Chapter 2935

The fire at the port of 'Batu Island' gradually subsided, and the Cursed Ones were patrolling the ruins, with the smell of burning lingering in the air.

When Su Xiao attacked Batu Island, his goal was not to plunder wealth. Compared to the Demon Sea Gold Coins he could obtain, striking a blow to the morale of the West Sea King's pirate group was more important.

Batu Island was a pirate island that the West Sea King had painstakingly managed for many years. Now that it had been attacked while the West Sea King remained holed up in his headquarters, the blow to the morale of the pirates under his command could be imagined; everyone would think the West Sea King was afraid.

The West Sea King was, of course, not afraid. Compared to his assets being destroyed, seizing the Sea King's Horn was more important to him.

In an underground warehouse in the town behind the port.

Rather than calling this a warehouse, it was more appropriate to call it a treasure vault. Two rows of wooden shelves were placed against the walls, and several rows of pale gold glowing crystals were embedded in the ceiling, illuminating the place while casting a pale gold hue over it.

Su Xiao walked in front of the wooden shelves. There was a faint floral scent in this treasure vault, but he could not find the source of the smell.

On the two rows of shelves to the left and right, many strange things were placed. All the items here had one characteristic: they had not been notarized. Su Xiao had already obtained ownership of these items, but he could not take them out of the Demon Sea world.

Su Xiao had a way to solve this aspect: choose the most valuable secret treasure and place it in the Cursed Demon Box on the Doom Ship. After completing the Cursed Refining, it could likely be notarized.

Su Xiao picked up a fang from the wooden shelf; this fang was nearly ten centimeters long.

【Cyan Fang (This item possesses supernatural characteristics and has a certain degree of spiritual power conductivity).】

Originally, Su Xiao could not view the information of this item; it was his "Supernatural Item Sensing" ability that allowed him to obtain the basic data of the 【Cyan Fang】.

There were quite a few items in the treasure vault, and Su Xiao prepared to select one, while the others would be sold through Caesar to obtain a large amount of Demon Sea Gold Coins.

After searching through the treasure vault, Su Xiao found a bone staff nearly 1.2 meters long. The end of this bone staff was sharp, and the top was a metal skull about the size of a fist. Judging by the color, this metal skull had been burned.

【Death's Weeping (A bone staff that has existed for a long time; successive collectors have all died from misfortune and accidents. It seems to contain the power of the dead and the undead.)】

Su Xiao looked at the bone staff in his hand. Judging by its supernatural characteristics, this bone staff named 【Death's Weeping】 was the most valuable item in this treasure vault.

This item had the characteristics of both the dead and the undead. Both were of the Death System, but they were different branches.

The Death System was on par with the Magic System, Healing System, etc., and was a collective term for a large system. The branches of the Death System were: Necromancy, Undead, Ghost, etc.

As "biological brothers," Necromancy and the Undead looked similar at first glance, but they were not. Necromancy was the younger brother, while the Undead was the "Big Daddy" level.

Cursed energy had some connection with the Death System. If 【Death's Weeping】 underwent Cursed Refining, and this bone staff became a weapon of the Necromancy branch, it would be a huge loss. If it became a main weapon of the Undead branch, it would be a huge profit.

The Undead branch was always impoverished, but this "poor" did not mean they had no Soul Coins, but rather that their consumption of Soul Coins was enormous.

The more powerful the inheritance and profession, the more expensive the weapons they used. The main weapons of the Mages and the Undead branch were expensive enough to make one doubt life.

Su Xiao put away 【Death's Weeping】 and walked out of the treasure vault. Besides the gains in Demon Sea Gold Coins, capturing "Batu Island" also yielded quite a bit of World Source and Legend Points.

【Hint: You have captured 'Batu Island' and killed over 80% of the pirates on the island.】

【You have gained 12.9% World Source.】

【Legend Points increased by 852 points.】

Besides these, when Amansi killed a leader-level pirate earlier, Su Xiao actually obtained a Saint-Spirit Grade Treasure Chest, which was a 【Saint-Spirit Grade Treasure Chest (98%)】.

Even in an Eighth-Tier world, it was very difficult to obtain an Immortal Grade Treasure Chest. As for the good fortune of obtaining an Immortal Grade Treasure Chest when killing the Pain Dungeon Executioner in the "Holy Land: Qiliade" back then, it would not happen again.

The danger level of the Holy Land: Qiliade could rank in the lower-middle tier even among the Eighth-Tier. Su Xiao entered as a Seventh-Tier Hunter back then, plus the bonuses after winning the World Contention, and the bonuses from high-danger areas, only then did he have such generous rewards.

Facts proved that if one wanted to become stronger faster, entering high-danger areas was the fastest way, but it was also the most dangerous.

At the current stage, Su Xiao would not do this yet; he had just been promoted to the Eighth-Tier, and rashly entering a high-danger area was seeking death.

