Chapter 236: Mei Xue's Game (Part I)
"The standard fish scale array, this is really a textbook-level classic." In the square of the Mercury Temple, through the primordial perspective of flying into the sky, Mei Xue directly saw the huge fleet figure that was gradually approaching the Mercury Islands, and couldn't help but smile lightly.
The Fish Scale Formation, one of the standard battle formations most used by the navy of the seas and mountains, judging from the appearance of those battleship groups with the theme of sail battleships, it is estimated that there are children of the navy who contribute in it.
It is already good to be able to make this group of sail warships of the primeval era put out this formation, and it seems that the candidates of the Blue Dragon Academy this time do have a lot of talents.
This is not the period of immortal civilization after countless eras, all warships are rune warships made by immortal civilizations, and sail warships are antique warships that can only fight in coastal waters, and it is difficult to move an inch without the power of the mountains to protect the area, even the most basic formations require strong coordination ability to list.
As one of the classic formations of the navy, the fish scale array is one of the most practical options for large warship groups, coupled with the rune warships that Tai Chu observed that were obviously transformed by the candidates, it is not for nothing that the Mercury Islands with their geographical location were defeated after the war.
That's only so far, though.
"Are you ready?" Mei Xue turned around and asked the two mercury temple priests behind her who had spider stripes on their foreheads.
They were the highest-ranking chief priests of the Mercury Islands, and the leaders of the entire army of the Mercury Islands.
Of course, this is only until Mei Xue arrives.
After Mei Xue, the son of the god of mercury, came, he naturally obtained the supreme power of the Mercury Islands, which is the power of faith and the absolute law of the Mercury Islands.
"All the remaining warships have gathered in the harbor, waiting for your orders."
"Please order, we will live and die with the god of mercury."
Although they were initially overjoyed by Mei Xue's arrival, after they calmed down, the two chief priests obviously still felt that Mei Xue would be difficult to reverse the defeat, so they naturally had the tragic momentum of dying with faith.
As the chief priests who could hear the voice of the god of mercury, they naturally knew where the sacrificial girls had gone, but no one in the current Tianluo Holy Kingdom would listen to them, and the princes of the Tianluo Holy Kingdom had already pronounced a death sentence on them.
There is no way to avoid this war.
"Then, according to my plan, I will give an order to all the people of the Mercury Islands to evacuate, and this battle will not require their sacrifice."
"However, we have made up our minds to shed the last drop of blood for the god of mercury." The two chief priests looked at each other, wondering how the son of the god had such great confidence that he did not activate the final defense system.
"Give the order, and then go to battle with me." Mei Xue did not give the two beautiful chief priests the right to choose, and directly gave the final order as the son of the god.
"Yes."
Before Mei Xue was given absolute power by the god of mercury, the two chief priests had to nod, and then raised the scepter in their hands and launched the final defensive fortress of the Mercury Islands.
"Boom!" In the loud noise, all the residential areas of the Mercury Islands sank into the ground, and were protected by huge obelisks, completely eliminating Mei Xue's worries.
The current Mercury Islands have completely turned into a huge fortress, leaving only the final sea route to the final Mercury Temple, which has countless undercurrents, reefs, and whirlpools, which is the last ray of heaven to protect the Mercury Temple.
And Mei Xue's fleet, a total of thirteen ancient sail warships, set sail out of the sky, taking advantage of the north wind, heading in the direction of the Tianluo Holy Country's million fleet.
In this battle, the fleet of the Tianluo Holy Kingdom had a million troops, hundreds of main sail warships, thousands of auxiliary ships, and dozens of rune warships transformed by the immortal civilization.
There were thirteen warships under Mei Xue's control, and most of the crews were inexperienced mercury priests. This is the most powerful naval force in the Mercury Islands, and all the warships are antique sail warships.
The combat effectiveness of the two sides is not ten to one, nor is it one hundred to one, but a desperate gap close to 1,000 to 1.
In the slightly fishy sea breeze, the big battle is about to break out.
About ten hours later, in the first rays of morning light, the million-strong army of the Tianluo Holy Kingdom finally spotted the figure of that small fleet, in front of the first island chain of the Mercury Islands.
"Haha The candidates who saw the small fleet through the lookout were completely amused, and one by one rushed to the front of the battleship deck.
In the past few days, the candidates of the Qinglong Academy have been very angry recently.
Indeed, they are not very good at naval warfare, yes, in the fierce battle of the rune battleship group, their group of inexperienced rookies are killed in all kinds of seconds, all kinds of tragic deaths.
However, this is not the era of rune warships that roamed the seas and mountains! This is an ancient era when there were no rune warships at all, and it was a barbaric era when even immortals had not descended on the seas and mountains to preach on the altar.
