Chapter 183: Race Against Time
Nowadays, it is already very cold in many places, but in the range of the windless sea, it is very warm, and the weather is just right. If it's on the shore, it's spring when the flowers are blooming and the vegetation is luxuriant.
The Black Cloud ran over the calm sea, and the big oars were inserted into the sea, accompanied by the neat sound of the trumpet, and the jackpot shook the sea in unison, slapping the white water.
Behind the Black Cloud, the other clippers of the Thundercloud Island fleet followed closely. However, after so many days of sailing, most of them have been left behind, and only five large and small cats remain, sparse and sparse, and they look extremely pitiful in the sea.
There are no small islands around, the weather is also very calm, there is no reference around, plus the speed itself is not fast, after walking for most of the day, it seems to still stay in place, except for the sun, it seems that there is no change from before.
This situation also affected the crew of the ship, who stayed on deck, basking in the warm sun, looking a little listless.
"What. A young crew member spat out a toothpick in his mouth and spat into the sea: "The so-called forbidden place, is this what it looks like?"
He sneered, expressing his disdain for the Windless Sea, feeling that there was no real name here.
"Okay, pay attention, cheer up. Behind the young crew, a weather-beaten old crew member reminded: "Anyway, it's better to be careful." ”
Although he said this, the old crew members unconsciously relaxed between their actions. Such a sun, such a weather, such a calm sea, unconsciously, made him let down his vigilance.
Here, it's so peaceful!
If he could, the old crew member would have liked to stop and soak up his old cold legs in the sun. Of course, he also knew that his little wish was destined to be unfulfilled.
"Cut!" the young crew pouted disdainfully, "Got it, uncle." ”
As he spoke, he yawned and muttered dissatisfiedly, "It's really boring." ”
"Boring?" the old crew behind him smashed his mouth, he wanted to take a sip of wine, preferably spirits, such wine was worthy of such weather. But it's a pity that now on the ship, if you don't say no, even if you do, he doesn't dare to drink.
Looking at the young crew in front of him, he decided to remind him again: "If there is excitement, go row below, and make sure that you don't think about anything." ”
Rowing is impossible to row in this life, with his small body, small physique, and lack of physical strength, he will be tired to death if he rows twice, and he is easy to get sick from exhaustion.
In fact, not to mention that he was tired and sick, by now, seven of the rowing guys had died, three were exhausted to death, and the rest were whipped to death by the little boss.
The young crew laughed dryly, and forcibly cheered up: "Hey, hey, I still look at the wind, it's a pity that I don't look at the wind with such eyes, and I must not waste my talent." ”
The old crew sneered, and lay on the railing leisurely and looked around, young man, after all, he couldn't hold his breath, where did he know the beauty of calm and serenity.
The young crew pretended to look around, but after a while, he suddenly became nervous: "Uncle... Uncle... Uncle... Uncle, you... You see, isn't it... Isn't there something wrong?"
"There's something wrong. The old crew looked in the direction of the young crew's fingers, and found nothing special.
The young crew's voice was hurried: "Color, color is wrong." ”
"Huh?" the old crew frowned, and when he looked closely, there was indeed a place where the color was wrong, and it seemed that it was lighter than the others.
If you look closely, the shape is a bit like a water droplet, more like a ...... A big fish?
How so?
The old crew laughed self-deprecatingly, where could he encounter such a big fish at will, looking at its size, it was bigger than the average clipper fleet.
Suddenly, he was stunned. It's not easy to come across other places, but here, here is the famous windless sea!
"Be careful!" a mournful cry sounded, and under the command of the old crew, the young crew hurriedly rang the bell.
When the bell rang, everyone on the ship couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
However, before they could react, a big wave was suddenly set off out of thin air.
On a sunny day, where did the waves come from. And in the waves, it came too suddenly.
The waves are very high, even more than ten zhang high from the top to the sea surface, but they are very narrow, how can there be waves like this.
A strange wave suddenly appeared in front of a clipper, and with a "click", the bow of the clipper suddenly disappeared, and a crew member let out a terrible cry in the midst of the flying wood chips.
His legs disappeared with the bow and a dozen crew members.
The eyes of the two crew members, an old man and a young man, who were in charge of the wind, were wide open, and they could see most clearly, it was a fish, a big fish that could not be seen by human eyes, and it could be seen from the sea that it should have bitten off the bow of the ship, and now it is gone.
"Demon beasts, it's demon beasts. The two crew members, one old and one young, shouted at the top of their voices, and the crew members were busy looking for weapons.
