Chapter 816 - Conflict at the Sea (1/2)

Chapter 816: Conflict at the Sea

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Although Gu Yan’er wanted to stay with Tang Xiu for a while, she was, after all, being plagued with her injury and finally left despite no matter how reluctant she was. Tang Xiu himself directly passed the task of training Cheng Xuemei to Gu Xiaoxue and then stayed inside the Subaquatic Corvette to cultivate silently.

In the blink of an eye, Tang Xiu and Cheng Xuemei were on the island for the third day. Tang Xiu was unaware that hundreds of nautical miles from his location, two passenger ships boarded by Tang Guosheng and the members of the 1st and 2nd Guardian squads of the Tang Family were sailing through the winds and waves towards the Strait of Malacca.

The sea was rough and full of turbulent waves, yet Tang Guosheng stood straight on the front deck of the liner. His eyes sparkled, yet they were cold and frosty. The bad news from Duanmu Lin was nearly impossible for him to accept. He was determined to find his grandson, Tang Xiu, even if he had to annihilate that underwater vestige. He must see his grandson if he lived, but even if his grandson was dead, he also must see his dead body.

“Report!” A loud voice came outside the door.

Tang Min, who was behind Tang Guosheng, opened the door and then saw the 1st Guardian squad captain, Tang Rong, there. She then asked with a deep voice, “Any issues?”

“We spotted a fleet through our telescope, to our front on the left. Two cruisers, a destroyer, and a medium-sized passenger ship. Judging from the sign on the ships’ hull, it should be the France fleet,” reported Tang Rong.

Tang Guosheng turned around and looked at Tang Rong who was about to head out, and asked, “According to the information from Duanmu Lin, the France team that entered three-star vestige was completely annihilated inside, is that right?”

“Yes.” Tang Rong nodded quietly.

“There’s no need to contact them since the France team members all died,” said Tang Guosheng coldly. “Do proceed with caution and stay alert, however. Those French failed to get anything good this time and are likely to be displeased right now. Be careful of any provocations they might send us.”

“I understand.” Tang Rong nodded discreetly. He then turned around and walked outside. Just as he had walked a few steps, a youth came running towards him and said in a heavy voice, “Captain, the liner ship from the France fleet separated from the rest of the fleet and is now racing towards our position.”

“Notify everyone. Avoid that liner as much as possible and do not engage them. We’ll change the plan if they keep chasing us,” ordered Tang Rong in a deep voice.

More than 20 minutes later.

Although the two liners of the Tang Family had deviated from the planned route and were about to take a detour to avoid the other party, the latter still attempted to intercept the two passenger ships. Therefore, Tang Guosheng personally came to the pilothouse. Although he didn’t want to get into trouble, trouble had come knocking his door. His character was someone who never gave second chances as he ordered in a deep voice, “Open communication with them and ask them what they really want!”

After a while, Tang Rong reported with a grim face, “Patriarch, the other party asked us to stop sailing and demanded to inspect our ships.”

Killing intent burst out in Tang Guosheng’s eyes as he growled, “This is international waters! What rights do those French liners have to inspect us? Tell them to leave at once; else we will take it as a provocation and attack!”

Tang Rong concurred and communicated with the other party. After it was finally determined that the other party had no goodwill toward them, Tang Guosheng fell silent for a few seconds and ordered the ship to stop. As the other party’s liner approached, Tang Guosheng appeared on the deck with more than a dozen of people.

After he came there, he clearly saw more that more than a dozen people were similarly standing on the other passenger ship, led by a stocky man whose face was completely covered with a hood and who wore a sheathed saber on his waist. The rest of the more than a dozen people at his side were also armed with cold weapons, most of which were sabers and longswords

“Prepare for battle.”

Tang Guosheng might be old, but he was still a decisive man. He immediately issued the command upon seeing the weapons carried by the other party.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Four figures streaked forward from the other liner with breakneck speed. They were just like launched arrows; they traversed over twenty meters without borrowing any power as they straightly arrived in front of Tang Guosheng. At the moment when the four of them made a defensive stance, the stocky leader soared mid-air to fly and then stood in front of the four men in just a breath.

“Hmph… Chinese, huh?” the strong man coldly snorted with more killing intent in his eyes.

Tang Guosheng looked at the stocky man as if he was facing a formidable enemy and said in a deep voice, “We’re Chinese indeed. You French didn’t get anything good from the three-star vestige and are now running amok and giving us trouble? You’re really asking for death!”

The stocky man replied mockingly, “I never thought that you would know about the three-star vestige. Seems like you have quite the stature! Maybe those four Chinese who came out from the three-star vestige are hiding in your ship.”

“Hiding?” Tang Guosheng sneered, “Why should our Chinese experts need to hide?”