Chapter 189 Life and Death Questions (5K words chapter)
The shells streaked across the low altitude, and from time to time, a ship would turn into a burning wreckage. The crew members on it were lucky enough to be blown to pieces, but the unlucky ones were covered in flames, screamed and cried, and fell to death in convulsions in the sea of fire.
The bounty hunter side also suffered a large number of casualties. After all, he is the emperor who rules the entire South China Sea. There are too many people on the Snake King's side, and there are many good players and cadres among them.
Not only were the weak warriors and soldiers on both sides more than half eliminated in the first wave of attack, but even those cadres with outstanding skills were surrounded and drowned by the sea of people, and died silently.
This sea area was gradually dyed red with blood, and people died every minute and every second. The entire sea area of Geqiu Island became a cruel meat grinding mill.
Both sides are furious!
In the center of the battlefield, the Ark of Enthusiasm, whose surface was devastated under concentrated fire attack by the Snake King's fleet, began to fight back.
[The main gun is ready for loading! Error correction is completed! All friendly forces within the range have completed evasion!]
[Cancel the countdown, target the enemy flagship ‘Repentance’, and fire!!]
There is a giant triple fortress cannon on the left and right sides of the bow of the Ark of Passion. Under the control of the elite gunner team, they turned the muzzle, firmly locked the enemy flagship in the distance, and then opened fire at the same time, making a roar that resounded through the sky!
The enemy's huge snake-headed ship, the "Repentance," was continuously firing, massacring the surrounding bounty hunters and their ships. The captain was excitedly directing the gunners when he suddenly felt a bright light in front of his eyes. Before he could realize what was happening,
, and lost consciousness forever.
The "Confession", which was no smaller than a naval warship, was instantly enveloped by a violent explosion that shot up into the sky! The explosion was so violent that the World Government's special ship on the other side of the island was shaken by violent vibrations.
, everyone on the boat stared blankly at the explosions and flames that dyed the sky red at the other end of the island.
"It's a fortress cannon...Why would Wulaoxing give such a thing to the evil chain?"
Kaku, a World Government spy codenamed ‘Pinocchio’, murmured, “Isn’t this the ultimate defensive weapon that only an island fortress can carry?”
"This ark has exceeded the size of an ordinary island. It is not surprising to use triple fortress cannons."
Cold sweat appeared on Lu Qi's forehead. Anyone who sees this kind of weapon that represents the peak lethality of human technology at this stage will subconsciously get scared. "No wonder the vicious chain rushed to the Grand Line to find the ship as soon as it defeated Moonlight Moria."
Terrifying three-masted sailboat, it turns out he had already taken precautions."
The commander of CP9, 'Lion' Los, crossed his arms and looked extremely serious, "Wulao Xing, you have really cultivated an incredible monster..."
On the battlefield at the other end of the island, where the Confession was originally located, there are now only charred fragments floating on the sea, and a total of 11 Snake King ships around it have all evaporated!
[The target is completely silent!]
[The gun body begins to cool down, and the maintenance team starts working immediately! The estimated cooling time is 350 seconds, and the second wave of ammunition loading begins!]
Huge ammunition that was larger than a normal person was transferred to the magazine of the fortress cannon through the supply transportation line. A team of 20 people wearing heat-proof clothing and carrying tools rushed to the fortress fort to start preparation operations.
The cannons on the side of the Ark of Passion opened their muzzles one after another, aiming at the other ships of the Snake King's troops who were stunned.
[No. 001 to 210 ship's broadside gun arrays are ready! Ammunition is loaded! 】
[Fire after 5 seconds of countdown! 5, 4, 3...]
On the deck of an enemy ship far away from the gunfire coverage area, Wu Hongji slashed down an enemy cadre with a sword with a flash of her sword. The soldiers fled in all directions while shouting, 'It's that monster Wu Hongji!'
She exhaled, wiped the blood on her face in disgust, turned to look in the direction of Geqiu Island, which was shrouded in heavy rain, and murmured, "This war is getting more and more crazy. Only if you completely defeat the Snake King can this madness end."
A bloody war... Hurry, Victor!"
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Coast of Geqiu Island, Thousand Needles Stone Forest War Zone.
Victor was hit hard in the rubble, stirring up violent smoke and rubble. In an instant, he used zippers to glue back the broken internal organs in his body. As soon as he got up from the rubble, he was hit by a large wine barrel falling from the sky.
