Purple Pearl's expression was complex as she said, "Bibi Dong, I am now the pirate leader Purple Pearl. I am no longer any kind of Holy Maiden."
Bibi Dong nodded, her voice much gentler. "Sit down."
Purple Pearl no longer stood on ceremony and sat down to the side.
"Back then you followed the team sent to recruit the spirit masters of Sea God Island. I thought you had died. I never expected you to still be alive, and even become the leader of a pirate group." Bibi Dong sighed.
Purple Pearl said, "At that time, Spirit Hall wanted to recruit the spirit masters of Sea God Island. I possessed the Sea Serpent spirit and my talent was not bad. The Grand Worship established me as Holy Maiden in the hope that I could obtain the Sea God's inheritance and make Spirit Hall even stronger.
"Who would have thought Sea God Island was that powerful? The two-thousand-strong team from Spirit Hall was wiped out there, and two elders also died. I drifted on the sea and had no face to return to Spirit Hall, so I became the Purple Pearl of today."
Purple Pearl's expression became extremely despondent.
She, the dignified Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall, had finally fallen to the point of becoming a pirate leader. If word got out, the whole world would surely mock her.
Purple Pearl looked at Jiang Chen and asked, "Holy Son, how did you know my identity?"
She was extremely puzzled. She had never told this secret to anyone. How had the Holy Son learned of it?
Jiang Chen shook his head and smiled. "That is my secret."
Bibi Dong sighed and said, "After we destroy Sea God Island, come back with me. I will restore your status as Holy Maiden. I can even make you the emperor of the Spirit Empire."
Purple Pearl hurriedly shook her head. "No need. These years as a pirate, I have felt the joy of living. I am simply suited to being a pirate. I like an unrestrained life. If you make me go back and be a Holy Maiden again, I will not be able to adapt."
Bibi Dong did not force her and sighed. "Then do as you wish. If you ever want to return, the empire will always welcome you."
Purple Pearl was only a few years younger than Bibi Dong. Back then one had been the Holy Maiden and the other the Pope's disciple; their friendship had been quite good.
Purple Pearl had been established as Holy Maiden by Qian Daoliu for the sake of the Sea God's inheritance. Who would have thought that once she left she never returned, and everyone believed the Holy Maiden had fallen.
The three fell silent for a moment. Suddenly Purple Pearl's expression turned serious. "The strength of Sea God Island is beyond your imagination. I hope you will abandon this operation."
Bibi Dong smiled. "Rest assured. If we did not have absolute confidence, why would we take the risk?"
Purple Pearl immediately grew anxious. "You don't know that sea spirit masters are stronger on the ocean than land spirit masters. Fighting one against two is no problem at all. Moreover, the Grand Worship of Sea God Island is a rank-99 Peerless Douluo. It is said that on the ocean she is invincible. You cannot win."
Bibi Dong said, "Didn't you just see? Little Chen has subdued the Demonic Whale King. He previously also subdued a powerful fierce beast that is likewise comparable to a Peerless Douluo. Added to his own Peerless Douluo-level strength, this time we can definitely flatten Sea God Island."
Purple Pearl looked at Jiang Chen in shock and could not help asking, "You possess Peerless Douluo-level strength?"
Jiang Chen smiled at her. "You don't think I look the part?"
He rather liked Purple Pearl's straightforward personality.
Purple Pearl said, "According to the rumors, you have not even reached the Title Douluo realm yet."
Jiang Chen smiled. "Sorry, I just broke through to Title Douluo a few days ago."
"Then you should only be rank 91, right?" Purple Pearl frowned.
That level was still too low.
"I am already rank 97." Jiang Chen stood up and released his spirit rings.
Eight deep-red spirit rings and one golden spirit ring nearly blinded Purple Pearl's eyes.
Her breathing abruptly stopped. She stood frozen for several seconds before reacting, crying out, "How is this possible?"
She knew perfectly well what red spirit rings represented. As for that golden spirit ring, although she had never seen one, a terrifying guess had already formed in her heart.
"Eight 500,000-year spirit rings, one million-year spirit ring, plus rank-97 spirit power. Who in this world can still stop me?" Jiang Chen smiled.
Bibi Dong also said, "I have also reached rank 98. With twin spirits, my combat power has likewise reached the Peerless Douluo level. Sea God Island is nothing to fear."
