Chapter 19: Not Fighting, Yet Subduing the Enemy

"Hahaha, you actually want us to surrender? That's hilarious."

Yong Zhi heard Lin Yu's words and burst out laughing.

As a tool stripped of emotion, he had no such thing as fear.

Then he turned his head toward Anna and Xialuliya beside Lin Yu, his eyes lighting up.

Anna and Xialuliya were kept by Lin Yu not only because they were special crew members, but mainly because they were beautiful.

So the moment they appeared, Yong Zhi's gaze was immediately drawn to them.

"H-He's the Godslayer..."

Leijiu saw Lin Yu standing on the ship's rail, recalled the news she'd just read in the paper, and gasped in shock.

"Godslayer?" Yong Zhi frowned at Leijiu.

He had never heard that title before.

Leijiu handed the newspaper to Yong Zhi, her expression bitter:

"Just published today: the Godslayer Lin Yu killed the World Noble Dragon and the King of the Kachinobu Kingdom in the North Sea."

"He also abducted the Dragon Xialuliya and Princess Anna of the Kachinobu Kingdom."

"He's suspected of possessing terrifying power comparable to a Great Sword Master; his bounty..."

At the mention of the bounty, Leijiu paused, then continued:

"His bounty is a staggering 1.5 billion!"

"A bounty of 1.5 billion means he's reached the level of a Four Emperors' vice-commander."

"Add to that his strange ship-control ability and that massive vessel—he's far beyond what we can handle."

After speaking, Leijiu looked at the two women beside Lin Yu.

That was the Dragon Xialuliya. That was Princess Anna. He truly was the Godslayer.

When Leijiu saw the two women beside Lin Yu—identical to those in the newspaper—she confirmed her suspicion once more.

"Jerrma 66, surrender immediately. No one will be harmed."

"Otherwise, not a single one will be left alive."

Hearing Lin Yu's call, Yong Zhi, now done reading the paper, fell silent and looked at Leijiu:

"What do we do now?"

With Lin Yu's strength rivaling that of a Four Emperors' vice-commander, even the two of them together weren't his match.

Add to that his bizarrely fast giant ship—they couldn't possibly escape his pursuit.

"Send a message to Father first, then surrender."

"He didn't attack outright—he's trying to negotiate. He must have a purpose."

"As long as we can hold out until Father and the others come to rescue us."

Leijiu had no other option; she could only tell Yong Zhi to surrender.

They couldn't fight, they couldn't run—surrender was the only path left.

Most importantly, Leijiu could tell from his demeanor that if they refused, he'd likely unleash a full broadside and reduce their ship to rubble.

Though she and Yong Zhi could survive using their scientific transformation devices, without a ship as a base, capture by him was inevitable.

Better to surrender outright.

"Alright, then I'll follow your advice."

Yong Zhi shrugged indifferently and ordered the soldiers to raise the Bai Qi.

On the other side.

"They actually surrendered?"

"We didn't even do anything."

Princess Anna and Xialuliya, seeing the Bai Qi raised on the Jerrma ship, were utterly stunned.

Lin Yu, holding the megaphone, hadn't expected them to surrender so quickly either.

He'd just been trying out the joke: "You're already surrounded by me alone."

But since they surrendered anyway, it saved him from using a top-tier Sword Master experience card.

Though Lin Yu now had a fearsome reputation, he was still just a junior lieutenant in power—hardly stronger than Dashiqi two years from now.

Of course, if the battle took place at sea, with Shen Nu's help, Lin Yu's strength matched his bounty exactly—and even surpassed it.

If Jerrma 66 had chosen to resist, everyone except Leijiu would've ended up as fish food.

"Go get two sets of Seastone handcuffs and two special necklaces. Make them wear them."

As they neared Jerrma 66's snail-shaped vessel, Lin Yu instructed Xialuliya.