Chapter 316: You Think You Can Kill Me!! (Subscribe!!)

The eastern part of Guyun Pavilion.

A fierce battle was continuously unfolding across the sea.

Although the Jueyun Fleet had already received the order to withdraw from Lady Guizhong.

But before that, the Jueyun Fleet had already run head-on into the onrushing gods.

"Order all subordinate fleets to avoid taking the gods' attacks head-on as much as possible!"

"Harass them from the flanks!"

"A mere handful of gods! This is no longer the age of the Archon War!"

The Jueyun Fleet's captain kept issuing orders—there was no way to simply leave.

Turning the ships around to withdraw would take an extremely long time.

Once the fleet turned, they would become living targets for this horde of gods.

So the fleet's captain simply and directly adopted the guerrilla tactics from the ancient military treatises!

You hit me, I run; you don't hit me, I hit you!

When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy camps, we harass; when the enemy tires, we strike; when the enemy retreats, we pursue.

Although the ship's cannons didn't deal much damage to the gods, that didn't mean they dealt no damage at all.

All the warships darted across the sea like nimble little insects, and the colossal gods were harassed by their attacks beyond endurance.

Some small ships, in order to give the larger vessels proper firing space, did not hesitate to launch suicide attacks—ramming their entire hulls straight in—just to keep these gods from approaching the warships that were pouring out firepower at full strength.

"ROAR!!!"

The gods bellowed in unison; towering waves seemed poised to devour everything, surging toward the fleet's position.

But under the dense barrage of the fleet's cannon fire, the massive waves were shattered in an instant.

But as the battle dragged on longer and longer, the fleet's losses grew greater and greater.

Basically all the small ships had been expended; the entire Jueyun Fleet, which originally numbered over a hundred vessels, now had only a little more than ten large ships still maintaining fire.

Although the gods had all sustained injuries of varying degrees, not a single one had died.

Gods were, after all, gods—different from mere monsters.

Whether in vitality or in attack power, they were beyond what any single fleet could compare to.

Just as this horde of gods was about to launch an assault on the remaining fleet, an angry roar came from the sky above.

"How dare you!!"

The sea surface heaved violently; a stone dragon, towering like a mountain ridge, came crashing down from the sky like a falling meteor, sending spray flying in all directions.

Ruotuo's body surged with Cryo elemental power, and the surrounding sea area instantly transformed into an ice plain at his arrival.

(A quick aside: Ruotuo wields multiple elements—this can be seen from Ruotuo's boss fight; if you don't believe it, go take a look.)

"ROAR!!!"

The stone dragon's furious roar echoed through heaven and earth, forcing the surrounding gods to stagger back several steps.

"All Jueyun Fleet personnel, leave this place to me—fall back to Guyun Pavilion at once!"

Ruotuo called out to the Jueyun Fleet's ships behind him.

"Yes, my lord Ruotuo!"

The captain, seeing reinforcements arrive, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately after, he had the signal flagman issue the order, and the Jueyun Fleet's remaining dozen-plus large ships turned around to fall back.

Of over a hundred ships, only a little more than ten large warships remained.

Although the Jueyun Fleet suffered Heavy Losses, they had successfully stalled the gods' advance on Liyue.

Though the losses were heavy, they shattered the rumor that humans could not stand against the gods.

Facing the gods' assault, though the Jueyun Fleet's soldiers were afraid, not one of them took a single step back.

If Jiang Yan were here, he would surely praise these warriors heartily.