Dugu Junjie stood in the command room, followed Zhang Hao's point, and sure enough, he saw a huge octopus, and this octopus only had four intact but mottled tentacles, and there were also four broken tentacles, which was shocking.

At this time, the octopus was propping up on the rock with three tentacles, and the other tentacle pointed at the Zhiyuan battleship, and there was a faint whistling sound.

Behind the Black Scale Island, in the surrounding sea, monsters like waves began to appear. These sea monsters are densely packed, almost covering the islands and covering the sea.

In contrast, the battleship Zhiyuan is small and pitiful.

Even Liu Dingshan, Mingxu Daochang, and Chen Yansong couldn't help but gasp at this time. In the face of this overwhelming demon beast, you can feel your own insignificance. After all, this is the ocean, and it is the territory of the sea monsters.

Now is not the time to hesitate, Zhang Hao's eyes narrowed, and he immediately shouted to Dugu Junjie: "Capture the thief and capture the king first, and gather fire to attack the octopus monster." In addition, try to chop up the tentacles of the octopus monster and throw them into the surrounding ocean, which may have unexpected effects. ”

Zhang Hao did not give a direct order, but told Dugu Junjie, and then Dugu Junjie gave the order.

Professional things are left to professional people to do, Zhang Hao is very self-aware, he doesn't need to be able to command battles, he just needs to be able to command Dugu Junjie. In a word, this is called "good general"!

Dugu Junjie decisively ordered, and the artillery immediately attacked the octopus monster. The octopus monster immediately panicked - the artillery attack a few days ago had clearly scared him. It's just that it was unwilling and killed it again.

However, if Zhang Hao and others can read the mind of the octopus monster, they will understand: it not only has revenge, but also greed. For the sea monster, the steel giant ship is a huge treasure.

There are a lot of metal deposits in the sea, but there are not many metals that can be used. And the creativity of demon beasts, etc., really needs to be strengthened. Therefore, they are extremely greedy for human metal objects.

Especially in the battle a few days ago, the octopus monster also collected a lot of shrapnel. The shrapnel was all steel. Although the steel used to make the cannonballs is of poor quality, and the material looks like pig iron, it is steel after all, enough to cut through the bone armor of the demon beast of the Transformation Stage!

So, the octopus monster thought, this fragment is so powerful, what if you can keep all the warships for yourself?

After so many days of lurking and adding several days of wounds, the octopus monster finally struck.

Not only that, but there was also sea water rolling behind the battleship, and a hundred-meter-long giant snake surrounded by black water also slowly emerged. The eyes of the giant snake looking at the battleship Zhiyuan were full of greed.

The hundred-meter-tall giant snake stirred half of the sea, and the Zhiyuan tossed in the sea.

Zhang Hao finally opened his mouth to ask for help from the three gods and dragged the giant snake.

Mingxu Daoist let out a long roar, "I'll go up first, and ask the two Daoists to help sweep the formation." I just broke through the god transformation stage, and my forehand is itchy!"

At the same time as the cannon roared, the Mingxu Dao Leader had already flown up and flew towards the giant snake. The old man played a rune treasure, and the rune treasure turned into a huge net in the sky, covering the giant snake.

The giant snake roared, and the sea water with a radius of hundreds of meters rushed into the sky, and the majestic waves actually swept away the huge net that fell from the sky!

The waves were under the control of the giant serpent, and the tumbling cover was long towards the Ming Xu, and the sea serpent also rode the waves, and the black light swirled in its mouth.

Mingxu Dao Chang dodged the waves, and faced the giant snake is a sword, and the sword light was cold, more than ten zhang long.

And the giant snake also spewed out a black, torrent-like attack, the attack was cut off by the sword light, but it also blocked the sword light, and the sword light quickly dissipated. At this moment, the giant snake suddenly swung its tail, and its tail was like lightning, smashing towards Mingxu Dao Chang with a roar.

This time it was too fast, and by the time the Mingxu Dao Leader reacted, it was already a little late. He could only let out a long howl, and a shield appeared in his hand, blocking him.

A roar of "boom ......" exploded in the sea, and the Mingxu Dao Chang was pulled away like a log. But the shield of the Ming Xuan Dao was not simple, and the flesh and blood on the tail of the giant snake were suddenly blurred, and blood and broken scales were sprinkled into the sea.

