Chapter 342: Sovereign Beast (1/2)
The caw of a seagull could be heard across the sky as the small ship with an even smaller crew sailed towards the continent that was strewn out in front of them.
While the experts on board the small ship were all of the Heavenly Knight and Ordinary Saint ranks, their auras were fiercer than normal cultivators of the same level.
The pirates in the shallow water were looking at the group with wary eyes. Although they had the benefit of numbers, none of them took action.
The many merchant ships that were also sailing towards the continent saw this phenomenon. Their eyes filled with shock and disbelief. Who were these experts on board the small ship? Even the pirates of the Sea of the Enchanted dared not touch them!
These merchants knew the deadliness of the pirates, many of them had already paid a hefty fee to be safe from their attacks.
Some thought that the small ship had done the same, but many of the real experts present had seen wariness and hesitation in the face of the pirates as they looked at the crew onboard the small ship.
This was not an expression that would be shown unless they had some sort of power backing them.
The small ship arrogantly maneuvered through the larger vessels; it quickly advanced towards the inland zone.
The sea was split into different parts, where the majority was the high sea. This was the deepest part of the sea, then came the shallow sea, and finally was the inland zone.
While the shallow sea was still considered a part of the Sea of the Enchanted, the inland zone was different. When one entered the inland zone, they had entered the territory of the continent. Here the pirates would never enter as it was the same as asking for death.
Onboard the small ship, in the cabin of the captain, was a young youth. He did not seem much older than eighteen or nineteen. His black hair was fluttering in the wind, which came through a window, resembling ink that was artistically being spread over a piece of paper.
His skin resembled white jade; it was so delicate and smooth that even women would be jealous of him.
His eyes were black like the darkest night but still glistened as if they contained the entire starry sky. From time to time, an azure gleam would flash past, but one would only notice it if they really focused on observing him.
This young youth who was not even twenty years of age was Xue Wei. His strength had increased tremendously while he had spent a year onboard the ship cultivating.
His Qi levels were now at the seventh layer of the Heavenly Knight rank, while his Spiritual Energy had risen to the ninth layer.
It was not only him who had benefitted from the year of cultivating, but Lin Xiao, Hei Gou, Bai Tianyi, and Luoluo had also all benefitted greatly, the one with the least advances was Xue Fu.
It was not that she had not been given the same amount of resources as Xue Wei and the others; it was due to her being a Scarlet Blood Bat. Although they were immensely strong, they had an ancient bloodline; the truth was that their talent in cultivation was terrible. It had already taken them thousands of years to reach the Ordinary Saint rank.
Xue Fu, who had the least progress, was still ecstatic. During the time she had been aboard the ship, she had gained more than one Rainbow Pill; one was a two-colored pill, the others were one-colored Rainbow Pills.
She had never expected that she, a Fierce Beast who had mutated and improved her bloodline and become a Primordial Beast, would be able to consume a Rainbow Pill.
Their advance made a lot of people pay attention to them. Their arrogant attitude that showed no fear of anyone, and sailed through the much larger ships caused many to have a bad impression of them.
Xue Wei was the one who had decided that they should move towards the harbor, completely ignoring the other ships.
Xue Fu could not help but feel some sweat appear on her face, and her hands were clenched tightly.
She had just emerged from the Thunder Twilight Zone and was unaware of how things worked in this world.
She was not willing to offend that many forces in a place she did not know, but Xue Wei seemed utterly unmoved.
It was not only the ships present that had noticed the arrogant and confident behavior of the small ship, but the harbor control and customs at the Demon Phoenix Continent had also long since realized that something was amiss.
”Someone, go out to the inland zone and greet them. If they are just plainly arrogant, teach them a lesson. If, by some extreme luck, they have a reason for being this arrogant, then politely help them into the harbor.”
The one who spoke was the foreman of the harbor workers, and his words were law.
He had seen many things throughout his time as a foreman, and he knew that either this ship's captain was stupid or had something to rely on.
Looking at the small ship, the foreman dared not guess whether or not it was stupidity or confidence.
”I'll go.” A young girl appeared next to the foreman. She seemed to be around twenty years old, but while her body was attractive and mature, her face was youthful and seemed much younger than her actual age.
”You?” The foreman was surprised. This young woman was not a regular worker in the harbor, she was sent over by the royal family, and her bloodline was immensely pure even for a Primordial Beast.
”I am curious about what might have made them so confident,” the girl answered with a slight smile on her face.
”You go then,” the foreman knew that he could not stop her, and he also felt that it was benefitting him to send someone of a higher rank, in case they really had something backing them.