Chapter 270: Conversation on the Black Dragon Ship

270. Chapter 270: Conversation on the Black Dragon Ship

At this moment, inside a Secret Chamber, the high-ranking members of the Five Clans of Big Solitary Island had gathered together.

"Island Master, can that person really refine twenty King-Breaking Pills in such a short time? How exactly did he do it? Is this person truly so Heaven-defying?" one person asked in shock.

The rest of the people in the room all displayed solemn expressions, their hearts shaken to the extreme; as a group of Gu Kings, they knew all too well how difficult it was to refine King-Breaking Pills and how precious they were.

If King-Breaking Pills were truly that easy to refine, this world would long ago be filled with Gu Kings.

When they were at Spirit Sea Peak, which one of them had not racked their brains to obtain a single King-Breaking Pill, finally succeeding only after paying an enormous price.

They had never imagined that one day they would see so many King-Breaking Pills; with so many King-Breaking Pills, no one knew how many new Gu Kings they would bring to Big Solitary Island, and everyone revealed excited expressions.

With so many King-Breaking Pills, they finally had the strength to fight against the Black Dragon Pirate Group, and at this moment, they were no longer as pessimistic as before.

At the head of the conference room, Leng Qianqiu looked at the five Pill Bottles on the table, each containing four King-Breaking Pills, and said with a smile: "The King-Breaking Pills are absolutely genuine; I have checked them carefully."

"That Alchemist himself claimed to have many Clones, with each Clone possessing the independent ability to refine King-Breaking Pills, and Leng Yan also said his sect is very mysterious and his background is far from simple, so it is not surprising that he can refine so many King-Breaking Pills."

"What shocks us might be commonplace in those great places; we need not make a fuss over nothing, for in the entire Gu World, we are merely frogs at the bottom of a well."

"We have gathered today not to discuss this, but to deliberate on the distribution of these twenty King-Breaking Pills; let us attend to the main business and cease discussing other matters."

As he finished speaking, Leng Qianqiu swept a serious gaze around the room.

At this moment, everyone sat upright with solemnity, their eyes full of excitement, and not a single person in the hall spoke anymore.

Seeing that the hall had finally fallen silent, Leng Qianqiu finally said: "I do not wish for us to argue over this matter and waste several days deliberating without reaching a result."

"Our time is limited; since every clan has contributed materials for the King-Breaking Pills, these twenty King-Breaking Pills shall be divided equally among our five clans."

"Four pills for each clan, but they may only be consumed by Heavenly Prides whose combat power is invincible within their realm; absolutely no one is to abuse their authority to open back doors and give these precious King-Breaking Pills to mediocrities."

"For a true Heavenly Pride, four King-Breaking Pills are already sufficient for a Breakthrough; we will gain at least five Gu Kings with decent combat power."

"At the same time, all their Gu Worms must have their Transformation materials prepared as quickly as possible; we absolutely cannot allow them to fall behind."

"If they are lucky and there are a large number of King-Breaking Pills remaining after their Breakthroughs, we may be able to break through several more Gu Kings."

"If that Alchemist can refine another twenty King-Breaking Pills in the remaining half-month, the number of newly broken-through Gu Kings might be around ten."

"Adding those outsider Gu Kings we have coerced into joining us, by then, the number of Gu Kings on our Big Solitary Island will surpass that of the Black Dragon Pirate Group; when the Black Dragon Pirate Group attacks, we might even be able to annihilate them in one stroke."

Leng Qianqiu clenched his fists and said with an excited voice.

At this moment, he truly felt that the scales of victory in this battle would tilt toward Big Solitary Island, and the possibility of defeating the Black Dragon Pirate Group was very high.

Previously, even if we coerced those Gu Kings who had come to the island to seek refuge into this war, the odds of victory were still not great, but now, if ten more Gu Kings break through on the island, the number of Gu Kings on the island will exceed that of the Black Dragon Pirate Group by several, and the odds of victory will increase greatly.

One must never think that having only a few more Gu Kings makes little difference.

With a few more Gu Kings, several of the Black Dragon Pirate Group's Gu Kings will face a situation of fighting two against one, and these individuals are more likely to lose than win.

Once the battles of these few conclude quickly, the freed-up hands can support other areas, then rapidly snowball the advantage.

Even adding just one more Gu King will break the balance of a war, greatly increasing the win rate.

Of course, some Gu Kings can fight multiple opponents, so Big Solitary Island cannot be said to have a guaranteed victory.

But if Heaven shows its favor, not only has it bestowed upon us a Third Grade Alchemist, but also a mysterious Fourth Rank Array Master.

The Array Formation that this Fourth Rank Array Master sets up using the resources of the entire island is bound to inflict heavy casualties on the Black Dragon Pirate Group; thus, combined with our numerical advantage, the odds of victory in this battle will absolutely exceed fifty percent!

