Chapter 283: 283. Chapter 283: Chaotic Battle

283. Chapter 283: Chaotic Battle

Scar never expected this person to pull such a move; at this moment, he was completely stunned.

"You are despicable!"

While exchanging blows with Long Xuan, Scar glared at him with fierce eyes, nearly exploding with rage.

These remaining five hundred men were the Black Dragon Pirate Group's last assets; if they were all lost here, the Black Dragon Pirate Group would exist in name only, and how could he explain this to the Captain upon his return?

Seeing members of the Black Dragon Pirate Group falling in rows, their heads severed, with incessant screams of agony behind them, his eyes nearly burst from their sockets, turning bloodshot.

"Go die!"

Killing intent surging, Scar stared at Long Xuan and accelerated his assault.

As long as he killed him and seized the Heart of the Ocean, then even if many more died this time, it would be worth it.

"Hehe, don't you like ganging up on the few with the many? Sorry, I like it too; enjoy yourself here slowly, but I must decline to accompany you further."

Seeing many Gu Cultivators excitedly surrounding this person to attack, Long Xuan smiled, withdrew, and left this opponent, who clearly possessed significant hidden cards, to the others; he would not take risks.

Seeing him shamefully flee, Scar froze, nearly vomiting blood from anger; just as he was about to give chase, he was blocked by Gu Cultivators swarming to attack.

"Hehe, sorry, your head is useful to me, so I will unceremoniously accept it with a smile!"

Luo Hongchen smiled and slashed his sword toward the man's neck, intending to chop off his head and exchange it for Gathering Sea Pills.

He needed Gathering Sea Pills too; originally, he had planned to stand aside and watch the fun, but now he could no longer sit still, for the heads of these pirates were simply too valuable, and he feared that if he were even a moment slower, all the heads would be snatched away by others.

"You are seeking death!"

"Since you are seeking death! Then I shall grant your wish! All of you damn well go die!"

Furious and desperate, Scar completely lost his reason; no longer caring to hide his hidden cards, he released all five of his Strange Gu.

Strange Gu were insects equal in rank to Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators, far beyond what the Spirit Gu of Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivators could contend with.

Therefore, although his cultivation realm had dropped, his Gu worms had not dropped in realm.

Once these five Strange Gu emerged, they were sufficient to crush any Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivator; absolutely no normal Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivator could contend with them.

This was the confidence behind Black Dragon sending him; an Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivator fighting a Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator whose realm had dropped had absolutely no chance of victory.

This move was absolutely a foolproof plan, but how could he have expected that such a surefire arrangement would still result in such a massive accident.

Human calculation cannot match heavenly calculation; even if beaten to death, he would never have thought that someone in this world had actually researched the Big Pot Pill Refining Technique, capable of easily refining a heap of Gathering Sea Pills, thereby hiring all the Gu Cultivators on the island.

This is the mobilizing power of a powerful Alchemist; offending certain Alchemists is equivalent to poking a hornet's nest.

As soon as the five Strange Gu appeared, everyone on the scene was instantly dumbfounded; the moment the five Strange Gu charged into the crowd, a large number of Gu Cultivators immediately fell in pools of blood, dying on the spot.

Luo Hongchen tilted his head slightly, dodging a sneak attack from one of the Strange Gu.

He touched the blood mark appearing on his cheek, his expression changing drastically, and he cried out in alarm: "Not good, this is a Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator whose realm has dropped! This Black Dragon Pirate Group actually intends to play dirty tricks."

Once the Strange Gu appeared on this side, the other two Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators with dropped realms within the Black Dragon Pirate Group exchanged glances, nodded together, and finally stopped hiding their hidden cards, releasing all the Strange Gu on their persons.

Soon, two more battlefields descended into chaos, with rows upon rows of Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivators falling in pools of blood, dying miserably under the attacks of a group of Strange Gu.

Witnessing this scene, the corners of Long Xuan's mouth twitched incessantly.

