There is a saying that there is no need for Sarlayan to put on the water body and take out the weapons. He has no intention of fighting in the water in human form.
But sometimes, formalistic performances are unavoidable.
After raising his swords high to boost his morale, Sarlayan was the first to jump into the sea despite the raging storm, and the soldiers of the Dragon Legion followed closely behind with howls.
As soon as he entered the water, Sarlayan immediately transformed into Dru Yin's aquatic form - a black and white killer whale.
Compared with the windy sea, the situation underwater is much better.
The visibility in the clear sea was extremely high, and Sarlayan could see at a glance the large group of Nagas that were surrounding the bottoms of several ships and banging on the defensive barriers.
Sarlayan's transformed killer whale swung its tail fin in the water to accelerate, rushing into the enemy group before the Nagas could react.
Although killer whales look simple and cute on the outside, in fact, these creatures have very sharp teeth and are very aggressive. They can even hunt great white sharks, a top predator that many sea creatures avoid.
After breaking into the enemy's position, Sarlayan opened his big mouth full of sharp teeth and bit several Nagas that were unable to react in succession. The scarlet blood dyed a small area of the surrounding sea red.
This was not the first time that Naga fought against Dru Yin's aquatic form, but they had never seen Dru Yin choose a killer whale before, most of them were seals and sea lions.
This is not because Dru Yin lacks imagination and knowledge, but simply due to lack of strength.
The larger and more ferocious the creature, the stronger the vitality it takes to change.
For example, Sharlayan often uses Ursoc's shapeshifting. Even if he tells the druids of the Cenarion Circle the relevant know-how, only very few people can successfully use this kind of bear shapeshifting.
The average body length of adult killer whales is about 8 meters, which is much larger than aquatic forms such as seals and sea lions. There are very few Druyin who can control this form.
Archdru Yin Malfurion may be able to do it, but Sharlayan has never seen what his aquatic form looks like. Maybe he will have the opportunity to see it after the merger in Storm Bay.
Under the cover of the blood that gradually became turbid, Sarlayan killed more than 20 Nagas in succession, biting his tongue and tail, and finally attracted the attention of the female multi-handed Naga who was attacking the bottom of the ship.
Seeing Sarlayan charging back and forth unscrupulously in his own formation, the female Naga, who was obviously the leader, temporarily gave up attacking the barrier and instead aimed the arrow in her hand at the high-speed maneuvering killer whale.
"Whoosh!"
The rapidly rotating spiral water arrow flew out from the bow string, and the advance was deliberately calculated to point exactly at the coordinates where Sarlayan was about to arrive.
From the moment he rushed into the enemy camp, Sarlayan had been paying attention to the familiar female Naga leader.
Unfortunately, Sarlayan is a little blind to creatures like Naga. Even if he has a guess in his mind, he doesn't dare to be 100% sure until the other party takes the initiative to admit it.
Before the spiral water arrow arrived at the coordinates, Sarlayan suddenly transformed back into human form.
Without the killer whale's streamlined body, Sarlayan's rapid forward speed suddenly dropped significantly. The water arrow just passed in front of him and failed to hit the target.
"oh?"
After one arrow failed, the female Naga lowered her long bow with a look of surprise on her face.
"Half-elf? That's it, you are..."
Just when Sarlayan thought that the other party was not planning to continue attacking, the female Naga suddenly raised the staffs she held tightly in her other two hands, and the staff heads began to glow with an aqua blue light.
At this time, the soldiers of the Dragon Legion had also entered the water one after another, and with the assistance of a three-piece set of underwater combat equipment, they fought back and forth with Naga.
As the female Naga cast spells, Sarlayan felt that the surrounding seawater flow became abnormal.
Before he could react, a waterspout quickly formed and trapped him in the eye of the wind, completely separating Sarlayan from the soldiers of the Dragon Legion.
The situation outside the tornado cannot be observed from the inside, and vice versa.
Sarlayan frowned, worried that the leader whose strength was obviously much stronger than the other soldiers would take the opportunity to kill everyone.
But unexpectedly, the female Naga leader who cast a spell to release the waterspout also surrounded herself. The only eyes of this small waterspout were Sarlayan and her.
The turbulent and swirling water cut off the sight and sound from inside and outside. Saraian boldly guessed what this familiar female Naga wanted to talk to him alone.
