Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 188 Melee
"And who are you?" Yun Lan asked.

"You don't even know who I am, so how do you know there's a secret passage here? And how do you even know it's..."

The man who emerged from the secret passage stopped mid-sentence and drew his rapier.

"In the last twenty years, only two women have passed through this secret passage to receive the blessing and recognition of the sacred tree, and only one of them knows the secret of this tunnel."

At this point, the man, sword in hand, bowed slightly. "So you are Princess Bakla?"

Do I look like an old woman?

As Yun Lan spoke, she also held her sword and bowed slightly, "How about letting my friends go over?"

Unless you

Before the man who emerged from the secret passage could finish speaking, a two-meter-long thorn covered in barbs suddenly shot out from the floor between his legs!
Compared to the sneak attack that made all men instinctively tighten their anus, what was even more surprising was that the mysterious man actually dodged it first!
"Ladies and gentlemen, please proceed on your own."

As Yun Lan caused more and more long thorns to grow around her, she said, "Leave this to me."

"We don't have the custom of having ladies cover the rear."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he cracked his whip and chased after the man who was occasionally using the thorns to dodge.

"Don't waste time," Yun Lan urged. "We don't have much time, let's hurry up."

"We certainly don't have the habit of leaving our partners to cover the rear."

As Yun Ji spoke, she had already drawn her two daggers. "The opponent is also using the Night Raven Messenger Necklace. Be careful not to let his weapon draw blood, or it will drain you dry."

"Do you need me to throw mushrooms?"

As Yavso spoke, she pulled Gerta behind everyone and held two glass bottles, each bigger than a fist, in her small hands. She then handed one of them to Gerta.

"Snapped!"

Just then, the man who rushed over used his rapier to knock the anchor hook off the whip in Cheng Lang's hand, and he once again used the momentum to change his position.

"Yun Ji, Shen Ba, protect Ya Fu Suo."

As Cheng Lang cracked his whip again, he said, "Let's retreat into the tunnel."

"There are many hunters inside!" Shenba shouted a warning.

"Water!"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he pulled out a water-filled elf-shaped boat bottle and tossed it to Yun Ji, "Hurry up!"

"The Generous Captain"

Yun Ji immediately guessed Cheng Lang's plan, unscrewed the bottle and began pouring water into the underground passage!
The bottle contained a good amount of fresh water, and the surging water instantly pushed back the elven hunters who were about to rush out of the secret passage.

At the same time, Yun Lan was also distracted by controlling the undead Xiao Bao, using the thorns and arrows fired by Ya Fu Suo and the whip lashed out by Cheng Lang to block the elven man who kept trying to rush over.

Despite outnumbering the enemy, Cheng Lang and the others did not gain a decisive advantage in the siege. They surrounded Gerta and Yavso, who were standing in the center, and retreated step by step into the secret passage that was almost filled with water.

"His attacks are getting more and more frequent!" Yun Lan urged. "My Thorns are almost unable to stop him!"

"They stopped it immediately."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he had already put one hand into his pocket. "Gelta! Yavso!"

At his shout, the grandfather and grandson immediately threw out their respective glass bottles filled with spores.

Before the glass bottle even hit the ground, two long thorns that sprouted from the ground pierced and shattered the bottle and the nutrient solution in the glass tube at the very center of the bottle.

It was only a breath's difference between them, and Cheng Lang also threw out what he was holding in his hand—a handful of petrified expanding foam beads! It was a gift left to them at the very end of the tunnel after Fan Hart left without saying goodbye!
In the blink of an eye, the entrance to the secret passage, covered with thorns and spikes, was blocked. The gushing foam expanded rapidly and began to fill the mill on the first floor of the tree, even accidentally swallowing a few mixed-race sailors who rushed in!

Outside the tunnel, the mysterious man reacted swiftly and ran out, narrowly avoiding the danger of being trapped in the stone. He then swung his rapier and cut the harness of a horse on the carriage carrying Cheng Lang and the others, mounted the horse, and galloped towards the direction of the verdant sacred tree.

Meanwhile, inside the secret passage, the scene was quite different. Thanks to the belts that Vanhart had helped create, they were all hidden inside bubbles and completely unaffected by the water that was about to fill the tunnel.

"We need to get there quickly!" Yun Lan urged.

