Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Marrow Silver’s Hunt, the Storm Descends
"Kill them all. Leave no one alive."
"Take the most valuable spoils, then scuttle this heavily damaged spirit ship!"
"Hurry!"
Su Ye’s expression was grim as he urged his crew on.
Before the Qi Family’s spirit ship retreated, they had fired a signal flare!
Perhaps it was because of the psychological advantage of a three-on-one fight, or perhaps it was their lust for the spoils of war, but they hadn’t lit the flare at the start.
But with the death of their captain, the burly Late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, their defeat was sealed.
The remaining Qi Family crew mbers, panicked and desperate, naturally cast aside all restraint and lit the flare to call for help!
And that ant one thing.
The Qi Family’s spirit ships in this area—and even the White Iron Island Fleet—might mobilize because of it!
If the Qi Family’s fleet caught up to them, there was no doubt the consequences would be dire.
Out of caution, Su Ye could only loot quickly. It was inevitable that so spoils would be lost.
’It’s better than nothing... better than getting nothing at all.’
Having beco quite wealthy, Su Ye, while fond of material possessions, was not obsessed with them.
...
However, to his surprise...
The spoils inside this Demon Hunting Ship’s Ice Crystal Pod were exceptionally valuable!
’Three valuable catches, and the quality of one is in no way inferior to a Green Water King Snake!’
Clearly, the Qi Family had also benefited from the strange phenona in the Dongning Sea Region.
They hadn’t sent their fleet out patrolling just to cause trouble for the Luo Family.
Actively hunting demons and accepting nature’s gifts was also a major objective!
’This ship is so rich... then the other two ships...’
Su Ye was taken aback by the thought, but he quickly dismissed it.
’Impossible... Even with the sea region’s strange phenona, valuable catches can’t be *that* abundant!’
’This must be where the entire Qi Family flotilla is storing all their valuable spoils.’
Su Ye mused, making his judgnt.
The burly, Late-stage Qi Refining cultivator from before clearly held a high status.
It was highly likely that he had ordered the other two spirit ships to transfer their valuable catches to his flagship for safekeeping.
Perhaps this was to prevent his subordinates from stealing what they were supposed to guard.
Or... was it to make it easier for *him* to steal what he was entrusted to guard?
With the burly man’s death, that question beca an eternal mystery.
But in any case.
Whatever his intentions were, Su Ye was the one who had profited from them!
With this unexpected haul, Su Ye was in a good mood.
Soon, the crew had transferred the spoils and scuttled the flagship, whose hull was damaged and speed greatly reduced!
It was a sha, but with pursuers on their tail, it was the only option.
The Luo Family’s fleet withdrew.
As for that other spirit ship, the one with heavy casualties that had temporarily lost its power?
’Forget it. We’ve already lingered here for too long!’ Su Ye made a decisive choice.
That Qi Family spirit ship still had over twenty crew mbers aboard. Whether it was to clean them up or move the spoils, it would take ti.
And by now, the signal flare had been in the sky for a long ti!
Every second they lingered increased the risk!
Therefore, Su Ye abandoned his greed and commanded in a deep voice.
"Full retreat! Now!"
The Golden Sword Orchid and the Flying Serpent, laden with their prize, sped away from the area.
The battle ended, and experience points were tallied.
[Enemy ship sunk.
150 [Tide Hunter] EXP]
[Naval battle won.
368 [Tide Hunter] EXP]
Unfortunately, the system’s judgnt was quite strict.
He hadn’t managed to glitch the system into rewarding him for both ’capturing an enemy ship’ and ’destroying an enemy ship’ to get double the experience points.
Still, this naval encounter had provided Su Ye with 518 experience points!
Including what he’d gained from demon hunting earlier, Su Ye, who had just recently leveled up, was already approaching the 700-point mark!
He was another big step closer to the 2,500 points needed for the next level!
’The higher my level gets, the more EXP I need...’
’But the rate at which I earn EXP is also getting higher and higher!’
A glint shone in Su Ye’s eyes.
...
As the Luo Family’s fleet sailed away,
The flagship that had been ordered scuttled was taking on massive amounts of seawater in its lower holds, its hull sinking steadily.
