Chapter 424: Blackbeard (1/2)

Lu Yin leaned against the wall and concealed his aura.

“The location for the tribute payment this time will be Malu Planet, 723rd Zhongxing Street. You better be prepared,” a low voice called out.

The Mad Viper Knight replied, “I was prepared since long ago.”

“Of course, our region won’t be surpassed by others again this time,” the other person replied.

“Alright, the captain won’t tolerate failure. You should know that by now.” And with that, one of the figures turned to leave.

The other person eyed the Mad Viper Knight. “Are you really prepared?”

“Yeah, don’t worry.”

“The Innerverse is incomparable to the Outerverse. It’s very difficult to get a hold of a piece of it with your strength. You’d best watch out for yourself.” Then, that person also left.

The Mad Viper Knight did not wait around, and he also quickly left.

Lu Yin did not move. Malu Planet, 723rd Zhongxing Street. This address had piqued his interest. What interested him even more was the word “share.” Doesn’t that mean money? He connected the word with the Mad Viper Knight’s status as a pirate and realized that the words were likely related to paying tribute to a more powerful pirate group.

This was interesting news, and he might possibly wait to fish for something bigger.

Lu Yin left, and as he made his way back, he tried to remember the emblem that he had seen on the Mad Viper Knight’s clothes. He had caught a glimpse of it, so he tried to search it up on the network through his gadget, but he couldn’t find anything.

It didn’t take long for Lu Yin to return to his spacecraft. Once there, he searched the network again, only this time, he used the status that his Honor Points gave him. With that, he was able to find the emblem; it was the insignia of the Blackbeard Pirate Group, a powerful band of pirates.

Since the universe had a righteous side, there was naturally a darker side as well. Pirate groups were one facet of that dark side, and the Blackbeard Pirate Group was definitely one of the more well known representatives of them. Chaos Flowzone was already a territory filled with the Innerverse’s dark side, and the Blackbeard Pirates were actually the unofficial king of all the pirate crews within Chaos Flowzone. Any pirate group that sought to make a living in Chaos Flowzone had to pay tribute to the Blackbeard Pirates.

After receiving the tribute, the Blackbeard Pirates would provide a certain degree of protection to the smaller pirate groups, but, of course, the amount of protection corresponded with the size of the tribute.

The Blackbeard Pirates were the Chaos Flowzone’s unofficial king of the underworld, and their power was evident for all to see.

Pirates were generally a relaxed bunch, and Highsage Leon could rely on just his reputation to control a portion of all pirate groups, such as those who had attacked the various Outerverse powers that supported Puyu. However, he definitely could not manipulate all the pirate groups in the universe. This so-called Pirate King was nothing more than a title representing him being the strongest; it didn’t actually hold any sort of authority.

This Blackbeard Pirates obviously did not answer to Highsage Leon, which meant that Lu Yin had no reason to resist plundering them.

Lu Yin was emotionally moved; he was lacking in money, and it was being offered in spades right here. However, he had to be careful. It would be alright if his opponent was an Explorer, but if a Cruiser appeared, then he would be rendered unable to act, or else he could be easily surrounded.

These Blackbeard Pirates could unify all the pirate groups within Chaos Flowzone, and they might even have an almighty Enlighter among their ranks, whose power level would surpass 200,000. Even if Lu Yin acted, he definitely had to make sure to not leave any trails that would cause him trouble in the future.

Lu Yin was greatly anticipating this matter, and he grew very excited.

When the Tributary Ark stopped, and its rail extended out, Lu Yin quickly changed the warship’s route and headed towards Malu Planet. He had done his due diligence and knew that Malu Planet’s location did not deviate far from his original path towards Deep Crimson Planet.

At the same time, the Mad Viper Knight’s spacecraft also started heading towards Malu Planet.

Malu Planet was just a planet with a basic civilization that had just reached the initial stages of exploring the universe. It was even more primitive than the planet where Lu Yin had been teleported to by Mister Mu. Malu Planet had not even established contact with any higher civilizations yet, so there was no space station there.

Lu Yin took a personal spacecraft and found a landing site before leaving the warship with a rumble. When he entered Malu Planet’s atmosphere, the warship continued on its original route since they were not needed on the planet below.

The personal spacecraft crashed into the giant hill. The hatch opened up, and Lu Yin casually drove the spacecraft another hundred meters underground before covering the area up with soil.

The landing of the spacecraft had created a great disturbance that had definitely attracted attention. He did not want his spacecraft to be towed away by someone else.

He checked his location since he had looked at Malu Planet’s map before landing. He quickly disappeared, leaving nothing but a spatial crack that continued to extend out for a few seconds after he left.

The planet’s civilization gave Lu Yin a sense of one whose technology was still budding. The people here had only recently learned to manufacture firearms, which was very primitive. 723rd Zhongxing Street was located within a city, and the building looked like a church.

Lu Yin did not know if any experts from the Blackbeard Pirates would be present, so he concealed his aura and found some clothes in the planet’s style. He stood some distance away from the meeting place and filled his eyes with star energy. He saw an enormous convergence of rune lines; there was a Cruiser there.

Lu Yin averted his gaze and did not dare to observe that person anymore. Who would have imagined that the Blackbeard Pirates would assign Cruisers to collect this tribute. This made things troublesome, since he could not deal with so many powerhouses by himself. It was even possible that stronger crew members would arrive later. These Blackbeard Pirates were truly powerful.

Lu Yin did not dare to stick around. Even though his Invisible Aura Technique and his domain were concealing his aura, he still did not feel at ease. His physical body was extraordinarily tough and it greatly surpassed what the natives of this planet could achieve. Even something like the strength of his heartbeat could give him away, but fortunately, he had kept his distance out of caution and had avoided being discovered.