Chapter 22: Fire and Ice
Night sailing is much more dangerous than day sailing, although you can use the stars in the sky to navigate, but the field of vision is limited by the night, you can't see very far, and it is easy to encounter some accidents. For Xiao Tianlei, it is basically not a problem, after using the Ice Shooter template, he has night vision, and there is not much difference between day and night.
Xiao Tianlei chose to set sail at night, just to use the cover of the night to get rid of those with bad intentions, but in the end, he had already been targeted, and as soon as he left the sea market, some ships were chasing him.
A lonely sea ship carrying a large amount of gold and silver is simply a fatal temptation, enough to make many people die, just dark night, nothing, besides, most of these people are familiar with this sea area, sailing in the dark, there is no difficulty, the only obstacle is the vision, therefore, these ships bite the conch tightly, and reach a certain tacit understanding, forming a pocket-like encirclement, not long after, it will be necessary to put the conch into the pocket.
Just when these pursuers were secretly happy, thinking that the ship full of gold and silver beckoned to them, the main sail of a ship ignited a fire, followed by another one, which also ignited a fire, and the pursuers were a little confused, and before they could figure out the reason, all the pursuing ships were hit, one by one like river lanterns floating in the sea, and then look at the fat sheep, it suddenly accelerated, and went away, and a group of pursuers knew that they had been tricked! They all gritted their teeth in anger, but what can be done, the sails and canvases are smeared with oil, once a fire starts, it will burn quickly, and without the mainsail, it will lose most of its power, and naturally there is no way to pursue, and their most urgent thing is to quickly put out the fire, otherwise the black light will blind the fire, and if the whole ship is ignited, the chances of survival of the people on board are very small.
It was of course Xiao Tianlei who ignited the main sails of these pursuing ships, and he shot his homemade rockets onto the main sails of these ships, and the rockets were added with powerful burning powder, which could ignite the sails in one fell swoop, and the other party would not have thought that someone could have such accurate archery skills in the dark night.
When the Conch leaves a certain distance, it will be difficult for those people to find the Conch again, unless they have radar or satellite positioning, or the same eyes as Xiao Tianlei, however, Xiao Tianlei still underestimated these people, after the Conch traveled a certain distance, it encountered some intercepting ships, and he guessed that it was about the people on the other side of the sea market to inform them in the form of flying pigeons and other things, these people are familiar with hydrology, and naturally know where to go. If it was daytime, the Conch would definitely be intercepted by these ships, and during the day, as long as you climb a high point at sea, you can see hundreds of miles, but this is night, and a person can see that one or two hundred meters is already remarkable.
In order to intercept the Conch, these people also wasted a lot of thought and manpower, and dozens of large and small ships came at once, forming a big net to surround them, but compared with Xiao Tianlei, they were like blind people, the lights on the Conch were all extinguished, Xiao Tianlei commanded the Conch and passed through the gaps in the large net formed by these ships.
Breaking away from the interception circle, under the cover of night, the people on the Conch began to change back to their original costumes, and some of the structures of the Conch also changed back to their original style, changed the flag, went around, and sailed in the direction of Lingzhou Qionghai.
At this point, it can be regarded as basically breaking away from the pursuit, however, Xiao Tianlei did not relax his vigilance, and still let the whole ship wait, as a result, the whole day was calm the next day, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it should be regarded as getting rid of those ill-intentioned people, and perhaps leading many pirates in another direction.
It can be said that Xiao Tianlei played those people beautifully, but he was actually quite unhappy, he came out to sell something like a thief, sneaky, sneaky, and earn a little hard-earned money, I don't know how many people are blushing, ******** want to rob you, want your life.
However, now is not the time to sigh, this place is still in the South China Sea, even if it is transformed, the Conch is a lone ship, and it still faces the threat of pirates.
For the next two days, the Conch tried to avoid other ships as much as it had come, but even with such caution, it was targeted by a wave of pirates.
