Aristocrats Deserve to Die?

The immense fear completely overwhelmed Haider.

His legs buckled, and he could no longer support his weight, collapsing heavily to his knees on the cold deck in front of Lin Xia.

The hard knee Tackle the wooden board with a dull thud.

He was trembling violently, his face was deathly pale, and sweat, snot, tears mixed with blood splattered on his face, covered his entire face, making him look disheveled and ferocious.

The previous Power Trip, greed, and scheming were now completely replaced by boundless fear.

"Spare me... spare me... spare me!"

Haider's voice was hoarse and broken, tinged with sobs, as he desperately kowtowed, his forehead Tackle the blood-stained deck with dull thuds.

"I'll talk! I'll tell you everything! Please... don't kill me... just don't kill me... I'll do anything!"

Lin Xia looked down at the pirate captain, who was weeping and behaving disgracefully, without the slightest fluctuation in her eyes.

He slowly raised his right hand, palm down. It was as if invisible seeds were sprouting in the air.

"Swish--"

Several thick, sturdy vines, shimmering with Blue luster, burst forth from the cracks in the deck like living snakes!

They Wrap Haider, who was kneeling on the ground, with lightning speed, so fast that he had no time to react.

The vines, like nimble venomous snakes, instantly Wrap around Haider's wrists, ankles, and waist, finally strangling his neck like a noose, binding him tightly like a giant rice dumpling, leaving only his head, twisted and deformed with fear, exposed.

The fine barbs on the vines pierced his skin, causing a stinging and numbing sensation, and a chill that went deep into his bones. He was horrified to discover that his Soul Power was frozen solid, completely unusable!

"Ugh...!"

Haider was being strangled and struggling to breathe; his face turned purple, and his eyes were filled with despair.

Lin Xia then spoke slowly, her voice like a cold wind blowing from the polar regions, carrying an undeniable authority.

"Okay. I have no other requests."

He watched as Haider's eyes rolled back in his head as he suffocated, and with a slight thought, the vines Wrap around his neck loosened a little, allowing him to catch his breath.

"Tell me your origins."

Lin Xia's voice entered Haider's ears clearly, like a cold judgment.

"Then I'll deliver you safely to your destination, and I can spare your life."

Fresh air rushed into his lungs, Haider gasped for breath like a dying fish, a mixture of relief at surviving and immense fear.

He dared not harbor any more illusions or attempt to conceal anything, and answered incoherently and urgently:

"I'll talk! I'll talk! Lord Soul Emperor! No... Lord Spirit Saint! Spare us! We are... we are from the Purple Pearl Pirate Crew! This Sea Demon is the ship of the Purple Pearl Pirate Crew!"

"We're all pirates under Lady Zi Zhenzhu! We specialize in... we specialize in finding easy targets in big ports like Vast Sea City, pretending to be legitimate ships, and once we're at sea... we strike... murder and rob! Most of what we steal... we have to hand over to the gang..."

Lin Xia remained expressionless and continued to ask:

"Tell me about the Purple Pearl Pirate Crew. Where is your hideout? How many people are there? Who is your leader?"

Haider, as if grasping at a last straw, hurriedly and in great detail answered:

"Yes! Yes! Our stronghold... is on Purple Pearl Island! It's about two days... no, a day and a half at full speed, southeast of here! Our Purple Pearl Pirate Crew... is the largest force in this coastal waters!"

"In the past decade, under the leadership of Captain Zi Zhenzhu, we have annexed... no, absorbed all the surrounding small pirate crews! Now... now the entire crew has more than three thousand people!"

"Among them, there are over two hundred Soul Master! My Sea Demon is considered one of the better ships in the group... The people who follow me are all my old brothers from when I was a small pirate captain, and later... later they were all recruited by Lady Zi Zhenzhu... Our captain... she... she is Spirit Saint!"

"A level 73 Power Attack System Battle Soul Saint! His strength... is extremely strong!"

When Haider mentioned the Zi Zhenzhu, a hint of awe flashed involuntarily in his eyes; despite being in dire straits, that awe was still clearly visible.

"The captain is... probably around thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, but she's incredibly well-preserved, looking like she's in her twenties... very... very beautiful..."

Haider glanced furtively at Lin Xia and Hu Liena and the others behind him, then quickly added, seemingly worried they might misunderstand something.

"However... however, she has a very strong temper, and her methods are... and ruthless..."

Upon hearing this, Hu Liena frowned slightly, and her cool voice rang out.

"It's a woman?"

She never imagined that the person who could command such a large and fierce pirate group, and who commanded the utmost respect even from a desperate outlaw like Haider, was actually a female Spirit Saint.

"Yes... yes, sir."

Haider nodded quickly, "We... we make a living this way, collecting... collecting ocean taxes at sea."

He used the pirates' self-aggrandizing terminology.

Lin Xia's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked:

"Doesn't the authorities of Vast Sea City care at all? Are they just letting you plunder the coastal waters?"

Haider's face revealed a mixture of disdain and smugness, an expression that was clearly conveyed despite being bound like a dumpling.

"Manage? They might want to manage, but can they? We have over two hundred Sea Soul Master in our group! On the sea, that's our domain! Besides... and doesn't the Spirit Hall have rules?"

"Land Soul Master are not allowed to easily venture into the depths of the sea... How many of the Vast Sea City's City Defense Army are truly powerful Sea Soul Master? They simply dare not launch a large-scale naval raid!"

"Besides... we know our limits. We usually only steal, and try not to kill... and..."

He paused, seemingly wanting to defend himself.

"And we mainly rob those wealthy nobles who go out to sea by ship! Nobles... how many good things can nobles have? Isn't their money also obtained through exploitation?"

He tried to use this fallacy to lessen his sins and gain a shred of sympathy.

Yan, who was listening from the side, was furious. He was already fiercely opposed to evil, and having almost fallen into a trap just now, he was even more enraged. He took a step forward, his body radiating a scorching aura, and shouted sharply:

"Bullshit! Are all nobles bad people? Do they all deserve to die? You bunch of murderous and thieving pirates, do you even deserve to act on behalf of heaven? According to you, we are also noble children, so we should be robbed and slaughtered by you?"

He clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white, as if he were about to blast Haider into dust at any moment.

Haider was terrified by Yan's fury, his body trembling violently as he was bound by the vines.

"No... no... My lord! That's not what I meant! I deserve to die! I was talking nonsense! Of course, there are good people like you gentlemen among the nobles... I... I had a foul mouth! I deserve to die!"