Look at what kind of battleship these are, they are still antique goods driven by the wind, and now this kind of goods are only used by fishermen fishing around the mountains, and as for the warship models, they are already antiques among antiques, and they are all collected as treasures.
There is no immortal stone drive furnace of rune warships, there are no all kinds of terrifying ultra-long-distance war magic weapons, and the battle is close to the side battle, at most, there are only a few long-distance attacks on the era of supernatural powers, it is simply too easy.
In this naval battle, the various tactics mastered by their group of candidates, and the materials and equipment prepared for the several tragic naval battles in the history of the seas and mountains can be said to be brilliant, and they are simply brushing up their scores.
This is experiencing the death naval battle on the front line of life and death, it is completely a happy battle, when did the examiners of Qinglong Academy change their temperament? This naval battle is not difficult at all!
It must be because there have been too many deaths in the last few Illusion Trials, so the difficulty has been lowered, yes, it must be so.
With the brilliant results of the past few days, many candidates have begun to fantasize about going all the way to the lair of the mercury evil god.
As a result, the naval battle, which should have been extremely dangerous, was regarded by the candidates as a battlefield for scoring points, as soon as they encountered the warships of the Mercury Islands, they all swarmed up, and used wolf-like tactics to eat each other cleanly, not even a bone left.
On this battlefield where there are more wolves and less meat, the candidates will even fight inwardly in order to hunt and kill their targets, so that most of the recent attrition is not in the hands of the weak navy of the Mercury Islands, but is killed and abolished.
This time, at a glance, he knew that it was a small fleet of small shrimp level that appeared in front of him, how could this group of little wolf cubs still endure it, and directly broke away from the formation of the large team, relying on the high mobility of the rune battleship, and without thinking about it, they killed the small fleet that looked like an antique gift.
On the three rune battleships that were pieced together by small gangs of various candidates, hundreds of candidates screamed, ready to kill, vowing to snatch a blood.
"Here we are." On the main ship of the fleet, codenamed "Mercury", the last fleet of the Mercury Islands, the two chief priests of the Mercury Temple clasped hands together and began to pray to the great god of mercury.
Obviously, in their eyes, only by praying to the god of mercury to rain down boundless divine power can they defeat these terrifying warships that move extremely fast and completely violate the laws of nature.
In the war between the Mercury Islands and the Heavenly Luo Holy Kingdom, it was these terrifying warships with high mobility and destructive capabilities that destroyed the formation of the Mercury Islands fleet like sharp knives, and finally led to the complete rout of the Mercury Islands Navy.
Originally, although the million fleet group that the Tianluo Holy Kingdom had prepared for decades was indeed extremely powerful, it was not to the extent that it could defeat the navy of the Mercury Islands with a crushing advantage, because the naval strength of the Mercury Islands had always surpassed that of the Celestial Luo Saint Kingdom due to geographical factors.
Even if there is a huge disparity in the combat strength of the two sides after the start of the war, as long as the navy of the Mercury Islands withstands the first wave of the opponent's offensive, it is completely possible to rely on the geographical advantage to fight a protracted war, and it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory.
It was precisely because of the strength of the Mercury Islands Navy that the Heavenly Luo Saint Kingdom had been preparing for decades and building a million-strong fleet that was large enough to completely overwhelm the Mercury Islands Navy before launching an offensive in one fell swoop.
Before the start of the war, even the most optimistic Tianluo Shengguo generals had only about three or seven views on this war. After all, although the Mercury Islands only occupy a small area of sea in the north of the Tianluo Holy Kingdom, they have believed in the God of Mercury for the longest time, and they will definitely not surrender easily.
However, the addition of the Children of the Stars completely upset this balance, allowing the million-strong fleet of the Tianluo Holy Kingdom to obtain rune warships that surpassed this era.
In front of the rune warships, which have high maneuverability and high versatility at the same time, and are not restricted by any wind and ocean currents, the navy of the Mercury Islands that is still in the era of sails is simply defeated.
This is the gap in civilization, no matter how hard the navy of the Mercury Islands fights, there is no way to face the rune warships that are not an era at all, they can only be defeated again and again, and in the end, only the last thirteen sail warships that can still fight are left to Mei Xue.
"In the beginning." Seeing the three rune warships coming up to the wind like sharp knives, Mei Xue gave the order to observe the whole process of Taichu above her fleet, and then took out her trump card that she had prepared before entering the illusion trial.
A secret weapon made of golden worms, flame corals, mirages, and black sea spirit wood, one of the favorite battleship parts of "Mo", the king of nightmares that once roamed the seas, can finally come in handy.
In Mei Xue's palm, a hollow crystal orb was spinning.
The inner wall of the orb was covered with countless faintly visible golden lines, and the outer shell had a faint layer of flame-colored dust wandering, and at the core was a small piece of rough black wood.
This is the core equipment for naval warfare that Mei Xue combined—the Empty Silence Ball.