Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 163 The most bizarre and difficult-to-defend overlord-level secret contract - Eternal Conditions?
"Green Beard?"

Xia Fa's face suddenly darkened.

The boatman's heart was shattered by a single shot. He collapsed onto the small boat and fell into the water. Blood from his chest stained the sea like ink. He stared wide-eyed, his face filled with resentment and terror.

boom! ! !
The next moment, hundreds of cannons on the giant ship fired simultaneously, and cannonballs the size of human heads roared toward Xia Fa.

Xia Fa's gaze narrowed slightly. He neither flinched nor dodged, letting the cannonball capsize the small boat and fall into the water.

Just as he was about to sink, amidst the towering waves and the terrified shouts of the crowd on the shore, Xia Fa's underwater form disintegrated into specks of starlight with a "bang."

……

On the deck of the "Bluebeard".

The menacing first mate brandished his whip, which cracked in the air like thunder. Though the whip struck the air, it made the pirates struggling to row shudder.

Immediately afterwards, a clear, bright red whip mark appeared on their muscular, slick backs.

"Hurry! Row faster! Do you even want to live? He's about to catch up!"

Although the first mate had a fierce face, there was a deep fear in his eyes, and he immediately lashed out with the whip again.

Snapped!
With each lash of the whip, the pirates holding oars began to turn slightly red, their skin appearing to bleed with blood.

"Soon...soon we'll be able to conduct the eleventh Protoss Transmission! Hurry!"

Perhaps inspired by the first mate, or perhaps influenced by the whip in the first mate's hand that was clearly a secret treasure or a sealed artifact, the crew's rowing suddenly quickened, and the hull of the Green Beard suddenly lurched forward, beginning to show faint signs of becoming ethereal.

Strangely, these pirates simply stood on the deck, holding oars and paddling in the air, without even touching the water.

The giant ship was hundreds of meters high, and they were rowing from the deck, so it was impossible for them to actually touch the water.

But the Green Beard just kept going faster and faster, almost leaving a trail of afterimages.

Below deck, in a small compartment, Xia Fa suppressed his spiritual intuition and frowned deeply.

When he first encountered Greenbeard's pirate ship, he thought Greenbeard had gone mad.

Keep in mind, this is the sea area between Rum City and Extraordinary Market!
Let alone Greenbeard, even those five pirate emperors might not dare to come.

Because this is essentially the territory of the Kingdom of Augu, especially during the Fog Carnival, His Majesty Octavian and Marshal Gaius, the two rulers, might take action at any time.

But now, Xia Fa has realized something is wrong.

The pirates on the Greenbeard... are clearly fleeing for their lives!

They were terrified of something, terrified to the extreme!
This giant ship has even entered the Protoss Realm more than a dozen times, fleeing desperately in the form of "Protoss Shuttle".

You must understand that if we are targeted by those unknown beings in the Protoss Realm because of this, no one on the ship will be able to escape!
That's why the giant ship suddenly appeared in front of the small boat he was on, without any prior warning.

At that time, the Bluebeard had probably just come out of the Protoss Realm!

"But why did they kill the boatman? And even went so far as to launch a hundred cannons at once to attack me? Or rather... attack that small boat?"

Xia Fa frowned even more deeply; this was supposed to be a golden opportunity.

He did it on purpose, deliberately letting himself be "blasted" into the water by a shell in front of many people on the shore.
He can use the secret power of "Starshine" to appear on the ship with ease.

Then, once he has killed Greenbeard and the other wicked pirates as quickly as possible, he can use his "Star Power" to return to the sea, pretend to be disheveled as he climbs ashore, and no one will suspect him.

In addition, with the addition of some methods to interfere with divination, even the pirate emperor known as the "Roaring Emperor," to whom Greenbeard served, had a hard time locating him.

But now, things seem to be completely wrong...

