I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Although somewhat disappointed by Keane and the others' attack, which seemed too weak and unable to even break through the instinctive defenses of the military formation.

However, Li Shu and Li Yu still quickly issued the attack order.

"shot!"

"clap clap"

"Da da da"

With a series of crisp gunshots, bullets amplified by the military formation formed a net of fire, instantly enveloping Keane and his men.

"Puff puff"

Putting aside the fact that these modern firearms are not so easy to defend against or dodge.

Not to mention, this is further enhanced by the strength of the military formation.

Apart from a few individuals like Keane whose strength far surpassed that of the others, most people were instantly hit, their vital organs pierced by bullets, and they fell into the sea with a thud, quickly losing their life force and turning into corpses floating on the surface of the sea.

In an instant, the number of Spaniards who had originally taken off and rushed towards the Jiaolong-2, with their feet on the sea surface, was reduced to only a few dozen.

Upon seeing this, Baron Keane and the rest of the group were all visibly shaken, filled with deep regret.

Surprisingly, their supposedly invincible witchcraft attacks had no effect whatsoever.

On the contrary, the attacks from the Celestial Empire caused them heavy losses in an instant, and the powerful wizard warriors were almost wiped out.

If they had known this would happen, they should have accepted the inspection or simply left.

But at this point, it was too late for regrets; all they could do was grit their teeth and go down this path to the bitter end.

"The power of the leader, the knight's sword that shatters everything!"

Keane suddenly raised his knight's sword and shouted.

The sound boomed and spread, and immediately, beams of red and yellow light spread from the remaining merchant ships, converging towards Keane and merging into his body.

In an instant, he was enveloped in red and yellow light, and his aura rapidly increased.

However, at the same time, this enormous force also put tremendous pressure on his body.

In an instant, his body swelled up, veins bulged, and his white skin turned bright red, as if it could drip blood.

The immense pressure naturally brought forth immense power; the knight's sword, held high, radiated a dazzling light that could tear everything apart, even distorting the surrounding air violently.

This made Keane's figure appear hazy and indistinct. Under a lens effect, his size seemed to increase several times, like a god descending to earth.

Seeing this, the remaining people on the merchant ship, as well as the dozens of people remaining on the sea, finally couldn't help but smile again.

Baron Keane finally unleashed this knightly technique that shattered everything.

Back then, Baron Keane used this very knightly skill to cleave a large ship in two.

Even if the steel warships of the Celestial Empire in front of us are larger in size, covered in iron, and protected by extraordinary power, they probably wouldn't be able to completely withstand this knight technique.
It's even possible that most of the ship's hull will be damaged.

Even if they manage to capture those two warships, they'll probably have to repair them before they can sail back to Spain.

For a moment, they even began to pray that Baron Keane would be careful not to damage the warships in front of him too much.

"cut!"

"bass!"

With a loud shout from Keane, he slashed down with his knight's sword, unleashing a dazzling sword light that seemed capable of cleaving through anything, instantly slashing towards the Jiaolong.

"Tsk~!"

With a sharp sound as the sword light sliced ​​through the air, a straight sword mark extended out, and the sea below caved in, leaving a deep, unhealable rift.

"Boom~!"

The sword light struck the azure light barrier cast by the Azure Dragon, instantly unleashing a deafening roar.

Instantly, the cyan light barrier began to tremble violently, and ripples spread outwards.

Finally, a crack was torn open on the azure light barrier by the sharp sword light, and the sword energy, which had weakened several times but was still sharp, instantly rushed into the army formation.

Seeing the sword energy coming towards him, Li Shu nodded solemnly.

"That's somewhat interesting; it actually managed to break through the instinctive defenses of the military formation."

Unfortunately, it ultimately fell short.

As he spoke, Li Shu already pointed his fingers like a sword and slowly slashed at the incoming sword energy.

The movements appear slow and elegant, but are actually as swift as lightning.

In just a split second, a dazzling cyan sword light shot out.

"bass!"

As their sword energies clashed, Keane's sword energy was instantly annihilated.

