Chapter 1738: Chapter 53: Massacre

Zi Xin’s eyes flickered, the power of destiny he emitted was elusive, causing part of the Warhammer team’s attacks to always miss.

“Queen’s Decree, infinite countermeasure!”

Tang Zheng endured the huge backlash pain, reinforcing the decree again. Compared to the 2nd tier hero Zi Xin, Tao Ran’s strength was still lacking, suppressed under pressure.

A gravity barrier spread around Tang Zheng, enveloping the fleet.

The ghost ship was also shrouded in death fog, causing in the exchange of attacks between both sides, their magic bullets to explode against defensive shields, filling the sky with flying fires.

“My ship!” The pirate big boss saw the ghost ship damaged, feeling heartbroken enough to bleed, but upon witnessing the fierce struggle, suddenly calmed down, intending to wait until the opponents were worn out and then act.

Zhuo Lie’s Steel Barrier and Tang Zheng’s Gravity Hand continuously clashed in mid-air, each time stirring strong air currents, causing the sea waves to surge.

“Tang Zheng! Go to hell!” Zhuo Lie launched his ultimate ability, the side of the ghost ship suddenly opened a gap, resembling a shark’s big mouth, biting directly onto a Yin Shangwu vessel.

Amidst continuous cracking sounds, the sea ship split into two parts, swallowed into the ghost ship’s belly.

Yin Shangwu’s Seed Ability was very uncanny, a transparent summoned beast capable of emulating any form, typically simulating its entity, with those air blades cutting out knife-like energy.

The strong woman with black long straight hair was too weak, even with a successful sneak attack, was unable to break Zhuo Lie’s defense; the air blades cutting onto him left no trace at all.

“Tang Zheng, don’t be reckless, exhaust him, this guy can’t hold on much longer.” Jiang Xiuming advised, protecting Tao Ran, noticing Zhuo Lie’s face turning pale, showing signs of fatigue, clearly due to excessive life energy consumption.

“Brother Zhuo, kill that girl first.” Zi Xin urged.

Tang Zheng ignored Jiang Xiuming’s advice, directly springing towards Zi Xin, knowing Zhuo Lie would surely save him, aiming to drag the battle into its fiercest, climax stage.

With Zi Xin present, delaying even a second brought immense death threats, he must be eliminated quickly, and the fiercer the clash, the faster Zhuo Lie’s life energy would be consumed.

“Can’t you listen to anyone for once?” Jiang Xiuming was almost infuriated to death, which was understandable, as he had no idea about Tang Zheng’s explosion state, with the fire seeds providing endless energy.

“Your opponent is me.” Zhuo Lie lunged, blocking Tang Zheng’s path, launching a metal-covered heavy punch.

Tang Zheng fought back without yielding, the martial general transformed into a mist, covering him, turning into magnificent armor, like a fierce general emerging from ancient battlefields.

“Die!”

Tang Zheng roared with anger, and one could even see a large flow of air jetting from his mouth.

Boom!

The two fists collided without embellishment, the floor beneath Tang Zheng cracked, but he remained unmoved, while Zhuo Lie staggered back three steps.

“Damn.” Zhuo Lie couldn’t bear such humiliation and lunged again.

The Steel Razor appeared above Tang Zheng’s head, swiftly sliding down, but just as it was about to reach his head, he swung his right hand, punching it towards Zhuo Lie.

Zhuo Lie struck the razor, and it soared back and forth between them like a continuously hit pingpong ball.

A Steel Shark suddenly appeared, roaring, aiming to bite Tang Zheng’s head, but before it could get close, it was grabbed by the Gravity Hand and slammed onto the deck.

Tang Zheng grabbed the shark’s tail, wielding it like a Wolf-tooth Club against Zhuo Lie.

The two fought fiercely together, with violent aura wildly spiraling.

Skeletons on the deck suffered misfortune, shattering into powder if merely grazed.

Zi Xin kept interfering with Tang Zheng’s attacks, preventing Zhuo Lie from being at a disadvantage, simultaneously suppressing Tao Ran, resisting Yin Shangwu’s Seed Ability.

This kid had too few opportunities to grow, or else he’d surely be a troublesome enemy.

Not surprising the ghost ship belonged to Zhuo Lie, the deck ejected black mist, wrapping around Tang Zheng like tentacles, attempting to bind him.

Gravity transformed into blades, rotating around Tang Zheng, slicing.

“Gravity Black Hole!”

Tang Zheng unleashed black holes, making them appear in the gun bay, sucking away skeleton cannoniers, even the cannon vanished without a trace.

The ghost ship’s firepower suddenly diminished.

Seeing Tang Zheng in critical condition, Tao Ran covered in blood gritted his teeth, aggressively attacking Zi Xin at all costs, trying to share the burden of the attacks for him.

“Even if I die, I want to die in front of you.”

This pure emotion allowed Tao Ran to finally, through his own efforts, explode once more, successfully advancing to a 2nd tier hero.

The Evil Beast’s Fang evolved not just into a Time-Space Python, but also a huge Sky Wolf, Snake-haired Demoness, Nine-headed Sea Serpent; all those fierce beasts from Greek mythology tore through the air, appearing above the ghost ship, launching attacks on Zi Xin.

The Destiny Barrier opened, Zi Xin waved his hands, shooting out golden arrows, the power of destiny condensed, with great destructive force.

The wounded evil beast army grew more frenzied, cracking chaos sounded like doomsday engulfing the battle zone.

The World Tree activated, Tao Ran began showcasing strong control power.

A huge time field wall enveloped a five hundred yard range, enhancing defense, any attack entering would be weakened, dispersed, absorbed, and transformed.

