Zhao Xuan took a deep breath and suppressed the faint tremor in his heart.
Then, following the pirates' auras, he headed down the mountain. Here, his divine sense had been freed, and he could already sense the group ahead.
"Hm?"
Zhao Xuan's heart stirred. He activated Environmental Simulation to conceal himself and moved forward.
The path down the mountain was narrow and bordered a cliff. A casual glance to the side revealed a bottomless abyss, and the faint sound of falling gravel could not be heard at all.
After rounding a bend, he spotted a large tree and a boulder ahead, with two furtive figures hiding behind them.
"Fras, what exactly did the captain tell us to keep watch for? Could anyone else even come here besides us?"
Zhao Xuan had already approached the two men, yet they could not see him. As they watched the path Zhao Xuan had just taken, they spoke in hushed voices.
"Who knows? Probably those two people who disappeared from the ship earlier."
"They searched the entire ship. Would they still be on board? They probably jumped ship long ago..."
Zhao Xuan stood within arm's reach of them, yet they remained completely unaware. His gaze was indifferent. The captain was cautious and vigilant, but it was ultimately pointless.
With a casual wave of his hand, two bolts of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning swept past. The two pirates standing so close did not even have time to scream before they turned into two smoking heaps of charred remains.
Zhao Xuan glanced at the two heaps of charcoal on the ground, then continued after the others, without the slightest trace of pity in his heart.
The vast grassland resembled a sea of emerald green. A breeze swept through it, making the grass ripple like waves.