The raindrops were carried by the hurricane and fell on the surface of the sea, stirring up layers of ripples. In the dark sky, dazzling lightning accompanied by the roar that resonated through the clouds suddenly appeared like a silver snake slithering in the dark clouds.
In just a few seconds, heavy rain poured down amidst the thunder and lightning. Strong winds rolled up stormy waves on the surface of the sea. "The ruthlessness and coldness of Shrimp World No. 2's nature was slowly revealed at this moment.
The black iron used to cast the steamship had an amazing sound insulation effect. However, at this time, Zhang Lisheng could clearly hear the sound of the storm in the sky. Feeling the sudden violent jolt of the floor under his feet, he finally realized that his idea of getting the fleet ashore before the storm was indeed unreliable.
"Bansaru …" The young man opened his mouth, wanting to ask the young flagship captain to command the fleet to drop the anchor. Without warning, he heard Bansaru, who was staring out of the window while cleverly pulling the anchor in the direction of the huge waves, suddenly shout in surprise after a few bolts of lightning flashed at the same time, "I found it! I found it!"
Upon hearing the young captain's shout, Zhang Lisheng could not help but look at the shore. Soon, he broke through the dark rain and saw a wide, flat beach separated by reefs in front of him.
"Bansaru, I really don't understand why seafarers like you have such good eyesight …" As the young man muttered in disbelief, the flagship led the fleet against the hurricane and raging waves as it swayed violently and slowly approached the beach. After much effort, it finally dropped the anchor.
After the anchor was dropped, the flagship was no longer as bumpy. Bansaru, who was on the verge of collapsing, pressed both of his hands on the metal platform next to the rudder. After panting for a while, he gathered enough strength to turn around and kneel at Zhang Lisheng's feet to make a belated explanation, "Great Conqueror, when sailing in the Hellfire sea region, most experienced captains rely on their brains instead of their eyes to make judgments …"
"Let's not talk about this first, Bansaru. Is the fleet safe now?" Zhang Lisheng asked.
"Great Conqueror, when sailing in the Hellfire sea region, there's never a moment that can be called 'safe' in the face of a storm," Bansaru replied with a wry smile. "However, the possibility of the fleet being in danger should be low now."
"Is that so? No wonder there hasn't been a true ruler in the Hellfire Sea Region for thousands of years. It's really hard to imagine what the outcome would be if we're driving a wooden ship and can't avoid such a storm in advance …" Zhang Lisheng opened his mouth and muttered to himself in a low voice.
After that, he looked down at the young captain and asked curiously, "Bansaru, you just said that experienced captains rely on their brains to navigate in the Hellfire sea region, but you don't have much experience in long-distance navigation. Did Navigator Charlot teach you some tricks?"
"Great Conqueror, there's no such thing as a knack for sailing," the young captain who had already caught his breath replied respectfully, "The reason I can predict the topography of the coast is because after I became a fisherman, I would always pay attention to the movements of the sea and the changes in the weather every time I sail for the past two years.
On their return voyage, they carefully observed how the topography of the coastline had changed.
After that, when I became a fishing boat captain, I deliberately sailed along the coast to catch up with the fishing flood. After a long time, I've memorized every topographic change along the coast of the Wizard Li Island.
When you led the tribal warriors to conquer the Moon Island this time, I brought my followers to ride the giant millispiders and circled around the coast of the Moon Island. I discovered something very magical. The topography of the Moon Island is actually almost the same as that of the Wizard Li Island … "
"There's nothing magical about this. They're both islands formed by the compression of the earth's crust. Of course, there's a lot of similarity in their geology," Zhang Lisheng interrupted Bansaru's words with some emotion. "Looks like the reason you can become a qualified navigator so quickly is not only because of your talent, but also because of your hard work.
Bansaru, what you said just now is actually the knack of sailing. Write it down, my excellent captain and devout believer. I want every fisherman in the Wizard Li Island to know your story. "
"Yes, Great Conqueror!" Suddenly being given this opportunity to leave his name in history, the young captain's body stiffened right away. He was so excited that his teeth were trembling as he said, "Y-The glory that you've bestowed me will always be engraved in my heart."
"This is what you deserve. You've perfectly fulfilled your responsibility as the navigator of your fleet. Now, it's my turn …" Looking at the rain that was getting heavier through the observation window, a strange smile crept upon the corner of Zhang Lisheng's mouth. Under the worship of many sailors in the steering room, he turned around and strode out of the cabin.
The storm had already broken out completely. No one could stand on the deck outside right now. Just as the young man had just closed the iron door of the cabin with great effort, he was blown off the ground by the whirlwind.
Under the sweeping of the storm, his body was torn apart by the horrifying force of nature and spun towards the sky.
In the thunderous sound that pierced through the sky, Zhang Lisheng, who was dancing in the wind, abruptly transformed his body with the wyrmdragon's transformation power and transformed into a ferocious giant that was ten meters long with green scales all over his body. His hands were like bird claws, his eyes were protruding, and he had a wide nose and a big mouth.
"Dominate the water and summon the clouds, soar in the sky and control the form …" In an instant, Zhang Lisheng felt that the storm that was making him suffer just now had suddenly become docile. The brutal tearing had turned into a gentle caress. Zhang Lisheng gathered clouds under his feet and roared in Mandarin to unleash the omniscient power of the wyrmdragon transformation. With just his own power, he dispersed the rolling clouds that shrouded the entire Wizard Li fleet.
