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Chapter 664 Valentine's Strength

On the dark sea, shrouded by raging winds and torrential rain, the sound of the waves grew immense, the black storm seemingly reaching all the way to the sky. At least four nautical miles away, several dark ships suddenly appeared. Most strikingly, each vessel flew a flag bearing a crown and skull.

This is the flag of Valentine, the "Lord of Weather" and the Emperor of the Northern Pirates!

Zhou Ning could sense that amidst the gusts of wind and huge waves, a pair of emotionless eyes seemed to pierce through the barrier between illusion and reality and gaze at the "Thorn".

Although the Poseidon was not inside at this time, all the extraordinary people present did not breathe a sigh of relief.

Because "Lord of Weather" Valentine is different from other demigods, he has the ability to control the weather. As long as he is on the sea, even if he is not on the battlefield, he can cross the distant sea to attack his enemies.

This is also the most fundamental reason why he was able to suppress all pirates in the Pirate Conference and become the Pirate Emperor of the North.

What a coincidence! Zhou Ning narrowed his eyes slightly, certain that this was no coincidence. The Thorn had experienced all sorts of bizarre weather conditions along the way, which delayed the ship for quite a while. Then, as they approached the southern island chain, a continuous tailwind forced the fleet to encounter Valentine's fleet.

All of this can be considered the efforts of meteorologists and is completely logical.

Zhou Ning thought about the series of events that had happened before and had some vague guesses. If he guessed correctly, this must be Xiao Poshu's conspiracy, to naturally make him and the Church of the God of War stand in opposition to the "Lord of Weather" Valentine.

"This is outrageous! I didn't expect this final battle to actually have the air of palace intrigue. From a fight between two demigods, quasi-gods and angels are now joining the fray, and each has their own reasons for being there. Sometimes I think fate is truly strange..."

However, Little Book probably didn't expect that ever since the Shaman King Norman Langdon died at his hands, he and Valentine had been on opposite sides.

Beside Zhou Ning, Patriarch Roger's expression also turned grim. If possible, he absolutely did not want to clash with Valentine, as that would lead to complications and additional difficulties. It might also attract the attention of the Church of Poseidon, whose primary goal was to find Archbishop Edward and reclaim the Falric Code.

"Sir Roger, what should we do now?" Smith Hall approached, looking nervous. "Leading the fleet is Poseidon's First Mate, 'Black Baron' Jeffrey. He's Valentine's right-hand man and a prominent figure among the Northern Pirates. He's definitely quite powerful. Valentine is definitely watching this place. If a conflict breaks out, the fleet here might be lost."

"First, signal them with flags to identify yourself and remind them to leave and be prepared. If they have no intention of retreating, be prepared to counterattack." Patriarch Roger said in a deep voice.

Zhou Ning shook his head slightly. It was obvious that the other party had locked onto his fleet after several rounds of reconnaissance. Behind them stood the "Lord of Weather" Valentine. If it were him, he would not stop just because of the other party's identity.

He took a deep breath and calmly took out his right hand, which was wearing the God's Hand of Beowulf, from his pocket, ready to attack at any time.

Normally, the enemy would be within range two minutes earlier. Jeffrey, the "Black Baron" as they called him, stood on the deck of a large black ship. Despite the distance and unremarkable attire, under Zhou Ning's spiritual lock, he was as vivid as a firefly in the night. He grasped the wind with his hand and placed it to his ear, seemingly listening, nodding occasionally. Valentine must be giving him instructions.

Jeffrey had the Weather Lord, Valentine, standing behind him, ready to unleash catastrophic weather at any moment. They were now on the enemy's home turf. If Meredith didn't take action, the Church of War's professionals would struggle to unleash their full potential at sea, putting them in a very passive position. If necessary, he would consider striking first.

The previous Luck 5 dice proved that this battle might not be as dangerous as it seemed.

As they were talking, the sailors on the watchtower had already sent out several rounds of flag signals, but just as Zhou Ning had expected, the wind around them suddenly became extremely strong, and the enemy ship was actually moving backward instead of forward, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles in a short period of time and approaching rapidly. As for the Thorn and the nearby ships, they were in a strong headwind, and coupled with the turbulent sea current nearby, they were in a dilemma for a while.

At the same time, on the sea, three large hurricanes several miles away were roaring and converging towards the center, creating extremely strong wind pressure. The fierce wind pressure even created a small black hole, sucking in the surrounding air, and everyone on the ship felt difficulty breathing.

Zhou Ning had seen this skill before from General of Wind, Galar. It was a skill called Wind Summoning, which brought together several hurricanes and merged them into a tornado, with a chance of pulling all enemies around into the tornado.

But what General Gallaher had condensed were two small hurricanes, and now three massive hurricanes were about to condense, seemingly connecting the sea to the sky. It was foreseeable that once these three massive hurricanes merged, they would undoubtedly form a devastating storm, powerful enough to even blast apart the Sea of ​​Fog.

In the storm, the Thorn was sailing shakily in the doomsday scene, while the enemy fleet was rapidly approaching. With a "click", the bow railing broke due to the strong wind pressure, and the lookout on it fell down with a long tail.

Zhou Ning flashed, picked him up in his hand, and gently put him down. At the same time, a black multi-masted sailboat had already crashed into Zhou Ning's attack range.

Zhou Ning ignored the other party's thanks and just nodded calmly, because at this moment, the panel issued a prompt:

[You trigger the urgent mission [Defeat the Weather Lord Pirates]]

Mission Description: For some reason, Weather Lord Valentine's pirate group is indiscriminately eliminating all ships bound for Hood Island to prevent General Thunder from replenishing his forces and achieving his own goals. You are just one of their targets, but when they learned that this was a ship belonging to the Church of the God of War and saw Wayne Stewell appear, Valentine decided to take action himself.

[Quest requirements: Defeat the Weather Lord Pirates and survive.]

[Rewards: 250 million experience points, 600 Vekta, War God Church reputation, and 1 random item reward.]

"It seems Valentine probably didn't realize Meredith was on this ship, otherwise he wouldn't have jumped in without hesitation. Is their purpose in doing this to monopolize the contents of the ruins? Or is there some other reason?"

Zhou Ning frowned and saw that all the players on the surrounding ships began to stare blankly at the same time. After a little thought, he realized that they had also triggered the same task. This was not bad and saved him trouble.

He no longer hesitated. A white light emerged from the palm of his right hand, and a card with the golden letter UR appeared out of thin air. He slammed it down.

The moment the white light dissipated, six huge waves hit the sky at the same time. In the center of the waves, a dragon with azure blue as the main color and a huge gem embedded in its forehead appeared.

Sea Dragon - Taydarus! After acquiring the quasi-miracle item, Dust Dream, Zhou Ning prepared to test a new battle strategy.