Spirit Hall Patrol Squad

"Turn the helm! Turn the helm!"

On the Li Family flagship, Li Haitian shouted over the raging waves.

He was trying to evade the pirates' Fire Oil Jar attacks.

Yet the Fire Oil Jars came down as densely as raindrops, filling the sky.

Some ships spotted them in time and managed to dodge.

But those that reacted too slowly were in for disaster.

Their decks instantly turned into seas of fire.

Li Haitian's heart ached at the sight. Those ships had been built with the Li Family's hard-earned fortune!

Everyone aboard was a blood relative of the Li Family!

Just then, Zhou Long skimmed over the sea and landed on the Li Family flagship.

"Patriarch Li, don't panic. I'm here to help!"

Hearing his voice, Li Haitian was overjoyed. "Brother Zhou Long, I cannot thank you enough for coming!"

Then he looked into the distance and sighed. "I never expected them to attack with fire oil."

Fire oil was a rare commodity. Even in places where deposits existed, it was extremely difficult to extract.

For all these reasons, fire oil was incredibly expensive.

The price of all those Fire Oil Jars raining down on them was enough to build several Oak Warships!

For the pirates to produce such a quantity of fire oil, they had clearly been plotting against the Li Family for a long time.

"The pirates have backup plans. So do we." Zhou Long smiled calmly.

He took a Firework Shell from his robes and slowly raised it.

Li Haitian asked in surprise, "At a time like this, Brother Zhou, you still have the mood to set off fireworks?"

Zhou Long laughed but offered no explanation. "Patriarch Li, you'll understand soon enough."

He pulled the fuse cord.

With a bang, the Firework Shell shot into the sky, blossoming into a huge, round burst of brilliant multicolored fire.

The Li Family members fighting below saw the fireworks rise from the flagship and began discussing it among themselves.

"What's going on?"

"Could that be a signal?"

"The patriarch never said anything!"

On the pirates' side, however, the sight of the fireworks was met with nothing but ridicule.

"I'm dying here. They're setting off fireworks in the middle of a battle."

"Damn it, is the Li Family holding their own funeral?"

"Haha, probably."

"Brothers, charge! Countless treasures and women are waiting ahead!"

"...And fireworks!"

Aboard the Purple Pearl.

After Purple Pearl saw the fireworks in the sky, her expression turned solemn.

The first mate beside her asked, "Boss, what's going on?"

"The Li Family is probably about to use its backup. Our ships have already entered the harbor, so we can't retreat. Quickly, separate from the main fleet."

Her sixth sense had always been accurate. Ever since answering Coral's summons, she had felt uneasy.

How could such a massive family as the Li Family, aside from having a Titled Douluo stationed there, possibly have no backup plans at all?

The fireworks in the air were an obvious signal.

"Yes!" the first mate answered.

Purple Pearl carried immense prestige within the pirate crew, and her word was law. The first mate did not question her at all.

Just as the Purple Pearl sailed away from the fleet, intense vibrations came from beneath the water.

Seeing shadows moving rapidly underwater, the first mate turned pale. "Could these be Sea Spirit Beasts raised by the Li Family?!"

He knew that some ancient great families had a tradition of raising guardian beasts.

Purple Pearl's beautiful eyes shifted slightly, but she said nothing.

She stared fixedly at the movements beneath the surface.

They seemed to be heading for the fleet.

To be honest, she had never seen sea monsters move so fast.

The next moment.

Boom!

A deafening explosion erupted beside the fleet.

The massive blast threw up waves dozens of meters high.

Some smaller ships were flipped over on the spot!

But it was not over yet.

Boom!

Another explosion rang out.

Waves dozens of meters high surged up again, overturning countless small boats.

Even the hulls of some larger ships were blasted open with huge holes, and seawater instantly flooded in.

Even if their decks remained intact, their hulls had been blown apart. They would sink before long.

The sudden shift in the battle left the pirates completely dumbfounded.

At the entrance to the harbor, cries of agony filled the air.

The surface of the water was covered in a dense mass of floating figures.

And because the ships had been destroyed, the powerless vessels became obstacles blocking the ships behind them from entering the harbor.

Aboard the Purple Pearl.

Purple Pearl could not recover from the scene before her for a long while.

She had just watched a Tengui Pirate Ship, larger than the Purple Pearl itself, get struck by an unknown object and blown straight into two halves before sinking into the sea!

The sight struck her to the core. It was simply too shocking!

Her first mate stood beside her with his mouth hanging open, too stunned to speak.

"W-What was that thing?! That's terrifying!"

The pirate ships that had not yet entered the harbor saw this scene.

They immediately ignored Coral's orders and turned around on the spot.

What kind of joke was this? How were they supposed to get past that?

Running away still gave them a sliver of hope. Attacking was practically certain death.

Almost every pirate captain was now secretly cursing Coral as an idiot.

He had come to attack without even investigating the Li Family's strength.

On the city wall.

Li Jiuchuan clicked her tongue and asked in a trembling voice, "Young Master Ye Tian, was that attack fired from the submarine?"

It was shocking—truly shocking!

She had ridden one of those submarines back to Golden Turtle Island.

The submarine was only about the size of a medium-sized ship, and while she had been aboard it, she had not felt even the slightest sense of pressure.

But now, its power seemed greater than that of a hundred-thousand-year Sea Spirit Beast!

Her heart pounded wildly. The Ye Tian beside her was truly unfathomable!

Hu Liena was also deeply shocked by the sight in the distance.

Her eyes widened dramatically.

She had originally thought that Ye Tian's troops could only display such immense power on land.

Now, it seemed she had been completely wrong.

And wrong by a ridiculous margin!

Ye Tian's troops were even more powerful at sea!

On land, powerful Titled Douluos could still evade artillery shells.

But at sea, such evasion was a luxury.

With ships moving at a turtle's pace, they were practically living targets!

Thus, the shocking scene before them unfolded.

All eight torpedoes hit their targets!

After that, the pirate fleet scattered like birds and beasts.

This made Hu Liena worry. Run slower!

Spirit Hall's patrol squad had not arrived yet. If they all ran away, who would the patrol squad attack?

As the one who had given the order, Ye Tian clicked his tongue softly as well.

He had truly underestimated the effect the torpedoes would have on the pirates.

He had originally thought that the torpedoes would affect, at most, eight ships.

Yet after witnessing their power, the pirates had been scared witless.

They no longer had the courage to continue attacking. Whether they were inside the harbor or outside it, the pirate ships all turned around and fled.

Ye Tian had not expected their deterrent effect to surpass their destructive power to such an extent.

But the result was extremely favorable to the situation.

It could be considered positive feedback.

"No retreating!!!"

Just then, an angry roar rang out from the pirate ships.

Even Ye Tian could hear it clearly.

"Anyone who retreats, I'll kill him!!"

"He's panicking." Hu Liena covered her mouth and laughed.

Li Jiuchuan, however, looked somewhat grave.

"Coral has great prestige among the pirate crews. His anger will probably intimidate quite a few pirates into turning back."

"Our danger has not passed yet."

Hu Liena chuckled. "Not necessarily. Look into the distance."

Following Hu Liena's gaze, everyone looked toward the horizon.

They suddenly saw a fleet of ships of the same make rapidly heading toward the harbor.

Li Jiuchuan panicked slightly. "Could those be reinforcements for Coral's pirates?"

"Haha, Jiuchuan Sister, are you stupid? Can't you see that the ships are flying Spirit Hall's flags?"

"Are they?" Ye Tian looked surprised and turned to stare at Hu Liena. "From this far away, how could you see them?"

"I have good eyesight!" Hu Liena replied, her expression evasive.