Chapter 2267: The Great Pirate's Nickname

When the last batch of sea beasts was delivered, Turt returned 8,150 gold coins. The reason was that the price of sea beasts had risen due to Su Xiao's purchasing; the average price had gone from 600–630 gold coins to over 900 gold coins.

Even so, those pirates who had sea beasts on their ships were still somewhat unwilling to sell, which led to Turtle Island stopping the purchase of sea beasts.

Pirates heard the news and came to Su Xiao, trying to make Su Xiao a sucker. Su Xiao also stopped purchasing sea beasts. The Doom had devoured 52 sea beasts and was in a state of continuous growth. Now, what it needed to grow into a five-masted ship was not sea beasts, but time.

As for Xiang Bubu, it had eaten so many sea beasts that it was now lying in the captain's cabin, fast asleep, and couldn't be kicked awake.

Turt indeed hadn't asked what Su Xiao was doing with the sea beasts, but now he had realized the reason. The Doom was growing larger, and the living characteristics of the entire ship were more obvious. From a distance, the Doom looked like a sea monster.

The sea beast purchase deal went smoothly, and news came from the Black Sea Empress's side that Redbeard had agreed to a meeting. The location was set in a sea area 20 nautical miles away, and the time was tomorrow evening.

There was good news, and there was bad news: the maritime lunatic Bone Sheep had learned of this news through some channel and sent people to express that he would also participate in this maritime negotiation.

When the Black Sea Empress Agati told Su Xiao about this, she was clearly a bit speechless. No one could guess what Bone Sheep would do; that guy didn't act based on gains and losses, he just did whatever he wanted.

Even worse, the news that the three great pirates were about to meet reached the ears of the royal families of various kingdoms, and these royal families were provoked.

It was understandable; the kingdoms and pirate forces had long kept to themselves, but now the three great pirates were suddenly meeting, which looked like the three of them were preparing to unite.

Therefore, the kingdom side also sent representatives. Calculating the time, they were already on their way.

10:00 PM, Turtle Island, inside the small building of the Pirate Empress Agati.

"So, a total of eight factions will arrive at the 'Taha-Ma Sea Area' tomorrow evening?"

Su Xiao put down his cutlery. Across the dining table sat the Black Sea Empress Agati.

"Hmm, that is indeed the case."

Agati finished the red wine in her glass, leaned back in her chair, and put her feet on the dining table. Even though she was called the Black Sea Empress, she couldn't change her pirate nature. Expecting Agati to become a lady was completely impossible.

"Then I'll meet Redbeard at the 'Taha-Ma Sea Area' tomorrow evening."

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. Those who knew him knew that he was about to draw his blade to kill.

In reality, Su Xiao wasn't actually prepared to strike. In his view, Agati wouldn't be stupid enough to leak the time and place of the meeting; that was likely a "smoke bomb" used to attract the attention of other factions.

"Before you came to find me, Redbeard... had already arrived."

As soon as Agati finished speaking, some heavy footsteps were heard.

Thump, thump, thump...

The sound of wooden boards colliding approached. The secret door on the inner side of the room was pushed open, and thin white mist drifted out from the door. The candlelight immediately dimmed, and those wisps of candlelight seemed as if they could be extinguished at any moment.

A man wearing a pirate hat, draped in a black coat, and sporting a black beard walked out from the secret door. His right leg was severed from the knee down, and the short leg was replaced by a metal cone that was thick at the top and thin at the bottom, inlaid with various colored gemstones.

Redbeard was a cripple, in his early fifties. Describing him as strong wasn't quite right; he just stood there as if he would never be beaten back, and every step forward was steady and solid.

He was called Redbeard not because his beard was red, but because when he killed people, blood would splash onto his beard, hence the name Redbeard.

Take the Black Sea King Agati, for example. There was no such place as the Black Sea in the Viking Sea. Her famous battle took place at night, and at night the sea was black, so she was called the Black Sea King.

It was incredible that Redbeard had actually boarded Turtle Island, but now this had indeed happened. Not only did he arrive himself, but he was also followed by dozens of pirates, each of whom had a not-so-weak aura.