"Yes, that's really good. You've already reached the late stage of Qi Refining."
Unfortunately, he encountered someone who had already reached the realm of supernatural powers.

Li Shu sighed, seemingly regretful.

Looking at the sword aura that had annihilated Keane's sword aura, yet still shone with a dazzling blue light and vibrated with a buzzing sound.

"go with!"

As soon as Li Shu had a thought, the cyan sword energy shot out instantly.

Just as Keane unleashed a terrifying sword strike, breaking through the army's defenses, a smile appeared on his face. Then, he saw a streak of azure light burst out of the azure glow and teleport to him in an instant.

Startled, Keane instantly mobilized all the power within his body, as well as the power from his subordinates, and immediately set up layers of defense in front of him.

Unfortunately, although his defenses were strong, he was confident that he could withstand even cannon fire.

However, when faced with that cyan sword light, it was as if made of paper, and was torn to shreds layer by layer.

The next instant, the cyan sword light pierced through his brow, his expression of terror froze on his face, and he lost all life.

"boom!"

Freed from the constraints of consciousness, the power within him instantly surged, unleashing a burst of red and yellow light. Keane's entire body was blasted into dust by the violent force.

Immediately afterwards, the cyan sword light that pierced his skull trembled violently, instantly splitting into dozens of thin sword lights that rushed towards the remaining dozens of Spaniards.

"Swish swish swish"

In an instant, they too were pierced through the forehead, dying on the spot, their bodies falling into the sea.

The Spaniards on the other twenty-odd ships were all stunned after witnessing what had happened in the blink of an eye.

The cheers and smiles on their faces were still there, but they had become stiff, and the person they worshipped and cheered for had been killed by the people of the Celestial Empire.

After a moment of stunned silence, everyone finally came to their senses.

"Fire! Fire!"

"Move! Move! Quick, hard to left, full speed ahead!"

Seeing that the remaining Spaniards were about to escape, Li Shu and Li Yu immediately gave the order.

"Split up, aim, and fire!"

"Boom boom boom"

With each cannonball fired, flames erupted on more than twenty merchant ships, blasting countless crew members away.

Even the ship's deck was blasted open with large holes, flames rose up and spread rapidly.

In an instant, cries of agony and wailing filled all the merchant ships.

The shells they fired, when they landed on the Jiaolong, only created ripples on its azure glow, without even making contact with the hull. The same thing happened to the Jiaolong II warship on the other side.

It simply changed from a cyan glow barrier to black.

On the other side, with just one round of shelling, most of the Spanish ships were already wrecked and unable to sail anymore. They could only stay in place, waiting to be captured and contribute to the construction of the Celestial Empire.

Only a handful of ships managed to escape the shells and are rapidly moving away.

But no matter how fast they are, can they outrun a steamship?

not to mention.
Watching the fleeing Spanish ships through his binoculars, Li Shu gave only cold commands.

"Aim at those fleeing ships and cripple them."

"Boom boom boom"

In an instant, countless cannonballs streaked through the air, hitting the fleeing ships with pinpoint accuracy.

They are still far from escaping the range of the Jiaolong submersible.

"Rumble"

With a deafening roar, several ships burst into flames and began to slowly sink.

"Hey, I told you to cripple it, not sink it."

Watching the ship begin to sink, Li Shu felt an urge to facepalm.

The firepower was too strong, the enemy was incompetent, and many spoils of war sank to the bottom of the sea. What should we do?
However, what's done is done, and he has no other choice but to see how much loot the other ships can collect.

What followed was much simpler. Faced with the ferocious soldiers of the Celestial Empire, the Spaniards, who were already terrified, had no courage to resist and most of them obediently submitted to being taken over.

Even if a few stubborn individuals with magical powers tried to fight back or escape by jumping into the sea, they were quickly killed by the soldiers of the Celestial Empire.

Those selected as the first batch of naval soldiers must not only be exceptionally skilled swimmers, but also possess top-tier abilities.

He was in no way weaker than Keane, who empowered his subordinates and then unleashed his full power; both of them had basically reached the late stage of Qi Refining.