"Thornball! Hurry up!" Cheng Lang urged.

"I knew you had a way!"

As Yun Lan spoke, she simply waved her hand, and the thorn ball she had "played" with on Windmill Island enveloped everyone.

"Pour water!"

Before Cheng Lang could finish speaking, Yun Ji immediately pointed the bottle opening behind her.

Suddenly, propelled by the surging water, this thorny ball, which was open on all sides but contained a large bubble inside, rushed toward the other side of the tunnel at a speed that was astonishing, yet made Yun Lan cheer!
Along the way, as Yun Ji poured water continuously, the water level in the tunnel rose rapidly.

"Stop, stop, stop, stop!"

Amidst Yun Lan's panicked cries, Yun Ji hurriedly put away the boat bottle, and a large number of thorns grew on both sides of the tunnel in an attempt to block the huge thorn ball.

However, this effort came too late. The surrounding thorns were broken one by one by the powerful current, and just as the ball was about to shatter, Yun Lan had no choice but to remove all the thorns.

But this did not stop them. Finally, amidst everyone's exclamations, they left the tunnel in a near-perfect parabola as the water flowed through them!
In that brief moment of being suspended in mid-air, Yun Ji not only had the leisure to glance at the long staircase leading down from the end of the tunnel, but also at the enormous tree root in the middle of this huge underground space, the tree hole between the roots that glowed with a rich green light, and of course, the huge chains on all sides that were thicker than the hull of a sailboat.

She even had the leisure to grab Mr. Gerta's belt and Yavso's belt, and briefly spun them around to dissipate the force.

The other three cooperated fairly well. Yun Lan caused a large number of thorns to grow on one of the huge chains, and two thorny vines extended down from it.

Cheng Lang then swung his whip to entangle the anchor point created by the other party, and also hugged Yun Lan, letting her hug him.

As for Shenba, this guy simply grabbed a rapidly growing thorn and started sliding down.

Whether they were circling, sliding, or swinging, they all took the opportunity during their brief descent to observe the environment of the underground space.

If Cheng Lang were to describe it, this would be a huge, almost cylindrical karst landform.

There were only three similar tunnels in the vicinity, and it seemed that people had broken into the other two and were engaged in fierce battles with the Green Hunters guarding the area.

But in the center of the battlefield stood a tree stump of unimaginable size!

Around this tree stump, there are dense chains, thicker than the hull of a sailboat. And in the middle of the stump, hidden among the roots, there is a tree hole that emits a green light. It is probably big enough for the Valkyrie to drive in and then turn around and drive out!

Are you dark elves?

Just as Cheng Lang and the others stepped onto the ground, a man who led a group of people out of another tunnel shouted a question.

This was a man with an elven appearance, but Cheng Lang and the others recognized him at a glance—it was the robe-wearing guy they had forcibly teamed up with on the other side of the Dwarf Mountain! "Snap!"

Just then, the iron chains embedded in the tree stumps all around also began to vibrate.

"Would it be beneficial if we said so?"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he released Yun Lan and lashed out with his whip, sending a half-blooded sea monster that had rushed in from another tunnel flying.

As for Yun Lan, this living ancestor actually had the leisure to tidy up her skirt and hair ornaments.

Not only her, but her undead little treasure was even more unreliable. This ghostly thing actually wobbled and crawled into the scabbard of Yun Lan's rapier and refused to come out.

"If so, hurry up and go into that cave that's emitting green light!"

The man in the robe shouted, "Let's see if this broken tree can approve of and bless you! But we'll destroy it as soon as possible, no matter what!"

"Why?" Cheng Lang asked loudly, but did not move.

"Why do you ask so many questions, like an old woman in love?"

As he spoke, the man in the robe rushed up to Cheng Lang, pulled a pink seashell from his collar, and shoved it into Cheng Lang's hand. He then used the edge of the seashell to make a small cut on Cheng Lang's fingertip.

Almost the instant the blood touched the seashell, Cheng Lang, who had already lashed out with his whip to wrap around the other man's neck, immediately withdrew his hand and lashed it back at a mixed-blood siren charging at him from behind, wielding a scimitar.

He had already recognized the other person, or rather, he had already recognized the pink seashell.