Purple Pearl was silent for a long time before saying, "I underestimated you. In that case, there is no need for me to worry about you."
"Do you know Tang San?" Jiang Chen asked.
Purple Pearl shook her head. "I don't know him. But I have heard that this person currently holds an extremely high status on Sea God Island and is respected by all the spirit masters. Many privately call him the future Sea God."
Jiang Chen nodded. He had thought that, like in the original work, Purple Pearl had encountered Tang San and been subdued by him.
It seemed that Tang San and the others had gone to Sea God Island a little earlier, had not been attacked by the Demonic Whale King, and had not drifted to Purple Pearl Island.
"Then what do you plan to do now? Return to your pirate group, or follow us to attack Sea God Island?" Bibi Dong asked.
Purple Pearl said, "I'll go with you. But I won't lift a hand. I'm only a tiny Spirit Emperor; I can't take part in this kind of great battle."
In truth she had another worry: if the Spirit Empire failed and she had participated, it would undoubtedly implicate her pirate brothers.
"Fine. Come with me. I'll arrange a room for you. At our current speed, we should reach the waters of Sea God Island in another day." Bibi Dong stood up.
Purple Pearl stood as well. She suddenly looked at Jiang Chen, thrust her chest out, and threw him a coquettish glance, teasing, "Earlier I thought the Holy Son wanted to make a move on my body. I never expected the Holy Son to have no interest in me. Is my charm insufficient?"
Jiang Chen was somewhat speechless. This Purple Pearl had not the slightest feminine reserve. No wonder she could address those pirates as brothers and get along with them so well.
"No, you are very beautiful." Jiang Chen praised her.
"Stop fooling around." Bibi Dong pulled Purple Pearl away. "You're more than twenty years older than him. You're old enough to be his mother."
"Sister Dong, love knows no race and no age."
Jiang Chen listened to the gradually fading voices and shook his head, somewhat speechless.
"Don't tell me… you master and disciple have an illicit relationship?" Purple Pearl's startled cry rang out.
Then came a loud "pa," as if a palm had struck something extremely elastic.
Bibi Dong said angrily, "Nonsense. He is my son-in-law."
Purple Pearl cried out in surprise, "When did you have a daughter? When I went to Sea God Island you still didn't have one. At that time Yu Xiaogang went with us to Sea God Island. Don't tell me he returned alive and got together with you?"
"It's not his."
"Then whose is it?"
Bibi Dong said nothing more. This painful matter was something she could not speak of even to an old friend.
Jiang Chen shook his head. This Purple Pearl's personality was truly… far too blunt.
He had not expected her relationship with Bibi Dong to be so good.
A short while later Bibi Dong finished arranging the room. Purple Pearl's room was adjacent to Jiang Chen and Bibi Dong's.
At noon, Jiang Chen prepared a sumptuous seafood feast for Bibi Dong as agreed. Purple Pearl shamelessly freeloaded and ended up eating even more than Jiang Chen and Bibi Dong.
In the evening, while Jiang Chen was cultivating, he heard Purple Pearl enter Bibi Dong's room.
"Sister Dong, I want to sleep with you."
Bibi Dong firmly refused, but in the end was worn down by Purple Pearl's persistent pestering and agreed.
Jiang Chen showed a helpless smile, then suddenly froze as he remembered Purple Pearl's lily preferences.
Could it be that she had taken a fancy to this peerless beauty Bibi Dong?
Sure enough, a moment later Bibi Dong's angry voice rang out: "Get out!"
Jiang Chen's gossip flames burned fiercely and he could not help using his spiritual sense to look over.
He saw Bibi Dong with her clothes half undone, pretty face flushed red, willow brows raised as she glared furiously at Purple Pearl.
Purple Pearl looked somewhat awkward. "Fine, I'm going."
Against a rank-98 Bibi Dong, she truly did not dare force the issue.
Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
In the original plot, this Purple Pearl had nearly forced Xiao Wu and cooked the rice before the meal.
He had not expected her to be this fierce, even daring to covet Bibi Dong.
He could not help secretly giving a thumbs-up.
He suddenly thought that Bibi Dong had been lonely all her life. If she could have a close female companion in the latter half of her life, it would not be bad.
