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A Mirage?

A Lost World?

It should be fine!

This was a city built on the sea. Half of it was under the sea, and the other half was above the sea. It was so huge that it was beyond anyone’s imagination. It was boundless and had layers upon layers.

The architectural style of this city was completely different from the existing world, and its history was completely unrecognizable.

It could be a few hundred years, or a few thousand years.

Everyone on the ship had once fantasized about the world within the great Devil’s Triangle. It could be an Island or a desert.

Of course, it could also be a huge city, but when it really appeared in front of them, it was still beyond everyone’s imagination.

A person’s thoughts were limited. Even if one could fantasize, it was still the accumulation of things that one had seen.

The Mirage-like city in front of them had already exceeded the aesthetic concept of many people.

But was this beautiful new world a ruin?

It was filled with vicissitudes and loneliness.

Everyone on the ship had no time to sigh with emotion as they immediately entered the most horrifying moment.

What was that thing that came out of the water?

Sea monster? That was the only way to describe them. They had terrifying fangs and extremely sharp claws.

It possesses astonishing speed, and its body is densely covered with scales that are incomparably tough.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

The Nirvana Army on the ship shot arrows frantically, but it was completely ineffective. These arrows could not penetrate their outer skin.

Once they charged onto the ship, they could easily tear countless people into pieces.

And at this moment.

ah! Ah! Ah! dumb suddenly roared and pulled out his black iron heavy sword, ready to attack.

“Mommy, Yingluo, mommy, Yingluo”

At this moment, baby Shen Ye ran out of the cabin and rushed to his unconscious mother.

”

A powerful and vicious sea monster suddenly pounced at him at an extremely fast speed. It rushed in front of him like lightning and was about to bite him.

“Don’t!”

Bing ‘er let out a cry and rushed towards baby Shen Ye, wanting to use her body to protect baby Shen Ye.

She would rather die than let her baby Shen Ye get hurt.

“Kill bi an!”

All the Nirvana soldiers pulled out their swords and prepared to fight to the death with these sea monsters. More than a dozen Warriors rushed towards baby Shen Ye, trying to save him with their lives.

However, the sea monster that was about to bite Shen Ye’s baby suddenly froze, as if it was hesitating.

And at this moment!

A strange conch sound rang out, as if it was filled with infinite magic.

Suddenly, all the sea monsters seemed to be frozen.

“Wuwuwuwu!”

The sound of the conch continued.

Then, these sea monsters disappeared without a trace, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying, and they all returned to the bottom of the sea.

A moment later, a person came from afar, stepping on the waves.

The sunlight shone on this person’s body, giving off a golden light.

This was truly walking on the waves, and he did not have any buoyancy boots, which were extremely powerful.

It was impossible to tell if this person was male or female, because his entire body was covered in a special armor. From a distance, it was unknown what it was, but upon closer inspection, it was actually a skeleton armor, as if it was made up of countless bones.

He gently jumped onto Jin Mulan’s ship and came to her side. He reached out and touched her neck.

“Don’t touch her!”

Dumb’s recondite steel heavy sword suddenly slashed over.

This person gently pushed, and dumb’s body flew out. He was really strong.

she has overdrawn her mental power. She needs treatment. This person spoke.

She was a woman who spoke Chinese, but her tone was very strange, as if she was a foreigner speaking Chinese.

Then, she took off her skull mask and revealed her beautiful face.

“An adventurer from the eastern world? My father is also from the eastern world, and half of my blood is Eastern.”

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Shen Lang’s Mulan city was completely sealed off.

No ship was allowed to approach, and Shen Lang’s ship was not allowed to leave.

Once his ship went out to sea, it would be sunk immediately.

The pirate fleet of the Bloody Baron and the fleet of the Jade Gold City were all patrolling the area day and night.

Shen lang had once sent a small boat to the volcano Island to transport volcanic ash, but it was mercilessly sunk by the Bloody Baron.

What a realistic world. Just a few days ago, the Bloody Baron was still doing business with Shen lang and even sent him 15 ships and thousands of slaves.

After the bell rang, they immediately became enemies.

He had still underestimated Duke dybosse’s power. With just one order, all the Pirates in this area actually submitted to her.

Of course, it might not only be her strength, but also the prestige of the future emperor Sauron.

