The Star Luo Empire's royal fleet launched the first attack.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The cannons in the fleet roared, firing a dense barrage of black cannonballs at Ye Ye. The sight was so overwhelming that it triggered his trypophobia.
The cannonballs were all stopped by the Titan Battleship's force field. Some shattered on impact, while others fell into the water.
Star Luo Empire sailors: "How is this possible?!"
The people of the Douluo Continent had never seen a force field like this. They thought it was a Soul Skill, or a Soul Power barrier created by a powerful Soul Master, but they couldn't believe Ye Ye had stopped more than a hundred cannonballs all by himself.
The Star Luo royal family was furious, too. "Keep attacking! Sink him!"
The dozen or so ships roared again, their cannons firing without pause, while Ye Ye continued leisurely sipping his coffee.
The veins on the Star Luo royal's hand bulged. He felt that the dignity of his royal family had been insulted. He had always believed the Star Luo Empire was the strongest, and its royal family the most noble. Everyone should show them respect. He slammed his fist on the table, shattering it instantly.
He was a prince of the Star Luo Imperial Family, and his older brother was the current emperor of the Star Luo Empire. Naturally, his Soul Power was far from weak.
He was beside himself with rage. "Hurry up and kill him! I want you to kill him right now!"
The squadron commander was sweating, too. If the prince got angry and complained to His Majesty when they returned, he was finished. "Your Highness, I will definitely kill him!"
Ye Ye was getting impatient, too, and decided to end the fight. All the laser cannons aboard the Titan Battleship aimed at the ships in the fleet.
Ye Ye ordered the artificial intelligence to fire. The laser cannons unleashed their beams, striking the ships and triggering violent explosions.
Crewmen: "Ah! Ah! Ah! Help! Stop shooting! We're going to die! It's going to break!"
Several ships began to sink in an instant.
Star Luo Prince: "What's going on?!"
The prince hadn't even processed what had just happened.
The squadron commander hurried over to the Star Luo Prince. "Your Highness, we're done for! We have to abandon ship, escape, and surrender!"
The Star Luo Prince grabbed the squadron commander's collar and lifted him up, then shouted, "Escape? Impossible! Star Luo will never surrender! Fight back! Anyone who flees in the middle of battle will be executed!"
Just then, another laser struck his ship. The hull exploded, leaving a gaping hole, and after rocking violently, the vessel began to sink.
The squadron commander tried to talk the Star Luo Prince around again. "Your Highness, surrender now! Soon it'll be too late!"
The Star Luo Prince hesitated for three seconds, then said, "Raise the white flag!"
He felt that even a second's hesitation would be disrespectful to life.
A white flag was raised aboard the ship, and Ye Ye stopped firing. The soldiers who had fallen into the water or been injured were wailing. The fleet had originally numbered dozens of ships, but now only five remained mostly intact. The rest had either sunk or were in the process of sinking.
Bodies floated densely across the sea, and the surrounding water had turned blood-red. The blood attracted sharks. Most of the soldiers who hadn't fallen into the water had some cultivation, but they were all land-based Soul Masters, and the sea wasn't a place where they were good at fighting. What's more, some of the sharks were old and powerful. The soldiers who hadn't managed to escape in time were torn apart and devoured.
(The author has thought of everything. Some might say sharks aren't interested in human flesh and usually swim away after taking one bite. First of all, this is the Douluo Continent, so don't compare it to reality.)
The squadron commander then said, "Friend, we meant no harm. Could you spare our lives? We'll repay you generously in the future."
Ye Ye hadn't wanted to fight in the first place, and had no intention of wiping them all out. So he sailed straight past them, making it clear that he was letting them go.
As Ye Ye's ship passed the flagship, the Star Luo Prince glared at him. His eyes were bloodshot with fury and humiliation, and his body trembled.
The Star Luo Prince thought, Don't let me see you in the Star Luo Empire. If I do, you're finished!
After Ye Ye had sailed off into the distance, the squadron commander hurried over to help the Star Luo Prince up. "Your Highness, are you all right?"
The Star Luo Prince slapped the squadron commander, then shouted furiously, "All right, my ass! This is all your fault, you lackey! If not for you, I wouldn't have suffered such humiliation! And those warships wouldn't have sunk, either. You can explain it all to His Majesty yourself!"
The squadron commander knew he would surely die when he returned, so he decided to take his own life. Star Luo soldiers never surrendered, and in his current situation, the only way to atone was to die.
The Star Luo Empire had always had a rule: if its soldiers or royal family were defeated, surrendered, or yielded, they had to die to atone. What? You're asking why the prince didn't kill himself? Obviously, he was afraid of dying.
The squadron commander told the prince, "Understood," then left.
That night, the squadron commander took out a dagger and wiped it with a white cloth. He said, "Emperor, I'm coming."
Then he plunged the dagger into his abdomen and twisted it around. Finally, he dragged the blade from left to right across his belly, disemboweling himself.
(The author really doesn't know what he's writing. The Star Luo Empire believes in the samurai spirit, and these people have to die for the emperor.)
(This is also setting things up for the Star Luo Imperial Palace to be flattened in the future. Stay tuned.)
Meanwhile, Ye Ye had no idea what had happened. He had already reached Sea God Island.
(The author really hasn't read the part about Sea God Island, so this will definitely differ from the original. But the author did look up some information.)
Ye Ye spotted the outline of Sea God Island, but just then, a voice rang out.
Xiao Bai: "Outsider, humans aren't allowed on Sea God Island! Leave at once!"
