Crack! Boom!
On the endless ocean, thick dark clouds covered the sky and the sun, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring within the clouds. Thick, crisscrossing streaks of blue and white lightning formed chains and networks, and the thunder resounded throughout the heavens and the earth.
It was as if a hole had opened in the sky, and torrential rain poured down from the dark clouds.
With howling winds, the ocean waves surged, and towering waves crashed and pounded everything in their path.
In this extremely bad weather, the treasure ship Dafu, which was over fifty feet long, was like a toy. Sometimes it was thrown high into the air, sometimes it was submerged by the waves, and finally it stubbornly emerged from the sea. The ship rocked violently back and forth and almost capsized several times.
However, none of this dampened Hai Dafu's desire for sudden wealth.
Under his skillful control, the crew worked seamlessly together, navigating the Dafu and braving the raging storms and waves to keep a tight hold on the whale pod.
One hour
Two hours,
Three hours later, the thunder stopped abruptly, and soon the rain stopped and the clouds dispersed. The torrential rain that came quickly was gone even faster, and in the blink of an eye, the sun was shining brightly again.
Hai Dafu didn't care where the ship had drifted; all he could see were the thick columns of water rising from the sea not far away.
Great opportunity!
Seeing that the spirit whale had become separated from the pod, Hai Dafu made a decisive move, expanding his divine sense to its limit and enveloping everyone on the ship.
A message flooded everyone's minds: "Attention everyone! Get to your positions immediately. Whether you're going to be feasting or leaving empty-handed depends on your cooperation. Move out!"
Inside the cabin, Chen Lao Er jumped up excitedly and shouted, "Hey, finally we can start killing! I've been waiting so long my bones are practically turning to rot."
Zhao Sheng also jumped down from the bulkhead that held him in place and followed Chen Lao Er up onto the deck.
A moment later, the sailors took their places on the deck of the Dafu, and a pale golden spiritual energy array appeared on the deck, with each spiritual energy node connecting everyone into the array.
At this moment, Hai Dafu stood shirtless behind a large dragon-shooting crossbow, with Li Mu and a Qi Refining Level 9 sailor standing behind the other two crossbows respectively.
Hai Dafu, with a stern expression, turned to look at the crew and asked in a solemn voice, "Is everyone ready?"
A group of sailors immediately started shouting, "Captain, everyone's been thirsty for ages! Give the order!"
Seeing the crowd's high spirits, Hai Dafu smiled with satisfaction, then turned around and gripped the firing hammer of the Dragon Shooting Crossbow with both hands.
With a series of clicking sounds, the Dragon-Shooting Crossbow slightly adjusted its mount, and the bolts gleamed coldly, their sharp arrowheads aimed at the spirit whale resting on the sea a mile away.
Collapse! Collapse! Collapse!
With a sudden clang, the sixteen-foot-long black iron crossbow bolt vanished from its mount and shot out at an incredibly high speed, invisible to the naked eye.
Just as Zhao Sheng heard the vibrating hum of the crossbow string, he suddenly heard a high-pitched and mournful whale cry.
At that moment, three pillars of blood suddenly burst high into the sea in the distance, turning the surrounding water red.
Buzz!
The next instant, Zhao Sheng saw three silver ropes suddenly leap out of the sea, instantly taut. Then, the Dafu ship shook violently, and its bow sank sharply.
Zhao Sheng felt a strong force shoving at his back, but luckily he had been warned beforehand and had his feet firmly planted, thus avoiding embarrassment.
"Pay attention to the lower body, activate the formation!" Hai Dafu calmly instructed his crew.
At the same time, the Dafu slowly moved forward, and its speed gradually increased.
Zhao Sheng was secretly astonished at the sight. The spirit whale was so powerful that it could pull a treasure ship that was over fifty feet long and weighed a thousand tons.
With this thought in mind, Zhao Sheng moved quickly, his spiritual energy surging from his dantian and pouring into the spiritual energy array beneath his feet.
