Li Shuyi was taken aback by Matsuura Shinkuro's bold attempt to trade injury for life.
Before the battle, Bai Xiaowen had analyzed the function of Matsuura Shinkuro's mysterious dagger through Yu Dayou's wound, as well as the possible limitations it might have.
After the mysterious dagger stabbed its target, Shinkuro only needed to cut his palm and bleed to make a fierce general like Yu Dayou faint and almost die. This power was truly terrifying.
However, Bai Xiaowen concluded that there were limitations to this method. Otherwise, it would be a little too shameless to be able to kill a Rare Commander-tier opponent in one hit.
As for the limitations, one was the difficulty of activating it, and the other was probably the price.
Bai Xiaowen did not consider the price. He only speculated the difficulty of activating it. After asking about the details of Yu Dayou's wound, Bai Xiaowen noticed that the mysterious dagger had pierced Yu Dayou's chest, which was the vital point of his heart.
Bai Xiaowen deduced that the condition for the mysterious dagger to activate its additional power was to pierce the enemy's heart.
It should be noted that the laws of the Spiritual Realm had been digitized. Being stabbed in the heart did not mean certain death. As long as one's body was strong enough and one's health was high enough, if the attack did not reach 1/3 of one's maximum health, even if one's heart was pierced, there would only be a severe bleeding effect. As long as one's health was not depleted, one would not die.
The additional power of the mysterious dagger was very likely to trigger a "direct death" judgment after being stabbed in the heart!
If one survived the judgment, one would still faint, like Yu Dayou. If one could not survive the "direct death" judgment, one would die immediately.
Therefore, Bai Xiaowen deliberately asked Li Shuyi to be careful. He would rather take two more stabs than let his heart be hit. To be safe, Bai Xiaowen took a step back. He asked Li Shuyi to be careful not only of his heart, but also of his other vital points. He could not let his heart be hit.
It turned out that Bai Xiaowen's order to be safe was not unfounded. The condition for activating Matsuura Shinkuro's mysterious dagger was not limited to the heart, but also the vital points of the entire body.
With the Ring of Nothingness and Shadowless Slash, it was not difficult for Li Shuyi to do so.
Just as Matsuura Shinkuro was about to stab Li Shuyi's vital point, Li Shuyi's figure suddenly flashed and turned into a phantom, activating the newly learned "Shadowless Slash" skill!
Li Shuyi couldn't be targeted while the Shadowless Slash was active. Matsuura Shinkuro's attack only hit the air.
However, Li Shuyi's sword in his right hand, under the state of Shadowless Slash, went straight into Matsuura Shinkuro's neck, drawing a string of blood!
The damage of [Devilfire Dance] exploded!
The damage of five stacks of Mark of Thunder exploded!
A fatal attack on the neck, ignoring defense!
Severe bleeding!
Matsuura Shinkuro's HP dropped by more than 100 points! A terrifying wound opened up on his neck. Blood flowed out and dyed the surrounding seawater red.
"Damn woman …" Matsuura Shinkuro wanted to curse, but he couldn't even open his mouth because he was holding his breath! He covered the wound on his neck with one hand and tried his best to compress it, slowing down the speed of the blood flow.
Li Shuyi was wearing a huge swim bladder, so she didn't have to worry about this. She took a small step back, dodging another attack from Matsuura Shinkuro. She said:
"It's all his fault that you're in this state."
"You have no right to call him trash!"
"In my eyes, he's stronger than you, ten thousand times stronger!"
Matsuura Shinkuro understood the language of the wise. Her words were extremely harsh to his ears. He wanted to refute angrily, but sadly, he found that he couldn't even open his mouth.
Facing Matsuura Shinkuro, who only had a little more than 100 HP left, Li Shuyi raised her two swords and rushed forward. She had given up on the strategy of guerrilla warfare.
Matsuura Shinkuro's eyes lit up. He was gradually getting used to the feeling of fighting underwater. Although he only had a little more than 100 HP left and was still bleeding, he was no match for the woman in front of him in a head-on battle!
To put it bluntly, the woman in front of him was strong in offense and weak in defense. Even if she had the upper hand, once she got carried away by her victory, she could easily turn the tables around!
Matsuura Shinkuro raised the short sword in his hand and stabbed forward.
However, this sword strike struck empty air again.
Li Shuyi's body suddenly turned invisible. She had activated the additional skill of the [Ring of Nothingness], which gave her a 99% evasion rate against physical attacks for 5 seconds!
During these 5 seconds, Li Shuyi could freely attack without hesitation. Although her attack speed didn't change, her hit rate and critical hit rate increased exponentially!