How terrifying must someone be to be someone who inspires fear in a group of vicious pirates, including a blue-bearded man who is at least a demigod, to the point that they are even willing to travel into the Protoss Realm to escape?
Xia Fa narrowed his eyes slightly, shook his head, and starlight began to emanate from his body, indicating that he would not get involved in this matter for the time being.

Anyway, his only goal was to kill this green-bearded man, and now that someone was chasing him, he couldn't be bothered to care.

Just as Xia Fa was preparing to use the secret power of "Starlight" to return to the seabed and then climb ashore.

Suddenly, the starlight on his body flickered slightly and then dissipated all at once!

"Starshine's power has failed?"

Xia Fa was startled, but immediately sensed something.

"No, someone has restricted the space on this ship..."

Xia Fa took a deep breath and decided to remain still for now, so as not to alert the enemy.

The fact that I can freely use starlight to appear on this ship, but now I can't use it to leave, only proves one thing—

The one who's been chasing Greenbeard has arrived!
Fortunately, I was hiding in a small compartment below deck, so I decided to wait and see what happened.

The thousand-meter-long Green Beard suddenly blurred, and the bright, sunny sky transformed into a starry night sky.

Although Xia Fa was hiding in a small compartment below deck, his spiritual intuition allowed him to perceive everything clearly.

This is... the Bluebeard is about to undertake its next Protoss voyage!

The bow of the giant ship, the Green Beard, was raised, and it was about to float.

boom--!
With a deafening roar, the Green Beard crashed heavily onto the sea, creating a thunderous sound and sending up countless waves.

The small cubicle was shaking violently, but fortunately it was a place specifically for storing wine barrels, and they were all empty, so nothing was flying around.

Xia Fa remained motionless, continuing to secretly observe with his spiritual intuition, waiting for the opportunity to use the starlight to escape at any moment.

"what happened?"

"Mr. Long Kezhi, the... the time travel has failed!"

"No! I... I don't want to die! I haven't killed enough people yet, waaaaah!"

"He's coming! He's coming! The demon is coming!"

"Captain! Captain! Where is the Emperor? We need to get the Emperor to save us!"

Chaos erupted on the deck. The Blackbeard was a kilometer long and more than 300 meters wide, with a deck as spacious as a plaza.

At this moment, almost all the pirates were standing on the deck, numbering in the hundreds.

They were rowing together in unison, but now they were running around like headless flies. Some tried to jump into the sea, some tried to escape into the cabin, and some tried to use their secret abilities to escape, but unsurprisingly, they all failed.

boom!
Gunshots rang out, and the chaotic scene quieted down for a moment.

The pirates turned around in horror to find that one of them had picked up a flintlock pistol, shoved it into his mouth, and smashed his own head!
Blood splattered in a fan shape behind the pirate's head, but he fell backward with a look of relief on his face.

After a brief silence, the fear spread even further!
Many pirates knelt on the ground in despair and cried out, while others followed the example of the pirate who had just committed the crime, raising their flintlock pistols or revolvers and smashing their own heads. Many more pirates desperately searched for ways to escape, even though they knew it was futile.

Xia Fa grew increasingly astonished as he looked around in the small compartment below deck. Who exactly was this person who was chasing after Greenbeard? How could he have terrified these vicious pirates so much that they were even willing to commit suicide?
It is important to know that among the five pirate emperors, the pirates under the command of the "Roaring Emperor" were the most notorious and the most hated.

They might even kill poor fishermen for a boatload of fish, or worse, wipe out the entire fisherman's family on shore.

Recently, it was Greenbeard and his pirates who have been occupying the coastal waters outside Rum City and preventing fishermen from fishing.

But these pirates, who practically live on the edge and lick blood from the tip of a knife, were actually scared like this?

"Could it be that another pirate emperor has come to hunt them down..."

The thought popped into Xia Fa's mind, but he shook his head.

"No, this is almost equivalent to starting a war directly. After all, Greenbeard is a demigod, and he is already quite important under the Roaring Emperor."

Xia Fa became increasingly curious. Since he couldn't leave for the time being, he might as well watch the show.

