Chapter Three: Blaze of the Infernal Whip
2015-05-05
Author: Zhu Sheng Floating Tower
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Naval battles are not easy.
Even for powerful spellcasters, such battle environments can also render them helpless.
As Soren controlled the ghost ship, The Requiem, and wreaked havoc among the pirates, the enemy spellcasters locked onto his position. The mist slightly obscured their vision, but for powerful spellcasters, finding him was not particularly difficult. However, a new challenge arose: to attack Soren, they needed to close the distance. The firepower of the twenty-four Requiem cannons was extremely fierce, and there was a mutated orca providing escort nearby, making it difficult for other warships to approach.
Most spellcasters possessed flight spells, but moving in a flying state would expose their targets, and they also required the support of flight spellcasting specialties.
“Vivian!”
Vivian, already aboard The Requiem, smiled sweetly. The little girl wore a black princess dress and raised her hand to throw out a dispel magic spell.
Splash!
A sound of someone falling into the water echoed up ahead.
With Vivian’s legendary sorcerer level, her dispel magic could crush those sorcerers.
The flight spell was dispelled, and all the sorcerers who were about to approach and attack Soren fell into the ocean. Waiting for them below was a massive maw; even Soren found it difficult to cast spells while plummeting at high speed. Beneath their feet was not solid ground, but a vast ocean—no matter how noble a spellcaster one might be, without any supportive spells, they would have to swim in the water. Vivian would not give them a chance to cast spells; in fact, if it were not for the absence of the Duchess of Red Dragon, the eager little girl would have already begun a massacre.
“A bunch of useless trash!”
Asrold roared furiously aboard the sea witch warship. He bellowed, “A single ghost ship has thrown you into chaos! Cannon fire, aim! Everyone aim at it! Sink it!”
Cannon muzzles aimed at the position of the ghost ship.
Under the command of Pirate King Asrold, the slightly panicked enemies reacted. Soon, hundreds of cannons nearby all locked onto the position of the ghost ship. He intended to use the covering fire to directly sink Soren’s Requiem. Even though the ghost ship could automatically change its navigation direction, it would not be able to evade such a dense net of firepower.
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
The dull sound of cannon fire resonated across the skies.
The crossfire net from both sides almost covered all directions available for the ghost ship to evade. No matter how it changed its course, at least a dozen cannons would hit its hull.
—”Ghost Submergence!”
Soren remained quite calm. He gazed ahead and coolly ordered, “Submerge into the depths!”
The dark-colored ship began to sink.
The ghost ship, The Requiem, gradually descended into the depths, and the surrounding waters surged in. The undead who had been slaughtering aboard other pirate warships all jumped into the water and soon swam up to the ghost ship’s deck.
The mist thickened slightly.
As the concentrated barrage ended after five minutes, there was nothing before Pirate King Asrold—only the mist-covered sea, with no remnants of any ship in sight, and many corpses floating on the calm waters. But all of them belonged to his men. His expression turned a deathly shade of pale; the ghost ship was already a fearsome existence upon the seas, and now that it was controlled by a single person, its combat power was even more astonishing!
The battlefield on the opposing side also fell silent.
Soren’s subordinates were uncertain about what had just happened. They only saw the covering cannon fire aimed at the ghost ship, unable to determine whether The Requiem had been sunk or whether Soren had died under such dense artillery fire.
After all, legendary professionists could hardly withstand concentrated cannon fire.
Boom!
The side waters suddenly parted.
Pirate King Asrold’s face changed drastically as he shouted, “Attack! Attack! Attack!”
Boom boom boom!
Two rotary cannons responded to them, and the dark mast emerged from the side waters as The Requiem appeared back on the surface. With its emergence, the surrounding mist thickened once again. The ghost ship vanished into the fog, only a blurry silhouette visible; without closing the distance, it was difficult to determine its exact location.
“d*mn it!”
Pirate King Asrold’s expression was incredibly grim as he shouted at a nearby officer, “Where is the Duchess of Red Dragon? Where is my support? Hurry up and sink that ghost ship!”
The expressionless officer kept his gaze fixed on the changes on the battlefield.
He noticed that the pirates on Soren’s flank showed signs of collapse; they were no match for the Rosad Duchy Navy. Additionally, on the other side, due to the lurking three-headed sea serpent, the formerly dense formation had loosened. To evade the sea monster, many warships had created distance, exposing a significant defensive gap in the center. If a fleet were to slice through like a dagger now, it could completely disrupt the formation Soren had laid out.