Shen Lang’s Mulan city was at the southernmost tip of the blue Tide Peninsula. There was an iron mine there, and there was no farmland. Even if there was farmland, it would be too late to plant it.

Everything was obtained through trade, and once trade was cut off, they would run out of ammunition and food.

Any supplies would be cut off.

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this is already much better than I thought. I thought it would be sealed in one and a half months, but two months have already passed. Shen lang laughed. however, I didn’t expect the Bloody Baron to send us 8000 slaves. Now, Mulan city has 13000 people. How long will we have enough food for? ”

“It’s enough for three months,” Zhang Chunhua replied.

“Three months?” that’s enough, ” Shen lang said. in about 50 days, dybosa’s 100000-strong Army will attack Mulan city.

did you already anticipate this? ” Zhang Chunhua asked. that’s why all the ships were here to transport the volcanic ash. Even if they couldn’t finish production every day, they had to keep transporting it. And you almost spent all the gold coins you had? ”

“How much volcanic ash do we have in storage?” Shen lang nodded.

“Three million Jin.” Zhang Chunhua said.

“It’s enough, it’s enough,” Shen lang said.

The three million catties of volcanic ash and a few million catties of limestone could produce an astronomical amount of cement.

The bricks were still being made.

next, 30% of the manpower will build the houses, and the remaining 70% will build the city walls. within a month, we have to build a city wall with a circumference of 15 miles. The thickness must be more than one meter and the height must be more than five meters, ” Shen lang said.

In the past, Zhang Chunhua would have been daydreaming again. Building a city wall with a circumference of ten miles would have taken at least two to three years to build even if there were seven to eight thousand people. However, with bricks and cement, everything was possible.

It had a circumference of 15 miles, which was less than 8000 meters. On average, it was only one meter per person. It was easy to complete the construction in a month if they were to build it in sections. If they really disliked the slow speed of ordinary bricks, they could directly use cement bricks.

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A few miles away from Mulan city, Shen lang was experimenting with a new explosive that was very powerful.

With a saltpeter mine, he was so happy that he would cry. When Shen lang first arrived at the blue Tide Peninsula, he sent four ships to the saltpeter Island to transport saltpeter. In just one trip, he had transported more than 100000 catties.

When he was in the State of Yue, he had sent hundreds of people to clean the toilets, but they couldn’t even get more than a hundred thousand Jin of saltpeter.

But now, with a casual trip, they had more than 100000 Jin of saltpeter, and the island’s saltpeter was almost endless.

Moreover, Shen lang realized that the island not only had a large amount of saltpeter, but also a large amount of phosphorus.

Volcano Island not only had volcanic ash, but also countless natural sulfuric acid pools. It was truly a treasured land.

The materials that Shen lang wanted to make the explosives were almost all available here. There was even the purest inkstone.

The blue Tide Peninsula was rich in mineral resources. Shen lang even found a large number of stone cotton stone mines 100 miles to the North.

It really felt like he had made a fortune. It was as if the heavens had taken care of this new continent. There were many precious minerals that were rare in the eastern world and could be found everywhere.

Shen lang also ordered people to purchase the remaining materials in bulk.

There were countless materials and resources, but what he lacked was manpower.

The senior talents in Shen Lang’s hands were the sky-Sea Pavilion disciples that Zhang Chunhua had brought with her. Half of them had to manage the city.

There were only 15 people in total. Then, more than 100 people were selected from the loyal and reliable Eastern Knights to be apprentices.

The process of making the new bomb was complicated, but it definitely wouldn’t take as long as two months.

The only problem was the reaction vessels. Shen lang spent a long time to build all the experimental vessels and reaction vessels.

In order to speed things up, almost all kinds of utensils were used, such as iron pots, glassware, pottery, and so on.

Now, T/N/T was finally being mass-produced.

Shen lang hesitated for a long time about which type of explosive to make.

Was it bitter acid, nitroglycerine, or T/N/T?

But in the end, he still decided to create T/N/T first. Although its power was not the greatest, at least it was very stable. It would take at least a few seconds to burn with high-temperature flames before it detonated, and it would be fine even if it was smashed with a hammer.

Nitroglycerol was really unstable. Bitter acids easily reacted with iron.

