Chapter 1809: Kill gods if gods block the way, kill Buddhas if Buddhas block the way!

Very soon, the global shipping industry received a piece of shocking news.

A pirate organization known as the "Black Sharks" had publicly issued a warning, forbidding any shipping company from cooperating with the Wanlong Palace for armed escort services, otherwise, they would resort to extreme measures for retaliation.

Once this news broke, the entire shipping industry was first shocked by the fact that they hadn't expected such a powerful and famous mercenary organization as the Wanlong Palace to start getting involved in armed escorts!

Moreover, judging by the message released by the Black Sharks, it seemed the two sides had already developed a grudge.

Ten minutes later, the Wanlong Palace also officially released a short statement, consisting of only eight simple words: "Kill gods if gods block the way, kill Buddhas if Buddhas block the way!"

The entire shipping industry was stunned.

This was the first time in history that a mercenary organization had stepped into the field of armed escorts.

Furthermore, the Wanlong Palace's reputation was indeed massive.

Enterprises, shipowners, and industry practitioners in the shipping sector were all dying to see which of these two sides would have the last laugh.

Meanwhile, in the waters of the Gulf of Aden, the *Xinglong* was steaming at full power, heading toward the Red Sea.

On board, several Wanlong Palace soldiers had already escorted the six disarmed pirates onto the deck.

At this moment, the six pirates had no realization that disaster was imminent; on the contrary, they looked defiant, each of them pouting and glaring, as if they were ready to rush up and fight the Wanlong Palace soldiers to the death at any moment.

One of them, while holding his head with both hands, said very arrogantly: "If you know what's good for you, let us go immediately, otherwise, we will definitely make you pay a much more painful price! It's not like escort fleets haven't captured us before, but none of them ever dared to do anything to us!"

What this pirate said was basically true.

In the Gulf of Aden, for those escort fleets, pirates were a very thorny problem.

The authority granted to escort fleets by the United Nations was to protect merchant fleets, so they generally just drove the pirates away rather than wiping them out.

There was also an awkward reason for this: if they fought too fiercely, the pirates would retaliate against merchant ships from their own countries, and since the scale of the escort fleets was limited, they couldn't protect every merchant ship in time.

Moreover, if they captured the pirates, they faced the awkward situation of having no law enforcement power and no legal basis; after all, for any country going to the Gulf of Aden for escorts, because they were far from their home territory, they had no law enforcement authority over the pirates in the Gulf of Aden.

Therefore, if they captured pirates, the standard operating procedure was to find a time to dock and release them.

It is precisely because of this that these pirates feel emboldened and have absolutely no fear that the soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front would dare to do anything to them.

However, they underestimated the determination of the Wanlong Palace.

When Wan Pojun received orders from Ye Chen to carry out armed escorts, he had already conveyed Ye Chen's requirements to everyone: since it was armed escort, they must establish their reputation and set their own style.

Therefore, they had long since made all preparations and had also carefully prepared a special gift for these few pirates.

After driving the six pirates onto the deck, the captain of this Wanlong Palace escort team said to the six: "In view of the fact that your boss is unwilling to pay the ransom for you, in the spirit of humanitarianism, we are releasing you on the spot. We hope that from this moment on, you can reflect on yourselves and turn over a new leaf!"

The pirate who had previously threatened the Wanlong Palace immediately burst into laughter, mocking: "I thought you had some incredible ability, but in the end, you still have to honestly let us go?!"

The Wanlong Palace team leader smiled slightly and said: "If we don't release you, should we keep you on the ship to eat our food and drink our fresh water? Let me tell you, our supplies wouldn't even be fed to dogs, let alone you."

As he spoke, he signaled to a subordinate beside him: "Lower the lifeboat and let them get the hell out of here!"

The several pirates looked at each other, their expressions somewhat smug.

In their view, they were not only the masters of the Gulf of Aden, but they also wore an aura that no one dared to provoke.

Every time they came out to rob merchant ships, they would retreat if they failed, and exchange for money if they succeeded; even if they were caught, the other side would have to honestly let them go. This almost invincible aura made them increasingly inflated.

At this time, the crane beside the ship's rail immediately lowered a suspended lifeboat to the side of the ship.

The Wanlong Palace team leader said to the six: "Get on it, quickly!"

The six curled their lips and boarded the boat one after another.

Once these six pirates were on the boat, they all felt completely relieved, and the expressions they cast toward the Wanlong Palace members were faintly tinged with gloom and malice, as if they were still very unconvinced.

Their thoughts now were very simple: as long as they left here, they would immediately drive this lifeboat back to their own base and wait for the next time to make a comeback.

As for being captured, they didn't care at all.

Being a pirate in the Gulf of Aden, who hadn't been captured before? It was just that every time they were captured, they were released completely unharmed.

The Wanlong Palace team leader looked at them and said indifferently: "I originally really wanted to execute you on the spot, but based on humanitarianism, I'll still give you a way to live..."

Just as he said this, the several pirates all pouted high, their faces full of disdain and contempt.

Every time they were captured and then released, the other side would say almost identical words; they had long since stopped taking it seriously. In their view, the reason these people didn't dare to kill them was that they were afraid of their organization's retaliation.

In other words, they were clearly afraid in their hearts but still had to pretend to let them go, which made them feel very contemptuous.

But just at this moment, the Wanlong Palace team leader smiled strangely and said: "In the old Chinese saying, we can be considered to have become friends through fighting. Before you leave, I'll fire some shots to see you off, just to celebrate."

"Firing shots to celebrate?!" The several pirates looked at each other, unable to understand what the other side meant by firing shots to celebrate; in the pirate field, there didn't seem to be such a rule.

And just at this moment, that Wanlong Palace team leader raised the assault rifle in his hand and fired more than twenty shots at the lifeboat!

Gunshots suddenly rang out in a burst; the pirates thought the other side was deliberately trying to kill them, and each of them was so scared that they huddled and howled loudly on the lifeboat.

However, when the gunshots stopped, they slowly opened their eyes and discovered with lingering fear that, as it turned out, no one had been shot!

Just when they breathed a sigh of relief, they suddenly discovered that the burst of bullets from the other side had just punched dozens of holes through the bottom of the lifeboat and had completely turned the engine at the stern of the lifeboat into scrap metal!

And that Wanlong Palace team leader, after firing the entire burst of bullets, said earnestly to the six pirates: "After you go back, you must turn over a new leaf and start life anew!"

The six pirates, who were originally still looking defiant, suddenly became extremely panicked. One of them blurted out in extreme panic: "Damn it! You son of a bitch! You call this firing shots to see us off? You damn well deliberately shot holes in the boat and broke the engine; you're trying to kill us on purpose!" ===== CHAPTER 1810 =====