When the Wizard Li sailors who were looking up at the rain through the observation window on the sea saw this kind of mighty power, they could not help but kneel on the ground in horror.
Unfortunately, even if Zhang Lisheng was proficient in the ancient witchcraft and had transformed a strange totem insect before, he was still just a Rank-9 Wizard. He was still not strong enough to fight against the violent nature. Very soon, he began to feel strenuous. At this moment, the flesh on the bottom of his feet suddenly opened up. A small red worm with eight snake heads crawled out of his flesh and fell towards the coast along with the sparse raindrops.
In the midst of falling, the small red snake's body continued to expand and landed on the smooth beach, smashing a large pit. When its soft body bounced up, it had already transformed into a strange eight-headed snake that was more than 20 meters long. After it landed, it twisted its body in the sand pit and raised its eight heads high up, continuing to extend and grow in the howling hurricane. In the end, it became the size of a mountain.
After expanding its body to its limit, the red thick skin of the giant snake began to slowly become hot. When the rainwater fell on it, it turned into mist and rose up. In the midst of the white mist that gradually gathered, the gravel under the wizard gu began to melt into magma. As though it could no longer bear its huge weight, it allowed it to sink into the magma.
By the time the wizard gu's entire body was immersed in the sea of fire, the beach terrain began to change slowly. The reef that extended into the sea melted rapidly like a candle that came into contact with fire. After the seawater boiled, it became one with the sea sand.
Just like this, Zhang Lisheng commanded the 600 to 700 meters long Red Mountain that continued to crawl underground to create a magma lake. Riding on the clouds, he transformed the beach terrain into a good harbor bit by bit.
For the first time, he used the omniscient power of the wizard gu, Earth Rise Mountain, with all his might and achieved an excellent effect that was similar to what he had expected. By the time the harbor was formed, even though Zhang Lisheng felt that his energy consumption was close to his limit, he could not help but burst out in laughter.
Amidst his laughter, he suddenly floated in the sky and shouted loudly, "Wizard Li's fleet, dock at the shore now …" Summoning his last strength, he once again parted the rain clouds in the sky to protect the expeditionary fleet to lift the anchor and enter the harbor safely. Only then did he land back on the deck of the flagship. After returning to his normal form, he struggled to return to his cabin.
The warm fire in the cabin jolted the young man's dispirited spirit. With a wry smile, he walked to the wooden cabinet filled with marinated and dried beast meat beside the bed that was covered with animal skin and muttered to himself, "I've gone crazy again …" Opening the cabinet, he took out an iron rod and skewered the fist-sized meat into a skewer. After burning it with the iron cauldron and releasing a rich fragrance, he began to gulp it down.
When the nutritious beast meat entered his stomach, the blood essence that Zhang Lisheng had consumed was quickly replenished. After eating most of the meat in the cabinet, he no longer felt dizzy. He breathed a long sigh of relief and sat on the wooden couch. Closing his eyes, he began to cultivate the secret method.
Time passed by quickly and unknowingly, three days had passed by. When the storm finally subsided a little, Bansaru once again rushed to the tribal Conqueror's door and shouted with all his might in the howling wind, "Great Conqueror, your humble believer, Bansaru, is here to see you."
Upon hearing the cry of the flagship's captain, Zhang Lisheng opened his eyes and reached out his right hand to open the cabin's iron door with the invisible force obtained from the Eye Beast's soul. "Bansaru, what's the matter?"
"Great Conqueror, I'm here to ask for forgiveness. The duration of this storm has far exceeded my imagination. If it wasn't for your extraordinary power to create a good port for the fleet to dock, the consequences … the consequences …" The young captain kneeled in front of the Wizard Li's overlord and whispered with a pale face.
"Has the storm lasted for a long time?" Zhang Lisheng interrupted Bansaru's words and asked, "How long has it been?"
"It's been three days and four nights, Great Conqueror," Bansaru replied in a dry voice.
Upon seeing his dejected and flustered expression with lingering fear, Zhang Lisheng waved his hand in forgiveness and said, "Bansaru, you're a maritime navigator, not a mainlander astrologer. What I care about is not what kind of meteorological mistakes you've made, but when we can land.
I heard that the storm has weakened a lot, so do you think the army can go ashore now? "
"The storm has indeed weakened a lot. Our fleet is on the shore, and the warriors are all riding giant millispiders, so it shouldn't be too dangerous for us to go ashore," Bansaru kneeled on the ground for a while and said with deliberation, "But, Great Conqueror, please forgive me. Isn't it a little too difficult for us to launch an attack in the storm?"
Zhang Lisheng smiled and explained, "Even though it's more difficult for us to attack in the heavy rain, it's more difficult for the foreign tribes to organize an effective defense if they're caught off guard.
Besides, the Wizard Li warriors have giant millispiders as their means of transportation. Even if they run for a long distance in the muddy and slippery woodland, it won't consume too much physical strength. Speaking of which, the rainstorm raid is the key to the tribe being able to break the stalemate and unify the entire Wizard Li island.
Go pass the order, Bansaru. The expeditionary army will land in the rain and we'll conquer this island in the rain … "
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