Chapter 2952

Inside the reception hall, the group of pirates didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

"So you are the great pirate of this era? Not bad."

Winnie scrutinized the Duke, appearing quite satisfied. In reality, she felt incredibly exhilarated inside. Although the Duke didn't fear her, only wary, the other pirates didn't dare to look directly at her. This feeling of being above everything made Winnie feel tingly all over.

"You, I..."

The Duke was speechless for a moment. The witch opposite was praising him, which made him feel awkward, but he couldn't flip the table; the cost was too high.

"Go help me do one thing."

"What thing?"

"Help me fetch the Primordial Water. After the matter is done, you and I will each take half of the Primordial Water."

Hearing Winnie's words, the Duke's gaze narrowed.

"My lady, this is impossible. I don't know where the Primordial Water is..."

"Go to the Island of Eternal Life."

"You..."

The Duke's eyes brightened even more. He was like a werewolf in a formal suit right now.

"The Island of Eternal Life has reappeared. Take the Soul Arrow and soak it in seawater; it will point the way for you."

"Oh?" The Duke's gaze changed. A smile gradually appeared on his face, and he continued: "Did the captain of the *Doom* send you? I wasn't wrong; he has already obtained three Soul Arrows."

The Duke raised his hand, and the gazes of the surrounding pirates gradually turned fierce.

"What you said is not quite right, nor is it wrong. It was the captain of this generation of the *Doom* who helped me break free from my shackles. Fortunately, he brought the Soul Arrow. It's a pity they escaped to the Island of Eternal Life, otherwise I wouldn't have come to find you."

Winnie started to panic a little inside, but she immediately steadied her mindset. She could feel that the Duke was testing her.

"As such a powerful existence, you still need a pirate like me to help you fetch the Primordial Water?"

As a great pirate, the Duke would not be scared by appearances. He had been testing her, but he didn't know that Winnie was cheating. Right now, in the captain's cabin of the *Doom*, many people were telling Winnie how to respond; Winnie had become a tool person.

"Do you think... where have I been trapped all along? Would you return to a cage yourself, even if there were things you craved inside that cage?"

"Understood."

The Duke signaled for all the pirates to withdraw. He couldn't test her anymore; once he angered this existence, it could lead to unknown risks.

"I will take the Soul Arrow to the Island of Eternal Life and help you fetch the Primordial Water, but what can I get?"

"Isn't the half of the Primordial Water you obtain your reward?"

"That was something I would have obtained anyway."

"Do you really... know how to use the Primordial Water?"

"Deal."

The Duke wouldn't completely trust the witch before him, but he felt this was an opportunity.

"The contract... is established. Let me take half of your soul."

Winnie's pupils turned scarlet, as if the wailing of evil ghosts was spreading around her.

The Duke stood up with a *whoosh* and retreated three steps. The chair behind him flew out and smashed into pieces against the wall. He actually had a premonition long ago that there was no such thing as a free lunch; cooperating with these evil things required paying a price.

"Can't you use a substitute?"

"Pirate... are you questioning an ancient contract?"

Winnie's whole body creaked. It looked terrifying, but in reality, she was wailing inside. Acting this cool was so painful; her bones felt like they were about to fall apart. She wanted to cry out loud, but she had to hold it in.

"Forget it. You still have to go to the Island of Eternal Life to fight that thing and fetch the Soul Stones—Soul Stones enough to offset half of your soul."

As Winnie spoke, she released the Soul Arrow in her hand, and a ghost head wrapped around the Soul Arrow and flew toward the Duke.

The Duke felt relieved. He pondered for a moment and let his subordinates go to the treasury to fetch all 47 Soul Stones inside. These were 47 Soul Crystals (Complete). For half of his own soul, the Duke was quite willing to part with Soul Crystals.

Taking the 47 Soul Crystals (Complete), Winnie left and disappeared directly upon reaching the edge of the island. The pirates who witnessed this scene immediately went back to report.

Inside the captain's cabin of the *Doom*, Winnie put down the wooden box containing the Soul Crystals and took out various items from her black robe. After doing all this, she collapsed onto the small bed; it was simply too stimulating.

Su Xiao looked at the wooden box on the table; this was an unexpected joy, a big surprise.

"Caesar, there is a share for you in here."

"Hehehe."

Caesar opened the wooden box and grabbed the Soul Crystals one by one at an extremely fast speed. Only after taking 7 did he reluctantly close the wooden box. He had provided two items this time, plus setting up the teleportation of the items.

Octopus Brother also provided items, but it didn't share in the Soul Crystals; it wanted a trace amount of Primordial Water more.

"Very good, let's go to the next one."

Baha looked at Winnie. Winnie let out a mournful cry; today she finally realized that acting cool was so tiring.

Five hours later, inside a Baroque-style castle, the large bedroom was quiet.

The Twin-Tower Empress sat sideways on the large bed, a beam of sunlight shining in through the thick curtains. In fact, the Twin-Tower Empress was very hard to find, but hindered by the overly terrifying and bizarre aura of Winnie Wanda, the Twin-Tower Empress could only bite the bullet and meet with Winnie.