Of course, it is possible to leave if one really wants to. For example, if this mysterious being suddenly appears, and is an angel or even a ruler, the burning sensation in one's heart meridian will be triggered as if by stress, and then one can use it to activate "Starlight" to forcibly break through the spatial confinement and escape.

Therefore, Xia Fa would rather see that mysterious being appear.

"What's the panic! What's the panic! Even if your head is ripped off, the scar will be as big as a bowl. Don't act like a sissy. The worst that can happen is you die!"

A rough, hoarse voice rang out, the door to the captain's cabin opened, and a burly man with a huge belly and short, thick limbs staggered out.

He had no hair, his head was completely bald, and his left eye was blind, but he didn't wear an eye patch. Instead, the terrifying eye hole, which looked as if it had been burned, was exposed, with the skin inside sticking together like a spider web.

What is most striking is his full green beard, which grows haphazardly like weeds, yet resembles the majestic mane of a lion.

"Green Beard..."

Xia Fa's eyelids drooped slightly, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

In any case, I did see the person I wanted to kill.

Moreover, he immediately deduced that this green-bearded man was only a demigod, or rather, he was indeed a demigod.

No wonder he dared to swagger around in the coastal waters. In fact, if the angels and rulers of the Augu Kingdom didn't take action, Greenbeard really had nothing to fear.

What's more, he also has this pirate ship that can "travel through the Protoss."

The man with the green beard was holding a bottle of whiskey and appeared to be drunk, but his only remaining eye was extremely bright, indicating that he was perfectly lucid.

"The Emperor has already stopped Him. He can't come. He's using 'eternal conditions' to try and keep us here. Don't panic, this spatial confinement will be lifted soon."

Conditions are eternal?

Xia Fa, who was eavesdropping and watching, was suddenly startled.

The condition is eternal; that's one of the top ten overlord-level secret contracts!
Initially, the three supreme-level secret contracts that Xia Fa had heard of were Eternal Conditions, Forge of All Things, and Silver Throne.

Even now, he doesn't know much about the overlord-level secret contract of Eternal Conditions; he only senses that the name is very unusual. He had a chance to ask Dick Tudor last time, but unfortunately, Dick Tudor had guests, which resulted in him being teleported away.

"Bluebeard was actually being hunted down by someone with whom he had signed an eternal contract? Among the secret abilities of eternal contracts, are there those that can imprison space?"

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised, but then suddenly felt that she had made the right decision to come.

Now, unless it's another opponent with a hegemonic secret agreement, it's difficult for ordinary people to pose a threat to me.

This is a good opportunity to examine the abilities related to the Eternal Conditions, a supreme-level contract, and gather some information.

On the deck, Green Beard was laughing heartily, showing no sign of panic. Instead, he gulped down a mouthful of wine.

Then, he drew his flintlock pistol from his waist and pointed it at a pirate who was screaming and running around on the deck in extreme terror.

Click.

He pulled the trigger.

boom!
The pirate's entire body exploded, but before his flesh and bones could scatter, they all rushed toward the flintlock pistol in the green-bearded man's hand and were sucked into the muzzle.

The flintlock musket originally had a peach wood handle and a black iron shaft, looking quite ordinary. However, after absorbing the pirate's flesh and blood, it turned golden, and rose patterns spread across the shaft.

"I was going to just find any fisherman to feed this baby to me, but this kid Beijet is so annoying with his howling. If you want to die, you can continue."

Greenbeard casually tucked the golden flintlock pistol into his waistband, his gaze sweeping over all the pirates on the deck.

He clearly remembered the pirate's name, yet he still casually killed him and fed him to his sealed artifact. This immediately chilled the hearts of the pirates, making them even more terrified of the already fearful Greenbeard.

In an instant, the once noisy deck became quiet. Many pirates silently picked up their oars, chose an empty spot, and were ready to row at any moment.

