World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 739 - 363: Breakdown! Top Secret Weapon, God of War!_2

Chapter 739: 363: Breakdown! Top Secret Weapon, God of War!_2

Like those of the top human kingdom heroes, he strived to found a country, a country ruled by rock people.

It was precisely such immense ambition that led him to refuse Suo Lun’s incredibly generous terms.

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By this point, Suo Lun already knew, there was no room for negotiation.

The ambitions of both sides were too great; they simply couldn’t come to an agreement.

Even the East Great Sea combined with Rage Wave Kingdom was too small to contain the ambitions of these brothers.

For the first time, a smile appeared on Suo Lun’s face as he said, "My brother, this matter is too important. May I take some time to consider? And you should also consider my request. I do wish to form an alliance with you, just as you said, with our brotherly hearts united, we are invincible in this world!"

Yan Mo said, "Alright, my dear brother. You may take some time, but not too long. We rock people are not known for our patience. When will you give me an answer?"

"Three months?" suggested Suo Lun.

"No, at most ten days!" Yan Mo said.

"Two months?" Suo Lun suggested again.

"No, at most half a month." Yan Mo insisted.

Suo Lun said, "Then let it be one month, I will surely give you an answer!"

"Fine, one month it is!" Yan Mo said. "If there is no answer after one month, don’t blame me, your brother, for being heartless. At that time, I will lead a hundred thousand navy men to wreak havoc along the coast of your Tianshui City, find and take over your Magic Mirror Base, completely blockade your Chaos Stone Island, starving the people on it, and then take your Chaos Stone Salt Field for myself!"

Suo Lun held up a finger and said, "One month!"

Then, Suo Lun said, "Zhi Yan, let’s go!"

Zhi Yan stepped forward and departed with Suo Lun from the luxurious ship onto a small boat, heading towards the Suo fleet.

Haidei’er gracefully made her appearance, her previously coquettish demeanor gone, replaced by a melancholy almost to the point of tears!

"Fortunately, that bastard Suo Lun didn’t point more than half a finger at you, or I would have cut off his hand," Yan Mo said affectionately as he pulled his young wife into his arms, chuckling, "Women are like clothes, brothers are like limbs; whoever wears my clothing, I will cut off their limbs!"

Haidei’er said, "But wearing it so transparently, it’s all been seen already."

Yan Mo replied, "We Rock Pirates don’t care about our women being seen, as long as they aren’t touched."

The Rock Pirates indeed didn’t mind their women being seen by other men. Life at sea, coupled with the hot weather, meant women wore very light clothing, and everything became transparent once they were in the water.

"The negotiations failed?" Haidei’er asked.

"Yes, they failed." Yan Mo replied.

Haidei’er said, "Then why did you still agree to give him a month to think it over?"

Yan Mo said, "A great war requires preparation. Besides, there’s a saying, ’No one understands until they see the coffin.’ Wait until I’ve repeatedly plundered his merchant ships and annihilated his warships, and he feels the pain, perhaps he will become wise and accept my terms."

"That’s right. To make someone submit, you need to hurt them, break their limbs, shatter their teeth, and then press a sharp dagger against their most vulnerable parts. Only then will the other party surrender," Haidei’er said.

Yan Mo caressed her neck lovingly and said, "You are a daughter of the Hai Family, yet I am plotting how to destroy the Hai Family and seize Yingzhou Island. Do you not hate me?"

Haidei’er replied, "My mother was a white female slave, impregnated by my father in a drunken stupor, and thus I was born. I have always been of low status. It was only when they decided to find one of my father’s many daughters to marry you, that they found out that I was the only one who was still pure. So they hastily had the senior wife adopt me and pretend to be the legitimate daughter to marry you off. Hence, rather than being a daughter of the Hai Family, I’d rather become the lofty Yan Queen, and see my brothers and sisters kneel before me."

"Well said." Yan Mo exclaimed excitedly as he slapped his young wife’s leg and roared, "Bear children for me, lots of them, for they will inherit thousands of miles of territory and tens of millions of subjects."

...

Having just returned to the flagship of the Suo fleet, Queen Yan Chuo approached immediately and asked, "How did it go?"

Suo Lun replied, "Yan Mo wants gunpowder; I refused. The negotiations have broken down, prepare for war!"

