Pirate King of the Otherworld * Chapter 63: Devil's Island (Part 2)

  Tang Jie pointed to the dense, beehive-like reefs and whirlpools surrounding the sunken ship island, and smiled: "Look at this sunken ship island, its surroundings are full of hidden currents and reefs. The entire island is like it's hiding in a huge whirlpool, extremely treacherous all around. Big ships will run aground, small ships will be capsized by the hidden currents and whirlpools. Ordinary people simply can't get in!"

  "What's even more incredible is that this island is protected by the Stardirock magic array, these dark reefs are like living guardians, making it difficult to get in from the outside, but easy to get out from the inside. Otherwise, Aramis and Biscuit would not have been able to escape from here! So this island might be the easiest place to defend and hardest to attack under the heavens!" Tang Jie clapped his hands and pointed at the high and low terrain of the sunken ship island.

  "Look, the south, north and east sides are all cliffs tens of meters high, except for seagulls, no one can fly in from here. The Black Dragon King is located on the relatively low-lying west side, where the two wing islands stretch out like pincers to the left and right, with an open view in the middle, and hidden reefs densely scattered. As long as someone dares to come from this place, if they build secondary gun emplacements on the left and right wing islands, and several main gun emplacements are built in the stone cave where the Black Dragon King is located, forming a crossfire network, these few guns will immediately be able to severely damage any invading enemy. Even if they don't cripple them, they can force them into chaos and make them run aground on the beach!"

  Nia and William Bill listened with rapt attention, nodding constantly.

  "Just give me time, give me manpower, and I can turn this island into an impregnable fortress!" Tang Jie's eyes shone with a bright and sharp light, and he revealed a cold smile. "When the time comes, anyone who dares to have designs on my Black Dragon King will find that they can come but not leave this Sunken Ship Island!"

  Nina hesitated for a moment: "In theory, it's feasible, but if we can't always hide on the island and never go out?"

  Tang Jie smiled and patted Niya's shoulder, saying: "I've been walking around the island these days and found that on the south side of the cliff, there is a natural cave harbor. At least ten three-masted warships can be hidden there. If I had enough manpower, I could try to turn it into a hidden port. As long as the enemy dares to surround us, we'll wait for them to let their guard down and then drive our warships out from the south side to attack them by surprise!"

  Tang Jie became more and more excited as he pointed to some small islands generally surrounded by satellite reefs on the north side of the sunken ship island, saying: "In the future, if there is time, we can even turn these small islands into advanced fortresses surrounding the sunken ship island, making them the first solid barrier for the sunken ship island! With these bridgeheads, we can fight with the enemy at sea and retreat to defend ourselves on the island and circle around the enemy."

  Niya furrowed her brow, thinking carefully. What Tang Jie said made sense and was reasonable, but it seemed more like empty talk.

  In the eyes of experienced Nina, the key to all these problems is that although they still have a large number of gems as rich material resources, where can they find so many human resources, and where can they go to fight for such precious time to build this place into an impregnable fortress base?

  After Niya expressed her doubts, the excitement on Tang Jie's face gradually disappeared. He fell silent for a moment, let out a long sigh, and said: "Time, what we lack now is time! Biseiluo and Alamusi have escaped from the sinking island for a long time, and I worry every day that they will come back to kill us at any time. In fact, our enemy is not Biseiluo of York State, nor is it Alamusi of Mata State, our enemy is time..."

  Bill suddenly turned his head to the side and interjected, "I think what's most crucial right now is how we can escape from this island! Only after we get out of here can we exchange the gemstones for gold coins, use the gold coins to buy warships, and then recruit a large number of sailors and workers."

  Tang Jie was stunned for a moment, this really was a wake-up call.

  He used to like playing real-time strategy games, thinking very quickly and far ahead, almost instantly able to think of strategic levels at a high level, but after all, compared to Nia and William Bell, he lacked some practical experience, thinking too far ahead, and couldn't see the difficulties in front of him.

