of the munitions were not effective.
The ammunition with ice-frost attack effects rapidly diminished.
The Swamp Oil Element bodies assaulted the two sea vessels on either side.
The mercenaries engaged in close combat.
Menshi charged to the front lines, swinging his long-handled Warhammer, becoming the stalwart pillar of the frontline.
“Zi Di,” using scrolls and Magic Tools, consecutively cast spells and barely managed to stabilize the other side.
The assault of the Swamp Oil Element bodies was once again contained.
But soon, they underwent a Mutation.
“What is that?!” exclaimed the mercenaries.
Many Swamp Oil Elements gathered together and fused into a super-entity.
The super-element body, standing over three meters tall like a small giant, rampaged wildly.
The Big guy wanted to rush out but was promptly stopped by Zi Di.
The Swamp Oil Aggregate violently crashed into the sea vessel, smashing the hull to pieces, and nearly splitting it in two.
The wrecked vessel tipped over and slammed straight into the flagship, the Triangular Love Ship.
The Triangular Love Ship also shuddered violently.
Lan Zao, who had been unconscious, was no longer in the ship’s forecastle but had been placed in his own crew cabin.
The violent shaking nearly caused him to fall from his bed onto the deck.
And in the nightmare Lan Zao was trapped in, the volcano he stood upon erupted, sending him flying high into the sky.
Just as he was about to plummet into the magma, he let out a cry of panic.
“I’m here to save you!” At the moment of crisis, a voice called Lan Zao’s name.
At the same time, a rope was thrown out, coming to the front of Lan Zao.
Lan Zao reached out and grabbed the lifesaving rope, holding on for dear life.
At the other end, the rescuer swiftly pulled the rope.
“I’m saved!” Lan Zao tumbled onto the desert, looking up at the person who had saved him.
It was Bai Ya.
“Bai Ya, thank you for saving me.”
Bai Ya extended his hand toward Lan Zao, his face shrouded in shadow with his back to the sun.
A sense of danger suddenly rang like an alarm in Lan Zao’s mind.
He looked up, horrified to find that Bai Ya’s face had turned into Huang Zao’s.
His younger brother, Huang Zao, stared at Lan Zao with malice, grabbing the latter’s hair as he extended his hand, “Brother, why? Why didn’t you let me live, why did you want me to die?!”
Huang Zao posed his question.
Lan Zao opened his mouth, wanting to respond, but Huang Zao forcefully pushed down his head, filling his mouth with sand.
The sand entered his mouth as if alive, forcefully pouring into his throat and lungs, filling his chest and abdomen.
Lan Zao struggled with all his might.
The Lan Zao on the bed also contorted in agony.
Inside the Rocket Assault Boat.
Ice Eagle watched the Swamp Oil Aggregate rip apart the ordinary sea vessel and attack the Triangular Love Ship, and couldn’t help but laugh heartily.
“Now’s the time!”
He decisively activated the rocket thrust.
The rear of the Rocket Assault Boat was adorned with carefully woven layers of broadleaf grass skirts.
In that instant, the leaves ignited.
Soon after, the end of the Rocket Assault Boat also burst into flames, producing ferocious heat and thrust.
Boom!
The Rocket Assault Boat shot out of the hidden dock, along the drainage channel, surging forward.
Wherever it passed, flames erupted, instantly evaporating the polluted water.
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Its speed kept climbing.
The intense recoil caused the Spring Boxer to lose his balance and fall backward.
And the tremors of the Assault Boat also subjected him to violent jolts.
Bang.
The Rocket Assault Boat, like a fired Bomb, shot out from the shore’s drainage exit, rocketing at least two hundred meters into the air before falling onto the sea.
The sea surface was covered in Swamp Oil.
The Swamp Oil ignited.
In just an instant, the dock was engulfed in flames!