RPAGF Chapter 339 The father and daughter really do share the same lineage.
Chapter 339 The father and daughter really do share the same lineage.
No sooner had he finished speaking than dozens of warships suddenly appeared on the previously calm sea.
The lead boats were filled with lookouts, who were shouting at the top of their lungs, "Enemy attack!"
Almost simultaneously, a rocket roared in and struck the mainmast, the flames leaping up as it touched the sail.
The strange cries of pirates surged from all directions, and the triangular sails of the Red Shark Gang seemed to glow with an eerie blood-red hue in the morning light.
Lin Ke drew his twin swords with a backhand motion, their cold gleam reflecting in his sharp eyes. He sneered, "As expected, there was an ambush."
He hadn't received any news from Shen Ling last night, so he already had a guess in his mind.
"Please step back, sir."
Zhao Cheng, his iron armor clanking, strode forward: "Sir, please return first..."
Before they could finish speaking, a dark shadow swept over their heads.
Looking up, I saw the old road.
This old man, who was drunk and unruly yesterday, now has a gleam in his eyes, as if he's become a completely different person.
He lifted the long black iron spear in one hand and, to everyone's astonishment, leaped into the air from the ship's side.
Zhao Cheng roared, "Old Lu! You come back here!"
The old man ignored him.
"Kid, you better watch carefully and count the heads correctly. If you miss even one, I'll hold you responsible."
As Lao Lu spoke, he placed his feet on the crests of the waves and ran forward, stepping on the masts of ships as if walking on flat ground.
Her tattered shirt fluttered in the wind, and her gray braids flew in the air. There was no trace of her former disheveled appearance.
In just a few breaths, the leading boat was already ablaze.
Flames licked the canvas, and billowing black smoke rose into the sky.
"Quick! Put out the fire..."
The officers and soldiers on the ship took out wooden buckets to fetch water, and several men cut down the burning sails.
At the same time, the pirates kept firing rockets in this direction.
As the pirates slowly approached, Lao Lu landed steadily on the bow of the burning official ship, and suddenly swung his right-hand spear, the tip of which drew an arc.
Wherever the spear tip passed, the seawater seemed to be drawn in, and a water dragon coiled around the spear and rose into the air.
Old Lu roared, his spear suddenly spun, and the water dragon exploded, turning into a rain of mist that sprayed onto the flames on the sails.
With a "hiss..." sound.
Zhao Cheng, watching from the ship behind, was completely dumbfounded.
His gaze froze for a moment: "Everyone says he's amazing, but who would have thought he'd be this amazing?"
Lin Ke hadn't expected that Xu Yiyi and A Yue would actually bring them such powerful outside help.
White steam billowed out, and the flames went out with a snap.
The officers and soldiers busy on the deck were also stunned. As soon as the fire was extinguished, Lao Lu abandoned his gun and took his bow.
He drew three arrows from his quiver with a backhand motion, dipped the fletchings in the tung oil barrel on the deck, and lit them with the still-smoldering embers.
The bow is as full as a slew of moon, the arrow as swift as a shooting star.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Three rockets shot into the sky.
The first arrow pierced the throat of the enemy ship's helmsman.
The second one was nailed to the sail rope, and flames spread wildly along the oil-soaked rope.
The third shot was the most cunning, as it flew through a porthole and hit the enemy's powder keg right in the middle!
"boom!"
Amidst the deafening explosion, two enemy ships were instantly engulfed in flames.
The scorching heatwave caused two or three nearby ships to rock violently, and many pirates screamed and jumped into the sea to escape.
The Red Shark Gang's henchmen clung to the ship's railing, their eyes practically bulging out of their sockets.
Several gray-blue boats darted through the waves, their drafts extremely shallow, and the iron rhinoceros horns covering their bows gleamed coldly in the sunlight as they charged straight toward them.
"Boss! What kind of ship is this? How did it arrive so quickly?"
Chen Hu had no idea; he had never seen it before.
A henchman with a face full of tattoos clung to the ship's railing and shouted at Xu Yong, "Boss, I just saw a ship heading to Ghost Tooth Reef over there!"
Xu Yong narrowed his eyes and shifted his gaze, and sure enough, he saw a small boat speeding through the waves.
"Chase!"
One of the ships abruptly turned around amidst the chaos, its iron ram cleaving through the waves as it hurtled towards Ghost Tooth Reef.
At Ghost Tooth Reef, Xu Yiyi hurriedly wrapped the iron chain around her waist.
"Check it again carefully."
A-Yue tugged hard on the chain, the rings clanging together with a piercing sound: "What if it breaks halfway through..."
"These are iron chains; they don't break so easily."
Xu Yiyi comforted him and was about to jump into the water when suddenly a whooshing sound came from the air.
"Whoosh!"
A rocket grazed her hair and embedded itself in the ship's deck.
……
"Old Master?"
The bowstring was still vibrating, but the pirate who shot the arrow looked completely bewildered.
The moment he released the bowstring, the old master suddenly reached out and snapped the arrow shaft, causing him to shoot the arrow astray.
"Master, what do you mean by this?"
Xu Yong did not answer, staring intently at the distant sea.
"Xu Yiyi!"
Xu Yong murmured, "Father and daughter really are of the same ilk; they both enjoy dealing with government officials."
Before the archer could figure out his intention, he saw that the archer had wrapped his entire head with a cloth, leaving only his eyes and nose exposed.
They were no different from some of the gang members.
"Don't hurt the person who went into the water."
Xu Yong said in a deep voice.
A-Yue had already drawn her bow and nocked three arrows at the same time: "Go into the water without worry."
She squinted at the approaching enemy ship. "I'll take care of the people on board."
Without further hesitation, Xu Yiyi turned and jumped into the sea.
The iron chain slid into the water with a clatter and was quickly swallowed by the dark blue sea.
On the nearest pirate ship, a tattooed pirate was waving a hooked fishing net and throwing it at the small boat.