World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 460 - 244: Overwhelming victory! Welcome to hell!

Chapter 460: 244: Overwhelming victory! Welcome to hell!

Gui Xingfu, Tuli Ming, Hai Wuyan, A Shi Zhuo, Turing Chen and others were on their respective flagships.

When they first saw Suo Lun’s Queen’s Island Fleet, they were shocked.

They had not expected that Suo Lun would take the initiative to head north to engage in battle with just one hundred small ships and seven thousand Rock Pirates.

To attack with only a tenth of the forces was simply too crazy.

Even if the Rock Pirates were formidable, at most they could only handle a two to one ratio; a ten to one had no chance of winning whatsoever.

But then, a wave of ecstasy followed; they had been concerned that Suo Lun might flee, and now that he had come, they could engage at close quarters, capture him in an enclosed space, and resolve the battle within a few hours.

Lord Tuli Ming’s flagship began bellowing orders.

"Deploy the giant crossbows."

Then, the ships nearby relayed the command to the surrounding vessels.

"Creak, creak..."

Immediately, the ships at the forefront began to draw their giant crossbows.

These giant crossbows could shoot huge bolts weighing several dozens of pounds nearly four hundred meters away, and were considered large-scale lethal weapons aboard ships.

Of course, the truly deadly range was only two hundred meters.

Queen Yan Chuo did not directly issue the command, but rather waved semaphore signals on the flagship.

Suddenly, over a hundred Queen’s Island Fleet ships adjusted their sails, slowing down, as if they no longer intended to continue advancing but rather to halt in place.

The Allied Army fleet headed south at full speed.

This fleet of thousands of colossal ships truly resembled a mighty pride of lions and tigers.

And Suo Lun’s Queen’s Island Fleet was like a rabbit.

The distance between the two fleets grew increasingly close, closer and closer.

Five thousand meters.

Three thousand meters.

One thousand meters.

Eight hundred meters!

By this time, all of the Heavy Hammer Trebuchets on the Queen’s Island Fleet had been fully prepared.

The payload plates with fireballs were also ready to launch.

The distance between the two fleets, six hundred meters.

Queen Yanchuo gave the command.

Instantly, the Samurai behind each trebuchet lit the fireballs in the payload plates.

These fireballs, weighing several dozens of pounds each, were wrapped in cloth that had been soaked in fish oil and burst into flames once ignited.

The fish oil inside the pottery jars wouldn’t ignite, but once thrown and hitting an enemy ship, the jars would shatter, spraying fish oil everywhere. It would then ignite instantly, becoming nearly impossible to extinguish.

Of course, the jars could also be filled with crude oil. However, that would expose their ultimate secret weapon, so Suo Lun substituted fish oil, even though this increased the cost of each Fish Oil Bomb by more than a hundredfold.

"Fire..."

Queen Yanchuo fiercely gave the order.

At once, the Samurai behind the trebuchets slammed down, releasing the tightly constrained trebuchets.

The counterweights slid, generating tremendous kinetic energy, which was then leveraged by the long beams to hurl the heavyweight fire oil bombs out fiercely.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

All over a hundred trebuchets launched in unison. Many Rock Pirates felt their ships lurch as if they were about to capsize.

Over a hundred blazing fire oil bombs traced smoky, fiery arcs through the air like meteors, fiercely aiming for the Allied Army fleet, emitting screeching howls as they flew.

On seeing this sight, Tuli Ming, Gui Xingfu, and others aboard the Alliance Army of Extinction Fleet were shocked.

What kind of weapon was this, and how could it throw so... so far?

A distance of four to five hundred meters?

Of course, this range wasn’t all that surprising; many powerful crossbows could achieve it.

But the ends of even the strongest crossbows couldn’t penetrate paper.

And yet, the destructive force of these objects, weighing dozens to hundreds of pounds falling from the sky, was immense.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Dozens of flaming fireballs, after flying a distance of four to five hundred meters, ferociously fell into... the sea.

Yes, such was the tragic accuracy rate.

Out of over a hundred fireball bombs, only three hit their target.

And this was closely related to the excessive density of the Allied Army fleet; otherwise, the hit rate wouldn’t have reached even one percent.

This hit rate was indeed as Suo Lun had envisioned.

But still...

The effect of merely three hits was astonishing.

The dozens to hundreds of pounds of fireball bombs crashed down onto the ships, the cloth-wrapped pottery jars shattered fiercely, and the fish oil sprayed out, igniting into flames upon contact.

Once ablaze, the fire covered over a dozen square meters and was extremely difficult to extinguish.

"It’s fish oil," said Lord Tuli Ming, recognizing it from the scent of the smoke.

"Fish oil?" Turing Chen scoffed, "Suo Lun really is rich, isn’t he? Doesn’t hesitate to spend a fortune."

Fish oil was literally boiled down from fish, and the price of a pound of fish oil was around forty copper coins. That meant the cost of the fish oil in one fire oil bomb was about a dozen silver coins, a third of a gold coin, equivalent to more than four thousand Chinese yuan apiece.

There was no choice, production levels in this world were very low, and whether it be candles, tung oil, or fish oil, they were all extremely expensive.

With this first round of attacks, Suo Lun blew away several dozens of gold coins.

Hai Wuyan sniffed the air and said, "Fish oil bombs, Suo Lun really is lavishly wealthy."

...

The first round of firing yielded only three hits with the fire oil bombs.

Then, dozens of Rock Pirates desperately tugged the trebuchet levers, preparing for the second round of firing.

At the same time, Queen Yan Chuo ordered a change in the direction of the sails.

The fleet had been heading north but then stopped; now, the command was given to head south.

"Whoosh..."

Suddenly, the fleet of one hundred Rock Pirate ships sailed south with the wind.

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