160: Chapter 160 Destroying the Pirates

Facing the attack of the skeletal palm, Yang Juncheng's expression remained unchanged as he formed a palm with his right hand and gave a gentle push forward.

A massive palm phantom shot out from it, carrying terrifying power as it met the skeletal palm.

Rumble!

Amidst a violent roar, the skeletal palm was crushed by the palm phantom Yang Juncheng had casually pushed out, turning into specks of black light and vanishing into nothingness.

Immediately following that, the massive palm phantom struck the pirate ship with undiminished momentum. The terrifying power instantly destroyed the pirate ship's protective shield, turning it into countless steel fragments that splashed in all directions and fell into the ocean.

As for the pirates on the ship, except for the pirate captain at the Early Stage of the Dharma Aspect Realm and three Wanshou Realm pirates, all the others were suppressed and killed by the massive palm phantom, turning into a mist of flesh and blood that scattered into the sea along with the steel fragments.

"A Peak Dharma Aspect Realm Cultivator! Everyone, split up and run! Escape if you can!"

At this moment, a look of shock and disbelief flashed in the pirate captain's eyes. He let out a loud shout, circulated the magic power within his body, turned into a streak of light, and sped away into the distance.

The other three Wanshou Realm pirates also circulated their magic power one after another, utilizing nimble escape techniques to flee into the distance, not daring to engage in battle with Yang Juncheng.

"All of you, come back here!"

Seeing this, a fierce light flashed in Yang Juncheng's eyes as he spoke in an icy tone.

As he spoke, with a thought from Yang Juncheng, streams of pure magic power surged out of his body, condensing into four five-colored fishing nets that shot toward the pirate captain and the three Wanshou Realm pirates, easily enveloping the four pirates.

Soon, the three Wanshou Realm pirates were imprisoned by the five-colored fishing nets, turning into five-colored streaks of light that sped toward Yang Juncheng's side.

However, the pirate captain let out a roar, and a Low Grade Dao Artifact longsword flew out from his person. Carrying terrifying power, it slashed through the five-colored fishing net, and he fled into the distance.

"Xiaoqing, bring him back to me!"

Seeing the pirate captain break through the attack of the five-colored fishing net, Yang Juncheng shouted and waved his hand. Xiaoqing flew out from the five elements ring, turning into a bolt of green lightning as she pursued the pirate captain.

Watching Xiaoqing rapidly approach, a fierce light flickered in the pirate captain's eyes. He roared, and the Low Grade Dao Artifact longsword in his hand turned into a streak of light, carrying an incomparably sharp edge as it slashed down toward Xiaoqing, looking as if he wanted to kill her on the spot.

However, Xiaoqing was a water-element spirit monster of the Dharma Aspect Realm and had even obtained a True Dragon Legacy and True Dragon essence blood. Her overall strength and combat power far exceeded those of ordinary Dharma Aspect Realm Cultivators, and she was not at all afraid of the attack from the Low Grade Dao Artifact longsword driven by the pirate captain.

Xiaoqing's sharp claws swung out, and with a flash of green light, she knocked the Low Grade Dao Artifact longsword away.

Then, Xiaoqing streaked through the void like lightning, closing in on the pirate captain. Her sharp claws swung out, instantly slicing the pirate captain's body into countless pieces that scattered downward.

Afterward, streams of pure water-element magic power were released from Xiaoqing's body, condensing into a massive pool of water that caught all of the pirate captain's scattered flesh and blood, completely annihilating the vitality contained within.

Finally, Xiaoqing opened her mouth, and a large bubble flew out, enveloping the pirate captain's head.

Streams of pure magic power were released from the bubble, imprisoning the pirate captain's head so that he could not use any Spells or divine abilities, nor could he commit suicide or escape.

"Well done! You don't need to return to the five elements ring; just stay by my side and act as my maid!"

Seeing Xiaoqing easily capture the pirate captain, a look of satisfaction flashed in Yang Juncheng's eyes. After a soft word of praise, he performed the Soul-Searching Technique to search the pirate captain's memories.

After obtaining the pirate captain's memories, with a thought from Yang Juncheng, a scorching flame appeared out of thin air, igniting the pirate captain's head and turning it into a pile of ashes that scattered into the sea.

Afterward, Yang Juncheng turned his gaze toward the three Wanshou Realm pirates.

Feeling Yang Juncheng's gaze, the faces of the three Wanshou Realm pirates imprisoned by the five-colored fishing nets changed drastically. They hurriedly begged for mercy: "My Lord, spare our lives! We are willing to offer all our wealth and serve you as loyal servants, only asking that you grant us a way to live!"

Hearing the pleas for mercy from the three Wanshou Realm pirates, Yang Juncheng's expression remained cold as he said in an icy tone, "I don't need scum like you as servants. You are not worthy!"

With that, Yang Juncheng performed the Soul-Searching Technique and began searching the memories of the three.

After obtaining their memories, Yang Juncheng killed the three directly, collected the spatial rings from their bodies, placed them in his robes, and muttered softly:

"After dealing with the merchant ship, I'll take a trip to Tiger Shark Island, wipe out the pirates there, and take over the island to use as a mechanical base!"

The information from the pirate captain's memories showed...

...that the pirate ship he had destroyed was just a small squad of the Tiger Shark Pirate Group.

The Tiger Shark Pirate Group had as many as thirty-six such squads.

The Tiger Shark Pirate Group was the largest and most powerful pirate group in the surrounding hundred thousand miles of sea, occupying a large island, Tiger Shark Island, as their base.

The Tiger Shark Pirate Group was a bunch of scum who knew nothing of production and only of looting.

Even more hateful was that the Tiger Shark Pirate Group was extremely brutal. They not only looted the wealth of merchant ships but also liked to kill all the men on board and take the women back to Tiger Shark Island as slaves for their amusement.

At the same time, the Tiger Shark Pirate Group also looted surrounding islands from time to time. While stealing vast amounts of wealth, they would also massacre the people of several cities for fun, showing extreme cruelty.

It was no exaggeration to say that the Tiger Shark Pirate Group was a pack of scum, dregs, and villains; not one of them was a good person, and every single one deserved to die ten thousand deaths.

This was also the reason why Yang Juncheng left no survivors and killed them all.

After all, Yang Juncheng had no desire to take a bunch of scum and villains as servants.

After muttering this, Yang Juncheng moved and flew down onto the merchant ship.

"Deacon Li Hao, a deacon of the Seven Star Island Li Family Merchant Guild, greets Senior. Thank you for saving our lives. This is a small token of appreciation from our Li Family Merchant Guild; please be sure to accept it!"

At this moment, an elder dressed in brocade with cultivation at the Peak Primordial Spirit Realm walked quickly to Yang Juncheng and expressed his gratitude respectfully.

As he spoke, the Brocade-Clothed Elder took out a spatial ring from his robes and handed it to Yang Juncheng.

Yang Juncheng took the spatial ring and swept it with his Divine Sense. He was surprised to find exactly one hundred million High-Grade Spirit Stones and one hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones inside. It was quite a fortune, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

The Major Thousand Worlds are indeed the Major Thousand Worlds; the Spirit Stone resources are so abundant. A merchant house deacon from just any island Family can bring out such a fortune; it's truly shocking!