Chapter 1 Suren Uses "Mental Tentacles"

Suren used Mental Tentacles and quickly plunged these thousand-plus pirates into internal strife.

In this situation, a fight was impossible.

Those pirates who hadn't been controlled frantically fled beyond the range of the Puppet Theater.

Limited by his tier, Suren's dark energy wasn't abundant enough. His current Puppet Theater didn't cover a wide area. If those pirates were determined to escape, he couldn't do anything about it.

Suren could only kill as many of the controlled pirates as possible.

With each kill, hundreds more clumps of "gray mist" rose from the sea.

Just then, the crew members from the "Dawn Troupe" and "Judgment Troupe" arrived in the waters near the Evil Sunken Ship.

Suren no longer intended to continue tangling with these pirates. There was still a "big fish" waiting in the distance.

Only by killing the vice-admiral "Ghost Hand" Dorosel could this battle be truly considered over.

Moreover, only then would there be no major future troubles.

Suren brandished his Eight-Armed Spider Spear, quickly sweeping across the sea surface like a wandering gluttonous snake, devouring the "gray mist" on the sea.

Rapidly devouring, rapidly digesting, his understanding of the laws of space rose with the tide, increasing greatly.

Although the law bonuses he gained from reaping those Tier 1 and Tier 2 pirates were decreasing, Suren gained some varied "experience."

Close combat spatial manipulation experience, magic system experience, spatial weapon experience, casting tricks, spatial secret techniques, rare formulas, the habits of void creatures... all kinds of knowledge.

It was like flipping through a library, Suren's Death Harvester talent allowed him to extract the content he needed and directly cram it into his brain.

After notifying Qiantiao of his battle plan, he released the formulas of the Puppet Theater, and controlled the Eight-Armed Spider Spear to dash across the sea towards the distant battlefield.

......

At this moment, several nautical miles away, a fierce battle was raging.

"Ghost Hand" Dorosel was completely dumbfounded. He never expected that the three squadrons, more than a thousand people he brought, would show signs of a major defeat in such a short period of time.

"How is that possible... that guy alone, suppressing more than a thousand of my men?"

Dorosel had a ghostly expression on his face.

At this moment, he understood that the "signal officer" of the rabble was the most troublesome enemy.

With one hand controlling a Mechanical Octopus to wreck ships, and another using an unbelievable puppet secret technique, one person single-handedly suppressed more than a thousand people, leaving them helpless.

Seeing this, Dorosel even began to doubt his own perception: Could it be that he had been in the Void Fleet for too long and hadn't seen the outside world for a long time, and that doubly awakened talents were everywhere?

The three enemies in front of him, all three of them were.

He realized that he had to fight desperately.

Only by killing these two guys holding him back would their Eighteenth Fleet have a chance to turn the tables.

Otherwise, they might suffer a major loss today.

But after trying, Dorosel became more and more puzzled. No matter how desperately he fought, no matter what means he used, he could never kill these two guys.

Finally, when he saw the six-armed Rakshasa female swordsman's aura surge again, he knew why he always felt like he was stuck and couldn't get rid of them.

It turned out that the female swordsman hadn't been using her full strength all along!

This female swordsman was said to be only Tier 5, but whether it was her fierce and domineering presence, or the "sword intent" that stirred up the thunder sea, how could she be an ordinary Tier 5?

When he felt the solemn and dignified pressure appear, Dorosel knew that this was not a doubly awakened Rakshasa woman at all!

"Could it be... the legendary triple talent awakening?"

At this moment, he finally knew where the uneasiness in his heart came from.

Just then, Dorosel looked into the distance and saw the guy controlling the Eight-Armed Spider Spear rushing quickly across the sea.

Judging by this posture, he was coming to besiege him?

Ha!

Dorosel was furious in his heart.

He was a dignified Tier 6 professional, already one of the small group at the apex of the extraordinary pyramid in this world, how could he not have a temper?

