The two large seafaring ships were the first to catch up with the Zi Zhenzhu, closing in from either side and trapping it in the middle.
The large ships stood noticeably taller than a medium-sized vessel like the Zi Zhenzhu. With a slight lift of their heads, they could see the pirates on deck wearing ferocious, excited grins.
There were a full two hundred pirates aboard the two large ships combined.
Of course, the vast majority of these pirates were ordinary people without Soul Power. Soul Masters made up less than ten percent of them.
After all, menial work like scrubbing decks and cleaning could hardly be left to the noble Soul Masters, could it?
"Zi Zhenzhu, hand over those inlanders. For the sake of us both being people of the Vast Sea, we can spare your life!" said a burly middle-aged man with a black eyepatch over his left eye from the deck of one ship.
"You think I'd believe that crap? Besides, aren't you afraid of provoking someone you shouldn't?" Zi Zhenzhu sneered.
"Heh. This is the sea. Once landlubbers get out here, can they even use half their strength? Even a Seven-Ring Soul Sage would have to be buried in the sea!" the middle-aged man scoffed.
Though they were merely Five-Ring Soul Kings, this was the open sea. Their strength here was no weaker than that of Six-Ring Soul Emperors on land.
Besides, if they scuttled the ship and dove into the sea, even a Seven-Ring Soul Sage would be helpless against them.
Once the women ran out of Soul Power, wouldn't they still be at their mercy?
"William, why waste words with her? Just do it already. I've been wanting a taste of her for a long time," said a sharp-faced man aboard the other ship,