However, the T/N/T thing was also very annoying because it was too stable. It was not easy to detonate it, so it was necessary to create mercury fulminate to detonate it.

“Detonate!”

Shen lang gave the order.

“BOOM!”

With a loud explosion, the house used for the experiment was instantly blown to pieces.

The power was shocking, and it was very successful!

Zhang Chunhua’s petite body trembled when she saw this.

She had never thought that this thing would be so powerful. Just one packet was enough to blow up a house.

“Is this the secret weapon you were talking about?” Zhang Chunhua said.

strictly speaking, it can only be considered a tool. It is an important part of a killing machine, ” Shen lang said.

With a large number of T/N/T, there would be an endless stream of awesome weapons.

Of course, the pure T/N/T ratio was not enough as it could not be used to make the propellant for bullets. It required nitrofilter, nitroglycerine, and stabilizing agents. With Shen Lang’s current industrial capacity, he was far from being able to achieve that.

However, as the God of War’s traditional cannon, it could be born.

After successfully detonating the new explosives, the next step was to test out the cannons.

That’s right, Shen lang already had a cannon. However, he did not use the iron from the iron ore. Instead, he bought pig iron to forge it.

He spent money to buy dozens of blacksmiths, and based on what he knew, he made a cannon.

The caliber wasn’t big, just equivalent to the red-coat cannons of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

“Ready, fire the cannons!”

With Shen Lang’s order, the temporary Cannoneer lit the fuse.

“BOOM!”

A thunderous sound rang out.

Blood splattered everywhere.

The gunner was cut in half.

It directly exploded.

The experiment failed. Shen Lang’s face turned green, and everyone else’s faces turned ashen.

Shen lang went forward to check the gun barrel that had exploded. The first shot exploded? Isn’t the quality too bad?

Shen lang had checked. The interior of the cannon was rather tight, and there were not many holes.

The power of T/N/T was still too great. This relatively primitive cannon couldn’t withstand it, so it directly exploded.

Time was too tight, and Shen lang could not create high-strength steel. He could only create a cannon made of pig iron.

However, the first batch of steel was about to be produced by his iron mine, and by then, he could use steel with higher toughness to cast the cannons.

Then, Shen lang used the black gunpowder again.

Although there was an accident during the first test fire, no one backed down from the second test.

The 2,000 soldiers under Shen lang had nothing but courage. No matter if it was the eastern Warriors or the Roland Knights, they were not afraid of death.

“Fire the cannons!”

“BOOM!”

The sound was much softer, but the smoke was much thicker. At the moment of the explosion, the entire cannon was shrouded in smoke.

Even though it was black gunpowder, there was enough of it, so its power was still amazing.

“Swish Swish Swish” a solid iron ball was suddenly shot out.

The speed was so fast that it was far faster than a bow and arrow, and it instantly shot out four to five hundred meters away.

“So powerful, so powerful Yingluo”

“With this, we’ll be invincible at sea. We’ll be able to kill our way back to the great Yan Empire!” Zhang Chunhua said excitedly.

“This is much more powerful than the bow and arrow, and also much more powerful than the giant crossbow.”

Zhang Chunhua was so excited that she was incoherent. However, Shen lang was a little embarrassed. This was because the cannon was aimed at another house. In the end, it was not only hit, but it was also sent flying more than ten meters away from the house.

This accuracy? It was truly touching.

One cannon had already exploded, and there were only two left.

The next step would be to test fire continuously. Each Cannoneer would have to test at least a few hundred shots before they could get the feel of it.

Moreover, the first batch of cannoneers needed to be trained by Shen lang personally. Furthermore, he only trained them in theoretical knowledge, which was stored in the AI. As for practical training, Shen lang had zero experience.

At this time, he really missed the Nirvana Army. This group of people were extremely focused and sharp. Even if they put down their bows and arrows, they could still become the best cannoneers.

When he missed the Nirvana Army, Shen lang missed Mulan even more.

“Baby, how are you guys? Is everything still safe?”

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Mulan city in the Jade tide Peninsula had become a huge construction site. More than 13000 people were working crazily.

Shen lang even wondered why the slave trade was so popular in the Western world. It was indeed very useful.

Although they were very stupid and could only do the simplest and most repetitive work, they were very obedient and did not have any rebellious spirit at all. They would do whatever was told.

