Xu Chengye watched the pirates climbing aboard, rage burning in his eyes.
"These beasts!"
Liu Yuxi and Ning Rongrong trembled with fury when they saw the women in the cabin. Zhu Zhuqing clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms. A biting chill radiated from Snow Empress as well; she had clearly been enraged by the sight before her.
Watching his men suffer heavy casualties beneath the Soul Guidance Cannons and the cargo ship slowly sink beneath the sea, the pirate leader's facial scar twisted with fury, his chest heaving violently.
"Brat, I, Hai Dongqing, have sailed these seas for so many years. You're the first person who's dared lay a hand on my men!"
Hai Dongqing roared, his voice as grating as a broken gong. He pointed his curved blade at Shen Lian, then shouted again.
"Today, I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces and throw you to the sharks!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Hai Dongqing's gaze casually swept past Shen Lian. When he saw Zhu Zhuqing, Liu Yuxi, Ning Rongrong, and Snow Empress standing beside Shen Lian, his anger was instantly replaced by greed.
Zhu Zhuqing was cold and beautiful, Liu Yuxi lively and graceful, Ning Rongrong sweet and charming, and Snow Empress aloof and ethereal. Though each possessed a distinct temperament, all four had beauty capable of toppling kingdoms.
Hai Dongqing's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed, a blazing light rising in his eyes as though he had discovered the most precious treasures in the world.
Hai Dongqing then looked over Shen Lian's group again. Seeing their luxurious attire and no obvious weapons on them, he naturally assumed they were merely a group of pampered rich youths who dared act so arrogantly only because they had a Soul