867 Ending (1/2)

Rumble!

As the ironclads fired one round after another, Blackbeard's forces suddenly greeted cannon fire.

One wooden ship after another exploded under the bombardment. Before the pirates even had a chance to show off their bravery with their boarding battle skills, the cannon fire tore them to pieces and sank them to the bottom of the ocean.

”Scatter!” Blackbeard closed his eyes and issued an order from atop Monster. ”Scatter and break out!”

In a split second, the pirate force suddenly scattered and tried to break out in all directions, much like a pack of wolves that had just lost its leader. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

Despite knowing that taking this course of action was equivalent to admitting defeat, Blackbeard had no other choice.

After all, if he were to try to stand his ground, all the forces under him could be eradicated.

Furthermore, after dispersing and breaking out, the pirate ships would be able to demonstrate their strengths to the fullest extent.

Pirates were, at the core, a free and undisciplined lot. They were the polar opposite of the disciplined military.

The great battle transformed into many small-scale pursuits. The pirates would frequently counterattack with vigor, causing heavy losses among the first, second, and third-level sailing ships that were yet to retire.

Naturally, in stark contrast were those thirty ironclads. They rampaged through the sea while pirates scurried to evade their wrath. Nothing but doom awaited those that were targeted by them.

As the leader of the Blackbeard Pirates, Blackbeard was obviously prioritized.

A total of seven ironclads were aggressively trying to surround him.

”Faster!”

Of course, as a pirate governor, Blackbeard would not simply surrender.

As he tapped the deck of Monster, the entire ship suddenly roared, and it sped up multiple times. After evading a round of cannon fire, it smashed savagely into the blockade formed by sailing warships.

”Crunch! Crunch!”

Monster opened its large mouth and bit one of the sailing ships as though it were a snake trying to swallow a rat. With a toe-curling sound, it quickly devoured the entire battleship.

Bang! Bang!

Several cannons shelled Monster in that short period.

However, as its body was far sturdier than ordinary wood and able to regenerate, it managed to endure the bombardment and carve a bloody path out through the sailing ships.

”Are these the final glorious moments of Monster?”

Despite the tremendous courage displayed, it was nothing good in the eyes of Edward, who was overlooking the battle.

”Blackbeard… What exactly are you thinking?”

Monster was like a peerless general caught between two forces. Despite finding a way into the opposition forces, displaying tremendous courage, and felling countless enemies, it was eventually surrounded by the armored guards.

Despite their clumsy appearance, the ironclads were actually extremely nimble in water, and they completely surrounded Monster.

”The royal navy's fleet commander must be Philip. He wanted to use these wooden ships that should have been retired to lure my attention and then surround me with the ironclads…”

Blackbeard stood at the bow of Monster, looking at the scene. A cold smile broke out. ”However, I've held back one of the legendary powers of Monster! He really dug his own grave this time!”

After all, Monster was ranked second among the extraordinary ships and almost as good as legendary ships.

Blackbeard was cunning. After getting his hands on Monster, he had used his magic to grant the ship an additional power.

Monster came with the ability of Devour, able to destroy enemy ships and enhance itself using the pillaged parts.

The legendary power that Blackbeard had granted to Monster was to accumulate the energy obtained by Devour and unleash it all at once. It was a terrifying ability!

”Legend⁠—Annihilation!”

After it devoured the final first-level battleship, the ironclads had completely surrounded Monster. Blackbeard raised his right hand and bellowed, ”Experience agony!”

Rumble!

A layer of black light suddenly appeared on top of Monster and converged on Blackbeard's hand. Its color grew richer and richer until it suddenly expanded.

Buzz buzz!

A formless wave swept over everything.

All of a sudden, the decks of the ironclads that came into contact with the wave cracked, folded… and eventually turned to ash, annihilated without a trace.

”Abandon ship!”

Bursts of flustered screams and scrambling erupted all over the ironclads.

However, the sailors were too slow.

Their expressions froze as soon as the black wave caught up to them.

A gentle breeze blew past, and the heads of the statues fell to the ground and turned into sand.

After the black wave left, three of the ironclads were severely damaged and began to sink slowly.

”Long live Blackbeard!”

”Long live pirates!”

…

The pirates exploded into cheers. They were as excited as a dying man suddenly seeing a glimmer of hope.

The God of War-like presence of the ironclads suffered a loss of three ships after just one attack from Blackbeard.

It was, without a doubt, the greatest victory against the Ettoman forces thus far.

However, Blackbeard was actually disheartened.