Chapter 2264

On the calm sea, the Doom's sailing speed slowed down. Su Xiao stood on the deck at the bow, looking at the compass in his hand. If the sea chart was not marked incorrectly, Turtle Island was in the sea area nearby.

A few minutes ago, the Doom passed through a sea undercurrent. Beneath the sea surface there, there was a horizontal vortex, causing the seawater above to churn continuously.

Considering that Turtle Island's drifting speed was not fast, Su Xiao steered the Doom to sail along the circular undercurrent. Sure enough, in less than an hour, an island drifting on the sea came into view.

It was no wonder pirates called this place Turtle Island. Viewed from a distance, it looked very much like a super-giant sea turtle, or rather, this Secret Relic was manufactured using a certain super-giant sea turtle as a prototype.

The Doom bypassed the drifting Turtle Island. After approaching Turtle Island, one could discover that the island's sailing speed was very slow, only drifting a few meters per hour.

Located behind Turtle Island were dense chains, each tied to a pirate ship. Compared to Turtle Island, the massive five-masted sailing ships were as small as matchboxes.

Just as they arrived behind Turtle Island, three small boats rowed near the Doom. Grappling hooks hung onto the Doom's gunwale, and a shirtless pirate climbed onto the Doom.

"This ship..."

The pirate with his hair tied in small braids clicked his tongue in wonder; after all, there were no sailors, helmsmen, etc., on the Doom.

"First time coming to Turtle Island?"

Ding~

Just as the pirate finished speaking, Su Xiao flicked a gold coin.

"We don't have the habit of asking for change."

Catching the gold coin, the soaking wet pirate grinned.

"The rest is yours."

"Generous."

The pirate retracted the grappling hook and leaped off the Doom. Before long, a chain was tied to the Doom's bow, connecting it to the tail end of Turtle Island. Several "water ghosts" swam near the Doom, holding somewhat crude tools to clean the Doom's hull underwater, mainly clearing off barnacles and the like.

When dealing with pirates, as long as you are strong enough, being generous has no downsides. If you aren't strong enough, then don't show off your wealth.

The buffer frame between the Doom and Turtle Island was quickly built. This was to prevent the Doom from lightly colliding with Turtle Island if Turtle Island stopped drifting at night.

Stepping onto the buffer frame, Su Xiao boarded Turtle Island. Amu and Benny stayed behind to watch the ship; Su Xiao only brought Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha.

The edge behind Turtle Island was a metal structure. There was a decent-sized pier here, slightly higher than the sea surface. There were many pirates on the pier, as well as coolies or slaves.

Various goods waiting to be sold were piled up on the pier. Slaves were locked in some iron cages. Merchants who sold slaves like this were rare; the Black Sea King did not rely on the slave trade, but rather on the more lucrative sea transport.

Su Xiao searched the pier for a moment and found a man with a black headscarf tied on his head and a face full of scars. On his bronze-colored arm, there was a crow tattoo; the crow tattoo represented the Black Sea King on the sea.

"You, come here."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the strong pirate was stunned for a moment. He pointed at himself in confusion, the meaning clearly being: "Are you talking to me?!"

"That's right, you."

"Uh~"

The strong pirate hadn't quite recovered. The last person who spoke to him like that had already been chopped up and thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

"Hand this over to the Black Sea King. I'll wait here for your reply."

Su Xiao sat on a wooden block at the edge of the pier and tossed out the Ancient God Nijadi's right arm, along with a money bag.

"These two, both?"

The strong pirate tossed the money bag in his hand; there were 15 gold coins inside, which was almost equal to his income from risking his life for half a year.

"If you don't love money, you can hand it all to the Black Sea King, but..."

Su Xiao didn't continue; some things didn't need to be said so directly.

"Going now, going now."

The strong pirate left quickly with a face full of smiles. As he left, that fierce face even smiled at Su Xiao to show friendliness and enthusiasm.

Clearly, the situation of being targeted wherever he went did not happen to Su Xiao. He was strong enough, so there was a cost to provoking him—a very high cost. Pirates, who understood the way of survival and were shrewder and more cunning than ghosts, would not easily come to provoke Su Xiao.

Su Xiao waited for more than twenty minutes. Several pirates walked over quickly from a distance. The leader among them was a one-armed old man with a crow tattoo on his face.

