The battle on the cargo ship's deck continues.

Chen Wei clears his sight of pirates while dashing towards the starboard.

"Bang bang bang!"

After emptying the magazine of his submachine gun, he hurls the gun at a pirate to the left, simultaneously pulling out a handgun from his waist, "Bang! Bang!" and accurately hits the pirate's thigh with two shots.

The pirate cries out in pain, staggering forward, and drops his AK to the ground. Chen Wei quickly steps forward, grabs the rifle up effortlessly, and smashes the butt against the pirate's head, knocking him out cold.

Beside the ship's railing, a new group of pirates climbs up the ropes; they've received their leader's latest order to kill on sight. Upon seeing Chen Wei, they raise their guns and start shooting.

Chen Wei reacts extremely quickly, bending down the moment the enemies raise their hands, executing two rolling motions in succession.

"Ping! Ping! Ping!" Bullets whiz past his back, causing sparks to fly across the deck.

Chen Wei dodges the heavy fire, hides his body behind a cover without poking his head out to observe the opponents' positions, and just based on the gun sounds, he discerns the pirates' locations, swiftly firing three shots, with three pirates instantly collapsing with chest wounds.

Two pirates who narrowly escape the shots are startled and instinctively turn to flee.

Though they appear ferocious, at their core they are merely ragtag mercenaries, who don't even measure up to regular army standards, let alone the elite special forces of Chen Wei and his team.

As soon as the fight started, they noticed something amiss, with their ranks collapsing swifter than the tide.

But Chen Wei was not about to give them a chance to escape.

With a sharp push of his toe against the deck, his body springs out from the cover like a leopard, using the AK47 he's just picked up, "Bang bang bang" firing a burst of bullets right into the pirates' calves.

"Thump! Thump!" The two scream as they fall, struggling to get up, but Chen Wei is already upon them, smashing the gun butt viciously against their heads, knocking them out in an instant.

After dealing with these two, Chen Wei scans the deck, confirming there are no other pirates present, and without stopping, quickly moves to the railing and leans over the edge to look down.

On the sea below, several speedboats are still circling, with seven to eight pirates clutching four steel cables to climb upward, the closest less than a meter from the deck.

Chen Wei switches the AK to single-shot mode, raising his hand to fire several shots, "Ping! Ping! Ping!" bullets hitting the steel cables, sparks flying.

Though the steel cables don't break immediately, they're shaken violently, causing the pirates to cling desperately to the ropes, swaying like they're on a swing, yelling in terror.

The top pirate is only half a meter from the deck, just about to reach out for the railing when Chen Wei aims a shot at his wrist.

"Ah!" The pirate screams, letting go and falling straight into the sea.

Pirates on the speedboat realize what's happening and start shooting at Chen Wei's location. Although these small-time shooters have limited accuracy, with more than ten people on the speedboats below, there's still a risk of stray bullets hitting him, so Chen Wei doesn't dare be careless and quickly ducks for cover.

He moves forward along the railing about ten meters and exposes his gun once more.

This time, instead of targeting the cables, he directly aims at the pirates on the ropes, "Bang! Bang!" and a pirate crumbles back into the sea with a shot to the chest.

The remaining pirates hesitate, frightened of Chen Wei's shooting, and begin jumping into the sea.

On the port side, the battle goes more smoothly, with An Zai and Old White pushing forward from the right and left.

Their marksmanship is exceptionally accurate; in just four to five minutes, they clear more than twenty pirates on the deck, including their leader, whom they capture alive.

"Tell your men to cease fire!" Old White seizes the leader by the neck, thrusts his upper body over the railing, and presses a handgun against his head.

The leader's body trembles, his clothes soaked with cold sweat, never imagining his crew of dozens would be shattered so quickly.

Not hearing a response, Old White slightly shifts the gun towards the leader's ear and pulls the trigger.

"Bang!" The gunshot rings out, the bullet grazes the leader's ear, drawing a spurt of blood, and blowing off half the ear.

The leader howls in agony, clutching his ear, wailing as blood seeps through his fingers, an overwhelming terror in his eyes replacing any remnants of defiance.

"Cease fire! I order you to cease fire!" The leader convulses in pain, shouting to the speedboats below, "All speedboats, retreat immediately! Leave the ship! If anyone dares come closer, I'll skin them alive!"

He then grabs the walkie-talkie on his chest and yells the command several more times, worried his men didn't hear.

In truth, the pirates on the speedboat are also afraid; if they hadn't feared their leader's cruel methods, they would have escaped long ago. Now, receiving the retreat order, they dare not linger.

The pirates maneuver the speedboats around, their engines roaring as they flee in haste, quickly becoming black specks on the horizon.

Chen Wei watches the speedboats disappear at the edge of the sea, finally leaning against the railing and sighing in relief.

Although the battle wasn't prolonged, the tension remained high throughout. Now relaxed, he realizes that his clothes are soaked through with sweat.

"Da Pao, how's the situation on your side!"

The earpiece quickly crackles with Da Pao's response: "We've advanced to the third level, killing nine pirates in total."

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