novelraw Chapter 298: All-Out Pursuit!
Chapter 298: All-Out Pursuit!
The mysterious ship that had suddenly vanished over the sea caught the navy’s attention, and everyone’s gaze shifted away from the two legends at the center of the battlefield.
Coastal Apex Predators… An felt surprised for a moment and swallowed.
Maybe it was just a trick of the eye, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that the blackship sea dragon that had just appeared looked a lot like the “Coastal Apex Predator” she had beaten senseless before it fled into the deep sea.
Ever since that blackship sea dragon had been thrashed by her, it had completely disappeared from the nearshore waters.
Pelu keenly noticed a flicker of doubt in An’s blue eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
An said softly, “That black dragon shadow that just showed up really resembles the sea dragon from the nearshore…”
The sea dragon from the nearshore? Could this blackship sea dragon be Black Hunter’s pet… Pelu made a bold guess.
Blackship sea dragons were ferocious creatures—rare, proud, and never submissive to humans. Even Beast Tamers, relying on their powerful Dragon Contract force, found it hard to tame these brutal, arrogant sea dragons!
Could Black Hunter be a Beast Tamer? I can smell a huge scoop!Too bad the footage didn’t capture the most dramatic moments… Pelu hurried to adjust her camera and filmed the residual waves left behind by the Ghost Ship.
At that moment, behind Pelu, a third-tier commander of the Tiger Shark unit sneered disdainfully:
“Black Hunter, that rat! He actually dares to show up in front of our Tiger Shark unit! Does he think he’s immortal?”
Before he could go on blustering, he felt two hostile stares directed at him.
You dare mock Black Hunter? Dya stared at the man, biting his thumbnail and murmured, “If Black Hunter came here, he must have a reason. Yet he actually dares to show up in front of me…”
Dya had not forgotten the humiliation of that day, but his new mecha was still in transit, so he had to swallow his resentment for now.
Old Bluefire grit his teeth and analyzed aloud, “You can never underestimate Black Hunter! The Tiger Shark navy can’t handle his tentacles. The crucial question is: what does Black Hunter want? To ambush our naval vessels? Or something else?”
An’s expression remained cold. She trusted her own strength and had thoughts of defeating Black Hunter, but now was the time to carry out the mission—not to act on impulse.
Steam hissed from Dya’s mechanical body as gears clanked, “Old Bluefire, you’re right. Black Hunter is strong. When facing him, you must be prepared to be drawn into a death struggle and ready to activate Release!”
Dya and Old Bluefire already sounded like they’d known Black Hunter for a long time, as if they’d fought him hundreds of times, telling the navy about Black Hunter’s terrors and how to defeat him with masterful piloting.
Why do these three all seem to have deep feelings about Black Hunter? Pelu tilted her head in confusion, then aimed her camera once more at the center of the battlefield.
Almost forgot the big story!
Besides those three, another heavyweight on the battlefield was also deeply drawn by Black Hunter’s appearance.
“Black Hunter… I’ve been looking for him for so long, and he actually appears before me of his own accord.”
Perched on the dragonhead, Dragon Tamer Jie’s voice rose, bloodlust flashing in his eyes.
In Dragon Tamer Jie’s plan, Black Hunter and the Flower Witch were necessary bargaining chips.
Boom! In the next moment, the Tiger Shark seized an opening. His thick five fingers clenched, condensed qi, and then thrust the spear forward.
Qi Transformation. Tiger Shark’s Wave!
Behind him, crimson qi coalesced into a huge tiger shark with a gaping maw. The creature charged with the whale-hunting spear. With a thunderous tiger roar, its brute force smashed through the dark thunder scales of the Black Thunder Dragon King, piercing into its chest flesh and spewing out torrents of scalding dragon blood!
This strike aimed straight for the dragon’s heart!
“Jie, if you want to fight me, don’t think about other matters!”
“I, Tiger Shark General, am a worthy opponent to distract you!”
The Tiger Shark General’s muscles were like chiseled boulders; red blood vessels wrapped around like steel bars.
Dragon Tamer Jie stood on the dragonhead, eyes grave as he looked down and shouted, “Black Glove, lead flying dragon units Two through Eleven, including the Thunder Shadow Dragon squad, straight to the Back Garden—pursue and destroy Black Hunter’s ship!”
If he hadn’t misread things earlier, Black Hunter’s target was very likely his Back Garden.
And in that Back Garden lay an important relic that absolutely could not be allowed near the Flower Witch!
Behind Dragon Tamer Jie, the bandage-wrapped Black Glove asked in alarm, “My lord, units Two through Eleven are exactly ten flying dragon groups! Is it really necessary to dispatch half our flying dragons for just one hunter?”
They had to remember, there were only twenty flying dragon units in total.
Pulling half the flying dragon force away for the sake of one Black Hunter was like cutting off one’s own right arm!
Dragon Tamer Jie didn’t answer. He raised his head, looked down at everyone present and at the Tiger Shark General beneath him, and then smiled faintly, “These people—I can handle them myself!”
Sir, are you insane… Black Glove ground his teeth, but in the end tightened the reins and, mounting a Thunder Shadow Dragon, led a hundred flying dragon pirates into the depths of the Dragonflower Archipelago right before the navy’s eyes.
In an instant, the sky was thick with dragons; they formed a spear-like formation and the wind screamed.
The Tiger Shark General saw this and silently raised his hand, roaring, “The originally assigned Third, Fourth, and Fifth Special Support Squads, along with the Back Garden action team formed by hired hunters and Bonfire Energy Company, you will also pursue Black Hunter—and eliminate those weak pirates!”
“Orders received!!”
A frenzied roar erupted from the Great Shark Battleship.
We… An shook her head, twirled her staff, then leapt down and boarded the special operations skiff.
I really don’t want to go… Dya also boarded. Although his head was full of strategies to beat Black Hunter, he didn’t want to test them in the field now.
As a noble hunter who had failed a mission, disobeying the Tiger Shark General’s orders wasn’t an option.
Wow! Pelu was stunned. The Tiger Shark General and Dragon Tamer Jie were both sending out their important forces!
This is huge—both the Tiger Shark General vs. Dragon Tamer Jie clash and the hunt for Black Hunter are all big news!
Pelu hesitated, unsure which side to cover.
In the end, she made her choice, suddenly grabbing the melancholic Old Bluefire and dragging him over, “Old Bluefire, I can feel there’s a huge scoop at Black Hunter’s place. I’ll leave this footage to you!”
Then she grabbed her camera, mounted her beloved White Pigeon, and flew toward the Ghost Ship’s prow.
You’re just a little reporter—show a third-tier some respect… Old Bluefire stared into the sky, dazed for a moment, then looked at the camera and muttered to himself, “Does this gig… pay?”
He half-crouched, used the loaned mechanical arm he’d bought, and started filming.
Boom! Amid the thundering of ships and the flapping of dragon wings, the collision between the Tiger Shark General and the Black Thunder Dragon King resumed, whipping up towering waves!