Chapter 4426 — I'll Ram You to Death!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
There was no help for it: once roused, a lure vortex appears with incredible speed and utter suddenness. And the ships following behind tend to rely heavily, by sheer force of habit, upon the lead vessel—they cannot react in the first instant, and even if they do, it is already too late.
This lure vortex was the death trap Wang Baitiao had prepared for Wei Zhao. If the sole aim were to skirt the reef cluster ahead, turning left or right would have served equally well; and ordinarily, to avoid stirring a lure vortex, Wang Baitiao would turn left. Only this time, to deal with Wei Zhao, he had chosen to turn right.
"Now there's nothing to worry about. Of the thirty-two escort agencies, thirty-one went down with all hands, and I alone sail home safe. Surely Chief Escort Hai can't blame me now!" Wang Baitiao smirked smugly and began humming a little tune.
The Four Seas Escort Agency had always been foremost among the thirty-two agencies, and with the points from this second round of perilous-sea navigation added in, all the rest—including the other four great agencies—were now utterly left in the dust. Taking first place at the grand assembly would be as easy as reaching into a bag and pulling it out.
Yet Wang Baitiao had not even got halfway through his tune when, from not far off to his port bow, a sailing ship suddenly cut in at an angle. They were far too close—almost on the point of collision—and upon its sail a giant character "Five" came into Wang Baitiao's view, clear as day.
"Good heavens! Is that a ship of the Sky-Supporting Escort Agency?!" Wang Baitiao nearly jumped out of his skin. He staggered and fell flat onto the deck, his face a mask of sheer terror, as though he had seen a ghost: "What the hell—is this a ghost ship?"
Of course he could guess that this Ship Five of the Sky-Supporting Escort Agency must be the very vessel that had been following behind him just now. But the problem was—hadn't the thing been swallowed by the lure vortex? How had it come bursting out from the side, and somehow got ahead of him, no less?
He shook his head violently and dealt himself two hard slaps, barely managing to rouse himself from the shock. Getting back to his feet to take the helm, he glared through gritted teeth at Ship Five ahead: "Damn it all—what in blazes is this thing? It actually slipped through from the left! There's luck, and then there's this—could it be it knows the safe route too?"
On second thought, Wang Baitiao quickly dismissed the notion. This contest had been proposed by the Four Seas Escort Agency on the spot; no other agency could possibly have prepared for it. Besides, he alone had surveyed this sea route—the safe path existed only in his own head. Even Hai Wuliang did not know it, let alone anyone else.
After turning it over and over, Wang Baitiao finally arrived at an exasperating conclusion: this thing from the Sky-Supporting Escort Agency truly had enjoyed outrageous, heaven-defying luck. It had failed to keep up back there at the lure vortex, and by sheer blunder had escaped disaster, swinging around from the left...
"Whatever luck you've got, you dared to cut in ahead of me—so no more playing around. I'll just ram you to death!" Wang Baitiao turned vicious on the spot. Never forget—he was a pirate born and bred, and upon seeing another ship at sea, his first reaction was never a friendly greeting, but to find some way to send it to the bottom! (A pie-from-heaven promotion—cool phones for the taking! Follow the Qidian official account (WeChat: Add Contacts – Add Official Accounts – enter dd) and join right away! Everyone wins a prize—follow the dd WeChat official account now!) (To be continued..) R527