Chapter 2117 - 502: Naval Battle, Chen Jie: Have I Become the Pirate King? (Part 3)

Certainly, mountain paths are long and arduous. Many times, the fish have spoiled halfway during transport, so when fishermen catch such a large fish, they first peel off the most delicious fish skin, dry it, and send it to the city.

Moreover, it’s not often available, making it hard for the Emperor to eat Dragon Dungen.

The old sailor was quite excited. If this two-to-three-meter Dragon Dungen were brought up and sold, it could fetch tens of thousands of taels of silver.

This thing is somewhat similar to the modern bluefin tuna, truly a sought-after treasure.

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie was invigorated and said, "Great, today we’ll eat Dragon Dungen! Taste what only the Emperor can eat."

Having said this, Chen Jie exerted even more strength to lift the rod.

However, the Dragon Dungen was ultimately unable to resist Chen Jie, and was gradually being lifted. In terms of strength, not only a fish but even a cow could be easily raised by Chen Jie.

At this moment, Chen Jie added force, quickly lifting the Dragon Dungen up. Just as it was about to leave the water surface, suddenly there was a shout: "Watch out, enemy attack!"

A shout rang out, and immediately a sound echoed directly in Chen Jie’s ears.

Whoosh!

Chen Jie turned his head to see a cannonball flying directly toward him.

Whoosh!

Witnessing this, Chen Jie’s eyes widened, and he quickly swung his hand with a palm strike.

Seventeen Dragon Capturing Palms!

Roar...

A dragon’s roar echoed, and soon a giant golden dragon flew out, charging toward the incoming cannonball head-on.

With a loud boom, the cannonball exploded mid-air!

A huge shockwave rushed over, at which point Hei Ligu stood in front of Zhao Facai to shield him, and Zhang CuiShan protected Fang Susu from the shockwave to prevent injury.

Meanwhile, Chen Jie held a fishing rod with his other hand. Originally, the Dragon Dungen was a sure catch but unexpectedly fell victim to a flying cannonball. The terrifying shockwave flew over, sending the Dragon Dungen tumbling away.

It became unhooked immediately.

Chen Jie’s fish hook was originally small, not intended for catching such a big fish. The Dragon Dungen had swallowed a mackerel that Chen Jie had hooked, and the hook caught its lower jaw, unable to break free.

And in the late stage, Chen Jie used Gang Qi to strengthen the hook and rod’s strength, making it harder for the Dragon Dungen to break free.

However, that cannon just now caused the Dragon Dungen’s jaw to tear, resulting in the hook hanging loose.

At that moment, the disoriented Dragon Dungen plunged into the water, sinking immediately, its fate unknown.

Seeing this scene, Chen Jie was furious instantly. Having caught a big fish, to be provoked was intolerable—he vowed to beat someone senseless.

Thinking this, Chen jie looked over to see a ship drifting not far away.

The cannonball just now had been fired from the main cannon of that ship.

Chen Jie frowned slightly, looking back at the sailors and said, "Pass my orders, move closer, and prepare the main cannon for counterattack!"

Hearing this, the old sailor immediately responded with an affirmative. Following this, the entire ship immediately adjusted to battle mode.

The old sailor then yelled, "Can we identify the enemy ship?"

The question was directed to the lookout sailor, who replied, "It looks like it’s a red ghost’s ship; our cannon can’t reach that far!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie replied immediately, "Red ghost?"

Chen Jie was slightly confounded; this timeline shouldn’t be during the European Age of Exploration yet. But seeing Europeans in these waters wasn’t entirely impossible, considering Marco Polo had arrived in the Yuan Dynasty decades ago and even held an official post.

He also brought back news to the Europeans about a country full of gold in the East, sparking their endless fascination and coveting.

These red ghosts might just be the ’adventurous’ pirate Europeans fooled by Marco Polo into venturing here.

Naturally, Chen Jie cared little about who they were. Opening fire at sea meant an unyielding war, hence, the cannon!

Looking at Fang Susu, Fang Susu suddenly responded, staring at Chen Jie and said, "Our, our cannon can’t reach."

After hearing this, Chen Jie glanced at Fang Susu, and in the next moment appeared at the gun emplacement.

Looking at the distant sea ship, it seemed to be two kilometers away.

Chen Jie looked at the cannon before him and said, "Can’t hit at such a close distance?"

The gunner responsible for the cannon wore a grim expression and said, "No way, our cannon has only the range of two li."

Upon hearing this, all Chen Jie could think was what rubbish cannon this was, far inferior to the one designed by Huangzhou Prefecture’s Technology Institute Tao Guangyi, nowhere near comparable. Because their Technology Institute Tao Guangyi, also known as the later-famous Flying Ten Thousand Households, designed a cannon capable of shooting up to ten li, which is five kilometers.

Way better than the cannon on this broken ship; indeed, superior to the cannon across the red ghost ship as well.

Meanwhile, the captain of the opposing ship picked up a monocular looking at this big ship on the opposing side and said, "Continue firing."

"Those yellow-skinned monkeys’ ship’s cannon is useless, won’t hit us, we need to sink them before they get close!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the gunners immediately started loading the cannon and subsequently went mad firing this way.

Boom!

A cannonball directly shot over. As the cannonball approached the ship, Fang Susu said, "Can’t let it hit the ship."

Hearing this, someone shouted, "Know it, leave it to me."