Start with the fisherman

Chapter 59: The Gale, Heading into the Storm

Suddenly, Cao Ze looked into the distance with a frown on his face, which soon became serious.

"Turn the rudder, quickly turn left, full speed ahead, go back!"

Cao Ze shouted to the helmsman, "The storm is coming!"

The helmsman looked towards the sunny distance in confusion. Where was the sign of a storm coming?
But he turned the rudder without hesitation.

If it were a month ago, he would definitely look at Lao Wang who was looking out with hesitation, but now, he had no hesitation at all.

Lao Wang also looked over in surprise, but did not stop the helmsman.

During this month, the two of them had communicated many times. With so many years of experience, Lao Wang naturally had some experience. Although Cao Ze couldn't explain to Lao Wang about his experience of watching the sea and looking at the sea, he could talk about it.

Now, in addition to respect, Lao Wang also feels a lot of gratitude towards Cao Ze.

After this month, with the cooperation of the two, the Tornado was almost fully loaded, and the storage warehouse was filled with demon fish.

This was simply unthinkable before.

In the past, even if the Tornado had drifted at sea for three months and used up all its supplies, it was often impossible to return with a full load. Filling up 70% to 80% of the storage warehouse was considered a great harvest.

The noise of turning the rudder startled everyone. Feng Kuang also walked out of the captain's room and came to the upper deck. Many sailors who were resting also came to the deck.

Cao Ze looked into the distance with a serious expression.

The fisherman's panel had long disappeared, but he had already perfected the attributes of the celestial phenomena, and had already internalized the abilities of the celestial phenomena. Now this ability told him that a terrible storm was about to come!

"There's a ship approaching!"

Before Cao Ze could explain, Lao Wang on the lookout suddenly shouted, "The enemy has no flags and is approaching us quickly!"

Feng Kuang raised the telescope and looked in the direction that Lao Wang pointed. His expression became serious as well. "Send flags to tell them to stay away!"

"Hurry 15 degrees to the left and get out of their way!"

Feng Kuang gave orders quickly.

The sea is vast and the possibility of encountering other ships is not high, not to mention that the other party has not hoisted a flag, which is very suspicious.

"They turned around and continued to come towards us!"

Soon, Lao Wang's face turned ugly, and the other party's purpose was already very clear.

"Left rudder 30 degrees..."

Feng Kuang chose to escape first without hesitation.

The Tornado had a flag flying. Although it was not a big deal in Cape City, it was still ranked highly. Since the opponent continued to rush over after seeing the flag, its strength must not be underestimated.

"There are ships appearing behind and to the right!"

However, before Feng Kuang could finish his words, he received bad news again.

The Tornado has been surrounded!

At this time, the three ships had also hoisted the skull and crossbones flag, with two crossed scimitars below the skull.

It's the Iron-Blooded Pirates!
Feng Kuang's heart sank.

Although pirates often use the skull and crossbones flag, there are also huge differences between the skull and crossbones flags of different pirate groups.

Below the skull on this flag are two crossed scimitars, which undoubtedly belongs to the Iron Blood Pirates.

The situation is extremely urgent!
Cao Ze called out the panel, ready to add points at any time.
Feng Kuang looked over at him and asked, "Is there really a storm?"

Cao Ze immediately understood what he meant and nodded affirmatively.

"Turn rudder and head into the storm!"

Feng Kuang looked at the helmsman and pointed in the direction Cao Ze pointed.

Although pirate ships are also not small, they are much smaller than monster hunting ships, and they tend to pursue speed more. Otherwise, if they cannot catch up with their prey at sea, there is no question of hijacking a ship.

The Tornado has been at sea for a month now. Its storage compartment is filled with monster fish meat. It has a very deep draft and is definitely not able to outrun it. However, precisely because of its weight, the Tornado is not easily shaken by the storm.

Rushing into the storm may still offer a glimmer of hope!
If there really is a storm, the pirate ship will definitely be the first one to be overturned by the storm!
"Want to run?"

In the distance, under the double-sword skull flag, stood a man with a high nose bridge. His face was deep and three-dimensional, like an exotic god walking out of an ancient mural. His brows were high, outlining a sharp arc, which formed a sharp contrast with the deep eye sockets.

A pair of obsidian eyes sparkled with wisdom, as if they could see into the deepest secrets of the human heart.

His tall stature makes him stand out like a crane among chickens, agile and powerful. Every step he takes seems to carry the force of wind and thunder, which makes people look at him sideways. There is not a trace of fat on his body, and every muscle seems to have been tempered, with clear lines and full of strength.

