Pirate Kingship-Chapter 727 - 480: Black Sails: You Have a Maritime Great Wall, I Burn the Camp with Fire

It would immediately break the People of Castilia's best "seaborne siege warfare" and return to the pirates' best wolf pack tactics!

Thinking of this, Byron waved his hand to signal:

"Miss, Saranthe, I'll leave the first wave of attack to you."

"Understood."

The next moment, the main body of the pirate fleet collectively slowed down outside the range of the Treasure Fleet.

Yet, there were hundreds of small single-sailed boats that were not much bigger than dinghies continuing to accelerate forward.

There was nothing on them except for a full sail and a large pile of oak barrels, but the speed was increasing.

It was because the Sea Magician Saranthe had already used the authority of the Sea King's Trident to control the nearby schools of fish, desperately pushing these... fire ships from below the water!

You have the Great Wall of the Sea, I have Fire Ships Burning the Camps.

Fire tactics are the natural nemesis of Iron Chain Binding!

The navy on the Treasure Fleet immediately realized the pirate's tactical intent and promptly came up with a targeted battle plan.

Their specialty is seaborne siege warfare, so they are well aware of their own weaknesses.

Each ship captain immediately ordered:

"All artillery teams, load scatter bombs, sink them!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...

The artillery blaze flickered, with smoke billowing, and countless scorching projectiles stormed towards the fire ships like a tempest.

The fleet was not lacking in Artillery Experts, whose accuracy greatly improved when operating the cannons independently. Even when using muzzle-loading smoothbore cannons, hitting moving targets within a hundred-meter distance was not difficult.

But the schools of fish, under Saranthe's control, immediately began high-speed irregular serpentine maneuvers, drawing into the sea winding white trails.

The scatter bombs shot by the Transcendent artillerymen mostly missed, only a few sharp-eyed ones hit the fire ships in front of them.

If the small boats had been manned, they'd probably be paralyzed by now.

But the scatter bombs, deadly to humans, were remarkably ineffective at damaging the wooden boats themselves.

Seafaring histories of various countries record ships taking more than a hundred solid cannonballs and still being unsinkable. It was almost impossible to precisely sink these "unmanned suicide bombs" within a few limited shots.

Some ships tried to scare away the fish with Dragon Dung Potion, but unfortunately, they were already at the edge of the ocean currents. The potion dispersion was slow, insufficient to deter the marine creatures.

Of course, within this "Great Wall of the Sea" spanning over a dozen kilometers, not all warships were helpless against the "unmanned fire ships."

Among them, several captains were Third Order Lighthouse Sequence Navigators, spreading their palms towards the ocean to unleash the Third Order's core professional ability, Tidal Catcher.

Splash...

Ripples spread from under the ships, with waves under their control forming rapid torrents that pushed backward.

The experts among them could even rise from the sea with gigantic hands to overturn schooners into the water.

The only problem was their numbers were too few to influence the tide of battle.

Ultimately, about one-fifth of the fish net managed to break through to the warships.

Under Violet's remote control, they combusted with a roar, blue and white flames surging into the sky like clawing fire dragons, instantly illuminating the entire sea battle beneath the dark clouds.

The barrels on board were filled with high-energy whale oil from the Meis Leviathan Whale, incredibly difficult to extinguish in a short time.

Even though the sailors pumped water pumps to the point of smoking, they couldn't withstand this kind of heat.

They could only watch as the light barrier of the "Great Wall of the Sea" sizzled and crackled, with part of the sailors' hair singed by the scorching heat, forcing them to retreat in alarm.

But to maintain the Great Wall of the Sea formation, they dared not evade without orders, lest they stray from the fleet.

Doing so might very well land the captain in a military court, unless they were nobility, being executed was not entirely out of the question.

"You're all useless!"

The Fleet Commander Beast Nemesis Wickliffe also noticed the issues the Treasure Fleet was facing, resolving to reinstate live-fire training upon returning to the Kingdom.

But for now, he could only choose to save the day, slapping his hand on the wheel in front of him.

The iron-colored divine light of the Great Wall of the Sea shone once again, concentrating entirely on the assaulted warships.

Once the entire fleet connected as a whole, it could draw upon the spirituality and defense of other ships to focus at one point, generating a force field to counter the attackers.

Just as the blaze seemed to be getting suppressed bit by bit.

Always on standby on the Flame Rose, Violet suddenly curled her lips slightly, raising her hand to snap her fingers.

Snap!

Dozens of Warship Birds suddenly swooped down from the low clouds, diving towards the two warships whose defenses had been momentarily drained, causing a short-lived power vacuum!

Over the decades, countless forces conducted research to seize the Treasure Fleet, while the Treasure Fleet knew nothing about their opponents.

Caught unawares, the People of Castilia didn't even have time to release Aerial Embargo before getting face-rushed by Blood and Fire Sing As One.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...

Even though a few birds were hit with dead-on accuracy by the Fortress Sequence Musketeers, more slammed into the dimmed-out light barrier outside the ship.

The Fourth Order Panacea-level flesh and blood combined with Flame's Kiss, like a dozen high-explosive aerial bombs of terrifying power, tore apart the defense barrier that had already been weakened twice, within mere moments.

On the two targeted warships, people were thrown about, with their entire mast, rigging system, and superstructure suddenly swept clean.