Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 200 The Domineering Aura of the Signer of the Gate of Stars!

There was a brief moment of silence in the Hall of Stars.

Immediately... it caused a complete sensation!

"I... I'm not seeing things, am I? The leader really is a merman?"

"My God! Chief, you...you...!"

"Hehe, this is going to be interesting. The most powerful pirate group on the Baron Ocean, the Wanxing Pirate Crew, has a pirate emperor, the father of Wanxing, who is the most prestigious. He is actually a fishman..."

"What is His purpose? What is He trying to do after lurking among us humans for so many years?"

"To be fair: to be fair..."

"Do you think you're funny? Seriously, let me say something fair: 'Fairness'"

"You two have really gone too far. To be honest, even if the Father of Ten Thousand Stars is a fish-man, I don't think there's any need to be so wary of Him. In these hundreds of years, has He ever done anything to harm us humans? Absolutely not!"

"But no matter what, the Father of Ten Thousand Stars is indeed a fishman. Would you want fishmen to mingle among us humans? Especially since He is the ruler of the fishmen, a fishman emperor!"

"I don't believe it! I absolutely refuse to believe it! My life was saved by the Father of a Thousand Stars, it must be the Crimson Agent who framed Him!"

"Yes, it's definitely the Crimson Agents framing the leader!"

"Come on, the time recorded by the Time-Spying Telescope, how can that be faked? Do you guys even have any common sense about the occult? Unless it's the influence of the two true gods, [Temporary Reality] or [Silver Universe], it's more likely!"

Inside the Hall of Stars, the argument grew increasingly heated. Many pirates, at the slightest disagreement, were even about to draw their swords or pull out their revolvers or muskets to shoot each other in the head.

Among them were even some audacious individuals who dared to question the Crimson Executor, this extraordinary monarch. However, these questioners were mostly from the Myriad Stars Pirate Crew or the Shark Pirate Crew. With their respective leaders present, they were filled with righteous indignation and couldn't care less about anything else.

Xia Fa, however, became serious and began to ponder.

First of all, as a fellow signatory to the Gate of Stars, he was quite certain that if his cousin Hercules wanted to run away, he could definitely do so, and might even be able to take his cousin Locke with him.

Furthermore, he had now disguised his identity using the legendary treasure "Haircutted Face," and had conveniently blended into a group of ragtag pirates, keeping far away from the rulers and extraordinary monarchs present, so he wasn't afraid of being exposed.

Therefore, the question that Xia Fa was truly pondering was—

What exactly are the Crimson Agents up to?
Only by understanding the Crimson Agent's purpose can we better target and even disrupt His actions, which is what Shafa wants.

This wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision; Xia Fa could sense that the Crimson Proxy seemed to be planning something extremely serious.

If He succeeds, the Crimson Agent will likely become the strongest among the extraordinary monarchs, just like Dictator and Patriarch Osius.

At that point, wouldn't it be equivalent to facing imminent disaster?

Therefore, seeing that his cousins ​​had escaped and that he was relatively safe, Xia Fa took this opportunity to observe the behavior of the Crimson Agent while deducing the cause in his mind.

From the very beginning, the Crimson Executor had Pompeiibald kidnap refugees everywhere, creating a second wave of out-of-control Snow Demons...

Then, the snow demon, having gone out of control a second time, possessed him and descended outside the Church of St. Vivian, on Daniel Street...

Then the Crimson Agent suddenly appeared in the sacred land of the desert during the Foggy Carnival, attempting to suck away and kidnap Princess Victoria with its nostrils larger than the sky...

Furthermore, the Crimson Executor hunted down Greenbeard, one of the Howling Emperor's subordinates, and ultimately succeeded in taking away the unknown transparent crystalline light hidden in the brains of Greenbeard and two of his pirate subordinates...

Shafa guessed that the Crimson Executor probably hadn't anticipated Pompeii's death, or rather, that Pompeii would die by his own hand.

But it seems that nothing was affected. The thing on Pompeiibald, the thing that he hated and resented, and that he hated and resented himself, didn't seem to matter much to the Crimson Agent.

In fact, if it were truly important, He wouldn't have entrusted it to Pompeii; He would have carried it with him long ago.

Now, the Crimson Executor has turned Omega, the vice-captain of the Star Pirates, against his own leader, Hercules, the father of Star Pirates, and revealed his identity as the Fish-Man Emperor...

Xia Fa even suspected that the reason why the vice-captain of Omega suddenly stumbled upon the Father of Ten Thousand Stars revealing the true form of the Fishman Emperor might also have been due to the covert influence of the Crimson Agent's "Conditions Eternal" overlord-level secret contract.

These clues and pieces of information were now connecting in Xia Fa's mind.
He seemed to have grasped something vaguely, but it also seemed like he had missed a very crucial part.

