The moonlight was like blood, barely piercing through the thick clouds, casting a sinister red veil over the ageing and mottled dock soon to be devoured by darkness.
The sea breeze carried a trace of saltiness and unease, howling through the complicated network of ropes and abandoned fishing boats, moaning like the whispers of a shipwreck.
Black Light Dragon—
The overlord of these waters!
The blood mage's body couldn't stop trembling as he faced the sea wind, mustering his voice to command:
"All fleets! Return to base! Full speed! Fire the cannons!"
"Activate all defense measures on the dock!"
The blood mage shouted commands hoarsely, staring into the distance.
He had never imagined that the Black Light Dragon, having just feasted, would appear at their base.
In his recent imagination, he should have been sipping wine, enjoying the remains of the Blood Blade Pirate Group, then watching the Flower Witch and Black Hunter in their cages, forcing them to perform some magic tricks.
But now, their Black Whale Group's base was facing the same fate.
The sea dragon plunged, its ever-opening and closing scales like unstoppable waves that engulfed the Black Shark One and Black Shark Two battle ships.
Crack! Crack!
The sound of steel and scales clashed!
The Black Shark, built by several Third Rank Hammer Phase Transcendents out of steel, proved as fragile as paper mache before the sea dragon's might, collapsing with ear-splitting noise and the screams of the crew as fragments and debris flew in all directions.
Even from miles away, the blood mage's hands trembled.
The two warships had been pulverized just for being in the Black Light Dragon's path.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
A piece of blood-stained steel debris, under tremendous pressure, flew towards the blood mage from afar.
Accompanying the massive chunk was the Black Light Dragon's mountainous body.
"Wait, its target is—"
The blood mage struggled to remain calm.
He had found a blind spot!
The Black Light Dragon's purpose wasn't to feed but to keep moving forward!
The blood mage turned around, and from the current path, the Black Light Dragon's target was clearly the Blade Witch Trial Land beneath the navy base, that 'artificial crack' which they had been unable to safely enter due to the lack of a witch.
The very Land of Trial he had longed to enter!
"Why, why? Why would the Black Light Dragon target the crack? Does the Black Light Dragon also want to train?"
The blood mage's brain momentarily crashed.
"Stay calm, stay calm, this is good news, at least our Black Whale Group won't suffer great losses..."
The blood mage exhaled deeply.
However, the next instant, hundreds of bullets rushed towards his temples!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The bullets deformed upon impact as if they had struck an extremely hard clot of blood.
"Not bad for a bullet, it even made my neck twist..."
The blood mage's temples twisted in a spiral of flesh, and then he looked towards the direction of the bullets.
Then, he was dumbfounded!
There, amidst the giant waves stirred up by the Black Light Dragon, a bright red battle ship charged against the waves, speeding on.
And the flag fluttering in the sea breeze bore the symbol of a blood blade, a blood blade aimed straight at their hearts!
The Dagger of the Blood Blade Pirate Group!
Aboard the ship, Fenrir, the Wild Wolf, smiled revealingly across the huge waves, baring his white teeth at him.
"Fire the cannons! Fire the cannons! Kill these Black Whale Group cowards!"
"Fire the cannons! Fire the cannons!"
The blood mage looked up at the sky filled with cannonballs, his face blank.
A small battle ship, riding the waves of the Black Light Dragon, had penetrated deep into their Black Whale Group's base, into the heart of their heavily defended base.
The previously set defenses were completely useless, torn apart mercilessly, crushed like brittle paper!
Under the barrage of cannonballs, the blood mage crouched down, took out a radio, and dialed the last distress call.
All plans were destroyed in that moment...
With his power, he couldn't stop the Blood Blade Pirate Group's ship; the only thing left to do was to capture the Black Hunter and the Flower Witch.
Soon, a flaming cannonball struck his ship, which rapidly caught fire.
"Emergency, Witch and Hunter have reached the base, requesting support..."
The blood mage sent the last message through the machine, then slowly raised his head.
He slowly lifted his finger, gathering blood.
The crew members preparing to fire the cannons panicked:
"Sir, sir, what are you doing?"
"Sir, what was in the wine you gave us before?"
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As the blood mage gestured with his fingers, blood slowly drained from their bodies.
The crew members clutched their necks in terror, looking at their captain, wanting to curse the blood mage's entire family.
But as their blood drained away rapidly, combined with the roar of gunfire, they couldn't utter a word.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The blood mage continued to snap his fingers.
Soon, the crew member's blood formed countless blood serpents that converged on him, forming a garment dyed in fresh blood.
"It seems I've been underestimated."
The blood mage adjusted his round glasses, exhaled a breath of blood energy, and watched Chen Qi on the Dagger with the hunger of a starving wolf.
If he wanted to avoid punishment from the matriarch for the mission failure, he would have to show some results.
In his eyes, capturing Chen Qi was the easiest gain.
As long as he caught him, he could escape all punishments!