Chapter 294
Smash them all, let them all sink!
Another impact.
The stern of the already overburdened merchant ship was ripped open.
The entire boat is tilted downwards, with its bow raised.
Two boatmen lost their grip and were thrown into the water during the impact, instantly swallowed by the dense swarm of drifting boats. Two breaths later, the two boatmen emerged from the water, quickly swimming away with a powerful leap. The terrifying drifting boats seemed oblivious to them, focused solely on clinging to the boat. This discovery was like a shot in the arm, and the boatmen were filled with excitement.
Immediately afterwards, several more boatmen jumped into the water.
Despite their fear and urge to vomit, they struggled to push aside the terrifying floating debris, their arms and legs flailing wildly as they tried to get away from the danger zone. They also managed to pull their colleague back, shouting, "Get in the water! Get in the water quickly! These things won't hurt us!"
The boatmen jumped into the water like dumplings being dropped into boiling water.
The large ship behind them was sinking faster and faster, and no one cared about the cargo on board or their employers and guards who were likely not good swimmers. They were lucky to have survived; it was a rare act of kindness from these pirates who didn't care about the lives of others.
They swam away, leaving ripples in their wake, their forms gradually shrinking.
The pirates sneered at the boatmen's disheveled state, deciding to ignore them for the time being. They were all fishermen, and they were bound to run into each other again sooner or later. Besides, the nearest shore wasn't close, and there were many dangers lurking in the water at night.
Have you made it safely ashore?
That requires some luck.
Zhang Yang slung one mace over her shoulder and pointed the other at the river pirates: "Commendable courage! You bunch of petty thieves are the first to dare call me a fat sheep. Kids, before you make a move, didn't you even bother to find out my reputation in the underworld!"
Fan You couldn't help but cover his face with one hand.
"What is your lord's name in the underworld?" Puyang Kui was curious about his lord's reputation in the underworld, wondering if it was earth-shattering. Fan You had followed his lord longer, and the two had the most daily contact.
Fan You: "Don't listen to her nonsense."
At his age, how many years can he survive in the underworld?
The river pirates clearly thought so too, dismissing Zhang Yang's words as mere boasting: "A twelve or thirteen-year-old dwarf, calling herself my grandmother? You brat, go back to your mother's arms and suckle a few times!"
He became increasingly certain that Zhang Yang and his group were lackeys of some warlord, deliberately luring him into a trap, so naturally he didn't need to show them any mercy. But he didn't know which word had touched a nerve, and the other party charged straight at him wielding a pair of heterochromatic maces.
The wind also carried the other party's angry commands.
"Cointhus and Hittan, obey my command! Smash their wrecked ships!"
Let all those water pirates take a bath in the water too!
Protecting a large ship from attack is difficult, but destroying one is easy. The iron-hulled ship piloted by the pirates isn't indestructible; it can't be entirely covered in metal. Even if it were all metal, Ge Zhou could cleave it in two with a single axe blow!
The two men, Puyang Kui and his companion, replied in unison, "Yes, sir!"
The pirate sneered, "What a fool!"
Before he could even utter the last word, his taunt was interrupted by the force of Zhang Yang's slam down on his head. The sloping deck provided a wide-open space, and the pirate transformed his short sword into a massive iron-spineed spear. He braced the spear shaft backward, using the momentum to leap onto the mast and create distance, before unleashing a powerful counter-attack that pierced straight through Zhang Yang's pursuit.
Zhang Yang parried the spearhead with his single mace in his left hand, stepped onto the mast, and closed the distance with unstoppable momentum, while his right hand charged in with a powerful strike. Seeing Zhang Yang's imposing aura, the pirate's eyelids twitched, and he retreated hastily. In an instant, his right foot slipped, and he found himself at the top of the mast. He twisted his waist, his lower body slumped, and he steadied himself on one end, his spear bending like a serpent into a bow.
The spear, brimming with immense power, suddenly straightened.
Zhang Yang felt a weight on his shoulder.
The bandit seized the opportunity and launched a sweeping attack: "While I was killing people on the water, you shorty were probably somewhere sucking on someone's breasts!"
Zhang Yang's heart pounded, his eyes bloodshot, and his two maces merged into a golden spear: "If Grandma doesn't string you together like candied hawthorns today, this grandson won't know who he is!"
The pirates were careless and suffered a hidden loss in a single encounter.
However, he seemed to know why the other side was so furious.
"Does that shorty have no mother?"
His response was a spear that sprang forth with its power.
The long spear clashed head-on with the iron-spineed spear, and the approaching river pirates were blasted away by the invisible shockwave, with explosions echoing one after another. Zhang Yang ignored the stench and pus, and walked straight through the waves created by the pirates' spear sweep. As the boat sank and the river pirates took over, there was less and less room for Zhang Yang to stand.