At the same time, on the deck of the battleship Zhiyuan, everyone also threw a large number of chopped and octopus monster tentacles into the sea.

In the sea, countless sea monsters suddenly went crazy. They no longer attacked the warships, but began to fight for the flesh and blood of the god-stage demon beasts in the sea.

Most marine life is devoid of intelligence, and most of its actions are subservient to instinct. At this time, when encountering this kind of coveted 'resource', the madness can be imagined.

There was only one discordant sound in the scene. Senior Brother Feng was yelling: "Cut less, that's the flesh and blood of the demon beast in the Transformation Period, it's very valuable!"

On the other side, after the Ming Xuan Dao Elder flew out, he immediately returned, and he quickly mastered the battle method of the Transformation Period, and the sword light in his hand became more and more cold and sharp. The essence of the masters of the Holy Land is slowly revealed here.

The sword light of interest could easily tear through the giant snake's defense and even attack, and the Mingxu Dao Chang gradually approached the giant snake. Suddenly, the Mingxu Dao Master once again punched out a rune seal, and this time the rune seal instantly turned into a giant net, wrapping the giant snake layer by layer.

The serpent hissed, rolled over the sea, or dived into the water. But the head of the Ming Void Dao also rushed into the water and fought under the sea.

About three minutes later, the Elder Mingxu Dao stood on the head of the giant snake, floating on the surface of the sea. Far away, Mingxu Daoist asked Zhang Hao, does this giant snake want to be killed?

On the sea, the chief of the Ming Void Dao did not make any claims.

Zhang Hao looked at the unruly eyes of the giant snake and smiled: "Master, let it go like this now, I'm afraid there will be trouble." You have to beat it, when you give it down, and when you let it go. ”

"Haha, understood!" Mingxu Dao Chang suddenly removed the shackles of the giant snake, stepped the giant snake into the water with one foot, and continued to fight. The giant snake has lost its sharpness, and this time it was indeed pressed and beaten by the Ming Xuan Dao Chief, and it was beaten in different ways.

At the same time, the island had been cleaned by artillery several times, and was littered with craters and broken monster corpses. The octopus monster had rushed into the water, ready to attack from underwater. But immediately there were masters who dropped bombs from above. These bombs can explode up to 100 meters above sea water.

The underwater explosion became even more powerful, and after a while, the octopus monster was forced out of the sea and continued to be baptized by artillery.

After about ten minutes, the octopus monster fled again in embarrassment, and Feng Zhiling happily harvested a huge tentacle again. As for the sea snake that was beaten several times by the head of Mingxu Dao, he finally begged for mercy.

"Get out!" Ming Xudao kicked it and flew back to the deck.

The giant ship did not continue to advance, but leaned towards the island.

Zhang Hao flew down to the island, dodged the corpses of the sea monsters, and stood on a commanding height, thoughtfully, "The location of this island is in the south of the country of Canglan?"

Dugu Junjie took the chart, pointed it and said, "Black Scale Island is not on the nautical chart, but the map found in the country of Canglan does.

According to records, this Black Scale Island is about 100 kilometers in circumference, about 5000 kilometers from Qianlong Harbor, and 1,000 kilometers from the Southern Soil Continent.

It is bounded by the Sea of Emerald to the east and the Green Sea of Death to the west. No boat ever came close to this place though.

This is a very important node. ”

Zhang Hao looked around: "Is it possible to occupy this place and use it as a territory in the country of Qixia?"

Dugu Junjie frowned slightly: "I think it will be a little difficult to gain a firm foothold here." Surrounded by a sea of death, it's dangerous.

According to the information we gathered, the country also wanted to occupy this place, but in the end, it was not possible. There is nothing on the island but rocks. There are lairs of sea monsters everywhere, and there are countless sea monsters of all kinds.

Moreover, there are many strange insects lurking on the island, and it is difficult for ordinary people to survive. ”

Zhang Hao looked around and had to nod. Where there were no shells, there were all sorts of weird bugs in the crevices of the rocks. These bugs don't look like a good stubble.

If you want to occupy this place, you need to invest a lot of resources. Zhang Hao frowned and calculated for a moment, then said with a smile: "Here, it's not impossible to build a base. Not now, though.

