Chapter 141 You Can't Even Escape Even if You Want To

Suren ran wildly all the way. After several directional shifts, the pursuers behind him disappeared from sight.

After advancing to Tier 5, his body attributes had increased across the board by a large margin, and his spatial displacement ability had also increased greatly. The Eight-Armed Spider Spears sprinted wildly on the sea, and then spatially shifted all the way, making the speed fly.

In the words of Qian Tiao joking with Suren, there were many professional who were stronger than him, but now there were not many who could run faster than him.

Suren ran to an uninhabited sea area and took out the brass clockwork ball again.

This was the key to controlling the entire secret realm. With it, there was no need to wait for the ocean currents and wind directions that only happened once every ten days or half a month. He could go out at any time.

Suren pinched the mage seal with both hands, and a black hole vortex that was getting bigger and bigger appeared in front of him. A black iron ram with a skull from a sea ship protruded from the black hole, followed by a triangular foresail, a main mast, and a black hull.

After successfully digesting the [Void Gene Potion Raw Liquid] and the [Voidwalker's Anywhere Door], Suren's spatial abilities had undergone a qualitative leap, and it was much smoother to collect and release the behemoth "Eternal Night Emperor". Although he still needed help from the Dawn Mercenary Group.

Before long, the big ship "splashed" into the water, and cheers came from the Dawn Mercenary Group on the deck.

Suren took out the brass clockwork to activate the authority restriction. Suddenly, the Milky Way reversed on the sea, and a strange sea breeze billowed the black sails, and the ocean current slowly accelerated the sea ship.

"Wow~ we're going to set sail!"

Everyone was very happy, lying on the railing, watching the surrounding scenery of the sea.

Soon they would be able to leave this void secret realm, and those in the North Sea Fleet would not be able to catch up even if they wanted to.

...

The Eternal Night was getting closer and closer to the outside world.

On the deck, Suren took out the brass clockwork. He looked at the slight scale on it, and then looked at the direction of the academy in the distance, and suddenly thought of something.

The plane channel on the academy ruins had always been preserved, but it had been sealed.

The void rifts he had seen before were the gaps where the sealing restrictions naturally loosened and cracked, which were controllable by humans.

Through these rifts, the North Sea Fleet could still continuously capture some void creatures that strayed into the plane, and could still use the rich void energy leaking from the rifts to cultivate a continuous stream of professionals with high void resistance.

Thinking of this, a thoughtful arc appeared on Suren's brow.

Then he gently twisted the clockwork in his hand and reset the scale to zero.

"Ka", "Ka", "Ka"...

The clockwork ball made a crisp and pleasant metal contact sound.

As if some invisible restriction had been touched, the air in the secret realm trembled.

This small move caused the dozens of rifts above the academy ruins more than ten nautical miles away to completely merge together. The void energy that was constantly leaking out also disappeared without a trace.

The group of pirates from the North Sea Fleet were dumbfounded.

From then on, no one could obtain new void materials from this secret realm. This was undoubtedly like killing a hen that laid golden eggs for the North Sea Fleet.

Since they were enemies, Suren had no psychological burden in completely closing the passage. There was also a more important reason, that was, the Alchemy Plane simply did not have the strength to resist the invasion of alien planes, and those rifts would also become a breakthrough point for void plane creatures to discover the Alchemy Plane. Even the former "demigod" Sir Isaac did not dare to be careless. Leaving them might lead to an alien invasion disaster at any time.

It was better to close them.

...

More than half a month later, the Darrenmeter Sea.

This was a deserted sea rarely visited on the nautical chart, in the northwest of the Roman Kingdom.

The weather was fine today. Light white clouds floated in the blue sky, and a cool sea breeze rippled across the sea like fish scales.

At this moment, a fierce naval battle was taking place on this deserted sea.

"Dong!"

"Dong!"

"Dong!"

"..."

The sound of cannons was deafening, and a large amount of wooden debris floated on the sea.

One side was five three-masted sailing ships, flying the North Sea Fleet's wolf-toothed mace skull flag.

On the other side was a huge black sail battleship.