Xia Fa watched from a small compartment below deck, secretly alarmed. Although this green-bearded man was only a demigod, his methods were quite ruthless and sophisticated.

This one move, making an example of someone to scare others, immediately brought the situation under control.

"If what he says is true, and this ship can soon perform another Protoss traverse, then I will make my move just before the traverse begins..."

Xia Fa's gaze narrowed slightly. The star spirit traversed distances of thousands or tens of thousands of kilometers, sometimes even reaching hundreds of thousands or millions of kilometers, depending on the extraordinary individual with similar secret contract abilities or the secret treasure sealing object with corresponding abilities.

As for the Green Beard ship, its first trip would probably cover at least 100,000 kilometers.

If I wait until I've finished traveling before taking action, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get back.

If the mysterious being chasing Greenbeard was indeed stopped by the "Roaring Emperor," one of the five pirate emperors, then after killing him, I could immediately leave with my Star Power, and after interfering with the divination, I wouldn't leave anything behind.

Unfortunately, we will never see this mysterious person who signed the "perpetual terms" agreement.

On the deck, Greenbeard casually pulled over a chair and sat down, his enormous, short, fat body leaning against the wall of the captain's cabin.

The other pirates silently lowered their heads, waiting for the first mate or captain to give the order to row again.

The first mate, named Long Kezhi, bowed and trotted to the side of the man with the green beard, his face full of ingratiating and fawning smiles.

"Captain, thank you for your hard work. We were able to escape this time entirely thanks to your excellent command."

It was clearly First Mate Long Kezhi who was in charge, yet he shamelessly blurted it out.

The man with the green beard glanced at him indifferently:
"It's no use saying all this, just do your job well."

He completely ignored his subordinates' flattery, casually tossed aside the half-finished whiskey, leaned against the wall of the captain's cabin, and closed his eyes slightly.

"Dream divination?"

Xia Fa noticed something amiss, but he also sensed that something was wrong.

His spiritual intuition kept capturing the fluctuations in the surrounding space, but in fact, the space where the ship was imprisoned showed no sign of being freed.

Suddenly, the man with the green beard opened his eyes and immediately reached for the golden flintlock pistol at his waist.

But at that moment, his movements froze.

The demigod-level pirate became motionless, like a puppet.

Not only him, but the other pirates, including the first mate named Longkezhi, were also completely unable to move, as if they were frozen.

Xia Fa was startled, not yet understanding what was happening, but he immediately realized... he couldn't move either!
Immediately following, an elegant and composed voice, tinged with a hint of arrogance, rang out from the ship and clearly reached everyone's ears.

"As everyone knows, this pirate ship, built by the Roaring Emperor himself, is capable of Protoss travel when the extraordinary beings on board work together."

Footsteps sounded, ascending the stairs from the ship's cabin.

Neither the bearded pirate on deck nor the other pirates, nor Xia Fa in the small compartment below deck, could move.

That elegant and proud voice rang out once more, echoing in everyone's ears.

"For this reason, every time the Bluebeard ship performs a Protoss traverse, and at the end of the traverse, it causes a brief disruption of time and space on board because it passes through the Protoss Realm. So..."

The footsteps were getting farther and farther away from Xia Fa, but closer and closer to the deck. Fortunately, Xia Fa's spiritual intuition was still working, and finally, a pair of legs stepped onto the deck.

Those legs were clad in violet striped suit trousers and elegant black pointed leather shoes.

But unlike ordinary leather shoes, the toe of these shoes is covered with pieces of gold that look like scales!

Xia Fa was suddenly startled. If he could move now, he didn't know how he would react.

Just because of these legs...

The owner of these legs...

It was the young and mysterious ruler behind Pompeii!

He was also the culprit who stumbled into the desert mini-world of the Fog Carnival and almost sucked him in with those enormous nostrils that stretched across the sky!
"He actually signed a condition for eternity; is He also an extraordinary monarch?"

The shock and doubt in Xia Fa's heart were like a raging storm, threatening to overwhelm his mind.

