amaotonovel Chapter 1291 The Flying Dutchman?
Chapter 1291 The Flying Dutchman?
Instructions are transmitted swiftly, like lightning.
The massive Zhenyuan fleet gradually lowered the thunderous roar of its engines, and its speed slowly decreased from cruising to its lowest point.
Thirty-six jet-black steel behemoths, like ancient mountains lurking in the deep sea, formed a menacing defensive formation on the sea surface, waiting for their prey to approach.
The atmosphere inside the bridge was heavy and tense, with a silent tension spreading through the air.
Elizabeth stared intently at the twelve flashing, approaching red dots on the control panel, her sapphire-like eyes burning with a bloodthirsty rage.
Every nerve trembled with excitement in this oppressive silence.
"Your Highness! They've entered the Five Seas!" She licked her dry lips, her voice filled with barely suppressed madness. "Just give the order, and I guarantee that within three volleys, they'll all be fish food!"
She was so eager to fire.
She desperately wanted to witness firsthand just how terrifying the destructive power of this invincible fleet, which she commanded and which did not belong to this world, truly was!
Yue Fei stood with his hands behind his back in front of the huge holographic geomantic map, his expression as calm as an ancient well.
However, his eagle eyes, fixed on the enemy fleet's formation, betrayed the turmoil deep within his heart.
He was performing a simulation.
He had already rehearsed the impending naval battle in his mind a thousand times. The enemy's formation, speed, possible attack methods, and his own countermeasures... all variables were rapidly processing and analyzing in his brain, which was comparable to a supercomputer, ultimately arriving at the optimal solution.
This is his instinct as a commander.
Even though he knew that in the face of the prince's absolute power, any ingenious tactics and strategies would seem superfluous.
Murong Yan simply nestled quietly in Lin Zhen's arms, one hand unconsciously stroking her protruding belly.
She wasn't worried about the outcome of the battle.
She was just curious.
She wondered how her husband would crush these pathetic creatures who dared to challenge his supreme authority this time, in a way that transcended ordinary imagination.
Time ticked by in a suffocating silence.
at last.
The East India Company patrol fleet, consisting of twelve galleons, broke through the sea fog and appeared prominently at the edge of everyone's sight.
When they saw clearly the thirty-six enormous ships, like black mountains stretching across the sea.
All the East India Company sailors and soldiers were completely frozen in place.
They were all stunned, their minds completely blank.
"My God... what... what the hell is that?!"
"Is it a ghost ship? Or the legendary 'Flying Dutchman'?!"
"No! That's not a ship! That's...that's a demon crawling out of hell!"
After a brief, deathly silence.
The East India Company's fleet was instantly plunged into immense panic and chaos.
However, just when everyone thought they would immediately turn the ship around and flee in panic.
A voice filled with arrogance and madness suddenly resounded throughout the entire sea area through a loudspeaker.
"What's the panic?! A bunch of useless trash!"
"We are the great East India Company! Behind us stands the all-powerful 'Nihilists'! They give us the power to be invincible at sea!"
"We possess divine power! We are invincible!"
"All gunners in position!"
"Open fire!"
"Blast these barbarians from the East who dare to challenge our supreme authority to pieces!"
With that command, filled with morbidity and arrogance.
On the twelve East India Company galleons, hundreds of cannons, modified with Nihilistic technology, roared simultaneously!
However, what was fired was not a traditional solid cannonball.
Instead, they were energy orbs with long blue tails, filled with an aura of destruction!
Those orbs of light traced eerie arcs in the air, hurtling towards the Zhenyuan Fleet at speeds far exceeding those of conventional artillery shells!
"Energy Shield! Maximum Power!"
As Elizabeth watched the overwhelming rain of deathly light descend, her beautiful face showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, a smile of excitement and anticipation, bordering on madness, appeared on her face.
Om-!
A deep, resonant energy boom suddenly rang out.
A massive, almost transparent blue energy shield instantly appeared, centered on the "Dingyuan"!
It completely enveloped the entire Zhenyuan Fleet!
next second.
The overwhelming blue energy spheres slammed heavily into the massive energy shield!
However, the earth-shattering explosion that was expected did not occur.
Those terrifying energy orbs, powerful enough to instantly blast a Tier 3 battleship to pieces, vanished without a trace upon contact with the shield, like bubbles crushed by an invisible hand, silently merging into the blue light barrier.
It only stirred up ripples, like the gentle waves created by a pebble thrown into a lake, brilliant yet fleeting.
Then, it completely disappeared.
The entire battlefield fell into a deathly silence.
All the East India Company soldiers and sailors stared in disbelief, as if someone had grabbed their throats.
They stared intently at the massive and sturdy energy shield that remained unscathed and without even a crack after withstanding a volley of fire from their hundreds of "divine cannons."
His eyes were filled with disbelief and horror a hundred times stronger than when he saw the Zhenyuan Fleet before!
Their supposedly divinely bestowed power was utterly ineffective against this Eastern fleet—it couldn't even be considered a tickle!
This...how is this possible? !
"Now, it's our turn."
While they were still shocked and puzzled by the bizarre scene before them that was completely beyond their comprehension,
The Eastern man, who had been quietly watching everything from beginning to end, finally spoke slowly.
His voice wasn't loud, yet it sounded like a death sentence from the deepest hell.
It was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears.
"Elizabeth."
"Give them a generous gift in return."
"Use the No. 1 main gun, at 10% power."
"The target, their flagship."
"Cripple it, don't sink it."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
The moment Elizabeth heard Lin Zhen's command, a fanatical light, almost maniacal, burst forth in her sapphire-blue eyes!
She knew that her first and most magnificent performance, belonging to this invincible fleet, was about to begin!
She rushed to the control panel, and her fair, slender hands, which should have been used to play the harp, were now dancing wildly across the complex virtual buttons at a dazzling speed!
"Dingyuan's No. 1 electromagnetic main gun, begin charging!"
"Target locked! Enemy flagship 'Victory'!"
"Energy output, 10%!"
"emission!"
With that roar, filled with endless madness and bloodlust.
Om-!
A muffled thud, deeper than thunder and more pounding than a heartbeat, came from the depths of the bow of the "Dingyuan" warship.
The three dark barrels of the triple-mounted main gun turret were thicker than a man's waist, and now they crackled with electricity and emitted a hissing sound.
There was no flame.
No roar.
Only three extremely refined blue beams of light were silently fired from the gun.
In the frozen, horrified eyes of everyone in the East India Company fleet, the three beams of light were but a fleeting glimpse.
next moment.
The patrol fleet's flagship, the "Victory," with its towering mainmast, sail-laden barges, and the top deck large enough to accommodate a hundred musketeers, simply vanished...
It wasn't destroyed, but completely and utterly erased from the material level.
It was as if the concept of their existence had been forcibly ripped off the canvas of reality by a hand from a higher dimension.
The fractured surface, smooth as a mirror, melted instantly under high temperatures, solidifying into a strange, glassy luster that shimmered with a deathly light in the sunlight.