Chapter 1 Ruthless Tactics

Fang Senyan's move could be described as extremely vicious. He seized the high ground first, using his ability to transmit his voice to all the pirates with magic, unilaterally pushing the other side into a dead end.

If Arason chose to board the ship, would he still be in control? Even if Fang Senyan couldn't force him to speak, if he hoisted the sails after taking him on board, with the Dingyuan's capabilities, delaying the leaderless Umbar pirates for a few hours would be too easy.

Of course, Fang Senyan didn't believe Arason was bold enough to dare board the ship. So, he had prepared for both scenarios: what to do if Arason didn't dare to board. When Fang Senyan saw that Arason indeed didn't dare to come over, he immediately shouted:

"The Dark Lord Sauron has sent me to deliver his will: all Umbar pirates are to continue looting Pelargir, completely setting fire to and destroying the city, cutting off any supplies Minas Tirith might obtain from here! After three hours, set sail to reinforce the Pelennor Fields."

This order shouted by Fang Senyan was carefully considered.

Undoubtedly, who would benefit more from continuing to loot Pelargir? Of course, the vast majority of the Umbar pirates. Burning, killing, looting, raping, and pillaging in such a wealthy and prosperous city was like enjoying paradise for the pirates.

In contrast, Arason's order was to immediately set sail for the Pelennor Fields to join the battle!

War meant casualties, and the enemies were the incredibly powerful Rohan knights and the Elven Prince!! And in the end, they would apparently have to attack Minas Tirith, the impregnable fortress of the continent... Even the stupidest pirate could figure out with their toes which order was more beneficial to them!

What, you say loyalty? Are you talking about loyalty among these nearly ten thousand wicked pirates?? Perhaps it existed among a small number of pirates, but for the entire Umbar pirate fleet, it was like blackened dice, dirty turbans – garbage that could be thrown into the sea at will.

In fact, if it weren't for the Dark Lord Sauron's power inspiring fear from the bottom of their hearts, these disorganized bastards would never have been united.

Fang Senyan's insight was also quite sharp. He saw very clearly that Arason's personal strength was limited. Therefore, it was difficult to have a decisive prestige among the pirates - because authority among pirates was often established with knives and blood - so these few words he shouted had clearly challenged Arason's authority and, even more so, drawn a deep rift between Arason and the ordinary pirates.

If Arason dared to refuse him, then he would be turning that rift into a wound.

A wound that could lead to a split!

But Arason was the one who truly upheld the Dark Lord Sauron's will! Did he dare to disobey Gothmog's military orders?

Of course, he didn't dare! If Arason had such a strong personality, how could the Umbar pirates have become the most tragic and marginalized force?

"So," Fang Senyan leaned back in the captain's cabin, very relaxed. He grabbed a handful of gold coins, listening to the crisp sound of these glittering trinkets falling through his fingers. He said lazily,

"The only thing Arason can do is mobilize his confidants to attack and shut me up, and incidentally strip us naked and hang us from the mast to boost his prestige."

Speaking of this, Fang Senyan shrugged and yawned, looking at his burly and extremely excited subordinates beside him:

"Look, he's starting to mobilize ships. A full five giant galley-sailboats are starting to encircle us. Are you afraid?"

Immediately, a series of wild laughter erupted from within, and even the Anduin River was rippled by the laughter:

"We, the overlords of the Seven Seas, even the Black Pearl and the Endeavour can only flee from when they see us, afraid of these softies?"

Fang Senyan casually looked at the gold coins in his hand, as if studying the patterns on them, and said indifferently:

"It seems you've improved while I was away... but I still need these guys. I'll give you fifteen minutes to take care of these five ships. Any problems?"

Redbeard and the pirates around him glanced at each other, revealing a ferocious smile as if they had knives in their mouths!

"Alright, since the boss has spoken, then let these bastards open their eyes!"

Fang Senyan nodded, but added:

"These guys' ships are weak, but their physical qualities are strong. Their individual combat ability is definitely not bad, so don't engage in boarding, don't capture, just sink them, remember?"

Old Sea Dog and Redbeard simultaneously heard the solemn meaning in Fang Senyan's words. Old Sea Dog was Fang Senyan's most trusted pirate, and Redbeard's leadership ability as captain in Fang Senyan's absence was also outstanding. The two of them almost controlled the ship's authority, so after Fang Senyan instructed them, he was confident that his will could be carried out.