If it were a man, Jiang Chen would never have had such a thought. But Purple Pearl was different; this girl was a beauty and fully worthy of Bibi Dong.
While he was thinking, the door was suddenly pushed open. Purple Pearl, wearing a sexy and revealing purple outfit, walked in and quickly locked the door.
Tonight, in order to win Bibi Dong's favor, she had carefully dressed up.
She had not expected to be driven out by Bibi Dong. Her eyes rolled and she set her sights on Jiang Chen instead.
She looked at Jiang Chen sitting cross-legged on the bed, eyes shining.
Starting from today, she discovered that she seemed to like men as well.
"Little brother Jiang Chen, Sister is scared to sleep alone. Can you keep Sister company?"
Jiang Chen was extremely speechless and directly refused: "Sorry, I already have a wife and daughter. I cannot wrong them."
"It's fine. Sister will just sleep on your bed for one night. I won't do anything to you."
As she spoke, her large backside shifted toward the bed.
Bang!
Jiang Chen released a powerful burst of spirit power that flung Purple Pearl out.
"What a block of wood, completely clueless about romance." Purple Pearl glared at Jiang Chen, then could only leave dejectedly with a drooping head.
"Could it be that this old lady really is old and has no charm left?" she muttered.
Jiang Chen smiled, waved his hand, and closed the door.
He had sensed that Bibi Dong's spiritual power had been locked onto this place the entire time. How would he dare have the slightest thought toward Purple Pearl?
If he really ate Purple Pearl, Bibi Dong would probably charge in and cut him into a thousand pieces.
Jiang Chen looked up and thought silently, "Sea God, you should know I have come, right?"
That night, nothing further happened.
At dawn, Bibi Dong and the high-ranking officers gathered on the warship's deck, gazing into the distance.
Purple Pearl stood beside Bibi Dong. The elders had already learned of her identity yesterday and were not surprised.
The commander said, "Your Majesty, we will reach the outer perimeter of Sea God Island around noon."
Bibi Dong asked, "Have the weapons all been checked?"
"They have been checked. All three hundred torpedoes are fine. Guaranteed to blow those great white sharks to pieces. The individual combat weapons are also fine."
Bibi Dong nodded in satisfaction.
"Are you planning a frontal assault?" Purple Pearl suddenly asked.
Bibi Dong nodded. "The spirit masters of Sea God Island will probably not allow us to land, so we can only attack by force."
"I know the feeding patterns of those Demonic Soul Great White Sharks. If we attack after they leave Sea God Island, the pressure will be much less." Purple Pearl said.
Jiang Chen shook his head. "No need. Sea God Island already knows we are coming. How would they let those great white sharks go out to feed?"
Purple Pearl opened her mouth but said nothing more.
Since Sea God Island already knew the Spirit Empire's purpose, they would certainly be prepared.
Apart from a frontal assault, they had no other option.
Near noon, when a black speck appeared on the horizon, the three warships of the Spirit Empire stopped.
The spirit masters who had come from Spirit City numbered a little over five hundred. Adding the navy from Vast Sea City, the total number of spirit masters approached a thousand. Their weapons were excellent, their fighting spirit high, and they were fully prepared for battle.
Everyone looked toward Purple Pearl. It was she who had just called for the halt.
Purple Pearl's expression was grave. "The waters within fifty thousand meters around Sea God Island are the activity range of the Demonic Soul Great White Sharks. If we advance any further we will probably be attacked by them."
Having lived on the ocean for many years, she was quite familiar with some of Sea God Island's secrets.
"Then prepare for battle." Bibi Dong said in a deep voice.
The commander hurriedly gave the orders. A short while later all the soldiers were combat-ready.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King floated at the very front of the warships, its remaining eye staring hatefully at Sea God Island ahead.
The Sea God had blinded one of its eyes, and later the inheritor had seized its spirit ring and spirit bone. How could it not hate?
This time it would definitely destroy Sea God Island.
"Advance!" Bibi Dong's voice rang out.
The three warships accelerated and charged toward Sea God Island.
At the bottom of the warships, many torpedoes were already prepared. These were to deal with the enemy's warships and those Demonic Soul Great White Sharks.
Suddenly, an emotionless female voice came from the distant direction of Sea God Island: "Friends from the Spirit Empire, coming to Sea God Island with such a large formation, yet you did not even send word in advance?"
