"What?!"
At the name Wu Wudi, countless pirates were jolted in shock, their faces changing as though thunder had crashed beside their ears.
"Y-you're the legendary universe-level wanted criminal, Wu Wudi—the one hunted by countless saint-level forces, the blood-soaked murderer guilty of every crime imaginable?!" A group of pirates nearly died of fright. They stared at Xia Ping in disbelief, each stumbling back dozens of steps as if they had encountered a plague.
"My heavens, no wonder he looked so familiar. It really is him in the wanted portrait—he's that unforgivable, utterly villainous Wu Wudi?!" A pirate cried out in sudden realization. No wonder the man before him had seemed familiar, as though he had seen him somewhere before.
"I heard Wu Wudi is a madman, a true fiend. Pirates like us only bully the weak and fear the strong—we can only rob merchant ships, or take advantage of countries with insufficient defenses to raid a few Wild Planets. But Wu Wudi is different. He specifically goes around provoking saint-level sects and saint-level forces."
One pirate recounted Wu Wudi's deeds as though they were treasures in his palm. "The Arhat Race, Angel Race, Elf Race, Asura Race, and other immensely powerful races in the universe have all issued kill-on-sight orders against him.
"The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Mysterious Heaven Sect, Heavenly Sovereign Sect, and other saint-level sects have all released massive Bounty Orders for his death. Kill without mercy—whoever kills him can become rich overnight and obtain wealth they could never earn in ten lifetimes.
"Even if you added together the bounties on every villain in our Forty Bandits Alliance, it still wouldn't compare to even a fraction of his bounty. He's the most notorious super wanted criminal in recent years."
The many pirates who had not been very familiar