As the night was about to pass and dawn came, a fleet of more than 20 building ships and many escort ships was moving fast on the vast West Sea.

The waves crashed against the hull of the ship layer after layer, and the entire fleet rose and fell with the waves on the sea, and the flagpole on the ship fluttering in the wind had a big word "You" written on it. At this moment, the sky was covered with thick, low dark clouds, and from time to time a dazzling lightning streaked through the clouds.

On the bow of a building ship more than 20 feet long in the fleet, a man in military uniform stood in the wind, his left hand holding the red hilt of his sword, which hung at his side. The sea breeze blew the hem of his dark red trimmed clothes to a hunting sound, his angular face was resolute and composed, and under the high arch of his eyebrows were a pair of eyes with dark red pupils, and he had been looking at the sea in the distance for a long time, and there was a look of worry hidden in his deep eyes.

The sea breeze was getting stronger, and the sudden rise of dark clouds and sea breeze made him feel uneasy.

Behind the man in military uniform, there was a young general wearing exquisite armor and a slender figure came behind him, and the general who was usually used to being frivolous also restrained a lot at this time, and stood with his hands down respectfully, the man in military uniform in front of him was the great prince of the Youyun Empire, Liu Fengdu, since five years ago, the current Dragon Emperor began to slowly hand over government affairs to him, and he can be said to be half the emperor of the empire who already holds great power, and it will be a matter of course for the current Dragon Emperor to formally inherit the throne after abdication.

Looking at the back of the imperial prince in front of him, General Baihe's handsome face showed a puzzled look, and he didn't understand why the eldest prince would personally follow and escort this batch of military supplies from the Manichae to the empire, although this time the materials were rare in recent years in terms of quantity and sophistication, but the status of the imperial prince was noble, and it was not appropriate for him to escort the materials together.

In addition, two thousand miles away from this sea route is the Qianjo Islands, where the Sea Clan is entrenched, and the Sea Tribes have repeatedly attacked the Empire's fleets in the nearby waters, and every time they travel to and from Manichae, the Empire has to send a large number of patrol ships to follow them near the sea route, and the number of attacks has been reduced.

"His Royal Highness, according to the current speed of travel, you can reach Luming Harbor tonight, according to the report of the patrol ship in front, no suspicious signs have been found, if the power furnace is fully opened, the speed can be increased by another thirty percent. ”

"No, the increase in speed will also affect the fleet's perception of danger, today's weather is unusual, always be vigilant. After a pause, the eldest prince continued: "On the surface, it seems to be calm, but danger is often hidden in the depths. ”

"Yes. White River was ordered to retreat, and the patrol boats were ordered to remain on alert.

Looking at the sky shrouded in dark clouds in the distance, Liu Fengdu frowned.

The sky was even more hazy, and the rolling black clouds covered the sky above the entire fleet, and beams of dazzling lightning rose and fell in the black clouds, and the hurricane roared and blew the flags on the flagpole up and down, as if to tear the battle flags apart. The waves were more than a foot high and rolled in wave after wave from a distance, and the slightly smaller escort boat followed the waves and sank, and it seemed that they could be swallowed up by the waves at any time.

"Great Prince, it seems that the heavy rain is coming, why don't you take shelter in the cabin?" A general wearing silver armor and a water-blue cloak walked slowly, with a faint smile on his elegant and calm face, and when the raging sea breeze blew across his heroic cheeks, it was like a spring breeze in March, and his long hair fluttered gently with the wind.

The eldest prince gave a soft "um" in response, and when he turned around, he looked at the guy who was always new on any occasion with a smile like sunshine, as he had never changed over the years. I wanted to tease a few words, but I hesitated for a moment but didn't say anything.

The two backs calmly walked to the cabin, one is the prince of the empire, the other is the son of the meritorious minister of the empire, the two have known each other since childhood, and when they saw him at first sight, they were so smiling, and they were not as restrained and submissive as others because of their identity as the eldest prince, but a sincere and calm smile made the two become friends, and the two were already close friends who had nothing to say when they were young when they practiced martial arts together at the Imperial Martial Arts Academy, until the two joined the army later, and then slowly participated in the government by themselves, and he rose rapidly in the empire with his military merits, Mu Dongye's name also resounded throughout the empire, and he became the youngest naval governor in the history of the empire four years ago, the new commander of the 300,000 naval Jiaolong Army of the Youyun Empire.

But it is precisely because one person sits in the temple and the other is a giant in the army, in order to reduce the suspicion of outsiders, they rarely meet, and even have few correspondence, but Liu Fengdu always regards him as his best friend and only friend, and he also knows that the other party is his most trusted and powerful supporter in the empire.

Although it has been a long time since the two have talked as much as they did when they were younger, their friendship has not diminished with time.

The two of them walked into the building boat and sat down at a long table, Mu Dongye poured two glasses of Bihu wine, a specialty of the Manichae people, this wine is different from ordinary wine, the water is taken from the famous Bihu Lake of the Maniches, and then brewed with a special method, the entrance has the unique refreshing and cold of Bihu, and there is also a characteristic that the stamina is very large, maybe one moment is still drinking and tasting and laughing, and the next moment is drunk and unconscious.

After the two of them finished drinking, Liu Fengdu said, "We haven't fought together for more than ten years, right?"

"I didn't expect the eldest prince to miss these old things. ”

"Over the years, there aren't many memories of the past. Liu Fengdu's expression was a little lonely.

Mu Dongye was silent.