During the day, the sea can be seen far away, but there are some islands blocking the view, pirate ships like to hide behind some reefs and islands, once they find merchant ships, and then suddenly kill, often multiple pirate ships cooperate to form an encirclement.
Xiao Tianlei saw these pirate ships coming from several directions, and they were all clippers. Pirates basically have their own territory, this sea area should be the territory of Sea Dragon Island, you can hear some information in the sea market, including about Sea Dragon Island, this group of pirates on Sea Dragon Island is very fierce, there are many masters, has unified a large area of the sea, its large and small ships are thousands, and its big leader also calls himself the Sea Dragon King.
There were seven or eight ships coming in the encirclement, most of them were only medium ships, and perhaps there would be some intercepting ships ahead, and it might be difficult for the Conch to escape, but it would still have to escape, flee to a farther place, so that the rest of the other companions on the other side could not support.
After a day and a night of pursuit, the next day, the distance was already very close.
The practice of dealing with pirates has been done several times, and in the face of actual combat, some people are nervous, some people are excited, everyone puts on rattan armor, takes out shields, spears, bows, incendiary bombs, etc., and the shields on both sides are turned up, and in a short time, it has become a sea fortress.
Xiao Tianlei chose to use the Ice Shooter template at this time, which can play a better role in long-range shooting in naval battles, and can also take care of all aspects, and save effort.
Observe the position of the surrounding pirate ships, adjust the speed and course of the ship, if the opponent surrounds you, you will face a bitter battle, only take the initiative to choose the timing of the battle, and defeat them one by one, instead of waiting for the opponent to catch up.
The two pirate ships were sandwiched from both sides, shouting, and asking the Conch to surrender, just to seek wealth and not hurt his life, just like Xiao Tianlei went to rob the set, only the ghost would believe it. However, he gradually slowed down and pretended to surrender.
After a while, the distance between the two pirate ships was already very close, if Xiao Tianlei used the rocket again, he would soon make the two ships lose power, but this method had been used in the sea market, and if it was used again, once it was passed out, wouldn't it be seen that there was a clue.
"Put!"
The distance between the two pirate ships was about ten meters, and the projectile on the conch fired an incendiary bomb, and the projectile was modified to be much better than the original simple trebuchet. The sea is windy, and the poisonous smoke will be blown away at once, so the incendiary bomb with fire oil is projected, but some ingredients are still added to it, and some poisonous smoke can still be released.
Several incendiary bombs were thrown in succession, and the incendiary bombs fell onto the deck and shattered, burning violently, splashing some of the oil that quickly spread across the deck and ignited other flammable materials. The pirates were busy for a while and could not be extinguished, and the two ships were soon burned to the ground, and the pirates abandoned their ships and jumped overboard.
The presence of incendiary bombs made pirates from other directions hesitate and slow down a little, but one of them accelerated to catch up.
From a distance, you can see that the pirates above also raised some shields, and some of the warriors who looked like warriors were standing on the bow of the ship. Not to mention that the shield can resist incendiary bombs to a certain extent, the reaction speed of martial artists is faster than that of ordinary people, and it is not feasible to throw incendiary bombs again, and it is very easy to be blocked or even thrown back.
Because of the existence of these warriors, the morale of those pirates is high, and they shout and cheer for these warriors, and those warriors are also a master, holding weapons and standing proudly on the bow of the ship.
At a distance of about ten meters, those warriors jumped up and wanted to kill the conch.
"Shoot!"
There was a burst of arrows in front of them, these people have a protective body, and the general arrows can't cause much damage, they can only be slightly hindered, however, Xiao Tianlei's arrows are also mixed in it, and the arrows are mixed in the general arrows, shooting three arrows in a row, killing three people, and the two of them fell on the deck by luck, and were immediately besieged by Zheng Biao and others, and were hacked to death in a few clicks.
