Chapter 258: Leading the way
Therefore, under the repeated urging of the night blade, the pirates also began to find ways to increase the speed of the sailing ship, like those who were armed with sailor knives, and directly replaced the oars with hand knives.
As for the pirates who were armed with short axes and short firearms, they were not idle at this time, and in order to reduce the weight of the ship and increase the speed of the ship, they directly threw the useless equipment and equipment on the sailboat into the sea.
In this way, with the concerted efforts of the pirates, the speed of the monorail is really much faster, but even so, they need to withstand at least one or two rounds of artillery salvo before they can successfully approach the pirate ship.
Speaking of which, Ye Feng's heart was also very depressed at this time, because the reason why he set his sights on the pirate ship was undoubtedly to take advantage of the advantage of belonging to the pirate camp to successfully approach the pirate ship, so that he could capture a battleship at the lowest cost.
After all, if it is a warship close to the Spanish Navy, then the difficulty he will face is undoubtedly much greater, because when he sees the night front approaching, the Spanish Navy will not hesitate to open fire decisively, and you must know that the number of guns in the Spanish Navy is not comparable to that of pirates, so he decided to choose the pirate ship as the first target.
However, what he didn't expect was that although he had a premonition after choosing the pirate camp, Yefeng really didn't expect that when the pirates were dealing with the Spanish Navy together, the pirates would also attack other pirates.
This undoubtedly made his plan go to waste, but this is also the disadvantage of choosing the pirate camp, because the pirates were originally you fight me, I fight you, and if you choose the naval camp, then there will definitely be no such behavior that hurts the same camp.
Then, after continuing to dodge a round of cannonballs fired by the pirate ship, the nightfeng's monorail finally approached within twenty meters of the pirate ship.
At such a distance, the pirate's artillery should have been the time to show its strength, but it was very strange that the artillery on the pirate ship was eerily silent. Flash Dance
This is because at this time the pirate ship is facing a very serious problem, that is, there is no black powder, but this is also a very normal thing, after all, this pirate ship has been fighting with the Spanish warship for a long time, resulting in a significant reduction in the gunpowder reserves on its ship.
The two salvos just now completely depleted the amount of gunpowder.
And without a cannon of black powder, it's just an ornament!
Although Nightblanc was very surprised why the pirates did not continue to fire artillery, he certainly would not let go of such an opportunity.
At the same time, after being shot a few times, he is now ready to let out a good breath of depression.
Thinking of this, he immediately took out a hand crossbow that exuded a mysterious aura, and then he quickly aimed the hand crossbow at the pirate ship more than ten meters away.
As his fingers pulled the crossbow machine, he only heard a "boom".
A red trail was drawn above the sky in an instant.
And the direction of this trajectory is also the direction of the deck of the pirate ship.
There was a loud "bang", and I saw that after the crossbow arrow was shot on the deck, a fire burst into flames, and the pirates on the pirate ship were disdainful of the crossbow arrow shot by Yefeng, after all, even if the crossbow arrow was shot, at most it would kill a pirate.
However, what the pirates did not expect was that this seemingly ordinary crossbow arrow caused a more tragic threat than a few shells.
You must know that the warships at this time were not all made of steel as in later generations, and the main parts of them were baked from the finest hard wood.
As we all know, wood is not fireproof!
As for the pirates, if they are hit by a cannonball, there will be no danger of sinking the ship, but once the fire spreads, then the pirate ship will soon be burned down on the sea with the wind howling at this time.
Therefore, in the face of the sudden fire, the pirates who were standing on the deck and were about to shoot at the monorail sailing ship that was approaching quickly in the distance immediately picked up tools or items that could extinguish the fire in a panic and began to fight the fire.
The fire caused by a flaming arrow instantly dispersed the pirates who had been prepared, and as the fire spread, at least 1/10 of the pirates gave up the attack and went to fight the fire.
But seconds later, while the pirates were still busy putting out the fire, a ball of hot basketball suddenly shot from a distance.
And the one who sent out this fireball was none other than Nightfang's summoned beast, Yadeyan.
The fireball was aimed in the direction of the stern of the ship, and there was a bang, and where the fireball hit, a violent explosion was generated.
The power of the sparks produced by the explosion is within a few meters, but it is definitely comparable to the power of the projectiles fired by the arquebus.