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Under the flag signal control of Arason's flagship, the five giant oar-and-sail ships controlled by his confidants quickly assembled. These ships used triangular sails, and the hull was also triangular. Near the waterline, there were two rows of giant oars, which allowed them to travel at high speed even in windless or even headwinds. Maneuverability was the biggest feature of these ships.

He had already deployed the standard offensive formation, but the ship opposite was still unresponsive, which almost made Arason feel a little ridiculous in his extreme anger. Could it be that the other side could only talk big?

However, to be a pirate, you can be shameless, you can risk your life, you can even ignore whips, but one organ must be good: your eyes! Without eyes, you can't catch prey and can only drink seawater on the ship. So, just as Arason's heart relaxed, he heard suppressed exclamations coming from around him!!

It turned out that under the sunlight, it could be clearly seen that those "cables" that were thought to be winding on the surface of the other ship's hull were actually stiff and huge blood vessels! And the sea giant's tendons began to wriggle rapidly. Immediately afterward, several wooden barrels were pushed out of the opposite ship's hold, and then several ferocious men raised their axes and chopped, and what sprayed out of them was all incredibly thick blue blood!

Originally, if the Dingyuan needed a sacrifice, it would use human sacrifices, but now, the blood that was being used was the blood of horseshoe crabs, which had an even better effect.

Ever since Fang Senyan abducted Paul the Kraken, the enraged Davy Jones had turned against the Dingyuan a few times, but Fang Senyan's group had grown in strength, and while defeating the Dingyuan was not difficult, destroying it was difficult. And the lonely Davy Jones adopted a monster pet, a terrifying giant horseshoe crab!

The horseshoe crab is born to eat the eggs laid by sea giants, so the relationship between the two is even stronger than that of cats and mice - of course, it's the kind of iron that means they are mortal enemies, so Redbeard seized the opportunity to trick Davy Jones's new pet once, luring the guy to land and incidentally drawing a few barrels of its blood for later use. At this time, he took out the stock, making it clear that he was going to go all out.

The entire Dingyuan began to creak, and the sea giant's blood vessels greedily sucked the blood of the horseshoe crab, swelling frantically. The volume of the entire Dingyuan seemed to have expanded by a small half, and the outer shell seemed to be covered with a layer of tough and dense muscle tissue shield. At some unknown time, a layer of gray mist covered the sky and the river, and a dull and huge heartbeat, like thunder, slammed fiercely into everyone's hearts.

"Barbarbo."

"Barbarbo!!!"

"Who is calling the great Barbarbo!!"

"Who dares to stop the great Barbarbo!"

A huge sea giant's mist image appeared in the sky above the Dingyuan. He held a huge anchor in his hand. The soul of this sea giant, named Barbarbo, raised his head to the sky and roared silently! Then he slammed the anchor in his hand into the vast Anduin River!!

The entire long river surged violently in an instant. At this time, Arason's five pirate ships relied on their speed and even rushed within a hundred meters of the Dingyuan, but they were now being dragged by one huge vortex after another, making it a luxury to even hold the rudder, let alone navigate or even fight in this boiling and frantically roaring river water?

Great Carnival, the powerful ability that only legendary warships could have, wantonly ravaged the Anduin River, the longest river in Middle-earth!

The Baradin blood sails fluttered, and behind them, there even seemed to be long trails of smoke like chimneys, but upon closer inspection, it was clear that what kind of smoke was that? It was clearly thousands of wronged souls screaming miserably while pushing the ship. In this area, the Dingyuan, which was not originally known for its speed, would be forcibly accelerated by 100%, and the sailing/swimming speed of the remaining ships/creatures would be reduced by 50%!!

At the same time, Fang Senyan raised his eyebrows and felt an indescribable fierce aura coming at him. He immediately thought of the ram that had been added to the ship! That extremely ferocious ram that resembled the head of a sea beast!

At this time, two eerie red lights flashed on the head of this fierce beast. Immediately afterward, its mouth slowly opened, and a flame more than ten feet long spewed out from it, forming a burning flame ram, and then it slammed into the five or six giant triangular oar-and-sail ships in front of it at high speed!