…
On the deck of the Japanese ship.
The pirates were still trying to escape. After being chased out of the ship by Bai Xiaowen, they all fled to other ships.
The Japanese pirates finally had a chance to catch their breath. If Bai Xiaowen and the others wanted to chase after them, they would have to take the initiative to jump ship and engage in a new round of boarding battle. However, the HP of Bai Xiaowen's personal guards, as well as the summoned creatures, were in danger.
Bai Xiaowen waved his hand to signal for them to stop attacking. Being able to snatch one ship was already beyond his expectations. His original goal was to just hold on under the siege of the Japanese pirates.
"Kitts, take the skeleton sword-and-shield soldiers into the sea and see how Shuyi's battle is going," Bai Xiaowen said.
Vampire Kitts obeyed the order. Just as he was about to enter the sea, he saw bubbles surging in the sea.
A graceful figure rushed out of the sea. Her long hair swept away the water droplets, revealing a beautiful face. Who else could it be but Li Shuyi?
"No need to look. I've already completed the mission," Li Shuyi smiled at Bai Xiaowen. "Now … can you throw me a rope?"
Bai Xiaowen was overjoyed. He hurriedly ordered Zhang Ting and the others to throw a rope and drag Li Shuyi out of the sea.
"Here, this swim bladder is really useful." Li Shuyi removed the swim bladder and handed it to Bai Xiaowen.
"It seems like you've been training well in the sea these past few days." Bai Xiaowen was relieved to see that Li Shuyi was fine. If Li Shuyi was fine, it meant that Matsuura Shinkuro was definitely dead.
"Okay." Li Shuyi nodded softly. Then, he took out a large golden treasure chest. "This is the treasure chest that Matsuura Shinkuro dropped. Open it and see if you can get the mysterious dagger needed for the mission."
"I have this mission on me, so it should be possible. According to the rules of the Spiritual Realm, loot cards have the highest priority, "Bai Xiaowen said with a smile.
The natives of the Spiritual Realm couldn't see treasure chests. Moreover, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi communicated through the team channel, so they didn't have to worry about being treated as idiots. However, the actions of opening treasure chests and selecting cards were still very obvious. Therefore, they had to avoid being seen by the natives to avoid being treated as crazy.
"What should we do with the remaining Wokou pirates?" Li Shuyi asked.
There were four to five hundred Wokou pirates who came with Matsuura Shinkuro. Among them, Bai Xiaowen led Zhang Ting and the others to kill less than a hundred. The rest were so frightened by Orochi that their morale dropped and they fled to other Wokou ships.
Although their morale was low and they didn't dare to take the initiative to attack, the Wokou pirates didn't know where Matsuura Shinkuro was. Of course, they couldn't just escape.
However, many of the Wokou pirates had the same thought … Matsuura Shinkuro hadn't appeared until now. He must have met with misfortune. However, no one dared to discuss this possibility right away.
For Bai Xiaowen and the others, it wasn't realistic to take the initiative to attack the several hundred Wokou pirates, most of whom were elite Wokou pirates. They weren't on land, so the attacking party would be at a disadvantage.
Bai Xiaowen had too few people on his side. Bai Xiaowen only left a dozen people on his side to bomb Matsuura Shinkuro's ship. If there were too many people, the small boat wouldn't be able to hold them all.
Therefore, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. The other four Wokou ships surrounded Bai Xiaowen's ship. They held their swords and sabers as if they were facing a formidable enemy, but they didn't dare move forward. Bai Xiaowen and the others didn't take the initiative to attack either, resulting in a strange stalemate.
"The other Wokou pirates … forget it. Looking at the time, Qi Jiguang should be here soon … "Bai Xiaowen shaded his eyes with his hands and looked at the position of the sun.
"The Immortal Bai, it's General Qi's banner! They have appeared! "Zhang Ting, who was holding the Thousand-Mile Watch, yelled excitedly.
Bai Xiaowen laughed inwardly. The word "little" had finally been removed from the Immortal Bai's name.
"How can you be so accurate? If you keep acting like this, they'll really think you're a half-immortal," Li Shuyi complained.
Bai Xiaowen smiled contentedly, but didn't explain. He took the Thousand-Mile Watch from Zhang Ting and looked into the distance. He could already see the battleship of the Ming Army not far away.
Seeing the Ming Army's battleship coming to their aid, the four Wokou ships became restless. They immediately raised the sails and turned the rudders, fleeing in the direction away from the Ming Army's battleship.
However, two more battleships of the Ming Army appeared in front of them, and the banners of the Ming Army's battleship appeared on both sides.
