The first use of the Wizard Li's foreign world's unique artillery in actual combat had already used up the gunpowder blocks that tens of thousands of tribesmen had mined for half a year to produce in one go. The cost could be said to be huge.
However, in Zhang Lisheng's opinion, it was worth it to use the 200 days of labor of tens of thousands of Wizard Li tribesmen in exchange for the destruction of a group of sea monsters. In his heart, he even felt that this showed the arrival of a new era in the Hellfire Archipelago.
For this reason, in the evening, when an indigenous warrior, who temporarily served as a choresman, appeared in the young man's cabin with a wooden plate full of dishes cooked with the fresh meat of sea monsters, the smile on his face had yet to fade away.
"Pundit, your dinner is here." The warrior glanced at Zhang Lisheng's slightly dazed smiling face and placed the wooden plate in front of him. Bowing, he bowed and muttered enviously, "This is the tender meat from the sea monster's head that we killed today. Chef has tasted it, and it's the most delicious. Most of those sea monsters were poisoned to death, so only two of them can be eaten …"
'Pundit' was the fake identity that Tugra made up for Zhang Lisheng after racking his brains. It meant that he was a sage who would bring 'wisdom' to the tribe.
As for what kind of 'wisdom' he would bring, the ordinary Wizard Li tribesmen naturally did not have the guts and brains to ask. Those who dared to ask were the indigenous chiefs who knew the young man's true identity. Adding on to the fact that the Wizard Li tribe was in a period of rapid expansion and reform, with new things constantly emerging, even though the lie was not perfect, it was still very feasible to implement.
It was because of his low status that the warrior who sent the dinner was deceived by the lie that he did not know the truth. For this reason, he was not so respectful and humble to Zhang Lisheng.
Of course, Zhang Lisheng would not be bothered by the contempt of the ignorant. While he was gorging himself, he listened to the warrior endlessly talking about the preciousness of the sea monsters with a smile and asked, "How long will it take for us to reach Scorpion Island?"
"Scorpion Island?" The indigenous warrior had a blank expression on his face.
"It's the huge island that Wizard Li is going to conquer this time. Can't you see that it looks like a green-shelled mountain scorpion?"
"I've never seen a nautical chart before, so I don't know what it looks like," the warrior shook his head and said, "but I heard from the sailors that if they don't stop to rest, the warship will be able to reach the destination tonight. However, it is said that they have to send the Dragonhawk warriors to scout the sea first, so I'm afraid they will only be able to reach the shore tomorrow."
A year ago, the Wizard Li conquered 17 islands in one go. When Zhang Lisheng calculated that he could piece together 15,000 chief warriors who had successfully transplanted the spiritual monster's Gold Core and mastered the ability to cast spells and 1.5 million elite warriors who had 'war partners,' he had once said in relief that the tribe finally had the ability to conquer the big island. From this, one could see how huge his next goal was.
In fact, in the Hellfire Archipelago, which had a total area of about 10 million square kilometers and was composed of hundreds of islands scattered in the ocean, the giant scorpion that was entrenched in the southeast with a long tail that extended towards the Oasis Mainland was indeed ranked in the top three.
Other than the two of the three giant islands in the middle and upper part of the Hellfire Archipelago that were slightly larger than it, the Scorpion Island, which had a length of more than 3,000 kilometers, a width of more than 1,000 kilometers and a thinnest part of less than 50 kilometers, with an area of more than 900,000 square kilometers, was the most eye-catching island on the incomplete satellite map of the Shrimp World No. 2 that Zhang Lisheng had mastered.
After wolfing down his dinner, the young man stood on the deck against the cold sea breeze and held onto the ship's side. Through the misty night, he looked at the giant island that lay quietly in the ocean in the distance where he could not see its entire appearance. A long-lost excitement appeared on his face.
"960,000 square kilometers? It's just equivalent to the area of two Sichuan and Sichuan. In the ancient Chinese understanding, this island should be called as the 'Emperor's Endowment'," he muttered silently in the dark. "However, it's the 'God's Endowment' when it falls on me.
If I swallow it, my Witchcraft's Gate of Death will definitely be able to make a breakthrough to Rank-11 Wizard and I'll be able to further understand the mystery of the gods … "
"Mr. Lisheng, it's rare to see you so nervous." When Zhang Lisheng was lost in his imagination, a slightly hoarse female voice resonated from behind him. "Looks like the research of those medical scientists in the Department of Defense is right. Going to the battlefield will indeed make the secretion of adrenaline exuberant."
"Is the research of such a topic to invent drugs to reduce the secretion of adrenaline in the warriors so that they can calm down before the battle?" Zhang Lisheng smiled without turning his head. "Or is it to further enhance the secretion of adrenaline in the warriors so that they can become crazy war machines that are not afraid of pain, Lieutenant Allison?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's both." Allison pondered for a while and answered honestly before strolling to Zhang Lisheng's side. The sea breeze messed up the black girl's hair, and her skin hid her entire face in the night, revealing only a pair of bright eyes. "Mr. Lisheng, do you know that you're a very strange man?