“Let the Eastern Pirates advance.”
The expressionless, burly officer glanced at Asrold and then asked a sorceress dressed in a cloak nearby, “Can that ghost ship be dealt with?”
A cold female voice responded, slowly saying, “Legendary Animate Life!… The alchemically modified hull, sails, cannons; the entire ship is made of animated ropes that bind the undead it has defeated. This ghost ship can take on dozens of warships!… If the Duchess of Red Dragon doesn’t take action herself, we won’t be able to deal with this ghost ship!… Moreover…”
“It seems there is a very powerful spellcaster aboard.”
The cold-voiced female sorceress suddenly furrowed her brows and then ascended into the air like an eagle, coldly saying, “Looks like it’s a little girl! I’ll go have a word with her!”
Bang.
A pair of bl**d-red dragon wings spread open.
The woman sorceress who had been hidden beneath her cloak revealed her true form—she was a young woman with stunning looks, appearing quite youthful. She wore a silver silk robe adorned with many runes, grasping a peculiar scepter that resembled a hammer. From her back extended a pair of massive red dragon wings, enabling her to fly easily and creating gusts of wind as she flew.
Dragonblood Sorceress.
“Dragon Wings Awakening [Talent Ability]: A 9th-level Dragonblood Sorceress will further awaken dragon capabilities, at which time they will gain a pair of dragon wings according to the inherited dragon bloodline. These wings grant them the ability to fly freely in the air; this ability is a talent ability activated in transformation state and cannot be dispelled by any spell.”
The young woman flapped her dragon wings and soared upward, then swiftly hurled a fireball that instantly hit the deck of The Requiem. Since the dragon wings were her talent ability, she did not require the support of flight spellcasting specialties, as she did not need to cast two spells simultaneously.
“Be careful, brother!”
Vivian’s clear voice rang out. The little girl squinted her eyes and locked onto the air, excitedly exclaiming, “Duchess of Red Dragon! You’re finally here!”
—”Divine Power Manifest!”
The little girl’s figure soared into the air. As she extended her delicate hand, a fifteen-meter long flame whip appeared in her palm, a whip entirely made of fire. The scorching heat burned the air, and with its appearance, the surrounding temperature rose considerably, as if it were radiating an intense heat in all directions.
—”Balroth Fire Demon Whip! [Spell-Like Ability]”
A series of magical patterns, like tattoos, appeared on Vivian’s profile, and a pair of small demon wings emerged from her back. Although they were still not fully developed, they did not affect her flying ability.
“Yah! Ha!”
The little girl shouted, raising the fifteen-meter-long flame whip and striking toward the dragonblood sorceress ahead. The air that the flaming whip cut through felt like it was ablaze, leaving a fiery trail as it swung toward the enemy.
A howling gust of wind rushed in.
The dragonblood sorceress in mid-air somersaulted to evade, then hovered at a height of nearly one hundred meters, coldly saying, “Demon Sorceress? You guys are indeed connected to demons!…”
Swish!
A sharp arrow shot out from The Requiem and instantly hit the dragonblood sorceress. However, when it came within twenty centimeters of her, an invisible energy field blocked the arrow, causing it to lose its strength and fall lightly.
“Vivian, be careful!”
Soren’s voice resonated in the little girl’s mind, solemnly warning, “She is not the Duchess of Red Dragon! … The Duchess of Red Dragon has not appeared yet!… The one before us is just a level nine dragonblood sorceress.”
The little girl understood that what she faced was merely a ninth-level dragonblood sorceress.
As any dragonblood sorceress reached level nine, they could naturally awaken a pair of dragon wings; she was not the Duchess of Red Dragon Soren had originally encountered.
Hearing this, the little girl temporarily retracted the big move she was preparing.
She wielded the flame whip while hovering in mid-air, looking up at the dragonblood sorceress from a high position, pouting and coldly huffing, “Vivian is not a demon sorceress! … The shameless woman below, who is wearing nothing at all, should just keep quiet!”
The young dragonblood sorceress’s body stiffened.
A face showing a combination of humiliation and anger emerged; she never expected that this little girl could see through her sorcerer robe’s energy field.
“Shut up!”
The young dragonblood sorceress scolded sharply, and unexpectedly, like a true giant dragon, unleashed a torrent of scorching dragon breath.
Dragonblood Sorceress VS Divine Favored Sorceress!
Vivian laughed lightly as she swung the flame whip, successfully absorbing the fiery dragon breath, causing the flames blazing on the Balroth Fire Demon Whip to intensify.
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