The white whip in Xiao Chen's hand hit the last guard who fell to the ground. The whip dissipated in the air, and the man woke up with a scream. Everyone on the bridge returned to normal. However, the mental whipping was not pleasant. Many people still held their heads and felt a splitting headache.
Xiao Chen ordered: "Luo Ling, Mei Tiantian and Huang Zheng go to the third deck to check the situation and wake up the fallen people. Xiao Lin will contact the Xingtian to see what the situation is on the other side. However, with Mao Kai, Ye Zi and Metatron on that ship, there shouldn't be any big problems."
Captain Ma Anmin is also a high-level wizard of the Star Tower, but he is not as good as the wizards of the Dream Tower in resisting mental attacks. Although he was not whipped just now, he spent a lot of effort to wake up completely after Xiao Chen blocked the sound. "This kind of sleepy power is too strong. If it weren't for you great magicians, we would be in big trouble."
Herrez also panted and said, "This, this song is too weird. I have never heard of such a thing. Sir, what should we do now?"
Xiao Chen said: "Since they have resorted to such tactics, they naturally hope to seize our ship after we all fall asleep to the singing. I guess they will show up in a while. We might as well take advantage of them and wait for them to show up on their own, then give them a surprise."
"Take advantage of the situation?" Herrez obviously didn't understand what this sentence meant.
Ma Anmin said: "This is a good idea. Our gunners are not used to firing at sea, so their hit rate is already low. If we can wait for them to get close and ambush them, our chances of success will be much better."
At this time, Lin Lichuan said: "Xingtian replied, saying that they encountered some minor troubles at the beginning, but now the situation is under control."
Xiao Chen said: "Tell Mao Kai to keep quiet on the ship. We will wait for the enemy to reveal their true form."
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Xiao Chen added: "Have the Marines hide on the deck. Don't let the enemy find you. Make them think everyone on our ship is asleep."
Under Xiao Chen's arrangement, the crystal power rooms of the two ships were reduced to the lowest output power and the speed was slowed down to the slowest. No one was running on the deck of the ship anymore, and everyone was hiding in the rooms and wall panels.
The enemy in the mist seemed very cautious, and sang the ballad for another ten minutes before stopping. Another ten minutes passed before dark figures emerged from the mist.
"It's about two nautical miles away from us." Ma Anmin judged.
"They are indeed the ships of the Sea Clan." Herrez took out a telescope and began to observe the approaching small boats. "These ships are very good by the standards of the Sea Clan. They must belong to a very powerful tribe."
With Xiao Chen's eyesight, he could see it clearly without a telescope. The sea tribe's boat looked very different from that of humans. It was a long and narrow triangle with fewer masts and sails than humans. However, there were many heads floating in the water on the sides and behind the boat. "Why are there so many people holding the boat in the water?"
"The materials and technology used by the sea tribe to make sails are relatively backward, so the power provided by their sails is limited. In addition to relying on the wind to move forward, they also rely on the slaves of the scale tribe to push them forward." Heles explained, "The scale tribe can live in the water all the time, so they don't need to board the ship during the voyage. The ship is usually prepared for the armor tribe responsible for fighting and attacking, as well as other high-level sea tribes. They also use weapons such as metal swords and bows and arrows, which cannot be soaked in water."
As the other party approached, Xiao Chen gradually saw the people standing on the boat. At a glance, there were five or six sea creatures with different appearances. There were two largest groups. The first type of sea creatures were green in color, with natural shells on their chests, abdomens and shoulders, which looked like they were wearing a full set of armor. Most of them held weapons similar to humans, including swords, guns, bows and arrows. This must be the armored tribe that Herrez mentioned. The second type of sea creatures were covered with fine scales, and their bodies were similar to humans, but there were diagonal lines on their cheeks and necks, which seemed to be gills for breathing, and there were fin-like structures on both sides of their hands and feet. This should be the scaled tribe of the same race as those underwater people. Their weapons were not made of metal, but mostly white, like bone.
The remaining sea creatures were much smaller in number. Some were four or five meters tall, with dark gray skin and sharp teeth in their mouths. These should be the sharks mentioned by Herrez. Some were people with three pairs of arms and snake-like lower bodies. These were the Naga tribe that Xiao Chen had seen in the book. On all the ships, those surrounded and protected by these other sea creatures were often the mermaids, whose upper bodies were human and whose lower bodies were fish.
There is basically only one mermaid on each ship, which is very different from the movies and TV shows Xiao Chen has seen. The mermaids neither use their tails to support their bodies nor have they grown feet on the shore. Instead, they rely on the power of magic to float several dozen centimeters high.
They were not naked like in fairy tales, but wore gorgeous robes. The robes were made of something unknown, giving people a smooth and waterproof feeling. On the robes, according to the different personal status, various pearls, corals and gems were inlaid.
They all held staffs made of blue coral, with magical light flowing on the staffs.
"Oh my God, dozens of mermaid mages, and a similar number of sharks and naga. This kind of lineup... is enough to attack the Twin Sails City. I've never heard of a tribe that can produce so many masters at once!" Herez said in amazement.
"That must be their leader, right?" Xiao Chen found that there was a largest ship in the middle of the more than 30 ships. Although the length of this ship was only a little more than half of the Hou Yi, it also had three masts. On the bow, there was a woman in a high-collared robe holding a coral staff as long as her body in one hand and a conch in the other. In front and behind her were four Naga guards holding six knives. Xiao Chen faintly felt a magical fluctuation from the conch, and he had a feeling that the singing just now should have come from this female mermaid.
The ships of the sea tribes formed an arc and slowly approached. Ma Anmin asked, "Chairman Xiao, can we launch an attack? Now is the best opportunity. Otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with these four or five meter tall guys rushing in front of us!"
Xiao Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "From the looks of it, the other party should be a very important figure in the sea clan. Although they took action first, I am still prepared to give them a chance." (To be continued)