CHAPTER 169: CHAPTER 150: THE POWER OF ONE SHOT, TOTAL ROUT

At the moment the Thunderfire Shell from the Salted Fish strikes the shield, immediately unfurl a scroll.

Instantly, a brilliant light bursts forth from the scroll and adheres to the shield.

The next moment... a milky white glow appears on the surface of the shield, and under this light, the subsequent burning and lightning from the Thunderfire Bomb quietly dissipate, causing no further damage to the shield.

Without the subsequent output from the Thunderfire Bomb, it becomes just an instance of immediate damage.

It can roughly inflict 400 points of damage on the shield’s energy level endurance.

Though still surprising, it is no longer a one-shot kill level attack.

The shadow looming over the hearts of the many warlord crew members is immediately mostly dispelled.

Even so, Li Yuansheng’s expression did not brighten.

He glanced at the situation ahead and gritted his teeth...

Finally making a difficult decision.

Retreat!

"Retreat! Orderly cover the retreat!"

No more fighting!

Although the issue of having a ship instantly destroyed by the opponent’s cannon was resolved, the opponent still had five other sea vessels, each demonstrating unmatched combat power at this time.

Moreover, the command vessel had been taken over by the enemy, attacking their own fleet from the inside.

Additionally...

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and a crew member on one of the warlord vessels died instantly, his body releasing a ghostly apparition.

The next moment, Fang Yu arrived on the vessel with Du Ran.

The two slaughtered their way through.

Du Ran, who had long been repressed, showcased his overwhelming combat power at this moment.

No one could withstand a single round against Du Ran. Once Fang Yu brought Du Ran aboard a ship, at the next moment, under Du Ran’s rampage, all the crew members on that vessel would be taken out one after another.

From the outside, six powerful sea vessels were attacking relentlessly.

From the inside, the command vessel turned traitor, and internal enemies invaded.

At every moment, vessels were being sunk, incurring heavy losses.

Where Li Yuansheng’s gaze reached, out of 42 sea ships, less than 20 still had basic combat power.

And these 20 sea ships...

Had already lost their fighting spirit, visibly demoralized.

If they didn’t leave now, they wouldn’t even be able to protect the remaining 20 ships!

"Retreat!"

Li Yuansheng was both disheveled and unwilling, he couldn’t believe that with his rich war experience, he would be caught off guard like this.

But such was the truth, initially at ease, he was struck unprepared by the opponent’s continuous fierce assault.

Besides retreating, there was no other option.

...

Upon hearing Li Yuansheng’s command, the still surviving warlord vessels breathed a sigh of relief.

They had no desire to linger a moment longer; without saying a word, they turned their bows and turned to flee.

Fang Yu and others were greatly encouraged, and without a word, Fang Yu immediately took the crew back to the Salted Fish, reclaiming command of the Salted Fish.

Then, at the forefront, with Shi Jun and Tang Yuan among others, they pursued relentlessly.

After pursuing for approximately 300 nautical miles and destroying another 8 vessels, Tang Yuan timely stopped Fang Yu and others before turning back to Lvchun Island.

"Can’t pursue too deep."

"If we pursue too far, the enemy might react by sending another force to attack Lvchun Island while it’s under-defended, executing a pincer maneuver, and it would be a huge loss."

After all, Tang Yuan was an old soldier, more experienced in battlefield tactics than Fang Yu and others, knowing when to retreat after achieving success, maintaining the integrity of the naval battle.

Upon hearing Tang Yuan’s words, Fang Yu and others calmed down, their hearts tightening, nodding hastily.

Indeed, this wasn’t the time for personal heroics.

If it was just ocean adventure or single combat, naturally, they’d pursue to the end.

But they had military tasks upon them.

Losing Lvchun Island would result in military punishment, including the revocation of their ranks.

Fang Yu was adept at strategizing, but when everyone got carried away in battle, it took someone as steady as Tang Yuan to pull everyone back.

Everyone returned to Lvchun Island in succession and began to inventory the spoils of war.

This offensive reduced the enemy’s 42 sea ships to just 12.

With just six vessels, creating such a victory, and not suffering any losses themselves, "triumph" didn’t begin to describe it.

In this defensive battle, they sunk 18 enemy vessels and captured 12 sea ships, including siege ships and command vessels.

Although Fang Yu had wrecked the captain’s room and part of the deck on the command vessel, the rest was intact and still functional.

As for the warlord prisoners, 61 were captured in total, all placed in Energy Suppression Handcuffs. Like the pirate leader previously captured by Fang Yu, each individual’s energy was drained by the handcuffs.

They were listless, exhausted, and no longer posed any threat of resistance.

These prisoners were reported to higher-ups by Tang Yuan, and soon the higher authorities would assign the task of transporting them to ordinary Blue Star Captains. In a day or two, a ship would arrive at Lvchun Island to transport this batch of prisoners to Qiyun Port for dual judgment by the Duorong Federation and the Ocean Court.

"The higher-ups have stated that each prisoner counts for 5 points of military merit, to be updated in everyone’s military merit system shortly."

individuals in total, accounting for 305 points of military merit, which was no small number, enough to advance everyone’s military ranks by a level.

Moreover, there was the military merit from sinking enemy ships to consider.