In the large bedroom, one could hear a pin drop. Cold sweat seeped out on the Twin-Tower Empress's face. Her mindset had collapsed. Since becoming a great pirate, she had been smooth in all directions and had few enemies. The Twin-Tower Empress racked her brains but couldn't figure out where she had provoked such a thing.

Powerful, bizarre, mysterious. Thinking of these, the fear in the Twin-Tower Empress's heart coexisted with another strange emotion, and her gaze toward Winnie started to become peculiar.

Noticing this gaze, Winnie felt a bit confused. This was different from the script in the plan. Suddenly, she thought of a possibility, and a chill ran through her heart.

"Are you going to kill me?"

The Twin-Tower Empress lowered her head.

"This is the Soul Arrow; the method of use is... go help me fetch the Primordial Water from the Island of Eternal Life. After the matter is done, I'll split half with you. Now you have to pay half of your soul, or take out equivalent Soul Stones. I have urgent matters; destruction or cooperation, you choose for yourself."

Winnie was already quite proficient. This attitude clearly showed she didn't care much about the Twin-Tower Empress, or rather, she didn't think much of her.

"What if I refuse?"

"Goodbye."

Winnie smiled somewhat eerily, and darkness gradually enveloped her.

"Wait, I was just joking."

The Twin-Tower Empress summoned her subordinates and fetched 38 Soul Crystals (Complete). Taking these Soul Crystals, Winnie was gradually enveloped by darkness and then disappeared.

"So what if you're powerful? You were disgusted by my lecherous gaze, right? But what was that contract she mentioned just now?"

The Twin-Tower Empress looked at the Soul Arrow in her hand, finding it difficult to make a choice for a moment.

At eight o'clock that night, Winnie sought out the last great pirate, Black Witch Sa. The situation here was very surprising: Black Witch Sa was actually dead. The one who killed him was his own biological son. This filial son was known as Little Black Witch Sa, Nanling, who was not even twenty years old.

Previously, Su Xiao was surprised that he was fighting the West Sea King and the Duke to the point of darkness, while there was no movement on Black Witch Sa's side—it was calm to the point of being unbelievable. Now it seemed Black Witch Sa had been backstabbed by his only son.

Little Black Witch Sa's stubbornness reached an unbelievable level. This guy defied public opinion and wanted to flip the table on Winnie on the spot.

Encountering such a ruthless guy, Winnie felt she was done for. In the end, she dropped the Soul Arrow and turned to leave.

That night, on Black Witch Sa's territory, the pirates held a grand banquet.

The Duke soon learned the news that Black Witch Sa was dead. He was silent for a long time, asking himself: the one he feared most on the Demon Sea was Black Witch Sa, that poisonous snake covered in black witchcraft.

Such a figure, while teaching his own offspring black witchcraft, had his head pierced through by a sword. This made the Duke feel a bit desolate; his former great enemy had actually died in such a ridiculous and absurd way.

Everything has a cause. Black Witch Sa's death was actually caused by his own hand. To make his offspring more talented, he had set up black witchcraft when his wife was pregnant. He didn't discover that the offspring he had poured his heart into cultivating was actually a "deformed child" who was selfish to the point of being twisted inside.

The *Doom* sailed on the Demon Sea at night. Inside the captain's cabin, Su Xiao took back the 【Source】, the Ancient God blood, the charcoal box, etc., into his storage space. Although there were some deviations, he achieved the result he wanted. Little Black Witch Sa would definitely go to the Island of Eternal Life; one could see this from the fact that the other party held a banquet—the other party was gathering manpower.

At the speed of those three representative ships of the three great pirates, by tomorrow morning at the latest, these three parties would be able to arrive at the Island of Eternal Life.

The *Doom* rode the waves and, after returning to the sea area near the Island of Eternal Life, dived into the water to wait.

Unknowingly, the morning sun climbed from the horizon, and the first ray of sunlight shone on the Island of Eternal Life.

An afterimage swept across the sky, and after tearing through the sonic boom, it dived to the edge of the island and landed with a *boom*. It was Lin Long Alec who had arrived.

Alec's claws and arms were covered with gold-black dragon scales, and a pair of golden vertical pupils were very oppressive. His muscular upper body was covered with various scars, and the dragon wings behind him gradually merged into his body.

"Is this the Island of Eternal Life?"

Alec was just about to sense the situation around him when he immediately retracted his senses and turned his gaze to the nearby beach.

"Underworld Wolf."

Alec looked at the man a few dozen meters away. That man's image was too iconic: a head of frantic black hair tied into short braids.

"It's Alec. Long time no see. Last time I tore you into two pieces, you wouldn't mind too much, would you?"

Underworld Wolf's voice was very magnetic, and his expression was somewhat lazy.

"I don't mind. Last time, you and I were on opposing sides, and it was I who made the first move."

Alec was just like that; although he couldn't be counted as a good person, he was clear about gratitude and grudges.

