I'm not just human!

Xia Fa sighed softly and casually tucked the tiger-tooth folding knife into his waistband.

He did not intend to divine the location of Pompeii, because Pompeii clearly possessed a secret treasure or seal that countered divination, bestowed upon him by that mysterious ruler.

In this situation, too many divinations might alert Pompeii and backfire.

In any case, judging from the last divination, Pompeii had been infiltrating the Augustus family for quite some time, which is why Cardan could scold him so casually and treat him like an old servant.

Xiafa even suspected that Pompeii usually hid in the Augustus family's palace as a servant, only coming out when it was time to act.

In other words, since Pompeii was unaware that he had been targeted and that his hiding place had been discovered, Shaphat was not afraid that Pompeii would suddenly escape tonight.

"Time to head to the Extraordinary Market..."

With 2.15 million gold pounds in his pocket, Xia Fa decided to go to the fat shopkeeper of the secret trading shop to find some powerful treasures or sealed items for his own use that night.

……

The coast of Rum City was as lively as ever. The longer the Fog Carnival lasted, the more people came. The strange... well... unique demi-humans that Shafa saw were also increasing in number.

For example, there are creatures with six arms, conjoined twins, and creatures with a skeleton lower body but a human-like upper body.

All sorts of demi-humans, of all shapes and sizes, were clearly from the Wright Starfield, having traveled a long distance to participate in this Fog Carnival.

Speaking of which, the once-every-five-years Fog Carnival is about to end in just three days, and Xia Fa is a little reluctant to see it go, as she really enjoys the lively atmosphere.

As they walked and looked around, Xia Fa arrived at the familiar bay and boarded a ship bound for the Extraordinary Market.

The boatman looked rather cold and didn't speak, nor did he bow and scrape like the other boatmen. Xia Fa ignored him and began to think to himself.

Currently, although I have mastered the secret ability of "time concealment" from the Gate of Stars, I am still lacking in some aspects.

Because time hiding can only hide items in time gaps, but it cannot affect the flow of time.

But in battles involving angels, time can even be reversed. Shafa had clearly seen that the Black Abyss Worm, an angel, almost killed Prince Justinian by using the time-reversal technique.

Although this reversal of time was not a true reversal of time, because the injuries inflicted on him by Prince Justinian were clearly far from healed, he was able to take advantage of the situation.

However, this does involve methods related to the flow of time.

Therefore, this time, Xia Fa felt that he also needed to buy a secret treasure that could affect the flow of time. It didn't matter whether it was a one-time use item or not. The main thing was to be prepared that Pompeii also had one, so that he could use it to offset the effect.

As for the other treasures with different functions, Xia Fa decided to take it one step at a time and see what the fat boss had.

Just as he was thinking this, suddenly, a huge shadow enveloped the entire small boat, and Xia Fa was slightly taken aback.

He looked up and saw an incredibly unbelievable scene.

It was a giant ship, a real giant ship, a full kilometer long and a hundred meters high. On its dark brown deck, huge cannons protruded, aimed directly at him and his small boat.

boom!

Gunshots rang out, and blood splattered everywhere.

But it didn't come from Xiafa, but from the boatman next to Xiafa.

The boatman stared in disbelief, clutching his chest, and collapsed. In his last moments, he looked at Xia Fa and managed to utter a few words:

"It's...it's Green Beard...Guest, run!"

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"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!