Everyone who saw this scene paused their movements.
On the stern of the "Widow King", Mara, who was holding her machete high, suddenly stiffened.
The cruel and wild smile on her face froze instantly.
She lowered her head in disbelief and looked at the center of her plump and strong chest.
A flesh hole the size of a bowl with sparks on the edge, exuding the burnt aroma of roasted meat, appeared out of thin air at the location of her heart.
The expression on her face froze on the ultimate astonishment and incomprehensible emptiness, the last trace of expression in her eyes was extinguished like a candle in the wind, and the scimitar in her hand fell on the deck with a "bang", emitting a crisp and desperate echo.
The next moment, her body, which had lost its core support, collapsed softly and silently on the cold deck, as if it had been stripped of all bones and tendons, and let the flames gradually burn over her body engulf her.
The entire battlefield seemed to have been pressed the mute button.
"Ma... Lord Mara? The leader of the nearest crying reef island trembled in an uncontrollable voice.
"Salt... Salt Widow... He's dead? "
Another pirate looked at the strange blood hole in Mara's chest that was on fire, and was terrified.
"It's the new leader of the Torture Abyss, he killed Mara with fire sorcery!"
The screams of horror exploded like a plague in an instant, sweeping through every ship on the Crying Reef.
The main general was instantly obliterated in such a strange and irresistible way, completely destroying the core of the will of the pirates on Weeping Reef.
The ferocity and cruelty on which they rely are condensed collapsed in the face of absolute power and unknown fear.
The offensive that had been like a tide collapsed in an instant, and the pirates of Crying Reef Island fell into great panic and chaos.
Some ships turned around, some collided with each other, and some even killed each other for their escape routes.
The entire Crying Reef Island fleet was in chaos.
"The whole army counterattacks and crushes them!"
Liu Qian seized this once-in-a-lifetime fighter and roared.
His voice was like thunder, instantly igniting the pent-up anger in the chest of the torture abyss soldiers.
The warships at sea erupted with a deafening roar, and the oarsmen burst out with their last strength, and the warships slammed into the chaotic enemy ships like beasts that broke free from their chains.
Arrows and stones poured down like a rainstorm of vengeance.
The troops on the beachhead were also like tigers out of the gate, erupting with earth-shattering shouts, frantically chasing the scattered pirates of Crying Reef Island, driving them down to the sea, or beheading them on the blood-stained beach.
The tide of the battle was instantly reversed.
The fleet of Crying Reef Island completely collapsed, turning into countless panicked fleeing fragments, scrambling to escape this cursed sea.
When the last ship flying the flag of Crying Reef disappeared into the horizon in the distance, the dock beach and the nearby sea had turned into a shura field.
The sea water was dyed dark red with thick plasma, and countless stumps and broken ships floated around.
The air was filled with a thick smell of blood, burnt and death.
Liu Qian didn't rest for a moment, not even taking a look at the slaughterhouse he had created.
He immediately gathered heavy casualties but morale, and brought all the captured shipbuilders and pirates from Split Palate Island and Crying Reef Island into the cabin and imprisoned them.
He then ordered Chora to count the number of ships harvested in this battle.
The core area within the dock has been controlled.
Several paddle boats with varying degrees of damage lay in the dock or ran aground on the beachhead.
Large quantities of oak, ironwood planks, barrels of tung oil and swim bladder gum, bundles of cables, bronze nails, and iron piled up in untouched corners or warehouses were important resources for rebuilding and strengthening the fleet.
At this moment, a brisk paddle boat broke through the mist from the direction of the main port.
On board was an officer under Rollo's command, his face was a mixture of excitement and panic, and he climbed the "Crab Nest" without waiting for the ship to stop.
"My lord, there is a big mess in the main port." The officer gasped urgently.
Liu Qian frowned slightly.
He ordered Rollo to harass and feint only on the edge of the harbor, and to retreat if the people of Kago attacked, and there should be no mistakes as planned.
"To be clear, what's wrong with Rollo?"
"My lord, it's not that Lord Rollo had an accident."
The officer hurriedly explained, swallowing his saliva: "It was the people of the Split Palate Island who were completely messed up, at first the main port saw our fleet pressing the border, the alarm bell rang the sky, the city wall was densely packed with people, and the ballistas were pushed out, as if facing a great enemy and holding on to the end, Lord Rollo ordered us to wave flags and shout at the edge of the range, beat drums and scold the formation, and pretended to attack on a large scale." "
The officer paused, with an incredible expression on his face: "Unexpectedly, after about half an hour, the inside of the fortress suddenly burned, the fire was very large, black smoke billowed, and what was even more strange was that the pirates on the city wall who were still on standby with bows and arrows on the city wall, saw the fortress on fire, directly threw down their weapons and began to collapse, crying and crying to run into the fortress, and the city wall was directly unguarded."
Lord Luo Luo felt that it was too strange and did not dare to act rashly, so he sent me to ask the lord for instructions quickly, do you want to enter the main port to find out? Now the port is completely open, and there is dead silence inside. "
Liu Qian's eyes suddenly sharpened.
Civil strife? Or a trap?
Liu Qian shook his head, he was not in the main port at this time, and he had not witnessed the situation at the scene, so it was difficult to judge.
"Order Luo Luo, closely monitor the port, do not land without authorization, we will go to the main port immediately."
Liu Qian's voice was decisive: "Order the fleet, abandon the dock wreckage cleanup, immediately pull out the anchor and set sail, and go to the main port of Split Palate Island." "
Cleft Palate Island is a huge island with a long and narrow north-south side, and its main harbor is located in a naturally formed sheltered bay at the southernmost tip of the island.
To the north of the harbor is a small but rather steep limestone hill, from which a stream of small water originates and winds into the bay.
The core of Kago's rule, the Split Palate Fort, was built on this hill.
It was not so much a fortress as a larger-scale stone stronghold.
A low wall made of rough limestone blocks, only about six or seven feet high, winds along the mountain, forming a small area.
Inside the walls are the pirates' main dwellings, warehouses, and Kago's tower.
The fortress itself does not have much depth, and its danger lies in the terrain built on the mountain.
To attack the main body of the fortress, one must attack the steep hillside and expose it to the defenders' bows and crossbows and throwing weapons.
At the southern foot of the fortress is the main port of Split Palate Island, where the remaining main fleet of Kago is moored.
When Liu Qian's main fleet appeared outside the main port of Split Palate Island, Rollo's fleet immediately moved closer.
Luo Luo quickly climbed up the "Crab Nest", ignoring the greetings, pointed to the main port that was close at hand, and said to Liu Qian in a hurry:
"My lord, look, there is no shadow of a living person in the port now, and those Kago men, after the fortress caught fire, all ran back to the fortress."
Liu Qian stared at him.
In the harbor, large and small ships swayed gently with the waves, and the cables slapped the side of the ship, making an empty "pop" sound.
There were no guards, no sailors, not even a small sampan that no one rowed.
The pier was empty, littered with weapons, helmets, and debris discarded in a panic.
In the direction of the Split Palate Fort, which is built on the mountain, is a different scene - several thick black smoke is billowing from inside the low wall, straight into the sky that is not yet fully bright, and even from a distance, you can smell the burning smell of wood burning in the wind.
On the walls of the fortress, the flag was crooked and drooping, and it was also empty, only black smoke continued to pour out from behind the wall.
Inside the fortress, chaotic shouts and metal collisions were faintly heard, but they were blocked by mountains and distances, and they could not be heard clearly.
The entire main port area is filled with a chaotic atmosphere.