Those remaining Spaniards who possessed magic power had probably only barely reached the threshold of Qi cultivation.

And this is only a general level; they are already far inferior to the soldiers of the Celestial Empire.

Not to mention the true energy within the bodies of the soldiers of the Celestial Empire, whose quality and strength far surpass those of ordinary beings.

A single wisp of true energy is enough to easily suppress them.

Those Spaniards who thought they could escape under their noses or fight back were simply delusional.

After killing a few more of the more boisterous ones as a warning to others, the remaining people became more obedient, all sitting quietly with their hands behind their heads.

Looking at the dozen or so ships and the thousands of Spaniards on board, Li Shu frowned slightly, unsure of how to deal with them.

They only had two warships, so there was certainly no place to hold prisoners.

If Wang Dahu were here, he would most likely blow them all up and sink those Spaniards into the sea to feed the sharks.

However, Li Shu was not like that at all.

He always kept in mind what the dynasty had said.

Enemies, besides those on the battlefield, are not necessarily all killed. Capturing them for forced labor is the best punishment, and it can also contribute to the infrastructure construction of the Celestial Empire.

Moreover, those ship holds contained a large amount of cargo and gold and silver.

Ultimately, Li Shu decided to take them to Dongfanwei.

By connecting them with cables, the Jiaolong steamship could still tow them.

Thus, the large group continued southeastward and soon arrived at the northern dock of Dongfanwei.

This time, Li Shu and the others did not shout again.

After all, Keane and his men had already attacked them before, which was tantamount to a declaration of war.

Moreover, this is their territory; they might as well fight it out.

"Boom boom boom"

Upon reaching the attack range, Li Shuli immediately issued the order to attack, and instantly a barrage of artillery fire erupted.

Meanwhile, the Spanish fleet on the other side had also spotted the Jiaolong in the distance.

However, at first, they thought it was Keane's team.

"Huh? Why are Keane and the others back? Weren't they supposed to be heading to Japan?"

"Have we encountered pirates?"

"What kind of pirates would dare to rob Keane and his crew, who own more than twenty ships?"

"Then who knows?"

Some people shrugged dismissively.

Whatever the reason, it's none of their business anyway.

Just as everyone was discussing this, they suddenly heard a series of roars from a distant fleet, and a dense array of black dots flew rapidly toward them.

"what is that?"

"That's... a cannonball?!"

Those who possess extraordinary magical powers, upon seeing the flying objects clearly, couldn't help but have their pupils shrink and exclaim in surprise.

"what?"

Just as everyone was about to ask more questions, countless shells had already fallen.

"Boom boom boom"

"Rumble"

In an instant, bursts of fire erupted all around, countless ships burst into flames, and screams and wails filled the air.

However, that wasn't the end of it. Before everyone could recover from the sudden attack, they were hit by wave after wave of artillery fire.

"Boom boom boom"

Fifteen minutes later, the entire dockyard and harbor were engulfed in flames.

Looking at these ships and then at the dozen or so boats being towed behind him, Li Yu felt rather speechless.

He felt that there was no point in pulling these dozen or so ships.

So, if they directly destroyed dozens or hundreds of large ships, could the cargo and gold and silver in those dozen or so ships compare to them?
On the other side, Li Shu's lips twitched, clearly indicating that he had also thought of this problem.

However, since it has already happened, there's nothing we can do about it.

The boats slowly approached the shore, and the military formation instantly unfolded.

"Ang~!"

The Azure Dragon coiled around, with the Jiaolong No. 1 as its head and the Jiaolong No. 2 as its tail. Endless water vapor gathered and instantly transformed into a thick, dark cloud, which, under Li Shu's control, floated above the dock and harbor.

"Wow!"

A torrential downpour quickly extinguished the fire.

Immediately afterwards, soldiers from the Celestial Empire rushed out of their warships, leaping through the air and treading on the water, heading towards the still intact ships and the port coast.

Amidst the clashing of swords and the clash of blades, all resistance fighters were slaughtered, and they quickly established a secure stronghold on the port's coastline. (End of Chapter)