The faint light on the other side is dotted and denser and denser. I thought it was a will-o'-the-wisp at first, but later I found that it seemed to be a pair of eyes.
"What the hell kind of thing is that?" Ye Jin frowned, his figure seemed to be quite tall, unlike ordinary beasts.
The generals of the Chu army set up bows and crossbows on the side of the ship. The arrows glowed faintly blue in the moonlight, and all of them were poisonous.
"Your Majesty." Shen Qianfan said, "There are more and more will-o'-the-wisps on the other side. It seems that the number is at least hundreds, and there are signs of continuous increase."
"Light it up!" Chu Yuan made a decisive decision.
The fuses of ten shocking cannons were ignited at the same time, and the roar almost deafened both ears. Countless mud boulders were rushed into the air by the airflow, and then smashed into the sea like hailstorm. Dye a layer of golden red.
"This..." With the help of the unquenchable fire, Ye Jin finally saw the situation on the other side clearly. Under the dark green eyes, there was a face so ferocious that he couldn't see the facial features clearly. Numb.
"It's a sea monkey!" On the other end, Wen Liunian also noticed something strange.
"What the hell?" Zhao Yue asked.
"It is recorded in ancient books that people who suffer from shipwreck will turn into sea monkeys if their souls persist." Wen Liunian said, "It's just a legend, just to illustrate its ferocity. After all, no one knows what lies in the deep sea. It's not surprising that Qingqiu can find and tame monsters."
The dark guards and the Chu army's vanguard who came with the two also cheered up, holding their weapons firmly, and watching the monsters on the opposite ship with vigilance.
Zhao Yue hugged Wen Liunian with one hand, and held Jiyue's saber handle firmly with the other.
Wen Liunian held the dagger tightly, and his expression was also very nervous.
"It's Chu Cheng." Zhao Yue whispered.
Wen Liunian looked forward, and sure enough, he saw a man standing behind the sea monkey, holding a torch in his hand, his face was reflected.
Wen Liunian said: "Do you want to catch up on the past?"
Zhao Yue was funny: "He doesn't seem to want to talk to you."
Give it a try, maybe you can get away with it. Wen Liunian cleared his throat, and was just about to say hello sincerely, when Chu Cheng suddenly yelled, his voice especially shrill in the night sky.
Wen Liunian was taken aback, and unconsciously shivered.
The dark guard sighed, if he is really a scholar after all, he deserves to be protected by the master.
Following Chu Cheng's shout, the sea monkey seemed to have received an order, and jumped into the water one after another with a "plop" before disappearing in an instant. Zhao Yue frowned slightly, but there was already a Chu army vanguard exclaiming in front of him.
Below the side of the ship, a huge sea monkey suddenly jumped straight out of the sea, and it was attached to the hull like a gecko. With a twist of its forearm, the plank of the ship was already torn apart, and the rushing sea water poured into the cabin. Under the force, the entire ship was disintegrated almost instantly.
"Damn it." The dark guard cursed a dirty word, and with a flash of iron whip in his hand, he entangled another sea monkey tightly and threw it back into the sea.
Chu Cheng laughed shrillly on the boat. Dozens of huge sea monkeys were like ghosts in the water, destroying one after another of the boats. Zhao Yue held Wen Liunian tightly in his arms, and the Jiyue knife pierced into the center of the sea with a whistling sound and huge internal force. A nest of sea monkeys trying to climb up the ship's plank were caught off guard and almost had their limbs broken. The heart-piercing pain brought more hatred, and the sea monkeys fought back more and more frantically. A dozen of them jumped out of the sea together and smashed heavily on the deck.
The ship was crumbling, Wen Liunian closed his eyes nervously, Zhao Yue whispered "Don't be afraid" in his ear, stepped on the fence with one foot, swung his knife in the air and killed the most leading sea monkeys. The mast that fell into the sea landed firmly on Chu Cheng's big ship.
"Seeking death." Chu Cheng smiled sinisterly, and Wen Liunian caught a glimpse of the cold light on the deck from the corner of his eyes, so he hurriedly said, "There is a hidden weapon!"
As soon as the words fell, hundreds of sharp arrows burst out of the hidden box. The dark guards were shocked when they saw this, but Zhao Yue had already jumped up, and chopped off the main mast with his palm. Another huge sail fell heavily, blocking all the rain of arrows.
Wen Liunian was still in shock, and just about to tell him to be careful, Zhao Yue had already swooped down, and with a flash of cold light in his right hand, blood shot up into the sky.
The head flew up into the air and then fell to the ground, his eyes seemed to be full of shock. On the deck, Chu Cheng's body shook twice, and then fell straight down.
"Don't look." Zhao Yue tightened his left arm, Wen Liunian was holding on to his sleeve tightly, his mind was ignorant, and before he could fully regain his senses, the whole person had already been taken by him and landed on another boat. So more dizzy.
The dark guard was dumbfounded, looking at the red-eyed Zhao Yue among the sea monkeys. The black clothes and black hair almost merged with the night sky, and the Jiyue knife in his hand seemed to be stained with magic, even the blade turned red like blood, coquettish and sharp under the silver-white moonlight.
