As Sheyan browsed through the list of notifications, he couldn't help but curse the realm in his heart. After returning to the present world, he obtained some free time to surf the internet for information. He analyzed the coordinates of Bernard Fokke's voyage diary, and further deduced the exact route he took to sail to Africa.
During his research, he discovered that there should be a gulf stream in the Pirates of the Caribbean world that didn't exist in the present world. This gulf stream was named by Bernard Fokke as the 'Pandora Gulf Stream'. Ships navigating through this gulf stream, even against the wind, could achieve astounding speeds.
Even so, according to Sheyan's conjecture, even his own Dingyuan would require at least 6 days to reach there. Of course, this was under the circumstance of no external interference. Instead, the realm had unscrupulously allocated 150 hours!! This indicated that Sheyan was only given an 8 hour buffer! Just from this point alone, this terrifying world had given Sheyan a tremendous show of strength!
Regardless, Sheyan could only sigh and accept his fate. He immediately contacted his own Dingyuan, and discovered that they had just plundered a spanish merchant ship. They had just sold off their loot at the pirate port of Tortuga, and proceeded to replenish their supplies before sailing out. Presently, they were roughly less than a hundred nautical miles away from Tortuga.
Sheyan immediately marked his destination as Tortuga, before instructing his subordinates to hurry over to receive him. Then, he hastily entered the Pirates of the Caribbean world.
Sheyan was rather familiar with Tortuga. Before entering the realm, he had overheard the conversation between Stalo and Zeus. Knowing that there would most likely be pursuers arriving today, he immediately led Brother Black and the rest to the pier. Using a half-snatching half-buying method, he obtained a single-masted boat and hastily departed from the port.
Firstly, it was to evade the pursuers, and avoid clashing with Stalo's group on land. Secondly, it was to save time! A mere 8 hours buffer, a chance encounter with a legendary creature, or a tempest could possibly consume these 8 hours. Hence, Sheyan didn't dare to act like a big shot and wait for his subordinates to receive him. Every bit of time he could save would be a bit of time!
Stalo brought along Douglas and one of his subordinates to chase after Sheyan's footsteps into the world. Their entry point was set at Tortuga port. Of course, to achieve this, Prince Stalo had to fork out an entire 5 achievement points and 10,000 utility points. Although he was already a reserve-duty Brigadier General and might have more privileges available to him, the number of free privileges he received was far less than Sheyan's!
When they reached the wharf, all they saw was a sloop that was almost disappearing into the mist. Brother Black was still waving enthusiastically from the ship, and even whistling a tune.
Prince Stalo snorted coldly, and immediately jumped onto a nearby fishing boat that had just returned to port. It was unknown what Douglas said to the people on the fishing boat, but a black aura flourished, enveloping the heads of the pirates on the boat. As though hypnotized, the pirates plopped into the water. Douglas only left behind enough men to steer the boats to keep Sheyan at bay!
At present, the distance between the two ships was roughly 2-3 kilometres. At such a distance, unless it was a professional sniper like MADH, it was impossible to harm the other party. Both parties chased each other for half a day, yet the distance between them didn't increase or decrease.
The originally confident Douglas was now slightly doubtful, he frowned and asked Prince Stalo.
"My current title is' Pirate Captain '. It can increase the ship's passive speed by 15%. Furthermore, our ship has more sailors than that brat, yet our speed is still equal. Could it be that this Seaman brat possesses an equipment that can substantially increase the ship's speed? Can it bridge the gap between us? "
The robust Prince Stalo's white hair fluttered, as he hugged his chest and shut his eyes.
"Since he dares to spout such arrogant words, he definitely has some skills. This person's support ability is extremely formidable, so you don't have to be surprised. At such a long distance … … .oh, it seems like only a military rank's ability can interfere at such a distance. I can help you a little. "
As he spoke, the nightmare imprint on Stalo's chest emitted a faint glow. This was the military rank ability Stalo had acquired after being promoted to a reserve-duty Brigadier General – 'Solemn Impact'. Inflicting 10% absolute speed reduction effect to all enemies within a wide range (Unable to be negated or weakened). However, it was ineffective against people of a higher military rank. This military rank ability was complemented by Stalo's own 'Frost Halo' ability. Adding them together, the enemy's speed reduction was even more terrifying. Of course, it would be ineffective against people of a higher military rank … ….
