In the middle of the night, the sea breeze gradually became piercingly cold. In the sky above the reef island, clusters of rain clouds were gathered together by the hurricane. A bolt of lightning cut through the dark night sky. "Rumble …" The sound of thunder echoed, followed by bean-sized raindrops pouring down in torrents.
"Such a heavy rainstorm! Be careful not to get swept into the sea. It's better for us to stay away from the shore." On the shore of the reef island, Dutula, the shortest of the three wolf-headed warriors on night watch, saw that the waves in the sea were getting bigger, so he stood up and said to his companions.
The Big-toothed Wolf Soldiers were not afraid no matter how bad the weather was. However, it was wishful thinking to use the lowest-level god-bestowed body to fight the wrath of the sea.
"Alright, let's sit on the big reef next to the camp." Upon hearing Dutula's words, Musa stood up from the slippery ground and walked a few steps before suddenly shouting in the heavy rain, "This rain is too heavy! I'll go and see that mainland scholar who's still scraping the reef. Both of you, be careful of those lowly fishermen who will use the wind and rain to cut off Harisha's and the others' heads."
"Why do you care about that mainland scholar? Isn't it a good thing to let him die at sea because of his own recklessness?" Another thunderbolt cut through the sky. In the midst of the lightning and thunder, a wolf-headed warrior showed a ferocious look as he whispered in his companion's ear, "Haven't he tormented us enough these days?!"
"Of course, it's a good thing that he's dead, but who's going to bear Lord Tumo's wrath?"
"Why would Lord Tumo really care about a lowly mainlander?"
"Indeed, he won't care about the life and death of a mainland scholar, but he'll care about whether his orders are carried out or not. Don't overestimate the magnanimity of a big shot," Musa said like a wise man and strode to the other side of the reef island.
The reef that was permeated with rain was very slippery, but the soft and tough feet of the werewolf soldier were unusually stable when he stepped on it.
Quickly passing through the small reef island under his feet, Musa's eyes that had turned bright red in the night penetrated through the rain curtain and saw a medium-sized mainland figure in a daze in the storm from afar.
"He doesn't even know how to take shelter from the rain. Isn't he crazy about learning …?" The wolf-headed warrior secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Although he was cursing in his heart, he still shouted, "Sir Scholar, the rain is too heavy. What do you want to study? Can you continue after the rain stops tomorrow?
Sir Scholar, Sir Scholar … "Seeing that the figure did not respond at all, Musai had a bad feeling in his heart. He was about to speed up, but he suddenly slipped.
Stumbling a few steps, Musa lowered his head and looked down, only to see the dark reefs on the ground cracking open in the rain. Under the wind and rain, the cracks quickly disappeared without a trace, revealing a layer of flat leather that was as cold as ice.
The leather was smooth and exquisite, gradually emitting a glossy luster. Mousa vaguely remembered the texture in his memory. It was very similar to the first time he came into contact with the god-bestowed body in the Holy Temple when he first became a warrior.
"Shipwreck! Shipwreck! The reef island is going to sink …" As the memory flashed across his mind, the ground that was shaking more and more violently made the wolf-headed warrior snap back to reality. Shouting at the top of his lungs, he turned around and rushed towards the wooden ship.
Right at this moment, huge red, dark green, and milky white spots appeared on the leather-like ground of the island.
After dashing for a few steps, Musa, who was in a panic, accidentally stepped on one of the turbid green spots. As though his entire body had been thrown into aqua regia, he disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving behind only a scream of horror that had abruptly stopped.
"These warriors of the Nutao Sea's powerful tribes who haven't experienced bloody hand-to-hand combat and only rely on biochemical weapons to oppress their own kind, the willpower of these warriors of the Nutao Sea is too weak.
Looks like conquering them is much easier than I thought, "Seemingly disturbed by Musa's scream before his death, a joyful grumble resonated from the darkness.
After that, tens of thousands of soft light beams flashed in the turbulent waves around the reef island. Carrying countless seawater and sand, they bent and covered the entire island, penetrating into the leather-like ground.
Under the lightning and thunder, the giant ancient war weapon that possessed life finally regained its vitality in the stormy waves due to the extraordinary ability of the Wizard Li God to create life. After shedding the dead skin that had weathered into rocks, it broke free from the shackles of the seabed reef and drifted in the wind and waves.
Zhang Lisheng, who could not even stand up, lay on the resurrected reef island and let the wind and rain hit him for a while. Finally, he gathered some strength and climbed up to kneel on the ground, pressing both of his hands on the ground.
A wave of ripples spread out with the young man's palm as the center. The originally solid leather under his body magically turned into a thick liquid and slowly engulfed him.
After penetrating the skin with a thickness of ten meters and entering the giant beast's body, Zhang Lisheng realized that he had fallen into a zigzagging light red tunnel.
