Peerless Douluo: Blood of the Black King Nidhogg!

Chapter 174 The Beasts Pirates - Relying on the Ship King (4K)

The next morning, Mo Yuan kissed Han Ruoruo goodbye and left Shrek Academy. Xuanzi and the others were naturally very unwilling for him to leave, but their opinions were useless under Mo Yuan's insistence.

Deep in the icy sea, on the undulating surface of the waves, golden light flickered silently in the empty void. After a complex alchemical matrix twisted a few times, Mo Yuan, dressed in a black robe, stepped out from it with an indifferent expression.

Gazing at the floating ice not far away, Mo Yuan smiled and said softly,
"Hey, open sesame."

As soon as he finished speaking, white mist silently spread from the void, enveloping Mo Yuan. When his vision returned, he was already standing on the dead land of Nibelungen.

The white mist dissipated from in front of him, and a resounding dragon roar echoed from the distant snowstorm. Mo Yuan looked up and saw a dark dot suddenly appear on the horizon deep within the Nibelung Roots.
Apophis, with its enormous black wings capable of blotting out the sky, hurtled toward them at breakneck speed, its voice filled with joy and its eyes brimming with excitement, like a pet dog long separated from its owner.

Rumbling--

Apophis's massive dragon body crashed down in front of Mo Yuan, its enormous head reaching out through the smoke and dust to Mo Yuan's side. Under his caress, it slightly narrowed its eyes, revealing a look of comfort.

"Alright, alright, any more force and you'll push me into the sea. Let's go home." Mo Yuan chuckled, patting the scales that were bigger than his own body, before leaping onto Apophis's head.

Apophis immediately understood, flapping its wings and unleashing a hurricane powerful enough to cause a massive tsunami. Amidst a deafening dragon roar, it soared into the sky and headed deep into the Nibelungen.

Nibelungen was vast, almost the size of dozens of Mindu, but with Apophis's terrifying speed, it traversed the mountains and ice plains in the blink of an eye, arriving at the cliff edge of Valhalla.

Apophis's dragon head was level with the edge of the cliff. Mo Yuan took a step and landed on the mountaintop. At that moment, a golden light containing a holy and luminous aura suddenly appeared at the gate of the Hall of Heroes in the distance.

Two pairs of snow-white angel wings, each feather shimmering with light, bloomed like flower stamens. Long, golden hair, smoother than silk, danced in the wind, and her cool yet exquisitely beautiful face could not be concealed even by the deathly silence around her.

Upon seeing that it was Mo Yuan who had returned, a flicker of panic crossed Ye Guyi's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a smile.
"I was just wondering why Apophis suddenly flew outwards. It turns out it's because your master, Yuan, has returned."

She gave Mo Yuan a light hug, then continued speaking with a beaming smile.

"How have you been at Shrek Academy for the past month or so?"

Mo Yuan shook his head. "It was alright. Apart from the first few days which were quite interesting, I spent most of the next month dealing with documents. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come back in person to relax."

Upon hearing this, Ye Guyi's eyes lit up immediately, and she couldn't wait to ask, "So Yuan, you mean we can go out and explore the seas again?"

The Nibelungen is indeed a treasure trove, but for Ye Guyi, it doesn't matter if Mo Yuan is there, but if Mo Yuan is not there, she will be too lonely.

He spent his days either cultivating or aimlessly wandering around Valhalla, with only the eight-legged pegasus, Apophis, and his group of dead servants by his side.

Apart from Apophis, who was intelligent enough to talk to her, the others wouldn't even acknowledge her.

Mo Yuan nodded in affirmation of Ye Guyi's question, "That's right, let's leave now without delay. We can also take Apophis out to see the world; a wider ocean would be more suitable for Him."

Upon hearing this, Apophis, who had been hanging his head, instantly perked up, his dejected gaze suddenly changing to one of intense excitement.

For dragon servants, their lives consist of only two things: loyalty to their master and protection of their master. Everything else is optional.

After waiting for a while, once Ye Guyi had packed her things, the two rode Apophis back to the edge of Nibelungen.

After landing with Ye Guyi, Mo Yuan casually waved his hand, and the white mist in front of him quickly surged to both sides. The calm sea surface suddenly rippled, and a dark shadow appeared beneath the surface.

After the sound of the waves subsided, a futuristic-looking yacht was found eerily floating on the still water.

"Let's go, let's begin a new chapter in our journey."

"it is good."

Ye Guyi replied with a smile, and together with Mo Yuan, they boarded the yacht, where countless white waves were stirred up by the roar of the internal combustion engine as they sailed into the white mist.

Apophis let out a dragon roar, and then its nearly thousand-meter-long, mountain-like body plunged headfirst into the sea...

Tianhai City is a coastal city located on the southwestern edge of the Sun Moon Empire. Due to its advantageous geographical location near the warm south, it is rich in tropical fruits and has a thriving trade industry.