Queen Yan Chuo’s enchanting brows furrowed as she said, "Waging wars in succession weakens us, now is really not the time for battle."

Indeed, who would say otherwise?

Tianshui City had just been through a major battle that lasted a month. Although the casualties were not significant, it spent hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins on military expenses, an astronomical amount of resources.

Moreover, Suo Lun’s most important enemy right now was Zhi Li, and the urgent task at hand was to reorganize the captives, reform and govern the Southeast Province, making it an absolute war potential for Suo Lun, and then to further expand the army to two hundred thousand, or even more.

Suo Lun temporarily had no desire to expand his territory at sea, so there wouldn’t be much to gain in waging war against Yan Mo.

However, he did not provoke Yan Mo, but this half-brother of his took the initiative to bring the fight to his doorstep.

Often, one truly has no control over their circumstances!

Suo Lun, Zhi Yan, and Queen Yan Chuo entered the secret cabin!

By this time, Yan Mo had completely cornered Suo Lun; it was either compromise or battle!

Suo Lun would never compromise, so there was only one path left to take—fight!

"The drill of the Griffin Beasts boarding ships has been performed dozens of times, what are the results?" Suo Lun asked.

Queen Yanchuo replied, "It has a certain deterrent effect, but the combat result is not very significant. First of all, the Griffin Beasts have to fly above four hundred meters to ensure safety, but at that altitude, when dropping gunpowder bags, even on land the accuracy is very poor, and with big wind on the sea, the error is even greater. The warships’ area is too small, and the gap between them too wide, the probability of a precise hit is less than five percent."

Of course, the most crucial issue was that the number of Griffin Beasts was too small.

If there were a hundred or two hundred Griffin Beasts swooping down, even if the hit rate was only five percent, it would be enough to form carpet bombing.

But with only a dozen Griffin Beasts facing a thousand enemy warships, they honestly felt somewhat powerless.

The Griffin Beasts boarding ships, aerial attacks in sea battles, Queen Yanchuo had rehearsed it many times over. Ultimately, it was concluded that because of the poor water resistance of the gunpowder bags, dropping them was even less lethal than dropping barrels of fire oil.

However, whether dropping fire oil barrels or gunpowder bags, there was only one conclusion: Griffin Beast air strikes had considerable deterrent power in naval battles, but to decide the victory of a sea battle, especially on a very large scale, was still quite remote.

"Could it be, we have to use our top-secret weapon?" Queen Yan Chuo said.

At once, both Suo Lun and Zhi Yan raised their heads.

The research on this top-secret weapon was virtually conducted alongside the development of gunpowder, and by now, the number of people involved had exceeded a few thousand, and the funds invested had surpassed two hundred thousand Gold Coins.

The finished product had been made over half a year ago and was fully ready for actual combat.

But, Suo Lun really did not wish for this ultimate weapon to be revealed prematurely!

Because this thing was indeed the true god of war, capable of completely turning the tide of battle. Until he was absolutely powerful, he really did not want it to see the light of day!

However, maritime trade was Suo Lun’s economic lifeline, something that had to be preserved. At the moment of life and death, they would have to let this ultimate weapon of war be revealed early!

"Let’s go, to the secret shipyard, and see what stage our top-secret weapon has reached," Suo Lun said.

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The fast ship went downstream!

After Suo’s fleet entered the waters of Tianshui City, they immediately returned to base, then Suo Lun, Zhi Yan, and Queen Yan Chuo rode on Griffin Beasts, flying along the sea surface, headed to another one of Suo Lun’s top-secret bases, the secret shipyard!

This shipyard was also located within a bay near the Barbarian Domain, entirely inside a huge cave!

The number of people who knew about this top-secret shipyard totaled less than ten.

At this time, there were three huge warships floating on the sea surface inside the shipyard, tall like small mountains.

Anyone who saw these three tremendous warships would take in a breath of cold air!

These three warships were completely different from all warships in this world.

At the front, on both sides, and at the back of the warship, dozens of dark, thick iron tubes protruded densely!

That’s right, these were cannons, the true gods of war!

These were three massive Cannon Warships, super weapons sufficient to overturn the naval battle paradigm!

An ultimate weapon that Suo Lun was very reluctant to let be revealed prematurely!

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