Chapter 783: Ocean Storm (1/2)
Purple Marquis sighed while looking at the sky. ”Damn, are we about to face an ocean storm?”
Zi Chuanyu said, ”The weather of the sea is like a woman’s mood; liable to change at a moment’s notice. If this storm is a big one, forget us, even the ten thousand ships of Northern Alliance are going to sink!”
Stranger of Three Lifetimes waved her scepter at them and chided, ”What are you doing? Less lamenting, more killing!”
Eyes Like Water also said, ”Yeah, do you fancy yourself a scholar or something? I almost can’t believe you have the gall to remain a vice leader of Snowy Cathaya with contribution points like yours…”
Purple Marquis turned bright red. ”I was busy devising strategies, so…”
Stranger of Three Lifetimes only smiled at him instead of answering, causing his face to turn even redder.
I was solidly in the first place since the start of this naval battle. With powerful skills like Ancient Seal and Burning Blade Slash, as well as the pet like the Phantom Wolf King stealth-killing the enemies non-stop, there was no reason I couldn’t take first place. Stranger of Three Lifetimes ranked second because she was the strongest mage of this war, and her Magic Attack was insane. Lin Yixin ranked third despite having restarted from Level 0 about a week ago because she was a Divine General with a ton of hidden attack power, and her Ice Flame Slash was a skill that struck fear into the hearts of all her enemies, capable of one-shotting entire groups of enemies each use. This was without mentioning that the Northern Alliance was still traumatized by the fact that the girl had one-shot over twenty million troops with a single tear. The mere sight of her caused heart attacks and weak-minded people to cower in fear.
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Drip drip...
He Yi looked up when she felt rain water splashing against her cheeks. ”This is definitely going to be a thunderstorm considering how thick the clouds are. We need to come up with a plan as soon as possible.”
Not far away, Lin Yixin replied, ”Sister Eve, I believe that it’s time we withdraw our main force. Our presence here had disrupted the flow of the wind and the water, so a great storm is bound to happen. We’ll die a horrible death if we get caught up in it.”
He Yi asked, ”But where should we withdraw to, Yiyi?”
Lin Yixin’s eyes flashed with cunning as she said, ”We’ll leave 500 ships behind to keep the enemies busy and send 1000 ships to raid Burning City’s harbor. Without it, the Koreans won’t be able to hire more ships and replenish their numbers, and victory will belong to us!”
He Yi’s eyes lit up. ”Oh, that’s a good idea! You’re so smart, Yiyi!”
Lin Yixin smiled sweetly from her ship. ”You praise me too much…”
I grinned. ”What are you talking about? I never lie.”
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A while later, I called over Li Chengfeng, Gui Guzi and Chaos Moon while Lin Yixin called Purple Marquis, Shadow Chanel and Clear Perfume.
”What’s wrong, Lu Chen?” Li Chengfeng asked.
I went straight to the point. ”We’ve got a new plan. Eve and I will stay behind to draw the enemy’s attention while you, Little Gui and Chaos Moon withdraw to the back. I want you to use the fog as a cover, slip past the Northern Alliance’s battle lines from the flanks and head straight to Burning Harbor. Once you’re there, destroy it so they cannot dispatch any more troops to the sea.”
Li Chengfeng straightened a little. ”If I take our elites to attack Burning Harbor, what about you two? Can you and the guild leader really fend off so many Northern Alliance elites with second-rate troops?”
”We’ll deal with it one way or another. Now go!”
”No way!” Li Chengfeng implored. ”We can’t possibly let our guild leader and vice leader be the cannon fodder! I will stay behind to hold down the enemy while you two attack Burning Harbor.”
I smiled. ”Save it. Worse comes to worst, we die once and revive at the city. It’s not like we’ll get pregnant from death, so what are you so worried about? Now obey your orders and get lost, general!”
Li Chengfeng sighed. ”Well… fine. But Chaos Moon is staying with you. Without sufficient troops, the Northern Alliance can easily surround and destroy you.”
”Mm, okay!”
On the other side, Snowy Cathaya had also made similar arrangements while informing The Monarch Descends, Blazing Hot Lips and Baidicheng about the plan. After a short discussion, the three guild leaders also sent a portion of their troops to follow Li Chengfeng and Purple Marquis. By now, lightning strikes were a constant backdrop of the battlefield, the wind was howling like crazy, and the sea waves rose as tall as ten meters at times. We could no longer see Li Chengfeng and the troops’ ships from where we were.
Leading at the front, I exploited the Dragon God Warship’s strength to my advantage and took down one enemy ship after another. At this point, our only thought was to earn enough contribution points to celebrate the new year.
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The wind grew stronger and stronger as time passed.
Howl!
A terrifying noise later, the howling wind started pulling water into the air and forming a hurricane. Illuminated by lightning and looming over everyone’s head like a dragon, the hurricane looked absolutely terrifying. The sea waters were also growing more and more turbulent as a result.
He Yi’s sword hand was shaking a little. She was a girl, and many girls were afraid of the many forms of mother nature such as lightning. The fact that He Yi, Lin Yixin, Beiming Xue, Murong Mingyue, Chaos Moon and more had courageously chosen to stay behind and fight the enemy despite the crazy weather we were in was praiseworthy already. It was simply unrealistic to demand them to remain calm in the face of a hurricane that could tear us from limb to limb at any moment.
”Turn 30 degrees to port now! Quickly, or we’ll run into the hurricane!” I shouted.
Beside us, Lin Yixin and Chaos Moon were turning their ships as well.
BOOM BOOM BOOM...
It was bad. Another four hurricanes appeared out of nowhere and started ravaging everything in its path, and worse that was just the beginning! This part of the sea had turned into a living hell almost immediately after we sent away our shock troops. The system must really ”love” us today!