Elsewhere.
Three treasure ships crossed the sea, their hulls covered in axe and blade marks, black from bow to stern. Several blue trident flags fluttered in the sky.
Blue Water, Black Sails, Dragon Scales.
Two figures stood on the deck of the flagship, the Dragon Scale.
One wore a black robe that concealed his face, with a bronze flood dragon head atop it. His ten fingers were black as ditches.
Beside him stood a middle-aged man in red robes, his face carrying a faintly demonic air.
"Interesting. To think we found such a big fish here."
Beneath his mask, the Black Robed Figure was immensely excited, the corners of his mouth lifting.
"Ninth Master, if we can seize those thirteen warships, the King will surely praise us greatly," the red-robed middle-aged man said.
The two had extraordinary origins.
The man in black was Yin Jiu, at the Sixth Stage of the Ascended God Realm. A half-blood of the Human Race and a Poisonous Flood Dragon Demon, he specialized in poison arts and was the fleet's strongest fighter. The middle-aged man was named Xue Sanfu, a pure-blooded human and the chief steward in charge of all money and resources.
The sails bore embroidered tridents, which represented followers of the Sea God in the Endless Sea.
The Azure Merchant Fleet.
But that was merely the surface. In truth, they were the eyes and ears of Blood Demon Island and the Blood Nightmare King's demon forces within the Four Great Star Seas.
They moved through the gray areas, possessing the dual identities of a human merchant association and a demon force, with an immensely complicated background.
They were escorting a batch of Deep Sea Demon Marrow from beyond the Four Star Sea back to Blood Demon Island for the Blood Nightmare King's cultivation.