At this moment, he finally understood what conspiracy the Black Dragon Pirate Group was playing with him; it turned out they had arranged three Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators with dropped realms within the crowd, which was truly insidious.

Fortunately, his skills were one level higher; he had called upon a group of cannon fodder to fight those people, letting outsiders bear the damage.

He had also prudently withdrawn from the battle with that person in time; otherwise, he truly could not be certain whether his Gu worms could defeat the Strange Gu.

Once they released their Strange Gu to attack him and his crew, the consequences would simply be unimaginable.

At this moment, a wave of lingering fear surged in Long Xuan's heart, and he couldn't help but pat his frightened little heart.

He once again shouted loudly to the crowd: "The Black Dragon Pirate Group actually refuses to follow the rules, sending three Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators to mix in, intending to massacre Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivators within the Ruins."

"How can we allow them to enter the Sky Island Ruins! Eradicating evil and protecting the Dao is everyone's responsibility; whoever chops off the head of a Spirit Sea Stage pirate now, I will reward him with thirty Gathering Sea Pills!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire scene instantly boiled over; no one failed to redden their eyes, revealing greed.

Thirty Gathering Sea Pills—even a pig could break through to become a Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator.

It could be said that as long as one took the head of any of these three, then one's breakthrough to the Spirit Sea Stage would be a certainty.

Those who previously held themselves in high regard could no longer sit still at this point and one after another joined the fray.

Those three were merely Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators with dropped realms, not true Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators; their strength was far inferior to that of true Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators.

If all the Gu Cultivators rushed forward together, eliminating these three Pseudo Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators would be absolutely no problem.

Let alone the fact that they were not Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators; even if they had not dropped in realm and were true Spirit Sea Peak Gu Cultivators, they still could not withstand the encirclement and slaughter by so many Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivators.

No matter how strong those Strange Gu were, could they possibly defeat one hundred Spirit Gu?

Therefore, these three could not frighten the Gu Cultivators who had already been blinded by greed.

Using tactics of human waves to surround and kill these three would not be difficult at all.

Leng Yan hurriedly used Soul Transmission to speak to Long Xuan: "Hey! Are you crazy! Why make a reckless bounty offer! Where are you going to get so many Gathering Sea Pills!"

"Exactly how many Spirit Stones do you have?"

"Once all the people of the Black Dragon Pirate Group are killed, you will have to produce over a thousand Gathering Sea Pills!"

Leng Yan suddenly looked at the Honesty Gu on Long Xuan's shoulder; seeing this Honesty Gu watching the chaotic battle before it with great interest and showing no reaction, her scalp went numb.

The Honesty Gu showing no reaction meant Long Xuan's bounty was real; where on earth did he get so many Gathering Sea Pills—did he really have a hundred Spirit Stones?

Long Xuan replied via Soul Transmission: "Rest assured, I have many Spirit Stones, and I also have a large number of Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters; we can completely refine over a thousand Gathering Sea Pills."

"Moreover, I don't actually need to produce that many Gathering Sea Pills; I said delivery within one year. Most of this group will die within the Ruins, so this has become a blank check."

"I am certain that absolutely not many people will survive and emerge from the Sky Island Ruins alive, so my workload is not large; I am simply getting something for nothing, hehe!"

"With merely a negligible cost, I annihilated the Black Dragon Pirate Group with a wave of my hand; tell me, am I awesome or not?"

Hearing Long Xuan's eerie sinister laughter, Leng Yan stared at him blankly; for some reason, she developed immense doubt regarding that Honesty Gu.

Is the Honesty Gu necessarily trustworthy? Are Long Xuan's words truly trustworthy? At this moment, she was uncertain.

At this time, the battle situation had already changed; for a Gu Cultivator to control Gu worms of a level far higher than their own, they must bear the risk of backlash from the Gu worms.

Even Gu Cultivators whose Cultivation Realm had fallen would be no exception.

