Dark clouds filled the sky, lightning shuttled through the sea of clouds, deafening thunder resounded throughout the sea, and the dark black water roared and slapped each other, forming towering waves.
This is an unknown corner of the South China Sea. There is no human habitation within a radius of fifty nautical miles, let alone any towns suitable for human habitation.
But perhaps it is precisely because of such a remote and harsh environment that this turbulent and dangerous sea area has become a paradise for pirates to hide. More than 50% of the pirate forces in the South China Sea have taken risks and chosen to establish strongholds on many deserted islands here.
They were tyrannical and committed all kinds of evil, plundering merchant ships and landing robberies. Wherever they passed, there were often flames blazing into the sky. Regardless of whether they were octogenarians or young children, as long as they saw civilians, these pirates would raise their bright butcher knives.
Once discovered by monks or other armed forces, they will flee with great mobility. As soon as they return to the base camp, the pirates will quickly break into pieces, making it difficult for the pursuers to track them, and in the end they can only let it go.
Originally, the pirates' behavior could only be regarded as a small fight, and their targets were mostly sparsely populated islands and fleets of small forces, which did not attract enough attention.
But people's appetites are always getting bigger and bigger. After plundering a large amount of wealth, updating ships, equipment and even inviting a group of mercenaries, the seven most powerful pirate captains began to secretly plan to do something big. .
What came into their sight and became the primary target was a large fleet transporting supplies to Guixu Island.
"This fleet will pass through the Makutsu Strait in a month, which is our best time to take action. According to intelligence judgment, the goods transported this time are of extremely high value and are in huge quantities. If this vote is approved, we can all The golden basin washed its hands."
In the dim cave, swaying torches imprinted seven figures on the ground. They represented the peak strength of all pirate fleets in the South China Sea. If they wanted to achieve this shocking robbery, indeed only these seven people were qualified.
"There is no problem with the plan, but this fleet is specially used to transport supplies to Guixu Island. If we take action, will we suffer retaliation from the Guixu Sect? This is the largest force in the South China Sea, and it is definitely not something we can compete with. ."
As soon as a pirate captain introduced the details of the robbery plan, someone immediately raised objections. This was also the issue that everyone was most concerned about, how to avoid the reckoning from the Guixu Cult.
"You robbed someone else's boat, cut off their food supply, and still think they won't cause trouble? Do you all have something wrong with your brains?"
"What do we do? It's a job of licking blood with knives. When we boarded the pirate ship, our heads were already hanging on our belts. What are we afraid of? The Guixu Sect is so powerful, so what's the point of not finding us? ?”
"As long as we succeed and several thousand of us run away separately, can the bullshit Guixu Cult Leader be captured one by one? Stop whining. Those who want to join raise their hands, and those who don't dare are cowards can do it now. Get lost."
It has to be said that the pirate leader in charge of the organization was extremely gifted in speech. He could completely incite the banditry in a group of pirates with just a few words. For a time, the crowd in the cave was filled with excitement, and all kinds of swear words and cheers could be heard endlessly.
But what these pirates didn't know was that the fleet they were targeting was uncharacteristically deviating from its planned route and stopped near a desert island.
A group of mysterious men wearing blue hoods slowly pushed a dozen containers covered with black cloth onto one of the merchant ships. Then the entire fleet set sail again and returned to the original route, heading towards the pirates. The ambush in the Makutsu Strait is coming.
"Pirates, pirates, there are pirates!"
With screams of surprise, pirates who had been lying in wait for a long time swarmed over in large and small pirate ships, instantly surrounding the entire fleet.
"Young men, go ahead. Whether you will be prosperous and wealthy for the rest of your life depends on today. There is no need to leave any survivors alive. Kill all the grandsons of these big forces."
The leaders raised their scimitars, and the densely packed pirates pounced on the panicked crew members. Some of them jumped onto the deck along the hull of the ship through hooks and locks, some stood in the distance and fired crossbows, and even more clever ones bundled them into pieces. The gunpowder was thrown towards the fleet escort.
For a moment, the sound of killing was loud and fire was everywhere. Although this fleet was also equipped with a good protection force, at most it only had Huaying Realm monks on duty. Facing pirates whose size was no less than a small army, they soon Then he was defeated.
"Boss, all the fleet guards have been killed. The brothers are checking one by one to see if there are any hidden in the ship. By the way, we are also making a rough count of the valuable materials."
A great battle came to an end, ending in the victory of the pirates. Except for three ships that sank in the battle, all other cargo ships were intact. This also means that the harvest this time will be unimaginably rich.
"Don't take it lightly. Let me check all the ships carefully first. If you see any survivors, kill them all. Others will start carrying supplies. We will try to evacuate before dark."
The seven pirate captains all showed expressions of ecstasy. They did not expect that the plan would go so smoothly. Although hundreds of their subordinates died on their side, there was no way they could have any feelings of comradeship. Thinking of how wealthy and extravagant they would be in the rest of their lives. Life is almost like dancing.
News about the harvest soon came one by one. The supplies transported by this fleet were indeed priceless, including extremely rare treasures such as thousand-year-old agarwood, South China Sea Night Pearl, Zixia Emperor Coral, etc.
But just as the captains were beaming, a battle in the bottom of a ship caught their attention. It turned out that there were several strange monks wearing blue hoods remaining in front of a locked room.
These people frantically protected the room behind them. After costing the lives of more than a dozen brothers, the pirates managed to kill them all.
According to common sense, no matter how precious the treasure is, it should choose a way to escape at this time, but these blue hoods would rather fight to death than let the pirates open the room, which made all the captains curious.
"There must be a great treasure in this room, haha, I really got lucky this time."
The pirate captains laughed loudly and ordered their men to quickly break the door lock made of fine iron. When they pushed the door open, they saw a dozen huge containers covered with black cloth neatly placed in the room.
"What the hell? Is it so mysterious? Is it a high-level immortal weapon, or some precious immortal grass that cannot see the light?"
All the pirates looked at each other, and finally the leading captain kicked the younger brother next to him in the butt and asked him to come forward and check.
Although the poor pirate was a little upset, firstly, he was hampered by the boss's irritating look, and secondly, he felt that no matter how powerful the thing was, it would be impossible to defeat so many of them.
So he tremblingly came to the container, gritted his teeth, and pulled off the black cover.
