Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 188 "Got a golden finger?!" Mysterious Commander
Before you know it,
The water was foggy again.
The cold fog tide, which had already dissipated a lot, came again. Almost no information could be seen in the field of vision. Only the neighboring ships could be seen. The underwater detection of each monster hunting ship was also suppressed to the limit, often only a hundred feet underwater.

"It's broken! It seems that it has been blessed by the will of the secret realm!"

Some forces with a long history realized that the Ice Crystal Chilong had undergone some kind of transformation. It was obvious that it could no longer be measured by the previous strength standards, and immediately began to unite with their own monster-hunting ships.

But the person who knew this information obviously did not intend to tell others. It would be better for me to have someone take the blame and attract the target's firepower.

“How long until the next upwelling?”

There are no sun, moon or stars in the secret realm, so it is impossible to tell the time. After so many days here, my sense of time has become a little disordered, and I need to calibrate the time separately using special instruments on the ship.

"A small upwelling will come in three hours, and a large upwelling will come in nine hours."

You can go to Linglong Mist Sea by taking a small rising ocean current, while the large rising ocean current is the secret realm erupting towards the outside of the Water Curtain Cave, and it is also the only way out.

"There are still three hours left. This is going to be tough. Gather! Let's head to the Heart of the Ice Abyss and wait!"

The Lin family fleet is quite powerful. They should have joined the team to encircle and suppress the giant giant in the cold pond, and might have been able to get the final demon pill. However, after losing interest in the ice-attribute demon pill, they went directly to hunt for the more reliable water spirit guards. Therefore, the current harvest of water spirit beads is very good.

Now that an enemy has appeared that seems to be more unstable than the Cold Pond Giant Seal, there is naturally no need to continue hunting the Water Spirit Guards, especially since the enemy may attack medium-sized ships at any time. The Lin family chose to play it safe and retreat immediately.

Among the seven ships, the Hunter leads the way, the Iceling brings up the rear, and the formation is tightly connected as they head towards the Heart of the Ice Abyss. As soon as an upwelling current comes, the Lin family will withdraw directly without any delay.

“…Boom…It’s not on the detection array…The divine consciousness can’t lock onto it…The attack can’t hit it…Ah…”

"What a weird sneak attack ability! I can't see him at all!"

"Fuck it, what kind of monster did you guys provoke? Why do we have to share the consequences?"

Various information kept coming from the communication channel. Some people suffered, while others escaped death. The destructive power of the Ice Crystal Chilong was not as great as that of the Cold Pond Giant Seal. It would miss sometimes, but its attack frequency was extremely high.

The cold fog tide continues to spread,

Even if the monster hunting ships of each company shortened their distance, they could not escape its sneak attacks. It attacked ruthlessly frequently. Although it was not successful every time, the protective formations of the surviving monster hunting ships were basically shattered by it. They would not be so lucky next time.

“Oh no, it’s coming!
Boom~
I pushed him back again. I think he's even tougher than the Frost Pond Giant Seal. I can't lock onto his movements at all. It's like I'm blind, only noticing the slightest movement when I'm attacked."

The captain of a medium-sized ship who participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Cold Pond Giant Seal gave high praise to the Ice Crystal Chilong's shadow escape ability.

"This is troublesome. The cold mist tidal suppression, coupled with its inherent ability to hide, has completely reversed the roles of hunter and prey."

The remaining people were all in a heavy mood, and the situation was somewhat passive.

Obviously, only the defensive formations of large ships can withstand its sneak attacks, but large ships account for a small proportion because there are not so many suitable captains. Some families only have one ship in service, and on average, each family does not even have a large ship.

"Look out! It's coming towards us!"

Yinlin suddenly shuddered, and Lin Qianfan immediately realized that the other party was coming towards the Lin family fleet, and immediately warned.

At almost the same time, the defensive formation of the Fury of the Lin family fleet was attacked to the brink of breaking. However, because part of the attack was borne by the Giant Fang, the formation did not completely shatter.

"Tusk!"

"Please help me restart the formation!"

The Blood Shark immediately filled in to protect the bottom of the Furious One's ship, so as to prevent the injured giant fang from being eaten when the Furious One restarted the formation.

Apparently, it almost succeeded in taking the fang away.

The battle-hardened Blood Shark was also on high alert. It hadn't even noticed any signs of the opponent's attack just now, and the opponent hadn't even revealed any murderous intent. This was a very scary hunter.

Only after experiencing the weirdness of this ice crystal dragon personally can everyone understand how terrifying it is. The detection formation seemed to be useless and there was no trace of it at all. By the time it locked onto it, it had already been attacked.

The divine consciousness that should have been able to detect thousands of feet was compressed to the extreme by the cold fog tide and could not go deep into the sea. It seemed that it was time to go to the Thousand Star City and spend a high price to update a more advanced detection formation inheritance.