At the same time, the instant he saw those legs and the black leather shoes covered with golden scales through his spiritual intuition, a large amount of strange current surged from his spine and covered his cerebral cortex.

A burning sensation surged up in my heart meridian, threatening to fill my entire body in an instant.

But Xia Fa still couldn't move, as if... time on this ship had been frozen!
"What exactly happened? Is this the secret bond ability of eternal conditions?"

Xia Fa was shocked and suspicious. If that was the case, then the Eternal Conditions, this overlord-level secret contract, was too heaven-defying.

The young and mysterious ruler's elegant and arrogant voice rang out once more, still echoing on the deck and in Xia Fa's ears.

"First, seize that slight fluctuation in the flow of time."

He took a few more steps up. This time, Xia Fa saw clearly with his spiritual intuition that He was wearing a violet striped suit, but on his face was a dark red ghost mask with fangs, clearly ferocious and majestic, yet still elegant.

"Then, we separate out the part of time that slows down from this slight fluctuation in the flow of time."

As he spoke, he drew a large-caliber revolver from his waist and, with a flick of his wrist, made the cylinder of the revolver spin rapidly.

"Ultimately, by magnifying, magnifying, and magnifying this time-slowed-down portion, it forms..."

He walked up to a pirate, reaching out as if to touch the pirate's face, but his fingertips stopped a centimeter in front of the pirate's cheek, and a laughing voice rang out:
"...to freeze time on this ship forever."

Rumble——!
In that instant, it was as if lightning had ripped through the sky and thunder had pierced through the clouds. Xia Fa suddenly realized the truth and was extremely shocked.

Is this what they mean by eternal conditions?
Is this the eternal secret contract ability of the overlord-level secret contract condition?
In an instant, he almost understood.

The conditions are eternal, and like the forge of all things, it does not possess any specific secret abilities.

Or rather, as a supreme-level secret contract, Eternal Conditions has only one secret contract ability.

That is, like this mysterious and extraordinary monarch,

To achieve the desired "eternity" under specific "conditions"!
He seized upon the disruption of time flow and spatial fluctuations caused by the Bluebeard ship's journey out of the Protoss Realm; this was the first condition.

Then, He separated the portion of the disordered flow of time that slowed down time; this was the second condition.

Then, He infinitely expanded the portion of time that had slowed down, enveloping the entire ship—this was the third condition.

The first condition, the second condition, the third condition—formed an impeccable logical chain, ultimately achieving "eternity," which completely froze time on the entire ship!
The conditions are eternal... The secret ability of this overlord-level secret contract was already clearly written in its name!

"So that's how it is, the condition is eternal..."

Xia Fa was surprised and had to admit that Eternal Conditions, like the Silver Throne, the Gate of Stars, and the Fairy Tale World, was completely worthy of the title of a hegemonic secret contract!
In fact, when it comes to being unpredictable and difficult to defend against, Eternal Conditions is even more superior!
If by simply seizing upon the slight disruption in the flow of time after the Bluebeard ship leaves the Protoss Realm, it can ultimately achieve an eternity where time on the entire ship is completely frozen, then... what about under other conditions?

Is it possible to achieve an eternity that wounds the enemy, an eternity that is out of control, or even... an eternity that kills the enemy?
wow——

The mysterious, extraordinary monarch began to spin the magazine of his revolver once again.

Xia Fa thought that He was referring to the pirate, or even to Greenbeard.

But unexpectedly, He... pointed the revolver at His own head!
“I have always believed in fairness and fate. If fate allows me to live, I will live; if fate tells me to kill you, I will kill you.”

A meaningful smile flashed beneath the grotesque, fanged mask of this mysterious, extraordinary monarch.

"And in my Soul-Destroying Revolver, there is only one bullet."

"Then now..."

He pressed the gun barrel tightly against his own temple and, without the slightest hesitation, pulled the trigger.

"The trial has begun."

(End of this chapter)