Translator: Timothy Editor: GlobeGlotter
Ye Mo was sure that if he were to fight Wang Lenchan again, he would be able to crush him head on with just a wind blade. His wind blade was still lacking for great heaven masters like Ren Pingchuan, though.
Looking back at the spirit well, Ye Mo didnât touch it. Perhaps in a few more years, he would be able to get a few more spirit stones. He had much more confidence in cultivation now. If he had found spirit stones once, who could say he wouldnât find them a second time?
When the Blue Flower Blue Leaf Grass had fully matured, then even without spirit stones he would be capable of concocting chi increasing pills and reaching the tertiary stage of chi gathering with them. Ye Mo was sure that even though he was still no match for great heaven now, once he reached the chi gathering tertiary stage, he would be able to slaughter them.
Ye Mo cleaned himself and left the stone hole. He let that small fox live here for now, it didnât damage the spirit well at all. It didnât know how to cultivate after all and only drank some water.
When Ye Mo blocked up the tunnel he dug out, Ye Mo felt a fit of hunger.
He didnât know how long he had been in the cave. His phone was long since out of battery. Ye Mo desperately wanted to know how Luo Yue City was, so he didnât even take the time to eat and just boarded his flying sword and flew to Luo Yue desperately.
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At this moment, in a newly built crescent-moon-shaped building, Xu Yuehua, Ning Qingxue, Xu Ping, Ye Xing, Zang Jiayan and Li Sandao sat by a round table with serious expressions on their faces.
Something had happened at Luo Yue City. Zang Jiayan was supposed to be responsible for things at Flowing Snake, yet even he had also come to Luo Yue for this.
Luo Yue was under attack. There were many masters in Luo Yue who were good at individual fights, but no one knew how to fight a war, so Zang Jiayan had moved here.
"We lost 3 of our 10 ships. If this continues, we will lose all of our ships soon," Li Sandao said worriedly.
Ye Xing raised his eyebrow, "If I had another year, or even half a year, the new warships I could design would beat their pirate asses."
Li Sandao frowned, "Thereâs no use talking about that now. Weâre too close to the Yading pirates, and none of us are good at maritime warfare. Itâs natural that weâre no match for them. We can only wait for the City Lord to come back."
"Iâm very curious why these pirates only destroy our port and warships. Why do they not charge on land? What good does this do them?" Ning Qingxue really wanted Ye Mo to come back too, but she knew that Ye Mo had gone out to make a breakthrough. Once he succeeded, he would come back for sure.
Xu Ping immediately said, "Sister-in-law, you donât understand. These pirates might be dominant at sea, but once theyâre on land, theyâre timid. So they donât dare come on land, because if they did, even if I didnât do anything, Sandao alone could finish them off."
Xu Yuehua shook her head, "Second Brother Xu, I donât think you answered Ning Qingxueâs question. These pirates would only do things for their benefit. Destroying our ports and ships holds no benefits for them. They would only get those benefits if they tried to reach land, yet they didnât.
I think Second Brother Xu is partially right, but thereâs another possibility too. They might have come to an agreement with someone and agreed to stop the construction of our city. Then thereâs yet another possibility. They might be waiting for backup. Once that backup arrives, thatâs when they would come on land and raid our city."
"Then what do we do, Sister Yuehua?" Luo Fei quickly asked.
Xu Yuehua sighed, "We can only hope Guo Qi and co. can stop them for a while and wait for the City Lord to come back. We canât stop the piratesâ attack in any other way. We had too little time. If we had a year or two more, Ye Xing could design a Luo Yue thatâs like a metal bucket. Besides, do you really think theyâre mere pirates? I donât think itâs that simple."
Guo Qi and Fang Wei stood on the deck of a ship as they looked at the pirate ships through their telescopes. They had never experienced a sea battle before. Although they had been in the special forces, they had usually fought in forests and knew nothing about sea battles.
"Brother Guo, when do you think their next attack will come?" Fang Wei walked over with red eyes.
Guo Qi shook his head seriously, "I donât know, but Iâm sure that these pirates didnât use their full power yet. Their ships are better than ours. Where do you think they got such good ships? Weâve seen reports of the Somali pirates. Theyâre just a bunch of criminals driving jet skis with a couple of rocket launchers. Since when do pirates have such fierce weapons? Iâm sure some country is behind this. Weâre not good at sea battles, so we can only wait for Brother Ye to come back."
"Youâre saying that they havenât used their full power yet?" Fang Wei cried in surprise.
Guo Qi nodded, "Yes, if they had attacked with full power, we wouldnât even have lasted âtill today. Weâre lacking a commander for sea battles, and we have very few battleships. We donât have submarines nor planes. Without air support, doing sea battles is like being a bird without wings. Luckily, the pirates donât have airplanes either, or we would only be able to run."
"Captain, the radar shows signs of attack again!" A soldier ran up quickly and reported. Most of these marines were Li Sandaoâs men. Li Sandao knew sea battles better than the people from Flowing Snake after all.
"Cannons ready!" Guo Qiâs face didnât look too good. He wasnât afraid of war, but he sure didnât like this feeling of being suppressed.
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After Ye Mo broke through to stage 5, he shot into the sky on his flying sword and appeared above Luo Yue only 20 minutes later.
The scene he witnessed, though, made him furious. A fleet of ships was charging towards Luo Yue fearlessly. It obviously had very strong ships.
Appearing weak meant getting beaten. He had only been out for a few days, yet people were already acting cocky at his doorstep. Although Ye Mo didnât know who would be commanding his sideâs fleet, he knew that no matter who was commanding it, they would be no match for the enemy.
The main ship of this black fleet looked around 100 meters long.
Although Ye Mo didnât know maritime warfare, he could guess that this ship had to be the commanding ship so without thinking any further, he charged down towards that ship.
At the same time, in that shipâs command centre, a short-haired man stared deadly at the radar screen and kept frowning.
"Whatâs going on, David?" an officer came in and asked.
"General Louis, I just saw a target on the radar, but it disappeared immediately. Iâm sure that I didnât see wrong, though. This place is very eerie," David replied.
At this moment, Ye Mo had landed outside the command center and considered that if he went invisible, the radar might not detect him.
"David, has your head been stuffed by women too much? This battle is very simple; when Commander Shawn comes, we will be able to attack on land. I heard that thereâs quite a lot of beautiful women in Luo Yue, so at that time, you can enjoy as much as you want, haha!" Louisâ joke didnât make David feel assured as he still looked at the radar carefully.
Ye Mo passed by many marines before entering the command center. Then he appeared and said, "No need to be attacking any land. Youâre called Louis? Why do you look like a pig?"
Ye Moâs sudden appearance sent the command center into chaos. Louis might be fat, but he reacted immediately and yelled, "Kill him!"
Two marines pulled out their guns, but before they could even raise it, they were sliced up by Ye Moâs wind blade.
Louis looked at the bloodied bodies and didnât know what to say. He was shocked.