This kind of obedience seemed to be engraved in their bones. Of course, this was also the tragedy of slavery, because many of these slaves were raised in captivity.

Adult slaves that were captured directly were not easy to discipline and would resist, so the price was very low.

Therefore, the slave owners in the Western world liked to capture some young slaves and raise them in captivity. This way, they could sell them at a high price. For example, Shen Lang’s 8000 slaves would cost him 60000 gold coins in total, which was two to three times the price of ordinary slaves.

Shen lang had wanted to give them a speech and give them freedom.

In the end, their reactions were very calm. To them, it was as if being able to eat their fill and live in a house was heaven.

This group of slaves that had been raised in captivity were already numb to obedience.

Mulan city’s city walls were growing every day, and the houses in the city were still growing like bamboo shoots after the rain.

The cannons were the most important. Shen lang selected more than 300 people from the most loyal Eastern Knights to train.

The production of explosives continued, but they could not produce one type. They had to produce a variety of explosives, and even black powder.

The production of cannons continued, and they were now made of new steel.

The entire process was extremely difficult. Even with the mold and the theoretical knowledge in Shen langzhi’s brain, the cannon that he made was still full of holes.

In the end, Shen lang could only change his mind. He first forged the popular casting layer by layer to make it tough enough. Then, he used the thermite to join it together seamlessly.

In reality, Shen lang did not know if he could succeed, but in theory, he should be able to.

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The seal on Shen lang was still in effect, and Duke dybosse’s Army was getting closer and closer. Furthermore, Jade Gold City was also gathering their troops. Even if Duke dybosse was not around, Duke Russo’s residence was still buying strong slaves and training them into an Army.

Zhang Chunhua said,”Shen lang, there are at most 40 days before Duke dybosse’s Army arrives.” Our ship entered the sea at night for the second time, but we were still met by the patrolling Pirates and sank again.”

“Is it the Bloody Baron?” Shen lang asked.

“Yes,” Zhang Chunhua replied. So, on the day of the war, we will not only face enemies on land, but also enemies on the sea.”

Shen lang said, ” Duke dybosse wants to destroy our base, but I’m also drooling over her Jade Gold City. There is everything there. There is silk, cotton, gold, and food. There are also two large shipyards and countless human resources. Once we take down Jade Gold City, we will be rich.

it’s impossible to take down Jade Gold City with our own strength, but it’s for the best that Duke dybosse is leading an Army to attack us. After her Army is completely destroyed, it will be much easier for us to attack and occupy Jade Gold City.

“How many troops do you think she’ll send to attack us?” Zhang Chunhua asked.

“At least 100000,” Shen lang said.

“An Army of 100000?” Zhang Chunhua asked. To attack our 2000 people?”

Shen Lang’s Army only had 2000 people and 11000 slaves. However, it was impossible for them to fight for Shen lang.

Once the battle started, they were guaranteed to wait in the house for the battle to end, and then submit to the new master. This group of people had no spirit to resist at all, nor did they have the spirit to fight.

“By using cannons?” Zhang Chunhua said.

Shen lang said, ” if we rely on cannons, we will need at least a hundred of them. We will also need a large number of grapeshot. According to our progress, it would be amazing if we have five cannons that can fire when the war starts. We have too few blacksmiths, and they are too low level. As long as we take down Jade City, we will have hundreds or thousands of skilled blacksmiths, and by then, we can continuously produce cannons.”

“Without the cannons? Can we defeat Duke dybosse’s 100000-strong Army?” Zhang Chunhua asked.

“Yes, of course you can!” Shen lang said.

“It’s been three months,” Zhang Chunhua said.”There’s only nine months left until the promise with little princess Yiyi. We can’t go back on our word.” One one was a very special treasure. If you told her one year, she would remember that moment and use all her life force to last until that moment. If the time is up and you don’t arrive, I’m afraid she won’t be able to hold on. ”

Shen Lang’s eyes turned red. if you say such things again, I’m going to beat you up.

Then, he gritted his teeth and said, ” even if I don’t have an Army by my side, even if I’m alone, I’ll walk to her. I’ll crawl. I won’t go back on my word.

“When are we going back to the great Yan Empire?” Zhang Chunhua asked.