He punched it hard back into the pile of rocks.
"Get out of the way, Choate! Foxfire Damo suddenly smokes!"
Several purple flames flashed in the sky, and then a dense rain of flames and guns blasted away at the rubble pile where Victor was sunk. But Big Barrel Choate yelled in panic and kept his arms deep.
As he sank into the rubble, he was about to be hit by a dense hail of bullets.
Victor used the big wine barrel Choate to smash himself into the rubble and sink directly into the ground. At the same time, he opened several zippers on Choate's sleeves and the rock formations around his arms, locked them with each other, and then opened them by himself.
The zipper space quickly dived into the deep area, 'swimming' towards the position of the Snake King like a sprinting swordfish!
"Trash...Ina Wife·Thunder Net!"
The sky-wide thunder net blocked Choate's head, and the rain of flames and spears was all blocked. The big wine barrel Choate, who had escaped the disaster, also struggled to pull out his bare arm, and the entire sleeve was completely left in the ground.
Fortunately for the Crescent Hunter, the Snake King is almost confused as to whether Big Barrel Choate is here to help or cause trouble. Maybe it would be better to kick this fat guy away and then join forces with the Crescent Hunter?
Just as I was thinking about it, a zipper suddenly opened at my feet.
The zipper opens quickly, but the Snake King reacts even faster!
"I've been waiting for you...let's try this!"
The Snake King gave an evil laugh, raised two sharp claws covered with lightning above his head, and then swung them downwards! The destructive spear made entirely of lightning struck hard at the opening of the zipper!
"Thunder·Brilliant Thunder Staff!"
The thunder gun hit the zipper with a bang, hitting nothing except splitting the zipper entrance.
"What?" The Snake King frowned, where did this kid go?
‘Big Wine Barrel’ Choate was looking longingly towards the Snake King, when a zipper quietly appeared under his feet.
"Joate! Over there!"
Crescent hunter Dai Peng was the first to discover Victor's traces, but her warning was too late.
Before Big Wine Barrel could react, he felt a numbness in his stomach, and then the surrounding scenery quickly retreated. The severe pain and turbulent internal organs made him exhale in pain.
The big wine barrel was punched in the stomach by Victor with all his strength. The 6-meter-tall fat man was blasted straight into the sky. At the same time, a violent white light suddenly burst out in the distance!
"Atomic Breath————!!!"
The violent breath of the light cannon shattered countless rubbles, suddenly blasted out from the ground, and accurately hit the upper body of the large wine barrel that was unable to move in the air! The latter didn't even have time to scream, and the light cannon was hit directly from the front!
The atomic breath blasted out with all its strength was so strong that the huge rock cones behind the barrel were directly evaporated! Even the thick dark clouds diagonally behind were blasted out with a huge gap, sparsely scattered.
The sun shines through the gaps along with the downpour and the sky full of thunder, forming a strange scenery.
With a bang, the big wine barrel Choate, with only half of his body left, hit the ground heavily, his two feet still twitching meaninglessly.
"Aren't you dead yet..." The Snake King's eyes narrowed, and the fangs in his mouth flashed with a cold light.
The ground where the light cannon was launched suddenly swelled, and then scattered magma and gravel like a volcanic eruption. A huge beast's claw bathed in red lava poked out from the ground and slammed onto the ground with a bang. The fan plate
The complete Gurado, whose dorsal fin flashed a ferocious red light, slowly crawled out from the ground, looked up to the sky and let out a furious roar!
Less than 3 seconds passed from the moment the big wine barrel was knocked away until he was left with only half of his body. Victor slowly floated up from the zipper on the ground, raised his left index finger towards the Snake King, and said with a smile.
"Get one point first."
The king of snakes, Liquid, had veins on his forehead. He could no longer maintain his elegant posture and sneered, "This waste can be defeated by me twice, and there will naturally be a third time. However, I don't plan to accompany you to continue playing this game."
Everyone is playing games..."
He flapped his wings and flew high into the air, transforming into a complete flying snake form. The lightning in his eyes turned into a strange green light. The strange rainstorm circle that blocked the coast of Geqiu Island also disappeared. His hoarse roar
resounded clearly throughout the sea
"All ships listen to the order, aim at this island, and prepare to fire!!"
