Battle Begins
Hexi openly defied him and led people in retreat.
There had originally been just over three hundred people at the scene.
More than a hundred of them were actually willing to follow Hexi.
Those people remained wary of Hong Fei as they retreated alongside Hexi.
Hong Fei truly wanted to slaughter them all.
Hexi was not joking. She really did lead her people to the other side.
Then they all jumped onto another ship.
Two hundred people remained at the scene.
Some were cowards, some were waiting to see what happened. Only the batch truly unafraid of death successfully left with Hexi.
Hong Fei's expression darkened to the extreme.
If Hexi had not still been useful, he would have killed her just now.
At the same time, Hong Fei had a bad premonition in his heart.
Could it be that Hexi had discovered something?
If that was truly the case, then this search for treasure in the trench was a trap.
A trap that left him nowhere to run!
The moment Hexi led her people away, An Qing'er immediately unleashed her full strength.
The sea beasts went utterly berserk.
Chaos erupted below once more.
Xiao Yifeng and the others aboard the third ship had already drawn their weapons.
They were ready to attack at any moment.
Hexi had taken away everyone she needed to take away, which meant they could now kill without restraint.
Xiao Yifeng walked to the ship's edge and began releasing his aura, tugging at the anchor chain.
"Clank, clank, clank, clank..."
The sound of iron chains being dragged was especially piercing.
This was an anchor for a ship over sixty meters long, larger than a truck.
He dragged it with his bare hands, even though one of his arms was prosthetic.
He forcibly hauled