"How does it do that?"

After attacking once and failing to capture the giant tooth, the Ice Crystal Chilong disappeared completely as if it had never been there.

"I don't know! It should be caused by many factors."

It is not uncommon for monsters to evade the detection array of monster hunting ships. Sea hunters have encountered situations where they were deceived by two-headed snake lizards before.

But different ships come from different shipbuilders, representing different heritages behind them, all with differences and focuses. The fact that no one can detect it only means that its capabilities have exceeded its limits.

The Lin family fleet arrived at the heart of the Ice Abyss without any danger. They arrived very early. Fleets arrived one after another later. Obviously, everyone wanted to retreat, but the Ice Crystal Chilong's sneak attacks never stopped, and it was even moving towards this side.

When everyone counts,

Every family's fleet had been attacked by it, even the Qi family had a medium-sized ship formation destroyed by it,

If the sneak attack is successful, it will rest and digest for a while. As long as it fails to catch the Foundation Establishment cultivator, it will continue to sneak attack, which is quite crazy.

"There are still two hours left. This is not a solution!"

Some fleets have very few ships and lack a sense of security.

"We've all come here, so it's bound to follow. I'm afraid it'll be a difficult two hours. It depends on who is more unlucky."

"Do you think it's possible for it to chase you to the Linglong Mist Sea?"

Two hours later, the ocean current will be a small upwelling current, and you can only go to Linglong Mist Sea, but cannot leave Linglong Secret Realm.

As soon as this question was asked, silence fell on the public channel. If the other party could really follow it to the Linglong Mist Sea, then the sea would be wide and the dragon would roam freely. The remaining six hours would be its solo performance, and the ship that was originally stationed in the Linglong Mist Sea...

"In my opinion, we cannot just sit and wait for death. We must kill..."

"Ah... I will fight you till death!"

Another small boat following behind was smashed in front of his teammates. Although the captain escaped, all the crew members died under the frost spell and were dragged underwater.

"He must be killed!"

Seeing this, everyone agreed that if they didn't kill him, there would be endless troubles, and it would be even more terrible two hundred years later.

However, although the opinions were unified, it was still difficult to implement them in practice. A lot of combat supplies on each ship had been consumed in previous battles. In addition, the strongest Qi family fleet was obviously not trusted by everyone and had no effective command.

Just as the atmosphere became eerie and everyone was praying that others would be attacked first and that they would be spared, a specially processed, neutral voice was encrypted and transmitted into the public channel:
"All ships! Please report to me immediately upon hearing this! Our ship can detect depths of a thousand feet underwater and can lock onto the Ice Crystal Chilong. We are applying to be the commander of the large fleet!"

The content of this voice surprised everyone. The detection radius of the demon-hunting ship was several times that of the divine mind scanning radius, and the difference in detection volume was even more exaggerated.

But in this special environment, everyone's detection capabilities have been suppressed to less than a hundred feet, and the hundred-foot range is gone in the blink of an eye in the eyes of the Ice Crystal Chilong, losing its effective preventive effect.

And the other party boasted that a thousand-zhang body of water was a thousand times thicker than a hundred-zhang body of water. Is this really the level of technology that the locals in the Western Regions should have? Or...?
"Who are you?"

"Playing tricks! Are you afraid to reveal your true identity?"

"Why should we trust you?"

"Who do you think you are? How dare you call yourself a commander?"

The speeches in the communication channel were full of insults and ridicule, but more people just watched in silence, obviously doubting the authenticity of the other party's speeches, and no one followed their lead.

Snap~Bang~

Another small boat was attacked and shattered by the frost spell. Even though several boats next to it tried their best to help, they could not change the outcome in which all the Qi-refining monks were killed and only the captain escaped.

"All ships! Report to me immediately if you hear anything!

Our ship can detect depths of thousands of feet underwater and can lock onto the Ice Crystal Chilong. We are applying to become the commander of the large fleet!

The mysterious voice came again, without any joy, sadness or emotion.

After a brief silence, there was no more insults or ridicule, only a gentle inquiry from the New Merchant Alliance fleet:
"Why should we believe that you won't use us as scapegoats?"

The new merchant alliance fleet entered with sixteen ships, all of which were small and medium-sized ships. Their self-protection capabilities were weak while their targets were conspicuous.

They had already sunk four ships in the sneak attacks by the Cold Pond Giant Scorpion and the Ice Crystal Chilong, and there were also damaged ships among the remaining twelve. If they really held on for two hours, who knew how many more ships would sink.

But the problem is that these ships come from seven different Jindan forces. When the total casualties are too great, and some forces have zero casualties, there will inevitably be serious disagreements. This trade alliance may not be able to continue, so the leader of the new trade alliance fleet asked questions impatiently.

