Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 18 Showdown with the Captain
"Captain, you should thank me, I helped you solve the problem with the iron tower."

"???"

"Because I heard him say that he came to your ship to pursue one of your secrets, not because he was truly loyal to you."

Shi Ming fiddled with the gun in his hand, as if he were chatting.

What secret do you have?

Upon hearing Shi Ming's words, the captain's face turned deathly pale, and the sinister look in his eyes intensified, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on!
He roared, his voice filled with surging anger.

The other members of the exploration team behind him had already consciously spread out to avoid being caught in the crossfire. They knew their captain's fighting prowess and believed he could easily deal with this arrogant slave!

good chance!
boom!
Shi Ming fired another shot, but the captain, who was on guard, easily dodged it.

“Shi Ming, if I were you, I would find a place to hide on this island. At least that way, I could live a few more hours and spend the last moments of my life alone.”

"And now, death will become your only hope!"

With a roar, the captain's nautical suit tore apart, leaving only a black vest clinging to his muscles! Black markings appeared on his rough body—a manifestation of his awakened power. Bathed in the blood of a deep-sea black shark, he could unleash shark-like strength and speed for a short time!

Whoosh!
Like a black arrow, the captain arrived beside Shi Ming in the blink of an eye and threw a straight punch.

Shi Ming had seen this move before, and with a speed no less than the captain's, he suddenly retreated several meters to dodge the attack.

The Xuanwu bloodline did not grant him any speed-enhancing skills; his high speed was purely due to the powerful boost to his physical attributes brought about by his awakening!

This is S-rank awakening!
It not only grants powerful skills, but also brings about a qualitative evolution of the body! And unparalleled potential!
"You're also an Awakened One?"

The captain was astonished by Shi Ming's speed and scrutinized him.

"Whether you are or not, you will die! You spies! Did you all come to my ship to obtain my uncle's secrets? I have killed too many people like you! But what I didn't expect was that Iron Tower would also be disloyal to me!"

The captain continued to press forward with incredible speed.

Shi Ming, on the other hand, adopted a defensive strategy as his offensive tactic, much like a cat playing with a mouse.

This was his first time facing an Awakened since his awakening, and he wanted to see the differences between S-rank and D-rank in various aspects.

"I never imagined my drifting ship would be infiltrated here. Adding that the spy from six months ago, that makes three!!! Even an awakened one like you has unknowingly infiltrated my ship, and in such a lowly capacity as a slave!!!"

"Enough. After this battle, all the crew members will die!"

"all!!!"

The captain roared, completely disregarding the fact that some ordinary members of the exploration team were still at a distance, waiting to see what would happen.

These poor crew members, who had been hoping to find a way to help their captain, were shocked and chilled to the bone by these heartless words.

Some team members even considered a quiet retreat, but when the time came to actually retreat, they didn't know where to go. On the ship?
There is nowhere to run!
In the blink of an eye, the two had already exchanged several blows.

Unlike the clash of swords against the Iron Tower, the battle with the captain was a contest of speed. Shi Ming also gained an understanding of the relative strengths of both sides.

He was going to test his S-rank skill, Xuanwu Shield, again.

"Hmm? There's a flaw?"

The captain's thick eyebrows furrowed, and a sinister smile appeared on his lips. His black muscles resembled those of a black shark about to devour its prey in the deep sea.

You, an Awakened One, are still too young. You've only been fighting for a short time, yet you've already made a fatal mistake.

He targeted Shi Ming's weakness and concentrated most of his awakened power into his fist!
I've got you!

boom!
Where muscles collided, the sound of metal clashing against metal could be heard.

"Basalt Shield!"

In terms of combat skills and intelligence, Shi Ming was far more proficient than this captain.

He's received rigorous training!
He had deliberately created an opening to lure the captain into attacking him with all his might, and at the right moment, his S-rank awakening skill was activated!

The Black Tortoise Shield grants immunity to all damage for three seconds, achieving an invincible state, and also reflects 50% of the damage dealt back! Newton said that forces act in pairs. This is reasonable and scientific!

"Crack!"

The powerful impact shattered the captain's hand bones, and the excruciating pain, transmitted through his nerves, made his eyes widen in agony.
The hysterical roars were so exhilarating that the exploration team members, who dared not leave or stay, were thoroughly entertained.

"You! You actually... What... What kind of skill is this?"

Shi Ming did not reply. He pointed the gun at the captain's forehead and pulled the trigger with the steady hand of steel.

In battles between the strongest, every second counts.

boom!
Unfortunately, the bullet missed for the third time.

It is not advisable to fire a shot today.

???

No, it didn't miss; it hit the captain squarely in the forehead and went right through.

The bullet was absorbed by the captain's forehead?
wrong!

Shi Ming felt that the captain in front of him suddenly had an unreal feeling, as if he had become a phantom.

Is this also a kind of awakening technique?

The captain in front of him suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha, Shi Ming!"

"After all these years, I've roamed the endless ocean. How could I not have one or two trump cards up my sleeve?! A young awakener like you is still too inexperienced!"

"You've forced me to use my trump card; you have no chance left."

The captain used his left hand to pull something out of his black shirt.

It was a control terminal smaller than a mobile phone.

"Your awakened skill is indeed powerful, but look at this! The drifting ship's chip control terminal! You didn't expect that, did you? I always carry something like this with me!"

"I don't care what your purpose is in coming to my ship, or how powerful you are. As long as I control it, you will die instantly!"

"Attack me! Then die unwillingly, hahahaha!"

???

Seeing that guns were no match for the captain, Shi Ming had already switched to a broadsword.

He wielded his powerful arm and slashed at the captain's body and the so-called "chip control terminal" in his hand with ten times the force.

The sword slashed across the captain's ferocious face, but it seemed to slice through the air, striking nothing at all.

It was indeed a phantom.

What's this trump card?
The captain ignored Shi Ming's attack without flinching. His right hand was broken, and he could only use his left hand to comically operate the terminal machine, the machine that could control the chips implanted in the brains of all the crew members and slaves.

Each terminal of the Skynet chip is clearly hierarchical; the one in the captain's hand can control everyone on his ship.

"Number 361... Number 362..."

“Found you, slave number 363.”

"A slave, an awakened one, dares to risk coming aboard my drifting ship? No matter who's behind you, now, die in despair, hahahaha!"

The captain frantically pressed the "Execute" button on Shi Ming's page on the terminal.

(End of this chapter)