Regarding the clipper ship behind, everyone on the Fuyuan didn't pay much attention at first.
Although the sea is boundless, it is common for ships to encounter other ships while traveling on the sea. Just keep a safe distance between them - pirates do not just board ships when they see them.
Generally, pirates first receive news from the port that a certain merchant ship with rich oil and water but poor firepower will go to sea, and then they start to rob.
If by chance they bump into a ship whose details are unknown, a single gang of pirates will easily not take action.
Therefore, no one on the Fuyuan had any thoughts about the clipper ship at the rear.
But what everyone on the Fuyuan No. 1 didn't expect was that they had no intention of taking action. Instead, the speedboat behind them bit the Fuyuan No. 1's ass and caught up with them.
Looking at that posture, it was obvious that he wanted to catch up with the Fuyuan and do something.
Shopkeeper Luo of the Fuyuan was a middle-aged man with a big belly. He was wearing a silk robe and a foreigner's hat. He also had a kind-faced appearance. He didn't look like a pirate leader who was both a businessman and a bandit.
At this time, he was standing on the poop, holding a monocular telescope and looking at the pursuing speedboat from behind.
He was shirtless, revealing a big tiger head with strong muscles. He also followed shopkeeper Luo, holding a telescope to observe.
"Big Tiger Head, what do you see?"
"Shopkeeper, although the clipper does not carry a flag, its shape looks like a patrol battleship of the Yingzhou Navy. If it is equipped with all the artillery, its firepower will be much more powerful than our Fuyuan. The ship is also faster.
, I'm afraid it will catch up with us in half an hour at most."
"Without flying the flag, either the Yingzhou Navy came out to do private work, or they had connections to buy the so-called scrapped warships of the Navy. They ignored the rules of the sea, kept a decent distance, and chased after us... That ship came from a bad person.
where!"
"Shopkeeper, do you want to fight with them?"
"What are you doing? You said that the firepower of that ship may be more powerful than ours. What are the chances of winning in a fight? Besides, this trip to the Thousand Stars Islands is to participate in the 'Heroes Conference' of the three leading leaders and participate in the grand event. Why bother?
An extraneous problem?"
Shopkeeper Luo said calmly, threw the binoculars to the big tiger head, pulled up a pair of sleeves, revealing a pair of chubby arms.
Then he stretched his arms forward, raised his palms, turned his palms outward, closed his eyes, and muttered something in his mouth.
Soon, a strong wind rose out of thin air and blew straight from the stern of the ship, filling the sails in an instant.
Driven by strong winds, the Fuyuan's speed surged, and the bow of the ship suddenly broke through the sea, splashing up snow-white waves. Like a wild horse, it galloped forward, leaving the speedboat behind it far away.
On the foredeck.
He was standing on the side of the ship, looking at the sinking waves of the speedboat behind him, and said with a surprised look on his face:
"Is this the big shopkeeper's magic?"
He couldn't see Shopkeeper Luo who was on the poop, but the strong wind came suddenly and was limited to the area around the ship. There were no traces of being hit by the strong wind on the sea ten steps away from the side of the ship. Obviously, it couldn't be natural.
sea breeze.
The old pirates also said mysteriously that Shopkeeper Luo has a very practical magic at sea.
As a result, the sudden strong wind that only surrounds the ship and drives the Fuyuan to sail at a fast speed can only be the magic of shopkeeper Luo.
"How about it? The shopkeeper's 'Wind Breathing' skill is great, right?"
An old pirate said proudly.
"It's really awesome!"
Shen Lang sighed sincerely.
This "breathing wind" technique, even if it has a limited range and no lethality, is really very practical if it can be used at sea.
When doing business, it is basically impossible for a target targeted by the Fuyuan to escape. When being attacked, if you just want to escape, it will be difficult for a professional warship to catch up with it.
Shopkeeper Luo, who has this skill, can win the support of the sailors even if he has no fighting ability, and is even invited to participate in the pirates' "Hero Conference".
At this moment, on the speed boat behind.
Mrs. Zhao, who was dressed in men's clothing and wearing a white military uniform, stared with burning eyes at the ship ahead that was getting faster and farther away. She slapped the helm railing with a heavy palm, causing the hardwood railing to break.
The beating caused pieces of wood to fly everywhere and cracks appeared.
She gritted her teeth and shouted angrily:
"What happened to that boat? Why did it suddenly become so fast?"
Next to her, a thin and powerful Blood Shadow Cult killer wearing leather armor and a swift sword on his waist held up a telescope and observed for a while and said:
"That ship seems to be the 'Fuyuan'. The captain, Shopkeeper Luo, has the wind-calling magic. He can summon strong winds out of thin air, and the ship will sail quickly."
"Wind Breathing Technique? Is it a Taoist technique?"
"It's not a Taoist skill, but an innate ability of bloodline awakening. So although Shopkeeper Luo's magic has no lethality, it can last for a long time. No one knows how long it can last for a long time, but at least it can
More than two hours."
Two hours?
It's basically impossible to catch up.
Mrs. Zhao gritted her teeth and cursed for a while, then suddenly smiled solemnly:
"So what if it runs fast? I don't believe it can keep wandering on the sea! With the guidance of our Lord, even if it runs away without a trace for a while, you can always catch up with it when it anchors.
it!"
As she spoke, she took out the huge jet-black pearl, and saw that the scarlet finger on the surface of the pearl was firmly pointing at the "Fuyuan" that was sailing farther and farther ahead.
"Brother, sister has found the murderer...just wait, sister will soon capture him alive and bring him to you, so that you can tear him to pieces with your own hands, eat him alive, and take revenge!"
However, even with the dark pearl guiding the direction, at dusk the next day, Mrs. Zhao's ship could no longer pursue it.
"Madam, the Fuyuan has already penetrated deep into the Thousand Stars Islands. We don't know the navigation channel, so we can't rush deeper into it."
The Thousand Stars Islands in the South Sea are composed of thousands of islands, large and small. Legend has it that during a battle between the gods in ancient times, the stars shot down by the gods fell into the sea and were transformed.
The archipelago has a vast area, extremely complex internal waterways, dense reefs, turbulent whirlpools, and an extremely dangerous "fog."
Many waterways can only be navigable within a limited time, and the limited time they can be navigable will continue to change with ocean currents and stars. It is different every month or even every day.
Therefore, if you are not an experienced sailor who is familiar with the waterways, ocean currents, and changes in the stars, or if you have someone to guide you, if you rush into this maze-like Thousand Stars Islands, you will either hit the rocks and sink the ship, or you will lose your way, or you will be trapped by the mysterious and strange things.
The "fog" swallowed him up, and he disappeared from the world.
Even the Chu Nanyang Navy is afraid of the danger of the Qianxing Islands and dare not go deep into it to destroy the pirates. Mrs. Zhao's ship is even less likely to break into it easily.
"Don't we, the Blood Shadow Sect, have great supernatural powers? Isn't the church headquarters in Nanyang now? Don't we know the waterway of the Thousand Stars Islands?"
"Of course there are church members who know the shipping routes, but the few of us are only active in Dachu and really don't know the routes of the archipelago."
"Is there any way to inform the church members who are familiar with the waterway?"
"There is a communication scroll that can transmit information remotely to the church headquarters. But even if the headquarters sends a church member who is familiar with navigation, it will be smooth sailing for that church member. I'm afraid he will have to wait for several days."
"Then let's find a small island to dock and wait for the church members to come and join us."