Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 272 Wang Cheng Takes the Field, One-on-One Against the Shikigami (Seeking votes at the end of the month)!
The spiritual senses of the divine officials were suppressed and obscured by the military aura of the formation [Fire Boat Tomb], making it impossible for them to see what was in the suddenly rising mist.

It wasn't until the first earth-shattering explosion rang out, blasting a large hole in a turtle ship near its waterline and then igniting it with splashed oil, that they realized Meizhou City was launching a counterattack.

The lookout on the outer perimeter was so terrified that his voice trembled:

"They're arson ships! So many arson ships!"

Arson ships left trails of fire on the sea, more fearless than the kamikaze assassins, retaliating in kind.

What's even more ingenious is that the Tide Riders among the Japanese pirates deliberately distorted the wind direction to facilitate the takeoff of the Kamikaze assassins, which ironically became the "Kamikaze" that the arson ships could use to propel them.

boom! boom! boom! boom!
The massive flames instantly tore apart more than a dozen troop transport ships on the perimeter.

One by one, the fiery figures, their bodies engulfed in flames, screamed as they fell into the sea.

The Tide Riders tried to control the water flow to push away the fire ships, but they were clearly outmatched by the army on their own.

Even after pushing them away, they would come back again. It would take more effort to overturn them, only to find that even more arson ships were rushing towards them.

They have an entire wealthy prefecture as their base, so they can have as many of these things as they want, even cheaper than their disposable Divine Wind Assassins.

Yi Ye's face darkened:

"The main role of the squadron is to assist the Kujaku Tail and Kamikaze assassins in launching long-range attacks. Most of the marines on board are actually wasted."

Rather than staying on the ship and passively taking hits, these people might as well go ashore.

Order: Follow me to the shore for the final assault!

"Launch the landing craft, and the Marines, in coordination with the 'basket snake tail' (a type of landing craft), will storm ashore and seize the mouth of the Mulan River to block the arson ships!"

But just as they landed at a weak point in the city's defenses, they suddenly heard a shrill scream from the invincible basket snake tail behind them.

Then, from a distance, came the booming sound of artillery fire coming from the entrance to Meizhou Bay.

Looking into the distance, one could see that the "Five Peaks Flag," already far larger than ordinary warships, had expanded to more than three times its original size, resembling a fairy mountain in the sea that solidly blocked the entrance to Meizhou Bay.

Even from a great distance, the Japanese pirates felt a heavy sense of oppression no less than that of the snake with the head and tail.

However, Wang Cheng and Lu Yunchen split up into two groups. One was responsible for continuing to defend the city, while the other took the [Five Peaks Banner] and went out alone to block the Japanese pirates' exit to the sea.

Judging from this posture, they not only intend to defend Meizhou City, but also to leave this entire detachment of the Japanese pirates here.

"Amakusa Shiro's hometown is my Kyushu Island. He is a native of Nagasaki, Hizen Province."

Because he was driven away by the "Bantianlian Expulsion Order" in advance, he was lucky enough to escape from Old Wang's clutches.

Whether for official or personal reasons, if he returns home in glory, the first thing he'll do is definitely to cut me!

We absolutely cannot let this monstrous snake-tailed creature, capable of forming an army, return to Yingzhou alive. Today, we will leave them all here.

I'm willing to risk revealing my biggest trump card prematurely.

Wang Cheng held his own iron-framed bow, nocked an arrow, and drew it.

The malevolent spirits on the ship carrying the king, including Baron Carlo and Uncle You Zhende, all emanated their spiritual energy upon him, causing a torrent of military aura to pour down upon him.

The massive ship-borne cannons on the Five Peaks flag had already been re-enchanted, each now bearing the image of a majestic general, who would bend his bow and aim alongside him.

——【Shooting the Halberd at the Gate - The Whistling Arrow】!
Boom! ! !

Dozens of super-large caliber exploding shells streaked across the sky like meteors, exploding into a fiery storm on and around the mountain-like serpent's tail.

Broken whiskers and bits of flesh flew everywhere, swept into the air by the scorching whirlwind, and instantly turned into black ash that fell down in a flurry.

The advantage of having virtually no life-saving abilities within the Great Firewall is precisely this.

Physical strength has an upper limit and cannot undergo qualitative change. No matter how powerful one is, it is impossible to withstand a salvo of artillery fire head-on.

In other words, even a god or deity of the highest rank has a "health bar." If you dare to show your health bar, even a god can be ganged up on and killed.

Moreover, it's just a mortal being at the peak of its quantitative change.
With Wang Cheng's "Mingdi" precision guidance system, the turbulent sea is no longer a key factor affecting accuracy.

Under normal circumstances, the hit rate is at most 10%, but now, no matter how turbulent the sea is, their hit rate can reach more than 30%.

Eek!
A piercing scream echoed throughout Meizhou Bay.

Wang Cheng could tell that although it was screaming pitifully, the fragments had mainly severed its tentacles of various sizes, and had not caused serious damage to its body.

The Demonic Power of the Giant Spirit Descending to Earth is not just empty talk.

Moreover, it never stopped feeding from beginning to end, and continued to divide its offspring to come ashore.

One of its five main arms was even severed, and after falling into the water, it transformed into a giant basket snake tail, which shook the earth when it lunged at the city walls. It was only a salvo of field artillery that stopped it.

Wang Cheng frowned:
"Wang Xiaoqi, aim at the torso, and fire again!"

