Ocean Lords: Start as a Fisherman

Having successfully "persuaded" the other party,

Su Wang reeled in his fishing rod and slowly walked over to the trembling Huo Sen.

With each step closer, the fear on Hosen's face grew more pronounced, and his body trembled even more violently.

This shows how severe the trauma he suffered from the memory of just being on the brink of life and death.

As Su Wang walked up to Lord Huo Sen, he patted him on the shoulder and extended an invitation to form an alliance.

Hosen noticed the unusual appearance of the Lord's Fish Mark and tremblingly summoned the Lord's Scroll to examine it.

When he saw that the invitation to join the Pure World Alliance required him to leave the Pisces Alliance, his pupils suddenly contracted.

He knew the consequences of leaving the Pisces Alliance, but the fear instilled in him by the person before him was even more urgent.

He hesitated for less than two seconds before accepting.

Upon receiving the news that Golden Crocodile Wharf had joined the alliance, Su Wang's icy expression vanished instantly, replaced by a gentle smile.

The change of expression was so swift, as if nothing had just happened.

"Lord Hosen, now that we've joined the alliance, there's something I need to inform your docks about."

Lord Hosen dared not be negligent and responded immediately.

"Please tell me, and I will do as you say."

Upon hearing this, Su Wang immediately informed him of the long-term requirement to hand over the dock resources.

Upon hearing such an unreasonable request, Hosen's already pale face turned even paler.

However, due to the vivid memory of the intimidation he had just received, he dared not raise any objections, nor even inquire about the reasons.

He simply nodded with difficulty in response.

"Understood. I will arrange for a fleet of ships to transport supplies to your dock regularly."

Su Wang shook his head.

"No need, I will arrange for someone to come and collect it myself."

"Of course, if you find that Pisces King's fleet is retaliating against you, you need to contact me immediately, and I will help you resolve it."

"Furthermore, this temple needs to be built on your dock, and the residents should be arranged to pray daily."

Upon hearing that Su Wang would help resolve the Pisces King's revenge, Lord Hosen's expression finally softened a bit.

The necessary instructions and arrangements have been communicated.

Su Wang didn't linger any longer, tossing Huo Sen a Temple Core and several bottles of stamina potions.

He then led Tia, who had watched the whole thing, back to the Heart of the Dead.

Less than a minute later,
Under the watchful eyes of many onlookers at Golden Crocodile Wharf, the more than 3 aerial warships that had been obscuring the sky above the harbor suddenly vanished.

Only the unconscious guards at the port and the shocked residents remained.

Seeing that "Death" had finally left, Lord Hosen collapsed to the ground as if he had survived a catastrophe.

The loyal butler immediately stepped forward to help him up, while asking in a low, cautious voice.

"My lord, are you alright?"

Hosen shook his head to indicate that he was alright, and then looked around.

"Take these potions and wake these guards up."

Only those who have experienced that feeling can understand how unbearable it is to be in that state between life and death.

However, just as the butler was about to leave with the medicine, he suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask.

"My lord, shall I summon all the fleet captains later to punish that negligent squad leader?"

When Hossen heard the butler suddenly mention this matter,

If I weren't still so weak, I would have even wanted to go up and kick him.

Is it wrong to want to live?
He was able to survive the clutches of this killing god and ensure the safety of hundreds of ships.

Not only is it correct, but it is those who know how to assess the situation that deserve credit.

"No need, I understand what he was thinking at the time."

...

Another local port has been conquered.
Upon returning to the Lost Heart, Su Wang immediately continued to another dock.

"At most, we can only reach about 10 docks a day, which is still too slow."

After assessing the efficiency, Su Wang was not very satisfied.

But if you want to conquer a port quickly, you have to show strength that the other party can't resist, or even dare not resist.

Among those with such strength, perhaps only Lao Cao is capable; the other dock lords he has trained are still lacking.

Moreover, they were both tasked with attacking the polluted docks and were unable to leave their posts.

For now, Su Wang can only rely on himself to slowly increase the number of alliance docks.

Once there are more docks and more resources, and a large number of air and sea warships are added, perhaps manpower can be allocated to speed up the process.

Su Wang decided to go to the nearest Pisces Merchant Alliance dock after he had conquered all the docks around Fool's Wharf.

Conquering a dozen local ports might not be as resource-rich as taking over a single Pisces Alliance port.

As for the Pisces Merchant Alliance Wharf, there's no question of peaceful conquest; the only way is to break in.

...

Four days later, inside the Pisces royal palace.

The Pisces King sat on his throne, his face grim, and asked a powerful minister below him.

"How are the preparations going with the things I asked you to do?"

When the powerful minister was asked by the king, he quickly answered.