When I first saw you, I already felt that you're a 'different species' mixed in with the ordinary people … "
"If you're testing me, then don't waste your energy, Lieutenant Allison." Zhang Lisheng suddenly shrugged and interrupted the black female officer's words. "I'm a Chinese boxing master. Even though I don't have a powerful supernatural power like the Atlanteans, I still have the ability to control my emotions."
As he was speaking, he suddenly heard a series of loud flapping of wings coming closer and closer from the sky. Then, a gust of strong wind mixed with a gust of salty and damp breath assaulted his face. Countless black shadows flew over the young man's head and landed on the decks of the Wizard Li fleet's battleships.
"It's really hard to imagine that these Wizard Li tribesmen launched such a large-scale landing operation, but they don't even have a single landing ship.
Do you think these knights riding on the big birds have found a port that can accommodate such a huge fleet and millions of warriors? "Seizing the opportunity to avoid the awkward topic that Zhang Lisheng just mentioned, Allison raised her head and asked.
"The terrain of the Hellfire Archipelago is special, so it shouldn't be a problem to find a suitable landing port …" Zhang Lisheng casually replied. The meaning in his words was not entirely true. In fact, as long as the Wizard Li fleet could find a port that could allow several dozens of battleships to dock and casually extinguish a coastal Hellfire tribe to build a totem pole, he could then gather his divine power to allow all the warriors to land safely.
The Wizard Li's dragon hawk warriors were not going to scout whether there was a port on Scorpion Island that could accommodate thousands of warships and millions of warriors, but to look for the first 'prey' that was about to be killed.
When the young man thought of this, in the cold wind that was getting stronger, he faced the sea and flashed a ferocious smile that he had not seen for a long time. At the same time, the iron ship under his feet started to move slowly but silently towards the huge island in the distance.
"The fleet has set sail again, Lieutenant Allison. I'm going back to the cabin to calm down and make some pre-war preparations," Zhang Lisheng whispered and turned to walk back to his cabin.
"Good luck, Mr. Lisheng," Looking at his departing back, Allison took a deep breath and suddenly said.
"Thank you." The young man turned around and made a victory gesture before disappearing behind the iron door.
In the dark night, the Wizard Li fleet quietly broke through the waves without igniting any fire. Before dawn, they arrived in front of a small dilapidated wooden harbor at the end of the long tail of the Scorpion Island lying in the Hellfire sea region, with its head in the west and its tail in the east.
The port was located in an open natural harbor, but it only used 1% of the Good Harbor tribe. Several dozens of fishing boats shaped like canoes were anchored in the port. The boats had a mast, and the mast was decorated with sails sewn from animal skins.
In the steering room of the flagship of the Wizard Li fleet, Bansaru used a night-vision telescope to look at everything on the shore. A contemptuous look appeared on his stiff face as he muttered, "What a sad barbarian! To think that you can actually use tree vines to piece together the fur of a beast to make the sails of a wooden ship. It's your honor to be assimilated and conquered by our Wizard Li tribesmen using iron and blood."
The young captain had completely forgotten how amazed he would be if he saw this kind of fishing boat since he had never seen the sea a few years ago.
He did not know that his tone was actually no different from the mainlanders that he hated the most. Instead, he raised his arm resolutely and shouted in a low voice, "With the authority given by the Wizard Li's ultimate belief, the only overlord, and the supreme god, I order the first 100 battleships in the fleet to dock one by one!"
The conquest of Scorpion Island slowly unfolded with this order. The Wizard Li warships at the forefront of the fleet sailed towards the unguarded port, including the battleships of the Shrimp World No. 2 explorers.
In such an exciting moment, the 16 explorers had, of course, already woken up. However, in order not to hinder the Wizard Li warriors from preparing to disembark, they could only huddle together in a corner of the deck.
Even though the last conquest of the outer islands had added more than ten kinds of 'partners' to the Wizard Li tribe, and nearly half of them even had war attributes, after the actual battle, there was no one that was stronger than the giant millispiders in land battles. For this reason, other than the hawk dragon knights, the tribe did not add any other new troops. For this reason, most of the Wizard Li warriors still had purple spiders as their mounts.
Looking at the native warriors with blood-red faces wearing heavy metal armor riding on the back of the giant spider that had its eight slender pointed legs crisscrossing on the deck, holding spears and sabers in their hands, even Someril, who had always been calm, could not help but show an uncomfortable expression.
Of course, it was not that she was afraid, but she was just a little unaccustomed to having such a large number of giant insects around her.
However, most of the Earthlings did not have the courage of the Atlanteans. Even though they understood that the big insects in front of them would not hurt them, the FBI and CIA intelligence officers could not help but break out in cold sweat. For a moment, they could not even speak.
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