"That's good. Do you want to cooperate?"

"Are you sure?"

Although Alec was a bit tempted, there was more vigilance. Underworld Wolf was very crazy, but the other party had never pitted a collaborator, provided that both sides were sincere in their cooperation.

It could only be said that these two had at most a thirty percent probability of cooperating.

While these two were talking, two beautiful figures, one tall and one short, were crouching in the grass. The tall one wasn't too tall, with a height of about 1.75 meters, and the short one was really short, only 1.45 meters tall. They were the double-poison combination of Guang Mu and Sweet Orange. The one with the tall figure was Guang Mu, and the one with short hair was Sweet Orange.

The two had already signed a team contract, notarized by the Tree of the Void. They didn't worry about being discovered by Alec and Underworld Wolf; this was Guang Mu's ability. Unless it was a contractor specializing in perception, or a technique-type got within a dozen meters of them, it was impossible to discover the two of them.

The double-poison combination's hearts were in their throats. If Alec and Underworld Wolf cooperated, that would be a huge joke.

"Guang Mu, let's go beat them up."

"Calm down, we can't beat them."

"Uh~, that's true, but if they cooperate, what the hell are we fighting for? The 150 soul coins were spent in vain."

Sweet Orange was very angry inside. She puffed out her cheeks, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

"Don't worry, there's an even more desperate situation waiting for us. Look over there, the top-ranked Bai Ye has also come. You say if the three of them join forces..."

Guang Mu's words were only halfway through when Sweet Orange nudged her chin with the top of her head. Sweet Orange didn't want to hear what Guang Mu had to say next; her heart hurt.

"Guang Mu, are you sure he is the top-ranked Bai Ye?"

Sweet Orange's eyes revealed doubt. In her cognition, Su Xiao should be stronger than Underworld Wolf.

"It can't be wrong. He killed Fei Shi. Bai Ye is as famous now as Fei Shi was notorious back then."

Guang Mu's eyes actually held some doubt as well. Su Xiao's strength wasn't as invincible as she had imagined.

Su Xiao walked out from the shallow sea, the sound of waves entering his ears. He had come here on purpose, and the surrounding seawater was full of his eyes and ears. Right now, this was an opportunity, but there was a prerequisite: Alec and Underworld Wolf didn't know he was the captain of the *Doom*.

On the beach, Alec and Underworld Wolf stood a few dozen meters apart. Both stopped talking.

Su Xiao controlled all the Cursed Ones in the near sea to retreat, the further away the better. Right now, cooperating with Alec and Underworld Wolf was a good choice. These two's frontal assault capabilities were not something the Cursed Ones could compare to; after all, these were a Death Ranger and a Rule-Breaker.

With these two assaulting in the front and the Cursed One army following far behind in the rear, this was a very good choice. Once the situation changed, the Cursed Ones would swarm up.

"Since the two of you want to cooperate..."

Su Xiao's words were only halfway through when Alec spread his dragon wings and flew away, leaving only one sentence: "Bai Ye, Underworld Wolf, see you again if fate allows."

Apparently, Alec already knew Su Xiao was the captain of the *Doom*. Before coming to the Island of Eternal Life, he had already decided to go around Su Xiao if he encountered him. Alec had witnessed too much of how miserable it was to be surrounded by human-sea tactics.

Su Xiao's gaze turned to the position where Underworld Wolf had just been; Underworld Wolf had also disappeared.

"Hahaha, Alec and Underworld Wolf have both left. The three of them didn't negotiate very smoothly, did they?"

Sweet Orange in the grass was in a great mood, while Guang Mu, who had her chin resting on her head, revealed a look of worry.

Only Su Xiao was left on the beach. He wasn't too disappointed that he couldn't reach a cooperation. Alec and Underworld Wolf should have cooperated with major forces, which was why they knew he was the captain of the *Doom*. Most other contractors didn't know this point; they only knew the *Doom* was active on the sea.

In the grass, the double-poison combination was watching Su Xiao.

"Guang Mu, I feel like we might be able to beat that guy named Bai Ye. Should we try? He is in the top fifty of the legendary ranking. Killing him can seize legendary points. I've slaughtered top-fifty members before and seized all their legendary points. He is the top-ranked one now. After killing him, you and I will split the legendary points equally. You will become the first, and I will be the fourth. Do it or not?"

Sweet Orange's suggestion didn't tempt Guang Mu. She felt that Su Xiao being ranked first definitely had a special reason.

"Opportunity knocks but once. The two of us joining forces to deal with Underworld Wolf is no problem. Even if that guy named Bai Ye has a trump card, we can still give it a try. Wealth is sought in danger, otherwise, we're just salted fish. It's happily decided like this. I'm going up! Heal me well, but don't poison-heal me."

"Wait..."

Before Guang Mu could finish speaking, Sweet Orange had already darted out of the grass. Sometimes you just have to give it a try, otherwise, how could you possibly know what despair is?

"The guy over there, don't go, come fight!"