Chapter 1310: Chapter 1057: Taking a Cannon Shot Head-On
The battle was still raging, but the surrounding pirates had realized that their fighting purpose was no longer to defeat Long Yi, but to honestly provide assistance for the Battle Armor and strive to encircle Long Yi within the attack range of the Battle Armor.
Long Yi had also noticed the opponents’ intentions. The Battle Armor exerted a certain amount of pressure on him, so he dared not be too overconfident. Therefore, he started to pick on the soft targets, honestly looking for the weakest among the crowd. In a group, there are inevitably strengths and weaknesses, but Long Yi was able to discern at a glance who was stronger and who was weaker, which surprised Mahal. It had taken him a long time to make such judgments after mixing with such a group for a long time. But Long Yi could always find the weakest one in the current group; whenever he made a move, he was bound to reap rewards!
"Battleship!" Mahal whispered as he contacted the battleship.
"The battleship’s Light Cannon is in position."
"Open fire!" A loud roar echoed in the ears of all the pirates. The well-trained pirates immediately scattered in all directions, taking Long Yi as the center. Almost simultaneously, several beams of light fell from the sky!
"Damn!"
The attack from the ship’s Light Cannon was extremely powerful, and it hit Long Yi all at once!
As a Light Cannon, the battleship’s cannon had a very short duration, but the trembling of the ground and the ensuing explosions filled all the pirates with confidence. Yes, they firmly believed that Long Yi was already dead. But when the dust was blown away by magic, they saw Long Yi standing there with a look of surprise on his face.
Long Yi was surprised by the power of the ship’s cannon, which was far greater than he had estimated. Because this cannon fire had directly triggered the passive ability of the Giant’s Round Shield.
Long Yi owned a series of Giant’s armaments, one of which was the Giant’s Round Shield. Carrying this shield, Long Yi could be protected from an energy attack every once in a while. However, Long Yi had suspended this ability because the sudden appearance of an energy shield could potentially disrupt his offensive rhythm. Even so, if the Round Shield deemed that Long Yi was suddenly subjected to an extremely powerful energy attack, it would still activate on its own to help him withstand this supply.
Long Yi had originally wanted to endure one cannon fire to test it out, but this attack had obviously exceeded the warning range of the Giant’s Round Shield, so it automatically protected Long Yi from the attack. This meant that if Long Yi had endured this attack, he would have definitely been injured. Though the extent of the injury was uncertain, injury was almost inevitable.
"Alright, I owe you one," Long Yi said to the Giant’s Round Shield in his private space, though it couldn’t possibly understand.
Surprise was written all over Long Yi’s face, and the surrounding pirates were even more astonished. To withstand the Light Cannon with one’s physical body? Although it couldn’t be considered unimaginable, it did require the warrior to be extremely powerful!
Could it be that this person’s strength had reached such a level?
After blocking one cannon fire, Long Yi didn’t talk nonsense, as he knew that the Giant’s Round Shield had entered a cooldown period and it was not short. If the ship’s cannon fired again at this time, he could only rely on himself.
So, suddenly, Long Yi didn’t feel like enduring it head-on anymore.
"Hahaha! Come on! Take on the Light Cannon with me!" Laughing loudly, Long Yi charged out.
The ability to withstand a Light Cannon with one’s body alone was enough to terrify many people. They were pirates, not professional warriors; what they liked most was bullying people, not risking their lives!
For a moment, the previously high-spirited pirates immediately lost all morale and scattered in every direction, while Long Yi relentlessly pursued them. No matter who Long Yi chased, they would be scared out of their wits because it meant that not only were they being pursued by a powerful warrior, but also that the ship’s cannon was occasionally whizzing past right above their heads!
"Damn it! Don’t chase me! Please, don’t chase me!" Wails and howls were heard intermittently.
The eyebrows of Mahal, the pirate squad leader, were tightly furrowed. Clearly, this person was not only powerful but also had an extremely accurate grasp of the situation on the battlefield. He knew that the battleship above could not open fire when there was a risk of accidentally injuring friendly forces, so he kept running irregularly, trying his best to stay close to the pirates.
But you think that’s enough?
Mahal sneered, as the scattering of the pirates made them increasingly dispersed. As long as the pirates were sufficiently scattered, he would order the battleship to fire regardless, even if it meant losing a few subordinates, they had to kill the enemy here! Because if he didn’t die here, then those who would inevitably die would be people like himself!
But just as Long Yi was chasing them down, he suddenly erupted with astonishing mana, spurting flames from his body, and charged straight toward the battleship in the sky!
His target was the battleship!
The pirate squad leader Mahal’s eyes widened; he had never expected that the opponent would dare to charge at the battleship at such a time!
"Prepare the ship’s cannon for firing!" Mahal ordered.
"No, Captain! It will hurt our brothers below!" The gunner’s voice came through.