Wait a little longer, and when we have multiple warships, we will directly blow up the island with explosives and build a base.

Once the communication between the inland sea and the outer sea is opened up in the future, the location of Black Scale Island will be very crucial. This is simply the throat of the throat.

Don't want the country of the waves, we want it!

Insert the flag of the country of Qixia, the flag of the ocean group, and engrave the words in stone: This is the land of the country of Qixia, and belongs to the ocean group. ”

"Wait!" Liu Dingshan stepped forward, "What do you mean by this, does this belong to the country of Qixia or the Ocean Group?"

Zhang Hao said without blinking: "It belongs to the Ocean Group, and the Ocean Group belongs to the country of Qixia." It's the land of the Land of Qixia, but because it was discovered by our Ocean Group, it is directly under the management of the Ocean Group, no problem, right?"

The rules of this world are still relatively simple. Zhang Hao's explanation made Liu Dingshan have no doubts. What I found belongs to me, and it's really nice to be able to give the country of Qixia a nominal ownership.

As he spoke, someone had already planted a flag on the island and took a photo with a specially made high-grade jade slip.

Before the departure, the country of Qixia and the Ocean Group had already made flags.

The banner of the country of Qixia is magnificent, and a golden phoenix is flying high in the purple glow; the phoenix is beautiful and noble, but there is a certain indescribable domineering, and the slight bowing of the head is like a god looking down on the earth in the sky.

The flag of Dayang Group is a sea eagle, and a black sea eagle spreads its wings and soars between the blue sea and blue sky.

The flag of the country of Qixia is planted on a mountain, and the flag of the Ocean Group is slightly lower, but it also stands side by side.

The battleship moved on. There are still a large number of monsters on the sea, but now most of these monsters are competing for 'octopus fillet'.

The battleship directly ran over it, and I don't know how many sea monsters it knocked over along the way, causing great chaos. But the battleship did not stop, but kept accelerating. Behind the propellers, blood could even be seen flowing, some unlucky eggs that had been minced.

After about twenty minutes, the battleship completed its acceleration, completely broke free from the encirclement of the sea monsters, and continued to sail eastward. And many sea monsters didn't dare to attack.

After crossing the Black Scale Island, Zhang Hao took a simple map to study: "Although the Black Scale Island is the junction of the inner and outer seas, it is a transition zone about a thousand miles to the east, and there are few ships coming over in this transition zone, but there are many sea monsters. ”

"So, no one came to rob Black Scale Island!" Dugu Junjie mocked Zhang Hao's 'greed' a little.

"Just because there is no one to grab now does not mean that there will be no one in the future. It's better to prepare early. Moreover, Black Scale Island is a hundred miles in radius, which is enough to build a large base.

In the future, I hope to make Black Scale Island a relay world in the ocean, which will connect the inner and outer seas, the island of the earth in the south, and the continent of fertile soil in the north, and become the throat of the sea.

This island must be controlled in the hands. ”

"Okay, okay, you have to control it. Dugu Junjie said casually. Obviously, this 'native' still doesn't quite understand the meaning of Black Scale Island.

Zhang Hao shook his head and stopped explaining. Then he asked about the spirit stone reserves, and now the power of the ship is the spirit stone. From the beginning to the present, it has sailed more than 8,000 kilometers, and has just arrived at Black Scale Island.

The distance of this voyage was far beyond expectations, and so far there have been no merchant ships at sea. If you want to reach the sea area of Langya Country, I am afraid that it will take at least a thousand kilometers.

Dugu Junjie smiled: "This is completely reassuring, we prepared four times as many spirit stones at that time." Now consumes about 30%. We were totally able to return.

Besides, even if there are no spirit stones in the end, isn't there still a god transformation period, and they have enough ability to push the boat away. ”

"I'm afraid that at that time, you and I will be beaten so that my parents don't know each other......"

............

The battleship roared, tore open the sea, and headed straight to the east. The hired experienced sailors finally didn't drop their chains, and although it was a little difficult, they still found their way at sea.

Their main tool for determining direction is the compass, or compass.

It was not until the evening of the fourth day that the sailors on the lookout shouted: "Boat, ship, see the ship ahead, it is a fleet of three large ships." Wow, their ship...... It seems huge!"