"This gentleman, I am Turt."

The one-armed old man smiled, his wrinkled old face looking very kind. In reality, this was a big figure famous on the Viking Sea: Mad Sea Cow, Turt, the Black Sea King's second-in-command. Don't look at his thin physique; when he was young, he had wrestled with a supernatural sea beast in the ocean, hence the name Mad Sea Cow.

"Please this way, Black Sea..." Speaking of this, Turt's words paused, and he continued meaningfully: "The great Black Sea King is already waiting."

Turt made a gesture of invitation and walked in the very front, heading toward the town on Turtle Island. That's right, there was a small town on this drifting island, which showed how huge it was.

Su Xiao walked behind. Along the way, he basically saw all kinds of pirates. His purpose for coming to Turtle Island this time was twofold: first, to inquire about the location of Terror Island, and second, to purchase sea beasts.

Hunting sea beasts one by one was too slow. Su Xiao now had plenty of gold coins, so he prepared to purchase sea beasts from pirates that had died recently or were simply still alive. Pirates had the habit of hunting sea beasts; capturing a sea beast alive was a huge windfall.

Obtaining sea beasts would not only make the Doom stronger—that was just incidental—the main purpose was to improve Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's strength.

While pondering, Su Xiao arrived at the small town on Turtle Island. It was named "Wave Town." The name was indeed fresh and refined, but the situation in the town was not so fresh. Merchants, pirates, wild couples, and assassins—of the three oldest professions, this place occupied two.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Su Xiao arrived in front of a small building with light red outer walls. Various rare plants were planted in the courtyard, and there was a small garden. It had to be said that the Black Sea King's hobbies were somewhat inconsistent with her status as the overlord of the sea.

After Turt pushed open the door of the small building, he stood by the door with his hands tied, saying, "My lord is waiting for you on the second floor."

Just as Su Xiao walked into the small building, Baha was blocked outside. As for Xiang Bubu, after blending into the environment, no one could stop it from going where it wanted.

"Free movement."

"Alrighty."

Baha flew away. Although that was said, in reality, only if a battle occurred here could it reach the battlefield within 3 seconds and find an opportunity to assassinate the Black Sea King.

Entering the small building, a faint, fresh fragrance drifted into his nostrils; it seemed to be the scent of green tangerines.

Following the stairs, Su Xiao walked to the second floor. A figure leaning on a wooden chair came into view. This person was sitting sideways to Su Xiao, holding Nijadi's right arm in her hand, observing it with a magnifying glass.

"No need to look, I am the Black Sea King. And don't ask me why I'm a woman; I was born with this structure."

The Black Sea King crossed her legs, wearing brown riding boots, with leather cords as thin as little fingers hanging down from her calves.

The Black Sea King was actually a woman, which surprised Su Xiao somewhat. After all, the title "Black Sea Empress" suited her better than "Black Sea King."

"And don't ask me why I don't call myself the Black Sea Empress; those wandering poets are too annoying. Any other questions? Kuku Lin·Bai Ye."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, just dragged over a wooden chair, lit a cigarette, and sat down.

"The God of Nightmares, Nijadi, is dead? You killed it?"

The Black Sea King, Agati, turned her head to look at Su Xiao. Inside her sleeve was a short blade. Negotiating with a monster capable of slaughtering gods, she would of course be vigilant.

"Yes."

Su Xiao exhaled a faint blue smoke. If an outsider were present, they would find that deep in the pirates' base, Su Xiao, who was alone, had an aura no weaker than the Black Sea King, Agati, who commanded thousands of pirates.

When Su Xiao was in the Black King world, he was a Legion Commander with hundreds of thousands of troops under his command.

"Heh, then tell me, what is your purpose in finding me?"

The Black Sea King, Agati, placed the Ancient God's arm on the wooden table beside her and took a sip of black tea.

"Where is Terror Island?"

"You can only ask Red Beard about that. In this 'rotation,' only he knows where Terror Island is."

Agati looked at Su Xiao for a moment, and her slender eyebrows furrowed deeper. For some reason, she always felt that Su Xiao had ill intentions.

PS: (Wahahaha, Feiwen's neck is much better. Thanks to all the reader lords for your concern. I didn't dare write too fast today; I wrote and stopped, often resting for a while. The update is a bit late, I will continue to work hard tomorrow.)