The Crimson Agent is already a transcendent monarch. In other words, given the restriction that "only transcendent beings can sign a hegemon-level secret contract after signing the first nine secret contracts," He is probably not aiming to sign another secret contract to become the Emperor of Secrets.

Since He cannot become the Emperor of Mystery, He probably did not do this for the sake of that "proof of eternity".

So, what exactly is His purpose? What does He want to do?
Even if he hadn't formed a life-or-death feud with the Crimson Agent, Xiafa wouldn't easily let him off the hook just because the Crimson Agent kidnapped and killed refugees.

Moreover, at this point, he and the Crimson Agents were already at a point where it was either him or her to die.

"In any case, rashly exposing the identity of Cousin Hercules, the father of all stars and the fish-man emperor, would not benefit the Crimson Executor at all, and what He did before was at least purposeful."

"Especially since Cousin Hercules, despite being a merman, managed to sign the 'Gate of Stars,' a supreme-level secret pact. Offending a transcendent monarch who signed the Gate of Stars at sea—even if the Crimson Executor is also a transcendent monarch, he probably can't handle it..."

"unless……"

As Xia Fa thought of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had grasped something.

"...Could it be that He intends to seize the Myriad Star Pirates?"

"Then, use the Myriad Star Pirates to achieve some of His goals?"

"In particular, the fact that He kidnapped and killed refugees is now known almost only to Marshal Gaius and me; the people at sea are unaware of it."

"Moreover, without the strict discipline of the Father of Ten Thousand Stars, many inherently cruel pirates wouldn't even care about this..."

"Or perhaps, He doesn't need to step forward himself; he can simply support Omega as the vice-captain..."

Xia Fa thought about it more and more and felt that this was possible, so a problem was placed in front of him.

Should I take advantage of the Wanxing Pirate Crew's disarray and the Scarlet Executor's opportunity to recruit pirates, and infiltrate to investigate the Scarlet Executor's conspiracy?

Or should we wait and leave while things are still chaotic, then search the seas for opponents of angelic rank to fight, and even try to engage the young overlords?

In this way, we can greatly advance the understanding of the secret contract of "Gate of Stars", and then sign the overlord-level secret contract of "Mysterious Singularity". After having the strength to fight against the Overlord, can we directly disrupt the actions of the Crimson Proxy?
After thinking it over, Xia Fa decided that the second option was better.

After all, if the first option is to stay on the "Star", one's disguise could be exposed as soon as one comes into contact with the Crimson Agent.

At that point, there won't be any way to escape.

The reason he was able to escape last time was mainly because the Crimson Agent never expected that a Hawk-class pirate could break free of His time confinement in the cabin below the deck of the Bluebeard, and even escape using the "Starlight" ability in the Starlight body of the Stargate.

It was only by using the intense burning sensation generated by stress in my body to activate the starlight that I was able to escape.

If it were a face-to-face confrontation with the Crimson Agent, Xia Fa had no doubt that this extraordinary monarch had a thousand ways to restrain him.

Moreover, on the Stellar, commanded by the Crimson Executor, all actions would be severely restricted, far less free than adventuring at sea on his own. Having made his decision, Xia Fa slightly concealed his aura, becoming even more indistinguishable from the crowd, allowing the situation to unfold statically.

Although he had absolute confidence in his cousin Hercules's abilities, he would still have to take action if anything unexpected happened.

Putting everything else aside, disrupting the meeting is something they can do.

"All right."

Just then, a majestic voice, extremely powerful and unshakeable, rang out.

The Hall of Stars, which had been brimming with tension and seemed like a powder keg about to explode, fell silent in an instant.

All the pirates turned their heads and looked towards the source of the sound—the star-like throne.

The Father of All Stars sat on his throne, showing no anger or panic even after his identity as the Fishman Emperor was exposed.

He raised his deep, dark eyes, as dark as the starry sky, and looked down at the crimson executor below the platform. His voice was flat, without any anger, only carrying a faint question:
"Are you satisfied now?"

The Crimson Proxy spread his hands and shrugged:

"I have nothing to be satisfied or dissatisfied with. As your first mate said, we can't let a fishman, especially a fishman emperor, mingle among us humans, can we?"

Seeing the truth revealed, although he had lost face and exposed a rather shameful secret, the vice-captain of Omega had at least uncovered the identity of the Father of Ten Thousand Stars.

He gave a bitter laugh, and with a single palm flip, he produced a bundle of explosives.

The red outer casing of the explosive was covered with skull and crossbones patterns engraved in secret script. Many pirates' expressions changed immediately after just one glance.

"Destroying explosives?!"

"First Mate Omega, don't be impulsive!"