He roamed the void, how could any Tom, Dick, or Harry come and try to take a bite out of him?

But in the next moment, his confident thoughts vanished like smoke.

Because at this time, Suren in the distance suddenly stretched out his hand wearing the Chronos Space Gauntlet inlaid with energy crystals, and grabbed forward.

With a "clang", the energy crystal shattered, and an invisible mysterious force wave spread out.

But it seemed that everything was the same.

Qiantiao and Barrett were not affected in the slightest.

But in an instant, Dorosel's face changed drastically, and he was shocked: "Space is restricted!"

He himself was proficient in extremely profound spatial laws, so how could he not feel that the surrounding space was sealed by a mysterious force?

It was like swimming in a pool, suddenly turning into a cement floor, how the hell could he "swim"?

At this moment, Dorosel finally panicked.

He finally understood that the other party really had the intention to kill.

And he had prepared a means to kill him!

.......

The battle between Tier 6 professionals was not something that low-level professionals could casually participate in. Suren ran over only because this gauntlet had a range limit.

This spatial restriction directly reinforced the space in a large area nearby.

Dorosel's first reaction was to escape the area where the space was blocked, but unfortunately, how could Qiantiao and Barrett let him do as he wished?

Without the ability to teleport through space, Dorosel's speed advantage, which was like a ghost, was gone.

After all, if you have the ability to fly, who would desperately train the ability to run with your legs?

The speed of his physical body was even inferior to Suren, a Tier 4 professional!

Because of Suren's move, the balance of the battle suddenly shifted from a stalemate to one side.

Even if the spatial restriction range was indeed limited, Suren was already prepared.

He had collected several top-quality energy gems during this period, just enough... to be enough!

Even if one was worth one hundred million Leso, today, Suren would never let Dorosel escape with spatial teleportation!

......

Qiantiao's Rakshasa Golden Body appeared, officially announcing that the battle had entered the final stage.

The thunderclouds in the sky were already very thick, and purple-red lightning snakes flickered in the thunderclouds.

And at this time, an even more exaggerated scene suddenly appeared in the sky. A hundred-meter-tall Rakshasa Golden Body phantom slowly condensed in the thunderclouds. As soon as the phantom appeared, it was as if the sound of Sanskrit chanting was heard in the dark. One side was a Rakshasa image with angry eyebrows, and the other side was a solemn and dignified Venerable image, which was extremely strange.

The Rakshasa woman in the triple awakening state had once slashed ghosts and gods. Although Qiantiao's current state was not as exaggerated as when she was in the Yellow Springs Kingdom, this pressure made the scalps of Tier 6 professionals tingle!

Suren did not forget to communicate through the communicator: "Captain Barrett, control that guy!"

Barrett had heard Qiantiao's reminder before, so how could he not understand this final struggle?

He was also prepared, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "Flesh and Blood Alchemy - Open!"

As soon as the alchemical ability activated, beastly fur suddenly grew all over his body, and in an instant, he turned into a one-armed gorilla with bloodshot eyes.

Barrett's single arm forming seals had a great impact, but he also tried his best to use his ultimate move.

After a roar, the hair all over his body stood on end in a flame-like air wave, and he let out a hysterical roar from his throat: "The Profound Meaning of Power - Ten Directions Ferocious Beasts Restraint!"

In an instant, four phantoms of giant white-qi apes with fierce faces appeared in the sky above the sea, and the surrounding air became visibly sticky.

Even Suren, who was far away, felt his breathing stagnate.

The air turned into glue, and breathing required a lot of effort.

He had seen this move before. This was a profound martial skill that relied purely on strength to suppress one side of space. It could compress the air in one side of space to the extreme, making it impossible for the target to move.

Barrett was, after all, once a top performer among Tier 6 professionals, and his understanding of the laws was not inferior to this great pirate.