It was noon, and in a calm sea area two hundred kilometers south of Tianhai City, the Sunshine Wanli was rising and falling on the surface of the sea.

Mo Yuan leaned leisurely against the railing at the edge of the deck, his upper body bare. Under the dazzling sunlight, his body, more perfect than an ancient Greek sculpture, shimmered with a golden glow.

He held a half-empty wine bottle in his right hand and a fishing rod of unknown material in his left. The sunlight was still there, but the fishing rod showed no signs of change.

"Ugh……"

Hearing Mo Yuan's sigh, Ye Guyi, who was lying on a beach chair sunbathing, put down her alchemy book and couldn't help but smile.

She wore an extremely revealing black lace swimsuit, exposing large expanses of snow-white skin. Her two long, shapely legs were casually crossed, and her slender ankles and rosy toes looked like a work of art.

Ye Guyi smiled slyly, "Yuan, I don't know what 'air force' means, but I've seen you say 'air force' a lot these past few days. It must be a good blessing, so I wish you and all the fishermen to have an empty sail every day!"

"..." Mo Yuan remained silent for a long time, then said with a forced smile, "Thank you."

Ye Guyi covered her mouth and chuckled softly, her eyes filled with a gentle, tender smile as she looked at Mo Yuan.

Suddenly, huge bubbles rose to the surface of the calm sea not far away. After a splashing sound, Apophis's ferocious dragon horns and dazzling golden eyes emerged from beneath the sea.

Dragon Horn carefully moved to the side of the yacht, where a two-meter-long, plump sea fish was stuck. Seeing Apophis's smug look, Mo Yuan shook his head and smiled helplessly, then put away his fishing rod and the sea fish.

More than a week had passed since they left Nibelungen. During these seven days, just as Mo Yuan had said, they had been heading south towards the warmer south, and finally arrived at this beautiful sea that everyone longed for.

Just as Mo Yuan was carrying the sea fish toward the cabin, he seemed to sense something and turned his head slightly to look eastward.

As his gaze fell upon the sea, the calm surface in the distance suddenly churned violently like boiling water, and several black tentacles, each over ten meters long and covered with suckers, stretched out.

Ye Guyi also noticed this anomaly. She stood up and came to Mo Yuan to look into the distance. The tentacles were flailing wildly in the air, as if they were twitching. When they hit the sea surface, they made a thunderous sound and splashed seawater dozens of meters high.

"This looks like a devil octopus, a fairly common sea spirit beast. Judging from its tentacles, this devil octopus is about 50,000 years old. The wounds on its body look like they were caused by a soul-guided cannon," Ye Guyi said, looking at the several charred wounds on the tentacles. Sure enough, after the tentacles thrashed around for a while, a huge octopus emerged from the sea. At the same time, its small, bloodthirsty eyes immediately locked onto the Sunshine Thousand Miles floating on the sea in the distance.

Without the slightest hesitation, the devil octopus dived into the water and sped toward the Sunshine Thousand Miles, seemingly regarding Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi as its prey.

"Fool." Mo Yuan gave his assessment indifferently.

"Indeed." Ye Guyi nodded in affirmation.

Humans would certainly not act this way. The ocean is not a safe place; in some ways, the deep sea is even more dangerous than the Starry Sky Forest.

Therefore, those who can leisurely stroll around in such places like tourists are either mentally unstable or have their own confidence.

The devil octopus was very fast, covering hundreds of meters in just a few breaths, and was about to reach the vicinity of the Sunny Horizon.

Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi simply watched quietly, showing no intention of making a move, their eyes filled with the indifference of watching ants put up a stubborn resistance.

Just as the devil octopus surfaced and swung its massive tentacles toward the Sunnylands, the clear, pale blue water suddenly darkened.

Looking down from the sky, two dark golden lights could be seen quietly emerging from the shadows beneath the devil octopus.

The sound of seawater being smashed echoed as Apophis burst forth from the seabed, its terrifyingly large maw opening wide to swallow the still-unresponsive devil octopus whole.

Without the slightest pause, the sharp, knife-like teeth sliced ​​the devil octopus's body into pieces. The eerie blue blood fell like raindrops, only to be blocked by an invisible barrier as it reached the airspace above the Sunny Horizon, where it slid into the seawater, nourishing countless plankton.

slam-la-

After the sound of the waves subsided, Apophis's dragon head fell back into the sea. White waves appeared and then broke apart and disappeared, and the sea surface returned to calm, as if everything just now was an illusion.

A mere 50,000-year-old sea spirit beast is nothing more than a slightly larger ant in front of Apophis, who is a peak second-generation species. Even a 600,000-year-old sea princess would only face death if Apophis used his Word of Power.

It's no exaggeration to say that if Apophis were ranked alongside soul beasts, even the Evil Emperor would have to step aside, with only Emperor Tian barely able to surpass him.