"What are you doing with the Soul-Destroying Explosives? Even if the Father of Ten Thousand Stars is a fishman, He is still the ruler among the fishmen. You can't possibly be his match!"

Soul-annihilating explosives, like soul-annihilating bullets, soul-annihilating fog, and other extraordinary items, are capable of completely annihilating the soul of an extraordinary being.

When the first mate of Omega suddenly produced this, many of the pirates present were thrown into a panic.

After all, such a large bundle of extermination explosives, if detonated on the spot, would cause the aftershocks alone to kill many pirates.

But then, the first mate of Omega turned around, his face pale and filled with regret, and looked at the many pirates in the Hall of Stars:

"Don't worry, I'm not using this against the Father of All Stars. I'm not stupid. Even if this Hall of All Stars were filled with Spirit-Destroying Explosives, let alone a bundle of them, it wouldn't do anything to Him who has signed the Overlord-level secret pact of the Gate of All Stars."

Suddenly, He raised the annihilating explosive. The fuse on the explosive ignited spontaneously without wind, hissing and crackling, and a sinister, deathly aura spread out, clearly about to detonate.

"My life was given to me by the Father of Ten Thousand Stars, but my whole family did indeed die in the swarm of fishmen. So, since I have exposed the identity of the Father of Ten Thousand Stars as the Fishman Emperor, but also put Him in an unjust position, then I will give my life to Him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his mouth suddenly opened wide, wide enough to swallow a giant elephant, and he threw the burning spirit-destroying explosive into his mouth.

The first mate of Omega acted so quickly that no one around him had time to stop him, and in fact, no one did.

Many pirates in the Wanxing Pirate Crew now utterly loathe their seemingly honest and kind first mate, wishing him dead immediately.

As some other pirates have said, so what if the leader is a fish-man? Has He ever done anything to harm humans in the past few centuries?
Not only did they not treat humans well, but they were even much better to humans than the pirates under the Howling Emperor and the Thousand-Faced Prophet!

But Omega, the vice-captain, insisted on stepping forward and revealing the leader's identity. As a result, many pirates in the Wanxing Pirate Crew were practically hoping that Vice-Captain Omega would die immediately.

The first mate of Omega had a miserable smile on his face, but he stood up straight, looked up at the sky, and then slowly closed his eyes.

If the extermination explosives explode inside His abdomen, His soul will be instantly annihilated, and no one can save Him.

In this way, He can be said to have done right by humanity, His family, and the Father of All Stars.

On the left wall of the Hall of Stars, the hour hand of the bronze clock ticked away.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Five full seconds passed, but Captain Omega remained unchanged; his life force as an angel was still as vigorous as ever.

His eyes, which had been closed in a sorrowful manner, suddenly opened, his expression changed drastically, and he touched his abdomen.

But a hint of mockery appeared in the eyes of the Crimson Agent beneath his crimson mask:
"Alright, First Mate Omega, it seems you're not the kind of truly ungrateful scoundrel. As for death, I don't think you need to die."

Although He didn't say it explicitly, the moment He spoke, everyone could tell that it was this extraordinary monarch, this overlord-level secret contract of "Eternal Conditions," who used the power of the contract to... render the bundle of spirit-destroying explosives completely ineffective!
First mate Omega, what you just swallowed was just a dud.

The Father of All Stars sat upon the throne of the stars, witnessing this scene without uttering a word.

However, when he saw that the vice-captain Omega had actually swallowed the lit Soul-Destroying Explosive, a complex and indescribable meaning flashed in his eyes.

Just then, the Crimson Agent turned around and looked at the Shark Princess and the Thousand-Faced Prophet.

"Gentlemen, now that the identity of the Fishman Emperor, the Father of Ten Thousand Stars, has been completely exposed, why don't you join me in eliminating this scourge for humanity?"

Princess Shark remained silent and still. Beneath her mask of tiny gemstones, her crimson, rose-red eyes held a serene expression throughout.

The Thousand-Faced Prophet, however, flashed and arrived beside the Crimson Agent.

Just then, a burly man covered in bone spurs also appeared out of nowhere, positioned on the other side of the Crimson Agent.

In that instant, the expressions of many pirates present changed completely.

"Roaring Emperor!"

"Why is the Roaring Emperor here too?"

"Isn't He hunting down the Crimson Agent?"

The Crimson Executor glanced at the Thousand-Faced Prophet and the Roaring Emperor beside him, and a triumphant smile finally spread across his eyes beneath the bronze mask.

"Princess Shark only wants to stand by and watch, which is none of my business. But with the two of us extraordinary monarchs, plus the Thousand-Faced Prophet as a ruler, that should be enough, right?"

"Is it."

The Father of All Stars remained seated on his Star Throne, his expression utterly calm.

"If I want to leave, who can stop me?"

(End of this chapter)