Strange green brand symbols suddenly appeared in the eyes of all the captains and gunners of the Snake King's fleet, and the thoughts rooted in the deepest parts of their hearts were directly tampered with as orders issued by the Snake King. For a time, all remaining Cloud Kingdom fleets
The ships all turned around and aimed their artillery at the coast of Geqiu Island.
Victor finally understood why the world government tolerated the Snake King's domination of the South China Sea and secretly colluded with it.
[Snake King] Liquid, he has the ability to brainwash on a large scale! He can transport a large number of absolutely loyal dead soldiers from the South China Sea to the World Government, and the South China Sea has become a slave camp for him and the World Government to slaughter!
Drugs and slave trading are the bottom line that Victor will never tolerate! All the territories controlled by 'Coral' strictly prohibit all transactions related to drugs and human trafficking.
From this moment on, the snake king Liquid changed from a strong man with style and worth defeating to a dirty and vile scum who must be killed in Victor's heart!
"Are you playing with your disgusting abilities again! Sheets!!"
Gurado's voice was more oppressive and full of vicissitudes than before, and he used both feet to rush towards the Snake King.
"You were the loser a long time ago, and you are still the loser now."
In the sky, the Snake King's disdainful and taunting voice echoed in the ears of Gulado and Victor, "Fire!"
Even though the support bombardment from Ark of Passion was about to destroy these ships, they still fired firmly towards the coast of Geqiu Island!
The sky was full of cannonballs flying towards Geqiu Island, and the entire island was instantly enveloped in explosions and flames!
"The Demon-Slaying Order is nothing more than that..."
The huge waves raised by the shock wave almost overturned the World Government's special ship. 'Pinocchio' Kaku looked at the Geqiu Island covered in artillery fire in fear, and the violent roar suppressed all sounds.
On the other side of the island, the ‘Coral’ gang on the Passion Ark stared blankly at Geqiu Island, which was completely under gunfire.
"Boss...Boss, he..." Princess Violet covered her mouth, tears falling down.
Frankie stood up with a pale face and wanted to say something, but in the end he muttered a few times and sat back down.
Bingshan, who was sitting next to the fortress cannon, silently took off his turban and stared blankly at the firelight of the distant island.
No one could survive such fierce fire, and the Snake King was sure of victory from the start.
He was just playing a game.
Jinbei and Haoyuki, who were still some distance away from the coast of Kataki Island, were floating on the sea, staring dumbfoundedly at Kataki Island caught in the sea of fire. The fear of losing Victor made their bodies numb slightly.
The coast of Geqiu Island, the ruins of the sea of fire.
Gurado, who was extremely resistant to flames, was already dying on the ground. However, he did not return to his adult form but remained in a complete form covered with bruises. The lizard face that had lost his right eye faced the flying beast in the sky.
The flying snake roared feebly and then fell to the ground.
A large chunk of his chest and left ribs were missing, and blood that looked like lava was accumulating under his body.
Gurado was already dead.
In the sky, the 'Crescent Hunter' Dai Peng, who was holding the Snake King's tail, looked at the sea of fire below with lingering fear. It turned out that the Snake King had been prepared for it. It was really not worth the death of Big Barrel Choate. Fortunately, he was clever and managed to survive.
When the Snake King flew up, it turned into long limbs and grabbed the Snake King's tail and hitched a ride.
"Liquid, that boy...is he done with it this time?"
Facing the Crescent Hunter's inquiry, Snake King Liquid was silent for a long time, and then said, "No...he is still alive, although he is barely alive."
In the ruins of the sea of fire on the coast of Geqiu Island, a huge rock trembled, and then a zipper opened on it. Victor, whose shirt was burned to tatters, staggered out of the zipper space and knelt down on the ground within a few steps.
, blood foam continued to leak out from the corners of his mouth.
Burns were secondary, and the impact of the explosion was the root cause of his serious injuries. Even if the zipper space was opened in time to avoid it, the subsequent explosion impact still caused extremely strong damage to himself in the zipper space.
Gurado...
Victor tried his best to look around and found that Gurado's huge body was lying quietly on the ground. His body rising and falling with his breathing became slower and slower. Gurado was about to die.
At this time, a white glove strangled Victor's neck. The back of the white glove seemed to outline a figure with a stick figure. The snake king in human form pinched Victor's neck and lifted him up with a contented expression.