Although they were still tens of thousands of meters apart, the moment the voice sounded, the skies within tens of thousands of meters of Sea God Island suddenly surged with wind and clouds.
Easily changing the weather over ten thousand meters, this god-like method instantly made the soldiers of the Spirit Empire's hearts skip a beat; they felt enormous pressure.
Even a Peerless Douluo did not possess such vast divine power.
Clearly, this was Sea God Island's show of strength toward the Spirit Empire.
As the voice fell, countless black dots appeared on the sea surface in front of Sea God Island and rapidly approached the Spirit Empire's warships.
"That should be the Grand Worship of Sea God Island. She can command the endless power of the ocean." Purple Pearl said quickly.
Bibi Dong's expression was extremely gloomy. She raised a telescope and looked toward those rapidly approaching small black dots.
Jiang Chen saw them easily. They were Demonic Soul Great White Sharks, roughly two hundred of them.
On the back of every great white shark stood a spirit master from Sea God Island.
At the very front were the Shrek Seven Devils.
The seven of Shrek stood on the backs of the great white sharks, breaking through the water. Their expressions varied, some cold, some filled with hatred, some full of satisfaction, but all of them radiated killing intent.
Behind the Shrek Seven Devils was an extremely beautiful woman, her expression icy as she stared at the Spirit Empire warships ahead.
Bibi Dong's tone was ice-cold: "Since they want a greeting, then give them a greeting. Commander, fire ten torpedoes ahead."
The order was quickly passed down. Ten powerful torpedoes were launched.
These torpedoes were extremely powerful; a single one was enough to sink a large warship.
Although they could not kill a Title Douluo, they could certainly give the other side a heavy show of strength.
The ten torpedoes raced beneath the surface at high speed. The distance between the two sides rapidly closed.
"What is that?" Tang San's brows suddenly furrowed. His spiritual power sensed ten large objects rapidly approaching beneath the surface ahead.
Bo Saixi clearly sensed them as well. Dai Mubai and the others reacted a little more slowly.
Tang San sensed carefully and said, "These things have no life aura. Xiao Bai, go destroy them."
Before the torpedoes exploded there was no energy fluctuation, so Tang San and the others naturally did not feel any threat.
Tang San flew up and landed in front of Dai Mubai.
"Leave it to me." A young girl's voice rang out. The more-than-twenty-meter-long great white shark that had been under Tang San's feet swung its tail and quickly disappeared beneath the surface, racing toward the ten torpedoes.
Xiao Bai was the leader of the Demonic Soul Great White Sharks, a 100,000-year spirit beast, one of the three great spirit beast powerhouses of the ocean, loyal to Sea God Island.
Her speed was extremely fast. She soon met the torpedoes.
"What are these things? Watch your granny bite you all to pieces."
At this moment the distance between the Spirit Empire and Sea God Island was only ten thousand meters left, and Xiao Bai and the torpedoes met in the middle.
She opened her great mouth full of sharp triangular teeth and bit down on one of the three-meter-long torpedoes.
Boom!
A massive explosion rang out. Towering waves were blasted into the air.
Accompanied by that enormous sound, a more-than-twenty-meter-long great white shark was blasted into the air, continuously twisting. Great sprays of blood shot from its mouth as it let out a painful cry.
Boom… boom… boom…
The remaining torpedoes exploded one after another. The great white shark was blasted more than a hundred meters into the air.
Terrifying waves soared skyward, forming waves dozens of meters high that surged in all directions.
The faces of the spirit masters of Sea God Island all changed, becoming extremely ugly.
Their guardian divine beast had actually been blasted into the air, and it looked to be seriously injured.
Tang San's expression was extremely gloomy. He had decided to let Xiao Bai test these mysterious objects.
He had not expected these things to explode and injure Xiao Bai.
He could not escape responsibility!
He could feel gazes falling on his back one after another, making him feel as if thorns were pricking his spine.
Those were the gazes of the native spirit masters of Sea God Island. Clearly, they were placing the responsibility for Xiao Bai's injury on Tang San's head.
"Spirit Empire, I will definitely kill you all!" Tang San's voice was ice-cold as it echoed in the ears of the many Sea God Island spirit masters.