The sea had completely returned to normal, but Mo Yuan still did not take his gaze away from the eastern horizon. The sun was shining brightly, and he squinted his eyes, a faint, inexplicable smile appearing on his face.

"Pirates..."

At this moment, twenty kilometers east of the Sunshine Thousand Miles, five ironclad warships were sailing westward at full speed. These ironclad warships were all around twenty meters in size, with the lead one reaching a massive forty meters, comparable to the standing warships of the Sun Moon Empire's Royal Navy.

Strangely, these warships, despite being soul-guided vessels, still retained an ancient sail, making them seem out of place.

The sail stood tall in the center of the warship, billowing in the sea breeze. In the very center of the black sail, a strange pattern was painted in white: a white skull with a pair of long horns.

If any fishermen from Tianhai City saw this sail, they would surely turn around and flee in panic, for no other reason than that it belonged to the infamous 'Beasts Pirates' of the South China Sea!
On the deck of the lead warship, a middle-aged man with a bare upper body, a muscular build, dark skin, a rugged face, and tattoos covering his thick left arm sat imposingly on a treasure chest full of gold soul coins, gulping down wine.

"Captain, we are about to venture deep into the South China Sea. You are the only one leading us this time. The second and third leaders are not here. If we continue to go deeper, there may be considerable danger."

The lean subordinate behind the man glanced at the distant sea, his eyes gleaming with shrewdness, and continued with a fawning smile, "Besides, that devil octopus is only 50,000 years old. As your prey, Captain, it would have to be at least 80,000 years old."

"Get lost!" the man cursed, then slapped his subordinate, sending him flying. He stood up, took another big gulp of wine, and drunkenly roared...

"I'm Jack, the Pirate King who's going to dominate the entire South Blue! The Deep Sea is nothing but my backyard! Anyone who dares to say another word will be fed to the fish!"

Jack's actions and roars elicited no reaction from his men, except for keeping their distance out of fear. Clearly, they were already used to their captain's volatile temper.

The warship did not change course and continued heading towards the deep sea. However, the men were clearly on high alert. Although Jack was a Soul Saint, this was the depths of the South China Sea.

Even without the sight of ten thousand-year-old soul beasts stretching for several kilometers like in the Ice Sea, it can still be described as fraught with danger. If you're unlucky, let alone a Soul Saint, even a Soul Douluo will only end up as fish food.

Amidst the roar, the five warships quickly traversed more than ten kilometers of sea and arrived at the place where the devil octopus had appeared. Naturally, the ever-present sunshine came into view of these pirates.

Without needing his subordinates to remind him, the drunken Jack noticed it on his own. He staggered to his feet, walked to the edge of the deck, stepped on the Soul Cannon, raised his hand to shield his eyes from the glaring sunlight, and squinted as he examined the Sunny Horizon.

But this glance was quite alarming. Although he didn't see anyone, it sent a chill down his spine, instantly sobering him up.

"Hmm? Something's not right, something's really not right. How could a small boat of this size possibly anchor in this deep sea? Damn it, even if it could anchor, it shouldn't just be rocking without moving, right? This is really weird..."

The other crew members, who had been adventuring at sea for a long time, naturally noticed this illogical scene as well. In addition, since this was the deep sea, there were no other humans besides them. Therefore, even though they were ruthless pirates, they could not help but live in fear.

Jack's eyes narrowed more and more, almost completely covering his vision, and he couldn't help but think of retreating.

But just as he was about to order the ship to turn around and leave, the subordinate who had been knocked away earlier had his eyes darting around, thinking that this was another good opportunity to show off.

The boss must have chickened out and dared not pursue any further, but could he order a turn back? No way! He's a man who cares a lot about his reputation. If I suggested leaving at this point, the boss would have a reason to back down and would definitely take the opportunity to back down. In that case, I would save the boss's face, and wouldn't he reward me in some way behind my back?
As the subordinate thought about it, he couldn't help but laugh. Jack's anger flared up the moment he heard the sound, feeling that the man was mocking him.

"What the hell are you laughing at?!" Jack roared, grabbing his henchman by the collar.

The subordinate was stunned by the sudden roar and instinctively stammered, "Boss, I think there's probably some danger ahead. We should...we should turn around and leave!"

Before the subordinate could finish speaking, Jack roared and threw him violently out, smashing through the railing and falling unconscious into the sea.

"Ah! Ah!! How dare one of my subordinates look down on me!"

His eyes were bloodshot, and seven soul rings, yellow, purple, purple, and black, rose up one by one from his feet. Accompanied by a loud elephant bellow, a giant woolly mammoth about ten meters tall appeared on the deck.

Jack stared intently at the Sunny Horizon, roaring with a ferocious expression.
Who do you think I am?!

"Move the boat closer!!"

(End of this chapter)