After destroying the Black Dragon Pirate Group, he will possess both Big Solitary Island and Small Solitary Island; how could he not be excited?

This is simply the will of Heaven; it is Heaven's arrangement that sent such an awesome Alchemist and Array Master to the island.

At this moment, the high-ranking members of every clan present felt their fighting spirit surge, no longer pessimistic about the upcoming battle but filled with confidence.

Especially the five Spirit Sea Peak Gu Cultivators in the hall, who all stared intently at the five Pill Bottles on the table, their breathing becoming rapid.

They were the Heavenly Prides with the strongest combat power among the Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators of every clan, and the Island Master's meaning was that these King-Breaking Pills were prepared for them; how could they not be excited?

This was an opportunity to break through to Gu King; breaking through to Gu King was the dream of every Gu Cultivator, and now the King-Breaking Pills were placed right before them, within easy reach, only one step away from becoming Gu Kings, causing them all to flush with excitement.

Leng Qianqiu looked around the room, paused for a long while, and seeing that no one raised any objections, he spoke again:

"I assume the number one Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator of each clan is undisputed; since no one has objected for quite some time, I will take everyone's silence as tacit approval of my proposal."

"The five of you shall perform your Breakthroughs right here; I, the Island Master, will personally guard the Dharma for you."

Although he did not name them explicitly, everyone knew who those five people were.

At this moment, the gazes of everyone in the hall converged upon those five individuals, their eyes revealing envy.

With such an enormous windfall dropping on their heads, who could not be envious?

The other Spirit Sea Stage Peak Gu Cultivators could only hope that their luck would be good, that fewer King-Breaking Pills would be used.

Only then would they have a chance to compete for the remaining King-Breaking Pills.

"Island Master, rest assured! I will definitely become a Gu King this time! I will absolutely not fail everyone's expectations of me!" one of the five immediately shouted excitedly.

Leng Qianqiu nodded, and as he distributed the five bottles of King-Breaking Pills into the hands of those five people, this Five Clans meeting finally concluded.

And those five Heavenly Prides were also kept behind by the Island Master, who personally guarded the Dharma for them...

In the blink of an eye, another month passed; unsurprisingly, the Heavenly Wind not only arrived early but its duration also extended.

According to past patterns, the Heavenly Wind should have ended half a month ago.

But this time, the Heavenly Wind went mad, lasting a full month and a half.

During this period, Long Xuan had not been idle either; using a large quantity of King-Breaking Pills, he frantically exchanged for treasures in the treasuries of the Five Great Clans, nearly stripping the treasuries of the Five Great Clans bare.

Currently, the Progress of the Swallowing Heaven World Toad Gu Formula had reached 80% completion under his efforts, and many new materials had appeared on the Gu Formula that required him to collect them in a timely manner.

And the wealth he obtained through exchanging King-Breaking Pills easily allowed him to collect more than half of the materials on the Gu Formula.

It is worth mentioning that the material count for the Three-Legged Golden Toad Gu Formula was 200,000, while the material count for the upgraded Swallowing Heaven World Toad Gu Formula was 500,000.

He utilized the Soul Study to research the Calamity Poison Gu with a material count of 100,000, which took half a year; calculating based on this, the Gu Formula added 300,000 new materials, so the construction period for him to research the Swallowing Heaven World Toad Gu Formula would be one and a half years.

However, the Swallowing Heaven World Toad Gu Formula contained a large number of repeated materials, meaning hundreds or thousands of stacks of the same material; this situation greatly accelerated his speed in grinding the Gu Formula, so the construction period was rushed very quickly.

Now, not even a year has passed, yet the Gu Formula has already been ground by him to 80%.

Apart from the two hundred thousand materials for the Three-Legged Golden Toad Gu Recipe that had long been collected, he still needed to gather another two hundred thousand new materials, including a large quantity of Top Grade Spirit Insects, making the collection difficulty truly significant.

He first made a huge profit by selling Spirit Medicine from the Death Sea Region, then used King-Breaking Pills to plunder the treasuries of the Five Great Clans of the Island; using this wealth to frantically barter with the Gu Cultivators on the island, he only managed to scrape together one hundred and fifty thousand materials, as the remaining fifty thousand materials were simply impossible to find on this island no matter what.

This was only possible because of the assistance of that wealthy woman, Di Xin, from whom most of those Top Grade Spirit Insects could only be obtained.

However, in exchange for these one hundred and fifty thousand materials, he had basically exhausted seventy or eighty percent of his gains on the island.

The treasures he had worked so hard to obtain from the treasuries of the Five Great Clans were basically stripped clean by Di Xin, leaving Long Xuan wanting to cry but having no tears.

Truly, fortune turns like the wind; whom has Heaven ever spared?