Although this move "Ten Directions Ferocious Beasts Restraint" only had 40% of its power at its peak, coupled with the spatial restriction of the gauntlet, it made "Ghost Hand" Dorosel unable to move in an instant.

Unable to teleport, the face of this previously arrogant pirate leader finally showed a look of panic.

But after all, he was also a Tier 6 professional. In the instant he was controlled, a layer of hazy void black light condensed on his arms, and he forcibly broke free from the shackles, gaining some ability to move.

Dorosel was distorted with exertion, and then punched forward, roaring: "Go to hell!"

This shout was naturally to remind Barrett that he was about to use a killing move, wouldn't he get out of the way!

Barrett's eyes widened, and he had no intention of avoiding it at all. The four qi-apes continued to solidify.

He knew very well that it was because Suren's cursed object caught him off guard that Dorosel was controlled.

He must not let this guy escape now.

Otherwise, if he was prepared, it would not be so easy to deal with him next time!

But it was this moment of persistence that made Barrett lose the opportunity to avoid it in the first place. He stood on the spot, and the two void fist shadows that Dorosel punched out hit his chest solidly.

There were two muffled sounds of "dong" and "dong".

The protective qi condensed with domineering aura hardly weakened the fist strength much, and the two punches created two deep dents in Barrett's chest.

Barrett couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of blood.

Dorosel's alchemical transplant was the Void Ghost Hand, which was specially designed to restrain various defensive equipment, mecha, and qi, causing real damage to the body from a distance.

Barrett was seriously injured after taking these two punches head-on!

But it was precisely because of his persistence at this moment that Qiantiao's accumulated sword energy was also slashed down.

While slashing his sword, the 100-meter Rakshasa phantom in the sky also slashed at the same time, leading the thunder light in the sky to surge down.

Dorosel was crushed by the fierce sword energy, and all the hairs on his body exploded, and an unprecedented crisis of death enveloped his heart.

Under normal circumstances, a Tier 5 swordsman's slash had very limited threat to a Tier 6 professional who had comprehended the aura of hardening.

But Qiantiao was an anomaly!

Not only did she comprehend the aura of hardening in Tier 5, but the sword energy blessed by the triple awakening Rakshasa woman state could completely break through the protective aura of Tier 6 professionals. What's more, she was holding the Demon Sword "Onimaru Hyakumei" which ranked third among the "Twelve Excellent Craftsmen's Famous Swords". With the blessing of this sharp sword with a sharpness comparable to a sealed object, her sword energy had the power to almost cut through the void!

Seeing that he could not avoid the head-on slash, Dorosel's eyes flashed with a cold light, and a black qi barrier of distorted light suddenly condensed on his body surface.

.......

Others may not understand what this was, but Suren in the distance narrowed his pupils sharply when he saw it, and recognized this formula: "Distortion Barrier?!"

As expected of a Tier 6 spatial ability user, he used this formula so skillfully that it was almost instantaneous.

Looking at the thin layer of black barrier, which was only the thickness of a palm, the actual distance may be several meters, or even tens of meters.

This kind of defense could mislead the enemy's judgment of distance, greatly reducing the damage they received.

Although Qiantiao's slash was fierce, it might not be able to hit the target!

But since he recognized this formula, how could Suren let this guy escape safely?

Regardless of his safety, he rushed forward, running with the spider spear on the sea, and the phantom of the Grim Reaper behind him became more and more solid, and the black scythe in his hand was also poured into a large amount of dark spiritual power.

Ordinary spatial slashes had limited lethality to those who had comprehended high-level spatial laws, so Suren could only pour in as much death law as possible.

Almost at the moment when Qiantiao's sword light fell, Suren's black scythe also slashed down at the same time.

In the distance, Dorosel had known the power of the black scythe in Suren's hand, and when he saw the scythe slashing, his face showed a desperate look: It's over!

Because he was in control of the spatial laws, he knew how tricky the cracks cut out by the black scythe were.

If he avoided one side, he would not be able to avoid the other.

