Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1431: Chapter 1379: A Pathetic Death

Only in this way can a ship with five hundred people develop a legion attack, and only in this way can a ship with five hundred people form Cloud Qi to suppress Inner Qi Manifestation experts.

This is like the same Cloud Qi, the Cloud Qi above the city is invisible when not attacked, but once attacked, it shows a thickness far exceeding the city’s population.

In fact, this is the collective nurturing bestowed on the city, meaning the city can protect its residents. The effect is that the city walls become more solid and the Cloud Qi thicker.

Similarly, due to different understandings, the attributes bestowed on ships by the Central Plains People are actually comparable to city walls, aiming for ships to be as safe as city walls.

This results in that even with the same materials and methods, after a few years, the Han Dynasty ships exhibit noticeably stronger defensive power than the Kushan. That’s why Gan Ning and Taishi Ci are accustomed to using ramming prows, to sink the opponent, while Kushan Navy rarely installs ramming prows.

If you want to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of these two methods, in naval wars, the method developed by Kushan and Rome is more advantageous as a single ship can use legion attacks, meaning it has long-range attack capabilities.

However, one undeniable point is that the nurturing of Kushan and Rome’s ships has led to insufficient material strength. Even when hit with a legion attack, Zhou Yu’s carriage didn’t sink but was instead rammed and sunk by Gan Ning.

Kushan and Rome’s ships, once the opponent’s legion attack breaks through their ship’s defenses, would definitely suffer enormous damage, possibly even sinking, whereas Gan Ning’s ships, aiming to become city walls, if they can’t withstand a legion attack, can they still be called city walls...

Actually, the biggest disadvantage compared to Kushan ships is that ships like Gan Ning’s, with only a large ship carrying five hundred people, cannot release legion attacks.

Of course, if there is Inner Qi Manifestation, that’s another story. After all, with Inner Qi Manifestation, you can release a legion attack or two even without support.

Similarly, Han ships, targeting cities, naturally follow the defensive route. Therefore, upon seeing someone on the opponent’s ship flying towards his big ship, Gan Ning was truly startled. What is this situation?

Earlier, Gan Ning also felt the intense Inner Qi fluctuations from afar and knew Taishi Ci had taken action. But after Taishi Ci’s move, what was the situation when someone flew off the several large ships chasing him towards his ship?

Though Gan Ning often seemed foolish, it cannot be denied he was very cautious. It was just that cautiousness and madness housed within one person made him appear silly.

Yano Lian’s speed was extremely fast and, after a few flashes in the air, caught up with Gan Ning’s warship two miles away. Then, to Gan Ning’s dumbstruck expression, the man landed, and instantly dove at the mast with high speed.

This scene made Gan Ning utterly dumbfounded. At this moment, the previously sparse Cloud Qi above the ship, nurtured towards the city, suddenly thickened severalfold. Relying on Inner Qi, Yano Lian’s astonishing speed instantly cycled down to Qi Refining to Gang.

Afterwards, all the marines on the deck drew their heavy crossbows and pulled the trigger on the guy rushing to chop the mast. In an instant, Yano Lian was shot full of holes.

Gan Ning looked at Xu Sheng completely bewildered, not understanding what the situation was. How did an opponent’s Inner Qi Manifestation suddenly jump onto their ship and then get shot dead? Did this guy have a problem with his intelligence?

”Ah...” Xu Sheng screamed miserably.

”Turns out it’s not a dream. This guy must have a problem with his brain,” Gan Ning said awkwardly to Xu Sheng, unable to comprehend why someone would suddenly jump alone onto their ship to die. Speaking of which, this is the first Inner Qi Manifestation to die so wretchedly...

”Probably,” Gan Bao too stared blankly at the guy, already shot full of holes, eyes wide open, not closing in death.

”There really is an Inner Qi Manifestation that died stupidly,” Gan Ning said incredulously. ”Quickly throw him away. Quickly throw him away. If such low intelligence gets contagious, that would be bad.”

As Gan Ning spoke, a group of soldiers quickly tossed the dead man under the mast into the sea, then spread dry earth over the spot as Gan Ning demanded, again swept it clean, and dumped it into the sea, afraid of catching such low intelligence.

The ship captains of the four large ships originally chasing after Gan Ning were completely bewildered. They only saw their Water Village Deputy Yano Lian rush gallantly onto the opponent’s large ship, and then he rushed forward trying to chop the mast, only to be shot dead when the opponent’s Cloud Qi suddenly thickened severalfold...

”Uh, what’s going on, why did the opponent stop in place?” After the only enemy disappeared, the previously thick Cloud Qi on the ship’s top again dissipated greatly, reverting to a state of terrifying thinness like before. Just like a city, when not fighting, Cloud Qi is invisible.

”That guy just now should be the opponent’s leader, right?” Xu Sheng responded while looking out at the other large ship opposite.

”How is that possible, with such low intelligence, how could he be a Naval Commander? I’ve never seen anyone rush alone onto an enemy warship,” Gan Ning shook his head repeatedly, denying Xu Sheng’s conjecture. How could such intelligence allow one to be a Naval Commander?

”Perhaps it was an accident,” Xu Sheng spoke after a long silence, leaning over the railing. ”But to actually rush directly onto our ship, it’s truly unbelievable.”

”Accident, that just shows low intelligence,” Gan Ning laughed wildly, thinking the opponent’s leader might be of such intelligence. Gan Ning suddenly felt this battle wasn’t as dangerous as thought, it was just giving heads away.

”I think we can wait here. If the enemy doesn’t move, I won’t move. I believe General Taishi should be able to solve the battle soon,” Xu Sheng suggested to Gan Ning while looking at the four large ships opposite, which had completely stopped.

”Don’t be so optimistic, prepare to withdraw, this time a bit farther,” Gan Ning said, looking at the opponent’s large ships, vaguely seeing each enveloped in a thin blue Light Shield while the outer layer of all four large ships was covered by a blue Radiance.

As Gan Ning spoke, the opponent’s large ships moved again, but unlike before, their speed was noticeably faster this time.

Though not having a speed advantage due to using oars and sails instead of propellers and sails, it was still evident of their determination to catch Gan Ning. However, Gan Ning no longer had intentions of concealing his speed this time.

With Taishi Ci taking action, this battle was destined to turn into an encirclement, with only seven ships, compared to Gan Ning’s fleet of over forty large ships. As long as they’re not fools, they are sure to completely annihilate the opponent.