World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 461 - 244: Overwhelming victory! Welcome to hell!_2

Chapter 461: 244: Overwhelming victory! Welcome to hell!_2

The ships of Rock Island had one characteristic, they were small and fast!

Two quarters of an hour later, the distance between the two fleets had once again widened by more than a thousand meters.

And the second round of firing from over a hundred trebuchets was already prepared.

Queen Yan Chuo ordered her fleet to change sails once more, cease rowing, and come to a partial halt, waiting for the Allied Army’s fleet to draw near.

Drawing nearer, eight hundred meters, six hundred meters, five hundred meters, four hundred meters...

"Fire..."

"Fire..."

Both sides gave the order simultaneously!

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

From the Annihilate Sauron Alliance Fleet, hundreds of giant crossbows launched their bolts.

From the Suo Lun Fleet, a hundred trebuchets fired in unison.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Over a hundred fireballs, tracing gorgeous paths, whooshing toward the Allied Army fleet.

While hundreds of giant arrows, whooshing toward the Suo Lun Fleet.

After several seconds.

"Bang bang bang..."

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The Suo Lun’s second round of oil bomb launching, over a hundred shots, and hit... four!

"Boom boom boom..." Four more ships of the Allied Army’s fleet caught fire fiercely, with dozens of soldiers perishing in the blaze.

The surrounding naval force desperately splashed water to extinguish the fires.

It seemed like progress, but everything was by chance.

And the crossbows of the Allied Army’s fleet had a somewhat higher hit rate, with at least a dozen giant arrows hitting Suo Lun’s ships.

But...

Firing from four hundred meters away, they were at the end of their range, and even if they hit, it was merely a bump, causing almost no damage whatsoever.

Seeing this, Suo Lun had only one thought.

No wonder the naval battles of this age essentially involved drawing the ships close, starting with archery fire and then boarding for close combat.

Because this kind of long-distance combat, whether with trebuchets or giant crossbows, the hit rate was just too pitiful.

Such naval warfare, given ample ammunition, could indeed be prolonged until next year.

...

Subsequently, this naval battle became a stalemate.

The tactics of the Suo Lun Fleet were simple: taking advantage of their speed, they would fire and then immediately withdraw, increasing the distance from the enemy fleet before preparing for a second round.

It was outright guerrilla warfare, never allowing the enemy fleet to close in within two or three hundred meters.

The only difference was, the oil bombs Suo Lun launched, despite their odd hit rate, could cause substantial destruction to the enemy’s ships once they hit.

On the other hand, while the Alliance Army of Extinction’s giant crossbows had a somewhat higher hit rate, they hardly inflicted any damage from four hundred meters away.

Consequently, the massive Allied Army’s fleet ended up in a completely passive position, taking hits without the ability to retaliate.

There was just one reason for this, Suo Lun’s Rock Pirate Fleet was faster and could easily keep their distance.

So, the two fleets continued to battle from dawn to dusk, and then from dusk to dawn.

They fought a whole day and night.

The Suo Lun’s Rock Pirate Fleet launched a total of one hundred rounds, firing more than ten thousand oil bombs.

And the Alliance Army of Extinction’s fleet also launched a hundred rounds, firing tens of thousands of giant arrows.

The hit rate of Suo Lun’s oil bombs never exceeded four percent, through the day and night, with just three to four hundred oil bombs finding their mark on the Allied Army’s fleet.

The outcome was the death of over a thousand enemy naval soldiers.

Sinking five of the enemy’s ships, and wounding dozens.

Whereas the losses for Suo Lun’s fleet were even smaller, not a single warship sank, and casualties were less than a hundred.

Nevertheless, the trebuchets had suffered several rounds of damage, and their expensive leather slings had been replaced multiple times.

And even so, nearly ten trebuchets were catastrophically damaged beyond repair.

The casualties of the Alliance Army of Extinction were minimal, too, but during this day and night, they were completely suppressed by the Suo Fleet.

The leaders of the four families were nearly exploding with rage, cursing Suo Lun for being too despicable, for his hit-and-run tactics that didn’t give them a chance to get close.

Otherwise, in just two hours, the seventy thousand soldiers of the Alliance Army could have completely annihilated Suo Lun’s Rock Pirate Fleet, killing every last one.

...

The two fleets continued to fight from night till day, and from day till night.

Another full day and night of battle.

To date, Suo Lun had sunk six of the enemy’s fleet, damaged over a hundred, and killed nearly three thousand enemy naval soldiers.

The losses of Suo Lun’s fleet remained insignificant.