At the same time, Ge Zhou led the way, forcefully blocking the dense barrage of arrows. With a wave of his right hand, he swept away the stones hurled by the small catapults. A black chain shot out from his hand, its grappling hooks embedding themselves firmly into the hull of the pirate ship. The other end of the chain was connected to the wooden pillars of the sinking vessel. The chain tightened abruptly, and Puyang Kui and his guards followed closely behind, stepping on the chain to forcibly board the ship.
"Smash this ship!"
"Show us what you've got!"
Zhang Dagu and Zhang Daji flew low ahead of time, carrying Fan You and the others on their backs to prevent important personnel from being injured by the enemy.
Fan You clung to Zhang Dagu's back, and as his vision forced upwards, the sunken ship gradually shrank. Guan Si took a deep breath of the cold air, dispelling some of the nausea that had been gripping his chest and abdomen. As his muddled mind cleared, his weak limbs slowly regained their strength. He fixed his gaze on the pirates who were relentlessly forcing Zhang Yang to shrink his footing: "I'll kill him!"
By the time Fan You heard clearly and reached out to stop him, Guan Si had already disappeared. He said, "Why are you all so reckless?"
The lord was provoked into a rage by the water bandits' few words.
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Needless to say, Guan Siyin is another one.
Fan You knew these two were incredibly brave and fierce on land, but now they were on water, and the only boat they could use for footholds had been sunk. The pirate below clearly possessed some real skill and should not be underestimated.
The pirate who had been beaten: "..."
He was already unsure about the chances of dealing with a dwarf, so why was this landlubber getting involved? It didn't seem like he was there to recruit him; it looked like he was there to capture him all at once. The fight between the two accelerated the sinking of the large ship. When Guan Si got off, only some floating planks remained on the river. As soon as he stepped onto the planks, that nauseating feeling returned to his chest and abdomen, making it difficult to even muster any strength.
The river pirates were overjoyed and secretly gave orders to the river drifter.
shake!
Shake it as hard as you can!
The drifter on the river couldn't harm Guan Si or threaten his life, but he could worsen Guan Si's seasickness, rendering him unable to pose a threat. He only needed to figure out how to deal with the dwarf!
That shorty doesn't look like a very good swimmer.
But soon, the pirates realized they had misjudged the situation.
Without any planks to step on, Zhang Yang managed to use the river floats as stepping stones, gaining momentum without detonating them.
The river pirates could only order the boatmen to scatter.
He deliberately fired his gun, intending to knock Zhang Yang into the water.
Once in the water, the scales of victory will tip completely in his favor! The water is his domain! Seemingly gentle water can transform into a deadly weapon, capable of strangling anything. Simply by sealing the mouth and nose, or dragging the enemy's feet underwater, it can suffocate even a landlubber!
This trick won't work on a shorty.
But dealing with another landlubber is a different story—
The river pirates' plan didn't last long; their expression suddenly changed as they looked underwater, seemingly spotting some kind of monster. Too many floating debris destroyed all the planks on the surface, forcing Guan Si to jump into the water. Guan Si wasn't incapable of swimming, just not very well; a few dog-paddles were enough to free him. But when the water reached his mouth, nose, and head, he suddenly realized something was strange about his condition.
As a gentle medicinal effect spread from within, the discomfort caused by seasickness was greatly reduced, and he could even move freely for a short period of time without frequently surfacing for air. Suddenly, Guan Si remembered the pill that Bo Yuan had forcibly fed him earlier.
Guan Si: "..."
Whether standing in the air or floating in the water, their condition is normal.
Only stepping on the ripples will make you dizzy.
He steadied himself, coldly surveying the approaching shadows from all directions, his enormous wolf eyes opening behind him. The river pirate, momentarily distracted, was pierced in the tiger's mouth by Zhang Yang's long spear. Had these river pirates not been his alter egos, capable of taking the fall for him, Zhang Yang would have severed half his hand. However, the wound reopened, and the blood falling into the water still triggered a riot among the river pirates—
The pirates were starting to consider retreating. If they continued fighting, they would only be the ones killed, even with their home-field advantage. The pirates' assessment was correct. If they were on land, Zhang Yang would have already pierced their hearts with a single spear and used them as cat toys.
At that moment, a huge object fell into the water, creating a massive splash.
The splash hit the nearest drifters and pushed those further away even further. The pirates, hearing the commotion, were bewildered. Hadn't the large ship they'd been robbing already sunk? Looking in the direction of the sound, they discovered that the ship with half its bow broken off was their own!
The two small catapults that just fell into the water!
Water pirate: "..."
The cost of building a ship is not low. Ordinary pirates are lucky to have a dozen or so small wooden boats when they set out. Medium and large ships are mostly acquired by luck, which they then tow back and modify. Pirates don't have many iron-headed ships, and they never expected to lose one today!
"Stop!"
He vaguely saw an extremely burly headless figure on the deck, holding a thick, long "rope"! Upon closer inspection, it was no "rope" at all! The pirate's eyes widened in fury, and he tried to turn and fight back, but a tremendous force, accompanied by a gust of wind, lashed out at his left cheek. The pirate crashed into the water with a splash, and before his descent could subside, a long whip shot towards him!
