Pursuit!

"Mr. Wu, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, we never would have been able to take our revenge."

After clearing all the pirates off the ship, the group approached Xia Ping, each of them wearing expressions of gratitude and excitement. Had Xia Ping not intervened, they knew their own strength would have made them nothing more than easy prey for these pirates.

Some even felt a pang of shame, recalling how they had initially dismissed this young man as a fraud—a spoiled rich kid who only knew how to use his family's money to buy a reputation.

They never expected his strength to be so terrifyingly immense; he had single-handedly wiped out this entire pirate crew. Such power was far beyond what small-fry like them had any right to gossip about.

They had truly judged a gentleman by the measure of a petty man.

"You're too kind. It was just a small effort. Pirates deserve to be eradicated by all, and it is the duty of us martial artists to do so," Xia Ping said, waving his hand with a look of profound humility.

"As expected of Mr. Wu, truly a master of the Way."

"If the Endless Sea had a few more grandmasters like Mr. Wu, we wouldn't have to worry about pirates anymore."

"Exactly. It's just a pity that the pirate leader Shark Seventeen managed to slip away; otherwise, we could have wiped them out in one fell swoop."

Some felt immense regret. They had been only a step away from seeing Shark Seventeen meet his end, but at the critical moment, the bastard had escaped. It was a real shame.

If they could have taken out Shark Seventeen while they were at it, it would have been perfect.

"Rest assured, Shark Seventeen won't get