Before long, it reached a critical point!
Its center of gravity shifted, and the bow tilted up.
The hull tore apart under the water pressure, and the splintered remains sank to the seabed.
On the surface of the sea, it left behind countless broken planks and the fresh corpses of Qi Family cultivators.
Many sharks gathered, thankful for nature’s gift...
...
「An hour later.」
Nine sails appeared on the horizon.
Among them was the mid-grade spirit ship that had escaped earlier!
The warship at the head of the fleet boasted five masts and a sturdy wooden hull the color of pale silver, as if it were made of steel!
A full twelve ballistae glinted with a cold, nacing light!
A tier-one, supre-grade spirit ship of the Qi Family!
One of the Qi Family’s three great flagships!
An unquestionably superior warship even among supre-grade spirit ships!
The Marrow Silver!
Leading the White Iron Island Fleet, having sallied out in full force!
If the Blood Copper’s duty was to handle small-scale naval battles and border skirmishes,
and the Soul Gold’s duty was to serve as a strategic weapon, the clan’s guardian ship,
then the Marrow Silver, this supre-grade spirit ship, was the pinnacle of the Qi Family’s conventional fighting strength!
The Qi Family fleet paused briefly as Communication Talismans flickered.
The demoralized, mid-grade spirit ship that had fled earlier was left behind to salvage the corpses of the Qi Family cultivators.
anwhile, the Marrow Silver led the White Iron Island Fleet in pursuit, heading in the direction the Luo Family’s fleet had fled!
Su Ye had underestimated his own appeal.
Or rather, the appeal of the [Golden Sword Orchid]!
After the Blood Copper was sent back for major repairs, the Golden Sword Orchid stood alone as the sole superior-grade spirit ship between the two families!
And this ti, Su Ye had piloted the Golden Sword Orchid to fight one against three, crushing two superior-grade spirit ships!
Such a battle record only deepened the Qi Family’s wariness!
Thus, the Marrow Silver had led the fleet, sallying out in full force, determined to eliminate this hidden threat!
...
「Several hours later.」
Dusk fell, and the sun set.
"Captain! Enemy ships spotted astern!"
Alerted by the lookout, Su Ye strode to the stern of the ship.
He gazed at the sliver of pale silver on the horizon and the nurous sails barely visible behind it.
Su Ye’s expression remained calm, giving his crew confidence.
But inside, his heart was a tempest of raging waves!
’The Marrow Silver, and the White Iron Island Fleet... they’re this fast? This is bad... The Golden Sword Orchid is fast, but it’s still a bit slower than the Marrow Silver!’
That was the Marrow Silver, one of the Qi Family’s three great flagships, with performance that far surpassed even the Yunjin!
’And then there’s the Flying Serpent...’ Su Ye felt the situation was becoming thorny.
A Demon Hunting Ship with its Ice Crystal Pods filled to the brim couldn’t possibly move fast!
It wouldn’t be long before the Marrow Silver caught up to them!
Once the Marrow Silver caught them, the nurous Qi Family spirit ships behind it could unleash their firepower without restraint...
Su Ye fell into deep thought.
But the Marrow Silver was incredibly fast, constantly closing the distance between them!
The Golden Sword Orchid could still manage, but the Flying Serpent would be overtaken in less than an hour!
’What should I do... Should I abandon the Flying Serpent?’
’The Flying Serpent’s crew can be transferred to the Golden Sword Orchid, but... what about the spoils on board, worth more than ten thousand Spirit Stones?’
’Just abandon them?’
’Besides, that would be like drinking poison to quench a thirst. The Golden Sword Orchid would still eventually be caught...’
And just as Su Ye was pondering,
a crew mber ran up to report anxiously, "Captain, to starboard, the sea is covered by black clouds!"
Su Ye turned his head.
An incredibly dense bank of black clouds and thick fog, like a mountain range, was slowly approaching, blotting out the last rays of the setting sun!
RUMBLING sounds echoed from within!
A storm!
Pursuers behind, a storm ahead!
It seed... like a desperate, hopeless situation?!
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