And at this moment, Wu Qingqing walked out of the cabin. She had a pair of dark circles under her eyes, and she looked angry with a slight force between her steps.
"The oil drums are here. Wu Qingqing spoke, the crew hurriedly went to move the oil drum, and cleverly tore off the tarpaulin, and more than a dozen people worked together to assemble a trebuchet.
With the sound of "hey, hey, hey", more than a dozen crew members struggled to pull the rope, pulled off one end of the trebuchet, and then tied the rope.
Wu Qingqing carried an axe and instructed the crew to move the turntable under the trebuchet, adjust the direction, and order people to put the delivered sand bags in or out from time to time.
Finally, everything is ready.
And by this time, the clipper without the bow had already sunk halfway, and the hapless crew with no legs had already swallowed his breath. Now half of the ship's crew stayed on the boat to call for help, and half jumped into the sea and swam to a nearby ship.
Wu Qingqing squinted her eyes and waited silently.
Rumble!
Another splash suddenly appeared, and the sea water was lifted into the sky for more than ten feet.
And at this moment, Wu Qingqing swung his axe fiercely and cut the rope.
With a loud bang, the oil drum flew out, Wu Qingqing quickly threw away the axe, turned around and snatched the bow and arrow of the person next to him, the arrow had been soaked in fire oil, and was now burning with raging flames.
With a "click", the bow of another clipper ship was bitten off, and at that moment, the oil drums swirling in the sky also fell. Wu Qingqing shot the rocket out, hitting the oil drum just right.
Rumble!
The oil drums exploded on the deck of the clipper, and suddenly a large hole was broken in the deck, and the flames were surging, and more than a dozen people flew out, and more than 20 people fell into the flames, letting out a terrible howl.
The target of this oil drum is this clipper. The oil drums in this ship, to be exact.
Immediately after, there was another violent explosion. Flames poured out of the cabin, breaking the bow of the clipper, and the raging flames spread throughout the front half of the clipper.
At the same time, the big fish also appeared in the flames. It was clear that the fish monster was frightened.
Fire, it's not the first time to see.
But after all, this is not the shore, this is the sea, the world of water. It was the first time that such a ferocious fire had been approached in such close proximity.
Instinctively, it dives deep into the sea, allowing more water to surround itself. Such an instinctive move is undoubtedly correct. However, the exploding oil drum passed through Wu Qingqing's hands.
Wu Qingqing's supernatural powers, coupled with the phoenix's own control of flames.
Rumble!
The flames followed the stealthy fish monster and went deep into the sea with it. The sea also boiled, and violent bubbles floated to the surface of the sea, rising white smoke.
On the surface of the sea, there were also crew members who jumped into the sea, who howled in pain, churned and struggled in the boiling waters, and soon, were scalded, and after a while, were scalded to death.
The whole person is already cooked.
"Vomit!" The young crew member in charge of the guard couldn't help but kneel down when he saw this, and the food in his stomach was pouring up, and the sour smell was permeating.
The other old crew member was not having a good time either, his face was pale, his stomach was churning, and he barely vomited.
The sea water and the flames clashed violently, and the flames visibly subsided, and at the same time, the transparent demon beast emerged in its original form. His flesh and blood are being consumed by the flames.
This flame is very demonic.
However, no matter how demonic the flame is, it can't defeat the sea, and it doesn't take long for the flame to be extinguished by the sea, but the monster beast has only its skeleton left and floats to the surface. The fuel of the flame is the flesh and blood of the demon beast.
Wu Qingqing's figure shook slightly, her face turned a little whiter, and she left a sentence with a gloomy face, "Don't delay, move on", and hurriedly entered the cabin.
She was tired.
was injured again because of the assassination of Ghost Cry, coupled with the day and night chasing Jiaolong, frequently using supernatural powers, consuming demonic energy, and the confrontation between Wu Qingqing and Phoenix in the body. All of this adds up, and even if she is as strong as a god, she can't bear it anymore.
But now, she can't rest, she must rush to the East China Sea Dragon Palace as soon as possible and kill Xiaoqing to prevent future troubles.
The crew endured their grief, salvaged the companions who could still be saved, killed the wounded companions, and then brutally buried the other companions at sea.
Then, the ship set sail again.
And this time, only three clippers remained behind the Black Cloud.
Of the other two, one had been almost completely swallowed by the sea, and the other was burning with raging flames and black smoke.
With a "bang", an ugly and abstract face surfaced. He raised his huge arm, wiped the water off his face, looked at the black cloud in the distance, his eyes flashed with determination, and chased after him.