At the moment of blocking these warriors, the pirate ship approached, and other pirates also wanted to carry the conch, but it was not easy, the arrow plates on both sides of the conch had spikes and sharp blades on them, and the ship barely landed on the side, these pirates just jumped to the side of the conch, and the spear was stabbed out behind the shield, and the sugar gourd was pierced at once, the spear was withdrawn, and the pirate's corpse fell into the sea.
At this time, without the obstruction of the warriors, several people on the Conch who were responsible for throwing incendiary bombs took an incendiary bomb and lit the fuse and threw it on the pirate ship, and the deck of the pirate ship immediately became a sea of fire, and the pirates on it had to jump into the sea.
Although a few pirates jumped on the Conch, they were almost dead. Although these pirates are fierce, they are completely unorganized, they just rely on their courage to rush and kill, although they are a group of people, but they are no different from fighting alone, they are completely desperate, using ferocity as a weapon. When you meet ordinary people, you may be scared, but the conch is professionally trained, compared with these pirates, it is the difference between the regular army and the rogues, and the people on the conch will not fight alone, basically a few people cooperate with each other, so these pirates rushed up and fought hard, it was better to send them to death.
The people on the conch have already entered the state, the conch is like a sea fortress, in a defensive state, unless the other party has more than ten times the number of people, otherwise, it will not be able to attack at all, a pirate ship, there are generally dozens of people. Therefore, Xiao Tianlei is no longer worried about these pirates, mainly to minimize damage.
"Bandage the wounded!"
"Clean up the deck and throw those dead people out!"
"There is a stick of incense to rest, everyone can take a breath, replenish their strength and water."
Although he had already trained and everyone knew what he should do, Xiao Tianlei still had to remind him that he also kept issuing vague orders during the battle, and at the same time supported everywhere with arrows.
Xiao Tianlei will not shoot blindly, try to save some physical strength and gangqi, if Xiao Tianlei's physical strength and gangqi are unlimited, with the ability of the hero template, he is confident that one person can kill all these people, but the physical strength and gangqi are limited, he must be careful and save as much as possible.
There are many factors that determine the outcome of the battle, such as the environment, morale, etc., but the most fundamental and direct, like the LOL game, is essentially some cold data to see who is faster, more effective, more accurate, and will not make mistakes.
The successive killing of several pirate ships seemed to infuriate the group of pirates, and instead of rushing up one by one, seven or eight ships coordinated and prepared to approach the Conch at the same time. At this time, the conch's modified maneuverability played a role and began to circle with these pirate ships.
"Prepare the fire dragon!"
There is a black iron pipe on each side of the conch, fixed to a shelf, which can be turned in the direction, a wire at the mouth of the pipe, hung with a ball of oil-soaked cotton wool, and a few men behind it grasp a structure like a pressurized water well. This is a flamethrower made by Xiao Tianlei, which extracts the fire oil from the oil tank below, and then pressurizes it and sprays it out, although it is primitive, but it is enough.
The Conch went around in circles, mobilized several pirate ships, and made its formation chaotic, and after going around in circles for a while, these pirate ships converged and pursued together, and at this moment, the Conch rushed towards a pirate ship. The Conch crossed an arc-shaped trajectory and approached a pirate ship, and suddenly, a fire dragon of more than ten meters erupted from one side.
The pirates and warriors on the ship were originally prepared for incendiary bombs, but as a result, a large area of flames came on, and stabbed on the deck, sails, and people, and the warriors could not resist, and many people were on fire, their whole bodies burned, and they jumped into the sea screaming, and the pirate ship was in chaos, and the conch turned around, igniting several pirate ships.
As soon as the flamethrower appeared, it exerted a huge power, and everyone cooperated properly, it was Xiao Tianlei's brothers who operated the flamethrower, and several people were blackened at this time, still excited, looking at their appearance, they wanted to find more pirate ships to enjoy.
"Save ignition oil!" Seeing that they were having a good time, Xiao Tianlei reminded that the device of this flamethrower was secondary, mainly the fire oil spewed, after refining and blending, Xiao Tianlei did not configure much.