At this moment, he was looking at the fleeing Tornado with a teasing look in his eyes, just like a hunter looking at his prey that had been surrounded.

The fact was just as he expected. Even though Feng Kuang responded immediately, the fully loaded Kuangfeng was still as clumsy as a turtle and was soon surrounded by three pirate ships.

Standing on the deck, they could already hear the excited shouts of the pirates on the opposite pirate ship. Those were the sounds of ecstatic celebration after they had killed their prey!
"Captain Saladin, we know the rules. Half of the revenue from the Storm belongs to you. If you let us go, please send someone up to carry the spoils!"

There was no way to avoid it, so Feng Kuang had to take a step and leap, landing lightly on the bow. He looked at the tall man standing under the double-sword skull flag dozens of meters away, and said with a fist.

The underworld has never been about fighting and killing. The pirates have also kept up with the times and set rules. They will not kill everyone. As long as they are not mortal enemies and half of the spoils are handed over, the pirates will not continue to pester them.

Most of the large items auctioned in Haishi were obtained in this way.

If the monster hunting ships encountered pirates, they could only consider themselves unlucky. If they could defeat them, they would fight. If they couldn't, they would of course hand over half of their goods and spend money to avoid disaster.

"That man is the leader of the Iron Blood Mercenary Group, Saladin!"

On the upper deck, Tian Haiyi stood beside Cao Ze. Since it was Cao Ze's first time to go out to sea, he introduced him to the side, "It is said that he is a native of a certain island. He became a warrior after getting a chance, and he was unstoppable. Now his strength has reached the ninth level of body forging and the great success of bone forging."

"Cape City once organized a siege against the Iron Blood Mercenaries. It was said that they had kidnapped a member of the Lu family. That time, the Lu family dispatched five Bone Refining Realm warriors, led by a master of Organ Refining. They wandered around the East China Sea for half a year, but in the end they had to return empty-handed..."

Cao Ze narrowed his eyes and looked at the Seljuq man in front of him.

The opponent's characteristics are too obvious. He is ranked 42nd on the bounty list and is the leader of the Iron Blood Mercenary Group with the Iron Blood Dual Blades, Saladin!

The bounty for hunting is as much as one thousand five hundred taels!

Cao Ze, who had made a mistake once, had already memorized the bounty list.

Unfortunately, this gold mine is obviously not something he can dig now, so he should explore this area next time!
"If you encounter this killer god, you can only consider yourself unlucky..."

Tian Haiyi was still sighing, he was really a little heartbroken, the reason why he came out on this trip was to earn more money, originally the Tornado could return with a full load, he was very happy, but now it was reduced by half...

The sailors were also dejected. They worked so hard and walked on the brink of death after hunting the monster fish for more than a month, but in the end, they gave away half of their harvest for nothing. No one would be willing to accept this.

"Captain Feng is quite sensible."

Saladin chuckled and said, "In that case, I will give you a chance."

"Hand over half of the cargo and your first mate, and I will let you go." Cao Ze's expression darkened. It seemed that the matter of killing Crazy Shark was finally blamed on him. Saladin, the news came so quickly!

Feng Kuang also turned around and looked at Cao Ze.

He also thought of what happened in the dilapidated temple on the island, but Cao Ze was not involved at all at that time.

I didn't expect that the Iron-Blooded Pirates were so well-informed that they could find out what happened in Cape City so quickly, and even find out the relationship between Cao Ze and Su Wu, and find the trace of the Hurricane...

This terrifying control made Feng Kuang feel cold all over!
At this moment, everyone on the Tornado looked at Cao Ze.

Although there are two Bone Forging Realm warriors on the Gale, they are far from enough compared to the Iron Blood Pirates. If they choose to fight, it is very likely that everyone on the Gale will be buried with Cao Ze in the end.

"Captain Feng, I'll go with him!"

At this time, Cao Ze stood up and leaped to the bow of the ship. He just secretly glanced at the position where Su Xiaozhi was, and asked Feng Kuang to take good care of Su Xiaozhi.

A panel appeared in front of Cao Ze. Fortunately, he did not have the impulse to add free love points to the fish-dragon transformation. Now he has many more choices.

It is impossible to improve the strength. Adding Canghai and Xueluodao is of little use. After all, it is impossible to defeat Saladin who has reached the ninth level of body forging.

On the contrary, there is a lot of room for improvement in water control.

With his current points, he could instantly raise his water control to perfection.

