Chapter 853

"Since you said Little Lufei is fine, we naturally don't need to worry excessively anymore."

"This time, Little Lufei wasn't harmed, and you've slain the King of the Near Sea—this is truly double joy!"

"Indeed..."

A group of villagers beamed with wide, joyful smiles.

Upon learning that Lufei was unharmed,

they each let out a heavy sigh of relief.

Lufei was someone they had watched grow up.

Their feelings for Lufei were naturally very deep.

"Where is Lufei now?"

Marigold still looked worried and asked softly.

"Red-Hair is bringing him back to the Windmill Village."

"Relax..."

"With Red-Hair around, Lufei won't come to harm."

"Besides,"

"the greatest threat near the Windmill Village has already been eliminated by me."

Lu En pointed at the cold corpse of the King of the Near Sea.

"True enough."

Marigold exhaled deeply.

Her tightly wound nerves finally eased somewhat.

Unconsciously raising her right arm, she lightly wiped the sweat from her forehead; her pale, gentle face gradually regained its natural color.

"This demon—truly did you kill it?"

The old village chief couldn't help asking.

Seeing the cold corpse of the King of the Near Sea, his shock refused to subside.

The King of the Near Sea was the most terrifying Sea King in the waters near the Windmill Village.

It was also the greatest threat to the villagers of the Windmill Village.

Now,

the King of the Near Sea was dead.

That meant...

From now on, the villagers of the Windmill Village could go fishing at sea without living in fear.

Yet,

the old village chief simply could not believe the King of the Near Sea was dead.

Such a massive, super-large Sea King had been slain by Lu En himself.

Although he knew well,

Lufei was strong.

But he still could not imagine,

that Lu En could be powerful enough to kill the King of the Near Sea alone.

This was no ordinary Sea King.

This was the King of the Near Sea!

The absolute ruler of a thousand-li sea!

Even among Sea Kings, it was one of the strongest.

Killing the King of the Near Sea was no ordinary feat.

Precisely because of this,

the old village chief showed such intense shock at Lu En's killing of the King of the Near Sea.

"Who else could it be but me?"

Facing the old village chief's doubt, Lu En smiled faintly.

"It really was you!"

Upon hearing Lu En's answer, the old village chief wore an expression of utter astonishment.

After a long moment,

he blurted out in awe: "Your strength is truly beyond comprehension. I thought you could..."

"Take down a band of bandits all by yourself—that was already unbelievable."

"But I never imagined,"

"that today you'd fight and kill a super-large Sea King with your bare hands!"

"I must admit,"

"we all greatly underestimated your strength in the past."

With that said,

Lu En smiled but said nothing.

He did not say,

in fact,

that when he killed the King of the Near Sea, he hadn't taken it seriously at all.

He had merely been warming up.

With only three punches and two kicks,

he blew apart this so-called overlord-class Sea King!

If the village chief and the villagers present were to learn

that the Near-Sea King, whom they regarded as a demon, was in truth nothing more than a weakling Lu En could blow apart with three punches, their hearts would surely be even more shaken.

After all,

in the hearts of the villagers of Windmill Village,

the Near-Sea King was an unconquerable colossus.

They had once racked their brains and still could not think of a single solution.

But now,

the Near-Sea King who had left them helpless had been blown apart and slain by Lu En.

This outcome naturally filled their hearts with shock.

Gazing at the Near-Sea King's cold corpse, one villager after another turned their awestruck eyes toward Lu En's figure, not far away.

"I told you long ago — that boy Lu En's strength far surpasses your imagination."

"Doesn't it just…"

"Even the Near-Sea King was blown apart and killed barehanded by that boy Lu En!"

"Can you believe it?"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that the demon known as the Near-Sea King would one day be slain by a person. And what's more, the one who killed it was a five-year-old boy from our very own Windmill Village!"

"That boy Lu En truly is the most terrifying monster on the sea!"

"Just five years old, and he already blew apart a super-large Sea King with his bare hands — what astonishing, terrifying strength must that take? It's simply unimaginable!"

"…"

A group of villagers exclaimed again and again.

Even the crew members of the Red-Haired Pirates, who were at the harbor shore, could not help but feel dread and admiration for Lu En's strength.

On this sea, the strong are honored!

No matter what one's status…

as long as one's strength is great enough,

one can win the reverence of all.

That is an iron law!

At this moment,

Lu En's tremendous strength naturally won the reverence of the Red-Haired Pirates' crew…

"Fist Demon Lu En…"