Taking a deep breath, he did not feel suffocated at all. He rubbed the extremely elastic walls on both sides of the tunnel and closed his eyes. At once, a huge structure diagram appeared in the young man's mind.
The spider-web-like tunnel was the blood vessels of the island-sized ancient biochemical weapon. The blood vessels were connected to the important organs of the giant beast.
The bright red slowly beating organs were equivalent to the vitality supply organs of the heart.
The pearls that were magnified tens of thousands of times located under the skin were the control organs of the long-range weapon launch system such as laser, strong acid, freezing beam, and so on.
At the beginning of all the blood vessels, a mass of blood-white tofu-like substance was the control center of all the actions of the giant beast. The role of the internal parts of the war weapon naturally appeared in the young man's mind, as though this terrifying demonic beast without self-consciousness was a 'creation' that he had personally made.
"This is really a rich inheritance …" After spending more than ten minutes to memorize the body structure of the giant beast, Zhang Lisheng murmured in admiration, "It's still understandable to use biological organs to make strong acid jets. After all, the stomach acid of animals is a strong corrosive agent, but it's hard to imagine an organ that can emit 'death rays' …"
As he was speaking, he quickly walked along the tunnel to the center of the giant beast and leaped gently into the large mass of tofu-like substance to connect to the ancient biochemical weapon's control system.
A few seconds later, a dim light flashed through the night rain. The giant beast that the reef island had transformed into slowly sank on the surface of the sea and disappeared into the vast ocean.
A reef island that was used as a temporary shelter by the fishermen of the 'slave tribe' on the Rovan Island sank due to a natural disaster. The news of an eccentric mainland scholar, several low-level warriors of the Nado tribe, and a group of indigenous boatmen being buried along with it did not attract much attention.
After a burst of inexplicable sorrow rose in Yaj's heart, she led the Sea Haines City's fleet to set sail as usual without any delay.
Tumo secretly cursed a few times for losing a team of Bucktooth Wolf soldiers and soon threw this trivial matter to the back of his mind.
Lumoluki inadvertently learned from the returning merchant that the scholar who had exchanged information for his token and set foot on the Nutao Sea had died in a shipwreck. At once, he could not help but have a sneer on his face.
Nobody could imagine what this seemingly ordinary accident actually meant until the Wizard Li expeditionary fleet appeared at Nado's harbor at dawn three months later …
Steel warships that seemed to be able to line up to the end of the sky broke through the thick fog and appeared in the eyes of the Nado warriors who were patrolling around in their shells. Immediately, a commotion broke out. "W-What are those? Steel ships? Steel ships that can float on the sea? Hundreds and thousands of big steel ships …"
"Don't bother if they're iron ships or wooden ships. Those ships are aiming at us with the mainland's cannons …"
"The sea patrollers have not appeared yet. They must have been killed. This is a war token! It's a declaration of war against Nado! Quickly report to His Majesty the Leo King and gather the army …"
In the cockpit of the expeditionary army's flagship, Bansaru, the genius captain of the Wizard Li tribe, looked at the enemies on the harbor with a telescope and said in disdain, "Under the wisdom taught by the god, even the legendary Nutao Sea warriors are as terrified as pigs waiting to be slaughtered."
Then, he ordered the herald beside him, "With the power given by the great god, I order the warships in front to open fire."
"Yes, Captain Bansaru. The battleships in front, open fire." The herald repeated the order and strode out of the cabin.
In fact, the performance of the Nado warriors was not as cowardly as the Wizard Li captain said. In the face of the steel warships that they had never seen before, after the initial panic, they quickly formed a battle formation under the command of their leader. A small number of warriors whose shells had the power to fly had already flapped their bat-like wings and howled loudly with a ferocious expression as they flew towards the giant ships in the sea.
At this moment, tens of thousands of cannons on the deck of the Wizard Li fleet shot out a dazzling flame. After a series of heart-rending explosions, the entire Nado harbor turned into a sea of fire.
"Go to hell, you stinky fish that have angered the god!" Bansaru clenched his fists in excitement when he saw that the coast was enveloped in flames and smoke through the telescope.
This was the first time he had issued such an order to directly destroy the foreign tribes with the shipborne artillery. If it was not for the fact that he felt that the social structure of the powerful tribes in the Nutao Sea's three islands had changed to a point where it was completely unlike the Hellfire tribes and had lost the value of conquering, the Wizard Li captain might not be able to enjoy this pleasure of slaughtering to his heart's content in his life.
However, when the smoke slowly dissipated, Bansaru was shocked to find that the harbor did not turn into ruins of flesh and blood as he had imagined. Even though the ground was blasted into a large pit, the foundation of the harbor did not collapse. Instead, it was slowly healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Nado warriors were not completely dead or injured. Even though everyone was injured, only a few of them were killed by the artillery. Most of the warriors still maintained their combat effectiveness.
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