Qi Jiguang was well-versed in the art of war, so he wouldn't give these Wokou pirates a chance to escape.
Qi Jiguang's appearance could be traced back to three days ago. Bai Xiaowen accepted Matsuura Shinkuro's mission and rushed to Ningbo.
After confirming that they were out of the sight of the Wokou pirates, Bai Xiaowen ordered the entire army to disguise themselves and fly the flag of the Ming Army. While sailing, he also let Li Shuyi wear a huge swim bladder to practice fighting underwater and adapt to the environment of water battles.
After arriving in Ningbo, Bai Xiaowen relied on his reputation in the Ming Army to easily meet Qi Jiguang, who was defending Zhejiang.
Persuading Qi Jiguang to take the initiative to attack Matsuura Shinkuro took a lot of effort from Bai Xiaowen. Luckily, he was well prepared and offered a plan to lure the enemy out to sea and destroy them. Qi Jiguang saw that they had a high chance of winning, and they didn't need to fight the dangerous battle of landing, so he agreed.
After all, taking the initiative to attack the pirates of Penghu was different from attacking Japan itself. The Penghu Islands were the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and attacking them was an open and aboveboard action.
The main point of this plan was that Bai Xiaowen could lure Matsuura Shinkuro out to sea.
Bai Xiaowen killed the pirate Maeda, who was the pirate servant who maintained the Japanese sword for Matsuura Shinkuro. He seized Matsuura Shinkuro's treasured sword and dispelled Matsuura Shinkuro's doubts about the trap through Arima Jiro. He successfully lured Matsuura Shinkuro out to sea and left the base of Penghu Island.
While Matsuura Shinkuro was leading thousands of elite pirates to chase after Bai Xiaowen, Qi Jiguang, who had been waiting outside, first sent his troops to the main island of Penghu. He captured the remaining thousands of weak pirates and destroyed Matsuura Shinkuro's lair. Following which, Qi Jiguang ordered the warships to surround Matsuura Yonasuke, Matsuura Chasuke, and the other five hundred people.
As for the gunpowder used to blow up the warships, Bai Xiaowen borrowed it from Qi Jiguang. Otherwise, Bai Xiaowen wouldn't have been able to get military supplies like gunpowder so easily.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi walked into the cabin together to open the treasure chests and draw the spoils of war.
In this battle, Bai Xiaowen obtained three silver treasure chests, all of which were dropped by the elite pirates, and all of them had a grade C battle rating.
After three draws, he didn't get anything that would make his eyes light up. Instead, he got a Three-Star Equipment Enhancement Card.
Although the equipment enhancement card was useful, a three-star enhancement card was somewhat useless.
In this regard, although there was only a one-star difference between a three-star and a four-star enhancement card, there was a big difference.
A four-star enhancement card was used to enhance gold equipment. If all four enhancement slots were used to enhance a set of blue equipment, or the equivalent of a set of blue equipment, the success rate of + 7 enhancement could be increased to 100%.
On the other hand, a three-star enhancement card could only increase the success rate of + 7 gold equipment to about 90% if only a set of blue equipment was used.
It seemed like a difference of only 10%, but the hunters didn't dare to take the risk. Think about it. After spending tens of thousands of points to enhance a piece of equipment to + 6, only to encounter a failure rate of 10% when the equipment was upgraded to + 7 … The loss of equipment was quite a big blow to the hunters.
A Gold equipment that was worth strengthening to + 7 was naturally the best for an Awakened. Losing it would definitely be an unbearable pain.
"Although it's not a four-star enhancement card, it can still be used. At most, we can fill the enhancement slots with gold equipment. There are still a few gold equipment that we don't need." Bai Xiaowen said.
Filling the enhancement slots with gold equipment and burning it as auxiliary equipment was simply inhumane for the average hunter.
The other two items dropped were both blue equipment. One was leather trousers, and the other was a leather wrist guard. The attributes were mediocre and could only be broken down or used as auxiliary equipment enhancement.
Bai Xiaowen opened Matsuura Shinkuro's gold treasure chest.
It was worth mentioning that Li Shuyi got an A-level score for killing Matsuura Shinkuro and had three draws.
Although Li Shuyi could kill Matsuura Shinkuro by creating an underwater combat environment, the rules of the spiritual realm obviously didn't judge it as a "trick." The reason was that Matsuura Shinkuro's HP was basically emptied by Li Shuyi.
When Bai Xiaowen hadn't awakened yet, he encountered the elite zombie rat, Blackfang, in the plague rat's lair. He knocked Blackfang into a narrow tunnel and created such a narrow environment so that it couldn't use its agility advantage and was hacked to death. As a result, his combat score didn't decrease.
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