During the second salvo.

The snake's tail thrashed towards them, its dozens of tentacles slamming into the water, sending huge waves, several meters high, crashing into the cannonballs in mid-air.

It blocked most of them, causing them to explode in mid-air, but many still hit its body, vaporizing many more tentacles.

At this point, the monster's expenditures exceeded its gains, and its replenishment rate could not keep up with its consumption.

The snake's tail, whose nerve center was so simple that it only knew how to "eat rice," was also completely enraged, and it waved its tentacles in an attack posture toward the Five Peaks Flag.

"Don't fall for it! Sink into the sea and hide!"

The remaining monk, Tenshin, hurriedly tried to stop him, but he was, after all, an imposter. Even as he blew the shakuhachi in his hand until it was smoking, he gradually lost control of the terrifying monster.

Moreover, this is already the seaside, and the dozens of meters of seawater cannot cover its huge body at all; a part of it is always exposed.

When the third and fourth rounds of concentrated fire came down, the basket snake tail finally went completely berserk, howling and charging after the [Five Peaks Flag].

"Come back! Don't chase after them!"

With the snake tail gone, the pressure on the city's defenses was greatly reduced, and the morale of the garrison was boosted, while the Japanese pirates were in an uproar.

Lu Yunchen pointed his sword at Yi Ye, a fourth-rank [Warrior] who had just come ashore, and roared:
"I, an official of the seventh rank, have killed a sixth-rank official, and I, an official of the sixth rank, have killed a fifth-rank official. Today, I want to see if I, an official of the fifth rank, can kill a fourth-rank official."

There are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names. One Night Half-Time Man! Prepare to die!

He learned about Yi Ye's obsession from Wang Cheng, and with just one sentence, he touched his sore spot, firmly locking in his hatred.

"you wanna die!"

Instead of drawing his katana, Iya swung his sleeve and slashed.

A single point of sword light, initially the size of a firefly, suddenly transformed into a rainbow nearly three zhang long, as if the sword itself could extend infinitely, exuding a chilling aura and brimming with murderous intent, as it fiercely shot towards the city wall.

——【Hundred Steps Flying Sword - Bloodthirsty Evil-Repelling Sword】!
This hundred-step flying sword was forged from the lives of all those killed in this life, using evil to subdue evil, making it more sinister than any evil spirit.

clang!
The Divine Firmament Five Thunder Sword and the Blood Fiend Evil-Repelling Sword transformed into two sword lights, one purple and one red, which flew rapidly across the city of Meizhou, occasionally colliding and exploding into dazzling sparks.

By this time, the two enormous creatures, one chasing and the other fleeing, had disappeared from most people's sight and become two black dots on the sea.

Wang Cheng and Wang Xiaoqi started flying kites at sea, firing cannons as they ran, gradually eroding the remaining rationality of the snake tail.

The "Void Monk" Tian Shan, who acted as the brains behind the snake, then drove his boat in hot pursuit, determined to retrieve this deadly weapon.

However, they did not notice another enormous black shadow that had already swum from the clouds in the direction of Meizhou City to above their heads, quietly lowering half of its pure white, jade-like dragon body.

It was none other than Yan Yunxiao, who had finally broken through to the fourth rank!

A square tombstone with inscriptions appeared after the claws moved: "[Fu Ying Zhen Wu · Hundredth Stone]".

Throughout its thousands of years of history, China has always treated the dead as if they were alive, and elaborate burials have been a common practice.

The Western Han Dynasty was the most typical period, when kings and nobles were often buried with a large number of treasures such as jade burial suits, jade coffins, gold ingots, and various bronze and jade artifacts.

Therefore, the tombs of Western Han nobles became the object of covetousness for tomb robbers throughout the ages, to the point that "nine out of ten Han tombs on Beiman Mountain are empty".

The Hundredth Stone came from the tomb of Liu Zhu, the King of Chu, in Guishan, and is merely a treasure of a small county.

But the inscription engraved on it is quite interesting; it reads as follows:
"The Hundredth Stone Chu Ancient Corpse King Tongyu Tianshu: When burying a coffin, do not place any earthenware pots or cauldrons. Order all officials to remove their mourning clothes after burial and not to use any gold or jade artifacts. If future wise officials are fortunate enough to read this book, they will see this, and the benevolent will grieve."

"On this stone tablet, the King of Chu announced to the world that he would be buried in a simple manner, with no gold or silver, no bronzes, no fine clothes, only a coffin and a corpse in the tomb."

"If any virtuous men of future generations are fortunate enough to see this inscription and feel compassion, then they shall not rob my grave."

It's a kind of mental security mechanism, designed to deal with tomb raiders and grave robbers.

This stone acts like a "poverty certificate," concealing its precious luster.

Even if Yunxiao possessed the treasure trove of the ten Heavenly Stems (Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, etc.) and had a balance of many zeros in her bank account, the 100,000 mu of fertile land in Minzhou would be nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

But as long as she holds this stone, no matter how much wealth she has, she will not attract envy, and even the "Nine-Rank Official Law" will not favor her or select her to join the Guishan Academy.

At the same time, the weight of this stone is directly related to the owner's wealth; the more wealthy the owner, the heavier the stone will be.

"go with!"

A flying stone came crashing down, blasting the fifth-rank Void Monk, along with his boat and people, into a bloody mist!
(End of this chapter)