Su Xiao had entered quite a few high-danger areas, and these places had one characteristic: human-wave tactics did not work.

Dead Silence City, Abyss Snake Mansion, Doom Town, Holy Land: Qiliade—these were all high-danger areas. Looking at them, which one could be broken through by human-wave tactics?

The representative was Dead Silence City. In that place, without obtaining "Shelter-type items," after entering, one would suffer high real erosion damage every second. The corresponding "Shelter-type items" were very rare. Charging in with human-wave tactics, besides creating a large pile of corpses near the entrance, had no other effect.

Su Xiao returned to the captain's cabin of the Doom Ship. He opened the Demon Box, and 【Extreme Frost Stone】 was floating within the cursed power.

He took out the 【Extreme Frost Stone】 and placed 【Death's Weeping】 inside. Su Xiao observed for a moment and found that the efficiency of refining this bone staff was dozens of times faster than refining the 【Extreme Frost Stone】. The characteristics of this bone staff were related to cursed power.

He glanced at the time; three hours had passed since the capture of "Batu Island." The West Sea King was very calm and had not dispatched a fleet.

Su Xiao now had two choices: head straight to the West Sea King's headquarters, or continue to attack the territories under the West Sea King, gradually eroding his forces.

Su Xiao preferred the latter. Although the World Source and Legend Points obtained from capturing other islands were far lower than capturing "Batu Island," he had the Doom Ship, and he could not miss out on such gains that required little cost.

After waiting for a long time on the Doom Ship, a Royal Navy ship sailed over the sea. It was Caesar coming to take over the valuables on "Batu Island."

"My dear friend, Caesar was assassinated a few hours ago and almost didn't get to see you!"

Caesar had a plaster cast on one hand, looking terrified, but in reality, he hadn't suffered any injuries at all. Instead, it was Flandre on the navy ship who was now sitting in a wooden wheelchair.

"..."

Su Xiao knew that the subsequent potion trades would not go smoothly, and he had to arrange combat power beside Caesar and Flandre.

The Cursed Ones were ruled out first. Once these guys were angered, they were more dangerous to Flandre and Caesar than the enemies.

It was useless to let Xiang Bubu Wang go. If Xiang Bubu were sent, after being assassinated, Xiang Bubu would merge into the environment, Caesar would activate his survival ability, and the remaining Flandre would be left crying.

Baha wouldn't work either; he was better at assassination. The only one suitable was Amu.

"Amu."

"Moo."

Amu grabbed Caesar by the back of his collar and leaped onto the navy ship more than ten meters away. With Caesar around, Amu only needed to be strong in combat.

Su Xiao did not intend to keep the potion business going for too long. Once enough gold coins were earned, Amu would enter Mingguang Island through Caesar's spatial item, and meeting up would be very simple.

The handover was completed quickly. Murray did not show his face personally. In the potion trade, Murray was responsible for blocking threats from the surface. As for sending people to protect Caesar and Flandre, Murray would not and could not do so.

In the captain's cabin, Su Xiao placed his hand on the wall, and root-like fibers spread out, coiling around his hand.

Boom~

A ripple spread out with the Doom Ship as the center. All the Cursed Ones on the island looked toward the port; they could feel that the Doom Ship was summoning them.

In less than a minute, the Cursed Ones scattered on the island completed their assembly.

With a whoosh, the sails, which looked like they had been soaked in blood, were lowered, and the Doom Ship set sail, heading for the Crystal Ring Archipelago.

Su Xiao stood at the bow, the sea breeze blowing against his face. Over the next dozen hours or so, he would be very busy.

At 4:00 PM that day, in the Imperial Council Hall of Saint Roland City.

"Everyone, quiet."

In the noisy council hall, an old gentleman with a gray beard spoke, and the imperial officials who were discussing below gradually quieted down.

This old gentleman was named Feigewei, the Administrator of the Empire. He represented the Royal Family, or rather, in most cases, the size of the Empire's affairs were decided by him.

Sitting on both sides of the council table were more than a dozen high-ranking imperial officials, including Murray, who was currently closing his eyes to rest. It could only be said that, apart from his scheming nature, Murray was a "refined" mature male who lived a very "exquisite" life, such as trimming his nails every day and getting a haircut every three days.

Behind the dozen high-ranking imperial officials stood their subordinates; these people were the most numerous, numbering several dozen, and were the mid-level officials of the Empire.

"Everyone, first a message that is not considered important: Reef Island has been attacked. All 1,295 pirates on the island were killed without exception. Fortunately, the civilians on the island were not attacked; nearly a hundred people were injured, mostly due to trampling or bumping while fleeing. The attacker's goal was not them, otherwise, no one would have survived."

Administrator Feigewei finished speaking and put down the somewhat yellowed paper in his hand.

"Reef Island? That is within the territory of the West Sea King."

"All the pirates on the island were killed? This..."

A group of imperial officials discussed among themselves, while some mid-level officials looked solemn. This "message not considered important" was too explosive. What then was the important message?