"What's wrong, my dear Victor? Where have all the bold words and ambitions gone before?"
Dai Peng, the 'Crescent Hunter' in the form of a nine-tailed fox orc, also fell next to Victor. Looking at this handsome man who was seriously injured, he actually felt a trace of unbearable in his heart.
What a good man, what a pity! She sighed in her heart again.
The snake king Liquid looked around and felt a little bored. "There is no feedback at all. This is too boring, right? Don't worry, I will ask your companions to find you after a while. As a reward for the strong,
You will not be alone on your road to hell, this is my promise to you... Dai Peng, get ready to take action."
"Ah? Oh... okay." Crescent Moon Hunter Dai Peng seemed to wake up, and then strange purple fox fire began to appear around him.
The Snake King threw Victor into the sky, a violent vortex appeared in the clouds, and a sword-shaped thunder light blasted from the center of the vortex towards Victor who was in mid-air!
At the same time, Crescent Moon Hunter Dai Peng raised his hand to summon the eight fox fires beside him to form a high-speed rotating fire ring blade, and then threw it at Victor!
"Thunder and Confession Sword!"
"Fox Fire·Yataganagi Gou!"
Victor, who was in mid-air and could no longer escape through the zippered space, looked at the fatal attacks coming towards him one after another, and suddenly felt calm in his heart.
Are you going to die?
【At that time, you should have died.】
Sunlight shines on the church floor through the stained glass. Victor sits on the empty prayer mat and watches the pastor on the stage reading the eulogy. The latter opens and closes his mouth, but no sound is heard, and a familiar voice sounds...
An unfamiliar voice came from behind Victor.
It was a 7-year-old boy. He was wearing a black suit, a black shirt, a black tie, and a white flower on his chest. The boy sat upright, his eyes fixed on the back of Victor's head in the front row, and repeated in a childish voice
【At that time, you thought you should have died with your father.】
"It was my father who saved me and gave me a new destiny."
Victor said calmly.
[No, you have been worrying about this and closing your deepest heart.]
The boy seemed sad but also calm.
"I didn't. I've always wanted to be like my father, and I did it. People call me a 'hero,' isn't that enough?"
Victor was a little irritable.
[Zipper, you only understand its ‘closure’. You use the zipper to close your heart... In fact, you have never really believed in anyone, you only say some beautiful words. 】
The boy gently touched his chest.
"I……"
Victor was stunned. He wanted to say that he had always trusted Perona, trusted Haoxue, trusted... No, he had just buried everything in his heart from beginning to end, bearing all the pressure and expectations.
[Think about it, what can a zipper do? In addition to 'closing', it can also 'open'. 】
The boy stood up from the chair and put his hands on Victor's shoulders from behind.
[That dream made you and I drift apart, but there is no doubt that you and I are one.]
【I will turn into your tears, your anger, and your strength to fight to protect everything.】
【You...are not alone.】
boom----!!!
Over Geqiu Island, violent thunder and purple fire intertwined, completely submerging Victor's position.
After a long time, the thunder and fire gradually dispersed, and there was nothing in that place.
"It completely evaporated."
The Snake King showed a satisfied smile and was about to turn around and say something to Crescent Moon Hunter Dai Peng when his face suddenly turned livid.
Ta...ta...ta...
A burst of unhurried footsteps overshadowed the roar of the waves and the screams and wails of the battlefield, clearly reaching the ears of the Snake King and the Crescent Hunter.
The Snake King slowly turned his head, and a figure walked out from behind a huge rock behind him step by step.
"How is it possible...how is it possible that you escaped from the sky and appeared here in an instant!"
The snake king's teeth gnashed in his mouth, and for the first time he felt confused and frightened in his heart.
"This is a trial, a trial from [the past]."
As Victor walked slowly towards the Snake King, he took off his shirt that was in tatters. His eyes contained unprecedented determination, "The growth of a person is to defeat the immature self in the past... This trial is my
Won."
The sea of fire around them began to shake and gradually extinguished. The Snake King and Crescent Moon Hunter were shocked to find that the ground beneath their feet was crawling, as if something was crawling and circling underground.
"I've been waiting for a long time, everyone." Victor raised his blond hair and put on a victorious smile on his lips, "Come and see my new power..."