Six pirate ships were burned at once, and the other pirate ships did not dare to pursue, Xiao Tianlei felt that he should scare these pirates, so he planned to leave.
"I burned my ship on Sea Dragon Island, injured the people of my Sea Dragon Island, and wanted to escape, so I obediently tied my hands and left you all corpses!"
There was a fast boat at the back of the sea, and some oars stretched out on both sides, like several pairs of large water insects with long legs, and a thunderous sound came from the air.
Since they came out to rob people, they must have the consciousness of being killed, and the pirates are still so righteous and awe-inspiring in robbing people, as if they have become victims, what a sin it is for those who killed them, they should honestly rob and kill them, and have seen it! However, Xiao Tianlei has always disdained to understand the thoughts of this kind of person, and he doesn't pay attention to this kind of person, as if he thinks how awesome he is, chirping crookedly, showing his sense of existence? In fact, it's just a threat, and it's the same as being a robber, Xiao Tianlei and a group of friends are not scared.
The clipper approached at a rapid distance, tens of meters away, and a person jumped on the boat, stepping on the waves, and approached quickly.
Xiao Tianlei naturally saw that he was indeed a master, this person had the same stinky problem as many martial artists in this world, and he liked to be heroes and highlight how powerful he was.
When martial arts reach a certain level, it is true that the number of people can be ignored to a certain extent, so people advocate individual heroes, but that is to ignore the miscellaneous soldiers who are much weaker than themselves and some cowards, and against a group of people who dare to fight and kill, the physical strength of the master is also limited.
However, Xiao Tianlei didn't plan to fight with this person with the life of the person on the ship, and took out a cold iron arrow from the quiver, which was an arrow generated together with the cold ice bow, which included cold iron, dark iron, pure gold and other strange gold, which was much more penetrating.
Staring at the master, Xiao Tianlei said to the left and right: "Wait a minute, I'll give it to him, you take the opportunity to make up the knife." ”
After a few breaths, the master chased the conch, jumped high, and stepped on a wave under his feet, very imposing, seeing that he was about to fall on the boat, Xiao Tianlei pulled out the ice bow is arrow, and a crystal blue arrow more than two meters long appeared, exuding a trace of cold air - the ice archer ultimate, magic crystal arrow!
With such a close distance and such a big target, Xiao Tianlei has no reason to miss, even if this person has a strong qi body, but is the ice shooter's ultimate move to resist casually?
Boom!
The magic crystal arrow slammed into the man's body, and the cold iron arrow pierced through the gang qi and shot into his shoulder, and at the same time, the freezing air invaded, and a layer of ice formed on the surface of his body, and his whole body froze and fell to the deck.
A few friends were quick to see and move, and each of them exerted their full strength to slash out, and a few sword qi slashed down, and this master, who didn't know his name, was chopped into several large pieces at once, because the freezing effect of the magic crystal arrow was still there, and the blood was not splashed, but frozen.
There was no special treatment, and a few of the boys kicked the corpse into the sea so as not to stain the deck. A master died so aggrievedly, and a naval battle came to an end, pirates are also human beings, and they will be afraid, even if they are fierce and don't want to die, when they encounter a really powerful character, they can only admit it and retreat one after another. Xiao Tianlei didn't dare to stay longer, after all, this is the territory of Hailong Island, and if there are another one or twenty ships, or even hundreds, they will definitely be finished.
The Conch continued its voyage, day and night, and left the South China Sea three days later.
Out of the South China Sea, it is unlikely that he will encounter a large number of pirates again, but Xiao Tianlei hopes to meet pirates, he has already thought about getting some pirate ships on the way back, and now the Conch alone cannot meet the demand.
Xiao Tianlei is not in a hurry, the conch itself is a decoy, presumably it will attract a lot of pirates, of course, pirates are not stupid, they will also escape, in order to grab the pirate ship intact, it will take some thought.