Mahal suddenly realized! That’s how it was! He had originally thought that Long Yi was pursuing the surrounding pirates, but in fact, he was just trying to disperse the pirates below to make them spread out as much as possible, so that the ship’s guns wouldn’t dare to shoot at Long Yi!
This bastard! Had he really taken everything into account?
Mahal wasn’t sure if the other party had indeed calculated everything, but he knew that if things continued this way, the warship in the sky would definitely be in trouble! From Long Yi’s dodging trajectory, he could tell that Long Yi was always within a straight line between the ship’s guns—Long Yi—pirates below, and as the squad leader, he could afford to sacrifice a few subordinates, but the gunners, who were common subordinates, couldn’t just ignore their companions.
"Heavy infantry, at all costs, stop him!" Mahal ordered his minions in battle armor.
Actually, at this moment, the armored soldier had been chasing Long Yi relentlessly and dared not relax at all. But Long Yi was more agile and hard to catch up with. However, now that Mahal had said to spare no expense, it meant that they could unlock the energy restriction device.
When they first got their hands on this armor, it came with a special device that could self-destruct automatically when it detected someone other than the user. To prevent this from happening, the pirates’ own technicians added a restriction device to the armor, which could block the self-destruct device, but it had the drawback of reducing the armor’s performance.
Even so, the performance of this armor terrified everyone; it could significantly enhance the wearer’s Fighting Aura or Mana. However, if one was not careful, the armor could even harm the user.
If the blocking device was temporarily disabled, it could unleash all the armor’s power within five minutes, but those five minutes were all it had—once they passed, the self-destruct would activate. So, this had to be a battle finished within five minutes.
At this moment, the proud smile on the pirate’s face in the combat armor said it all.
Yes, five minutes was enough!
Boom!
Fighting Aura blasted through the surrounding air, and Long Yi felt an astonishing pressure rushing from behind. It was the heavy infantry, unleashing all its power and accelerating towards him.
Long Yi calculated the time and angle for a brief moment, then suddenly turned around and pushed off fiercely with both legs in mid-air, the Fighting Aura concentrated in his feet bursting out. Almost at the same time, the attack from below had also arrived; two high-density streams of Fighting Aura collided with each other, and even Long Yi, with his abnormally high physical quality, felt slightly overwhelmed. But with the help of this collision, Long Yi’s speed broke through the sound barrier!
Air exploded in front of him as Long Yi’s fingertips traced two trails of vapor in the air, then with a loud bang, he smashed into the spaceship.
"I thank your entire family." Rising from the wreckage, Long Yi shook his head and chuckled.
Yes, with a burst of acceleration, Long Yi had directly invaded the warship in the air!
The impact made Long Yi’s feet somewhat sore and seemingly twisted his waist a little, but fortunately, his strong recovery ability was working at full force. Meanwhile, Mahal, who was watching the battle from below, was completely dumbfounded. He truly didn’t expect that Long Yi could directly invade the interior of the warship in such a manner! Crashing into the spaceship with just his body, wouldn’t he be smashed to death? Mahal prayed so.
Following that, the heavy infantry soldier, whose speed had slowed down due to the impact, accelerated again, rushing in through the breach made by Long Yi.
"Report! This is the heavy infantry soldier, no body found! The enemy has likely entered the interior of the warship!"
The report from the heavy infantry soldier sent a chill through Mahal’s heart.
This was exactly what Mahal was most worried about. He had no idea how that inexplicable guy could be so strong, and it seemed like everything was going according to his plans!
"All hands, support the warship immediately! We absolutely cannot let him take over the warship!" Mahal immediately gave the order.
The pirates below, who had just taken a breather, began to look worried again. They all knew very well that they were no match for Long Yi, yet they still had to support the warship, which greatly annoyed them to the core. But as annoyed as they were, no one dared to oppose openly, knowing that, after all, he was the captain, and they were just pawns. If they displeased him, he could easily accuse them of anything, and not to mention whether they could continue to get by here, their lives would likely be over!
So, receiving the command, the reluctant pirates took off, apparently ready to rush to the aid of the warship in the sky, but in reality, they were moving very slowly, with almost no one willing to take the lead.
"You bastards, are you planning on making me teach you how to fly?" Mahal cursed softly.
Listening to Mahal’s curses, the hearts of the pirates couldn’t help but sneer. You stand from afar and command, not needing to rush to the front line and face fear. We poor souls are simply no match for them, yet you forcibly drive us into battle!
Though displeased in their hearts, no one dared to speak out, and their speed picked up just a little bit.
Mahal knew the nature of these pirates too well. They were quick to pounce when there was an advantage to be had, but ran faster than anyone when there was danger. Asking them to charge into battle was nearly impossible. Thus, he didn’t press them further. After all, the heavy infantry soldier had already entered the warship. Judging from Long Yi’s performance, it seemed that he did not dare to confront the heavy soldier directly, so the situation had not reached an irreparable point yet. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to vote and send your monthly tickets on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)
