Ant Nest

Chapter 213 Ant Nest

Lu Mingfei's agile figure sped across the sea at lightning speed.

This wasn't some kind of light-footed water-walking skill; it was simply that with each step he took, he used freezing power to solidify ice on his feet and walk on the ice.

His main concern was that revealing his golden eyes would alert the nearby spirit beasts, which would be awkward.

A few minutes later, Lu Mingfei landed on the island, and the old fishing boat on the horizon gradually disappeared from sight.

He disposed of the pirate ship very cleanly, leaving not a single piece of wreckage. The pirates wouldn't have noticed the missing crew so quickly; by then, the fishing boat should have already returned to Hanhai City.

Lu Mingfei looked around the island. Although it was called an island, it was more like a group of reefs, with almost no flat area.

But it does indeed seem more like a place where sea spirit beasts would inhabit and roam.

According to the old man, he only saw the golden electric eel at night, which means this is probably its nest. It must have been out hunting during the day, otherwise it would have been attacked when he came ashore earlier.

As for going into the sea to investigate, that would be suicide. He had never learned to dive, and his swimming skills were only rudimentary. If some ancient soul beast suddenly appeared, he wouldn't be able to use its strength to accelerate in an instant.

As night slowly approached, the rising tide submerged almost half of the entire reef island.

The entire sea was pitch black, and even the moonlight was obscured by thick, dark clouds in the sky.

Lu Mingfei stood on a platform made of ice and took out the bait he had prepared long ago from his storage soul tool.

A large piece of century-old soul beast meat, plus a basin of fresh soul beast blood, and a strong bloody smell spread with the rise and fall of the sea breeze and waves.

However, despite such a large investment in baiting, not even a single small fish or shrimp appeared.

But Lu Mingfei knew that this meant he had found the right place—the lair of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. Other soul beasts would certainly not dare to approach rashly.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but suddenly Lu Mingfei felt a slight numbness in his feet.

On the dark sea, a golden light suddenly shone, followed by a crackling sound of thunder. A colossal creature, over thirty meters long, rushed toward him from afar like lightning.

"Good heavens." Although I know that sea spirit beasts are generally quite large, the last time I saw a spirit beast this big was the 100,000-year-old bull-headed snake I saw in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lu Mingfei kicked off the ice block and leaped onto the reef. At the same time, a bolt of lightning as thick as a thigh struck the ice block and shattered it.

Then, the golden electric eel, its body covered in golden scales, slowly emerged from the sea. Lightning crackled on its body, and a powerful dragon's might suddenly spread out. Its huge, blood-red beast eyes coldly looked down at Lu Mingfei on the reef, vaguely carrying mockery and anger.

The ten-thousand-year-old soul beast already possessed human intelligence. It knew that Lu Mingfei, this human, had come for its soul ring, but it was the absolute overlord of this sea area.

Possessing powerful dragon blood and lightning power, it can roam freely among sea spirit beasts, and even 100,000-year-old spirit beasts dare not provoke it.

Many humans have provoked it, but without exception, they all met their demise.

However, what it saw in its beastly eyes was not the usual panicked and desperate expression of humans, but rather an unusually bright joy.

"I knew I'd come to the right place." Lu Mingfei smiled knowingly.

The next moment, golden light instantly filled everything in the golden electric eel's field of vision, and an even more terrifying dragon's might spread throughout the entire sea like a tidal wave.

"A mere eel trying to pretend to be a dragon? You're a hundred thousand years too early!"

Ten days later.

A huge purple sailing ship cuts through the waves on the sea.

As the ship of Purple Pearl, the captain of the Purple Pearl Pirate Crew, the Purple Pearl is known to everyone in this sea area.

The reason why Purple Pearl personally took action was because three ships that went out to collect protection money had all disappeared in the past few days.

Purple Pearl's first thought was that a fellow thief was trying to steal her food, so she immediately drove out her vehicle and cruised her own sea area, ready to see which fool dared to snatch food from her jaws.

They searched for a long time but couldn't find a single trace of the enemy.

Left with no other choice, she returned to her base on Purple Pearl Island and summoned all her subordinates to a meeting to discuss countermeasures and avoid being defeated one by one.

However, unnoticed by anyone, a figure quietly boarded the Purple Pearl.

At night, after five days, all forty-odd pirate ships had gathered at the main camp.

More than 3,000 members, more than 200 Sea Soul Masters, and leaders of all ranks were crammed into the square in the center of the island.

Everyone held weapons, exuding murderous intent, waiting for Purple Pearl to give the order and prepare for war.

They grew to their current position by defeating and annexing several rival pirate crews, so naturally they wouldn't allow outsiders to take their territory.

"Commander, just give the order! No matter who the opponent is, we'll fight to the bitter end!" a leader shouted immediately, followed by the echoes of thousands of people in the square.

Purple Pearl glanced at her subordinates and nodded in satisfaction. The loss of three ships was insignificant to a pirate crew.

"Very well, no matter who the opponent is, we will let them know what happens when they mess with our pirate crew! They want war, then we will give them war!" Purple Pearl raised her hand and waved her arm, and everyone raised their swords and roared.

Jixiang stood in the far corner, head down, and sighed.

"What are you thinking about?" a voice drifted from the side.

Jixiang, without turning around, clutched her needles and said, "A great war is about to break out. Many more people will die, and many more will be injured. I may not be able to save them all."

"There's nothing we can do if we can't save them. We pirates should have known this day would come."

"But not all pirates are bad people," Jixiang retorted, turning her head to see a very young and unfamiliar face.

However, there were several thousand people on the island, so he didn't pay much attention.

"So, do you think there are any good people among pirates?" Lu Mingfei shook his head and continued, "Speaking of which, shouldn't pirates have some kidnapping services? Why aren't there any customers here?"

Jixiang felt that this person was strange, but she didn't think much of it and just assumed that he was a newcomer who was not familiar with the business: "The rule of the Purple Pearl Sea Robbery Gang is to only rob and kill nobles, not to kidnap them, in order to prevent trouble caused by the nobles' high status."

"Well, as expected, even thieves have their code of honor." Lu Mingfei couldn't help but nod. No wonder Soul Emperors and Soul Kings dared to be so arrogant; it turned out they never left any survivors, thus eliminating the risk of secondary transactions.

"Of course, you'll understand once you stay a while longer. Being a pirate doesn't necessarily mean doing all bad things. We only rob and kill nobles, after all, what good people are there among the nobles?" Jixiang nodded.

"Then I'm relieved." Lu Mingfei smiled.

Just as Jixiang was about to say something, everything went black before his eyes, and he completely lost consciousness.

The next moment, a low, inexplicable sound spread throughout the square and even the entire island on the sea breeze.

At first, no one in the square noticed, but as the sea breeze suddenly intensified, almost blowing the roof off, they realized that something was wrong with the wind.

Only then did Purple Pearl suddenly look up at the sky; the voice came from above.

Lu Mingfei lowered his eyes, simultaneously unleashing the combined domains of Wind King's Eye and Sovereign Flame. He wasn't a killer, but this scene still reminded him of pouring boiling water into an anthill.

The ant nest was pitiful, but the pirates below were anything but.

"No, what happened!"

Sensing something was wrong, Purple Pearl immediately started running, and then the entire square erupted into chaos as everyone frantically fled towards the coast.

But as the death-like chant abruptly ceased, a sun rose in the sky, instantly illuminating the entire world.

It also illuminated everyone's terrified, pale faces.