At Shamok's command, the pirate ship rapidly closed in.
And when the two ships were about ten meters apart!
SWISH.
Ropes whipped through the air.
The indigenous pirates threw their ropes, hooking them onto the ship's mast.
Then, as if swinging on swings, they used the ropes to land on the deck of the Flying Serpent!
Stepping onto the deck of the Flying Serpent, the pirates flashed bloodthirsty smiles and drew their scimitars.
"Search the deck! Kill them all!"
"No... stay away!"
A Loose Cultivator whose legs had been severed stared in terror at the approaching pirates.
"Condensing Water into a Spear... HISS... It hurts so much!"
The Loose Cultivator waved his hands helplessly, attempting to cast an offensive Magic.
However, the excruciating pain from his legs and the daze from blood loss constantly interfered with his Spiritual Sense.
After several failed attempts, the Loose Cultivator bit his tongue. Focusing his mind, he finally condensed a glimmer of spiritual light in his hand!
"Water Gun Skill!"
"Hm?" The pirate was slightly surprised and prepared to dodge.
However...
FIZZ~
The water jet flew less than three feet before his unstable Spiritual Sense caused it to collapse into a puddle on the deck.
"Pfft..."
"Are you trying to make us laugh to death?"
One of the indigenous pirates let out a sinister sneer and sauntered over.
Gazing at the approaching pirate, the legless Loose Cultivator's face was a mask of horror.
Perhaps driven by the will to survive, he squeezed out the last of his strength, using his bare hands to crawl laboriously across the deck.
His fingernails were ground down, leaving bloody trails!
"Heh heh..."
Seeing this, the indigenous pirate's expression grew even more cruel.
He raised his scimitar high, about to bring it down!
Just then, the indigenous pirate's expression suddenly froze in alarm.
WHOOSH!
A fierce gust of wind erupted from behind him!
'What is that...'
The thought had barely formed in the pirate's mind when he felt a sudden, sharp pain. All the strength drained from his body!
"This..."
He looked down.
A bizarrely shaped spear, its shaft glittering with sinister scarlet patterns, had burst out from his chest like a bamboo shoot after the rain!
CLANG.
His scimitar fell to the deck.
The pirate collapsed!
"One."
Su Ye withdrew the Blood-Drinking Spear, his expression grim.
His eyes, sharp as a razor's edge, swept across the dozen or so pirates on the deck!
The pirates were startled, but their shock quickly turned to fury!
"An Early-stage Qi Refining cultivator dares to fight back against so many of us!"
"Kill him!"
Enraged, the pirates drew their blades and surged toward Su Ye!
"Hmph..."
Su Ye's expression remained calm. He took a single step forward, a fierce wind swirling around him as his resolve hardened.
'Numbers? If numbers were all that mattered, why would I even bother cultivating?!'
Without the threat of ballistae, and with the boost from his attribute panel, he had no fear of these pirates, no matter how many there were!
VMM!
In Su Ye's hands, the Blood-Drinking Spear seemed to come alive. Its afterimages flickered, undulating like a coiling dragon!
CLANG! CLANG!
With a series of lightning-fast jabs, the spear's tip parried several incoming scimitars.
Then, the Blood-Drinking Spear struck out at a bizarre angle, stabbing straight toward a pirate's face!
Empowered by nine points in his damage attribute, Su Ye's thrust could only be described as a 'smash'!
CRUNCH!
The heavy, powerful blow landed like a sledgehammer.
The pirate's entire face caved in, smashed to a pulp!
Nasal bone, skull, brain...
All of it, shattered!
"Two."
In the blink of an eye, he had slain two men!
Kicking the pirate's corpse aside, Su Ye's lips curled into a cold smirk as he beckoned to the other pirates with his finger.
The pirates' faces filled with dread.
For a moment, not a single one dared to advance!
"He's a Body Cultivator! Pin him down in close combat! The rest of you, attack from a distance with your Magical Artifacts!"
A pirate broke the silence, shouting loudly in the indigenous tongue.
With a quick hand seal, his scimitar Magical Artifact flew forth!
Several pirates farther back, as if a switch had been flipped, followed his lead.
Several scimitar Magical Artifacts took to the air, circling and ascending before swooping down on Su Ye!
"Heh..." Su Ye scoffed.
Compared to the ballista bolts, these Magical Artifacts—in terms of both speed and power—were...
'Too weak!'
Wind seemed to sprout from Su Ye's feet as he moved with incredible speed. With the speed bonus from his panel and the aid of his acute senses, the swarm of Magical Artifacts that seemed so terrifying was nothing in his eyes!
At that moment, several pirates recovered their nerve. Unleashing their native ferocity, they charged, attempting to pin Su Ye down!
As several men attacked at once, Su Ye's brow twitched.
He gripped the Blood-Drinking Spear, its tip a blur as he flicked away their weapons one by one!
Even with his incredible speed, this inevitably delayed him for a split second!
And in that instant, right behind him!
SHINK!
A scimitar Magical Artifact shot forward with vicious cunning, aiming straight for Su Ye's heart!
Seeing his scheme about to succeed, the distant pirate controlling the Magical Artifact couldn't help but smirk.
VMM!
An aquamarine spiritual light materialized.
Water Shield Skill!
Empowered by five points in his defense attribute, the Water Shield Skill from his Whalebone Brooch was incredibly tough!
"How is this possible? Instant-cast Magic? Isn't he a Body Cultivator?"
The ambushing indigenous pirate was dumbfounded.
Then, Su Ye turned his head and fixed him with a frigid stare.
"So it was you who tried to ambush me?"
The pirate couldn't quite understand the words of the Yaoguang people.
But the murderous intent in Su Ye's eyes needed no translation!
'Damn it, he's got his sights on me...'
A chill ran down his spine. He was about to chant an incantation to recall his Magical Artifact for defense.
But in the next instant!
SHINK!
The Blood-Drinking Spear had already pierced through his chest!
It then flew back to Su Ye's hand, a streak of red light!
A straight line of blood droplets appeared on the deck!
THUD.
The ambushing pirate collapsed, his eyes wide open in death, forever frozen in a look of terror!
"Three!" Su Ye's expression was one of pure arrogance.
'When facing these beast-like barbarians, you have to crush them with overwhelming power!'
'Only by being more savage than they are can I intimidate these pirates!'
The pirates surrounding him now recoiled, their hearts seized by fear!
But Su Ye's heroic display not only stunned the pirates, it also bolstered the morale of the ship's shattered crew!
The crew of the Flying Serpent began to fight back!
"Kill all these pirates!"
...
"Useless trash! These are your men?!"
On the pirate ship, the man in the conical hat, Shu Liu, watched the unfolding situation and roared in fury.
Shamok's face was dark, and he remained silent.
He hadn't expected that the enemy's deck, even after being swept by ballistae, could still mount such a fierce resistance during the boarding action.
"Forget it."
Shu Liu shook his head, walked forward, and bent over to begin loading a ballista.
"Stop!"
Shamok's expression changed as he grabbed Shu Liu's shoulder.
"What are you doing? My men are still on that ship!"
In a chaotic melee like this, if a ballista bolt were fired...
Who knew which side would suffer more casualties?
"Move!" Shu Liu said coldly.
"I'm saving the situation for those useless subordinates of yours!"
Shu Liu retorted sharply, "Do you really think those men of yours can take the Flying Serpent on their own?"
"There's still no need to use the ballista!"
Shamok's expression was grim, a cold light glinting in his eyes.
"I'll handle this myself!"