I Have A Martial Dao World

"Zhiyuan" charged toward "Yoshino" with an unstoppable resolve, ramming hard into its starboard side!

As the collision was imminent, chaos erupted among the crew aboard "Yoshino".

Captain Kawahara Youichi rallied his sailors, instructing them to arm themselves with rifles, readying for the seldom-seen boarding combat of this age.

He could never have imagined that as captain of one of the most advanced warships of his era, he would resort to a naval combat method of the age of sailing vessels.

Meanwhile, aboard "Zhiyuan", flames had spread across the deck.

In the thick, rolling smoke, out of the original two hundred crew members, less than ten survivors remained, all gathered around Captain Deng.

"Today, we vow to sink with the enemy ship!"

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Yu Yanmei and Munekata Kotaro were still in a standoff.

The female Grandmaster crouched on the ground, slightly leaning forward, her left hand gripping the hilt of her sword, her cold eyes glistening through her hair.

Before the impact, she took two pills, surprisingly they were Lu Yao's "Ten-Complete Immortal Pills"!n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

She had given a bottle to Li Pei before, and the girl had passed the potent pills on to her master.

As the distance closed, a deafening crash rang out, and the two ironclad warships, thousands of tons each, collided!

The thunderous collision and the grating sound of tearing steel echoed throughout, drawing everyone's gaze.

Men and objects were flung into the air from both ships, and even the several-ton cannons could not escape being lifted by the horrifying force of the impact and tossed into the sea, creating mere ripples in the water.

A massive hole was torn open in the starboard side of "Yoshino" that a truck could drive through, and seawater surged in!

At that moment, Yu Yanmei made her move!

Her legs powered through, shattering the lookout post entirely as she shot forth like a bolt of lightning, heading straight for her enemies!

At that instant, the power of the pills dilated Yu Yanmei's pupils. Paired with her cool temperament, her eyes looked like shining gemstones.

True Qi transformed the mundane iron in her hand into a divine weapon, and her steel sword glinted with a dazzling light.

With a loud "boom," the Grandmaster shattered the air in front of her, moving so fast she disappeared from the retina, leaving only a silver streak behind.

This streak, like a rippling ribbon, swiftly sliced through the enemies on "Yoshino"—Munekata Kotaro, Captain Kawahara Youichi, and several officers of Organ Refining and Spirit Refinement.

Time slowed for everything in the world—debris in mid-air, the astonished faces of the enemy, and the white-haired girl leaping with sword drawn, all frozen in the atmosphere.

When the dust settled, the enemies realized in shock that their bodies would no longer obey their commands, and they fell to the ground in countless pieces.

"So fast..." Munekata Kotaro's katana was drawn only two-thirds of the way out. After uttering these last words, he too fell apart into chunks of flesh.

Yu Yanmei sheathed her sword and exhaled a cloud of steamy mist from her mouth and nose, an effect of Lu Yao's pills.

Amid the harsh sounds of twisting and breaking metal, the two warships sank together. Fortunately, "Jingyuan" was nearby, arriving in time to rescue survivors.

The captain of "Jingyuan", Lin Zhongqing—who had sought Inner Vision from Lu Yao some days before—had a frightening wound on his head, but he was otherwise unharmed.

Amidst the fierce battle, Lin Zhongqing found a moment to cup his fist in the other hand towards the group, expressing admiration, "My respects to your excellent skills! I am deeply impressed!"

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With "Yoshino" now sunk, the morale of the Zhenhai Fleet's side soared. Furthermore, with the enemy's main firepower lost, the pressure on their own side was significantly reduced.

The flagship "Dingyuan" recovered, finally extinguishing the fire onboard and rejoining the fight.

Then there was Lu Yao, who cunningly hid in the clouds, targeting only the main cannons of the Izumo Battleship. He didn't even need to detonate their ammunition; it was enough to render the enemy's main cannons unable to fire.

This was like casting Weakness on every enemy during a group fight, not dealing high damage, but extremely annoying.

As the Izumo's warships were hit one after another, the balance of victory slowly tilted in our favor.

Finally, a turning point appeared—the "Dingyuan's" twin 305MM cannons made their mark once again!

Under the control of the Spirit Refining Gunner, a precise volley struck the flagship of Izumo, the "Matsushima."

The blast wave from the exploding cannonball flung a 120MM "small cannon" into the air.

As chance would have it, this cannon happened to crash right into a pile of cannonballs on deck!

By this time, both sides were seeing red. Many officers in the Organ Refining Realm personally loaded cannonballs to increase the rate of fire.

These men, who had the strength of thousands of pounds in their hands, were afraid there were not enough cannonballs, so they piled them all around themselves to make it more convenient to grab them.

This disregard for military discipline had severe consequences! Continuous sympathetic detonations erupted on deck, creating an endless roar.

The deck of the "Matsushima" was instantly cleared, as countless crew members were torn into pieces by the shrapnel flying in all directions.

Moreover, because Izumo used incendiary bombs, the ship quickly became engulfed in a raging fire following the detonation!

What goes around comes around, the fate that had just befallen the flagship "Dingyuan" now also came upon Izumo's flagship!

The shockwaves from the consecutive explosions tore several large holes in the hull, with seawater pouring in, causing the vessel to lose balance and begin to tilt.

The "Matsushima" immediately retreated, trying to save itself; its companion, the "Fusang," moved up to attract fire.

At the critical moment, Zhenhai Fleet's shortage in logistics was exposed—ammunition was about to run out!

All they could do was watch helplessly as the "Matsushima" slowly withdrew, powerless to do anything!

Fortunately, there was still Lu Yao flying in the sky.

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"These ironclad warships are super tough when taking a beating, unfazed by dozens of cannonades. But if you hit the right spot with one shot, you can cripple them."

As Lu Yao lamented, he locked on to the breach in the hull of "Matsushima" and fired two missiles,

The missiles accurately drilled into the breach and produced two barely perceptible explosions, but flames then shot out from the breach, followed by a spectacular sight—

A giant fireball rose to the sky, and black shockwaves surged all around; the ammunition depot had detonated!

The "Matsushima" was split in two by the violent explosion!

With the enemy flagship destroyed and two other main warships sunk, the battle had lost all suspense.

The commander of the Izumo Fleet—Ito Suyoshi, escaped from the "Matsushima," scurried across the water to another main warship, the "Kyuritsu," and gave the order to retreat.

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Realizing the enemy's intention to escape, the Zhenhai Fleet could only give a symbolic chase, as they too had suffered significant damage and were nearly out of ammunition.

Lu Yao, mischievously flying in the sky, stopped firing cannons and instead targeted the base of the smokestacks on the Izumo warships, right where the boilers were located.

Warships generally have multiple boilers, but some are bound to be unlucky. Out of the remaining six Izumo warships, Lu Yao circled around and shot each one, leaving one unlucky vessel.

The "Fusang," having already suffered damage to two boilers in the earlier combat, had another one destroyed by Lu Yao, effectively rendering it inoperable.

Although the Zhenhai Fleet's pursuit was merely symbolic, they did not let the easy prey escape.

All the warships closed in for a collective barrage and directly sank the "Fusang," giving no chance for surrender.

Not a single person had been left unscathed on each ship of the Zhenhai Fleet, and they were filled with a killing rage. Even the enemy crewmen struggling in the water were shot dead with rifles, sparing no one.