A shadow wearing a black cloak slowly emerged in the corner, an old and withered face could be faintly seen under the cloak, and the shadow bowed slightly to the back of Liu Fengdu: "Your Highness, this storm on the sea is unusual, according to the old man, I am afraid that someone has changed the weather of this world, it is likely that it is the sea clan, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, although we don't have to be afraid with our strength, but we are still ready to deal with it as soon as possible." ”

Liu Fengdu slowly drank the green lake wine in the cup, and there was no expression on his face. He glanced at Mu Dongye, and there was even a hint of excitement on his face, "How long has it been since we've fought side by side together?"

"From two years after we joined the army, that is, twelve years ago, we were divided into different regiments. ”

"I really miss the years when I fought with the Sea Clan, but if you hadn't helped me block a few assassinations back then, I really don't know if I would be able to stand here and talk to you now. ”

"It's a shame that you're embarrassed to mention it, at that time, you were more than a little worse than me, and I don't know if your martial arts cultivation has been worse than back then. ”

Liu Fengdu also ignored Mu Dongye's ridicule, and said to the cloaked old man: "Xu Lai, you go and arrange it." ”

"Yes, the old Horse has ordered all Shadow Blades to be ready for battle. With that, the dark shadow in the corner slowly disappeared.

Mu Dongye looked at the eldest prince who was still calm on the other side, "This action is obviously aimed at you, you are not worried at all, or are you too confident in yourself?" Since the other party knows that they are facing the imperial naval fleet, it means that the other party is not afraid of us." ”

"I'm more concerned about who leaked the news about me on the Imperial Navy ship and who arranged this operation, and not many people know my whereabouts. ”

Mu Dongye noticed that the eldest prince even had a hint of gloom in his eyes when he said the last sentence, but he was not surprised by the eldest prince's ruthless expression, but thought of the helplessness in the center of power, and even some sympathy. As the prince of the empire, naturally not many people will know his daily whereabouts, let alone the whereabouts of the empire, only the closest people around him, and among these people, if the eldest prince has any mistakes, it is not difficult to guess the most profitable person.

Mu Dongye drank all the wine in the cup and smiled, "I can't be so calm as you, since the other party is prepared, we also have to exchange courtesies, and the reputation of the Imperial Navy can't be damaged by me." ”

After speaking, he walked out of the cabin, leaving only the slightly lonely figure of the eldest prince, who was sitting precariously looking at the wine in the cup a little distracted.

The sailing fleet is slowly approaching, and the sky above the fleet is flying with a pitch-black staff in hand, the green gem on the top of the staff emits a faint green light, and the green light circle envelops the fleet, and the waves roaring like angry lions are slowly calmed down.

Xu Lai's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, looking down at the sea, his eyes seemed to pass through layers of obstacles to see everything under the sea, and murmured: "After hiding for so long, I am finally going to come out, today, it will be a day of blood." ”

Countless huge whirlpools suddenly appeared in front of the fleet, Mu Dongye stood on the building ship with a cold expression, made a few gestures, and the herald on the side immediately sounded the horn rhythmically after seeing the gesture, and the fleet immediately split into two to bypass the whirlpool, and suddenly the sea water rolled over, and a huge column of water rushed out of the sea and went straight into the sky, piercing a building ship, and splashing the hull deck everywhere. Two huge tentacles suddenly stretched out from the bottom of the sea to pierce another building ship from bottom to top, and two more tentacles entangled the pierced ship, and the tentacles suddenly exerted force, and the deck of the building ship broke one after another in a "rattling" sound.

Suddenly, a silver light crossed, and a severed tentacle slowly fell into the sea from the air, Mu Dongye stood above the destroyed ship with a silver-white halberd in his hand, his amber-bright eyes staring at the sea, and his long hair flying wantonly with the wind.

The silver halberd in Mu Dongye's hand suddenly swelled with white light, and the white light quickly condensed into a huge war halberd, and the silver halberd stabbed obliquely into the sea, and the war halberd condensed by the white light instantly sank into the water, like a light shining into the water without any waves, but suddenly a sharp and piercing chirp came out from the sea. After a while, large swaths of blood poured out of the sea, staining the surface of the sea a pale red.

Countless ice picks stabbed out from the sea and pointed at Mu Dongye in the air, Mu Dongye reacted extremely quickly, and dodged away in an instant, but the ice picks continued to pour out of the sea like a torrential rain and followed Mu Dongye's figure, only to see a white figure shuttling back and forth in the air to avoid the attack of the ice picks.

Suddenly, the sea rolled violently, and a huge beast with multiple thick tentacles jumped high from the sea, and the body of the beast was the size of three ships, and the huge body threw itself into the air with a silver figure.

Mu Dongye, who was dodging in the air, looked at the fierce beast that opened its huge mouth and faintly felt a crisis, since the martial arts were becoming more and more perfect, this feeling had not appeared for a long time, and there was a tremor of excitement from the silver halberd in his hand. The silver halberd in his hand swept towards the beast, a silver light curtain shot at the beast's open bloody mouth, the beast roared loudly and scattered the light curtain, and then slapped Mu Dongye with the tentacles under the bloody mouth, Mu Dongye moved horizontally to avoid the attack, the tail of the fierce beast swung in the air and caught up with Mu Dongye, the tentacles slapped towards Mu Dongye again, and the beast "swam" in the air It also made Mu Dongye feel a little surprised, after being slightly stunned, he looked at the powerful tentacles rushing to his face without fear, without any retreat, but stabbed at the tentacles with a halberd, the two struck each other, a violent wave of power fluctuations spread, and the storms in the space within a radius of dozens of miles were stagnant, Mu Dongye retreated a hundred feet, and the qi and blood in his body surged, but it was no big deal to adjust his breath slightly, and half of the tentacles of the fierce beast turned into powder and dissipated in the air, and the fierce beast jumped into the sea, and its huge body stirred up monstrous waves.