Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun looked down at the pirates fleeing in panic from the air, flying talisman to the rear from time to time.
This was the second day of the pursuit. The inspection fleet was chasing about forty miles away and could not see the pirate fleet. Through the command of Infinite Rosette, it quickly adjusted the direction of the pursuit and got closer to the pirates little by little.
An old craftsman from the Ministry of Industry lay down beside the rosette, stretched out his thumb, and took a look at the pirate ships below, and then took a look at the inspection fleet behind him. He calculated on the paper and reported a number: "Three
Fifteen miles."
Zhou Keli flew to Fu Li Dayin: "Commander-in-Chief, the distance is thirty-five miles, and we need to shift one and a half minutes to the right."
After a while, the inspection fleet's course slightly deflected to the right. It looked inconspicuous from a high altitude, but it was ahead of the direction of the pirate ship.
Seeing the old craftsman looking down in fear, Zhou Keli comforted him: "Don't be afraid. When this war is over, with your contribution, you will be able to get the Dharma taught by Abbot Zhao, and you can start practicing by then."
The old craftsman nodded repeatedly, but still did not dare to straighten up. He rested for a moment, climbed to the edge of the infinite rosette, and started a new calculation.
Ling Congyun suddenly said to Zhou Keli: "Senior Brother Zhou, since we have been discovered by the pirates, we might as well fly over in a big way. We will see more clearly when we are above their heads."
Zhou Keli suddenly felt that it made sense. The two of them controlled the flying magic weapon and approached the pirate ship, hovering in the air about 300 feet above the ship.
Looking down from this height, you can't actually see the details on the ship, but you can grasp the direction of the pirate ships more sensitively and accurately.
The old craftsman stuck his head out again. This time the measurement target was directly below. He needed to estimate a precise height. He leaned out quite a bit. One arm grabbed the side wall tightly, and one hand stretched out to meet his eyes.
Measure the vessel to form a straight line.
Suddenly, his hooded hat fell off. He stretched out his hand to grab it but failed to catch it. He just watched helplessly as the hat fluttered and fell, and finally landed on a boat ahead, where it happened to rest on the shoulders of a pirate.
The pirate was suddenly startled, raised his head and pointed at the sky and cursed, while several sailors nearby were also making various gestures upward.
Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun both wanted to laugh. Seeing the gestures of the pirates, the young man Ling Congyun's temper suddenly arose, and he also made gestures downwards in the air.
Zhou Keli reminded him that the Infinite Rosette flies very high, and if you gesture like this, the lower part cannot be seen. Except for a few leaders, most of the pirates are not monks.
Ling Congyun said: "Then let's descend a little!" After thinking for a while, he took out a five-tael silver ingot from the storage artifact, reluctantly put it back, took out a Wen Jiajing Tongbao, and asked Zhou Keli
Said: "Let's go down and hit him!"
Zhou Keli himself was a playful actor and thought it was interesting, so he and Ling Congyun lowered the height of the infinite rosette to a hundred feet. Now even the old craftsman could clearly identify the pirates on the ship.
Zhou Keli also took out a penny, took aim, and shouted: "You thieves, why don't you die quickly!"
With a flick of his finger, Jiajing Tongbao hit straight down and missed slightly, without hitting anyone. However, it punched a hole in a wooden barrel on the deck. The fresh water in the barrel flowed outward, causing a fuss among the pirates.
He yelled and cursed, and several more people went up to block the holes in the barrel.
Ling Congyun also fired a Jiajing Tongbao, which flew past a pirate's shoulder. The pirate screamed and was cut into a large hole, with blood pouring out.
Zhou Keli played the third Jiajing Tongbao. When it fell into the air, he suddenly heard a "ding" sound. The copper coin was shattered in the air, but it was Zhang Zheng who took action.
Zhang Zheng's cultivation level was much higher than that of Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen copper coins shot up and hit the bottom of the infinite rosette, like beating a heavy drum, making people's ears roar.
Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun hurriedly raised the Infinite Rosette at high speed, rising to more than two hundred feet. Only then did the Jiajing Tongbao shot by Zhang Zheng below use up its remaining power and no longer pose a threat to the Infinite Rosette.
The two of them were frightened, each holding his heart and gasping for air. The old craftsman in the rosette suddenly lay down on the side wall and vomited loudly outside.
Zhang Zheng looked at the infinite rosette in the sky and was speechless. Gang Shou beside him came over and asked: "Shopkeeper, do you want to try shooting a magic crossbow?"
Zhang Zheng said: "It's beyond the range. I shouldn't have acted out of impulse just now. If I used a magic crossbow to sneak attack, it might be effective in one fell swoop. Next time if the people above dare to come down again, we will use two magic crossbows to fire!"
Tsuna nodded: "I'll arrange it later. Flying magic weapons are a good thing, but it's a pity that we don't have any in the East China Sea."
Zhang Zheng said: "There are not even many authentic Xuanmen. How can it be so easy to get it?"
Calling the leading brothers such as the leader, boat division, radical, and rudder on the ship, Zhang Zheng ordered: "Turn a few more turns and slow down the speed, otherwise the inspection fleet will not be able to keep up."
Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun continued to report the pursuit direction to the inspection fleet in the sky. The distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, from forty miles to thirty-five miles, from thirty-five miles to thirty miles, to twenty-five miles, to two miles.
Ten miles.
In the meantime, in order to interfere with the pirates' ship maneuvering, Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun controlled the infinite rosette to swoop down, almost reaching the height of the mast, and fired fire talismans at the pirates' ships during rapid flight. Unfortunately, the effect was not great.
After three or five flights, more than 20 fire talismans were fired. Only one hit the target sail, but it was quickly extinguished by the water dragon cannon and other magic weapons controlled on the ship, and it did not play a greater role.
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Instead, the Infinite Rosette was in danger. It was grazed by two heavy crossbows and was almost shot down. While they were panicking, Zhang Zheng hid behind the sail and jumped up, almost jumping from the mast into the rosette.
There was only one body difference between the front and the back, so Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun were so frightened that they no longer dared to dive.
Of course, because of their continuous harassment, the speed and direction of the pirate ships' escape were severely disrupted. By midnight in the afternoon, the inspection fleet finally caught up to fifteen miles away. At this distance, both sides could see each other's ship masts.
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Li Dayin jumped to the top observation tower of the ship, looked at the pirate fleet on the opposite side for a moment, and then gave an order to Zhou Keli: "Look around for twenty miles and check the surrounding waters for anything suspicious."
Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun received the order, drove the infinite rosette in a large circle, surveyed the surrounding waters, and reported back: "There are no suspicious ships."
Li Dayin flew a talisman to Wang Shouyu again: "I have seen the enemy ship and I expect to catch up with it when it gets dark. You will continue to move forward and try to stop the enemy ship before dawn tomorrow."
Zhang Zheng also saw the mast of the inspection fleet and immediately ordered: "Turn south for five minutes!" The four pirate ships turned to the southeast.
There is an infinite rosette in the sky indicating that any turn of the pirate ship is the best opportunity for the inspection fleet to close the distance. This turn took half an hour, and the distance between the two sides was within ten miles. Now, not only the mast can be seen, but also the
The entire hull of the ship was exposed to the opponent's field of vision.