NOVEL NEXT Chapter 225 Come! Everyone is Here! _3
Night had fallen, stars twinkling, the moonlight casting a gentle silver glow.
As Chen Qi gradually left the Blade Witch's Land of Trial behind him, his view suddenly opened up to reveal a vast expanse of land before him,
and the moment his feet touched solid ground, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling every cell in his body cheer and leap for joy.
The night, and the soothing sea breeze—
Chen Qi looked up; the Dagger, the ship of the Blood Blade Pirate Group, still floated steadily above the sea's surface.
Under the cover of night, the lights on the Dagger were warmly inviting.
"All aboard! Everyone!"
Fenrir, the wild wolf, called out excitedly.
Wait—
Chen Qi suddenly realized something.
Where had the Black Light Dragon gone?
How much time had passed outside of the Crack?
Also, Chen Qi took a sniff and detected a strong scent of gunpowder in the air around him.
The land all around was pockmarked with large, fresh craters, and in the distance, one could vaguely see the Black Whale Group's ships, all battered and bruised.
One could say that, apart from their Dagger, all the ships within sight had suffered tremendous damage.
The Dagger surely didn't have the capacity to defeat so many ships... Chen Qi felt his heart race.
Since entering the Land of Trial, he had been dying over and over again...
In death, his sense of time also gradually blurred.
Chen Qi immediately took out a mechanical watch from his backpack card.
It had been a full day and a half since they had entered the crack.
A day and a half was more than enough time for the Black Whale Group's pirates to launch numerous attacks!
But the Dagger bore few scars.
Something wasn't right... Chen Qi looked towards the lit Dagger and quickly climbed the ship's ladder to reach the deck.
He rushed to the steersman keeping watch and asked urgently:
"What happened?"
The steersman woke from his slumber:
"Captain... no, Black Hunter, you, you're finally back! If you hadn't returned, we would've..."
The steersman blinked, telling Chen Qi fearfully:
"Mr. Hunter, sir, we, we must set sail immediately!!"
The guy wasn't right in the head, had suffered a mental attack... Chen Qi took out a potion and poured it into the steersman's mouth:
"Get to the point! What happened!"
The steersman shook his head, saying in alarm:
"Mr. Black Hunter, after you left, a great battle unfolded in these waters! That Black Light Dragon! The calamitous Black Light Dragon, it clashed with the Blue Beast!!!"
The Black Light Dragon had clashed with the Blue Beast? Everyone was stunned.
Such an explosive event had transpired on the shore, yet, lamentably, he had missed witnessing it and commanding the Black Light Dragon... Chen Qi sweated coldly:
"And then what?"
The steersman continued:
"Later, the Black Whale Group joined the battle, but their ships... all turned to ash in the clash between the Black Light Dragon and the Blue Beast!
Under the dragon's breath, the entire island was reduced to ruins!! Everyone fled non-stop, but thankfully, due to the Black Light Dragon's mercy, our Dagger survived!"
Survival, disaster, the Black Light Dragon... Chen Qi rubbed his eyes, carefully observing his surroundings.
The entire island was a mass of scars.
And near the distant lighthouse, there shone a beam of light, a beam that reached into the sky—
Wait, that light is!
Chen Qi bit his lip.
This type of light that soared into the sky was often used to convey an important signal.
Such a light was an omen of a disastrous beginning. Experience tales at empire
The steersman swallowed hard, continuing:
"The battle between the Black Light Dragon and the Blue Beast affected the entire island! In the end, to save their lives, a fleet from the Black Whale Group went to the signal tower and sent out a distress signal!"
"..."
A distress signal... Chen Qi mulled it over.
If the Black Whale Group had used a signal tower built by the navy, then the signal sent out could be detected by half of the signal towers in the Crack Sea.
That's trouble... Chen Qi shook his head:
"So, has Auntie Carol's ship come looking for us yet, is there a planned retreat route?"
Chen Qi touched his forehead, although he had reaped considerable rewards from this venture, making a clean escape was not going to be simple.
The steersman looked into Chen Qi's eyes and blinked:
"Mr. Hunter, sir, you only got half of it right."
"Half?"
"Yes, not only Carol's ships. Currently, based on intelligence we received five hours ago, Shell Country Meteorological Bureau, the Third Naval Fleet, the Ice Demon Pirate Group, the Sea God Pirate Group, A-level hunters under the command of Bonfire Energy Company, and bounty hunters under Grey Rat's personal armada, have all dispatched their ships towards our coordinates!
The information about the Witch's Land of Trial has spread throughout the entire Crack Sea!"
"???"
Chen Qi raised his eyebrows involuntarily.
What was going on?
How many ships had arrived at this abandoned naval base?
The targets of all these powers? Were they all us?
Chen Qi massaged his temples as he felt his brain begin to ache.
The volatile Fenrir punched the steersman and immediately started the ship:
"You should've said so sooner!!"
As everyone slowly looked towards the horizon, they could faintly hear the roar of steam.