The whip wrapped him tightly and pulled him back to the surface of the water.
"you--"
The water bandits were thrown into the air, and at the same time, the long whip was released, followed by a hundred and eighty fierce lashes. The whip shadows transformed into a net that the water bandits could not break through, and every time they were about to fall, they were whipped back up. Guan Si dealt with the floating river darts underwater and came to the surface to see this scene.
Ge Zhou and his men wreaked havoc, burning and smashing everything in their path. The pirates' iron-hulled boats couldn't withstand the onslaught and were completely destroyed in less than fifteen minutes, sinking bow-down. The pirates on board fell into the water but dared not flee. The second-in-command was bound, and the leader was being dragged around. Even if they returned to their stronghold, they wouldn't be able to hold their territory; sooner or later, it would be seized by a neighboring, rival stronghold.
As the floating corpses dissipated into yin energy, the pungent stench of decay finally disappeared. Zhang Yang wiped her face, spat out a mouthful of bitter, salty river water, and looked at the disheveled state of both sides, who were either soaking in the water or standing on wooden planks. She reached into her game backpack and pulled out a large, gaudy boat. Multicolored "luminous pearls" lined the gunwales, shining brightly in the night, and it was adorned with countless flowers.
Ignoring the horrified stares around him, Zhang Yang was the first to climb up.
"Capture all these pirates!"
Zhang Dagu, with great tact, put Fan You down.
Two birds perched curiously on the bamboo mast, gazing around and scrutinizing the strange, large ship. Fan You stared speechlessly at the unfurled sail, on which was painted a lewd, slanted pig's head. At first glance, it was incredibly ugly; at second glance, it was an eyesore.
"This is?"
Zhang Yang wrung out his clothes: "A peculiar mount."
"A peculiar...mount?"
"Your wooden wheelchair is one of them."
This game, which has been running for sixteen years, boasts all sorts of quirky mounts. Just the boats alone include bamboo rafts, wooden rafts, ordinary small boats, leaf-shaped boats with starry sky domes, and flamboyant flower boats… The flamboyant flower boat beneath my feet, in the game's setting, is a retro-style vessel meticulously crafted by artisans using materials collected from plant-like creatures; it's also the largest boat in Zhang Yang's game inventory. Other boats can't even hold so many people.
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After saying that, Zhang Yang didn't explain further.
She pointed at the group of pirates: "Tie them all up, search them for anything, strip them of everything, valuable or worthless! You're incredibly audacious, robbing your ancestors!"
The pirate had no interest in anything else; he was only focused on the unconscious woman that Ge Zhou had tossed to him. This woman, who had previously commanded the ship from the iron-headed boat, was quite skilled and had tried to strangle Ge Zhou with her python-like body. However, Ge Zhou had torn her bones apart with sheer force.
He is currently seriously injured and unconscious, but he is still alive.
"What have you done to my sister and me?"
"You've injured him, huh? We'll kill him later." Zhang Yang paused, then pointed his long spear at the bandit's face. "I'll kill him right in front of you!"
One sentence was enough to break the water bandits' defenses.
"Despicable and shameless!"
"This is called acting on behalf of Heaven! You pirates can't win, so you talk about morality?" Zhang Yang counted the number of green-named individuals around him, checked their health bars, and only after confirming that none were missing did the anger in his chest subside considerably. "Which group are you from?"
This large ship is actually a quirky two-person mount.
In the game, only two people could board at a time, but in the real world, there were fewer restrictions. Zhang Yang had Zhang Dagu and Zhang Dagu use their bird claws to step on the pedals, and with minimal effort, the large ship drifted slowly and steadily forward. Along the way, they also found several lost boatmen.
The boatmen recognized the origins of these pirates.
"The bandits of Jiaolong Village!"
These bandits all came from the Jiaolong Water Stronghold. The stronghold's leader was nicknamed Jade Jiaolong, and the second-in-command was Rolling Jiaolong. Zhang Yang still harbored some anger: "They're all going to be snake soup soon, and they still have these Rolling Jiaolong and Jade Jiaolong names. Let me think, which one should I kill first?"
Her gaze drifted over the heavily injured red-named player.
With just that one glance, the pirate's expression visibly changed: "You might as well spare our lives; we can do things for you!"
What would I need a gang of pirates for?
The pirate glanced at Guan Si cryptically: "Although we are pirates, we are skilled in water combat and can handle naval battles. We are better than your men who are landlubbers who embarrass themselves as soon as they get in the water. We can always be of use."
Guan Si glanced at him indifferently.
The river pirates were completely unafraid.
The worst outcome is death.
Having dominated the waterways for years, deterring many nearby strongholds from showing their faces, he never expected to be defeated by a mere robbery!
"...Moreover, we've dealt with many river strongholds and know where their hideouts are. If you want to control the surrounding waters, you'll need this kind of intelligence..." The river pirate licked his lips nervously and ruthlessly, his eyes not blinking as he began to betray his fellow pirates.
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