Before him, there has never been a single person in the world who can have such a fast skill, so fast that there is no rule to follow, so fast that the opponent has almost no power to parry, and the phantom gust is frightening and defenseless.
The sharp blade pierced the throat and the top of the skull, and the sea monkey screamed and fell into the sea. After a while, it floated up again, like white sandbags one after another, gradually receding with the current, and finally sank to the bottom of the sea, where it was scrambled for food by big fish.
The Jiyue Knife seemed to have life and soul, and its true energy circulated around the sky through the blade. Wen Liunian lay on his shoulder, feeling warm liquid continuously falling from his ears, and his heart tightened more and more. Feeling that the person in his arms seemed to be trembling a little, Zhao Yue's eyes became darker, he clenched the handle of the knife impatiently, and swung the knife heavily in the air.
As if explosives ignited the sea, huge waves surged into the sky, and the sea monkey screamed and was shaken into the air. There was only a flash of cold light in front of its eyes, and the neck was already chilled to the bone. The blood-colored mist stained the world in front of it, and finally returned to darkness.
The dark guard was shocked, he would never have expected that the red willow knife technique would have such heaven-defying power after he had mastered it.
Zhao Yue landed on the shore with Wen Liunian, reached out and patted him on the back: "Don't be afraid, I'm not injured."
Wen Liunian's face turned pale, and he didn't recover for a long time.
The dark guards paddled a few larger boards to pull the fallen Chu soldiers ashore. After a life-and-death battle, everyone was panting and shocked, and took a rest on the shore.
"Your Majesty!" A flash in Wen Liunian's mind suddenly flashed, and he said anxiously, "We must not be the only ones who encountered an ambush." It is absolutely impossible for the other party to only raise a few dozen sea monkeys in this area.
"Let's go." Zhao Yue pulled him up, and the group roughly identified the direction, and then rushed along the coast of Baiwu Island to the direction of the main battlefield.
"Ignite!" Shen Qianfan ordered loudly, and another round of the sky-shattering cannon was ignited, and the sea monkeys fell into the sea hoarse and screaming, but more new sea monkeys appeared, as if they could never be killed.
Two huge ironclad warships stood in the forefront to protect the rest of the warships from damage. Shen Qianfeng and Duan Baiyue joined forces to kill the sea monkeys who kept trying to attack.
Mu Qingshan stood on the boat at the back, looking at Shang Yunze with great concern - previously he took advantage of the victory to pursue and captured the flank rebels. He thought the battle was going smoothly, but he didn't expect to encounter so many monsters as soon as he came back.
"Do you want to withdraw first?" Ye Jin asked Chu Yuan. No one could tell how many sea monkeys the other party had raised. If they kept killing them like this, more and more warships would be damaged. Once the soldiers of the Chu army fell into the sea, they had almost no chance of winning against this deep-sea monster.
"I'm afraid it won't be possible to withdraw." Shen Qianfan shook his head.
Ye Jin was startled, followed his gaze, and saw a big ship coming not far away, which was also full of sea monkeys. Attacking back and forth, the opponent was clearly prepared to wipe out the Chu army.
"Rush forward." Chu Yuan ordered in a deep voice.
Ye Jin and Shen Qianfan looked at each other. Forward is indeed the only way out. Only by attacking Baiwu Island can they be sure to turn defeat into victory. But the sea ahead is full of huge sea monkeys, the main warship may rush over, but the smaller warships have almost no chance of winning, and three or two sea monkeys can easily tear it apart. But under the circumstances, there is no second choice - we can only fight.
Shen Qianfan gritted his teeth, and was about to order to blow the horn, but Ye Jin grabbed his wrist: "Wait!"
"What's wrong?" Chu Yuan asked.
"There seems to be a fleet ahead." Ye Jin pointed.
In the vast white mist, a huge ship is coming through the waves wearing the stars and the moon, and the sails are almost like mountains. On both sides of the huge ship, countless medium-sized warships escorted the passage. The hull of the ship was completely covered with thick iron armor. There were no names, only countless young warriors holding steel knives, bows and crossbows.
"The King of Ming is here!" One of the soldiers of the Chu army was a fisherman in the East China Sea, and he couldn't help exclaiming after seeing it from a distance.
Chu Yuan's eyes froze, and he climbed up the watchtower in two or three steps.
The red flag waved over the giant ship to convey a message, and Shen Qianfan ordered loudly: "The army retreat!"
The sound of whining horns swirled in the sky, and the exhausted warships of the Chu army finally had a moment of respite and retreated into the protective circle of the main battleship. The sea monkey was extremely vicious and wanted to catch up, but was shot and killed countless by a shower of arrows shining with silver light.
The people of the Yuwei tribe in the East China Sea made extremely exquisite bows and crossbows, they could kill people invisible with a hundred steps, and they really lived up to their reputation.
"Kill them!" Qingqiu was flustered when he heard Yun Duanhun's name, so he yelled desperately.
The sea monkey turned around in the sea and rushed towards the giant ship. Wuying was gearing up, and just about to jump into the sea, Wufeng grabbed his collar and threw it to the aunt behind him.
"You can't run around." The aunt hugged him and complained like she did when she was a child.
Wuying's face was buried in her chest, and it was very difficult to breathe, so she struggled desperately in grief and anger.
I'm already seventeen!