The firepower of the black sail battleship was too fierce. After the two sides entered the range, a salvo of more than five hundred cannons fired, and the overwhelming bullets fell like a storm, covering a large area of the sea. Ordinary warships could not resist it at all. Even the concentrated firepower of five warships could not suppress one black sail battleship. Moreover, the hull of the black sail battleship was exceptionally strong, and even if ordinary shells hit it, the damage caused was very limited.

After a few rounds of shelling between the two sides, three of the five three-masted pirate ships were sunk. The other two ships were hit and immediately prepared to escape when they saw that the situation was not good. But before they could run far, some terrifying mechanical octopus tentacles suddenly emerged from the sea. Before the people on the ship could struggle, they were twisted into pieces.

The black sail battleship chased after them and beat up the pirates who fell into the water.

On the deck, Barrett waved his iconic silver arm to direct the battle.

"Brothers, get ready to salvage the spoils!"

"Hahaha... are these the three squadrons of the North Sea Seventh Fleet? Tsk tsk, they are elite troops, but they were defeated like this."

"I just saw that they have several large-caliber main guns, which are not bad for us. Keep an eye on them when they go into the sea, and don't miss them."

"Stop dawdling, reinforcements from the North Sea Fleet will be here soon."

"..."

The Dawn Mercenary Group was very excited and began to clear the remaining pirates and salvage the spoils very skillfully.

This was the fifth wave of pursuers they had wiped out recently.

Since they came out of the void secret realm, the North Sea Fleet had mobilized almost all the pirate squadrons, adventurers, and bounty hunters that could be mobilized in the entire North Sea and laid an interception circle in this deserted sea near the Roman Kingdom in an attempt to intercept the Dawn Mercenary Group.

But how could the current Dawn Mercenary Group be so easily intercepted?

Suren had mechanical octopus robots, and Qian Tiao and Barrett were super-strong combat forces. Sending a few ordinary pirate squadrons was just sending them to their deaths.

After several encounters, not only did those guys fail to stop them, but they also brought a large amount of supplies to the Dawn Mercenary Group.

In the beginning, the Eternal Night Emperor had almost no modern cannons. Now, not only did it have them, but it was also full of standard Mafa military naval cannons. They were all obtained from the spoils of wiping out these blocking guys.

Now that the ship was fully equipped with cannons, they were not afraid of naval battles at all.

After the cannons fired, there was no need for boarding battles at all. The enemy would most likely be sunk and routed.

The number and caliber of naval guns directly determined the outcome of the battle.

This was the hegemonic status of the Sea Emperor-class battleship at sea!

It was almost impossible to intercept the current Dawn Mercenary Group head-on.

Unless Oleg and several super-strong deputy fleet commanders came in person.

But the fact was that the number of top experts was also limited. The North Sea was so big that even if they blocked a few mature routes, dozens of fleets could not completely block them.

Moreover, if they encountered a large encirclement, could the Dawn Mercenary Group not run away?

The "Eternal Night Dawn" was the fastest of the sailing warships, and with Tani's ability to control ocean currents and waves, it could easily get rid of the encirclement and suppression.

What's more, the Dawn Mercenary Group had the most detailed nautical chart of the North Sea, and they could avoid those complex sea areas where they might be ambushed, so it was almost impossible to be blocked.

The journey had been thrilling but without any danger.

The only trouble for the Dawn Mercenary Group now was that they were wanted by the North Sea Fleet and could not dock anywhere.

But the current situation was that the enemy was delivering supplies, so there was no impact even if they did not dock for a short time.

The encirclement looked like a big show, but it was just a joke.

...

Suren wandered around the sea, harvested a bunch of soul fragments, and then returned to the Eternal Night.

He had just killed two pirate squadron captains and obtained the latest information.

He shouted at Barrett, "Commander Barrett, the main force of those pirates' fleet is gathering in the southwest, and they will be fully assembled by noon tomorrow at the latest. The Third and Seventh Fleets are the main forces, and there are several big pirates with bounties over one billion. They probably want to take advantage of the night to use the fog of war to encircle us and force us into the encirclement. Oh, and it is said that Princess Frost Moon has also recruited some top experts to participate in the encirclement and suppression. The 'Thief Emperor' Carlo Meldies, one of the top ten bounty hunters, has also come. We have to be careful these few days."