"Your Majesty, the merchant alliance docks that are closer to the rebel docks are all ready for long voyages and can depart at any time."

"As for the Fool's Wharf, where the rebel leader is located, there are two Merchant Alliance Wharves that are relatively close, but they are at least several thousand nautical miles away."

Pisces King immediately nodded and gave the order.

"No need to wait any longer. Mobilize everyone to clear out the defector docks. I want them to know that the only consequence of betraying me is death."

"As for Fool's Wharf..."

Pisces King pondered for two seconds before adding more.

"Gather more ships and make sure to wipe him out in one fell swoop, giving him no chance to escape!"

"Remember to leave Su Wang and some of the fishermen alive; this is very important."

In the past few days, I have received notifications almost daily from docks that they are leaving the Pisces Alliance.

Some of these docks even existed a long time ago.

This only made Pisces King more irritable.

I previously thought that the group of "fishermen" wouldn't have built many docks, and that most of them would be docks that had only recently joined the alliance.

However, the defection of the docks that had long existed within the alliance left Pisces King somewhat puzzled.

Whether these docks were secretly built by the "fishermen" long ago, or whether they were recently turned against them by that "saint" is unknown.

Neither of these situations is good news.

This made it impossible for the Pisces King to wait any longer, and he prepared to immediately launch a campaign to quell the rebellion.

...

Inside the Lost Heart,

Su Wang had just left a dock.

He has been extremely busy for the past four days.

First, we had to take some time to return to the polluted sea area and address a number of pollution sources that had recently gathered there.

Secondly, it is necessary to go to the polluted docks that have been attacked and captured by various fleets and purify them.

Almost every day, it uses three capabilities—dock shuttle, anchor point shuttle, and turbine tunnel—to travel back and forth across various sea areas.

Even though Su Wang, a saint, possessed immense energy, he was already feeling somewhat fatigued.

Fortunately, the results and benefits were also quite good.

In four days, six polluted docks were cleaned up, and 317 sources of pollution were eliminated.

Within 5 nautical miles of Fool's Wharf, 21 local wharves were conquered.

Among the groups that had some interaction, the conquests were carried out as peacefully as possible, while those that had never intersected all resulted in disputes.

They even killed three dock lords and installed another acting lord on the dock.

If possible, Su Wang did not want to eliminate the original lords of the local docks. For no other reason than it would be troublesome and a waste of time.

After all, losing a lord would throw the docks into chaos, and it would take time to appoint a new agent.

This will take up a lot of time, and time is what Su Wang is most lacking.

However, at present, all the local docks that could be found near Fool's Wharf have been searched.

The next step is to plan the resource collection, expand the fleet, and deploy more manpower to carry out conquest operations on multiple fronts.

Before that, there is one last step: to conquer a Pisces Merchant Alliance dock.

The destination was the same business alliance wharf we had visited before.

When conquering other local ports, Su Wang deliberately skipped this merchant alliance port, intending to deal with it last.

To this end, he also used the resources he recently acquired to specifically increase the number of air and sea warships by 400, adding to the combat power needed to attack the Merchant Alliance docks.

After passing through two tunnels, the fleet successfully arrived near the waters where the Merchant Alliance Wharf is located.

After giving the order to prepare the fleet for battle at any time, the fleet sailed directly into the waters under the jurisdiction of the Merchant Alliance Wharf.

At high speed, they soon arrived at the waters very close to the Merchant Alliance dock.

However, Su Wang noticed something was wrong at that moment.

"Huh? Why are so many ships missing from the fleet?"

Only a little over 1 super-class warships appeared on the water ahead.

The radar's range was already able to detect the entire Shangmeng Wharf itself.

However, the radar showed that there were not many ships near the dock.

The only ships that could be detected were the more than 1 that had been intercepted.

This is not even in the same league as the more than 8 ships I saw on my last visit.

Although I had my doubts, I was already there and couldn't worry about it anymore.

The news of his withdrawal from the Pisces Alliance must have already reached the docks of this business alliance.

Furthermore, given the unique nature of air and sea warships flying in the air, their identities are immediately apparent upon meeting.

Su Wang had no intention of waiting for the other side to attack first, and directly ordered the fleet to launch an attack.

Given similar numbers, even the extraordinary fleet under the Pisces King's command could not possibly be a match for the air-sea fleet.

Without saying a word, Su Wang activated the coordinated firing capability, intending to sink all the intercepting ships in one go.

Su Wang did not give the Pisces King's extraordinary fleet another chance to choose.

While local docks might still have the potential to be turned against their own, the docks directly under the Pisces King's control are virtually impossible to turn against.

As the repulsion cannon unleashed its full firing capability...