"Junior half-elf."
The female Naga had a rather arrogant expression, and confirmed to Sarlayan in standard upper elf language...or Salas language: "Are you the son that Yinasi and Julian say they are proud of?"
Sarlayan narrowed his eyes slightly and tried to speak before suddenly remembering that he was in the sea and he could not speak freely in the water like Naga.
But then he discovered something was wrong. There was actually air in the eye of the water tornado. The other party seemed to have deliberately created an environment where he could communicate smoothly with him.
"Yes, Yin Nasi and Julian are my parents."
Sarlayan asked with some uncertainty: "Could it be that you are... Queen Azshara's personal maid—Ms. Vashj?"
"Um?"
The female Naga looked at Sarlayan with some surprise: "Do you know me?"
As expected, this powerful female Naga is Azshara's confidant Vashj.
Sarlayan smiled, stroked his chest and saluted Vashj, "Salayan Deep Shadow, it's an honor to see you again."
"again?"
Vashchi's eyes flickered slightly: "When have you seen me?"
Sarlayan said with a smile: "It must have been several years, on the beach of Azsuna."
"Azuna..."
Vashchi reacted immediately, looking at Sarlayan with a playful expression.
"I see. No wonder Yin Nasi always blows you to the top."
"I'm just saying, how could it be possible for that good-for-nothing Phalodis to invite the blue dragon to help? You were the one who pulled the strings in the negotiations in Azsuna back then, right?"
Sarlayan spread his hands in disbelief: "Just say yes."
"Let's get back to the topic, Ms. Vashchi, you deliberately created this place where outsiders cannot interfere. Do you want to say something to me privately?"
"Ha~"
Vashchi chuckled without saying a word, raised one of her hands and threw a snow-white shell.
"Then, this is what Her Majesty the Queen asked me to give you."
"Whether you can pass her test and successfully obtain the information stored in the phonetic shell... depends on whether your ability is as good as Yin Nasi's blowing."
As soon as he caught the shell, Sarlayan felt the majestic magic power contained in it.
"Ms. Vashchi, what on earth is this..."
Before Sharlayan could ask a question, Vashj waved his staff and dispersed the waterspout.
Although he didn't know what Azshara was up to, Sharlayan still consciously cooperated with Vashj to continue the scene.
"Hoola!"
While the waterspout dissipated on its own, Sarlayan waved his hand to attract the biting wind in the water, pretending that he had torn the tornado apart by force.
Vashchi also made a gesture of retreat knowingly, and swam backward for a long distance.
"Damn it! The enemy was already prepared and retreated!"
Under Vashchi's "frustrated" order, the sneak attack failed. The Nagas, who were already worried, turned around and evacuated without hesitation, and followed Vashchi to dive into the deep sea without looking back.
Turning on the underwater breathing spell that came with the pendant, Sarlayan used the underwater sound wave resonance to connect to the pendants of all the Dragon Legion soldiers to issue commands.
"There is no need to chase. The guard fleet is important. There will be plenty of opportunities to continue fighting with Naga when we reach Storm Bay."
After checking the rugged underwater barrier and confirming the safety of several battleships, Sarlayan led the team to the surface and returned to the ship.
After Vashj retreated, the Naga who invaded the deck quickly jumped into the water and fled, leaving only a dozen corpses on the deck.
Donari, Valeera, Tinargosa and others stayed on the flagship deck. Naga did not get any benefits from the battle on the water, so she withdrew from the battlefield after receiving the order to retreat.
Without the harassment of Naga, the Tide Sage no longer has any worries and only needs to pay full attention to the sea storm caused by Azshara using the Tide Stone.
About half an hour later, the fleet finally broke out of the storm circle.
Looking at the calm sea ahead, the Tide Sages headed by Lord Stormsong breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, I did not disgrace my mission and finally did not tarnish the reputation of the Tide Sage."
Sarlayan smiled and patted the sweaty Stormsong on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work. Let's go and take a rest first."
"We have already approached the coastal waters of Kalimdor. There should be no more naga attacks in the next voyage. Let's take this opportunity to adjust our status. I will rely on you more in the subsequent battles."
Watching Lord Stormsong enter the cabin with a tired look on his face, Sarlayan looked at the phonetic shell in his hand thoughtfully.