The West Sea King's own strength was still unknown, but he possessed two extremely troublesome abilities: reducing Luck and temporarily enhancing his pirate subordinates.
This ability, known as 'Luck Sacrifice,' took effect as long as one remained within this area and had less than 50 points of Luck. It reduced Luck to -12 points, and this effect was constant.
Outside of combat, -12 Luck meant terrible misfortune and mild rejection by the Demon Sea. In combat, it was extremely fatal.
Not only was this debuff troublesome, the enemy's buff was also formidable. It increased true Strength, Agility, and Stamina Attribute, temporarily raised HP by a large amount, and increased Luck as well. Most fatal of all was the final effect, bodily energy stagnation.
Once the pirates under the West Sea King's command had morale exceeding 85 points, every attack they made had a chance to immobilize their enemies. Immobilization meant the entire body becoming stiff, as if frozen, and was nearly as dangerous as suffering a stun.
Su Xiao did not know how the West Sea King had found him. He guessed that the other party had most likely tracked the Sea King's Horn, since it could not be stored in a storage space.
Su Xiao had considered having a Cursed Being take the item and swim in the sea, but one had to remember that this was the severed horn of the strongest sea beast. If a Cursed Being carried it into the sea, that strongest sea beast would certainly come looking.
"Kukulin Byakuya."
A loud shout came from the four-masted ship in the distance. It was one of the pirates beside the West Sea King. The pirate had a sharp mouth and beady eyes, and was grinning with a mouthful of yellow teeth.
"Hand over the Sea King's