In despair, the last thought popped into Dorosel's mind: "Why can that guy see through my formula..."

He couldn't figure out how Suren could have such a profound understanding of the laws of space!

......

The battle ended very decisively.

With a "唰" sound, the sword energy pierced through the air.

Qiantiao slashed down with a sword, and the sword energy traversed hundreds of meters, cutting out a gully more than ten meters deep on the sea.

The sword energy rolled in the sea, forcing the sea water to squeeze towards both sides. This gully lasted for a long time before it closed again.

Suren watched the "gray mist" emerge from the body that was cut in two before he felt relieved and rushed towards the battlefield.

He chose to strip it away as soon as possible.

[You have stripped away the soul of 'Dorosel Castillo']

[You have extracted a large amount of Tier 6 spatial law comprehension, experience +32114]

[You have stripped away the spatial formula [Profound Meaning - Spatial Barrier (Proficient)]

[You have stripped away the casting skills of Void Displacement, the proficiency of related abilities has greatly increased]

[You have learned some detailed information about the 'Void Fleet']

[You have obtained some information: 'In the dangerous waters southwest of the Roman Kingdom, we discovered a Void ruin. It is an ancient site from the Dawn Era, called the "Toxter Royal Alchemy Academy". But we also found that there seems to be a spatial passage connecting to another plane sealed deep there. There are a large number of unknown Void creatures there, which are extremely dangerous. Because there are many ancient technological devices that we cannot decipher, Mafa will send experts over to develop it together...']

[You have obtained a top-secret piece of information: We found a legendary-level [Chronos' Void God Hand] in the ruins, which is a sealed-object-level spatial transplant. We really want to get it. Alas, unfortunately, Lord Oleg is going to send it to the Mafa Empire as the first batch of return gifts. Now that treasure is probably in the hands of the "Frost Moon Princess" Skadi Harris. Oh, what a seductive woman...]

[...]

As expected of a Tier 6 professional, Suren saw too many things he wanted in his soul.

Every professional who could advance to Tier 6 was a peerless genius.

This guy had extremely rich combat experience, high-level law comprehension, secrets, spatial formulas...

Suren selectively stripped away some of the most important ones, which directly raised his spatial law comprehension to a higher level.

Although it was not yet at the Tier 6 level, it was at least ten times higher than before.

Suren casually grabbed the void, and the stagnation was very strong... This was a sign that his spatial affinity had greatly improved.

Trying a casual [Flash], it was as smooth as breathing.

He felt that this was really a "windfall".

Directly "forced growth", and his combat power instantly went up a level.

And the most important thing was that the coordinate information of the Void ruins mastered by the North Sea Fleet was also obtained!

Suren instantly digested the information, and his eyes shone brightly.

......

Qiantiao, who was in the triple awakening state, was in high spirits at the moment. After killing Dorosel, she did not intend to stay in place, and said to Suren: "Suren, I'm going to help them clean up the battlefield!"

Suren nodded: "Okay!"

Qiantiao said without stopping, and stepped into the air on the sea.

Barrett on the side looked seriously injured, but the tough guy did not seem to have any intention of retreating from the battle, and said: "Little friend Suren, I will go over to help first."

Suren didn't say much, just threw out a top-quality healing potion, "Captain Barrett, be careful."

"Okay."

Barrett was not polite, he was indeed in urgent need of potions now.

He drank it in one gulp, and then followed Qiantiao towards the battlefield where the sunken ship was still fighting.

Suren waited a little longer, just to salvage the bodies in the sea.

And at this time, two glowing objects slowly condensed on the body that had been cut in two.

The golden-level advanced material [Air God Strike's Boxing Gloves], and the dark gold transplant [Void Ghost Hand].

After appraising them, both were very good cursed objects.

Suren looked at the [Void Ghost Hand], and originally wanted to leave it for Qiantiao to fuse.

This kind of ultra-high physical and magical penetration, which caused "real damage" to the target, had a very high compatibility with the swordsman professional.