Various bonus effects bestowed upon group members while negative effects fell upon Zi Xin and Zhuo Lie, both immediately felt overwhelming exhaustion, battles turning awkward.

“Brother Zhuo, it’s time to retreat.” Spitting out a mouthful of blood, he urged Zhuo Lie, unable to continue the fight, as the advantage was lost.

Zhuo Lie was reluctant, but he could see that Zi Xin was reaching his limit. After angrily blasting a round, he ordered the Ghost Ship to retreat.

“Trying to leave? It’s not that easy.” Tang Zheng’s offensive became even more fierce, even activating the Magic Sword Release, turning himself into a sharp projectile to strike Zhuo Lie.

“Sword of Damocles.”

As Tao Ran chanted, a golden, gleaming giant sword suddenly appeared above Zi Xin’s head, coming down with thunderous momentum.

“Destiny Evasion.”

Zi Xin tilted his head to dodge, but the sword still grazed his body and pierced the ground, slicing open a terrifying wound on his body, with blood spraying out.

“Sword of Moreblood! Fire of Creation! Flame of Destruction!”

Tao Ran went completely berserk, recklessly exhausting his Life Energy. This round of ultimate abilities launched, forming a huge divine rune magic array in the sky, inscribed with densely packed runes, radiating bright red.

The blue sky was dyed red, and rolling heat waves surged on the sea, evaporating the seawater, with white mist rising.

The flaming greatsword descended heavily, slashing the Ghost Ship.

With a boom, half of the ship’s hull was plunged into the seawater, only to bounce back fiercely, shaking violently, as the seawater drenched everyone nearby.

The Conquerors watching were terrified; fewer than a third of the Warhammer team members were present, with the main force absent, yet the attacks displayed were still powerful, especially the clash of those two Fate Series users, which chilled them to the bone. Such attacks were too bizarre, and without the Fate Series, they couldn’t be restrained at all.

“Aunt, you were right.” Jessica felt relieved she didn’t provoke Tang Zheng, otherwise, it would’ve been big trouble.

“From the first cooperation, I knew that kid was not simple.” Miranda sighed but didn’t regret entering the Holy Land War.

Enormous wealth and a comfortable life had left this noblewoman feeling bored with life. She needed excitement to find the meaning of living again. Only this kind of life-and-death struggle gave her continuous pleasure.

“How to fight next?” Jessica was pessimistic, thinking that even with the whole group, they couldn’t take down someone like Tang Zheng.

“We don’t need to charge ahead; Yan Chiyang and Di Jingtian will give him trouble first.” Miranda was ready to fish in troubled waters.

Boom, Zhuo Lie was caught by Tang Zheng at the wrist and smashed into the cabin.

“It’s not over between us.” Zhuo Lie was covered in blood, panting heavily, already struggling to hold on.

By now, Tang Zheng’s fleet had sunk five ships, and the remaining three were tattered and taking on water, threatening to sink at any moment.

The Ghost Ship was also half-destroyed, especially with the heavy cannon barrage blowing over twenty large holes on its side.

Because it could self-repair, it hadn’t sunk, but Zhuo Lie’s Life Energy consumption was immense.

Tang Zheng snorted coldly, too lazy to quarrel with Zhuo Lie, giving him a solid beating.

“Prepare for combat, it’s time to decide the winner.” Miranda wasn’t the only one; all the captains issued attack orders.

The Buddha Bead Man signaled with flags, indicating that as long as they killed Tang Zheng, they would withdraw from the Ghost Ship competition.

“Brother Zhuo, you go first.”

Seeing Zhuo Lie at a complete disadvantage, Zi Xin’s Power of Destiny was fully activated, causing all of Tang Zheng’s attacks to miss.

Bang, Tang Zheng was knocked flying, piercing through several layers of the ship’s walls.

“Decree, Destiny Defense.” Tang Zheng spat blood with every word, but was no longer disturbed by destiny.

“Where to go?” Zhuo Lie showed a bitter smile, facing the vast ocean, there was no escape.

“Then we’ll fight to the death.” Zi Xin scanned his surroundings, and his previously anxious expression suddenly turned calm, “Dying together with Brother Zhuo, I have no regrets.”

“Alright, then let’s die fighting here.” Zhuo Lie grinned ferociously, “Even if I die, I’ll take a few of them with me.”

The already weakened Zhuo Lie gave up on Tang Zheng, lunging towards Jiang Xiuming and his group.

“You think I don’t exist?” Tang Zheng’s Gravity Abyss slammed down, almost forcing Zhuo Lie to kneel on the deck.

“Steel Puppet.”

Zhuo Lie summoned his pet, and several metal-composed arrowfish shot out from the seawater, darting like sharp arrows towards Yin Shangwu’s group.

Fang Zhiwen screamed in fright, but upon seeing that the arrowfish slowed immediately upon entering the Sigh Wall, she felt relieved.

“Watch your back.” Zi Xin, fully attacked by Tao Ran, still squeezed out time to foretell, assisting Zhuo Lie, but it was already a step too late; his words couldn’t outpace Tang Zheng’s speed.

Tang Zheng launched God’s Punishment, darting past Zhuo Lie like a meteor.

“Brother Zhuo.” Zi Xin shouted.

Zhuo Lie, with half his body destroyed, fell into the ruins of the ship’s cabin, unable to move further.

Zi Xin got distracted, and the Sword of Damocles, thought to be summoned by the sword, appeared above him once again, slashing down.

“Charge up, hurry hurry hurry, cannon volley.” The captains shouted as the already stirring sails caught the full wind, galloping like fine horses.

Severely injured, Zhuo Lie could no longer maintain the Steel Cage, and the long-dormant big boss captain made a breakthrough, charging towards Tang Zheng. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)