Shen lang said, ” soon, soon. As long as we win against Duke dypos and occupy Jade Gold City, our career will advance by leaps and bounds. As long as we have a fleet of 100000 soldiers and more than 1000 cannons, we will be able to kill our way back to the great Yan Empire. By then, we will have absolute control over the sea.”

Zhang Chunhua asked,’then what do we rely on to defeat Duke dybosse’s 100000-strong Army? We only have 2000 people, do we need to use explosives?”

“I hope that I won’t need to use this,” Shen lang said.

“Then what should we use?” Zhang Chunhua asked.

“The Warriors of the Amazon Empire, the most powerful female warrior tribe in the Western world,” Shen lang said.

Zhang Chunhua looked at Shen lang and said,”there were many people who wanted to conquer the Amazon tribe with their handsome looks. However ...”

“Their heads have been chopped off and their skin has been peeled off,” Shen lang said.

“Then, are you confident?” Zhang Chunhua asked.

Shen lang said, ” 70%. As long as we conquer the Amazon tribe, we will have the strongest army. It will be easy to defeat dybosa’s 100000-strong Army. It will also be easy to occupy the Jade Gold City. We can even move unhindered within 500 kilometers.

How strong were the Warriors of the Amazon tribe? Just look at the Roland Knights.

On the other hand, the Roland Knights were still a group of people that were abandoned by the Amazon Queen because they were too weak. However, the Roland Knights were the strongest army under Shen Lang’s command. They could fight against the Celine Empire’s Allied army alone.

there’s only one and a half months left before dyposa’s 100000-strong Army attacks us, ” Zhang Chunhua said in surprise. but you’re still at home and haven’t conquered the Amazon tribe. You don’t have enough time, do you? ” When do you plan to conquer the Amazon Queen?”

“I’ll go tonight!” Shen lang said.

“So fast?” Zhang Chunhua asked, trembling. Why was he in such a hurry? However, the waters around us have been sealed off. Not a single ship can go into the sea.”

let’s go by land, ” Shen lang said. then, we’ll leave this area and cross the sea to the North. We’ll go to the Amazon tribe.

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At night, Shen lang bade farewell to Zhang Chunhua, the Black Pearl, LAN Feng, and the rest.

Zhang Chunhua, I’ll leave Mulan city’s internal affairs to you while I’m not around.

“Black Pearl, suppress your fiery temper and don’t go into the sea.” Shen lang said.

we are the descendants of the Pirate King, ” Black Pearl said. we’re not afraid of sacrifice. Now that we’re sealed on land and can’t go into the sea, it’s a great shame. If the skeleton gang was still around, they wouldn’t have allowed people like the Bloody Baron to show off at sea.

She was really aggrieved. The Bloody Baron, who was her friend, immediately turned against her and led many Pirates to completely seal off Shen Lang’s Mulan city. The two ships that he sent were sunk mercilessly.

“General LAN-Feng, the defense of the entire city will be handed over to you. You also have to supervise the manufacturing of cannons and the test firing of cannoneers.”

The leader of the eastern Knights, LAN Feng, said,”my Lord, if you can conquer the Amazon tribe, you will have the most powerful Army. It will be easy to defeat Duke dybosa’s 100000-man army.” But what if you don’t succeed, or you don’t arrive in time?”

Shen lang said, ” I have great Expectations for the female Amazons. I need them. However, I will not place all my hopes on them during the battle with Duke dybosse. Even if we didn’t arrive in time, we would still have won this battle. Zhang Chunhua will lead her men to make arrangements. Of course, the best outcome would still be for me to lead the Amazon Army to attack and kill Duke dybosse’s Army until their blood flows like a river.”

Then, Shen lang said, ” I’ll take my leave. Take care.

LAN Feng suddenly called out to Shen lang.

“My Lord, may I call you Your Majesty?” LAN Feng suddenly said,”I know you don’t like this form of address, but I’m worried that I’ll never see you again. I don’t have the time to call you that.” You can’t imagine how loyal we are to His Majesty Jiang Li. We even dream that His Majesty Jiang Li’s descendants will appear in front of us one day.”

Shen lang had never acknowledged his identity, but he did not deny it either. In his conversations with Zhang Chunhua, this Vixen would always talk about the future human Emperor, His Majesty Jiang, or when she would return to the great Yan Empire.