But after stripping away the memory of the corpse, he knew that the Frost Moon Princess seemed to have a better legendary transplant in her hand - [Chronos' Void God Hand].

That was an upgraded version of the [Void Ghost Hand].

He didn't know if Qiantiao could fuse it, but since there was a better choice, Suren decided to take another look.

After all, there seemed to be many big secrets in that spatial ruin.

.......

Because Suren had previously broken the morale of the pirates, the resistance encountered by the Dawn Troupe and the Judgment Troupe was also very limited.

With the addition of Qiantiao and Barrett to the battlefield, the battle in the sunken ship area soon ended.

Several Tier 5 squadron leaders were killed, and the remaining rabble were defeated and fled in all directions, being chopped down like melons and vegetables all the way.

There were a total of one thousand two hundred and thirty-six people in the three reorganized squadrons, and Suren kept count one by one.

He stripped away one thousand and eighty clumps of gray mist, and the rest may have sunk to the bottom of the sea, or a small number may have escaped. But in this sea area, they probably wouldn't be able to survive either.

It was best not to leave any survivors.

In this way, this incident could be kept secret for a longer period of time.

Before long, the people of the Dawn Troupe entered the happy and welcome stage of salvaging the spoils of the sunken ship.

This "Eighteenth Fleet" was Oleg's trump card secret fleet, and its equipment configuration was also the best.

There were a large number of top-equipped Mafa mechanical equipment, instruments, and artillery on the ship... almost all of them were brand new.

These things were very valuable, and they could be salvaged and used on their own ships.

It was just a pity that three pirate battleships with better quality than the Dawn were sunk.

But Suren had no choice.

If they did not sink these pirate ships as soon as possible, they would not be able to take down these three squadrons at all.

Suren had the Mechanical Octopus, and it was very easy to salvage the materials on the seabed. Before long, the Dawn was filled to the brim.

In addition to the materials on the ship, the storage rings, equipment, countless void transplants, and job-change materials on the corpses were also analyzed from the corpses.

The crew members were salvaging enthusiastically.

"Hahaha... our 'Dawn Troupe' has had a great harvest this time. With so many job-change materials and transplants, we will have plenty to choose from this time."

"Yes. Mr. Suren is wise, and the troupe leader is mighty!"

"But speaking of which, Mr. Suren is really amazing. He almost wiped out these three squadrons by himself. Oh, if I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes, if anyone dared to brag like that, I would definitely kick his butt with my leather shoes~"

"Good heavens, I just realized that the captain has actually reached that level. Sword Qi cuts the sea, this is something I would never dare to think about in my life..."

"Oh, look at what treasure I salvaged, a golden transplant!"

"..."

Looking at the spoils harvested this time, everyone's faces were radiant.

Suren responded with a smile to the crew members' warm greetings, and also let out a long sigh of relief.

With this batch of spoils, the Dawn Troupe's financial situation could be alleviated immediately.

Don't look at the fact that the Dawn Troupe is getting bigger and bigger now, and has also merged with the people of Dr. Banks.

But the troupe's financial situation has always been very tight.

The consumption of a team is not just as simple as filling the stomachs of these two or three hundred people.

The troupe members need materials to advance, resources to cultivate, medical treatment for injuries... Every high-level professional is piled up with a large amount of resources.

Of course, this is still a small part.

The real big money burners are Suren's own puppet army and Mechanical Octopus army.

The war damage this time, just the material cost alone was at least billions...

The second is Dr. Banks, who is engaged in research.

Scientific research is simply a bottomless pit, and you can burn as much money as you have in it, and it may not necessarily have results.

With this batch of spoils, Suren could buy more materials to strengthen his puppet army. And he could also buy more materials and equipment to ensure that Dr. Banks could do research.

It could also be considered a solution to the urgent need.

No wonder people get addicted to being pirates, if you get a big score, you really get a wave of profit.