It was because of this information that they could always grasp the enemy's movements.

Barrett responded loudly, "Okay."

The battle matters were handled by professional soldiers like Barrett, so Suren did not need to worry about it.

It was rare to bask in the sun, so Suren was not in a hurry to return to the cabin. He jumped onto the mast and meditated cross-legged.

During this meditation, the strange phenomenon of the raging black flames on his body subsided.

This was a manifestation of the uncontrolled overflow of dark spiritual power in his body.

It was not that Suren deliberately wanted to waste it, but that he could not control the surging dark spiritual power in his body like a tsunami.

In the past half a month, he had almost digested the Tier 5 void materials. He had also successfully integrated the epic-level alchemy prosthetic [Isaac's Alchemy Heart], truly entering the realm of a Tier 5 professional.

However, because the grade of this prosthetic was too high, he could not fully control it immediately after the initial integration.

He was like an energy emitter all day long, overflowing with energy everywhere.

After the integration, Suren deeply realized how exaggerated the increase in strength this alchemy prosthetic brought to a professional!

This [Isaac's Alchemy Heart] provided him with almost endless dark spiritual power. He almost did not need to consider the consumption and recovery of spiritual power when casting spells now.

Spatial displacement, puppet manipulation, various spells... all were powerful enough.

The Fallen Angel was a god-level creature, and its heart was like a nuclear power plant, small in size but containing endless energy.

No matter how Suren, a Tier 5 professional, squandered it, it was impossible to consume it all.

Even if it was really consumed too quickly, Sir Isaac had also developed it into an alchemy prosthetic, giving it super-functionality. The storage capacity, conversion rate, and self-absorption recovery ability were all top-notch in the world.

This prosthetic had brought a qualitative leap in Suren's combat power.

He had just advanced to Tier 5, and now he could not even evaluate his own combat power.

In a one-on-one fight, there might not be any obvious advantage.

But in a fight against many, the advantage would be very exaggerated.

With this [Isaac's Alchemy Heart], his puppet legion's human wave tactics had truly taken shape. Before, because his dark spiritual power was limited, he had to constantly calculate its use when controlling puppets to fight. But now, not only could he squander it at will, but he also had too much dark spiritual power and had to consider the fact that controlling too many puppets would distract him.

Once he made a move, the number of puppets in his puppet legion would be overwhelming, and he could defeat the enemy in an instant, leaving them with no power to fight back.

One person could be worth a thousand troops!

...

Suren adjusted his inner breath, and the restless dark spiritual power also calmed down.

At this time, he took out the [Isaac's Alchemy Manuscript 3] and looked through it.

He was now able to read the notes that he once thought he could not understand at all with great interest.

Some things could only be understood when one's knowledge reserve reached that level.

He was engrossed in reading the book.

But at this moment, the communicator rang.

He answered it and said in surprise, "Senior Sister, you said you are coming to Roman?"

The voice of Mr. Jing came from the communicator with a calm response, "Yes. The situation on your side is very complicated. I just received news that Mafa and the Agaparnon Temple have used mysterious means to predict some information about the future. The plan to rescue Kai will be a trap. Oleg will personally intercept you at that time. It just so happens that my strength has fully recovered, so I will come and join you. Our 'Dawn' should also show its face to the world."

"..."

As Suren listened, his expression suddenly lit up.

The reason why the Dawn Mercenary Group had been wandering around the North Sea was because they wanted to find an opportunity to rescue Kai.

To save people, they had to find a way to get the slave collar from Princess Frost Moon of Mafa.

This opportunity was not easy to find.

Suren had actually guessed the first half of what Mr. Jing said.

The guys from the North Sea King should have already confirmed their relationship with Kai, even if they were slow.

After all, Qian Tiao's [Rakshasa Woman] talent and his own Wraith Puppet were highly recognizable. They had been exposed when they broke into the Black Tower, making it easy for people to guess that they were a group.

So they would definitely set up an ambush with this.

This was also a point that Suren found difficult.

Fortunately, the exposure of the news was not entirely a bad thing, at least Kai's life was safer.