Because their realms had fallen, their Gu Worms could backlash against their hosts at any moment; it entirely depended on whether the Gu Worms were willing to backlash against their own masters.

At this moment, all three simultaneously suffered backlash.

Since they were destined to be unable to withstand the siege of the entire island's population, what awaited them was a sure Dead End.

Their Gu Worms were not foolish; naturally unwilling to be buried alongside them, they one after another backlashed against their masters, forcibly severing the Blood Contract relationships, and then all fled.

Not only did the Outer Gu flee, but even the Inner Gu all emerged from within their bodies and escaped.

The consequence of losing all their Gu Worms was imaginable; the three each vomited a mouthful of blood, could no longer resist the siege of the crowd of Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivators, and were soon beheaded, their corpses torn into eight bloody pieces.

The Storage Bags of these Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators were also frantically snatched up.

As for their heads, there were even more contenders; the result was that few Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivators had actually died at the hands of these three, but a vast number died instead from bloodily fighting each other over these three heads.

One of the heads was even smashed to pieces, making Long Xuan laugh until his face went numb.

This great battle did not last long; over five hundred pirates were instantly swallowed by the frenzied crowd and quickly killed off completely.

All the dead pirates had their heads chopped off by the maddened crowd, who then excitedly dragged them before Long Xuan to claim their rewards.

It must be known that the promises Long Xuan made were all blank checks; all Gathering Sea Pills were to be delivered within a year, and how many people could survive in these Ruins was none of his concern.

Long Xuan readily exchanged Communication Talismans with them; bound by the Honesty Gu, everyone believed Long Xuan would keep his promise.

Long Xuan had never even considered breaking his contract; if anyone truly survived in the Ruins, he would indeed refine Gathering Sea Pills for them.

While he could refine only a few King-Breaking Pills for Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators, the Gathering Sea Pills he refined for Essence Refining Stage Gu Cultivators were truly produced in heaps upon heaps.

The Big Pot Pill Refining Technique could absolutely work on Gathering Sea Pills.

Last time in Star Sea City, he and his array of Clones had easily refined several hundred Gathering Sea Pills.

This time, even if everyone survived the Ruins, refining a thousand Gathering Sea Pills would not take him more than a few months, so he had no reason to break his contract.

At this moment, the crew was still somewhat unable to recover their senses; five hundred pirates, eliminated by the Captain with a mere gesture?

They hadn't even needed to lift a finger; the Captain had resolved the battle without shedding a drop of blood, and they simply could not believe their eyes.

They had just prepared themselves for a fight to the death, yet such a Crisis had been effortlessly resolved by the Captain, leaving them still somewhat dazed.

As the crowd slowly dispersed, Long Xuan, after exchanging Communication Talismans with about five hundred unfamiliar Gu Cultivators, returned to fishing once more.

This time, no one dared to provoke him; who would dare provoke a ruthless man who, at the slightest disagreement, would offer large quantities of Gathering Sea Pills as bounties for others' heads? Everyone was afraid.

Moreover, if he were to die, to whom would those who had seized the pirates' heads go to claim their Gathering Sea Pills? On the contrary, he would become a key protection target for that group; provoking him would be like stirring up a hornet's nest.

Since he had been closest to the group from the Jinbao Hao just now, most of those who seized the pirates' heads were people from the Jinbao Hao, including the distinguished Cai Shao and Luo Hongchen.

The backgrounds of these two were far from simple; they absolutely did not wish for Long Xuan to die.

Therefore, the people from the Jinbao Hao were absolutely safe for him.

This immediately solidified a decision in Long Xuan's heart: during the upcoming journey to the Sky Island Ruins, he must absolutely not stay too far from them.

They were his protective talismans; once he encountered trouble, they would absolutely not sit idly by.

With only one hundred crew members, he was far too weak and isolated; he precisely needed a powerful backer.

The faction represented by the Jinbao Hao was perfectly suited for this. (End of Chapter)