After a breath, the spiritual energy array on the deck was already shining brightly, radiating a rich, multicolored spiritual light.
As this scene unfolded, the speed of the Dafu ship began to gradually decrease.
Clearly, this means that the ship's engines are running at full power and it has begun to grapple with the whale.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Dragon-Shooting Crossbow fired three rounds in succession, and all nine bolts sank deep into the spirit whale's body.
At this moment, the twelve whaling ropes on the Dafu were taut and stretched into a straight line, firmly connecting the whale to the ship.
"very good!"
Seeing this, Hai Dafu excitedly licked his lips, his eyes fixed on the fleeing spirit whale ahead.
If all goes well, this spirit whale will be the Dafu's possession sooner or later.
However, he was too happy too soon!
The next second, the whaling rope suddenly loosened and fell into the sea.
At the same time, a huge black and white whale tail in the shape of an eight-character fan suddenly stretched high into the air on the sea surface a mile ahead, then slammed the seawater with great force, and then splashed up a huge wave that was more than ten feet high.
Upon seeing this, Hai Dafu's expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Oh no! Get out of the way!"
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone on the ship changed their expressions. Suddenly, a wide, mountain-like black whale spine appeared on the surface of the sea not far away.
At this moment, the seawater within a ten-mile radius surged and rose instantly. The spirit whale, turning its head and tail, carried an unimaginable amount of seawater, forming towering and huge waves that rushed menacingly toward the Dafu.
Given the enormous size of the whale, weighing several thousand tons, and the immeasurable amount of seawater behind it, the consequences of the Dafu being hit would be unimaginable.
"Take off! Take off!"
At this moment, Hai Dafu's face was extremely ugly. He roared loudly and his body suddenly flew up at high speed, crashing into the control room.
Cangtou Li Mu also shouted, "Everyone, don't hold back! Infuse your spiritual power with all your might!"
In fact, he didn't even need to remind them; everyone knew that the most dangerous moment had arrived, and at the critical moment, everyone exerted all their strength.
Zhao Sheng held a spirit stone in each hand, his face bulging with veins, his dantian swirling with spiritual energy, and his entire body's spiritual energy poured into the spiritual energy array beneath his feet like a flood.
Buzz!
The spiritual energy array instantly became dazzling, and the torrent of spiritual energy was quickly channeled into the spirit stone furnace in the ship's cabin.
boom!
The Dafu suddenly lurched, then creaked as the ship began to slowly lift off the surface of the sea.
Faster, faster!
As the massive waves rapidly approached, especially the enormous dark brown ridge at the very front, everyone was filled with anxiety.
One zhang (approximately 3.3 meters)
Two zhang,
Three zhang
...
The Dafu quickly took off and was about to surpass the height of the waves.
However, at that moment, the enormous body of the spirit whale suddenly leaped high from the sea surface, its tail slapping against the waves behind it. With this second boost, the spirit whale's body had already surpassed the height of the treasure ship.
The next second, the spirit whale lowered its head and, with an aura of fearlessness, crashed straight into the Dafu.
"It's over!"
Upon seeing this, everyone was shocked and had the same thought.
However, as a seasoned whaling veteran, Hai Dafu would not sit idly by and wait for his doom.
A fierce glint flashed in his eyes. Ignoring the danger of damaging the spirit stone furnace, he immediately switched the spiritual energy route, brutally transforming the floating array into a gravity array.
In an instant, the Dafu ship suddenly stopped and then plummeted from the sky.
At that moment, the whale broke the mast and narrowly missed the deck of the Dafu. Three unlucky sailors were hit by the whale and instantly turned into a bloody mess, which stuck to the whale's head.
boom!
A massive wave, as large as a small mountain, crashed onto the falling Dafu ship.
The Dafu tilted at nearly ninety degrees, its hull rising high to the side, and it looked like it was about to capsize.
Fortunately, the ship had a highly skilled captain who turned the bow in time and the stern towards the waves, which propelled the ship away and prevented it from capsizing.