From the advent of the mountains and seas

Chapter 45
clang~clang~
On the deck of the guard ship, soldiers rang with cymbals to convey a warning,
"To the southeast, sea beasts are approaching!"

Two teams of archers galloped along the side of the ship, stood at the southeast bow, bent their bows and set arrows.

First project several explosive signal arrows to the night ahead to serve as illumination.

I saw a dark shadow moving faintly under the rising tide, approaching the guard ship at a high speed.

"The archers go to the high positions, and the halberds and sword and shield soldiers form a defensive line on the side of the ship to buy time for the artillery to load!"

The Jinyiwei Baihu guarding this place came out of the cabin quickly with a waist knife, with a calm expression, and gave orders one after another to boost morale.

"The main ship is right next to us, Commander Lu is looking at us, those who fight bravely to be the first will be rewarded!"

After all, in a large fleet, Baihu didn't think that a sea beast could cause much trouble. It's not like he didn't come across sea beasts that didn't have long eyes all the way, and they all eventually became the ingredients for the fleet's extra meals.

Those who can be selected into the fleet are all elites. The first time they receive the order, each team will enter the position and be ready to deal with the incoming sea beasts at any time.

Bai Hu looked at the orderly defense of the deck and nodded in satisfaction.

But just when he was about to say a few words of praise, there was a surge of water on the left side of the boat, and immediately after that, a huge black-gray tentacle with a length of more than ten meters and a surface full of suction cups rushed out of the sea, whipping at the sea. The position of the artillery erection.

Those cannons weighing hundreds of catties were easily rolled up by the tentacles, and then slammed into all parts of the deck!

In an instant.

The stumps and broken arms flew across in front of Baihu, and even the main mast of the guard ship was not spared. It broke in the middle and rolled down towards the soldiers on the deck.

"Get out of the way! Watch out for the sails!"

Someone shouted loudly, the deck formation was forced to disband, and the soldiers fled for their lives.

Before they could gather again, two more tentacles suddenly dropped from the bow and the right side of the ship, sweeping left and right across the deck, rolling up and throwing whatever they caught.

No matter how good the soldiers are, facing the tentacles that are almost as tall as them, they can't resist the huge swing of the sea monster. They can only be thrown high up like toys, and the blood rains down.

tom!tom!
After reacting, the nearby guard ships started firing at the sea monster's tentacles.

Explosions sounded one after another, the tentacles trembled, and even the offensive was blocked for a while.

"Now, cut off these tentacles!"

Jin Yiwei Baihu drew his knife and went straight to the nearest tentacles. He knew clearly that if he wanted to keep the boat under his feet, he had to free it from the shackles of these tentacles.

Focusing on the wound where the tentacle was blasted by the shell, Bai Hu held the knife high in both arms, and slashed towards the wound.

But at the moment when he was about to succeed, the tentacle's sucker suddenly opened, and a large number of yellow and red petals sprayed out from inside, directly covering Baihu's face with a rich fragrance.

The long knife froze in the air, and Baihu looked down at his chest with a face full of astonishment.

Several gray-black human arms protruding from the suction cup pierced his chest at some point, frantically pulled out the internal organs from the wound, and then pulled them back into the suction cup, as if hiding a hungry beast inside.

Blood spewed out of his mouth, and Baihu saw that the still dissatisfied arms began to hook his shoulders and waist, trying to push his whole body into the suction cup, and turned to look at the position of the main ship with a look of despair on his face. He opened his mouth, as if praying for something.

"Fire! Don't worry about the second and third ship!"

Commander Lu stood at the height of the stern, looking at the guard ship whose hull had been pierced by several tentacles and whose mast was broken, he ordered in a deep voice.

Rather than watching the guard ship be swallowed, it is better to take advantage of it to attract the attention of the sea monster and destroy the sea monster first.

As for the people on board, some can always be rescued by then.

The main ship and nearby guard ships fired at the same time, and the roar of dozens of cannons smashed the No. [-] guard ship and the tentacles wrapped around it to pieces.

In just tens of seconds, a guard ship turned into a burning fireball under the gunfire, and only a few soldiers escaped from it.

The attack of the sea monster that was also hit hard seems to be silent because of this, except for a few broken tentacles that are still floating on the sea surface, and the main body disappeared in the surging tide without a trace.

An Jing stood by the side of the ship and watched the whole process of the battle.

The existence of sea monsters did not surprise him. After all, it was the sea route leading to Penglai Xiandao. If the sailing along the way was smooth, Penglai Island would have been turned upside down by explorers long ago, and it would become a legendary place.

What really caught An Jing's attention was the stuff gushing out of the sea monster's tentacles, if he read it correctly.
Showy petals, human arms.

Should these things appear on sea monsters?

"The shape of this sea monster is different from what I have seen before. I want to get a sample, come and salvage the tentacles."

A hoarse voice came from not far away. Looking sideways, he saw Tang Ruosheng pointing at the tentacles on the sea.

"It's not far from Penglai Island, maybe we can get some information from this sea monster!"

As the highest-ranking person in the fleet except Commander Lu and General Hu Zhijing, Tang Ruosheng's order was naturally carried out immediately, and several Jin Yiwei stepped forward to take the order and prepared to salvage the tentacles in a small boat.

"Wait, the situation has changed, so the fleet will move forward at full speed and rush out of this sea area immediately!"

Commander Lu looked at the sea surface on the left side of the stern, suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and ordered loudly.

Almost at the same time as she shouted.

Inside the convoy, more than a dozen tentacles that were larger than the previous siege of the second and third guard ships rushed out from the gaps between the ships.

They are like gray and black stone pillars rising from the sea.

Every sucker opened at the moment it left the sea, blowing out strong wind pressure, which interfered with the operation of the sails, causing several ships to collide without changing direction, and then were violently whipped by the tentacles!
What's even more frightening is that the slapping of the tentacles is no longer just a pure physical impact. Every time these tentacles fall, a large number of distorted sea monsters will fall from the suction cups, launching a surprise attack on the humans on board.

The most powerful artillery of the fleet lost its effect at this moment.

Hulls colliding with each other, shaking decks, tentacles falling from the top of the head, and twisted sea monsters.

The sea, which was calm not long ago, has completely fallen into turmoil.

As far as the eye can see, there are soaring flames, armies fighting independently, and the hull of the ship being flooded by sea water due to damage. Chaos has already begun. It is impossible to notify other ships of Commander Lu's order in a short time.

"Leave the sails! Switch to the oars, and the main ship keeps moving forward."

The situation was thrown into chaos by these tentacles that came from nowhere, Commander Lu made a prompt decision,

"Order all the ships to keep up and do everything possible to get out of this area!"

(End of this chapter)