Chapter 1147 What Are They Up To?

"What exactly are they trying to do?"

Shi Feng watched the Freedom Alliance's fleet charge straight at the sea beast horde without a word. For a moment, he couldn't understand what they were planning.

As a veteran of naval combat, they shouldn't be making such amateur mistakes.

Sea beasts were unlike monsters on land. Not only were they gigantic, but they also constantly altered the battlefield, with extremely wide attack ranges. This made it difficult for players in naval battles to evade and defend, making the battles far harder than land combat.

Usually, there would be a clear division of labor and arrangements before a fight, with very high demands on positioning. A single mistake could cost dearly.

Charging in like that was simply suicidal.

When players fought land monsters, mistakes might only cost some players in the team, but mistakes in naval combat could mean the destruction of boats.

Even if the boats weren't destroyed, being hit by sea beasts would reduce their durability. When it reached a certain point, just like weapons and equipment, it couldn't be repaired, and repairing boats was much more expensive and time-consuming than repairing equipment.

Just as Shi Feng was curious, the Freedom Alliance players noticed his Swift Dragon Speedboat.

"Guild Leader, there's a speedboat over there. Judging by its quality, it's not low-grade. Should we drive it away before we act?" A Level 41 male Elementalist in deep blue robes asked a lithe man built like a cheetah, his tone full of respect.

This man was none other than Jun Wuchang, the commander of the Freedom Alliance's Third Fleet, a name known throughout the Endless Sea.

"Ignore it. It's just a speedboat. It won't affect us. If it tries anything, we'll just take it down along with the sea beasts," Jun Wuchang glanced at the Swift Dragon Speedboat in the distance, unconcerned. "Alright, proceed according to the plan."

They had a full one hundred and twenty speedboats, twenty-four of which were Advanced Speedboats, and four Bronze Speedboats. One speedboat wouldn't even make a ripple in front of them. If they wanted, they could sink the Swift Dragon Speedboat in minutes.

"Yes!"

The entire fleet then spread out, faintly encircling the sea beast horde.

"Awoo!"

The sea beast horde quickly spotted the Freedom Alliance fleet and revealed their true forms: gigantic Sea King Serpents. Their heads alone were the size of three-story buildings, and their roars sent waves surging toward the fleet.

Besides the Sea King Serpent, which was hundreds of meters long, there were also many Unicornered Sea Serpents, each sixty or seventy meters long. Ordinary players would probably pale at the sight.

Sea King Serpent, a Sea King-class creature, a King-ranked sea beast, a Grand Lord, Level 52, HP 160 million.

Unicornered Sea Serpent, a sea beast, a Leader-ranked creature, Level 50, HP 18 million.

"King-ranked sea beast!" Shi Feng was startled when he saw the true forms of the sea beasts.

Sea beasts had a slightly different grading system than land monsters, the difference being the level of life. The higher the level of life, the stronger they were within the same rank, making them the Bosses among Bosses.

Sea beast rankings were generally Ordinary, Leader, and King. There were also the legendary Totem-ranked creatures.

The King-ranked creatures had a life level comparable to Primordial Species on land. Not only were they extremely rare, but their strength was also despair-inducing. As for the Totem-ranked, they were legendary ancient beasts, like the Nine-Headed Magic Serpent, whose life level was even higher than ordinary dragons. Even Tier 6 Gods would have a hard time killing such ancient beasts.

The Sea King Serpent was a King-ranked creature. Even as a Grand Lord, it was enough to wipe out an entire fleet.

That's right, wipe out!

King-ranked sea beasts generally lived in extremely dangerous areas and wouldn't appear in such places.

Just as Shi Feng was about to steer the speedboat away, the Sea King Serpent roared at the sky, instantly covering the clear sky with dark clouds, completely enveloping all the speedboats.

"As expected of a King-ranked sea beast, even at the Grand Lord level, it can use a Domain?" Shi Feng's expression darkened as he looked at the sky.

The Sea King Serpent used a skill called Weather Manipulation, which allowed it to control the weather in an area.

Before long, tornadoes appeared on the sea, completely surrounding the area and preventing players from leaving unless they wanted their boats destroyed. This was one of the reasons why encountering a King-ranked sea beast meant total annihilation.

However, the Freedom Alliance fleet seemed to have anticipated this. The scattered fleet began to form magic arrays, a hundred speedboats creating a blue-green magic array that covered the entire sea.

Three blue-green magic arrays appeared.

Then, bolts of blue lightning fell from the sky, completely sealing off the movement of all the sea beasts.

"Incredible triple magic barrier," Shi Feng exclaimed, impressed by the Sea King Serpent's suppressed movements.

Magic arrays that could suppress King-ranked sea beasts generally had to be at least Intermediate-level.

Each additional layer of the magic array doubled its power. Using a triple magic array meant its power was tripled.

As Shi Feng marveled, the Freedom Alliance players began to act. A hundred boats maintained the magic array, while the remaining twenty began to attack the sea beasts.

Naval combat was different from land combat. Sea beasts had too wide an attack range, making it impossible for players to dodge with their movement speed. Instead, they had to use boats to evade the sea beasts' attacks. If they couldn't evade, the MTs on the boats would have to tank the attacks. The main damage came from ranged classes and the boats' own attack power, which was why boats were more important than skilled players at sea.

Twenty speedboats frantically attacked the Sea King Serpent and the Unicornered Sea Serpents.

The magic array greatly suppressed the Sea King Serpent and the Unicornered Sea Serpents' movements. Coupled with the Freedom Alliance's high-quality speedboats, they were able to dodge most of the attacks. Even when they were occasionally hit, the MTs on the boats could absorb most of the damage, reducing the boats' durability loss.

The only difficult opponent was the King-ranked sea beast, the Sea King Serpent.

However, the Freedom Alliance's fleet was very strong. The four Bronze Speedboats tanking the Sea King Serpent had some damage reduction abilities. Even when they were hit, the damage was reduced, and then the players would rush up to tank, preventing the boats from being destroyed. If they had used Advanced Speedboats, the MTs who rushed up would have been instantly killed.

After rounds of cannon fire and attacks, the Leader-ranked Unicornered Sea Serpents were quickly wiped out.

Only the Sea King Serpent remained, but it still had over 100 million HP. As it took more damage, its attacks became stronger and faster, showing that it was adapting to the magic array's suppression.

Originally, five MTs would share the damage, with each attack costing them about a third of their HP. Now, they were losing half their HP. If they were hit twice in a row, the MTs on the boat would be finished…

"Increase healing! If your mana drops below a quarter, immediately use mana recovery potions! Old Wu, hold on for a bit. I'm going to give this little snake a taste of its own medicine!" Jun Wuchang ordered, watching the Sea King Serpent become more ferocious as the battle went on.

"Leave it to me," the speedboat squad leader, Old Wu, said with a smile.

But before he could finish speaking, the Sea King Serpent opened its massive maw and gathered a huge amount of magical energy. It then spewed it out, sweeping across most of the battlefield. Three Advanced Speedboats were instantly destroyed, and the durability of the other five Advanced Speedboats that were hit dropped to less than half. The players on board suffered over 50% casualties.

The two Bronze Speedboats that were hit fared better. The players on board weren't killed, but their durability dropped by a fifth…