He had caused Xiao Bai's injury. If he did not show some attitude now, he would have no way to explain himself.
Just as his words fell, his expression suddenly changed again. A massive black shadow shot up from the seabed.
This suddenly appearing creature was more than two hundred meters long, its body incomparably enormous as it charged into the sky, almost blotting out the sun.
Its great mouth opened more than thirty meters wide and bit toward the Demonic Soul Great White Shark Xiao Bai that was just falling.
"Xiao Bai!" On Sea God Island's side, countless spirit masters let out terrified screams.
They recognized it. That enormous creature was actually the overlord of the deep sea, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
But wasn't it said that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been killed by Tang San?
The disparity in cultivation between 100,000 years and a million years was far too great.
If they were in the sea, Xiao Bai could still rely on her speed advantage to entangle with the Demonic Whale King. Even the Demonic Whale King had to be wary of her speed.
But now she had been blasted into the air and was injured.
Crack!
Xiao Bai fell into the Demonic Whale King's great mouth. Large amounts of flesh and blood scattered in all directions.
The sound of bones cracking was so clear that even the Sea God Island spirit masters thousands of meters away could hear it distinctly.
Their Sea God Island's guardian divine beast, a 100,000-year spirit beast, had been eaten!
It had fallen in a single exchange; not even a fight had taken place.
At this moment the chests of the Sea God Island spirit masters felt stifled. A breath was stuck in their throats and they could not spit it out, almost to the point of suffocation.
Tang San's face was already so dark it seemed water could drip from it.
Because of one of his mistaken judgments, the 100,000-year spirit beast that had guarded Sea God Island for many years had died.
His heart was filled with endless regret. He regretted not having let Xiao Bai go.
At the same time he was also extremely shocked. That the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was actually still not dead.
He had clearly absorbed its spirit ring.
If it was not dead, how could the spirit ring have appeared?
He could not figure it out no matter how he thought.
The Sea God Island spirit masters behind him had already begun to clamor, their words full of extreme dissatisfaction toward Tang San.
Dai Mubai and the others did not know how to comfort Tang San for a moment.
The great white shark group stopped and let out waves of mournful cries for the death of their leader.
Bo Saixi was likewise in extreme pain, but this was not the time for grief.
"Everyone calm down. Internal strife at a time like this, do you want the Spirit Empire to wipe us all out in one go?" she said in a deep voice.
The Sea God Island spirit masters finally quieted and looked at Bo Saixi.
Bo Saixi said, "None of us knew that those things would explode, and none of us discovered that the Demonic Whale King was still not dead. Xiao Bai's death is not Tang San's fault. If you must blame someone, blame the Spirit Empire. They are ambitious wolves who seek to destroy us. Today, no matter what, we must annihilate them on the ocean."
Bo Saixi's words instantly redirected the spearhead, channeling all the spirit masters' hatred toward the Spirit Empire.
At once countless angry voices rang out, and surging killing intent spread toward the Spirit Empire.
The Spirit Empire warships did not slow down and continued sailing toward Sea God Island.
Tang Hao rode a shark over to Tang San's side and comforted him, "Little San, don't blame yourself. This is not your fault."
"Father, I understand." Tang San said.
Then he said loudly, "Those things should explode on contact. If the Spirit Empire launches more, we will use long-range spirit skills to detonate them."
He quickly calmed down and made a reasonable arrangement.
Bo Saixi nodded. "Do as Little San says."
On the Spirit Empire warships, when they saw the Demonic Whale King bite the great white shark to death in one mouthful, the crowd erupted in excited cheers. The shadow Bo Saixi had cast on them at the beginning instantly dissipated, and everyone was filled with fighting spirit.
Bibi Dong smiled. "Little Chen, well done."
Just now, when Jiang Chen saw Tang San send that great white shark to test the torpedoes, he had secretly ordered the Demonic Whale King to approach stealthily.
Those torpedoes could not kill Xiao Bai; they only injured her. The damage to the Demonic Whale King was even smaller.
The Demonic Whale King had already become a zombie. When it lurked, even Tang San and the others had not discovered it.
Jiang Chen showed a smile and said, "Later I still have a big gift to give Tang San."
Six-thousand-character big chapter. I'll fix the typos after eating. I'll continue updating after I finish writing tonight.
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