The entry-level water control person can control 3,000 kilograms of sea water, and the perfect water control person can control at least 30,000 kilograms of sea water. By then, he just needs to jump into the sea. With his water ability, even a warrior who has mastered the bone-strengthening skills can only follow him!

The process of adding points seemed long, but in fact it was only a moment. He didn't have to worry about the other party taking action before he could improve.

Now I just hope to delay a little longer so that the Tornado can take Su Xiaozhi to a safe distance.

"Brother Ze."

"I'm with you."

However, Su Xiaozhi stood up directly, walked to Cao Ze, and took his arm, firm and somewhat stubborn.

The last time Cao Ze returned to Bishui Village covered in wounds, she made up her mind at that time that no matter what danger it was in the future, she would face it together with Brother Ze.

I want to die together with Brother Ze!
Cao Ze froze suddenly. He didn't expect that the plot in the TV series would happen to him.

If he was alone, he was absolutely confident that he could escape, but if he brought Su Xiaozhi with him, it would be hard to say.

But he couldn't blame Su Xiaozhi.

He rubbed Su Xiaozhi's head helplessly.

In this case, we can only give it a try and see whether the perfect water control is more powerful, or the warrior who has reached the ninth level of body forging is stronger!
"Captain Saladin, is there any misunderstanding about this matter?"

Feng Kuang took a step sideways and came in front of Cao Ze, standing between him and Saladin, and said with a fist, "If Captain Saladin wants more silver, all the gains from the Storm can be given to you, but I can't hand over the people from the Storm to you!"

"I personally invited Mate Cao to board the ship. Everyone here was selected by me..."

Feng Kuang said, turning his head to look at the sailors behind him, "Whether it's First Mate Cao or any of the sailors here, if Captain Saladin wants to take them away, I can't guarantee anything else, but you must come over my dead body!"

boom!
These words were like a spark that instantly ignited the hearts of everyone on the Tornado.

"If you want to take First Mate Cao away, you have to step over our dead bodies!"
All the sailors shouted in unison.

They are ready to fight to the death.

Facing the Iron-Blooded Pirates, the Tornado has no chance of winning.

But so what?

They don't want to be handed over like prey the next time someone wants their life.

The sailors on the monster-hunting ship had already prepared themselves for death, and as they walked on the brink of life and death, they valued life even more.

But if death is worth it.

Then die!

The three pirate ships fell silent instantly. They were clearly in an absolute advantage, but at this moment, they were suppressed by the momentum of the Gale and actually fell into a disadvantage.

They have been roaming the East China Sea for many years, but have never seen such a monster-hunting ship.

Aren’t they afraid of death?

Cao Ze was deeply moved.

But when I think about the fact that Feng Kuang was able to help Su Wu that day, then what happened today doesn’t seem difficult to understand.

His conclusion that day was indeed correct. Feng Kuang was someone worth making friends with!

"Captain Wind..."

"What the hell are you doing?"

Just when Cao Ze was about to persuade Feng Kuang that he had a way to escape, Saladin asked with a puzzled look on his face, "I only want Tian Haiyi's head, what the hell are you doing?"

"You think I don't know Tian Haiyi, so you're just going to find someone to die with me?"

"Am I, Saladin, so easy to fool?"

"???"

The Tornadoes were collectively petrified, and their originally boiling blood suddenly cooled down.

Just then they remembered that there seemed to be two first mates on the Tornado!

Tian Haiyi was also full of questions.

Did you eat melon on your own head?
He has always been in Kuangfeng, and is just a nobody in Cape City. If his sister hadn't hooked up with a big shot from the Yue family some time ago, his life would have been like this.

Even now, he is only the vice-captain of the Whaler. How could a small figure like him possibly offend Saladin?
Feng Kuang also took a breath and was a little bit unresponsive.

But he was not an ordinary person after all, so he spoke again, "Captain Saladin..."

"I'm giving you face, right?"

Before Feng Kuang could finish his words, Saladin disappeared from the spot, leaving behind a trail of afterimage. The next moment, he was in front of Feng Kuang and punched him with a simple and unpretentious punch.

Amid the loud bang, Feng Kuang didn't even have time to draw his sword. He could only cross his arms in front of him to block the punch. His body involuntarily exploded backwards, leaving a scratch on the deck and wood chips flying everywhere. He was completely powerless to defend himself.

"Slaughter the ship!"

Saladin stood at the bow where Feng Kuang had been just now. He didn't even look at Feng Kuang, who had taken his punch and whose arm was a little deformed. He just said something softly.

As soon as the words were spoken, dense crowds of people on the three pirate ships jumped onto the deck of the Tornado like exploding fireworks.

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