  Tang Jie is a person who can concede when reason is on the other side, as long as the other party's words are reasonable, he will never be stupidly stubborn to maintain his so-called dignity.

  After discussing with several groups of people, Tang Jie and his team decided to gather wood materials everywhere to build a small raft while exploring the terrain of the sunken ship island.

  Tang Jie and Nia, William were in charge of building the raft. Bill was quick on his feet and sharp-eyed, he was responsible for scouting out the terrain and geography around the sunken ship island, and drawing a detailed topographic map and navigation chart.

  Fortunately, Tang Jie's three-masted Lion Eagle class warship was stranded and unable to move, but there were still many usable materials on the ship, so it wasn't a complete loss.

  Tang Jie watched as Lili struggled to catch fish in the sea, a smile on her face, but in his heart, he was already planning for the future.

  The Pirate King Atos was a clever and cunning bastard, he left the Black Dragon King for treasure hunters but didn't leave the magic crystal that could drive it. He left "Awe of Blue" but took away six other divine artifacts from Sea Goddess Tira. The most shameful and detestable thing is that he left another treasure map in the remaining grid of the box.

  Tang Jie didn't know what was in this treasure map, but when he picked it up, he felt like he had fallen into a trap, an inescapable one.

  The pirate king Atos seems to be smiling slyly at him.

  He seems to have deliberately not put all his eggs in one basket, and he seems to be testing his juniors.

  Damn it!

  Tang Jie cursed inwardly.

  "Oh no!" Lilith cried out in surprise, her body tilting to one side as she fell into the sea.

  Her crisp voice startled Tong Jie out of his reverie and he rushed over quickly.

  Lilith stood up from the sea, she just used too much force to catch fish and slipped under her feet and fell into the sea.

  When Tang Jie rushed over, Lilith stood up from the sea with a pouty face, her whole body dripping wet and looking quite disheveled.

  Tang Jie looked at her and his frustration of being trapped on the island suddenly dissipated a lot. He burst out laughing: "I told you, you can't do it! How about it? Didn't I say so? You magicians are clumsy, you can't even do this kind of thing!"

  Tang Jie sneered at Lilith with a pleased smile, saying "sour grapes", and took the sharp wooden stick from her hand.

  Lilith pouted, her mouth almost able to hang a soy sauce bottle. She looked at Tang Je with discontent: "Hmph, who says we can't do these things? I'll show you!"

  Tang Jie smiled, just about to tease the little girl again, but suddenly saw her put on "Revered Blue", facing the sea without reciting incantations, and waved her hand...

  Suddenly, countless fireballs burst out of her hands!

  This little girl who usually smiles suddenly transformed into a super powerful cannon, firing wildly at the sea!

  Tang Jie only felt a red flash before his eyes, and the air around him suddenly became extremely hot, his hair and eyebrows almost self-igniting.

  Immediately afterwards, a dense explosion sound came from not far in front of him, and the sea surface seemed to have been blown up by a stormy rainstorm, with shocking waves!

  A fierce and violent air shockwave mixed with a strong smell of sea salt, like a mad beast pouncing on Tang Jie!

  Tang Jie was caught off guard and was suddenly swept away by the air current, doing a somersault in mid-air before landing with a thud on his buttocks in the seawater.

  "Whoosh!" A burst of air, followed by a towering wave several meters high that crashed down on Tang Jie, sending him flying sideways!

  The sky seemed to have poured down a torrential rain, Tang Jie lowered his head, he couldn't even open his eyes in this storm, the extremely violent water flow and air flow made it hard for him to breathe!

  After enduring the sudden and intense shockwave with a grimace, he saw that all around him on the beach were mangled fish blown to smithereens, some of which still had smoke rising from their bodies!!!

  Lilith didn't think that just using fireball magic to blast fish would cause such a commotion. She looked at Tang Jie's disheveled appearance, secretly smiled, and stuck out her bright red little tongue. Then she walked to the shore, carefully pierced a nearly ripe sea fish with a sharp wooden stick, and proudly waved it in front of Tang Jie, letting out a giggle.