The destructive power generated by the firing of more than 6 repulsion cannons is beyond doubt.

Even the Merchant Alliance Wharf itself, Su Wang was confident he could blast it to smithereens, leaving not a trace.

Dealing with these thousand-plus extraordinary warships is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

As the barrage of artillery fire swept across the sky, the extraordinary fleet was doomed before it even reached the range to retaliate.

In an instant, the force field generated by the repulsion cannon covered nearly 10,000 meters of water, and the seawater was hollowed out to a depth of thousands of meters.

When the force field ended and seawater flooded back to fill the void, not even a single piece of ship debris could be seen.

"Continue forward," Su Wang immediately ordered.

Although it's unclear why the originally estimated 8,000 super ships only numbered a little over 1,000, the result is the same.

As the fleet continued its voyage, the Merchant Alliance Wharf and Port came into view.

At this time, only a few hundred warships could be seen, while there were mostly transport ships.

"Are they really gone? Where did those extraordinary fleets go?" Su Wang couldn't help but ponder.

The disappearance of the extraordinary fleet is likely related to his conquest of the docks these past few days.

It must have received orders from the Pisces King to carry out a certain action.

However, it was strange that he had not received any news of the docks being attacked by the Pisces King fleet.

As the air and sea fleet approached, the last few hundred extraordinary warships at the Merchant Alliance dock also left the dock and headed towards the air and sea fleet.

However, this was destined to only increase casualties. Su Wang simply ordered a hundred air and sea warships to fire a round, which wiped out the last remaining resistance.

Having lost almost all of its warships, the Merchant Alliance docks were now at the mercy of others.

Su Wang came here for resources, so naturally he wouldn't open fire and destroy the dock. Instead, he led the fleet toward the dock and prepared to land.

Upon arrival, a large number of well-equipped guards had already gathered at the port.

But even the war fleet was gone, so these guards were only putting up a symbolic act of resistance.

Facing thousands of guards, Su Wang had no hesitation and simply abandoned the teleportation platform to teleport to the port alone.

Seeing that the enemy had appeared, the guards immediately rushed forward with their weapons.

Among them were also many beings with extraordinary powers.

But as the silver light flashed across the air,

As soon as they approached the silver light, none of the guards could hold out for even half a second before collapsing to the ground.

The condensed supernatural power that shot towards them also disintegrated and dissipated under the resistance of several even stronger supernatural powers.

Holding his fishing rod, Su Wang walked step by step toward the interior of the port, without the slightest sense of haste.

The fishing rod is free from wear and tear, and boasts an exceptionally high durability.

It's only a matter of time before one person can dismantle these thousands of guards.

Finally, when the number of guards had reached half a thousand, forming a human wall, the surging guards finally stopped.

First, someone ordered a halt to the attack; second, they discovered that no matter how many of them charged forward, none of them could get within 100 meters of the enemy.

Su Wang then turned his head to look in a certain direction, where the loud command to stop had just come from.

After a group of guards stepped aside, the person who made the voice slowly walked over.

Elf, with a complicated expression, walked at the forefront among the many people in white robes, slowly approaching Su Wang.

"Lord Su... Lord Su, please stop."

Elf was filled with mixed feelings at that moment.

When I received news of the defection of Fool's Wharf a few days ago,

He also felt sorry for Lord Su, who possessed terrifying strength and made a great contribution to purifying pollution.

However, only a few days later, the other side took the initiative to attack and even easily destroyed more than 1 Pisces ships.

He also never expected that their third meeting would be as enemies.

Upon seeing Elf's appearance, Su Wang put away his fishing gear and responded with a smile.

“You’ve arrived, Mr. Elf.”

Elf and the other white-robed deacons stopped when they were about ten meters away from Su Wang.

After a soft sigh, Elf finally spoke.

"Lord Su, we have witnessed your abilities."

“I know no one at the dock can stop you. We’ve already shown up, so you can say whatever you want.”

Although not explicitly stated, the implication was clear: they had given in.

Su Wang responded directly.

"By handing over the position of dock lord, I will take over everything on this dock."

“For your sake, Elf, I will allow a hundred people to leave this dock, but you are not included.”

Before Elf could even finish speaking, the dozen or so deacons behind him started making a fuss.

"Elph, let me leave!"

"And I!"

"Elf, once I find reinforcements, I will send someone to rescue you."

These deacons were unaware of what would happen after the docks were occupied by this rebellious lord.

But what they were more worried about was that they, as the original owners of the docks, would be purged by this rebellious lord.

Therefore, upon hearing that there was a chance to leave, they immediately seized the opportunity, hoping to use it to escape this dangerous place.

Su Wang simply watched all this with a smile, waiting for Elf's response.

…(End of this chapter)