It's Yun Hai! That former warden!
Before he could ask a question, the man in the robe had already put away the seashells and removed the mask of hypocrisy from his face, revealing Yun Hai's face.

"Any question?"

Yun Hai asked in her distinctive baby voice, then put her hypocritical mask back on, "Even if there is, how about we explain it after we get out?"

"Can she be trusted?" Cheng Lang asked Yun Ji, who had been by his side the whole time.

Yun Ji looked at Yun Hai seriously, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded, "He can be trusted to some extent!"

"let's go!"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he swung his whip again to entangle the remaining thorns on the thick chain above his head. At the same time, he threw the firefly necklace to Yun Lan with his other hand, and then grabbed Ya Fu Suo's belt.

Amid the little girl's exclamation, Cheng Lang swung her toward the massive tree roots in the middle of the battlefield—roots so large they could induce megalophobia!
"Shenba!"

As Yun Ji spoke, she rushed towards Shen Ba. Upon seeing this, Shen Ba threw his large scythe like a boomerang, then lunged forward and let Yun Ji step on his thigh to jump up.

That wasn't all. Shenba reached out and grabbed Yunji's ankle, then, as if throwing a hammer, spun her around three times before accurately tossing his sister Yunji into the huge green tree hole.

Almost as soon as Yun Ji spread her wings, Shen Ba caught the huge scythe that flew back and flung it back out along the ground. He himself charged forward like a mad gorilla, making strange "ooh ooh ooh" noises.

"Is Your Highness willing to cooperate?"

Yun Hai asked Yun Lan, "I also need to get to the tree hole. Also, we can't use the burrowing beetle here."

"How could you guess it was me?" Yun Lan asked helplessly, hands on her hips. "And why couldn't you?"

"Thorns, and this beautiful, neat skirt."

Yun Hai reminded them, "We discovered that the Verdant Sacred Tree has an extremely strong suppressive effect on the undead."

“I knew the undead were unreliable,” Yun Lan sighed. “Please be sure to bring Mr. Gerta along.”

"no problem"

As Yun Hai spoke, he drew two flintlock pistols from his waist and pulled the triggers simultaneously.

"Oh!"

Amidst the almost overlapping gunfire, a large number of Green-Green Hunters immediately rushed over and formed a circle to protect them in the middle.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yun Lan summoned the burrowing beetle and led Yun Hai and Gerta inside.

"Tell me what happened?!" Yun Lan asked loudly as she maneuvered the digging beetle to run.

“Let’s explain everything together once we meet up with the captain!” Yun Hai said.

“Miss Yun Ji trusts you, but I don’t,” Yun Lan reminded her, even slowing down her pace.

"That's why I hate heartless nobles."

Yun Hai sighed, pointed to the top of his head and said, "The heart of Poseidon is hidden in the verdant sacred tree."

"What did you say?!"

Yun Lan's eyes widened, and by the time she reacted, she had already pushed the forward lever all the way and unfolded her metal elytra. "Mr. Gerta, please let everyone in."

"Look at me!"

As Gerta spoke, he stood up and began to loudly call out to the running Shenba.

“It’s true,” Yun Hai said. “Also, the entire Elven royal family are dwarves wearing masks of hypocrisy.”

"This message can be exchanged for at least 100 cups of Poseidon's Blood in Pirate City!" Yun Lan exclaimed in surprise, while Shenba jumped into the beetle's belly with a thud.

"The stinky octopus Panini told me about this."

Yun Hai said, "This rebellion was launched by the dwarves who control the ghost fleet, firstly to generate nutrients through killing, and secondly to take away Poseidon's heart."

"What are you taking them for?" Yun Lan asked loudly.

"Of course, it's to resurrect Poseidon!" Yun Hai shouted in response. "My turn! Why can your burrowing beetles still move?"

"Fish oil power!" Yun Lan replied. "Didn't you know that?"

"I know! Of course I know!"

Yun Hai replied, "But after the undead inside the beetle fell into a deep sleep, there was only fish oil left."

Just then, Yun Ji glided directly into the burrowing beetle, and a little later, Cheng Lang also swung in, grabbing Ya Fu Suo's belt.

"Can it now"

“I know, I know,” Yun Hai shook his head helplessly. “I knew I would have to repeat myself again.”

(End of this chapter)