LAN Feng wasn’t a fool, so of course he understood what she was saying.

Of course, even if Shen lang and Zhang Chunhua revealed their identities during their conversation, there was no need to believe that he was Jiang Li’s son.

However, LAN Feng absolutely believed in Queen Medusa. All her decisions must have meaning. There was probably only one person in the eastern world who was worthy of her, and that was the future human Emperor.

However, Shen lang did not take the initiative to expose him, and LAN Feng did not expose him. However, no words could describe the passion and excitement in his heart. It was as if he had entered the second spring of his career.

The loyalty of the entire Eastern Knights to Shen lang instantly reached the limit. It even exceeded their loyalty to Queen Medusa.

No matter how dangerous the job was, they would fight to do it because they were fighting for their lifelong dreams.

The heavens were too kind to them. After more than 20 years of despair, they actually sent the real king to them again.

Therefore, during the cannon test, the first explosion occurred, and the brother was blown into pieces. However, they did not retreat and continued to carry out dangerous experiments.

Now that Shen lang was gone, they really wanted to call him ‘Your Majesty’ in their hearts. Otherwise, they might not have the chance to do so anymore.

Shen lang laughed and said,”general LAN-Feng, your words are inauspicious, but it doesn’t matter.” However, I must tell you that when I was in the great Yan Empire, my entire body felt extremely uncomfortable when my sworn brother called me ‘Your Majesty’. ”

Then, Shen lang got on his horse. Under the protection of Meng Roland and a few other female warriors, he left Mulan city and headed north, disappearing into the night.

Only now did LAN Feng kneel down and kowtow, ” I, LAN Feng, bow to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!

After that, the eastern Warriors behind him knelt down in an orderly manner.

“Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!”

Everyone’s voice was almost hoarse and their eyes were filled with tears.

When Zhang Chunhua realized that she was the only one standing, she felt her body go numb.

I, I have to kneel down too?

I really don’t want to kneel down to this scumbag, even though I like him.

But the atmosphere has already reached this point, is it appropriate for me to not kneel?

Then, she saw LAN Feng’s murderous gaze, as well as the people from the eastern warrior group staring at her as if they were her mortal enemies.

Zhang Chunhua felt helpless. Was it really necessary? Your loyalty has gone to the devil. Maybe I’ll be your imperial concubine in the future.

Then, she also knelt down helplessly.

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After six days and six nights!

On this journey, they had traveled more than a thousand miles on land and another two thousand miles on the sea.

At this time, they had entered a completely unfamiliar Sea area. There was thick fog everywhere, and submerged reefs were everywhere.

It was only because outsiders couldn’t enter that Meng Roland and the others remembered the way home.

Shen lang sat on a boat and continued to venture deeper. They should be reaching the mysterious Amazon soon.

The Amazon Empire was a completely isolated island. It was mysterious and powerful, almost never appearing on the map.

The most powerful group of female warriors in the entire Western world had lived on this mysterious island for generations. Apart from reproducing, they had never left.

Meng luolan said, ” Mr. Shen lang, we will reach the waters of the Amazon Empire. Although you’re one of the three future human emperors, the Amazon is cut off from the world. Even if you’re the human Emperor, they’ll still kill you without hesitation or even dismember you.”

“I understand,” Shen lang nodded.

Meng luolan said, ” in the past thousand years, all the men who entered the Amazon Empire have died. They were beheaded and skinned before they even had the chance to speak. Are you sure you want to go in? ”

“Let’s continue,” Shen lang said.

Meng Roland took a deep breath and continued to row in.

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Half an hour later!

Shen Lang’s boat was surrounded.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

Dozens of extremely powerful female Amazon Warriors suddenly shot out of the sea.

“Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang!”

In an instant, the ship that Shen lang was on was torn apart by force.

This force was truly astonishing. Using manpower to destroy a ship?

The next second!

Dozens of large swords were placed on Shen Lang’s neck, Meng Roland’s, and everyone else’s necks.

“No outsiders are allowed to enter the waters of the Amazon Empire. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed without mercy.”

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[ note: today’s update is still more than 16000. I really gritted my teeth to complete it! ] My Lords, please bestow me with your monthly votes, don’t make me so powerless!