Moreover, with the addition of Fiery Heart Iron Essence sent by Quan Yi into the iron armor, the Sea Soul Beast's soul skill attacks on the ship's hull will be weakened to some extent.
However, today is not the time for large seagoing vessels to appear.
At the pier, Quan Li, along with his family of four, gathered.
After talking, everyone looked at the clear, windless sky, their hearts slightly excited and expectant.
Immediately afterward, Quan Yue turned around and shouted to the departing team, "Set sail!"
After preparations, five medium-sized seagoing vessels departed from the pier and sailed into the sea.
At the pier, Quan Li and Yun Qiong held hands tightly, standing there with worry.
The fleet left the shore and sailed into the shallow sea area. At first, they could occasionally encounter scattered fleets, but as noon approached, there were no traces of anyone around.
Quan Yue and Su Ling'er were on the leading seagoing vessel, one holding a telescope to look around, and the other holding a nautical chart to determine their position.
After Quan Yue surveyed the surroundings, he said, "There are no other fleets around."
Su Ling'er replied, "Not far ahead is a reef area, where some soul beasts often take a nap."
Approaching the area where soul beasts lived, all the members on the ship unconsciously tightened their grips on the rifles in their hands.
The rifle was called Smokeless No. 1, and its bullets were metal-cased cartridges made by Quan Yi using smokeless gunpowder.
Metal-cased cartridges are the copper-yellow bullets commonly seen in movies.
They contain gunpowder and a bullet head, and are ignited by striking the primer.
The explosive energy of smokeless gunpowder is stronger than that of black powder, so its effective range can reach four hundred meters, and its maximum range exceeds two thousand meters.
Four hundred meters is a range that most Soul King-level soul masters' soul skills do not have.
Moreover, the bullet head adopts a pointed bullet, which is more penetrating than the previous round bullet, and can easily penetrate thin steel plates within four hundred meters.
Only by holding Smokeless No. 1 tightly could the crew members barely maintain their composure.
In addition to Smokeless No. 1, each seagoing vessel's deck was equipped with six giant harpoon guns.
The harpoon guns were fixed around the deck, with pure metal gun mounts and giant harpoons equipped together. The harpoons were slightly reddish fluorescent in color, and the sharp spearheads exuded an aura of extreme sharpness.
This harpoon gun was a divine weapon specially designed by Quan Yi and the blacksmith Yuan to capture sea soul beasts. At the end of the gun, a long hemp rope was connected.
The harpoon was two meters long, and because it was forged from all metal, each weighed a full one hundred kilograms.
There were two types of harpoon guns: one with a mechanism for launching by detonating gunpowder, and the other that used elasticity to shoot out like a crossbow arrow.
These two have their own advantages. The first type, with gunpowder detonation, has more power than the second type. Experiments have shown that the effective range is ten kilometers, and the maximum range is fifty kilometers.
However, the amount of gunpowder required is not small, and it can only be fired a few times.
In contrast, the second type can be fired countless times as long as there are enough harpoons.
Based on the two mechanisms, Quan Yi named the first type the Harpoon Cannon, and the second type the Harpoon Crossbow.
Quan Yue carefully checked many details, and then said to Su Ling'er, "I'll leave the command above to you."
Saying that, Quan Yue took out the Dragon Abyss Shuttle and input soul power. In an instant, a delicate ship twelve meters long appeared in front of him.
Quan Yue, accompanied by eight strong men, followed the descent rope at the bow of the ship and landed on top of the Dragon Abyss Shuttle.
After the Dragon Abyss Shuttle became larger, its entire body looked like it was made of colorless transparent crystal.
Opening the hatch above revealed twelve seats inside.
The eight men entered one after another, sitting in the eight seats in the back, and skillfully gripped the oar handles on their sides.
Quan Yue waved to Su Ling'er one last time before entering the cabin and closing the hatch.
Before long, the Dragon Abyss Shuttle slowly dived into the sea in the astonished eyes of everyone.
After diving into the sea, the Dragon Abyss Shuttle was like a fish dragon in the sea, swimming freely at the bottom of the sea.
Entering the seabed, the transparent material of the Dragon Abyss Shuttle allowed a full view of everything around.
Entering the seabed, the reefs that had originally troubled many ships were clearly visible. Quan Yue stood in front of the crystal ball at the front of the cabin, reached out and touched it, and input soul power.
Heading towards the interior of the reef.
On the sea surface, Su Ling'er held a megaphone and shouted loudly.
"Everyone prepare, sea soul beasts will appear soon. When that time comes, everyone act according to the plan."
After Su Ling'er issued the order, the crew members on the deck walked to their respective positions and used long chain buckles to connect themselves to the fixed hooks on the deck.
Then, they aimed their guns at the calm sea surface.
Besides these crew members, those operating the harpoon guns bore a greater burden.
They constantly guarded against the dangers of the sea surface through the sights on the harpoon guns.
After the sea soul beast appears, they will be the greatest reliance. Reloading takes time. If they cannot successfully hit the sea soul beast within thirty shots, reloading will take about half a minute.
During this time, their ship's hull is likely to be hit by the soul beast.
At that time, the success rate of capture will not only be greatly reduced, but the probability of capsizing will also increase.
Half an hour passed, and the sea surface was still calm.
However, the keen Su Ling'er sensed a rapidly approaching energy fluctuation from the front.
She immediately shouted loudly, "One kilometer ahead, everyone be on guard."
The messenger, upon hearing this, immediately waved the flag in his hand to convey the order to the various seagoing vessels.
The harpoon guns deployed at the bow of the ship immediately aimed forward, the whole process was orderly and solemn.
The training results of the past two years will be officially revealed later.
Although the crew members were fearful, they were also faintly expectant in their hearts.
It should be known that the results of this capture will be given priority to their children.
For the sake of their children, these fathers burst out with a strong will.
Su Ling'er's eyes were fixed on the sea surface half a kilometer away, the energy fluctuation was already very close.
In her perception, in addition to the familiar aura of the Dragon Abyss Shuttle, there was also a slightly tyrannical soul power fluctuation.
The next moment, a transparent seagoing vessel blooming with white fluorescence leaped out of the sea.
Immediately following, a gray-white figure followed closely behind.
A large seal with horns growing on its head vaguely revealed its figure.
Su Ling'er shouted, "It's out!"
The fleet immediately retreated to the rear and formed a ring formation.