Administrator Feigewei, sitting at the head, looked at Murray.

"General, do you have nothing to say?"

"Hmm? What does this have to do with me?"

Murray smiled, as if he didn't understand what Administrator Feigewei was talking about, but in reality, he was not calm in his heart. He always felt that he was going to be inexplicably blamed.

"Is that so? Then let me tell you about the important matters. This morning, the port of Batu Island was blown flat..."

As soon as Administrator Feigewei finished speaking, there was an uproar below. Murray leaned back in his seat, looking at the patterns on the ceiling, as if there was infinite knowledge in those patterns that attracted him.

"Everyone, quiet. Besides Batu Island, at noon, the Crystal Ring Archipelago was subjected to continuous shelling for half an hour."

After saying this heavy news, Administrator Feigewei slowly exhaled and picked up another document.

"Senario Bay, Zul'far Archipelago, Death Knell Port, Twilight Island, Grom'gol, Turtle Island, etc. —a total of 27 pirate islands and 12 trade islands were all attacked."

After speaking, Administrator Feigewei looked around at the group of imperial officials. The council hall became so quiet that a pin could be heard dropping. Even the high-ranking imperial officials couldn't recover for a while after hearing this news.

Murray lowered his head slightly, the corners of his eyes twitching slightly. He didn't even need to think to know that this shocking event was done by the Doom Ship.

"Murray, don't you want to explain? I heard that you have a close relationship with the captain of the Doom Ship."

Administrator Feigewei looked at Murray. As soon as these words came out, the gazes of everyone in the council hall focused on Murray. The two people beside him even moved aside, slightly distancing themselves from Murray.

"Administrator, where did you hear this rumor? I am a person who hates pirates the most..."

"Murray, when you were still wearing diapers, I was already the Administrator of the Empire. Little brat, I watched you grow up, stop talking nonsense with me."

Administrator Feigewei's words were shocking, and the imperial officials were a bit stunned. They had never seen the Administrator swear.

"Cough, there is cooperation."

"Very good. I don't care what method you use, keep cooperating. No matter what, don't let the Doom Ship attack our ports."

"I will try my best."

"It's not trying your best, it's a must."

Administrator Feigewei threw the document in his hand onto the table. The Doom Ship was indeed notorious, but the previous captains of the Doom Ship were all lunatics, and there were few attacks with strong purposes. More importantly, the Cursed Ones of the Doom Ship could not land on the islands.

This time was different. Not only could the Cursed Ones land on the islands, but the attacks of the Doom Ship were also very purposeful, specifically picking on the West Sea King's territory.

Thinking of these, Administrator Feigewei felt a bit horrified in his heart. Once that ship completely broke free from its shackles and reached its strongest state, a certain monster would appear. The last time that monster appeared, it swallowed a three-masted ship in one bite.

Compared to Administrator Feigewei's worry, the Twin Towers Empress's mood was worse.

In a dimly lit room, a graceful figure knelt on the bed, holding a deep blue horn in her hand; it was the Twin Towers Empress.

The Twin Towers Empress was silent. For some reason, she felt that the Sea King's Horn in her hand was a bit hot. If the West Sea King was slaughtered, would the next target be her? Would she encounter the same treatment as the West Sea King?

Thinking of these, the Twin Towers Empress felt blocked in her heart, an indescribable discomfort. She hadn't provoked anyone, and the Sea King's Horn in her hand was bought for 2 Demon Sea Gold Coins.

Now the Twin Towers Empress had two choices: 1. Hand over the Sea King's Horn; 2. Fight the Doom Ship to the death.

In the darkness, the Twin Towers Empress narrowed her eyes. As a pirate queen, territory was more important. As a female pirate, admitting defeat was not shameful.

"However..."

The Twin Towers Empress suddenly thought of something, and her eyes lit up. She could completely send this section of the Sea King's Horn to the Duke, and then say that this was a deal between her and the Duke. This would not only save face but also avoid fighting the Doom Ship to the death. She knew that the captain of the Doom Ship would be cursed by the Demon Sea and would not waste time fighting her to the death.

Thinking of these, the Twin Towers Empress's thin lips curled up. If the Duke fell, more than half of his territory would fall into her hands. Her territory was adjacent to the Duke's, which was a natural advantage. If the Doom Ship was defeated, it had nothing to do with her.

"Someone."

As soon as the Twin Towers Empress finished speaking, a short figure appeared before the bed.

"Send this horn to the Duke. No matter how many people die, it must be sent."

"Yes."

The short figure in the darkness took the horn and soon disappeared.

The Twin Towers Empress began to wait. The Duke didn't need to pay too much; 10,000 Demon Sea Gold Coins would be enough.

Two hours later, the short figure returned and knelt before the bed. She brought back a message: the Duke did not buy this horn. Not to mention spending 10,000 gold coins to buy it, he wouldn't even take it if it were given for free now.