At this time, because of the battle, there were many pirates standing on the deck, and there were also many pirates standing at the stern of the ship.
Because of this, when the explosion occurred, several pirates happened to be standing within a few meters of the explosion.
The scorching sparks splashed on the pirates' bodies as if someone had taken a red-hot soldering iron and imprinted them deeply.
In an instant, terrible screams rang out one after another.
Although the fireball only killed one pirate, it caused the loss of the combat power of nearly ten pirates.
At the same time, the fire caused by the fireball also attracted nearly 1/10 of the pirates to put out the fire again.
After all, as long as the pirates are not ready to give up on the pirate ship, then they must go to put out the fire.
At this time, when the fire panicked the pirates, Nightfeng's monorail finally approached the pirate ship.
Standing underneath the pirate ship, the pirates on the monorail also immediately skillfully took out the hook rope and threw it vigorously, after all, the volume of the monorail is much smaller than that of the pirate ship.
Therefore, when the monorail is leaning against the side of the corsair, the height difference between it and the corsair is about 3 meters, and such a distance is impossible to climb on top of the pirate ship without a rope hook.
After all, not everyone can walk on smooth walls like Spider-Man.
However, this is also the most dangerous time of the overboard battle, because of the condescending reasons, the pirates standing on the deck can easily attack the pirates below with arquebuses, and at the same time, they can easily cut the hook rope.
As a result, it is often the heaviest part of the battle to take place.
And sure enough, when the rope hooks were thrown on the edge of the ship on the deck, the pirates on the pirate ship also immediately shouted and brandished short axes to cut at these rope hooks, and at the same time, several pirates with arquebuses were also smiling and aiming at Yefeng and the others from top to bottom with arquebuses.
Faced with such a situation, of course, it is impossible for Ye Feng to ignore such a situation, after all, for him now, these more than twenty ordinary pirates are all treasures.
Although these pirates are not very combative, they are very experienced in maneuvering ships, and these are exactly what Nightfeng lacks.
Therefore, when he saw the pirates with hatches in hand ready to slash at the rope hook, his eyes lit up, and then he immediately raised his crossbow and aimed at the deck two meters in front of the rope hook.
"Boom".
I saw a dark blue light flash in the air, and then in the next second, a dark blue crossbow bolt was stuck deep in the smooth deck.
And when the crossbow arrow was inserted into the deck, in an instant, with the crossbow arrow as the center, a cold air instantly spread.
In a short time, a large expanse of ice quickly took shape.
And after the ice was formed, the pirates who rushed the fastest were really unlucky, because they rushed too fast, so when they stepped on the smooth ice, the whole person lost their balance in an instant.
At this time, they rushed into the sea like those wrecked cars.
Seeing the pirates who rushed the fastest into the sea as if they were dumplings, the pirates who rushed slowly also stopped immediately.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Nightblade took the lead in climbing to the top of the deck.
Seeing the appearance of Nightfront, the pirates armed with arquebuses of course immediately started shooting at him.
"Smack" "Smack"
Several lead bullets pounced into Nightstriker's body, but soon, these deformed lead bullets, which barely barely shot into his body half an inch, were automatically squeezed out by the muscles of his body.
Several deformed buckshot shots fell on the deck with a "thump".
Seeing that he had only lost less than 40 points of health, Night Feng was also relieved, judging from the amount of health he had lost so far, relying on his health at this time, even if he was fired by an arquebus salvo head-on, he was absolutely not afraid.
At this time, when those pirates looked at the buckshot falling from Yefeng's body, they were also instantly dumbfounded.
Stunned, they forgot to even reload the projectile, and it was not until the boatswain's angry shouts came that they panicked and reloaded the projectiles.
However, when they were reloading the projectiles, Night Edge also took this opportunity to raise the crossbow in his hand and fired several rounds in succession.
You must know that the crossbow in his hand at this time is a silver story-level weapon, and the base attack is already high, plus it also has a passive special effect, and each crossbow arrow can carry damage equal to the sum of his intelligence and mental attributes divided by 2.
This means that each of his crossbow arrows can carry 29 damage, and this damage is real damage, which cannot be reduced by defense.
As a result, the average damage dealt by each of his crossbow bolts is more than 100 points.
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