164: Chapter 164 Boarding the Ship

Calculated by the eyesight of an ordinary person, in such extreme weather and heavy fog, visibility would not exceed twenty zhang.

Therefore, the second mate responsible for the safety of the Cui Family Merchant Ship must be at least a Divine Strength Martial Artist.

Even so, they could only see less than one hundred zhang.

Only a Martial Artist at the Five Viscera Realm or above can see beyond one li.

"I hope this storm passes quickly, otherwise it will delay our schedule too much," the second mate murmured to himself, gazing at the pitch-black sky.

However, at that moment, a voice erupted in everyone's ears like a thunderclap on flat ground.

"There is something approaching us rapidly in the fog, everyone be on alert."

Upon hearing this, the crew, including the second mate responsible for safety, all looked toward the source of the voice.

What came into view was none other than the handsome face of Pei Kong.

Pei Kong was someone brought by Pei Qingyun, so the second mate naturally recognized him.

With a warning from a Five-Viscera Martial Artist, the second mate dared not delay and immediately gathered the crew on the deck to return to their respective posts.

Pei Kong's voice was very loud.

Inside the cabin, Pei Qingyun, being a Six Viscera Grandmaster with astonishing senses, naturally heard this voice from Pei Kong.

"It seems something has happened. I just don't know if it is an exotic beast or..." Pei Qingyun thought to himself.

In the next second, Pei Qingyun took a few steps and instantly arrived outside the cabin.

Through the fog, he saw a pirate ship several li away.

Although he could not clearly see the emblem on the pirate flag, he could still make out its general outline and shape.

At this moment, Pei Qingyun could basically confirm that the other party was the Gale Pirates.

Even under such extremely harsh weather, the Gale Pirates dared to sail like this.

It must be said that this was indeed somewhat crazy.

At the same time, Pei Qingyun's figure appeared behind Pei Kong like a ghost.

"Pei Kong, go and notify everyone that the Gale Pirates are attacking, be ready for battle at any time."

Although he didn't know when Pei Qingyun had arrived, he was already accustomed to Pei Qingyun's elusive nature, so he wasn't too surprised and just replied, "Yes."

On the pirate ship several li away, Yuwen Kuang stood at the bow, his long hair flying high under the assault of the sea breeze.

Where his gaze fell was the massive ship shadow of the Cui Family Merchant Ship.

Under the cover of the fog, the distance between the Gale Pirates' ship and the Cui Family Merchant Ship was constantly closing.

Three li, two li, one li...

Just when the distance was less than one li, Yuwen Kuang also saw Pei Qingyun, who was also standing at the bow.

Through intelligence, he had long ago learned of Pei Qingyun's appearance.

Even though it was the first time seeing him, he recognized him at a glance.

Similarly, Pei Qingyun also noticed Yuwen Kuang on the pirate ship.

As their eyes met, Pei Qingyun saw a strange emotion in Yuwen Kuang's eyes.

"This Yuwen Kuang does have a good appearance. I must say, he really does look a bit like a scholar," Pei Qingyun restrained his emotions.

Beside him, Pei Kong did not speak, only silently observing Yuwen Kuang.

Yuwen Kuang was the same.

The pirate ship was much smaller than the merchant ship, but the number of people on board was not much smaller than the merchant ship.

After all, the merchant ship was mainly for transportation, not for combat.

Moreover, once a Martial Artist reaches the Five Viscera Realm and above, it is no longer easy for low-level Martial Artists to win by relying on numbers.

Unless there is a battle formation, they cannot overcome the strong with the weak.

But this is not something ordinary forces can possess.

On the merchant ship, all crew members were ready for battle, staring fixedly at the approaching Gale Pirates' ship.

For the vast majority of ordinary crew members, the reputation of the Gale Pirates was truly too great.

Their first reaction upon seeing the Gale Pirates' ship was fear, and they would often try to hoist the sails to increase the distance between them.

Even knowing that Pei Qingyun was a Grandmaster, they would still unconsciously have this thought.

This was the deterrent power of the Gale Pirates.

But under Pei Qingyun's command, the merchant ship did the opposite.

Just when the two ships were less than twenty zhang apart, Yuwen Kuang leaped up, his whole body soaring into the air, and after a brief moment of suspension, he landed steadily on the merchant ship.

In the next moment, an Aura belonging to a Grandmaster emanated from Yuwen Kuang's body, sweeping towards everyone, and the air seemed to be enveloped in a layer of pressure.

"This Yuwen Kuang is indeed a Grandmaster," Pei Qingyun's eyes narrowed, but his expression remained unchanged.

Although the intelligence on Yuwen Kuang indicated that he was only a Full-Circle Five-Viscera Realm Martial Artist, that was only intelligence from a few years ago.

He had long anticipated that Yuwen Kuang was a Grandmaster.

After all, knowing he was a Grandmaster, Yuwen Kuang still dared to come in person.

If Yuwen Kuang was not a Grandmaster, it would be like an old man eating arsenic—seeking death.

How could a pirate leader be a fool who goes to his death?

You can doubt the strength of pirates, but you must never doubt their intelligence.

But just as this pressure was about to touch everyone, an Aura also erupted from Pei Qingyun's body.

The two Auras collided, and a burst of air pressure erupted in the air.

With the birth of the air pressure, a wave of air followed, like a gale passing through, blowing everyone's clothes until they rustled.

The collision of the two Grandmaster Auras gave everyone the feeling of being a lone boat in the middle of the ocean.

But some of the Cui Clan members were different; their faces instantly turned somewhat pale.

They had not expected that Yuwen Kuang was actually a Grandmaster.

Originally, the reason their Cui Clan Grandmaster was able to make Yuwen Kuang compromise was based on their own martial strength.

But now, Yuwen Kuang had also become a Grandmaster.

Whether this Grandmaster Pei, invited by their family head, could suppress him with force had also become an unknown.

"What should we do?" The Cui Clan members' faces were full of tension, their brows knitted together. But they dared not take their eyes off the two people competing in Aura.

At the center of the battlefield.

"If the intelligence I collected is correct, Your Excellency should be the leader of the Gale Pirates, Yuwen Kuang," Pei Qingyun said.

Although intelligence speculated that the encounters of the Cui Family Merchant Ship in the Deep Water Harbor area over the past six months were the work of the Gale Pirates, the Cui Clan actually had no substantial evidence.

After all, merchant ships that encountered Yuwen Kuang were either completely destroyed and sunk to the bottom of the sea, or turned into ashes.

Now, Pei Qingyun wanted to see if Yuwen Kuang had come to the merchant ship in person because he really wanted to have a fight with him, or if he had some other purpose.