  "How about it, our magic fishing skills are no worse than yours, right? Hehe!"

  Tang Jie's eyes twitched slightly, and his face looked very unsightly.

  Lilith saw his appearance and blinked her eyes, saying: "What? You still don't believe it? Then I'll change into another style!"

  What's going on again?!

  "Stop, stop!!" Tang Jie suddenly jumped up, with a dry smile on his face "You magicians' fishing skills are indeed impressive, I admire you..."

  "I wonder what your teacher would think if she saw you using magic to blow up fish for fun? She'd probably be... delighted, right?"

  Lilith made a face: "Just believe it!"

  She spent more time with Tang Jie, and she was no longer as afraid of him as she used to be. Now, in front of Tang Jie, she was mischievous and playful, and the entire Sunken Island belonged to her, where she lived every day with a carefree and joyful heart.

  "What's going on?" Nia emerged from the other side of the island, looking at Tangie with a puzzled expression, followed by William and Bill behind her.

  Tang Jie looked up at the sky and chuckled: "Nothing, nothing. Just collecting food with Lilith a moment ago. Our little raft isn't almost ready, is it? Drifting on the sea, can't do without food, right?"

  Nina looked at the scattered fish on the ground with a mixture of suspicion and doubt, her eyes darting back and forth between Tang Jie and Lili.

  Tang Jie quickly changed the subject and asked Bill, "By the way, how's everything going?"

  "Captain, dear captain! This sunken island is invisible from the top of the island, but walking along the coast, it's really too big, especially when you have to explore the terrain inside! I ran for seven whole days and nights without finishing!"

  Tang Jie glared at him: "Less nonsense, I know you can definitely complete the task I gave you. Hand it over quickly!"

  Bill was about to complain, but Tang Jie glared at him and said a few words, and he immediately took out a piece of ramie fabric cut into a square meter from behind his back, grinning as he handed it over.

  Tang Jie took it over and saw that on it was a rough map of an island's terrain, drawn with burnt wooden branches.

  Tang Jie took a look at the terrain of the sunken ship island and suddenly burst out laughing, saying to Nia and William: "Take a look, what does this look like?"

  Niya leaned over and took a look, saying curiously: "This... seems like a devil's face..."?

  William nodded ceaselessly: "Indeed it is, really like!"

  Tang Jie raised his head and smiled at Bill: "This isn't something you drew casually, is it?"

  "Captain, how can you say that about me!" Bill shouted at once. "If you don't believe what I've drawn, go and have a look yourself, and then you'll know!"

  Tang Jie waved his hand and smiled: "I'm just kidding, of course I believe you. By the way, are these two devil's horns the islands on both sides of the western side of the island that stretch out like pincers?"

  Bill nodded: "Right right, it's like that!"

  Tang Jie looked at the topographic map of the sunken ship island in his hand, on which the sunken ship island was a two-headed sharp oval shape, with some places covered with vegetation in the middle being hooked out by Bill with twigs. The pirates on the west side were also clearly painted, and at first glance, it indeed looked like a devil's face with two horns and a ferocious expression.

  Tang Jie's heart moved slightly, and he smiled: "Well, I think the name 'Sunken Ship Island' doesn't sound good anyway. Let's just call this island Devil Island!"

  Nia, William and Bill stayed for a moment, looked at each other, muttered to themselves, seemingly comparing the differences between the two: "Devil's Island? Shipwreck Island?"

  Tang Jie smiled, his eyes flashing with an indescribable light: "Let's just call it Devil Island, I've made up my mind! From now on, I'm going to turn this island into the devil's island in the sea, and we'll be the devils dwelling on this island! Anyone who dares to offend us, we'll send them straight to hell! I want everyone to see us from afar, see this island, and think they've seen the devil, seen hell!"

  Second watch, finished, knock off work, sleep!