On this night, before the Heavenly Wind had completely ended, with its power merely weakened but not vanished in many places, nearly a hundred ships of the Black Dragon Pirate Group already slipped through the gaps, impatiently sailing toward Big Solitary Island.

Small Solitary Island was extremely close to Big Solitary Island; at the speed of the Black Dragon Pirate Group, they unexpectedly reached the edge of Big Solitary Island in less than half a day.

At this moment, aboard the Black Dragon Ship, the Bald Man gazed at the approaching Big Solitary Island, gradually furrowing his brows as he hesitated, "Aren't we being too hasty?"

"Why not wait until the Heavenly Wind ends completely, until those Gu Cultivators who came to the island to seek refuge depart, before we attack Big Solitary Island? It would not be too late."

"There are still a large number of Gu Cultivators seeking refuge on the island right now; the number of Low-rank Gu Cultivators even exceeds our own forces, and they are very likely to be coerced by the powers of Big Solitary Island into this war."

"If we launch an attack on Big Solitary Island now, we will have to face the strength of many outsider Gu Cultivators; the situation will be extremely unfavorable for us and will cause us to suffer even greater losses."

Black Dragon gazed deeply in the direction of Big Solitary Island and sighed, "Do you think I do not understand the reasoning you speak of? Do you think I do not know that now is not the optimal time to attack Big Solitary Island? If the Black Dragon Pirate Group suffers heavy losses, the one who feels the most heartache is me."

"But there is no choice; we must blockade the island before everyone has departed. We cannot let a single person from Big Solitary Island escape."

"The group who took the Heart of the Ocean is still on the island. Once we allow the people on the island to leave en masse, that group is very likely to mix in with the crowd and flee."

"The vast ocean is boundless; once they escape, it will be incredibly difficult for us to find their tracks again."

"I am determined to obtain the Heart of the Ocean, so regarding the people on the island, I would rather kill the innocent than let one slip away; not a single one can be left alive."

"Moreover, do you really think that Island Master would so easily let that group leave?"

The corner of Black Dragon's mouth slowly curled up as he sneered coldly, "This Island Master is not simple; when we attacked Small Solitary Island, he had already anticipated that we would definitely make a move against Big Solitary Island."

"Therefore, he deliberately crowded a bunch of wrecked ships in the Port, making it impossible for outsider ships to enter, forcing the people on those ships to jump into the sea and swim ashore."

"The people survived, but their ships were destined to be destroyed by the Heavenly Wind; without ships, they could only helplessly remain trapped on the island."

"Building a large ship is a time-consuming and labor-intensive major project; even after the Heavenly Wind ends, that group will remain trapped on the island for several years."

"It is true that there is a Teleportation Array on the island, but without needing to think about it, that Teleportation Array will definitely be deliberately damaged by that Island Master; do not expect it to be repaired within a few years."

"Therefore, no matter what, we will have to face that group of outsider Gu Cultivators."

"However, this is also for the best; since the Teleportation Array on the island cannot be used, the people who took the Heart of the Ocean must definitely still be on the island."

"If they had used the Teleportation Array to transfer to a distant location, we would truly have a headache."

Hearing this, the Bald Man could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth a few times; deliberately filling the Port with wrecked ships so that outsider vessels, having nowhere to dock, would be destroyed by the Heavenly Wind—this was truly malicious enough.

Only that Island Master could have thought of such a thing.

Then he deliberately damaged the Teleportation Array, forcing everyone to be trapped on the island, only to become cannon fodder for them; this was truly malicious to the extreme.

"Enough! We have arrived; taking advantage of the dim moonlight before they discover us, we will immediately launch a surprise attack on Big Solitary Island."

"There are quite a few small fries on the island, with Low-Realm Gu Cultivators far outnumbering us, so we will first use the ship cannons to clear out the small fries on the island, as well as those defensive fortifications."

"Do not save any for me; fire until all the cannonballs are exhausted. I want to bomb Big Solitary Island flat. Once the cannonballs are gone, all Squadrons are to charge up immediately."

"This time we go all out! Leave not a single person on the ships; we must capture Big Solitary Island in one fell swoop! Slaughter them until not a single piece of armor remains!"

Black Dragon roared loudly, gazing in the direction of Big Solitary Island with eyes full of killing intent, his murderous aura so dense that it made everyone nearby tremble.

Following his order, nearly a hundred warships lined up in a row, and on the side of the hulls facing Big Solitary Island, the pirates pushed out cannon mouth after cannon mouth.

The cannon mouths were densely packed; the ship cannons aimed at Big Solitary Island numbered at least several thousand!

Behind the ship cannons stood a group of pirates wearing ferocious grins, gazing in the direction of Big Solitary Island with bloodthirsty eyes. (End of Chapter)