Ye Ye looked around, but didn't see anyone!
Xiao Bai: "Human, what are you looking at? Leave now, or I'll attack you!"
This time Ye Ye found where the voice was coming from. It was in the sea. He looked down and saw a Demon Soul Great White Shark nearly ten meters long, swimming a few hundred meters from the Titan Battleship.
Ye Ye guessed who she was. She was Xiao Bai, the hundred-thousand-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark who guarded Sea God Island and kept outsiders away.
Ye Ye: "I want to go to Sea God Island!"
Xiao Bai: "No way! Leave now, or I'll attack!"
Ye Ye ignored her and simply had the Titan Battleship keep moving forward.
Seeing that Ye Ye hadn't left and was actually charging toward her, Xiao Bai launched an attack. "Demon Shark Collision!"
She rammed her head into the Titan Battleship, but it didn't change in the slightest. It barely even rocked.
She herself, on the other hand, was a little dizzy, and her head had turned red from the impact. Xiao Bai was shocked. She knew how powerful her attack was; it could smash any ship to pieces. But this time, she was the one who had been hurt, which left her astonished.
Just then, someone flew over from the direction of Sea God Island and reached the Titan Battleship in an instant. He said, "Friend, Sea God Island doesn't welcome outsiders."
Ye Ye: "Xiao Ai, scan this person."
[Beep! Scan successful: 1. Seahorse Douluo, level 92 Titled Douluo.]
Ye Ye: So, it's Little Seahorse!
Unlike Xiao Bai, the silly, sweet shark who was all looks and no brains, Seahorse Douluo realized he couldn't gauge Ye Ye's strength. That meant Ye Ye was definitely stronger than him, so rather than attack outright, he tried to talk Ye Ye into leaving.
Ye Ye was determined to go to Sea God Island. He still had to claim his sign-in reward! So he didn't back down. "I just want to visit Sea God Island for one day. I'll leave after that."
Seahorse Douluo: "That's not for me to decide. If you keep this up, don't blame me for being impolite."
Ye Ye: "I'm going in today, no matter what!"
Seahorse Douluo: "Fine. Don't say I didn't warn you!"
Seahorse Douluo released his Martial Soul and Soul Rings, preparing to attack.
Ye Ye made the first move and released his true form. Since a beast Soul Master's Martial Soul Avatar completely merged with their Martial Soul upon reaching the Soul Saint level, Seahorse Douluo didn't suspect a thing.
Godzilla, over a hundred meters tall, appeared on the Titan Battleship's deck. When Ye Ye saw Seahorse Douluo attacking, he waited for the right moment, then lashed out with a Tail Whip. Godzilla's thick tail struck Seahorse Douluo like a whip. Too bad Seahorse Douluo was a man; if he'd been a woman, then Ye Ye's little whip would have—hehehe (﹃)!
Ye Ye began to look forward to seeing what Bo Saixi looked like. The original story described Bo Saixi as beautiful, too. He liked mature women like her. Heh heh—slurp! Ye Ye even drooled a little.
Ye Ye: "How did I become like this? I'm so pure! I'm here to claim my sign-in reward, definitely not because of a beautiful woman."
Back to the fight: Seahorse Douluo quickly activated his Martial Soul Avatar and raised his defenses, but Ye Ye still knocked him into the water.
Ye Ye jumped in after him. Seahorse Douluo's head was still spinning, but he quickly recovered. He was pleased when he saw Ye Ye enter the sea, because the ocean was paradise for Sea Soul Masters. A Martial Soul as large as Ye Ye's had to be clumsy.
But Seahorse Douluo was soon proven wrong. Godzilla wasn't clumsy at all; he was even more agile than Seahorse Douluo. This shocked him. "Could he be a Sea Soul Master, too?!"
Ye Ye didn't give him time to think. He immediately bit down on him. After activating his Martial Soul Avatar, Seahorse Douluo had also become a seahorse dozens of meters long—though it wasn't an ordinary seahorse, but the kind from a Wang Wei poem.
Ye Ye clamped down on him, and Seahorse Douluo used Soul Power to protect his body. If Godzilla bit him, he really would be done for.
Ye Ye carried him over a thousand meters along the seabed, then swam toward the surface. When they reached it, Ye Ye tossed him into the sky. Seahorse Douluo swayed in midair before steadying himself a while later.
Seahorse Douluo was furious. Just as he was about to charge in and fight Ye Ye for three hundred rounds, he noticed several people beside him.
There were three women and five men. They were the other six guardians of Sea God Island, along with Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark, and Bo Saixi, the high priest of Sea God Island.
They had arrived while Ye Ye and Seahorse Douluo were fighting, but had wanted to see what Ye Ye could do. They hadn't expected him to defeat Seahorse Douluo so easily.
Seahorse Douluo: "Greetings, High Priest. This man is trying to force his way onto Sea God Island!"
Bo Saixi: "Oh?"
Ye Ye: "Xiao Ai, buy me a Friendship from Nothing Card."
[Beep! Would you like to spend 1,000 points to pur—]
Ye Ye: "Yes, yes, yes! Hurry up!"
[Beep! Purchase successful!]
Ye Ye: "Use it on Bo Saixi!"
[Beep! Use successful!]
Bo Saixi had been a little angry, but suddenly her demeanor changed. She became gentle?
Bo Saixi: "Little Ye!"
Ye Ye: ...
Everyone else: ...
Seahorse Douluo: ...? (What?)
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