Everyone immediately flew up to observe, and Zhang Hao saw the distant scene clearly through a small spell. The distance of about ten kilometres, estimated at 150 metres in length by the ratio of figures to boats, was estimated to be 150 metres long;

There was also a huge flag fluttering in the wind.

Zhang Hao was overjoyed, but calmly ordered: "Rush over, don't say hello." It would be nice if we could just get in front of these three ships. ”

"Why?" Mingxu Daoist was curious. We've finally come across a ship, so we have to go up and make a deal, and even if we can't make a deal, it's okay to ask, right?

But Zhang Hao smiled: "We took the initiative to ask, what a price drop." We're going to flex our muscles now!

Dugu, rush over!"

Dugu Junjie will not doubt Zhang Hao's business acumen. Immediately ordered: "Accelerate and accelerate, 120% load, rush over!"

The speed of the battleship increased sharply, and the speed of the ship rushed from the previous cruising speed of 100 kilometers to 110 kilometers, but the distance was too close, and the battleship had just approached 110 kilometers before it was already in front of the three large ships.

Observing it up close, Zhang Hao couldn't help but exclaim: What a big ship!

These brown-black wooden boats can be seen in large wooden planks, the wooden structure is relatively bloated, about 160 meters long, almost more than 60 meters wide, and the hull looks a little 'fat'.

There are five floors on the deck, no more than 15 meters high, a little mottled, but difficult to hide.

The sails are complex three-masted sail structures, and the huge sails on three sides are propped up by the wind in a semicircle, but the speed of the ship is only about 15 kilometers.

The boats also had a deep draft, and it was evident that they were fully laden with cargo. The surrounding sea water is pushed away layer by layer.

Zhang Hao estimated that the overall weight of these wooden ships was only more than 10,000 tons. Although these wooden boats are a bit bulky, they are technically mature and have a considerable carrying capacity.

But now that these three are on, many people are gathered to work overtime, curiously watching the Zhiyuan battleship speeding by. From a distance, the side of the ship was full of heads, slowly swinging with the Zhiyuan.

Compared with their wooden ships, which are only about 15 kilometers away, the Zhiyuan battleship is simply flying, and there are no sails.

At the same time, on the side of the battleship Zhiyuan, some sailors who were okay screamed and greeted the three sailing ships, but soon, the Zhiyuan quickly moved away, maintaining a speed of 110 kilometers per hour.

The people on board the Zhiyuan had to be excited, and the first time they went to sea, they crossed the green sea of death, and the speed far exceeded those legendary ships.

The giant ship brought up the waves, and the three wooden boats that hit kept shaking.

On a large wooden ship, a young man in the infancy stage frowned slightly: "Curious ship." The straight side of the ship, the dots on the hull, are all big nails, right? So many nails are used? This boat feels...... It's kind of ugly.

Also, this ship doesn't have sails, so it can't be powered entirely by spells, right?

A middle-aged man next to him shook his head slightly, and there was surprise and confusion in his tone: "Young master, I think this ship is ...... It seems to be made of iron!"

"Tie?" the young master muttered, and suddenly said, "Uncle Feng, the sailors they just greeted each other, and they don't look like some bad guys." Shall we go after it and ask?"

"Young master, I don't think this kind of unknown person, let's not be the first to go up and say hello. Take a look at the back. ”

The young master snorted: "Our ship...... I can't catch up!"

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "Send a small boat, drive it with a hair, and follow them to see." Also, the fleet is following behind! If there is an opportunity to cooperate, we at the Seven Star Firm must seize it. ”

"Not docking?"

The middle-aged man shook his head: "We have been sailing at sea for half a year, not bad for these few days." Walk. ”

The middle-aged man took the young master, plus a few Yuan infant guards, and everyone urged a small boat of about ten meters to chase after the Zhiyuan, but they did not approach.

The Zhiyuan continued to rampage, moving eastward and again, and before you knew it, it was already the next day. And there are more and more small boats following the Zhiyuan.

At noon, a sailor suddenly shouted: "More than 30 warships have appeared in front, and it seems that the flag is the sailor of the country of Langya!"

(According to research, Zheng He's treasure ship in the Western Ocean has a displacement of about 20,000 tons.) ）