"Damn it, run!"
When she saw two or three pirate ships approaching, Chu Rong's expression changed.
"What's wrong?" Xia Ping asked, his interest piqued. "Did you provoke these pirates?"
Chu Rong nodded. "Yes. They were looting and pillaging an island, killing a large number of humans and sparing even the children. They were utterly ruthless."
"So I stepped in and wiped them out. I had no idea they were just a small detachment—and that they were close confidants of the pirate captain. In the end, I stirred up a hornet's nest."
She had had a ship of her own that could sail the Endless Sea, but the pirates had pursued her and blown it to pieces with a single cannon shot.
With no other choice, she had fled across the sea on foot, running over the waves to escape them.
"I see. Just a bunch of petty thieves." Xia Ping nodded in understanding.
Chu Rong grew anxious. "They're not just petty thieves. They're the notorious Red Skull Pirates of the Endless Sea, led by Jian Jiu, the son of the Swordfish King."
"Riding on the Swordfish King's reputation, he runs rampant across the Endless Sea. He's recruited countless ruthless experts, turning the pirates into a massive force."
"Jian Jiu himself is a peak Grandmaster, just one step away from the King Realm."
"And the Swordfish King dotes on him. Even the human military wouldn't dare move against him lightly, for fear of offending the Swordfish King and bringing down a catastrophe."
She thought the situation was dire. She had only killed a bunch of minor pirates, yet now she had drawn the attention of a major pirate force—the infamous Red Skull Pirates.
Their formidable reputation nearly took her breath away.
Still, even if she could do it all over again,