The dining table was removed. One pirate after another walked into the room and stood behind the Black Sea Empress Agati, also numbering more than thirty.

A wooden chair was set down. After Redbeard sat down, he let out a long breath, and wisps of cold air drifted from his beard and clothing.

"I heard you were looking for me."

Redbeard was not one for small talk. His tolerance and generosity were reserved for his own people, not strangers.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. At this moment, in the room, three chairs were arranged in a triangle, and behind Agati and Redbeard stood groups of pirates. Agati's side was fine, but the people behind Redbeard were clearly there with ill intent.

"Redbeard, you should know why I let you board the island."

Agati spoke. She glanced at Redbeard, and with just that one look, the pirates behind Redbeard drew their flintlocks and knives one after another. Agati's side didn't show weakness either. It looked as if both sides could start a firefight at any moment.

Click, click, click~

Subtle sounds appeared. Both Agati and Redbeard frowned, their gazes turning to Su Xiao at the same time.

Roots resembling dead tree roots were coiled around Su Xiao's right arm. Before he came, the Doom had successfully promoted to a five-masted ship. The ship's size wasn't too exaggerated; it was just a bit larger than a normal four-masted ship and smaller than a normal five-masted ship.

In addition to the Doom's promotion, Su Xiao had obtained a total of 5 Legendary treasure chests and 1 Epic treasure chest while killing sea beasts, which was quite a good harvest.

As for Xiang Bubu Wang's situation, that dazed fool was still lying in the captain's cabin of the Doom, fast asleep.

The Doom's strongest ability was unsealed the moment it promoted to a five-masted ship, and the ability named "Awakening" reappeared in the world.

Drip, drip~

Seawater dripped from the ceiling. On the wall behind Su Xiao, a large number of mossy plants and shellfish grew. A wet arm reached out from the wall, followed by the sound of struggling.

A humanoid monster covered in cracks, its skin a dark brownish-black, struggled free from the wall. As it stepped forward, it casually tore a conch shell from the wall and chewed it in its mouth, while seawater dripped from its sparse, sodden hair.

This was a Cursed One awakened by the Doom. They existed between life and death. There were three ways to kill them: first, cut off their heads and crush them to pieces; second, burn them with ultra-high-temperature flames, and the flames must have a "Holy characteristic"; third, drag them onto land. In other words, this was also the fatal weakness of the Cursed Ones: they could not board land.

The Cursed Ones were cursed by the Magic Sea, and land was their forbidden zone.

One Cursed One after another struggled out from the wall behind Su Xiao and stood behind him. Just by looking at them, one knew that these things were not to be trifled with.

The melee combat ability of the Cursed Ones was roughly at the level of elite pirates. Their truly terrifying ability was their "immortality." After crushing their heads, the enemy would suffer the curse of the Magic Sea.

As long as the enemy's strength wasn't particularly strong, they would be enslaved by the curse of the Magic Sea and become a new Cursed One.

The Doom could drive 500 Cursed Ones at the same time. After a Cursed One died, as long as the Doom was allowed to devour sea beasts, it could summon new Cursed Ones.

Of course, there was an upper limit. Only those who had been sailors of the Doom would become Cursed Ones and thus be summoned by the Doom. This also meant that the Cursed Ones did not appear out of thin air.

Before long, more than fifty Cursed Ones stood behind Su Xiao. It looked like if it weren't for Su Xiao, these Cursed Ones would have already pounced on the two groups of pirates in front.

"Kuku Lin Bai Ye."

Redbeard raised his right arm, and his subordinates behind him put away their weapons one after another.

"Terror Island, where is it."

As Su Xiao spoke, the withered roots on his arm shattered. One Cursed One after another was growling as they were pulled into the wall behind. The moss and shellfish on the wall receded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Now, Su Xiao was fully capable of confronting the Redbeard Pirate Fleet head-on. Only in this situation could both sides sit down and talk. ===== CHAPTER 2268 =====