"An hour and six-quarters more."

This voice did not answer the New Business Alliance's question. It was as cold and ruthless as the death countdown before the Grim Reaper swings his butcher knife, without giving any face at all.

There was another brief silence.
The Ice Crystal Chilong, which did not eat the Foundation Establishment cultivator, continued to attack, and this time it sneak attacked a medium-sized ship. Fortunately, several ships next to the medium-sized ship helped it share the pressure and successfully forced the Chilong back. However, the defense formation of this ship was already on the verge of collapse and needed to be shut down and restarted, and it had to enter the weakest defense stage.

"This is the Fushun, please take command!"

"This is the Greysail, please take command!"

"here it is…"

Of the eighty-two ships that originally entered the Quiet Water Ice Abyss together, there are now less than seventy left, including fleets such as the Qi and Lin families, which were well-preserved and had no shipwrecks. This shows that some of the fleets must have suffered heavy losses.

Some of the fleets, which were already smaller, now only had three or four ships. They couldn't afford the risk. Even if the other party had ill intentions, so what? Anyway, the outcome couldn't be worse than the current situation. They had no choice but to do what they said.

"here it is…"

"This is the Hunter, please take command!"

"This is the Ting Tao, please take command!"

Under the influence of public opinion, the big forces have to cooperate, or it can be said that the big forces are not big enough and do not have the ability to veto, so they can only obey orders. After all, not cooperating will offend everyone.

"Excellent! Thank you all for your cooperation! Fellow Daoists, please immediately report the remaining war supplies on each ship in the order just given!"

The remaining sixty-six ships all obeyed the command and obeyed the order. It was obvious that the mysterious commander was mixed in the crowd and could appear on any ship.

"This is the Fushun. The demon-hunting forks are functioning normally, the psychic cannons are functioning normally, three sets of depth bombs, and one set of demon-repelling poison..."

"This is the Grey Sails. The demon-hunting fork is lost, the psychic cannon is functioning properly, a set of depth charges, a set of demon-repelling poison..."

"here it is…"

"This is the Hunter. Three sets of demon-hunting forks are functioning normally, six psychic cannons are functioning normally, twelve sets of depth bombs, demon-repelling poison..."

The efficiency of orderly communication through divine thoughts was very high, and the specific conditions of the sixty-six ships were clearly presented and digitized in the minds of each captain.

"Excellent! Next, follow this... new formation. I hope you'll cooperate and be swift, and try to complete the re-formation before it surfaces again. I won't reveal my fleet's detection capabilities until I'm sure we can severely injure it. You'll be on your own."

The mysterious commander divided the entire fleet of 66 ships into eleven small formations of six ships. Each formation had three types of ships: large, medium and small. The strength and resource allocation were reasonable, but it was necessary to forcibly break up complete and strong teams like the Qi and Lin families.

"This...we are really at a loss!"

The Lin family members reacted immediately and realized that the original Lin family's seven-ship fleet was impregnable and had been successfully implemented once, so the Ice Crystal Chilong's sneak attack could not succeed.

But if they were split into two, two, and three and assigned to three new formations according to his command, the safety of three of the medium-sized ships could not be guaranteed, which would be very unfair to the Lin family.

"Master Jiu, what should we do?"

The other ships that received the news have begun to change their formations. If the Lin family does not cooperate, it will be too conspicuous and will inevitably offend everyone. Once the impression that the Lin family is irresponsible spreads, it will be difficult to deal with other problems in the future.

"Let's see what the Qi family decides. We can't take risks lightly, but we can't offend everyone in one go and just follow the Qi family."

The Lin family was very unwilling to accept this. They did not bring disaster upon themselves, but they still had to bear extra responsibility. Anyone who encountered this would be angry.

Not long after, the Qi family fleet took the lead in changing its formation and split into five formations.

"The Qi family can't handle the pressure anymore. Let's change our formation. Everyone should act according to circumstances and always prioritize self-preservation!"

The Qi family originally wanted to see the Lin family's decision, but the Qi family was too conspicuous. They were also the strongest team at the moment, and everyone was watching them, so they had no choice but to take the lead in splitting up.

The seven ships of the Lin family were divided into three groups: the Hunter and the Windrider, the Ice and the Fury, the Windchaser and the Sea Hunter, and the Waverider, and then combined with other ships.

The Hunter needs to fully protect Lin Qianfan, the Golden Core Seed; the Zhang family's Bingling needs to protect the Fury who was previously injured in the giant tooth and the formation, and the remaining three medium-sized ships will be looked after by the Blood Shark in the sea.

Although the Lin family fleet was split up, its foundation is still stronger than other fleets, and it only needs to protect its own people at critical moments.

(End of this chapter)