104: Chapter 104, Fourth Skill

Chen Fan chuckled, "Buying an S-rank Navigator gives a high probability of having a detection skill or an item like a telescope, allowing for a field of vision of about a thousand meters."

"And the pirate ship probably has a vision of 500 meters. I don't need to teach you the rest, do I?"

Luoshen's eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly. "So that's how it is. I was wondering why a Navigator was needed when there's already a captain. Thank you!"

"Hmm?"

Luoshen's expression froze, and she gritted her teeth before pitching her voice higher. "Mhm, thank you, Big Brother."

"That's more like it. Ask me if you have any more questions. You can accumulate more favors."

Chen Fan chuckled and closed the chat window.

He didn't teach the goddess ship how to counter-attack; instead, he prepared to wait for her to ask for advice again.

Favors are things that, once you owe enough of them, can never be fully repaid.

And when they can't be repaid, then...

On the other side, Luoshen's face flushed, and she gritted her teeth.

She cursed Chen Fan several times in her heart before opening the regional chat window:

"Listen up, you lot! I paid a heavy price to trade for a chance for you to live."

"Now, everyone buy an S-rank Navigator and have them lead you away from the pirate ships. The pirate ship's vision range is about 500 meters!"

Instantly, the regional chat became lively.

"Big Sister Head, what price did you pay?"

"You didn't sell your body, did you? Don't do it, Big Sister Head!"

"Go away! Big Sister Head has such a short fuse; she's probably a tigress. Who would dare take her?"

"Stop stirring the pot, you guys. Did you forget? Our Big Sister Head is clearly a cute girl who's 1.5 meters tall and weighs 150 pounds."

Luoshen looked at the regional chat, glanced at Dunzi the Crew Member beside her, and gritted her teeth until they clicked.

"Keep yapping and I'll confiscate your supplies!"

"Eh, Big Sister Head, I'm going to buy a Crew Member now."

"Hehe, you can't take it from me."

"Exactly, exactly. Blehhh..."

"You're right; after buying a Navigator, we quickly moved out of the pirate ship's attack range."

"Yeah, but remember one thing: extinguish the light sources on the ship first."

"..."

Watching the Crew Members gradually get on the right track, Luoshen breathed a long sigh of relief.

Her gaze unconsciously drifted toward Chen Fan's avatar, and she crossed her arms over her chest.

"What kind of person are you, exactly?"

As she spaced out, her arms unconsciously hugged tighter, squeezing her massive chest into an even more imposing shape.

Meanwhile, the Chen Fan she was thinking about had eyes that were gradually brightening.

"Keep it up; the interval between his Shadowless Fists is getting longer and longer."

The Five Women: "Mhm!"

They also noticed that the most recent batches of deceased Crew Members had already made it over two hundred meters past the pile of corpses.

It looked like they were about to perform an Exploration even deeper.

Crack crack—

Another flash of red light passed, and 40 Crew Members died instantly.

Chen Fan pressed the stopwatch, and as he looked at the numbers on it, the corners of his mouth gradually curled up.

20 seconds!

He remembered that at the start of the battle of attrition, the interval between two rounds of Shadowless Fists was less than five seconds.

"Next batch, go!"

As the words fell, 40 Crew Members moved forward rapidly.

This time, the Crew Members lasted 25 seconds before dying.

The next batch lasted 30 seconds.

...

After dozens more rounds, Chen Fan finally saw the one Lairuilei had mentioned—Xin.

A fiery red figure stood before a frost-covered house.

He was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with two flaming short swords stabbed into the ground.

Seeing the Crew Members approaching, Xin let out a cold snort.

"Blazing Sun Rope."

Suddenly, the forty Crew Members shuddered as invisible flames condensed, binding them in place.

In just one second, they were scorched to ashes by the flames.

Seeing this, Chen Fan's eyes narrowed.

He actually has two skills!

As expected, this Xin is at least SS-rank.

"Since you still have energy, then..."

"Go!"

Chen Fan barked, and round after round of Crew Members continued to approach.

And the Ember Spirit also saw through Chen Fan's intentions.

Realizing that these Crew Members were inexhaustible, he stopped using Shadowless Fist.

Instead, he waited for the Crew Members to get close before using Blazing Sun Rope.

Perhaps because Blazing Sun Rope consumed less energy, an hour passed without any progress.

After a moment of deliberation, Chen Fan waved his hand.

Eight thousand Crew Members assembled instantly and rushed toward Xin.

However, the formation, which should have been wiped out by a single Shadowless Fist, actually drew closer to the frozen gates.

It wasn't until they entered the range of the Blazing Sun Rope that Xin snorted and released two Blazing Sun Rope in succession.

He killed over two thousand Crew Members one after another.

The remaining ones surrounded Xin after getting close.

Just as they were about to attack, Xin snorted again.

"Blaze Shield."

Blazing fire rose from Xin's body.

Screams of agony rang out repeatedly.

All Crew Members within ten meters of Xin were instantly burned to ash.

"Thr... three skills?"

Chen Fan's pupils constricted slightly, and he unconsciously swallowed hard.

Aside from Kadel, this was the first time he had seen someone with three skills!

Moreover, Kadel's skills were more focused on single-target burst damage.

Xin's three skills were far stronger than Kadel's in this kind of group battle.

"So what if you're strong? Once your energy is depleted, you'll be at my mercy."

Pulling himself together, Chen Fan quietly watched the rising flames in the distance.

The Five Women were also shocked by this scene, gasping in shock repeatedly.

The six of them continuously repeated the recall command, and as the Crew Members were resurrected, they rushed toward Xin one after another.

After half an hour, the flames on Xin's body still showed no signs of disappearing.

Furthermore, anyone who entered the ten-meter radius around him died.

"He's a bit troublesome. Archers, get ready!"

"Fire!"

450 Archers shot their arrows in unison.

Most of the arrows were vaporized the moment they approached the Blaze Shield.

However, a few arrows still found gaps in the fire shield and struck Xin's armor, making 'clink clink' sounds.

Xin seemed to be enraged by the attack.

He slowly raised his head, and his gaze crossed the distance of several hundred meters to land on Chen Fan.

Then, he slowly reached out and pulled the Blazing Dual Blades from the ground.

"Remaining Flame."

A voice so low it was almost inaudible rang out.

A fiery phantom flew through the air toward Chen Fan.

"Watch out!"

Lairuilei let out a scream and dashed forward, tackling Chen Fan to the ground.

The two of them tumbled into the ship's cabin.

The sentient S-rank and SS-rank Crew Members also instantly sensed something was wrong.

Just as they were about to dodge, Chen Fan activated the recall command and brought them all back.

The flying red shadow came to a quiet stop on the deck.

The next moment, flames rose from the shadow's body.

Countless fiery serpents turned into ropes and flew out, binding all the Crew Members on the deck.

In less than a second, all the Crew Members were turned into ashes.

Chen Fan was held down firmly inside the cabin by Lairuilei.

Through the glass window, he saw what had landed on the deck.

It was a figure of Xin, composed entirely of flames!

The blazing fire burned so intensely it almost melted the metal of the deck.

The hull of the ship instantly became red-hot.

"Fo... four skills?"

Chen Fan's throat bobbed as he wore an expression of disbelief.