Instantly, one could observe a mild ripple in the air. Waves surged violently, as a formless shockwave swiftly crushed towards the party's ship. Yet, what caused Stalo's expression to change was!! He had actually received a notification that the enemy was immune to this ability!!
"How is that possible! Right, it should be that Reef brat. He was originally the core of the previous party, and now he should be the core of this party called 'Ace'. If the entire party's resources were poured into him, then his military rank could possibly be higher than mine. If that's the case, if I rope in Reef, would there be a possibility of contending against Zeus? "
In this instance, numerous thoughts flashed through Prince Stalo's mind. His military rank ability had failed, and he didn't spread the news of his humiliation. Instead, he asked Douglas.
"You've already activated the ability of your Ghost Ship, allowing them to rush here swiftly right?"
Douglas nodded complacently and replied.
"That's right. My Ghost Ship can exhaust all its abilities, in exchange for the ability to shuttle through the Netherworld with a substantial increase in movement speed. Of course, the price is that only the ship's crew and crew can withstand the corrosion of the Netherworld. If it's carrying humans or goods, it will have to endure the corrosion of the Netherworld. Therefore, using this ability to earn money is rather pathetic. But for a temporary journey, it is rather speedy. At most half an hour later, they'll arrive. Therefore, we only need to tightly cling onto them."
Stalo callously replied.
"As long as you shorten the distance to within a hundred metres, leave the rest to me."
After sailing for about ten minutes, Douglas was surprised to find that he was starting to be left behind. The reason was simple, because the pirates on his ship who were rowing would get tired. Coincidentally, a small island could be seen ahead. The island wasn't large, and was surrounded by 20-30 metres high sheer cliffs and precipitous cliffs. There wasn't a single beach to land on. Previously, it was used as a prison, but was now abandoned. Due to the white rocks at the top of the island, the sailors and pirates had nicknamed it 'Alps'.
Riding on a gust of sea breeze, their little boat bypassed the cliffs of 'Alps'. With an exceedingly bright and graceful fluttering, they disappeared into the cover of the rocky cliffs of the island; disappearing from the enemy's line of sight. Prince Stalo frowned, but Douglas instead cheered.
"Woah woah! Your Highness, my darling has arrived on time! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the gray fog on the surface of the sea gradually turned into a somewhat tattered three-masted ship. However, the shape of this ship already had some of the streamlined shape of the yachts of the later generations. The mast didn't look very tall, and the sails were very tattered. The crew on the ship looked somewhat sluggish and gloomy in the fog, as if even their thoughts were frozen.
This was the crew members that Douglas had settled using his decaying undead technique.
Speaking of which, Sheyan wasn't the only one with a fortuitous encounter. Douglas had won the favour of Blackbeard, and had learned several formidable dark magic. Because the cannons were imbued with dark magic, the might and range of the Ghost Ship's cannons were relatively valiant, far exceeding the might of the Dingyuan.
Although the crew members he created didn't possess the monstrous strength and battle prowess of the decaying undead, they still possessed a much longer life force and higher intellect than the decaying undead! Hence, they could traverse the Spirit World without dying. These crew members were absolutely obedient to Douglas' commands, they didn't know fatigue or fatigue, and weren't fearful of death.
Of course, these undead crew members had glaring flaws. Firstly, they had a 'shelf life', and could only survive for roughly 3 months. Secondly, their reactions were extremely sluggish. After receiving an order, there would be a relatively long delay, and their reaction time would be sluggish.
These two major flaws had caused Douglas to be troubled. Firstly, he had to constantly replenish his crew members. Secondly, the combat prowess of the Ghost Ship had plummeted. The sluggish reaction caused the accuracy of the cannons and the might of hand-to-hand combat to plummet. If not, just based on the special abilities of Douglas' ship, it was already sufficient to challenge a legendary battleship.
"Heh heh." Douglas' face exposed a trace of malevolence. "I want to properly toy with those bastards in front before slaying them. Even if my Ghost Ship doesn't enter the Spirit World, its speed is still one of the best in the Caribbean Sea! Apart from the Black Pearl, nobody can catch up to my beauty! "
Following Douglas' command, the Ghost Ship gradually adjusted its sails, giving off an illusion of slowly accumulating power. It was like a human preparing for a race, and in a flash, it broke through the waves at the bow of the ship and shot out like a hurricane! Just like a swordfish, it nimbly and powerfully pounced towards its distant target! With such acceleration, it could even be compared to a speedboat in the present world! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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