Suren felt that as long as he had enough patience, he could always wait for an opportunity to act.

But he did not expect that Mr. Jing would come in person!

But after hearing the domineering words in the second half, Suren's heart immediately stabilized.

He did not know how strong his senior sister was.

But at least, she was definitely not afraid of the North Sea King Oleg.

...

The news that the Dawn Mercenary Group encountered the North Sea Fleet's encirclement fleet in the Darrenmeter Sea and sank five pirate ships quickly spread throughout the entire North Sea Fleet. The pirates were furious and quickly gathered all the ships in the nearby sea area and surrounded the sea area where the incident occurred.

On the other hand, a pirate ship flying the flag of the "Blue Knight Pirate Group" also received the news.

This pirate group was a small but well-known veteran pirate group in the North Sea. The captain was the Tier 5 professional [Slaughtering Swordsman] Jacob Ferdinand.

But in fact, no one knew that he was a Tier 6 powerhouse.

They were now summoned by the North Sea King to encircle and suppress the Dawn Mercenary Group.

On the deck, Jacob, the big pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, had changed his usual arrogance and was standing there respectfully, reporting something to a strong man lying on a beach chair basking in the sun.

"Duke, I just received information that the Third, Fourth, and Sixth Squadrons of the North Sea Seventh Fleet have been wiped out. The news says that they should have gone west."

"Oh, how many squadrons have been wiped out? Tsk tsk, it's getting more and more lively."

"It is said that they were lucky enough to get a Sea Emperor-class battleship, so they have a great advantage in naval battles."

"Lucky? Hehe..."

"Sir, do you really have to go there in person? The situation in the North Sea is very complicated now. If people find out that you are here, it may bring you unnecessary trouble. After those guys from the North Sea Fleet capture them, I will find a way to get them out."

"Capture? How can they be so easily captured? Your news is too blocked. Do you know why this has caused such a big commotion this time? Hehe, because the Dawn Mercenary Group went to destroy the Void Secret Realm. This is why Oleg and Mafa are so furious!"

"This... how is that possible! The 'Dawn Mercenary Group' seems to be a small group of a few hundred people, and I heard that there is not even a Tier 7 professional. Do they have this ability? Not to mention that the Void Secret Realm is top secret and its location is not known to outsiders at all. Moreover, as far as I know, Oleg has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in the secret realm. It is impossible to break through without a million troops. They..."

"Hehe, I also find it unbelievable. However, judging from the reactions of all parties, it is most likely true."

"..."

Speaking of this, the man lying on the beach chair lifted the newspaper covering his face, stood up, and revealed a resolute face.

The gaudy Hawaiian shirt was not buttoned, exposing his burly chest and lush brown chest hair, like a strong brown bear.

On closer inspection, there were strands of purple luster in his full head of white hair.

The man did not seem to care about being hunted down at all, and grinned openly, like a lewd old gentleman, "Besides... if he wasn't special, he wouldn't have caught that girl's eye. Now that the commotion is getting bigger and bigger, I can't rest assured if I don't come and see him in person."

Hearing this, Jacob did not speak, but fell into deep thought.

At this time, the strong man said again, "Turn the ship north, there is no need to go west."

Jacob looked puzzled, "Ah... this? But sir, there is information that they have already gone west."

The man in the Hawaiian shirt looked at the distant sea and shook his head with a smile, "I can be sure that those guys will not even see a ghost shadow if you go west, do you believe it? This is a very clever single-soldier naval warfare flanking tactic, it should be commanded by that kid Barrett. He is bold and careful in deploying tactics, decisive in his actions, and meticulous in his considerations... this is exactly the same as when I taught him at the Royal War College! Besides, until now you have not discovered that they are not escaping at all, but are constantly looking for opportunities to disperse and cannibalize the encircling team. Hehe, those guys are probably planning to let the pirates deliver supplies to them..."

"..."

Hearing this, Jacob's expression froze, and he stood in awe.

...

The Eternal Night Emperor was sailing on the sea. Half a day later, the lookout on the mast sent a warning, "Captain, a warship has been found in the nine o'clock direction! Judging by the flag, it is the 'Blue Knight Pirate Group'!"