Because he continued with his despicable tactics, absolutely not allowing his fleet to get close to the enemy. With an interval of four hundred meters, the Alliance Army of Extinction’s strong crossbows couldn’t inflict fatal damage.

However, the bad news was that over twenty percent of his more than a hundred catapults had been damaged.

...

Another day and night passed.

Another day and night passed.

Despite taking turns to rest and fight, both fleets were completely exhausted.

In the two days that followed, the Suo Lun Fleet continued to press their opponents, but the results were increasingly negligible.

On and off, throughout four days and nights of battle, the Allied Army Fleet had only ten ships sunk, with just over five thousand casualties.

Meanwhile, the casualties of the Suo Lun Fleet were still minuscule.

But...

The rate at which the catapults were damaged had exceeded half.

Moreover, the oil bombs were almost completely used up.

In the days and nights of intense battle, as they fought while sailing southward, they had covered a staggering distance of over two thousand miles.

At this point, they had entered the waters around Chaos Stone Island.

However, Suo Lun’s Rock Pirate Fleet didn’t stop for a moment and kept heading south.

"Lord Tuli Yun, the Chaos Stone Island Salt Fields are just ahead, and Suo Lun’s Fleet hasn’t made any stops," reported one of the naval commanders.

Tuli Yun ordered a ship to sail close to Chaos Stone Island to scout the situation.

The report came back that the entire Chaos Stone Island Salt Fields were deserted, and there wasn’t a single ship on the sea; Suo Lun had completely abandoned the Chaos Stone Salt Field.

"City Lord, should we send troops to seize the Chaos Stone Salt Field?" another naval commander asked.

"What’s the rush? The Chaos Stone Salt Field doesn’t have legs; it won’t run away," Tuli Yun said.

"Count Tuli Yun, Suo Lun’s Fleet is fleeing because they’ve run out of oil bombs," Turing Chen said.

Count Tuli Yun looked up and saw that, indeed, Suo Lun’s Fleet kept moving south, not stopping to fire oil bombs anymore.

"Full speed in pursuit!" Count Tuli Yun ordered.

Instantly, the thousand ships of the Alliance Army of Extinction unfurled their sails, chasing after them at full speed to the south.

"Suo Lun won’t be able to escape," Turing Chen said.

Count Tuli Yun nodded his head.

Over these days and nights, it might have appeared that Suo Lun was in the lead, but his fate of destruction had already been sealed.

True, Suo Lun’s Fleet was fast because the ships were small, but there was a limited supply of fresh water and food on board, and no supply ships behind them, so how many more days could they last?

What would happen once they ran out of ammunition and provisions?

If Suo Lun’s Fleet stayed adrift at sea, they would die. And if they chose to land, it would be an even more certain death.

In any case, the Annihilate Sauron Alliance Fleet’s thousands of ships kept biting at Suo Lun’s heels. They were waiting for him to run out of ammunition and provisions, or perhaps waiting for him to land.

Either way, it was a dead end.

Next, both fleets stopped their attacks.

Suo Lun desperately fled south, while the Annihilate Sauron Alliance Fleet chased after them with all their might.

...

Dusk approached!

Suo Lun’s Fleet had entered the waters of Tianshui City, more than a hundred miles away from Devil’s Bay.

This place was the burial ground that Suo Lun had prepared for his enemies.

And the Allied Army Fleet was merely trailing behind, the distance no more than a hundred miles!

Suo Lun looked toward Queen Yan Chuo and said, "Aunt, it’s time to lead them into hell. Do you think they will follow?"

"They definitely will," Yan Chuo’er said.

In these days and nights, the Allied Army Fleet had been completely frustrated by Suo Lun, desperate to flay him alive, they wouldn’t let him escape.

Moreover, the landing location chosen by the Alliance Army of Extinction was none other than Devil’s Bay, which was nearly the only place suitable for a large-scale landing.

As night fell, darkness swallowed everything.

Suo Lun’s gaze flashed with a devilish gleam as he coldly said, "Enter Devil’s Bay."

At the same time, hundreds of cargo ships were anchored in Devil’s Bay, carrying nearly a hundred thousand barrels of crude oil, weighing millions of pounds.

This staggering amount of oil could turn the entire bay into a blazing hell, completely engulfing the entire Allied Army Fleet!

Then the sea, for hundreds of miles around, would be ablaze.

With the fleets of the four allied powers, consisting of thousands of ships, there would be no escape!

In a terrible silence, Suo Lun’s Rock Pirate Fleet sailed into Devil’s Bay.

Several miles behind, the Allied Army Fleet surged forward in a mighty array, relentless in pursuit.

Thousands of ships with tens of thousands of soldiers gradually sailed into hell!

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