896 Withdrawal (1/2)
The thick mist dispersed and revealed the bloody sun.
This sea region was now in ruins after the battle. Ship debris and dead bodies were floating everywhere.
Because of the heavy mist and its disadvantageous position, the Union Navy withdrew from the battle after a while.
Edward watched them leave and chose not to pursue.
He sighed and asked a shell in his hand, ”What are the post-battle results?”
”We're still counting. We lost six extraordinary ships, but luckily, the four legendary ships are all safe. Only Sun and Sea God suffered some damage to their hull. However, the damage to sailing battleships and various other battleships was severe. More than seven thousand people died.”
After hearing the shell's response, Edward almost fainted.
These seven thousand people were elite sailors who had required a lot of effort to find and hire.
After all, the foundation of the pirate empire Augustus was too weak.
”As for the Union Navy, I believe they lost much more than us. We destroyed eight of their ironclads and twenty of their auxiliary ships, and more than ten thousand of their crew members died.”
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”It seems like none of us benefited from the war… My skills are still far behind the Pirate Emperor!” Edward sighed.
”Although it was a very close victory and we suffered a lot of damage, as long as we can keep control over the sea routes within coastal waters, the Union Navy won't be able to pass through safely… Furthermore, it will take quite some time for the Opher Continent to recover from their losses. They might be willing to cooperate to form a union because of their greed and anger for the short term, but they will definitely be unwilling to crack a tough nut. Hence, the threat to the empire is gone…” Nymphadora's clear voice echoed from the shell.
Naval wars were costly to everyone whenever they happened.
After experiencing this war, the Opher kingdoms would surely not do it again.
Therefore, the following would be endless negotiations.
With that, the first threat to Augustus since its founding was finally gone.
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Outside the real world.
Nine enormous swords formed a chaos sword array.
The Monster Ruler roared continuously, releasing tremendous power. However, it only made the sword array shake a bit.
Looking at this situation, it would take a very long time to break through.
However, Fang Yuan would certainly not give him the opportunity.
Inside the sword array.
Streams of light flowed, changing continuously.
The Sword Qi of the nine swords twined around the huge bat and restricted its actions.
”I've weakened and extracted the Deep-Sea Stalker's power, and it has fallen into a deep sleep due to the seal, just like Eternal Nightmare… I will do the same to you!” Fang Yuan appeared, his voice loud and clear.
Of course, existences similar to him would naturally not die so easily.
In fact, it was because what he was facing in this Great Voyage World were merely these rulers who were like incomplete Demon Gods.
Even in a one-on-one battle, he could easily defeat all of them. However, it would be very difficult for him to prevent all of them from escaping.
Even someone as strong as the Spiritual Realm's Celestial Thearch could only seal those Demon Gods.
Fang Yuan was sure that even if he were to die now, his consciousness would still exist in the river of time, waiting for opportunities to revive instead of vanishing completely.
”You want to take away my power and authority? I-Impossible!” the huge bat roared. ”I would rather die than let you benefit from me!”
”You don't have the freedom to decide your life and death currently!”
Colorful clouds rose from Fang Yuan's head. A stream of white light shot into the sky, leaving behind a Great Dao.
”The Dream Master Dao of Creation is all-encompassing, which includes your deep-sea power and rules!”
He smiled lightly. Nine streams of Sword Qi were shaking and absorbing something from the huge bat, causing extreme pain to all the sea monster heads, making them scream loudly.
”You have no choice!”
An illusionary image appeared in Fang Yuan's right hand.
Many sea monsters were surrounding it and roaring.
The symbol of the Pirate King—King's Throne!
”Your strongest horn was once used to build King's Throne. Now, since I've gained control over King's Throne, I also have the key to deal with you!
”If you want to blame someone, blame the pirate who deceived you!”
The illusionary image suddenly turned into a black horn.
Following Fang Yuan's command, the horn stabbed into the monster's body violently.
”Ahh!!!”
A sharp and loud scream rang out. The speed the power was transmitting at suddenly increased by more than ten times.
”In fact, although Evil Gods look forward to the real world, they are scared of it at the same time because they will experience the most amount of restrictions in the real world, and they might even get killed by a mortal!”