Hearing this, the people on the deck also mobilized.

Encountering a pirate group naturally meant encountering an enemy who was besieging their Dawn Mercenary Group, and there was a high probability that they would have to fight.

Barrett's command order immediately came from the communicator, "Everyone, prepare for battle!"

It just so happened that Suren was also meditating on the mast, and he opened his eyes and looked over.

But what surprised him was that there was only one ship?

It looked like they had accidentally encountered an unlucky pirate group.

In this situation, a fight would usually not break out. After all, the other party was not blind. Seeing the Dawn Mercenary Group's Sea Emperor-class battleship, it was absolutely impossible for them to come and die.

They would most likely turn around and escape as soon as they discovered them, or keep a distance from them from afar and not get close.

However, an accident happened.

To the surprise of everyone in the Dawn Mercenary Group, the "Blue Knight Pirate Group" not only did not escape after seeing them, but instead made a very outrageous choice.

They urged the alchemy sails and approached at full speed!

"Captain Barrett, they are still approaching us at full speed."

"Prepare the cannons, sink them as soon as they enter the range!"

"Yes!"

The other party's actions alerted everyone in the Dawn Mercenary Group.

This also confused Suren.

He even released the black crow to observe the surrounding sea area in the sky. The weather with this visibility was not suitable for ambushes at all.

He was sure that there was only one ship of enemies.

Could it be that there was a top professional on the other party's ship, which was why they were so confident?

Something abnormal must be a demon.

Out of caution, Barrett immediately changed his tactics.

"Change course and get rid of them!"

"Yes!"

But with this tactical retreat, the other party had a strange reaction again.

"But... Mr. Suren, the other side is signaling with flags, asking us to wait."

"???"

The people in the Dawn Mercenary Group only found this flag signal ridiculous.

Since they were enemies, why wait!

The situation was really strange. The Eternal Night had no intention of reducing its speed at all, but instead prepared to activate the alchemy sails to speed away.

But unexpectedly, the words that the observer said next surprised everyone.

"The people on that ship are signaling with flags that their captain wants to have a one-on-one duel with you!"

"Looking for me?"

"Yes, Mr. Suren! The flag signal specifically mentioned you!"

"..."

Suren was instantly confused when he heard this.

What does this mean?

A duel?

Before he could figure out what was going on, the speed of the ship on the opposite side suddenly slowed down, and a fast-moving object was launched from the deck.

Upon closer inspection, the "fast-moving object" turned out to be a broken mast.

And even more bizarrely, there was a gaudy man wearing a Hawaiian shirt standing on the mast!

What's going on?

That guy broke the mast of his own ship just to make such a cool appearance?

It was cool...

But, what about their ship?

Everyone in the Dawn Mercenary Group was confused.

The plot was getting more and more outrageous.

But the only certainty was that this was definitely a powerhouse.

Barrett felt that this person looked familiar and fell into thought.

Suren frowned, thought about it, and said decisively, "I'll go take a look. You guys continue sailing."

Qian Tiao glanced at him and reminded him, "Be careful of a trap."

Suren nodded, "Yes."

No one said anything more, and he jumped down.

Tier 6 professionals were not to be feared. If he could not win, he could at least save his life.

Even if the man in the Hawaiian shirt was a Tier 7 professional, it would be difficult to keep Suren if he wanted to leave.

If it was Tier 8...

Whether he went or not, the Dawn Mercenary Group would fall into a huge crisis.

Besides, the only known Tier 8 in the entire North Sea was the North Sea King Oleg, and this guy was obviously not him.

Intuition told Suren that the other party did not seem to have any malicious intent.

But why did he come?

At this time, the harbinger crow above his head also croaked, seemingly revealing the truth, "He wants to beat you up! He wants to beat you up!"

Suren's eyes twitched violently when he heard this.

Although the crow's gloating tone was very annoying, he had to say that its words directly confirmed that his judgment was correct.

The black crow had not sensed any fatal danger, so there was basically none.

But Suren racked his brains and could not remember ever offending such a person.

Why did he want to duel me?

And it was at this critical moment of being besieged?